Comments on: American soldier adopts Iraqi boy

By: 122728e496a1

122728e496a1 — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:56:34 +0000

122728e496a1…

122728e496a15fa8f0ab…

By: BizzyBlog » Positivity: American soldier adopts Iraqi boy

BizzyBlog » Positivity: American soldier adopts Iraqi boy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:01:19 +0000

[...] Wisconsin, and Iraq (HT Hot Air): Sun Dec 23, 1:14 PM [...]

By: 4shoes

4shoes — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:30:20 +0000

Wow! What a beautiful story. I agree with you Professor Blather, it is what Christianity is all about.

By: Troy Rasmussen

Troy Rasmussen — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:57:51 +0000

A message from Glenn Beck:

Merry Christmas

Merry CHRISTmas! I hope you are reading this email on some brand new fancy electronic gadget gift you received. I also hope your Christmas day has brought you nothing but joyful memories filled with smiles, laughs, gifts, and of course lots and lots of cookies.

Last but certainly not least, I hope that the true meaning of Christmas hasn’t escaped you this year. Believe me I know it’s easy to lose sight of the real Christmas message amidst all the worldly ‘stuff’ we surround ourselves with.

While I definitely know that some stuff is cool—hey, I enjoy watching Jack Bauer kick butt on a big plasma HDTV as much as the next guy—I also know that all of the ‘stuff’ in the world can’t fill that void in our hearts…only one thing can: God.

During the Christmas season we concentrate so much on the birth of the baby that sometimes we lose sight of the true message of Christmas. It’s not that He was born that makes Him remarkable. What’s remarkable—and the most powerful thing that you could possibly imagine—is that He died… and He died for you. If the end of that baby’s life didn’t end the way it did we would not know anything about this baby.

My mother committed suicide when I was 13 and for so many years I tried to fill that empty space in me in all of the wrong ways. My mom was an alcoholic and she filled the void with booze and drugs. I followed in her footsteps and tried to do the same thing—I became addicted to drugs, booze, and topped that off with seeking fame and money. Worst of all, I was just a miserable human being to be around—I wasn’t a good person.

I hadn’t learned the lesson that stuff is never going to fill you up. Fame is never going to fill you up. Money is never going to fill you up. Work, accomplishment, booze, drugs, sex, you name it—will never fill you up. You will never find eternal happiness there. Sure, you will find fleeting happiness but then you need more. You become addicted to it and that doesn’t last. Everything that the world can provide is like crack cocaine — no matter how much you have you will always crave more and the emptiness will remain.

Believe me, I tried just about every way to fill that emptiness before I found God and none of it worked. There’s only one thing that can fill the void and it’s the Christmas message. Not the Christmas message of ‘be nice to people’ or the presents or even the manger. The true Christmas message is that He existed so He could die for our sins. His journey, from manger to cross, gives us a path to salvation. He died so you could fill the void—with Him.

I really, truly believe it because I’ve seen it work in my own life. And for as much as we want to make it about Frosty the Snowman and Santa, and stuff—that’s the real meaning of Christmas: Redemption.

I pray this Christmas that you find what I have found—and finally, once and for all—fill the void.

Merry Christmas,
glenn

By: Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:27:58 +0000

Feel-good story of the ~~day~~. year

ReubenJCogburn on December 24, 2007 at 1:25 PM

So why are there more comments posted about Allah’s new phone than this heartwarming tale?

I’m just sayin’…

By: alflauren

alflauren — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:50:58 +0000

You might also like to know that Southworth has a fine history of conservatism. He was the lead plaintiff in Southworth v. Regents (SCOTUS, 2000) to get the student fee system at U of Wisconsin declared unconstitutional. Sadly, the effort was unsuccessful, but it was a valiant battle.

By: MsUnderestimated

MsUnderestimated — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:35:47 +0000

My pleasure, sondiehl…

By: sondiehl

sondiehl — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:21:25 +0000

MsUnderestimated, thank you for your comment. I just went and watched the video. This whole story has made my Christmas. So thank you, too, Bryan.

By: MsUnderestimated

MsUnderestimated — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:22:24 +0000

…opportunity to see this precious child on my site.

I mean on my blog post…. ;-)

By: MsUnderestimated

MsUnderestimated — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:20:30 +0000

Merry Christmas Bryan and the rest of the HotAir family. To really appreciate this story, you should see Capt. Southwith with Ala’a. I try to stay away from Montel because he… well, crap, it’s the Christmas Season.

AAaaaanyway, Ala’a and “Baba” were on that show the day before Thanksgiving, and the video is really touching. Bryan, if you don’t mind, I’d like to give folks here the opportunity to see this precious child on my site.

God bless folks like Capt. Southworth and his family.

By: oakpack

oakpack — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:28:10 +0000

Thank you so much Bryan. More than one tear of joy here.

By: slp

slp — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:25:56 +0000

A beautiful story for Christmas.

By: Mommynator

Mommynator — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:14:11 +0000

fogw, I’m so glad for you! Enjoy him (although you don’t need me to tell you that. My own boy is over in the sandbox this Christmas (second time) and we’re missing him terribly.

What a man. What better way to bring peace than, after all the necessary fighting, to bring love.

By: pullingmyhairout

pullingmyhairout — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:42:33 +0000

Incredible story. Fogw, it’s great your son’s back, safe and sound.

Merry Christmas to everyone from south Texas!

By: Drtuddle

Drtuddle — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:09:59 +0000

Dang it Bryan!!!

By: fogw

fogw — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:16:45 +0000

Entelechy,

I’m all ))))))))))))))))))))))))s.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:01:46 +0000

What the Professor said.

fogw, so happy for you. You know what to say to your son from here. Thanks for sharing,

By: pbary

pbary — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:58:52 +0000

He’s a better man than me, and my guess is that he is a better person than most …

Paul

By: Professor Blather

Professor Blather — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:56:18 +0000

You are the man, Bryan. Thank you once again.

This is what real heroism looks like. And for what it’s worth, its what real Christianity looks like, too.

I’m not even worthy to polish Southworth’s boots. But I’m honored to have read about him.

Thank you for the Christmas present, HotAir.

Merry Christmas to all you knuckleheads.

By: tikvah

tikvah — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:47:13 +0000

Aw, that just made my day. Thanks!

By: StuLongIsland

StuLongIsland — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:35:13 +0000

Seems where ever we have faught wars, even after we bombed the heck out of the place we actually helped the population at the end of it all, don’t think we ever lined the population against a wall and shot them in a firing squad as some societies have or perhaps some left wing groups might want to invent. Our fighting men have brought back positives to this country, if it wasn’t adoption, perhaps wives and even brought back a little bit of other people’s culture to enhance ours by bringing in new ideas we can use or the people bring with them.

By: fred5678

fred5678 — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:26:30 +0000

This is just one more example of why America has the best military in the world. Ever.

By: canopfor

canopfor — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:51:59 +0000

I remember this story,thanks Baldilocks for the link,
this is nice,especially this time of year.

To all my Hot Air friends,from north of the border.

Have a very Merry Christmas.

By: TBinSTL

TBinSTL — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:33:36 +0000

I am thrilled to see an update to this story. It still brings tears to my eyes….and that’s a good thing.

By: baldilocks

baldilocks — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:56:38 +0000

This story was reported in July and it's obvious from the photos that the boy Ala'a has been getting much better nutrition. God bless Major Southworth.