• FYI: Don't forget to bring some non-perishable food items to the Harvest Crusade this weekend to help out the less fortunate at the Fred Jordan Mission. And, don't forget to ask the Lord whom you can bring to Harvest this weekend!
•• FYI: Don't forget, this Saturday from 4-5pm, I'll be live from Saddleback getting ready for Rick Warren's "Civil Forum on the Presidency" with Obama and McCain. And, we'll be carrying the whole thing live here on 99.5 KKLA, thanks to our friends at Park Place Real Estate Services.
400-408 – Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council (frc.org), and co-author of Personal Faith: Public Policy with Bishop Harry Jackson.
• Bloomberg (7/28), Obama Wins Young Evangelical Voters in Battleground-State Push. The religious left, with prodding from other Obama supporters, have broadened the definition of "pro-life" beyond the abortion question so that it now includes the fights against poverty, war, disease, global warming and genocide. The new spin is "Obama is pro-life on 5 out of 6 issues, while McCain is pro-life on just one. So who's really pro-life?"
• Fox News, Kristol: Colin Powell To Endorse Barack Obama. Bill Kristol claims he's got the inside scoop, but Powell spokesperson Peggy Cifrino says, "There's absolutely no truth to this."
413-423 – Wesley J. Smith, (wesleyjsmith.com) bioethicist and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute (discovery.org), and author of The Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World.
• Wesley J. Smith (8/13/08), Diminishing Value of Human Life: Kill Your Wife Get Banned From the Pub.
428-437 – Julie Ertel, won the Silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in water polo, and this year in Beijing, will be going for the Gold in the triathlon! (triathlon.org) The triathlon is a 1,500 meter swim (.93 miles), a 40 kilometer cycle (25 miles), and a 10 kilometer run (6.2 miles). The race will be August 17, this Sunday night, at 7pm Los Angeles Time, at the Ming Tomb Reservoir.
443-452 – Jed Babbin, former Air Force JAG officer and Undersecretary of Defense, is now the Editor of Human Events (humanevents.com), on the crisis in Georgia.
• Jed Babbin (8/14/08), Russia's War of Opportunity.
• Melik Kaylan (8/13/08), Welcome Back To the Great Game.
458-508 – Jed Babbin,
• Haaretz (8/13/08), U.S. puts brakes on Israeli plan for attack on Iran nuclear facilities.
• Fox News (8/13/08), Bush Orders Military to Deliver Aid to Georgia.
512-523 – • Holman Jenkins (8/13/08), First Yukos, Then Georgia.
Western governments and Western oil executives have played an unwise role in Mr. Putin's plan. No amount of contract abrogation, outright seizure of property or subsidiary mayhem by Russian authorities seems able to dissuade them from throwing good money after bad in pursuit of Russian resources. Western minority shareholders in Yukos were wiped out with nary a peep when the Russian government seized the oil company on tax charges. There's been virtually no official pushback as environmental offenses were alleged as a reason to squeeze Western partners out of various drilling and pipeline projects after billions of dollars were committed.
528-539 – Jennifer Monk, an attorney with Advocates For Faith and Freedom (faith-freedom.com), on last Friday's decision by U.S. District Judge James Otero to deny course credit to UC applicants from Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject evolution. Monk says, "It appears the UC is attempting to secularize private religious schools." Monk represents the Association of Christian Schools International, two Southern California Christian high schools and several students.
• SF Gate (8/13/08), Judge says UC can deny religious course credit.
544-554 – Diane Ingolia, hospitality specialist at Focus on the Family (family.org), with a peek inside the kid's prayer request box at Whit's End located in the Welcome Center at Focus on the Family (whitsend.org).
558-608 – Amanda Carpenter, National Political Reporter for Townhall (townhall.com), finally gets the chance to answer the "but McCain cheated on his wife too" argument that Alan Colmes raised last night but she didn't get the change to answer because Hannity cut her off.
(:55) Amanda Carpenter, with Hannity last night, talking about
• Amanda Carpenter (8/12/08), "Republicans" For Obama. Who are Jim Leach, Lincoln Chafee, and Rita Houser?
• Amanda Carpenter (8/13/08), Communist Paper Supports Obama.
• Amanda Carpenter (8/12/08), Obama Lied About Abortion Record.
612-623 – So current and former gymnasts, is there such a thing as "icing" in your sport? Do you buy it?
• Fox News (8/13/08), Phelps becomes winningest Olympic athlete ever. 11 career golds, and counting, and he's 5 for 5 in Golds and World Records so far.
• Breitbart (8/13/08), US team blame stadium official for gymnastics loss. Alicia Sacramone fell off the balance beam on her initial mount, and went out of bounds in the floor exercise to effectively eliminate the American's from winning the Gold. She and her coach, Martha Karolyi, claim the officials effectively "iced" her by making her wait too long before she could start her routine.
US team coordinator Martha Karolyi said officials at Beijing's National Indoor Stadium had disrupted Sacramone's preparations for the beam. "First they called her name up, then they did not even put her name up even though the Chinese had finished ... (it was) totally unusual holding," she said. "She was mentally prepared and then she had a mental break, then after not doing the job, the beam, on the floor exercise her concentration was bothered."
Sacramone added that she lost concentration because of the delay leading into her beam performance. "I was just really eager to do my routine and get the show on the road but they did hold me for quite some time and I guess I lost my nerve a little bit," she said. Asked how long she could maintain focus while waiting to perform her routines, she replied: "Apparently not long enough."
628-639 – Calls.
644-655 – • AFP (8/10/08), Rat snacks can solve world food price crisis: Indian official.
• OCR (8/10/08), Christian bikers glad pastor is out of jail: Motorcycle ministry Pastor Phillip Aguilar speaks about his experience.
• Fox News (8/13/08), Son of Hamas Leader Turns Back on Islam and Embraces Christianity.
• Ben Shapiro (8/13/08), McCain's Boots Defeat Obama's Suits.
• Jonah Goldberg (8/13/08), Obama Without His Script.
• Michelle Malkin (8/13/08), Energy's Viagra: Pelosi and the Big-Wind Boone-doggle.
• Washington Times, War bound soldiers being charged for extra baggage
• CBS Denver, Fenced cages planned for Dem Convention protestors
• Political Blogs, Republican Representative counters Pelosi that Earth is already saved "through Christ"
• Palm Beach Post, Authorities storm house looking for laser shot at planes
