In Narnia!

Yesterday I went and saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The film was great! The acting was superb, Lucy acts like a little girl who has truly stumbled into a magic land. Edmund's sulkiness brought home his character. The beavers were funny. The centaurs of Aslan's army were cool. And Aslan was awesome! Liam Neeson did a good job of voicing him, making him sound powerful, wild and kind all at the same time.
The film was lacking in some of the more obvious hints at Christianity, but this is a start for Hollywood. The more movies they make like this, not explicitly Christian but positive, the more money they will make and they might learn their lesson. Besides the movie may draw people who have never read any of Lewis' books to do so, if not his theological ones, at least his fantasy ones (the rest of The Chronicles of Narnia and his Space Trilogy), which contain enough subtle theology to bring home the basics of Christianity.
Watch the movie for entertainment and an introduction to Lewis, read his books for their deeper meaning.
"Long live the true King!"

As you've probably heard, Congress has been making a lot of noise about "torture" and should we prosecute soldiers who participate in "torture." Today on his show Rush Limbaugh asked the question of: "what constitutes torture?" I have the answer: "Listening to liberals whine about the same subject over and over again."

A bit of new news, it turns out that the NSA (National Security Agency) has been "spying" on Americans. Supposedly the NSA has been tracking and gathering information on Americans who have a potential to be terrorists. Liberals everywhere are making beef over this. They are accusing the NSA (and ultimately the Bush administration) of encroaching on civil rights. However if I recall, the terrorists who killed 3000 plus people on September 11, 2001 were based in America, correct? I haven't forgotten that, though apparently everyone on the left has. May I also take this opportunity to remind liberals that their hero president (from the 60s) John F. Kennedy, the brother of one the sharpest critics of this "spying," used the FBI and the Justice Department (run by Robert Kennedy) to spy on political enemies, including MLK Jr.

A few interesting headlines in the news today...
First: Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill) accused Republicans of "social Darwinism." Rather an interesting statement, does it mean perhaps that Republicans have "evolved" farther than Democrats and so consider ourselves higher beings? Or perhaps he means that we believe in survival of the fittest and that Republicans always win elections thus making us the "fittest."
Secondly, Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn), the Senate Majority Leader, has promised to use veto a filibuster if one is used against Samuel Alito during his confirmation. It's about time we got rid of the filibuster, however we must see whether Frist's words will lead to actions or not.

In Iraq today, Saddam Hussein’s defense team walked out of the trial in a attempt at protest. Saddam’s half-brother Ibrahim shouted, “Why don't you just execute us and get rid of all of this!” An excellent suggestion Ibrahim…however the Americans have been trying to civilize the courts in Iraq. Like giving the defendants a chance (even if they don't deserve it), unlike the courts under your half-brother. The judge has warned the ex-president of Iraq that if his defense team walks out again there will be new lawyers appointed. Two of Saddam's lawyers have ahve been assassinated since the trial began in mid-October.

Today on AOL News they were making a fuss about the Christian themes in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." But despite their distress over that, their biggest problem is that the man who funded Walden Media is a Republican! (gasp)
According to the article 'The Palm Beach Post' noted that Phillip Anschutz (the backer) has donated to Republicans. Obviously the movie is a conspiracy of right-wingers to take back over Hollywood. I find it funny that they're all concerned over this and yet praise Ronnie Earle, the man who got DeLay indicted by a grand jury, despite the fact that he has donated to the democratic party, if you ask me they are living by a double standard. Peter Schwiezer's book got it right: "Do as I say (not as I do)."