Monthly Archives: September 2013

Clips of Adrian Rogers and Francis Schaeffer from the film “With God on our side”

September 3, 2013 – 6:21 am

Clips of Adrian Rogers and Francis Schaeffer from the film “With God on our side”

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I grew up in Memphis going to Bellevue Baptist Church and Adrian Rogers was our pastor and he had a great impact on me. He had a lot to say on the issues  of the day and that included social issues like abortion too. Dr. Francis Schaeffer also influenced me through his books and film series. Both of these men can be seen in this film “With God on our side.” I have included the three clips where they are pictured. In Part 8 Adrian Rogers is praying for President Bush in the White House at the 51 second mark and Rogers is pictured in Part 3 at the 2:09 mark sitting behind Ronald Reagan in August of 1980 during Reagan’s speech in Dallas at the Religious Roundtable meeting and Francis Schaeffer’s voice can be heard while his film WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE RACE? is playing in Part 2 at the 7:54 mark.

Picture of Adrian Rogers above from 1970’s while pastor of Bellevue Baptist of Memphis, and president of Southern Baptist Convention. (Little known fact, Rogers was the starting quarterback his senior year of the Palm Beach High School football team that won the state title and a hero to a 7th grader at the same school named Burt Reynolds.)

With God on Our Side! Part 8

With God on Our Side! Part 3

With God on Our Side! Part 4

There is a difference between believing the Bible is true and the Bible contains truth

I love the works of Francis Schaeffer and I have been on the internet reading several blogs that talk about Schaeffer’s work and the work below was really helpful. Schaeffer’s film series “How should we then live?  Wikipedia notes, “According to Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live traces Western history from Ancient Rome until the time of writing (1976) along three lines: the philosophic, scientific, and religious.[3] He also makes extensive references to art and architecture as a means of showing how these movements reflected changing patterns of thought through time. Schaeffer’s central premise is: when we base society on the Bible, on the infinite-personal God who is there and has spoken,[4] this provides an absolute by which we can conduct our lives and by which we can judge society.  Here are some posts I have done on this series: Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 10 “Final Choices” , episode 9 “The Age of Personal Peace and Affluence”, episode 8 “The Age of Fragmentation”, episode 7 “The Age of Non-Reason” , episode 6 “The Scientific Age” ,  episode 5 “The Revolutionary Age” , episode 4 “The Reformation”,  episode 3 “The Renaissance”, episode 2 “The Middle Ages,”, and  episode 1 “The Roman Age,” .

In the film series “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HUMAN RACE?” the arguments are presented  against abortion (Episode 1),  infanticide (Episode 2),   euthanasia (Episode 3), and then there is a discussion of the Christian versus Humanist worldview concerning the issue of “the basis for human dignity” in Episode 4 and then in the last episode a close look at the truth claims of the Bible.

Francis Schaeffer

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I truly believe that many of the problems we have today in the USA are due to the advancement of humanism in the last few decades in our society. Ronald Reagan appointed the evangelical Dr. C. Everett Koop to the position of Surgeon General in his administration. He partnered with Dr. Francis Schaeffer in making the video below. It is very valuable information for Christians to have.  Actually I have included a video below that includes comments from him on this subject.

Francis Schaeffer

Published on Oct 6, 2012 by 

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 4) THE BASIS FOR HUMAN DIGNITY

There is a difference between believing the Bible is true and the Bible contains truth. (The 3:31 mark from this episode is actually the clip used above in the film “With God on our side.”)

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“Schaeffer Sunday” Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 1) ABORTION OF THE HUMAN RACE

March 31, 2013 – 1:44 am

It is not possible to know where the pro-life evangelicals are coming from unless you look at the work of the person who inspired them the most. That person was Francis Schaeffer.  I do care about economic issues but the pro-life issue is the most important to me. Several years ago Adrian Rogers (past president of […]

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“Schaeffer Sunday” Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” (Episode 2) SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS

August 4, 2013 – 1:40 am

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” (Episode 2) SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS Published on Oct 6, 2012 by AdamMetropolis This crucial series is narrated by the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer and former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop. Today, choices are being made that undermine human rights at their most basic level. Practices […]

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“Schaeffer Sunday” Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 3) DEATH BY SOMEONE’S CHOICE

July 21, 2013 – 1:58 am

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 3) DEATH BY SOMEONE’S CHOICE Published on Oct 6, 2012 by AdamMetropolis This crucial series is narrated by the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer and former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop. Today, choices are being made that undermine human rights at their most basic level. Practices […]

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“Schaeffer Sunday” Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 4) THE BASIS FOR HUMAN DIGNITY

June 30, 2013 – 1:08 am

The opening song at the beginning of this episode is very insightful. Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 4) THE BASIS FOR HUMAN DIGNITY Published on Oct 7, 2012 by AdamMetropolis This crucial series is narrated by the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer and former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop. Today, choices […]

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“Schaeffer Sunday” Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 5) TRUTH AND HISTORY

June 23, 2013 – 1:15 am

Francis Schaeffer: “Whatever Happened to the Human Race” (Episode 5) TRUTH AND HISTORY Published on Oct 7, 2012 by AdamMetropolis This crucial series is narrated by the late Dr. Francis Schaeffer and former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop. Today, choices are being made that undermine human rights at their most basic level. Practices once […]

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Open letter to President Obama (Part 395) Adrian Rogers “Bring Back the Glory”

August 28, 2013 – 12:38 am

(Emailed to White House on 1-29-13.) President Obama c/o The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, I know that you receive 20,000 letters a day and that you actually read 10 of them every day. I really do respect you for trying to get a pulse on what is […]

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Open letter to President Obama (Part 393) Adrian Rogers: Is It Too Late For America?

August 26, 2013 – 12:15 am

(Emailed to White House on 1-29-13.) President Obama c/o The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President, I know that you receive 20,000 letters a day and that you actually read 10 of them every day. I really do respect you for trying to get a pulse on what is […]

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Quiet time by Adrian Rogers

July 25, 2013 – 12:00 am

Adrian Rogers: How to Pray in the Spirit Published on Jan 21, 2013 I own nothing, all the rights belong to Adrian Rogers (R.I.P.) & his website http://www.lwf.org. ______________________ Another great article by Adrian Rogers. How to Have a Meaningful Quiet Time taken from a message given by Adrian Rogers “Oh how love I Thy law! […]

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Adrian Rogers on why a person can not lose their salvation

July 23, 2013 – 12:52 am

Adrian Rogers – How You Can Be Sure You Are Eternally Secure Another fine article by Adrian Rogers. Seven Reasons Why A Saved Person Can’t Be Lost 1. Nothing can separate you from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus your Lord. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, […]

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Adrian Rogers on gambling

July 18, 2013 – 12:44 am

Adrian Rogers: How to Be a Child of a Happy Mother Published on Nov 13, 2012 Series: Fortifying Your Family (To read along turn on the annotations.) Adrian Rogers looks at the 5th commandment and the relationship of motherhood in the commandment to honor your father and mother, because the faith that doesn’t begin at home, […]

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Adrian Rogers: Are fathers necessary?

July 16, 2013 – 12:43 am

Adrian Rogers – How to Cultivate a Marriage Another great article from Adrian Rogers. Are fathers necessary? “Artificial insemination is the ideal method of producing a pregnancy, and a lesbian partner should have the same parenting rights accorded historically to biological fathers.” Quoted from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, summer of 1995. […]

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Adrian Rogers: Is capital punishment contrary to the word of God?

July 11, 2013 – 12:40 am

Adrian Rogers – Does a Loving God Believe in Capital Punishment? Published on Mar 30, 2012 For more information please visit http://www.lwf.org _______________________ Another great article by Adrian Rogers. Is capital punishment contrary to the word of God? Scripture tells us that human government is ordained and set up by God. It is very clear in […]

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Adrian Rogers: “Why I believe the Bible is true”

July 9, 2013 – 8:38 am

Adrian Rogers – How you can be certain the Bible is the word of God Great article by Adrian Rogers. What evidence is there that the Bible is in fact God’s Word? I want to give you five reasons to affirm the Bible is the Word of God. First, I believe the Bible is the […]

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Adrian Rogers: What actually happens when a person dies?

July 4, 2013 – 12:00 am

Adrian Rogers – 5 Minutes After Death Uploaded on Sep 22, 2011 For more information please visit http://www.lwf.org _________________ What actually happens when a person dies? This is a question to end all questions. Everybody asks it, searching everywhere for an answer. The reason everybody asks about death is because God puts thoughts of eternity in […]

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Adrian Rogers: Is salvation in Jesus Christ the only way to heaven?

July 2, 2013 – 12:05 am

NO OTHER WAY – Preached By Pastor Dr Adrian Rogers Uploaded on May 8, 2011 Is there more than one way to enter HEAVEN? If there is, GOD would have told us so. Bible says JESUS IS ONLY WAY! Pastor Ben Soon (Snowy Mountain Church) ___________ Is God fair if he let a person die and […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 26

September 3, 2013 – 2:09 am

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of his own secular view. I salute him for doing that. That is why I have returned to his work over and over and presented my own Christian worldview as an alternative.

My interest in Woody Allen is so great that I have a “Woody Wednesday” on my blog www.thedailyhatch.org every week. Also I have done over 30 posts on the historical characters mentioned in his film “Midnight in Paris.” (Salvador Dali, Ernest Hemingway,T.S.Elliot,  Cole Porter,Paul Gauguin,  Luis Bunuel, and Pablo Picasso were just a few of the characters.)

Today we are looking at a review of Woody Allen’s latest movie Blue Jasmine.

Blue Jasmine – Official Trailer (HD) Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin

Published on Jun 7, 2013

http://www.joblo.com – “Blue Jasmine” – Official Trailer

A New York housewife struggles through a life crisis.

Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Louis C.K.

In theaters: July 26, 2013

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August 9, 2013 at 1:00 am

Tom Long

Review: Magnificent ‘Blue Jasmine’ is Oscar bait for Woody Allen

Cate Blanchett, left, Sally Hawkins, and Andrew Dice Clay reflect class angst in one of Woody Allen's finest films, 'Blue Jasmine.'
Cate Blanchett, left, Sally Hawkins, and Andrew Dice Clay reflect class angst in one of Woody Allen’s finest films, ‘Blue Jasmine.’ (Sony Pictures Classics)

“Blue Jasmine” takes on so much it’s a wonder it works, and yet it works beautifully.

In Woody Allen’s latest film, he explores the delusion of entitlement, the bond and dissonance between sisters, the ever-present threat of infidelity. He parallels the lives of high-finance hucksters and embraces the low expectations of the working class. He plants romantic obsession and social desperation in the same small apartment.

All of this is built around a central character and performance that would have resonated as effectively a hundred or a thousand years ago as it does now. Jasmine, as played by sure Oscar nominee Cate Blanchett, is the empress fallen from her throne, awaiting her own re-ascendance to power — nervously trying to hold her regal demeanor together even as reality conspires to strip her further.

We meet Jasmine — it’s a name she invented for herself — as she’s flying into San Francisco, fleeing financial ruin and disgrace in New York City. She’s coming to stay with her sister — both girls were adopted — Ginger (Sally Hawkins), who’s living a decidedly blue-collar life with two young sons in an apartment.

Jasmine is, of course, aghast at the apartment and the noisy kids and at Ginger’s latest romantic companion, a mechanic named Chili (Bobby Cannavale) who seems like a carbon copy of Ginger’s former husband (Andrew Dice Clay).

As Jasmine stumbles into Ginger’s world, she flashes back to her own former life. She met financier Hal (Alec Baldwin) on Cape Cod when she was young, they married before she finished college, and she became immersed in a life of absurd luxury — spacious apartment in Manhattan, lavish estate in the Hamptons, traveling the world bedecked in diamonds.

We understand early on that Hal has been brought down mightily; the details of his fall come out as Jasmine continues her flashbacks. In the meantime, aided by much vodka and a variety of prescriptions, Jasmine decides she’d like to be an interior designer, a degree she can earn through computer courses. But first she needs to learn how to use a computer, so she takes, and struggles with, a basic class.

Elsewhere Ginger, egged on by Jasmine, begins to question her relationship with Chili, and strikes up an affair with a sound engineer (Louis C.K.). Meanwhile Jasmine is forced by circumstance to work as a receptionist for a would-be philandering dentist (Michael Stuhlbarg). And then she meets the man of her dreams (Peter Sarsgaard), ready to sweep her back to the social standing and wealth she sincerely believes she deserves.

This is Woody Allen, so “Blue Jasmine,” for all its tragedy, is infused with lots of humor, usually delivered simply through the characters’ personalities. Nobody’s telling jokes but so much of what these people do is simply, humanly, silly.

Still, as Jasmine’s story is revealed, and as Blanchett manages the fragile mask of her character’s sanity, the film builds to a mighty emotional pitch. By the time the empress has no clothes you want to buy her at least a robe.

The ensemble cast is simply delicious, with Cannavale and Hawkins also worthy Oscar nominees, and everyone hitting their marks magnificently.

Of course, there are Woody quirks. Everyone in San Francisco seems to be from New York City, and only Woody would see learning how to use a computer as a momentous task. In the overall film, though, these come off as endearing Woodyisms.

Has there ever been a filmmaker this productive in his eighth decade of life? Since turning 70 in 2005, Allen has released “Match Point,” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” “Midnight in Paris” and now “Blue Jasmine,” all among the best of his 44 feature films.

“Jasmine” may be his most daring and pointed film yet, in some ways an allegory of America itself. Please, keep going sir.

‘Blue Jasmine’

GRADE: A+

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, language and sexual content

Running time: 98 minutes

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I love the movie “Midnight in Paris” by Woody Allen and I have done over 30 posts on the historical characters mentioned in the film. Take a look below:

“Midnight in Paris” one of Woody Allen’s biggest movie hits in recent years, July 18, 2011 – 6:00 am

(Part 32, Jean-Paul Sartre)July 10, 2011 – 5:53 am

 (Part 29, Pablo Picasso) July 7, 2011 – 4:33 am

(Part 28,Van Gogh) July 6, 2011 – 4:03 am

(Part 27, Man Ray) July 5, 2011 – 4:49 am

(Part 26,James Joyce) July 4, 2011 – 5:55 am

(Part 25, T.S.Elliot) July 3, 2011 – 4:46 am

(Part 24, Djuna Barnes) July 2, 2011 – 7:28 am

(Part 23,Adriana, fictional mistress of Picasso) July 1, 2011 – 12:28 am

(Part 22, Silvia Beach and the Shakespeare and Company Bookstore) June 30, 2011 – 12:58 am

(Part 21,Versailles and the French Revolution) June 29, 2011 – 5:34 am

(Part 16, Josephine Baker) June 24, 2011 – 5:18 am

(Part 15, Luis Bunuel) June 23, 2011 – 5:37 am

(Part 1 William Faulkner) June 13, 2011 – 3:19 pm

I love Woody Allen’s latest movie “Midnight in Paris”, June 12, 2011 – 11:52 pm

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 6

August 6, 2013 – 1:37 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 6 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 5

August 5, 2013 – 1:34 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 5 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 4

August 2, 2013 – 1:28 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 4 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Blue Jasmine has huge opening for Woody Allen film but I doubt it will top “Midnight in Paris” overall performance!!!!!!

August 1, 2013 – 12:42 am

Blue Jasmine — Movie Review Published on Jul 25, 2013 Blue Jasmine directed by Woody Allen and starring Cate Blanchett , Alex Baldwin, and Louis C.K. is reviewed by Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Grae Drake (Senior Editor of Rotten Tomatoes), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Christy Lemire (Movie critic). ___________________ […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 3

August 1, 2013 – 12:01 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 3 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 2

July 31, 2013 – 7:23 am

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 1

July 30, 2013 – 2:05 pm

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 1 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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“Woody Wednesday” A 2010 review of Woody Allen’s Annie Hall

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]

“Woody Wednesday” In 2009 interview Woody Allen talks about the lack of meaning of life and the allure of younger women

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]

Woody Allen video interview in France talk about making movies in Paris vs NY and other subjects like God, etc

Woody Allen video interview in France Related posts: “Woody Wednesdays” Woody Allen on God and Death June 6, 2012 – 6:00 am Good website on Woody Allen How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? If Jesus Christ came back today and […]

“Woody Wednesday” Woody Allen on the Emptiness of Life by Toby Simmons

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]

Woody Allen interviews Billy Graham (Woody Wednesday)

A surprisingly civil discussion between evangelical Billy Graham and agnostic comedian Woody Allen. Skip to 2:00 in the video to hear Graham discuss premarital sex, to 4:30 to hear him respond to Allen’s question about the worst sin and to 7:55 for the comparison between accepting Christ and taking LSD. ___________________ The Christian Post > […]

“Woody Allen Wednesdays” can be seen on the www.thedailyhatch.org

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 1 If you like Woody Allen films as much as I do then join me every Wednesday for another look the man and his movies. Below are some of the posts from the past: “Woody Wednesday” How Allen’s film “Crimes and Misdemeanors makes the point that hell is necessary […]

“Woody Wednesday” Great Documentary on Woody Allen

I really enjoyed this documentary on Woody Allen from PBS. Woody Allen: A Documentary, Part 1 Published on Mar 26, 2012 by NewVideoDigital Beginning with Allen’s childhood and his first professional gigs as a teen – furnishing jokes for comics and publicists – WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY chronicles the trajectory and longevity of Allen’s career: […]

“Woody Wednesday” Discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (Part 6)

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 3 Uploaded by camdiscussion on Sep 23, 2007 Part 3 of 3: ‘Is Woody Allen A Romantic Or A Realist?’ A discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, Crimes and Misdemeanors, perhaps his finest. By Anton Scamvougeras. http://camdiscussion.blogspot.com/ antons@mail.ubc.ca ______________ One of my favorite Woody Allen movies and I reviewed […]

“Woody Wednesday” Discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (Part 5)

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 2 Uploaded by camdiscussion on Sep 23, 2007 Part 2 of 3: ‘What Does The Movie Tell Us About Ourselves?’ A discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, perhaps his finest. By Anton Scamvougeras. http://camdiscussion.blogspot.com/ antons@mail.ubc.ca _________________- One of my favorite Woody Allen movies and I reviewed it earlier but […]

In 2009 interview Woody Allen talks about the lack of meaning of life and the allure of younger women

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]

“Woody Allen Wednesdays” can be seen on the www.thedailyhatch.org

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 1 If you like Woody Allen films as much as I do then join me every Wednesday for another look the man and his movies. Below are some of the posts from the past: “Woody Wednesday” How Allen’s film “Crimes and Misdemeanors makes the point that hell is necessary […]

Woody Allen on the Emptiness of Life by Toby Simmons

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]

“Woody Wednesday” Discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (Part 4)

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 1 Uploaded by camdiscussion on Sep 23, 2007 Part 1 of 3: ‘What Does Judah Believe?’ A discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, perhaps his finest. By Anton Scamvougeras. http://camdiscussion.blogspot.com/ antons@mail.ubc.ca _____________ One of my favorite films is this gem by Woody Allen “Crimes and Misdemeanors”: Film Review By […]

“Woody Wednesday” Discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (Part 3)

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 3 Uploaded by camdiscussion on Sep 23, 2007 Part 3 of 3: ‘Is Woody Allen A Romantic Or A Realist?’ A discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, Crimes and Misdemeanors, perhaps his finest. By Anton Scamvougeras. http://camdiscussion.blogspot.com/ antons@mail.ubc.ca ______________ One of my favorite Woody Allen movies and I reviewed […]

“Woody Wednesday” Discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (Part 2)

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 2 Uploaded by camdiscussion on Sep 23, 2007 Part 2 of 3: ‘What Does The Movie Tell Us About Ourselves?’ A discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, perhaps his finest. By Anton Scamvougeras. http://camdiscussion.blogspot.com/ antons@mail.ubc.ca _________________- One of my favorite Woody Allen movies and I reviewed it earlier but […]

“Woody Wednesday” Discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” (Part 1)

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 1 Uploaded by camdiscussion on Sep 23, 2007 Part 1 of 3: ‘What Does Judah Believe?’ A discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, perhaps his finest. By Anton Scamvougeras. http://camdiscussion.blogspot.com/ antons@mail.ubc.ca _____________ Today I am starting a discusssion of the movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” by Woody Allen. This 1989 […]

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Woody Allen on the issue of the meaning of life and death

September 3, 2013 – 1:29 am

Woody Allen on the issue of the meaning of life and death

I have written about Woody Allen and the meaning of life several times before. King Solomon took a long look at this issue in the Book of Ecclesiastes and so did Kerry Livgren in his song “Dust in the Wind” for the rock band Kansas in 1978. He later put his faith in Christ.

Love and Death- Finale

Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman and the death.

Published on Sep 1, 2012

From Ingmar Bergmans Video.Broadcasted on SVT (Swedish Television) aug 2012.

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Woody Allen on being a Celebrity

Uploaded on Jun 7, 2010

From the TCM documentary “Woody Allen: A Life in Film” (2002)

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FRANCE 24 The Interview : Full interview with Woody Allen

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According to Woody Allen Life is meaningless (Woody Wednesday Part 2)

August 10, 2011 – 12:37 am

Woody Allen, the film writer, director, and actor, has consistently populated his scripts with characters who exchange dialogue concerning meaning and purpose. In Hannah and Her Sisters a character named Mickey says, “Do you realize what a thread were all hanging by? Can you understand how meaningless everything is? Everything. I gotta get some answers.”{7} […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 6

August 6, 2013 – 1:37 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 6 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 5

August 5, 2013 – 1:34 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 5 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Debating with Ark Times Bloggers on “The Meaning of Life” Part 4 “Without God in the picture is there any relief for those who have been oppressed?”

August 4, 2013 – 8:57 am

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Debating with Ark Times Bloggers on “The Meaning of Life” Part 3 “Is Chris Martin of Coldplay trying to find a lasting meaning to his life?”

August 4, 2013 – 12:00 am

Ecclesiastes 6-8 | Solomon Turns Over a New Leaf Published on Oct 2, 2012 Calvary Chapel Spring Valley | Sunday Evening | September 30, 2012 | Pastor Derek Neider _____________________ Debating with Ark Times Bloggers on “The Meaning of Life” Part 3 “Is Chris Martin of Coldplay trying to find a lasting meaning to his life?” […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 4

August 2, 2013 – 1:28 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 4 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Blue Jasmine has huge opening for Woody Allen film but I doubt it will top “Midnight in Paris” overall performance!!!!!!

August 1, 2013 – 12:42 am

Blue Jasmine — Movie Review Published on Jul 25, 2013 Blue Jasmine directed by Woody Allen and starring Cate Blanchett , Alex Baldwin, and Louis C.K. is reviewed by Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Grae Drake (Senior Editor of Rotten Tomatoes), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Christy Lemire (Movie critic). ___________________ […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 3

August 1, 2013 – 12:01 am

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 3 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 2

July 31, 2013 – 7:23 am

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of […]

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“Woody Wednesday” Pictures and comments on “Woody Allen: A Documentary”

July 31, 2013 – 1:34 am

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of his own secular view. I […]

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Debating with Ark Times Bloggers on “The Meaning of Life” Part 2 “Can a person find a satisfying purpose to his/her life by pursuing money?”

July 31, 2013 – 12:00 am

Debating with Ark Times Bloggers on “The Meaning of Life” Part 2 “Can a person find a satisfying purpose to his/her life by pursuing money?” Ecclesiastes 8-10 | Still Searching After All These Years Published on Oct 9, 2012 Calvary Chapel Spring Valley | Sunday Evening | October 7, 2012 | Pastor Derek Neider _______________________ Ecclesiastes […]

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Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 1

July 30, 2013 – 2:05 pm

Review of Woody Allen’s latest movie “Blue Jasmine” Part 1 I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he […]

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Debating with Ark Times Bloggers on “The Meaning of Life” Part 1 “Can someone find a lasting meaning to their life apart from God?”

July 29, 2013 – 6:49 am

Debating with Ark Times Bloggers on “The Meaning of Life” Part 1 “Can someone find a lasting meaning to their life apart from God?” Ecclesiastes 1 Published on Sep 4, 2012 Calvary Chapel Spring Valley | Sunday Evening | September 2, 2012 | Pastor Derek Neider _____________________ I have enjoyed going back and forth with the […]

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“Woody Wednesday” Comments on and pictures from the movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)”

July 24, 2013 – 1:33 am

I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity to look at the weaknesses of his own secular view. I […]

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Ecclesiastes: Life is a Big Adventure when you have a relationship with God

July 22, 2013 – 1:09 am

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Discussing Woody Allen’s movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” and various other subjects with Ark Times Bloggers (Part 6) Judah ” I believe in God, Miriam. I know it… because without God the world is a cesspool”

July 17, 2013 – 8:12 am

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“Woody Wednesday” More Trivia about Woody Allen

July 17, 2013 – 1:08 am

Dick & Woody discuss particle physics I have spent alot of time talking about Woody Allen films on this blog and looking at his worldview. He has a hopeless, meaningless, nihilistic worldview that believes we are going to turn to dust and there is no afterlife. Even though he has this view he has taken the opportunity […]

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Discussing Woody Allen’s movie “Crimes and Misdemeanors” and various other subjects with Ark Times Bloggers (Part 5) “Judah knew in his heart that God was watching his every move!!!”

July 16, 2013 – 1:07 am

Crimes and Misdemeanors: A Discussion: Part 2 Uploaded by camdiscussion on Sep 23, 2007 Part 2 of 3: ‘What Does The Movie Tell Us About Ourselves?’ A discussion of Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, perhaps his finest. By Anton Scamvougeras. http://camdiscussion.blogspot.com/ antons@mail.ubc.ca______________ I have gone back and forth and back and forth with many liberals on the Arkansas Times Blog on many issues such […]

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Cole Porter’s songs “De-Lovely” and “Let’s misbehave”

September 3, 2013 – 12:43 am

Cole Porter’s songs “De-Lovely” and “Let’s misbehave”

‘At Long Last Love’: Let’s Misbehave/De-Lovely

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Burt Reynolds and Cybil Shepherd give an extraordinarily charming performance of Cole Porter’s songs in Peter Bogdanovich’s absolutely wonderful tribute to the golden age of film musicals, ‘At Long Last Love’.

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De-Lovely

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For the popular song by Cole Porter, see It’s De-Lovely.
De-Lovely
De-LovelyPoster.jpg

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Irwin Winkler
Produced by Simon Channing Williams
Written by Jay Cocks
Starring Kevin Kline
Ashley Judd
Jonathan Pryce
Kevin McNally
Sandra Nelson
Allan Corduner
Peter Polycarpou
Music by Cole Porter
Cinematography Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editing by Julie Monroe
Studio Winkler Films
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)
  • July 2, 2004
Running time 125 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million
Box office $18,396,382

De-Lovely is a 2004 musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter, from his first meeting with Linda Lee Thomas until his death. It is the second biopic about the composer, following Night and Day.

Plot

As he is about to die, Porter’s life flashes before him in the form of a musical production staged by the archangel Gabriel in the Indiana theater where the composer first performed on stage. From the start, Linda is aware of Cole’s gay feelings, but her love for and devotion to him are strong enough for her to overlook his romantic flings outside their marriage. After a while, she can no longer ignore the innuendos in his songs and their relationship grows strained. Cole is photographed in an amorous embrace with another man in the rest room of a gay nightclub, and both he and Linda are blackmailed into paying a heavy settlement to suppress publication of the pictures. When he shrugs off the blackmail, she finally goes to Paris, leaving him bereft. Not until he is injured in a horseback riding accident that seriously cripples him does she return to his side, willing to forgive but still finding it difficult to cope with his extramarital affairs. Eventually she is diagnosed with emphysema, and as she prepares herself and her husband for her impending death, she attempts to forge a relationship between him and her interior decorator so he’ll have a companion following her death, which deeply affects him. The eventual amputation of his right leg adds to his deep depression, affecting his creative output. Porter becomes increasingly reclusive, as well as becoming more dependent on alcohol.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Although Porter was a passable singer at best, director Irwin Winkler cast Kevin Kline, winner of two Tony Awards and two Drama Desk Awards for his musical performances on Broadway, as the composer. He stayed in character by limiting his vocal range. Most of his singing was recorded live on the set, and the actor played the piano himself in the scenes where Porter plays.

According to Winkler’s commentary on the DVD release of the film, he had considered numerous actresses for the role of Linda when Ashley Judd‘s agent advised him she was interested in the part. Winkler was certain her salary demand would exceed that allowed by the budget, but the actress was so anxious to portray Linda she was willing to lower her usual asking price. Judd is twenty years younger than Kline, although the composer’s wife was eight years older than he.

Filming locations included Chiswick House and Luton Hoo.

The film premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It was shown at the CineVegas International Film Festival, the Sydney Film Festival, and the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival before going into limited release in the US.

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album of music from the film was released on June 15, 2004.

Track Listing (Europe)
  1. “It’s De-Lovely” performed by Robbie Williams
  2. “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)” performed by Alanis Morissette
  3. “Begin the Beguine” performed by Sheryl Crow
  4. “Let’s Misbehave” performed by Elvis Costello
  5. “Be a Clown” performed by Kevin Kline, Peter Polycarpou, and Chorus
  6. “Night and Day” performed by John Barrowman
  7. “Easy to Love” performed by Kevin Kline (American release omits this track)
  8. “True Love” by Ashley Judd and Tayler Hamilton
  9. “What is This Thing Called Love?” performed by Lemar
  10. “I Love You” performed by Mick Hucknall
  11. “Just One of Those Things” performed by Diana Krall
  12. “Anything Goes” performed by Caroline O’Connor
  13. “Experiment” performed by Kevin Kline
  14. “Love for Sale” performed by Vivian Green
  15. “So in Love” performed by Lara Fabian and Mario Frangoulis
  16. “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” performed by Natalie Cole
  17. “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” performed by Jonathan Pryce, Kevin Kline, Cast, and Chorus
  18. “In the Still of the Night” performed by Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd
  19. “You’re the Top” performed by Cole Porter

Reception

The film grossed $13,337,299 in the US and $5,059,083 in other markets for a total worldwide box office of $18,396,382.[4]

Critically, the film had a mixed reception. It garnered a score of 53 from Metacritic[5] and a 48% rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[6] Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of a possible four stars. He wrote, for his review in the Chicago Sun-Times, that De-Lovely “…brings […] a worldly sophistication that is rare in the movies”.[7]

Larry King said “Far and away the best musical biography ever made.”

In his review in The New York Times, Stephen Holden called the film “lethally inert” and “lifeless and drained of genuine joie de vivre” and added, “It didn’t have to be like this. In their highly stylized ways, All That Jazz (Bob Fosse‘s morbidly manic screen autobiography), Ken Russell‘s surreal portraits of composers or any of Federico Fellini‘s libidinous self-explorations have delved deeply into the muck of artistic creativity. Sadly, the daring and imagination required to go below the surface are nowhere to be found in De-Lovely.”[8]

Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle said, “The movie never gels – despite Kline’s nuanced performance, the stars’ exquisite period clothes designed by Armani, and, of course, Porter’s great songs. Director Irwin Winkler’s highly stylized technique is difficult to connect with emotionally. His film also suffers from shockingly sloppy editing for a studio production. If nothing else, the composer . . . deserves a movie that has rhythm. But De- Lovely lurches along like a car with a missing spark plug.”[9]

In Rolling Stone, Peter Travers rated the film three out of a possible four stars and commented, “In voice, manner, patrician charm and private torment, Kevin Kline is perfection as legendary composer Cole Porter . . . At its best, De-Lovely evokes a time, a place and a sound with stylish wit and sophistication.”[10]

Steve Persall of the St. Petersburg Times graded the film C- and observed, “The movie is actually an ugly compilation of clashing cinematic styles occasionally salvaged by musical numbers that essentially are part of the problem. You can’t make a good movie about a 1930s composer using a 1970s film conceit while hiring 21st century recording artists to perform Porter’s classic songs. A tribute CD, maybe, but not a movie . . . [it] plays like a cabaret review rather than a motion picture, a sublime collection of songs linked by scripted banter barely scratching the surface of its subject. Not delightful, not delicious, just disappointing.”[11]

Awards and nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ Gardner, Elysa (2004-06-30). “The woman beside the man”. USA Today. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  2. ^ Gardner, Elysa (2004-06-30). “‘De-Lovely’ examines unsanitized Porter”. USA Today. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  3. ^ “Festival de Cannes: De-Lovely”. festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
  4. ^ De-Lovely at TheNumbers.com
  5. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/delovely?q=de-lovely
  6. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/delovely/
  7. ^ “De-Lovely”. Chicago Sun-Times.
  8. ^ New York Times review
  9. ^ San Francisco Chronicle review
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review
  11. ^ St. Petersburg Times review

External links

Let’s Misbehave

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“Let’s Misbehave” is a song written by Cole Porter in 1927, originally intended for the female lead of his first major production, Paris. Although it was discarded before the Broadway opening in favor of Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love, the star of the Broadway production, Irene Bordoni, did a phonograph recording of it which was labelled as from the production of Paris. It was included perhaps most famously in the 1962 revival of Anything Goes. It was a notable hit for Irving Aaronson and his Commanders.

This version was used in two Woody Allen films: at the opening and close of the 1972 film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), and at the close of the 1994 film Bullets Over Broadway. The song is featured in a prominent dance sequence by Christopher Walken in the Steve Martin musical Pennies From Heaven (1981).

It is used in the closing credits of Johnny Dangerously (1984), and sung by Elvis Costello in the 2004 movie De-Lovely.

The song is featured (sung by Cybill Shepherd) in the 1975 film At Long Last Love and in the 2008 film Easy Virtue, and the title is one of the film’s taglines.

Cole Porter‘s original version was also featured on The Simpsons Season 15, Episode 15, entitled “Co-Dependent’s Day“.

Most recently, a 1928 recording of the song by Irving Aaronson and his Commanders appeared in the 2013 film The Great Gatsby.

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Cole Porter “Let’s Do it, Let’s Fall in Love” in the movie MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

August 29, 2013 – 2:38 pm

Cole Porter “Let’s Do it, Let’s Fall in Love” in the movie MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Midnight in Paris – Let’s Do It Let’s do it : Cole Porter.( Midnight in Paris ) Celebrate Wikipedia Loves Libraries at your institution in October/November. Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: […]

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The Characters referenced in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” (Part 2 Cole Porter)

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Truth Tuesday:Alive to the Voice of God

September 3, 2013 – 12:30 am

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Episode VII – The Age of Non Reason

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Dr. Schaeffer’s sweeping epic on the rise and decline of Western thought and Culture

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I love the works of Francis Schaeffer and I have been on the internet reading several blogs that talk about Schaeffer’s work and the work below from Chris’ blog was really helpful. Schaeffer’s film series “How should we then live?  Wikipedia notes, “According to Schaeffer, How Should We Then Live traces Western history from Ancient Rome until the time of writing (1976) along three lines: the philosophic, scientific, and religious.[3] He also makes extensive references to art and architecture as a means of showing how these movements reflected changing patterns of thought through time. Schaeffer’s central premise is: when we base society on the Bible, on the infinite-personal God who is there and has spoken,[4] this provides an absolute by which we can conduct our lives and by which we can judge society.  Here are some posts I have done on this series: Francis Schaeffer’s “How should we then live?” Video and outline of episode 10 “Final Choices” , episode 9 “The Age of Personal Peace and Affluence”, episode 8 “The Age of Fragmentation”, episode 7 “The Age of Non-Reason” , episode 6 “The Scientific Age” ,  episode 5 “The Revolutionary Age” , episode 4 “The Reformation”,  episode 3 “The Renaissance”, episode 2 “The Middle Ages,”, and  episode 1 “The Roman Age,” .

In the film series “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HUMAN RACE?” the arguments are presented  against abortion (Episode 1),  infanticide (Episode 2),   euthanasia (Episode 3), and then there is a discussion of the Christian versus Humanist worldview concerning the issue of “the basis for human dignity” in Episode 4 and then in the last episode a close look at the truth claims of the Bible.

Francis Schaeffer

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Alive to the Voice of God

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On Sunday afternoons I like to read a sermon or two. Today it was from a volume of sermons by Francis Schaeffer that I have had for over thirty years. He is preaching on Romans 12:2, on not being conformed to the world but being transformed by the renewal of your mind. The technology he mentions is dated now, but the insights he presents about culture are perennial.

People today are afraid to be alone. This fear is a dominant mark of our society. Many now ceaselessly sit in the cinema or read novels about other people’s lives or watch dramas. Why? Simply to avoid facing their own existence. Many of us can sit in front of the television and, except on rare occasions, not face our own private life. Entertainment so fills every cranny of our culture we can easily escape thinking.

Alcohol has always been a way of escape; now our generation has added drugs. And many young people now are leaving drugs to return to alcohol. But alcoholics and drug users are not the only escapists. So is the one who stands with a transistor radio plugged into his ear much of the day. No one seems to want (and no one can find) a place for quiet–because, when you are quiet, you have to face reality. Many in the present generation dare not do this because on their own basis reality leads them to meaninglessness; so they fill their lives with entertainment, even if it is only noise.

There is a place for proper entertainment, but we are not to be caught up in ceaseless motion which prevents us from ever being quiet. Rather we are to put everything second so we can be alive to the voice of God and allow it to speak to us.

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Laffer curve will kill liberals’ plan to raise taxes (includes editorial cartoon)

September 3, 2013 – 12:21 am

When I see taxes go up then I expect to see people try to avoid paying the higher taxes. Why can’t liberals see that is going to happen? Look at this stats below.

Cigarette butt, to be more specific.

All over the world, governments impose draconian taxes on tobacco, and then they wind up surprised that projected revenues don’t materialize. We’ve seen this in Bulgaria and Romania, and we’ve seen this Laffer Curve effect in Washington, DC, and Michigan.

Even the Government Accountability Office has found big Laffer Curve effects from tobacco taxation.

And now we’re seeing the same result in Ireland.

Here are some details from an Irish newspaper.

…new Department of Finance figures showing that tobacco excise tax receipts are falling dramatically short of targets, even though taxes have increased and the number of people smoking has remained constant…the latest upsurge in smuggling…is costing the state hundreds of millions in lost revenue. Criminal gangs are openly selling smuggled cigarettes on the streets of central Dublin and other cities, door to door and at fairs and markets. Counterfeit cigarettes can be brought to the Irish market at a cost of just 20 cents a pack and sold on the black market at €4.50. The average selling price of legitimate cigarettes is €9.20 a pack. …Ireland has the most expensive cigarettes in the European Union, meaning that smugglers can make big profits by offering them at cheaper prices.

I have to laugh at the part of the article that says, “receipts are falling dramatically short of targets, even though taxes have increased.”

This is what’s called the Fox Butterfield effect, when a leftist expresses puzzlement about something that’s actually common sense. Named after a former New York Times reporter, Irish Tax Kisswho was baffled that more people were in prison at the same time that crime rates were falling, it also shows up in tax policy when statists are surprised that tax revenues don’t automatically rise when tax rates become oppressive.

Ireland, by the way, should know better. About the only good policy left in the Emerald Isle is the low corporate tax rate. And as you can see in this video, that policy has yielded very good results.

The Laffer Curve, Part II: Reviewing the Evidence

My favorite example from that video, needless to say, is what happened during the Reagan years, when the rich paid much more to the IRS after their tax rates were slashed.

P.S. You won’t be surprised to learn that a branch of the United Nations is pushing for global taxation of tobacco. To paraphrase Douglas McArthur, “Bad ideas never die, they become global.”

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This fellow in the cartoon below will not stick around to pull the sled will he?

You can see one of my favorite political cartoons, produced by Chuck Asay, by clicking this link. It shows how a burdensome welfare state undermines growth by creating too heavy a load for the economy to carry.

Here’s a Lisa Benson cartoon that makes a similar point, but it focuses on Obama’s class-warfare tax policy.

Cartoon Grinch Spending

What makes the cartoon especially effective is that it not only shows that higher tax burden is designed to finance more spending, but also it makes clear that soaking-the-rich won’t be enough.

I’ve already cited a bunch of semi-honest leftists who admit that their real goal is taxing the middle class (probably with a value-added tax!), so we can’t say we haven’t been warned.

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P.P.S. For Chuck Asay fans, my two other top choices for his work can be seen here and here.

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7 SEC Teams listed in top 20 list of most all time wins in College Football!!!!!

September 2, 2013 – 7:52 am

Butch Jones Postgame Media Session (8/31/13)

It was the 800th victory for the Tennessee Vols football program which is an amazing figure. All Tennessee fans should be proud of that. You will notice that both Arkansas and Tennessee are listed in the top 20 of all time football wins.

Here is a list of all time wins dated at the end of last season:

 

Rank

Team

Win

Loss

 Tie Games Pct.

PF

PA

Delta

1

Michigan

903

317

38

1258

0.733

31187

14407

16780

2

Texas

867

337

34

1238

0.714

29972

16167

13805

3

Nebraska

866

353

41

1260

0.704

31206

16484

14722

4

Notre Dame (IN)

865

302

41

1208

0.733

30462

15166

15296

5

Ohio St.

837

316

53

1206

0.716

28510

14745

13765

6

Oklahoma

829

313

53

1195

0.716

32447

15394

17053

7

Alabama

827

321

43

1191

0.712

28646

13566

15080

8

Tennessee

799

354

54

1207

0.684

27065

15796

11269

9

Southern California

786

319

54

1159

0.701

28092

15109

12983

10

Georgia

760

402

54

1216

0.647

25743

16866

8877

11

Louisiana St.

744

393

47

1184

0.648

25367

15596

9771

12

Penn St.

723

365

43

1131

0.658

28436

15598

12838

13

Auburn (AL)

721

414

47

1182

0.630

24308

16519

7789

14

West Virginia

708

463

45

1216

0.601

25254

18871

6383

15

Syracuse (NY)

699

497

49

1245

0.581

25462

18966

6496

16

Virginia Tech

697

440

46

1183

0.609

23945

16600

7345

17

Georgia Tech

696

468

43

1207

0.594

25079

17928

7151

18

Texas A&M

693

452

48

1193

0.601

25324

17107

8217

19

Pittsburgh (PA)

684

500

41

1225

0.575

23849

19248

4601

20

Arkansas

682

464

40

1186

0.592

24349

17805

6544

UT Vols’ Malik Foreman ‘excited’ to bounce back with interception

Tennessee head coach Butch Jones got solid play from several freshmen in the Vols’ win over Austin Peay on Saturday.

Tennessee head coach Butch Jones got solid play from several freshmen in the Vols’ win over Austin Peay on Saturday.

Photo by C. B. Schmelter /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
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KNOXVILLE — The third time was the charm for Malik Foreman.

After Austin Peay’s sputtering passing game twice picked on the Tennessee freshman cornerback, the Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett High School product exacted a measure of redemption for himself.

With the Governors’ threatening to end the Volunteers’ shutout bid, Foreman stepped in front of a Jacob Sexton pass inside Tennessee’s 10 on the first play of the fourth quarter.

“He was definitely excited,” safety Byron Moore said after Tennessee’s 45-0 season-opening win. “Coach got on him a little bit. He messed up a little bit, but he was able to still make a play on the ball. He was definitely happy [to make] the first pick.”

Foreman is the first true freshman to intercept a pass in a season opener since Dwayne Goodrich, who memorably returned an interception for a touchdown in Tennessee’s title-game win against Florida State in 1998, did it against UNLV in 1996.

On the play, the freshman kept his eyes on Sexton as he dropped into zone coverage, read where the ball was going and stepped in front of the pass as it appeared the Austin Peay receiver kept running when he should have stopped his route.

Earlier in the game, the Govs found success throwing at Foreman, a second-team corner who’s next in line in case either one of Tennessee’s starting corner tandem of Justin Coleman or Cam Sutton, also a freshman, are unavailable.

In the second quarter, there appeared to be a missed coverage on Foreman’s side, which allowed Darryl Clack to get free for a 35-yard gain. In the third quarter, the 6-foot-6 Clack outjumped Foreman for a 33-yard reception. Foreman’s interception ended that drive.

“They’re very, very young and inexperienced, but very talented,” first-year coach Butch Jones said of his freshman corner tandem of Sutton and Foreman. “They’re extremely competitive. They have great competitive character, and I think that showed in Malik tonight.

“As we move forward, we’re going to be tested even more. Will there be growing pains? Absolutely, but I thought today was a good fundamental start for our entire team.”

Shutout talk

Tennessee’s defense proclaimed itself a confident bunch entering the season, and Jones said he could sense it in a unit that stumbled through last season’s debacle.

The coach said his defense has worked “exceptionally hard,” and it paid off in the program’s first shutout since November 2011, when the Vols blanked Middle Tennessee State 24-0.

“We didn’t have too many calls,” Moore said, “so we were just lining up and playing football.”

Defensive tackle Daniel Hood, who deflected and intercepted a pass in the first quarter and added another big hit to blow up a screen pass, said the Vols are more comfortable in the 4-3 scheme, which Tennessee abandoned last season.

“We really didn’t know quite what [Austin Peay] would do, so we kept things pretty simple and played our techniques and it worked out well for us,” he said. “I think it’s one of the few [shutouts] we’ve had since I’ve been here. It was nice to come back and bounce back from what we had done last year and play a good defensive game.”

Running Rajion

Tailback Rajion Neal found no shortage of running room on Saturday night on the way to a 141-yard performance in the first game of his senior season. His 47-yard touchdown run on the Vols’ opening possession was a career long, and he surpassed the 100-yard mark on his eighth carry.

All of his production came in the first half, and the total tied Arian Foster’s first-half performance against Vanderbilt in 2005 for the sixth-best in a first half in Tennessee history.

“I think that’s every running back’s dream, to run behind one of the most experienced offensive lines in the SEC,” he said. “They definitely gave me a great push and great reads. They just jump-started me the whole game and gave me something to work with every time.”

Penalty free

Tennessee and Army were the only teams in the country to play a penalty-free game during the season’s opening weekend, and the Vols registered their first flagless game since the 2007 SEC championship game loss to LSU.

“You win the game in your preparation throughout the course of the week,” Jones said. “I knew that we had done all that we could do. We had exposed them to just about every situation.

“I was more concerned that we had overprepared them, but I could tell at the walk-through this morning that they had their look in their eye and they were ready.”

Contact Patrick Brown at pbrown@timesfreepress.com.

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Can Bobby Petrino’s team beat Tennessee?

August 5, 2013 – 9:47 am

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SEC Football Schedule has in past and still is benefitting Alabama and Georgia

July 24, 2013 – 9:32 am

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David Climer: Titles can’t erase SEC football’s weaknesses

May 13, 2013 – 9:52 am

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SEC football recruiting Part 1

February 12, 2013 – 7:39 am

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SEC football recruiting roundup 2013

February 8, 2013 – 8:09 am

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SEC has 7 teams in top 12 in football recruiting, Ark is last in SEC!!!

February 5, 2013 – 6:00 am

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Liberal from SLATE asks “What if there were no private high schools?”

September 2, 2013 – 1:56 am

Liberal from SLATE asks “What if there were no private high schools?”

Washington D.C. spends almost $30,000 per student in their public school system and it seems to me that it would be far more inexpensive to send kids to private schools through the voucher system.

 

August 29, 2013 12:20PM

A School Monopoly? What a Great Idea?

By Jason Bedrick

I’m reluctant to give more attention to the steaming pile of dreck that Slate is using as linkbait this morning, but someone should point out how incredibly asinine it is. The author argues that anyone who sends their child to a private school is a “bad person” because, well, see for yourself:

I am not an education policy wonk: I’m just judgmental. But it seems to me that if every single parent sent every single child to public school, public schools would improve. This would not happen immediately. It could take generations. Your children and grandchildren might get mediocre educations in the meantime, but it will be worth it, for the eventual common good.

The first sentence is clearly true but it’s downhill from there. There’s a lot of economic illiteracy to unpack there as well as some rather frightening assumptions about the duty of individuals to sacrifice themselves for some ill-defined “common good” (on Twitter, the New York Times’s Ross Douthat notes that this argument has an eerie resemblence to the Italian fascist motto, “Everything for the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state”).

I’ll let others heap on the mocking and scorn that this argument so richly deserves. What I want to focus on is the evidence.

Had this self-declared non-education wonk bothered to take even a cursory look at the research literature, she’d find that competition actually improves the public schools. Of 23 studies of the impact of school choice programs on public school performance, 22 studies find a small but statistically significant positive effect and one finds no visible effect. None find any harm.

The reason that competition works is because it makes schools responsive to the needs of parents. What’s so astounding is that the author wants schools to be responsive to parents, but thinks that the best way to do it is to have a government monopoly, as though Ma Bell would’ve eventually produced an iPhone.

Many of my (morally bankrupt) colleagues send their children to private schools. I asked them to tell me why. Here is the response that most stuck with me: “In our upper-middle-class world, it is hard not to pay for something if you can and you think it will be good for your kid.” I get it: You want an exceptional arts program and computer animation and maybe even Mandarin. You want a cohesive educational philosophy. You want creativity, not teaching to the test. You want great outdoor space and small classrooms and personal attention. You know who else wants those things? Everyone.

Whatever you think your children need—deserve—from their school experience, assume that the parents at the nearby public housing complex want the same. No, don’t just assume it. Do something about it. Send your kids to school with their kids. Use the energy you have otherwise directed at fighting to get your daughter a slot at the competitive private school to fight for more computers at the public school. Use your connections to power and money and innovation to make your local school—the one you are now sending your child to—better. Don’t just acknowledge your liberal guilt—listen to it.

Scratch away the economic ignorance and smug self-righteousness and you find a compelling argument for school choice. Yes, low-income families also want access to good quality schools that meet their kids’ individual needs. But forcing everyone into the same school isn’t going to help. The author correctly identifies the problem but fails to arrive at the right solution. If we want true equality of opportunity, we should expand the educational options available to low- and middle-income families, not restrict the choices of everyone.

 

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13 taxes going up in 2013 (includes editorial cartoon)

September 2, 2013 – 1:41 am

Another cartoon I got from Dan Mitchell’s blog below.

Here’s a Lisa Benson cartoon that makes a similar point, but it focuses on Obama’s class-warfare tax policy.

Cartoon Grinch Spending

What makes the cartoon especially effective is that it not only shows that higher tax burden is designed to finance more spending, but also it makes clear that soaking-the-rich won’t be enough.

I thought taxes were not going up “by one cent,” but the truth is that they are going up a lot more that one cent.

Rob Bluey

February 27, 2013 at 10:32 am

President Obama is crisscrossing the country to scare Americans about sequestration. But what’s really frightening are the 13 Obama tax hikes that took effect in 2013.

These tax increases, which range from new Obamacare taxes to a payroll tax hike on workers, will slow the economy. Heritage Foundation President-Elect Jim DeMint warned on Fox News last night these tax hikes have the potential to cause more harm than the budget cuts that will happen as a result of sequestration:

Most of the media is so sold out to Obama that they’re missing the obvious. The policies the President has in place, especially the tax increases that just got in, are going to hurt our economy, probably actually bring it down. The President is desperate to blame it on Republicans. He wants to blame it on a reduction in government spending. But the taxes are taking almost two-and-a-half times more out of the economy than this sequester will.

So how do the Obama tax hikes compare to sequestration? It’s a whopping $149.7 billion in taxes vs. $85 billion in spending cuts.

Heritage’s Romina Boccia explains the consequences: Tax increases take money out of the economy that could have been spent on hiring workers and they change the incentives against productive work and investment, which slows growth over the long term.

We don’t expect Obama to mention these tax increases as he campaigns against the sequester. But we do encourage YOU to share our new video and the list of Obama’s 13 tax hikes, which that was put together by Curtis Dubay, a senior policy analyst at Heritage:

Tax increases the fiscal cliff deal allowed:

1. Payroll tax: increase in the Social Security portion of the payroll tax from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent for workers. This hits all Americans earning a paycheck—not just the “wealthy.” For example, The Wall Street Journal calculated that the “typical U.S. family earning $50,000 a year” will lose “an annual income boost of $1,000.”

2. Top marginal tax rate: increase from 35 percent to 39.6 percent for taxable incomes over $450,000 ($400,000 for single filers).

3. Phase out of personal exemptions for adjusted gross income (AGI) over $300,000 ($250,000 for single filers).

4. Phase down of itemized deductions for AGI over $300,000 ($250,000 for single filers).

5. Tax rates on investment: increase in the rate on dividends and capital gains from 15 percent to 20 percent for taxable incomes over $450,000 ($400,000 for single filers).

6. Death tax: increase in the rate (on estates larger than $5 million) from 35 percent to 40 percent.

7. Taxes on business investment: expiration of full expensing—the immediate deduction of capital purchases by businesses.

Obamacare tax increases that took effect:

8. Another investment tax increase: 3.8 percent surtax on investment income for taxpayers with taxable income exceeding $250,000 ($200,000 for singles).

9. Another payroll tax hike: 0.9 percent increase in the Hospital Insurance portion of the payroll tax for incomes over $250,000 ($200,000 for single filers).

10. Medical device tax: 2.3 percent excise tax paid by medical device manufacturers and importers on all their sales.

11. Reducing the income tax deduction for individuals’ medical expenses.

12. Elimination of the corporate income tax deduction for expenses related to theMedicare Part D subsidy.

13. Limitation of the corporate income tax deduction for compensation that health insurance companies pay to their executives.

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Open letter to President Obama (Part 399) We got to grow the economy!!!

September 2, 2013 – 1:24 am

(Emailed to White House on 1-3-13.)

President Obama c/o The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

I know that you receive 20,000 letters a day and that you actually read 10 of them every day. I really do respect you for trying to get a pulse on what is going on out here.

I just don’t think it is productive to raise taxes on a sluggish economy when we should be growing the economy which makes for a larger pie and everyone can get a bigger slice.

________

Will Higher Tax Rates Balance the Budget?

Published on Apr 11, 2012

As the U.S. debt and deficit grows, some politicians and economist have called for higher tax rates in order to balance the budget. The question becomes: when the government raises taxes, does it actually collect a larger portion of the US economy?

Professor Antony Davies examines 50 years of economic data and finds that regardless of tax rates, the percentage of GDP that the government collects has remained relatively constant. In other words, no matter how high government sets tax rates, the government gets about the same portion. According to Davies, if we’re concerned about balancing the budget, we should worry less about raising tax revenue and more about growing the economy. The recipe for growth? Lower tax rates and a simplified tax code.

Here’s the class-warfare present that the clowns in Washington are giving us for the New Year.

Happy New Year

According to some estimates, this “balanced approach” in this plan has $54 of tax increases for every $1 of spending cuts. That’s even worse than what’s been happening in Europe.

Keep in mind, though, that this assumes the dishonest Washington definition of a “cut,” which merely means spending doesn’t climb as fast as some artificial baseline that assumes an ever-rising burden of government spending.

But look at the bright side. Things have to get better from this point. Right? Maybe? Oh, wait, we still have the debt limit fight.

__________

__________

Thank you so much for your time. I know how valuable it is. I also appreciate the fine family that you have and your commitment as a father and a husband.

Sincerely,

Everette Hatcher III, 13900 Cottontail Lane, Alexander, AR 72002, ph 501-920-5733, lowcostsqueegees@yahoo.com

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Some of the heroes are Mo Brooks, Martha Roby, Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, Duncan Hunter, Tom Mcclintock, Devin Nunes, Scott Tipton, Bill Posey, Steve Southerland and those others below in the following posts. THEY VOTED AGAINST THE DEBT CEILING INCREASE IN 2011 AND WE NEED THAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP NOW SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN […]

Some Tea Party Republicans win and some lose

I hated to see that Allen West may be on the way out. ABC News reported: Nov 7, 2012 7:20am What Happened to the Tea Party (and the Blue Dogs?) Some of the Republican Party‘s most controversial House members are clinging to narrow leads in races where only a few votes are left to count. […]

Some Tea Party heroes (Part 8)

Rep Himes and Rep Schweikert Discuss the Debt and Budget Deal Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute in his article, “Hitting the Ceiling,” National Review Online, March 7, 2012 noted: After all, despite all the sturm und drang about spending cuts as part of last year’s debt-ceiling deal, federal spending not only increased from 2011 […]

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