It's been a while America was blessed to have these men (click on each pic to learn more): now it's time due for another, who's next in line?
I have no idea where his political leanings lie, but I'm a big fan of Joel Osteen, myself. Why not him, rather than a money-grubbing nut-job?
Well mark, I have now made every picture clickable (apparently needed since we have some viewers who were still in their ripe ages of preschool when the first two men received their bigtexxx-sized graces from god) except one. Since you are a big fan of Dr. Dobson, could you do some research and provide a worthy link or two for me to incorporate into his pic?
Give me untill tomorrow morning. I'll email you through the board. BTW I was really kind of disappointed that this thread wasn't about the Who album! YEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh hell why not... James Dobson The religious right's new kingmaker. By Michael Crowley Posted Friday, Nov. 12, 2004 Although the notion that the religious right's "moral values" determined the 2004 election has been roundly debunked (for example, here and here), perception is reality in politics—and the indelible perception in Washington is now that George W. Bush owes his evangelical Christian base big-time. One corollary to this idea is that no one helped Bush win more than Dr. James Dobson. Forget Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who in their dotage have marginalized themselves with gaffes (this week Robertson referred to potential Supreme Court nominee Miguel Estrada as "Erik Estrada"). Forget Ralph Reed, now enriching himself as a lobbyist-operative, leaving the Christian Coalition a shell of its former self. Forget Gary Bauer, now known chiefly as a failed presidential candidate who tumbled off a stage while flipping pancakes. Dobson is now America's most influential evangelical leader, with a following reportedly greater than that of either Falwell or Robertson at his peak. Dobson earned the title. He proselytized hard for Bush this last year, organizing huge stadium rallies and using his radio program to warn his 7 million American listeners that not to vote would be a sin. -------------------------- Dobson's clout emanates from Focus on the Family, a Colorado Springs-based ministry he founded that is awesome in scope: publishing books and magazines, disseminating Dobson's weekly newspaper column to more than 500 papers, and airing radio shows—including Dobson's own—that reach people in 115 countries every week, from Japan to Botswana and in languages from Spanish to Zulu. The ministry receives so much mail it has its own ZIP code. ----------------------------- Initially, Dobson indeed focused on the family, keeping his distance (as many evangelicals customarily did) from the political arena's dirty deal-making. But as his following grew, he warmed to politics. In 1983 he established the Family Research Council as his political arm in Washington, although he had his friend Gary Bauer enter the Gomorrah of Washington so Dobson could concentrate on his ministry in Colorado. Then, in the late 1990s Dobson began to grow disenchanted with Republican leaders in Congress for not pushing the Christian social agenda harder. In the 2000 campaign his tepid support of Bush may have helped dampen turnout among evangelical voters, a disappointment Karl Rove dwelled on for four years. ------------------ It gets better... http://slate.msn.com/id/2109621
That's actually a pretty fair article, not the usual hit-pieces you see written about conservative Christians. It reminded me of why I have tremendous respect for Dr. Dobson. He's not really a partisan, he sticks to his principles, regardless of whether one personally agrees with them, he's not somebody who's about self-congratulation and personal glory.
id say james dobson is next. heres something "wacky" that he wrote regarding methods to keep your sons from turning gay... "Meanwhile, the boy's father has to do his part. He needs to mirror and affirm his son's maleness. He can play rough-and-tumble games with his son, in ways that are decidedly different from the games he would play with a little girl. He can help his son learn to throw and catch a ball. He can teach him to pound a square wooden peg into a square hole in a pegboard. He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger." http://brian.carnell.com/archives/years/2005/08/000010.html i was driving up to denver a few years back and stopped off at the focus of the family building in colorado springs and took a gargantuan dump and didnt flush! i than took the "tour" since i was there, but it was totally lame. a bunch of diorama's of families sitting around the fire reading the bible together or praying together. or they had a bible in a glass display case. not a fancy or old bible, just a regular one like you find in hotels. no rides or slides or anything!
another nice one from dobson comparing embryonic stem cell research to nazi experiments on humans... "People talk about the potential for good that can come from destroying these little embryos and how we might be able to solve the problem of juvenile diabetes . . . . But I have to ask this question: In World War II, the Nazis experimented on human beings in horrible ways in the concentration camps, and I imagine, if you wanted to take the time to read about it, there would have been some discoveries there that benefited mankind. You know, if you take a utilitarian approach, that if something results in good, then it is good. But that's obviously not true. We condemn what the Nazis did because there are some things that we always could do but we haven't done, because science always has to be guided by ethics and by morality. And you remove ethics and morality, and you get what happened in Nazi Germany." http://www.albertmohler.com/blog_print.php?id=215
surely you jest... "He proselytized hard for Bush this last year, organizing huge stadium rallies and using his radio program to warn his 7 million American listeners that not to vote would be a sin. Dobson may have delivered Bush his victories in Ohio and Florida." http://slate.msn.com/id/2109621/
"He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger." The old big penis approach of scaring the queerness out of one's son. Works every time? Methinks not.
wnes I think jo mama has covered it sufficiently. But here are a few of my favorite quotes. On embryonic stem cell research… "[P]eople talk about the potential for good that can come from destroying these little embryos and how we might be able to solve the problem of juvenile diabetes. There's no indication yet that they're gonna do that, but people say that, or spinal cord injuries or such things. But I have to ask this question: In World War II, the Nazis experimented on human beings in horrible ways in the concentration camps, and I imagine, if you wanted to take the time to read about it, there would have been some discoveries there that benefited mankind." On women… My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership. On sex education… One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit. On higher education... State Universities are breeding grounds, quite literally, for sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV), homosexual behavior, unwanted pregnancies, abortions, alcoholism, and drug abuse. On Gays… “Homosexuals are not monogamous. They want to destroy the institution of marriage. It will destroy marriage. It will destroy the Earth." On corporal punishment "[P]ain is a marvelous purifier. . . It is not necessary to beat the child into submission; a little bit of pain goes a long way for a young child. However, the spanking should be of sufficient magnitude to cause the child to cry genuinely." "Some strong-willed children absolutely demand to be spanked, and their wishes should be granted. . . [T]wo or three stinging strokes on the legs or buttocks with a switch are usually sufficient to emphasize the point, 'You must obey me.'" http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/james_dobson.html
