Name: Baritone
Weblog: rapturenutballs.blogspot.com
Articles: 26
First Published: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Last Published: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Currently listing articles 26-1:
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Barack Obama: Rock Star!— If the scene of Monday night's rally in Indy is any indication, Barack Obama has achieved rock star status.
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Fun At The Airport— ’Tis a far different world we now find ourselves in.
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To Deutschland We Have Come: The Jewish Museum in Berlin— Containing in one handy package, the joy of flying tourist across the great ocean, and the sobering effect of mass murder.
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Flying Over The Ocean and Doing Touristy Things in Germany— In anticipation of our fun flights to and from Europe which will be akin to spending eight hours flying in a coffin.
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Indiana Gay Marriage Ban - Update— Constitutional gay marriage ban hits a wall in Indiana House Committee. Amendment supporters lament the "tragedy." Boohoo. Crockodile tears.
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Saturday Night Live - A Dinosaur That Should Throw Itself Into The La Brea Tar Pits— How can SNL still be on the air? It sucks!
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Is Indiana Turning Blue?— A recent poll of Indiana voters reveals serious trouble for Republicans in a state normally considered sacrosanct conservative territory.
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Farewell, Luciano— Luciano Pavarotti was "the voice" of opera for over four decades. Despite his critics, he ushered opera into the 21st century with a wider audience
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God's Warriors— Christiane Amanpour's "God's Warriors" is a great study of radical religion and its venture into violence.
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Sicko Sheds Light on What's Wrong With American Health Care— Michael Moore's Sicko revisits the poor state of the American health care system.
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Man, God and Armageddon— Radical believers and their plans for a "For the Glory of God" get together at Armageddon. Fun for the whole family.
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God, Heaven, and Civilization (Pretty Heavy, Huh?)
— Some thoughts about God, religious clap-trap, and getting into heaven.
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Apocalypse Now?— The possibility of the rise of an American theocracy is all too real. To ignore that possibility is to do so at one's peril.
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Book Review: God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens— Hitchen's methodical dismantling of religion and the danger fundamentalism poses to our future.
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American Idol's Entertaining Finale— Some critics gave the American Idol finale a thumbs down, but, of course, they were wrong. This finale rose high above network TV's normal dreck.
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The "Perks" of Being a Christian— The Indiana Legislature votes to allow "specialty" auto license plates with a religious message to be sold at state's license branches. One citizen fights back.
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Bang! You're Dead— An orgy of guns, power and death.
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Indiana Legislature Targets Same Sex Unions— Some self-righteous lawmakers in Indiana want to ban same sex unions that, of course, undermine the moral fiber of our God-fearing nation.
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Lombardi Trophy On Display - Anyone But Indianapolis Even Care?— Such so called "glory" is highly overrated and ephemeral at best. But it's still kinda neat.
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American Theocracy?— Have the right wing Christian fundamentalists gone down in flames? I think not.
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Book Review: Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres— A story of abuse: physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
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The Folly of the Iraq War— Iraq and Vietnam. Both conflicts bringing death to thousands, untold destruction, and costing billions of dollars. All in vain.
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Blockage? You're Talking Blockage?— A visit to your friendly, neighborhood cardiologist can ruin your entire day.
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Humility, Thy Name is "Jeopardy Online"— Me, make it on Jeopardy? What was I thinking?
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On Death— The prospect of our death and that of those we know and love and its connection, if any, with a life beyond.
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1968 and Robert Kennedy— 1968, a tumultuous year which altered the socio/political landscape in the US The consequences still reverberate today. See "Bobby."
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