Cable News Ratings, Encouragement, The Anchoress

CABLE NEWS RACE
THU., MARCH 26, 2009

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,420,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,987,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,374,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,160,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,940,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,888,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,322,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,300,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,208,000
CNN KING 1,144,000
CNN COOPER 1,118,000

Seems that despite Media Matters and News Hounds nasty little smear tactics, FOX News continues to beat out the competition. Olbermann can yammer and call Hannity and O'Reilly the worst all he wants, but they're beatin' the pants off the fool. Guess not many folks turn to News Hounds or Media Matters for their opinions.

More good news . . . Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny" is impossible to get right now. Our local Books-a-Million said it sold out the first day their first shipment arrived. They had a line of people waiting for the second shipment and sold out immediately. They have a LONG waiting list for the next shipment, of which the delivery date is unknown. WAY TO GO, MARK!! We've had to order ours and should have it in a few days. So. There are others who are very concerned about the direction in which our country is going. They are arming themselves with education and common sense. Phew! I'm relieved. Was worried there for awhile.

I'm also excited about all the tea parties that are cropping up all over the place. Hope to have one here on the 15th. Of course, the MSM is ignoring them, but that's okay. That's also why their ratings are in the tank. Slobber and mislead the public and that's what happens.
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You can see the rest of the following at the Anchoress's blog (link is to the right), but I just had to copy and past this part of today's blog. It is beautiful.

I have argued many times that by welcoming new life into the world - regardless of how “perfect” that life is - we are allowing Love to come into the world, anew. And if God is Love, then it seems to follow that the “completely new” love that occurs between a parent and child - in utero and even more intensely ex utero - is God’s means of manifesting his “ever ancient, ever new” love - to make it real and knowable, touchable, breathable, kissable and grieve-able in the world.

Considered thusly, it is not surprising that those who would “subdue” God would also be enthusiastic about subduing new life - of judging how much life there should be, and of what quality - of “playing god.”

I suspect every abortion, every “compassionate” bit of euthanasia has the evil one stamping his foot in triumphant glee. The quality of a person’s life may not be a doctor’s, or a government’s idea of “great,” but it is the life he or she has. and the “compassion” that would end such a life based on a qualitative judgment should always be questioned. What you deem tin may be my gold, after all:

Should we steal from our brother the opportunity for him to reach out a hand and have it immediately grasped, to have everything about his existence affirmed, over and over?

Should we steal from ourselves the opportunity to love?

I also just found this on the Anchoress page:

“New Eve” encounters her snakes?

The link doesn't work, but you can check it out at The Anchoress.

Like the Anchoress said, I so glad we have smart people in the State Dept. now, instead of the "dumb" ones we had the last eight years. Yup. Mm hmmm.