1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: Well, I had lots of exciting stuff going out there today, folks. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: The latest from from this whole controversy over the pulp 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: and words I there there are some things that happened 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: that are simply propitious, and this is one of them. 5 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: The Pulpe utters words, he quotes an old emperor from 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: many centuries ago, and now the Muslim world is going bonkers, rioting, 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: killing a nun in Somalia, shooting her in the back 8 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: while she was praying Um. These these Muslim extremists, is 9 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: Lamo fascists are proving everything that the Pulpe's words indicated. 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: New York Times had an editorial on Sunday that just 11 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: totally misses the pointment. Boy, is it expressive and illustrated. 12 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: First off, from Reuter's uh dateline du I uh An 13 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: Iraqi middlitant group led by al Qaeda vout of war 14 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: against the worshippers of the Cross in response to a 15 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: recent speech by Pope Benedict on Islam that sparked anger 16 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: across the Muslim world. The statement was made an Internet 17 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: statement by the Mujahadeen Shurick Council, an umbrella group led 18 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: by Iraq's branch of al Qaeda said, we tell the 19 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: worshiper of the cross, that being Pulpe, that you and 20 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: the West will be defeated, as is the case in Iraq, Afghanistan, Zechnia. 21 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: We shall break the cross and spill the wine. God 22 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: will help Muslims to conquer Rome. God enables us to 23 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: slit their throats and make their money and descendants the 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: bounty of the Mujahadeen said the statement, Yeah, this is 25 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: a peaceful religion. There's no question about it. Pope simply 26 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: utters words. But guess guess who one of the staunchest 27 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: allies of al Qaeda happened to be yesterday? Uh? Well, 28 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: not Jacks, your rocket was the New York Times. The 29 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: New York Times has an editorial entitled The Pulpe's Words, 30 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: The Pope's Words. There is more than enough religious anger 31 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: in the world, so it's particularly disturbing that Pulpe Benedict 32 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: Sixte has insulted Muslims, quoting a fourteenth century description of 33 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: Islam is evil and inhuman. Muslim leaders the world over 34 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: of demanded apologies, and the Pope has apologized, and he 35 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: keeps apologizing, and he's apologizing even more, and he ought 36 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: to just be quiet. Uh, it's not not gonna gain anything. 37 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: These are opportunities. How long does it take for these 38 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: random mobs to round up these people to get in 39 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: front of a p and Reuter's and up I cameras, 40 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: to go out there and pose as an angry mob, 41 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: thereby making sure these pictures show up all over the world. 42 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: Muslim leaders the world over demanded apologies, threatened to recall 43 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: their ambassadors from the Vatican, warning that the popes were 44 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: words dangerously reinforce a false and biased view of Islam. 45 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: For many Muslims, Holy war jihad is a spiritual struggle 46 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: and not a call of violence. Well it may be, 47 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: but there's still a whole heck of a lot of 48 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 1: them to whom it is more than a spiritual struggle. 49 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: It is an actual struggle that has led to a 50 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: World War I. You know, the the utter denial of 51 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: a reality. That is you have to you have to 52 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: close your eyes and blindfold yourself to miss this. A 53 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: doctrinal conservative, that would be his greatest sin. Pope Benedict 54 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: the sixteen, His greatest fear appears to be the loss 55 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: of a uniform Catholic identity. Not exactly the best jumping 56 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: off point for tolerance and interfaith dialogue. All Right, if 57 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: the New York Times is upset at the Pope's words, 58 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: demanding he a hopologize for quoting words from centuries ago 59 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: that offended Muslims, uh, maybe we can strike a deal. 60 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: You know, I like to offer solutions on this program. 61 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: Maybe what ought to happen is that if we get 62 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: the New York Times to apologize to Karl Rove and 63 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: Scooter Libby and a number of other people they have 64 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: impugned and maligned and defended with their printed words and 65 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: their editorializing, then maybe we can go to the Pope 66 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: for one more apology. Hey, maybe wouldn't mind adding one 67 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: more to the list that he has already made. If 68 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: you read this whole editorial, and I've been bothered to 69 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: read the whole thing to you. But what becomes obvious here, 70 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, that the people of the New York 71 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: Times and the Libs, the Libs view religion in an 72 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: in a totally different way from anybody else. That's the 73 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: only conclusion that you can come to here. Religion is 74 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 1: simply a device whereby practitioners trying to make themselves feel 75 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: good in otherwise screwing an out of control world. It's 76 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: like it's like the religion of the Church of Oprah. 77 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: It's like the religion of the Church of Environmentalism, or 78 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: the religion of the Church of Animal Rights or feminism. 79 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: It's all designed to make the practitioner feel better about 80 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: his own worldview. But it is it has no depth, 81 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: it has no foundation, and it has no meaning. Uh 82 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: it's you know, these people forget that we are dealing 83 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: with evil. They don't even acknowledge it. They haven't even 84 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: reached the point where they could forget it. They don't 85 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: even acknowledge it. And real religion, um, whatever it's problems. 86 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: Maybe real religion is all about fighting the dark side 87 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: and fighting evil and fighting sin, is it not? That's 88 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: the purpose and to help provide faith for answers to 89 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: questions that we are capable of asking but that we 90 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: will never be able to answer. The New York Times says, 91 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: you know, we just we need love. Jackie DeShannon, what 92 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: the wood needs now he loves sweet love. Uh, that's 93 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: not what's needed. I mean, paulp has Is, he's practically 94 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: bowed down in his hands and he's I'm sorry I 95 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: didn't mean any offend anybody, and weren't even my words. 96 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: Let me go, leave me alone. And it's still not enough. 97 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: You can't apologize to these people. Uh. What is I 98 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: think necessary here is a is a muscular and forceful, 99 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:41,119 Speaker 1: unflinching devotion to God that looks evil in the eye 100 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: and calls it by its true name. But we're and 101 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: I think in a large part much of the population 102 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: of this country, Uh indeed feels that way about it. 103 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: The New York Times, which will fight to the death 104 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: for their own free speech rights, predictably hypocritical and suggesting 105 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: the Pope was wrong for exercising his And I want 106 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: to go back to this, this whole point that you know, 107 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: their demanding the Pope apologized for offending and maligning and 108 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: so forth and so on. Boy, I'll tell if anybody 109 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 1: needs to be at the front of that line, it 110 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: is the editorial writers and even some of the reporters 111 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: at the New York Times who have sought out and 112 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: tried to destroy numerous human beings in and out of 113 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: the Bush administration in Washington simply because they are in 114 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: the Bush administration or support the Bush administrattipiate because they are, 115 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: they are conservatives. They noticed that the the restraints, the constraints, 116 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: and the shackles the New York Times argues for everyone 117 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: else are shackles that they would never ever dream of 118 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: allowing to be placed on themselves, even if those shackles 119 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 1: were the shackles of fairness and responsibility