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Commercials usually don’t grab my attention when I’m watching TV, but this ad by Discover Card stopped me the other night.

“We’re a nation of Consumers,” the voice matter-of-factly announces, “and there’s nothing wrong with that.”  “After all, there’s a lot of cool stuff out there.”  The commercial then goes on to assert that the “material [...] Read more »

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This is something that crosses my mind every now and again.  I’ve watched many an episode of South Park and I’ve seen my fair share of risque comedians, movies, and television shows.  And, I’ll be honest.  I laughed at the jokes.  We all have at some point.
But I wonder where — in our post-9/11 world, [...] Read more »

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On this day last year, I wrote a post expressing my regret and distaste for the Fourth of July also known as Independence Day in the United States.  The celebration of any empire is, to me, to undermine the better qualities of human nature not mention to the rejection of the teachings of Jesus.
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This post may get me into trouble.
Gas prices just aren’t high enough.  They really aren’t.  That is, if we really want justice in the world.
Don’t get me wrong, I hate paying upwards to $4.00/gallon just as much as the next guy and I complain probably twice as much — that just proves that most days [...] Read more »

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Despite his being unarmed and shot at over 50 times on his wedding day, Sean Bell’s murderers were acquitted today on all counts. And we wonder why Jeremiah Wright and every other prophet in history have had reason to speak truth to power. [Ht. Postmodern Negro]
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