http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5207874.stm
While part of me says, just let the man die, starvation is not a pleasant way to go, the other part of me says, no, keep him alive, because justice definitely needs to be served!
New Teen Craze: "Pharm Parties"
Love the part about the "trail mix." :-(
New Teen Craze: "Pharm Parties" Where Kids Use Prescription Drugs
New Teen Craze: "Pharm Parties" Where Kids Use Prescription Drugs
California roasts in record-breaking heat - Jul 23, 2006
Welcome to a little taste of Texas in the summer!
CNN.com - California roasts in record-breaking heat - Jul 23, 2006
CNN.com - California roasts in record-breaking heat - Jul 23, 2006
The perfect size for INJECTING
HITACHI GLOBAL : News Release : World's smallest and thinnest 0.15 x 0.15 mm, 7.5�m thick RFID IC chip
look at this - it's about 10x smaller than a grain of salt!
http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/060206.jpg
look at this - it's about 10x smaller than a grain of salt!
http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/060206.jpg
from the front
rick's take on the Israeli conflict:
Yes, thanks for asking. Most of them live in the South and aren't in range of the Hizbollah rockets. A few live in the North, and they're in their "safe room" -- like a bomb shelter that many Israeli homes have -- or are visiting with friends and family in the South. So far they're OK.
I was actually at the Lebanese border one day on our trip. We visited a kibbutz that has a great petting zoo, a playground and a winery. Israeli Jewish and Arab kids are playing, some adults are wine tasting, and I'm feeding a very large animal. Beautiful place.
On a hill just beyond the kibbutz's vineyard, clearly visible, was what looked like a large shed with a couple of large antennas sticking out of it. When I asked about it, they said, "Oh, that's Lebanon. That's a Hizbollah outpost. But don't worry....they just look at us, and we just look at them." How quickly things can change.
But not really. Hizbollah's been building toward this for some time. Hopefully, when the dust settles, things will be better and safer than before.
Rick
Hezbollah Said Holding Back on Rocket Fire for World Sympathy
Hezbollah Said Holding Back on Rocket Fire for World Sympathy:
They said it THEMSELVES!!! It's all part of the plan:
"Hezbollah in Lebanon was said to be holding back on its incessant bombing of Israeli cities, in order to gain the world's sympathy for Lebanon's citizens. "
They said it THEMSELVES!!! It's all part of the plan:
"Hezbollah in Lebanon was said to be holding back on its incessant bombing of Israeli cities, in order to gain the world's sympathy for Lebanon's citizens. "
check some of these
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Tremors spark fear as Java tsunami toll hits 550
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Israeli suspicion of UN clouds Lebanon force plan
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Suicide bomber in Iraq kills 59
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Israeli troops kill 9 Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
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Woe to those who harm the little ones
Those who harm children will have DIRE consequences to face!
http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L10606563
Dangers facing children around the world
Mon 10 Jul 2006 7:01 PM ET
July 11 (Reuters) - Kidnappings, rape and forced labour are some of the horrors inflicted on children highlighted in a Reuters AlertNet poll released on Tuesday to identify the world's most dangerous places to be a child.
Here are some statistics for dangers faced by children around the globe.
(Source: Unicef, International Labour Organization.)
http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L10606563
Dangers facing children around the world
Mon 10 Jul 2006 7:01 PM ET
July 11 (Reuters) - Kidnappings, rape and forced labour are some of the horrors inflicted on children highlighted in a Reuters AlertNet poll released on Tuesday to identify the world's most dangerous places to be a child.
Here are some statistics for dangers faced by children around the globe.
- Nearly 11 million children a year -- about 30,000 a day -- die before their fifth birthday, mostly from preventable causes.
- Out of 100 children born in 2000, 30 will likely suffer malnutrition, 26 will not be immunised and 17 will never go to school.
- n estimated 218 million children are used for labour. Millions work in especially horrific circumstances, including the virtual slavery of bonded labour.
- An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year for labour or sex.
- About 1 million children are thought to be exploited in the multi-billion dollar sex industry.
- There are over 300,000 child soldiers, some as young as eight, in more than 30 countries.
- More than 2 million children are thought to have died as a direct result of armed conflict in the past decade.
- Up to 10,000 children are killed or maimed by landmines each year.
- An estimated 100 million women and girls have undergone genital mutilation.
(Source: Unicef, International Labour Organization.)
Paralyzed man moves computer cursor by thought
So much technology, yet so little real knowledge:
Paralyzed man moves computer cursor through thought��Reuters.com
Paralyzed man moves computer cursor through thought��Reuters.com
Things of major prophetic importance
It's good to remind ourselves once again of the things of major prophetic importance:
- Many wars and rumors of wars around the world
- Israel at center stage and in a peace process, threatened with annihilation by its Islamic neighbors, and viewed as a “cup of trembling” by the international community of nations
- Rome reviving in the form of the EC and the international community
- Movement toward one-world order, and the existence of a global economic structure
- Development of technology that can make it possible to control the masses, as well as a liberally biased global media
- The coming together of all religions (interfaithism), while Christians and Christianity continue to be persecuted, and Christ is blasphemed
- Occurrences of strange weather patterns and weird sightings, such as UFOs, apparitions, and stigmata of various sorts
- People having the last days characteristics outlined by the Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy, chapter 3 ("For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy...")
Daniel the prophet said many end-time issues and events will come upon the world like a flood until all things prophesied are fulfilled. Jesus indicated that all of these things will be happening at the same time in the days just before His return to earth.
People have for centuries been witness to a few, scattered, similar issues or events during their time on earth. But ours is the only generation to see all of these major prophetic signals happening at the same time.
And the chief signal is: Israel, God’s timepiece, is again a nation. War is on the way – an unprecedented war, during which Israel will be at its center.
Iran warns Israel of 'unimaginable losses' if Syria hit
I think perhaps God might have another idea:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/16/060716084403.euo0z5mi.html
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/16/060716084403.euo0z5mi.html
Oil and water
How do we combat an ideology like this, when they believe in "Allah" as strongly as we believe in Christ?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ccnn/message/15206
However, the "fruits" of Allah pretty much prove that, while he may be real, he isn't the God of the Bible....destruction, war, terrorism, violence and hatred are not fruits that Christ would have us emulate.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ccnn/message/15206
However, the "fruits" of Allah pretty much prove that, while he may be real, he isn't the God of the Bible....destruction, war, terrorism, violence and hatred are not fruits that Christ would have us emulate.
Part 2 of that One World Government
President Bush, along with Mexico and Canada have recently come to an agreement (funny how this wasn't mentioned in the press) to erase the borders between all three N. American countries, starting with the Nafta superhighway that will connect all 3 countries. Under the benign moniker "Security and Prosperity Partnership" Bush has pushed the U.S. into an agreement which will wipe away any shred of sovereignty we might have left in our arsenal: http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2005/Mar/23-209281.html Already some of the southern border states have had problems with truck coming into the U.S. from Mexico, a country which has little to no regulations on trucking, hauling, safety or environmental concerns.
Here is the official text:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Crawford, Texas)
March 23, 2005
Joint Statement by President Bush, President Fox, and Prime Minister Martin Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
We, the elected leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, gather in Texas to announce the establishment of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.
Over the past decade, our three nations have taken important steps to expand economic opportunity for our people and to create the most vibrant and dynamic trade relationship in the world. Since September 11, 2001, we have also taken significant new steps to address the threat of terrorism and to enhance the security of our people.
But more needs to be done. In a rapidly changing world, we must develop new avenues of cooperation that will make our open societies safer and more secure, our businesses more competitive, and our economies more resilient.
Our Partnership will accomplish these objectives through a trilateral effort to increase the security, prosperity, and quality of life of our citizens. This work will be based on the principle that our security and prosperity are mutually dependent and complementary, and will reflect our shared belief in freedom, economic opportunity, and strong democratic values and institutions. Also, it will help consolidate our action into a North American framework to confront security and economic challenges, and promote the full potential of our people, addressing disparities and increasing opportunities for all.
Mexican President Viicente Fox, left, President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin greet each other after a news conference in Waco, Texas, on March 23. (AP/WWP)
Our Partnership is committed to reach the highest results to advance the security and well-being of our people. The Partnership is trilateral in concept; while allowing any two countries to move forward on an issue, it will create a path for the third to join later.
Advancing our Common Security
We will establish a common approach to security to protect North America from external threats, prevent and respond to threats within North America, and further streamline the secure and efficient movement of legitimate, low-risk traffic across our shared borders. As part of our efforts, we will:
-- Implement common border-security and bio-protection strategies;
-- Enhance critical infrastructure protection, and implement a common approach to emergency response;
-- Implement improvements in aviation and maritime security, combat transnational threats, and enhance intelligence partnerships; and
-- Implement a border-facilitation strategy to build capacity and improve the legitimate flow of people and cargo at our shared borders.
Advancing our Common Prosperity
We will work to enhance North American competitiveness and improve the quality of life of our people. Among other things, we will:
-- Improve productivity through regulatory cooperation to generate growth, while maintaining high standards for health and safety;
-- Promote sectoral collaboration in energy, transportation, financial services, technology, and other areas to facilitate business; and invest in our people;
-- Reduce the costs of trade through the efficient movement of goods and people; and
-- Enhance the stewardship of our environment, create a safer and more reliable food supply while facilitating agricultural trade, and protect our people from disease.
Next Steps
We will establish Ministerial-led working groups that will consult with stakeholders in our respective countries. These working groups will respond to the priorities of our people and our businesses, and will set specific, measurable, and achievable goals. They will identify concrete steps that our governments can take to meet these goals, and set implementation dates that will permit a rolling harvest of accomplishments.
Within 90 days, Ministers will report back to us with their initial report. Following this, the groups will report on a semi-annual basis. Because the Partnership will be an ongoing process of cooperation, new items will be added to the work agenda by mutual agreement as circumstances warrant.
Through this Partnership, we will ensure that North America remains the most economically dynamic region of the world and a secure home for our people in this and future generations.
Here is the official text:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Crawford, Texas)
March 23, 2005
Joint Statement by President Bush, President Fox, and Prime Minister Martin Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America
We, the elected leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, gather in Texas to announce the establishment of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.
Over the past decade, our three nations have taken important steps to expand economic opportunity for our people and to create the most vibrant and dynamic trade relationship in the world. Since September 11, 2001, we have also taken significant new steps to address the threat of terrorism and to enhance the security of our people.
But more needs to be done. In a rapidly changing world, we must develop new avenues of cooperation that will make our open societies safer and more secure, our businesses more competitive, and our economies more resilient.
Our Partnership will accomplish these objectives through a trilateral effort to increase the security, prosperity, and quality of life of our citizens. This work will be based on the principle that our security and prosperity are mutually dependent and complementary, and will reflect our shared belief in freedom, economic opportunity, and strong democratic values and institutions. Also, it will help consolidate our action into a North American framework to confront security and economic challenges, and promote the full potential of our people, addressing disparities and increasing opportunities for all.
Mexican President Viicente Fox, left, President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin greet each other after a news conference in Waco, Texas, on March 23. (AP/WWP)
Our Partnership is committed to reach the highest results to advance the security and well-being of our people. The Partnership is trilateral in concept; while allowing any two countries to move forward on an issue, it will create a path for the third to join later.
Advancing our Common Security
We will establish a common approach to security to protect North America from external threats, prevent and respond to threats within North America, and further streamline the secure and efficient movement of legitimate, low-risk traffic across our shared borders. As part of our efforts, we will:
-- Implement common border-security and bio-protection strategies;
-- Enhance critical infrastructure protection, and implement a common approach to emergency response;
-- Implement improvements in aviation and maritime security, combat transnational threats, and enhance intelligence partnerships; and
-- Implement a border-facilitation strategy to build capacity and improve the legitimate flow of people and cargo at our shared borders.
Advancing our Common Prosperity
We will work to enhance North American competitiveness and improve the quality of life of our people. Among other things, we will:
-- Improve productivity through regulatory cooperation to generate growth, while maintaining high standards for health and safety;
-- Promote sectoral collaboration in energy, transportation, financial services, technology, and other areas to facilitate business; and invest in our people;
-- Reduce the costs of trade through the efficient movement of goods and people; and
-- Enhance the stewardship of our environment, create a safer and more reliable food supply while facilitating agricultural trade, and protect our people from disease.
Next Steps
We will establish Ministerial-led working groups that will consult with stakeholders in our respective countries. These working groups will respond to the priorities of our people and our businesses, and will set specific, measurable, and achievable goals. They will identify concrete steps that our governments can take to meet these goals, and set implementation dates that will permit a rolling harvest of accomplishments.
Within 90 days, Ministers will report back to us with their initial report. Following this, the groups will report on a semi-annual basis. Because the Partnership will be an ongoing process of cooperation, new items will be added to the work agenda by mutual agreement as circumstances warrant.
Through this Partnership, we will ensure that North America remains the most economically dynamic region of the world and a secure home for our people in this and future generations.
RFID Conference tagline
1st RFID Conference
Gosh, they're just SO proud of themselves, aren't they?
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is rapidly starting to show its true
potential in the automatic data capture industry. New techniques to enable
reduced tag costs, standards development, security issues, etc. are all
combining to generate increased RFID usage. Industries such as retail,
automotive, transportation, medical, document management, etc. have recently implemented extensive trials and operating systems. IMI's 1st RFID Conference is designed to explore the current state-of-the-art and future trends for the utilization of radio frequency technologies in the tag, ticket and label printing industry and RFID's expanding role in the auto ID industry and supply chain management. Leading technologists, experts and users will address RFID technology and production advancements as well as the adoption of RFID developments and innovations.
Gosh, they're just SO proud of themselves, aren't they?
Kids on drugs
We've taken to drugging our kids--especially boys--when then act like normal squirrely kids, rather than disciplining them at home and raising them with tough love:
Google Image Result for http://www.freedommag.org/english/vol33I1/img/pg03_1.jpg
Yet another symptom of moms in the workplace and no one to watch the kids!
Google Image Result for http://www.freedommag.org/english/vol33I1/img/pg03_1.jpg
Yet another symptom of moms in the workplace and no one to watch the kids!
1948 - the Prophetic clock starts ticking
Israel Independence Day 2006 � *5766 - Jerusalem Newswire:
The day in 1948 was a multi-miracle milestone:
* It marked the precise, 100 percent accurate fulfillment of what Jewish prophets had foretold thousands of years before.
* It verified that the Jews had indeed survived as a nation through two millennia of worldwide dispersion and persecution that culminated in the Holocaust.
* It marked the return of the remnant of that nation to the same land, cities and towns from which Rome had driven it 1,818 years before."
The day in 1948 was a multi-miracle milestone:
* It marked the precise, 100 percent accurate fulfillment of what Jewish prophets had foretold thousands of years before.
* It verified that the Jews had indeed survived as a nation through two millennia of worldwide dispersion and persecution that culminated in the Holocaust.
* It marked the return of the remnant of that nation to the same land, cities and towns from which Rome had driven it 1,818 years before."
Supermarket to the world...not so 'super'
"There will be no slowing down. RFID will transform the way we do business."
He has NO idea just how much.
Wal-Mart's CIO: 'RFID best thing since sliced bread' - LANs - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com:
He has NO idea just how much.
Wal-Mart's CIO: 'RFID best thing since sliced bread' - LANs - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com:
One brick closer....
First in Europe, soon in the U.S....
Asda does away with cheques - Financial Services - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
Asda does away with cheques - Financial Services - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
the Middle Eastern freak show continues
Iran Threatens Israel if U.S. Attacks - Yahoo! News
Iran's goals:
1) Wipe Israel off the planet.
2) Wipe Americans and Christians off the planet.
Any questions?
Iran's goals:
1) Wipe Israel off the planet.
2) Wipe Americans and Christians off the planet.
Any questions?
Illegals Rioting in California
In addition, leaders of the riots were recorded shouting "Death to the rednecks!" and (sic) "There aren't many white anglo saxon protestants left in Los Angeles...this is our land, and we're taking it back!"
NICE.
Illegal Immigrant Rioting in California
NICE.
Illegal Immigrant Rioting in California
Flaunting Sin in the Face of God's Holy City
Homosexuals headed for Jerusalem - Jerusalem Newswire
They know not what they do....woe to those who call good evil, and evil good!
They know not what they do....woe to those who call good evil, and evil good!
Iran again threatens to destroy Israel
Iran again threatens to destroy Israel - Jerusalem Newswire
"I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you."
Woe be to Iran if and when they truly decide to follow through with this threat.
"I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you."
Woe be to Iran if and when they truly decide to follow through with this threat.
I certainly don't want one
Big Brother will be watching you drive...and your insurance company will be too:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132056,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132056,00.html
And still they force 2nd child abortions
between India and China, it's a wonder any women survive in either of those countries at all:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-04e.html
http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/10/stories/2006011004311300.htm
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-04e.html
http://www.thehindu.com/2006/01/10/stories/2006011004311300.htm
Stem cell research
Embryonic stem cell research has done nothing to enhance medical science, but adult stem cells have been proven to work:
http://www.lifeissues.org/cloningstemcell/bradsarticle.html
http://www.lifeissues.org/cloningstemcell/bradsarticle.html
Scientists will ALWAYS find a way to corrupt the good
And in the mad scientist department....here are some real winners:
"Chimeras [human-animal crossbreads] or parahumans might legitimately be fashioned to do dangerous or demeaning jobs. As it is now, low-grade work is shoved off on moronic and retarded individuals, the victims of uncontrolled reproduction. Should we not program such workers 'thoughtfully' instead of accidentally, by means of hybridization?" — Dr. Joseph Fletcher, Harvard University professor widely recognized as the "patriarch of bioethics"
"The horizons of the new eugenics are, in principle, boundless. For the first time in all time, a living creature understands its origin and can undertake to design its future..." — Dr. Robert Sinsheimer, molecular biologist, Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz, initiator of the Human Genome Project.
"No newborn infant should be declared human until it has passed certain tests regarding its genetic endowment, and that if it fails these tests it forfeits the right to live.” — Dr. Francis Crick, Nobel Prize Laureate 1962, co-discovery of DNA. Crick also favored a scheme for licensing parenthood or a tax on children to encourage "those people who are more socially desirable to have more children.”
"If you are really stupid, I would call that a disease...so I'd like to get rid of that....People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great." [typical man] — Dr. James Watson, president of the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, New York, Nobel Prize Laureate, co-discovery of DNA, advocating for manipulation of the human genome.
"Science is moving at such a fast pace that scientists have proven that they can create headless mice through removal of genes in the embryo that control development of the head. But the body would have the capacity to keep the organs functional for use as transplants.... Embryonic stem cells, which holds promise of cure of any organ, is but a slow move towards immortality." — Dr. P.B. Desai, world renowned oncologist in India
"If biological manipulation is indeed a slippery slope, then we are already sliding down that slope now and may as well enjoy the ride.'' [oh, that's SUCH a good reason] — Gregory Stock, Director of the Program on Medicine, Technology, and Society at UCLA’s School of Public Health and author of Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future
"There is a close analogy between a human body invaded by a cancer and a nation afflicted with subpopulations whose inborn defects cause them to become social liabilities. Just as in cancer the best treatment is to eradicate the parasitic growth as quickly as possible, the eugenic defense against the dysgenic social effects of afflicted subpopulations is of necessity limited to equally drastic measures . . . . When these inferior elements [hey, not only the sick or deformed, but the unborn and elderly too!] are not effectively eliminated from a population, then—just as when the cells of a malignant tumor are allowed to proliferate throughout a human body—they destroy the host body as well as themselves." — Dr. Konrad Lorenz, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1973. (Taking Eugenics Seriously)
Advocates of Human Engineering...aka those COMPLETELY living in a dream world:
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Journal of Evolution and TechnologyWorld Transhumanist Association
Incipient Posthuman
Creative Conscious Evolution - TranshumanChildren of the Millennium
Future of Humanity Institute
Transtopia -- Transhumanism Evolved
PrometheismReason
Peter Singer
The Judas We Never Knew - Christianity Today Magazine
In the last days, satan's influence will grow, and many people will be led astray ... led away from the truth of the Bible. It's also amazing that many people who consider themselves too "intelligent" to believe in the Bible, tend to believe stuff like "the Gospel of Judas:"
The Judas We Never Knew - Christianity Today Magazine
It's just another sign, already predicted ... 2,000 years ago.
Matthew 24 - Signs of the End of the Age
"Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
23At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. 25See, I have told you ahead of time.
26"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Are YOU ready?
The Judas We Never Knew - Christianity Today Magazine
It's just another sign, already predicted ... 2,000 years ago.
Matthew 24 - Signs of the End of the Age
"Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
23At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. 25See, I have told you ahead of time.
26"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Are YOU ready?
Conservative Christians losing faith in GOP
Count me in on this one. Dubya has not been making me very happy in many instances. However, I'm still not going to go Democrat.
Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Latest News:
Conservative Christians losing faith in GOP
Saturday, April 1, 2006
By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – There was no clearer sense of the despair among conservative Christians who gathered recently than the row upon row of books with urgent, alarmist titles.
Pagan America. Judicial Tyranny. Liberalism Kills Kids. The Criminalization of Christianity.
In the political culture wars, religious conservatives say they've been electing candidates but not getting the results they want. And leaders worry that they might be about to lose Christian conservatives as a potent political force because of unmet expectations on a host of issues and stumbles by a Republican administration they helped elect.
Conservative "values voters" have been crucial to Republican success, with religious leaders driving huge voter turnout in recent elections. If they lack enthusiasm this fall, experts say, the GOP could lose control of Congress.
"The nation isn't focused today in a way it was on such issues as abortion, marriage, the nature of the family," said the Rev. Laurence White of Houston. "For us, it's not the economy, stupid. It's the morality, stupid."
The Rev. Rick Scarborough, an East Texas evangelist whose group Vision America sponsored a two-day conference aimed at getting Christian activists involved in the 2006 elections, says he hopes to mobilize groups representing 20 million people. To motivate them, he offers a list of 10 grievances and a program to register voters and press candidates to pass specific legislation.
"We're tired of talk. We want action," he said. "It occurs to us that no matter who is in the White House or who says what we want to hear, nothing ever changes."
High on the list are a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and a judiciary more sympathetic to religious expression, like permitting the Ten Commandments in government buildings and allowing pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit.
"If these issues are not addressed, you'll see values voters stay home by the millions. And then the Republicans and others who have been the beneficiary of the values vote are going to lose," Mr. Scarborough said.
Those who work to counter the influence of religious conservatives scoff at the notion that their opponents should feel aggrieved. The White House is occupied by the most openly religious president in memory, two new Supreme Court justices hold an expansive view of religious rights, and social conservatives control Congress.
"This language of persecution would be more credible if the very people using it weren't sitting at the seat of power in government today," said Kathy Miller of the Texas Freedom Network, a nonprofit group that monitors church-state issues.
Still, the dissatisfaction in the social conservative base threatens to divide a GOP already struggling to balance the interests of social conservatives with those of economic and traditional conservatives, who care primarily about Iraq, immigration, and taxes and government spending.
Turnout
Professor John Green of the University of Akron, an expert on religion and politics, said evangelicals accounted for 35 percent to 40 percent of President Bush's re-election vote in 2004 and are instrumental to GOP success.
"These voters are quite important to Republican control of the House and Senate," Mr. Green said. "In Ohio, probably Florida, Pennsylvania and maybe Missouri in 2006, these voters could be absolutely crucial to Republicans."
A group called Reformation Ohio has enlisted more than 1,000 "patriot pastors" to help register voters who could benefit the GOP, particularly gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Blackwell. The group's leader, evangelist Rod Parsley, has lent his support to a similar group, the Texas Restoration Project, whose voter-registration efforts are being used by Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign.
The "War on Christians and Values Voters in 2006" conference last week offered a clear view of how social conservatives are approaching this election year. They aren't dwelling on their recent successes; instead, a siege mentality seems prevalent.
On the dais and in the hallways of a hotel at the gathering of about 400 conservative Christians, the talk was about moral values under attack and what one participant called "this alien idea of an absolute wall of separation between church and state."
A succession of panels featured vivid stories about religious liberty in jeopardy.
A Navy chaplain said he was disciplined for delivering an evangelical Christian prayer during a memorial service. A Florida artist recounted how his paintings were banned from a city hall exhibit because they depicted religious themes. And a Massachusetts radio talk show host said he was physically threatened for hosting a "Mr. Heterosexual Contest" after hearing about a gay beauty pageant in California.
Panelists warned that whatever the electoral gains of recent years, American culture is still besieged by Hollywood, the news media, gays, liberals, "secular humanists" and the ACLU.
There were some acknowledgments of victory. One panelist declared that cable TV and bloggers have "broken the media monopoly," and another sparked applause by announcing he was appearing that night on Bill O'Reilly's show on the Fox News Channel.
When a conference delegate asked whether Christians should buy control of newspapers that are for sale, longtime conservative activist Paul Weyrich said there was no need.
"Newspapers are a dying industry," he said. "There won't be any newspapers 20 years from now. Buy television."
As for Hollywood, panelists were uniformly critical of what they see as its denigration of Christian values but reluctance to critique Islam and risk what conservative activist Janet Folger called "folks in turbans dancing around the ashes of the building."
A declaration by Don Feder of Vision America – "Hollywood likes Islam almost as much as it loathes Christianity" – prompted a delegate to ask why Jewish movie executives would support a religion whose extremists wanted to destroy Israel.
Mr. Feder explained that Hollywood executives are political liberals who do not reflect Judeo-Christian ethics.
"The people in this audience," he said of the largely white, Protestant crowd, "are more Jewish than people like Barbra Streisand, because you embrace Jewish values. She doesn't."
One delegate came as George Washington, dressed in three-pointed hat and full revolutionary regalia. During a question-and-answer session, he offered brisk assurance that the Founding Fathers favored a close church-state alliance, even quoting "my friend Thomas Jefferson."
ON THEIR LIST
Conservative Christian voters say that Republican leaders they helped put in office haven't moved quickly enough on their policy agenda. Here are some of the issues they feel haven't been addressed:
Gay-marriage ban. Although 19 states, including Texas, have amended their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage, Congress has not authorized a federal constitutional amendment. Conservatives say such a step is necessary to protect traditional marriage against court decisions requiring recognition of gay unions.
Religious expression. Conservative evangelicals want churches to be able to support political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, teacher-led prayer to be allowed in schools, and religious symbols such as the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public places.
The judiciary. President Bush gets high marks for the two Supreme Court justices confirmed this year. But courts should be prohibited from taking "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance or otherwise ruling against acknowledgements of God in public declarations, conservative evangelical leaders say.
Abortion. Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion, has not been overturned.
Property rights. Conservatives want restrictions on eminent domain, the government power to take private property for public use.
Add: Border Security! Stop illegal immigration!
School vouchers. Parents should be permitted to send children to private schools, including those run by religious institutions, with public money, these voters argue.
Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Latest News:
Conservative Christians losing faith in GOP
Saturday, April 1, 2006
By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – There was no clearer sense of the despair among conservative Christians who gathered recently than the row upon row of books with urgent, alarmist titles.
Pagan America. Judicial Tyranny. Liberalism Kills Kids. The Criminalization of Christianity.
In the political culture wars, religious conservatives say they've been electing candidates but not getting the results they want. And leaders worry that they might be about to lose Christian conservatives as a potent political force because of unmet expectations on a host of issues and stumbles by a Republican administration they helped elect.
Conservative "values voters" have been crucial to Republican success, with religious leaders driving huge voter turnout in recent elections. If they lack enthusiasm this fall, experts say, the GOP could lose control of Congress.
"The nation isn't focused today in a way it was on such issues as abortion, marriage, the nature of the family," said the Rev. Laurence White of Houston. "For us, it's not the economy, stupid. It's the morality, stupid."
The Rev. Rick Scarborough, an East Texas evangelist whose group Vision America sponsored a two-day conference aimed at getting Christian activists involved in the 2006 elections, says he hopes to mobilize groups representing 20 million people. To motivate them, he offers a list of 10 grievances and a program to register voters and press candidates to pass specific legislation.
"We're tired of talk. We want action," he said. "It occurs to us that no matter who is in the White House or who says what we want to hear, nothing ever changes."
High on the list are a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and a judiciary more sympathetic to religious expression, like permitting the Ten Commandments in government buildings and allowing pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit.
"If these issues are not addressed, you'll see values voters stay home by the millions. And then the Republicans and others who have been the beneficiary of the values vote are going to lose," Mr. Scarborough said.
Those who work to counter the influence of religious conservatives scoff at the notion that their opponents should feel aggrieved. The White House is occupied by the most openly religious president in memory, two new Supreme Court justices hold an expansive view of religious rights, and social conservatives control Congress.
"This language of persecution would be more credible if the very people using it weren't sitting at the seat of power in government today," said Kathy Miller of the Texas Freedom Network, a nonprofit group that monitors church-state issues.
Still, the dissatisfaction in the social conservative base threatens to divide a GOP already struggling to balance the interests of social conservatives with those of economic and traditional conservatives, who care primarily about Iraq, immigration, and taxes and government spending.
Turnout
Professor John Green of the University of Akron, an expert on religion and politics, said evangelicals accounted for 35 percent to 40 percent of President Bush's re-election vote in 2004 and are instrumental to GOP success.
"These voters are quite important to Republican control of the House and Senate," Mr. Green said. "In Ohio, probably Florida, Pennsylvania and maybe Missouri in 2006, these voters could be absolutely crucial to Republicans."
A group called Reformation Ohio has enlisted more than 1,000 "patriot pastors" to help register voters who could benefit the GOP, particularly gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Blackwell. The group's leader, evangelist Rod Parsley, has lent his support to a similar group, the Texas Restoration Project, whose voter-registration efforts are being used by Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign.
The "War on Christians and Values Voters in 2006" conference last week offered a clear view of how social conservatives are approaching this election year. They aren't dwelling on their recent successes; instead, a siege mentality seems prevalent.
On the dais and in the hallways of a hotel at the gathering of about 400 conservative Christians, the talk was about moral values under attack and what one participant called "this alien idea of an absolute wall of separation between church and state."
A succession of panels featured vivid stories about religious liberty in jeopardy.
A Navy chaplain said he was disciplined for delivering an evangelical Christian prayer during a memorial service. A Florida artist recounted how his paintings were banned from a city hall exhibit because they depicted religious themes. And a Massachusetts radio talk show host said he was physically threatened for hosting a "Mr. Heterosexual Contest" after hearing about a gay beauty pageant in California.
Panelists warned that whatever the electoral gains of recent years, American culture is still besieged by Hollywood, the news media, gays, liberals, "secular humanists" and the ACLU.
There were some acknowledgments of victory. One panelist declared that cable TV and bloggers have "broken the media monopoly," and another sparked applause by announcing he was appearing that night on Bill O'Reilly's show on the Fox News Channel.
When a conference delegate asked whether Christians should buy control of newspapers that are for sale, longtime conservative activist Paul Weyrich said there was no need.
"Newspapers are a dying industry," he said. "There won't be any newspapers 20 years from now. Buy television."
As for Hollywood, panelists were uniformly critical of what they see as its denigration of Christian values but reluctance to critique Islam and risk what conservative activist Janet Folger called "folks in turbans dancing around the ashes of the building."
A declaration by Don Feder of Vision America – "Hollywood likes Islam almost as much as it loathes Christianity" – prompted a delegate to ask why Jewish movie executives would support a religion whose extremists wanted to destroy Israel.
Mr. Feder explained that Hollywood executives are political liberals who do not reflect Judeo-Christian ethics.
"The people in this audience," he said of the largely white, Protestant crowd, "are more Jewish than people like Barbra Streisand, because you embrace Jewish values. She doesn't."
One delegate came as George Washington, dressed in three-pointed hat and full revolutionary regalia. During a question-and-answer session, he offered brisk assurance that the Founding Fathers favored a close church-state alliance, even quoting "my friend Thomas Jefferson."
ON THEIR LIST
Conservative Christian voters say that Republican leaders they helped put in office haven't moved quickly enough on their policy agenda. Here are some of the issues they feel haven't been addressed:
Gay-marriage ban. Although 19 states, including Texas, have amended their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage, Congress has not authorized a federal constitutional amendment. Conservatives say such a step is necessary to protect traditional marriage against court decisions requiring recognition of gay unions.
Religious expression. Conservative evangelicals want churches to be able to support political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, teacher-led prayer to be allowed in schools, and religious symbols such as the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public places.
The judiciary. President Bush gets high marks for the two Supreme Court justices confirmed this year. But courts should be prohibited from taking "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance or otherwise ruling against acknowledgements of God in public declarations, conservative evangelical leaders say.
Abortion. Roe vs. Wade, which legalized abortion, has not been overturned.
Property rights. Conservatives want restrictions on eminent domain, the government power to take private property for public use.
Add: Border Security! Stop illegal immigration!
School vouchers. Parents should be permitted to send children to private schools, including those run by religious institutions, with public money, these voters argue.
Eminent domain ain't what it used to be
Eminent Domain:
"The power to take private property for public use by the state or municipality with just compensation."
"The right of a government or municipal public body to acquire private property for public use. It is acquired through a court action called condemnation in which the court determines the use is a public use and decides the price or compensation to be paid to the owner."
But now, it seems, Eminent Domain isn't just for the public good, or for public use. It now means pretty much this: "The reigning governental body will take any land and any property for whatever it wants to use it for (shopping mall, parking lot, sports stadium), and will pay owner whatever compensation it feels like, which may or may not be fair market value (and which may leave the previous owner scrambling to find new shelter with much less money).
WorldNetDaily: City to seize church by eminent domain (this is only the beginning....churches in general are going to start getting crowded out by eminent domain)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/cowboysstadium/stories/062505dnmetcondemn.415743ed.html (good old Jerry Jones strikes again)
"The power to take private property for public use by the state or municipality with just compensation."
"The right of a government or municipal public body to acquire private property for public use. It is acquired through a court action called condemnation in which the court determines the use is a public use and decides the price or compensation to be paid to the owner."
But now, it seems, Eminent Domain isn't just for the public good, or for public use. It now means pretty much this: "The reigning governental body will take any land and any property for whatever it wants to use it for (shopping mall, parking lot, sports stadium), and will pay owner whatever compensation it feels like, which may or may not be fair market value (and which may leave the previous owner scrambling to find new shelter with much less money).
WorldNetDaily: City to seize church by eminent domain (this is only the beginning....churches in general are going to start getting crowded out by eminent domain)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/cowboysstadium/stories/062505dnmetcondemn.415743ed.html (good old Jerry Jones strikes again)
Animal and Humans are NOT equal!
While it's true we humans as a whole pretty much suck at our stewardship of the world, still, animals should not have the same "rights" as human beings.
Humans beings are created in the image of God. Animals were put here on the earth to serve, and be companions to, human beings. They are not sentient, and do not have spirits or souls to communicate with, and worship, God the way that human beings do. This is the main distiction between the two!
Animal Liberation & Rights: PETA, Bible, & Christianity
Humans beings are created in the image of God. Animals were put here on the earth to serve, and be companions to, human beings. They are not sentient, and do not have spirits or souls to communicate with, and worship, God the way that human beings do. This is the main distiction between the two!
Animal Liberation & Rights: PETA, Bible, & Christianity
The Wayback machine
Sometimes it's good to go back to the beginning to get a fresh perspective on things.
World events are occurring at a dizzying pace, yet they're still happening subtly enough that the majority of people don't pay attention, they just don't "get it." But putting it all down in one location, like this blog, can help to spell things out a bit more.
Our world seems like it's going mad, but unfortunately, it's only going to get worse, I'm afraid.
Keep your eyes on the Middle East....as well as in the Bible. The two go hand in hand.
World events are occurring at a dizzying pace, yet they're still happening subtly enough that the majority of people don't pay attention, they just don't "get it." But putting it all down in one location, like this blog, can help to spell things out a bit more.
Our world seems like it's going mad, but unfortunately, it's only going to get worse, I'm afraid.
Keep your eyes on the Middle East....as well as in the Bible. The two go hand in hand.
Retaking the Southwest
Are they loco?
Nevermind that Texas has been part of the United States for over 150 years.
The ‘Reconquista’—Mexico’s Dream of ‘Retaking’ the Southwest
Nevermind that Texas has been part of the United States for over 150 years.
The ‘Reconquista’—Mexico’s Dream of ‘Retaking’ the Southwest
God forbid if white Americans ever stood up for *their* rights
But because they're a "downtrodden" minority group, they think it's OK to do this stuff...and sadly, we let them get away with it!
WorldNetDaily: Marchers say gringos, not illegals, have to go
WorldNetDaily: Marchers say gringos, not illegals, have to go
Told you so
WAKE UP AND PAY ATTENTION!
WorldNetDaily: 'Atomic Iran' warnings prove accurate:
"...the current buzz surrounding Iran's nuclear ambitions 'is not alarmist fear-mongering.' And the proof comes straight from the mouth of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In recent months, Ahmadinejad made headlines for claiming the Holocaust was a 'myth,' and by announcing: 'We don't shy away from declaring that Islam is ready to rule the world.'
Nuclear capabilities and a radical desire to rule the world do not mix. In October, Ahmadinejad declared his desire for Israel to be 'wiped out from the map of the world.' The remarks were not a flippant off-the-cuff comment. The hard-line Iranian president was speaking before 'The World Without Zionism' conference. Following his speech, 3,000 students in attendance began chanting 'Death to Israel!' and 'Death to America!'
As if the conference's harsh rhetoric were not enough, Iran has recently promised immediate retaliation if Tehran is referred to the U.N. Security Council. Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's foreign minister, told the Guardian that any military action by the U.S. or Israel against Iran would have 'severe consequences' and would be countered 'by all means' at Iran's disposal.
Wednesday, Britain, France and Germany, along with U.S. support, submitted a draft resolution asking the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council. As a result, all members of the Security Council agreed not to take action or impose sanctions until the IAEA presents its report regarding Iran's nuclear program in early March.
Yesterday, the IAEI Board of Governors began its two-day emergency session after "reaching an impasse in negotiations with Iran when the Islamic state announced last month that it had broken IAEA sales on its nuclear facilities," according to CNN. A vote on the EU3's draft resolution is expected to take place today. Meanwhile, U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte told Congress yesterday that while Iran probably does not have nuclear weapons or the material necessary to produce them, they remain a matter of "highest concern."
Niiiice.
WorldNetDaily: 'Atomic Iran' warnings prove accurate:
"...the current buzz surrounding Iran's nuclear ambitions 'is not alarmist fear-mongering.' And the proof comes straight from the mouth of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In recent months, Ahmadinejad made headlines for claiming the Holocaust was a 'myth,' and by announcing: 'We don't shy away from declaring that Islam is ready to rule the world.'
Nuclear capabilities and a radical desire to rule the world do not mix. In October, Ahmadinejad declared his desire for Israel to be 'wiped out from the map of the world.' The remarks were not a flippant off-the-cuff comment. The hard-line Iranian president was speaking before 'The World Without Zionism' conference. Following his speech, 3,000 students in attendance began chanting 'Death to Israel!' and 'Death to America!'
As if the conference's harsh rhetoric were not enough, Iran has recently promised immediate retaliation if Tehran is referred to the U.N. Security Council. Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's foreign minister, told the Guardian that any military action by the U.S. or Israel against Iran would have 'severe consequences' and would be countered 'by all means' at Iran's disposal.
Wednesday, Britain, France and Germany, along with U.S. support, submitted a draft resolution asking the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council. As a result, all members of the Security Council agreed not to take action or impose sanctions until the IAEA presents its report regarding Iran's nuclear program in early March.
Yesterday, the IAEI Board of Governors began its two-day emergency session after "reaching an impasse in negotiations with Iran when the Islamic state announced last month that it had broken IAEA sales on its nuclear facilities," according to CNN. A vote on the EU3's draft resolution is expected to take place today. Meanwhile, U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte told Congress yesterday that while Iran probably does not have nuclear weapons or the material necessary to produce them, they remain a matter of "highest concern."
Niiiice.
IMPLOSION, BABY!
So....you're here in the States illegally?
No problemo!
Feel free to get a job...many employers never check for documentation, and cash talks!
Drive a car....you don't need no stinkin' insurance...or even a license! American citizens will gladly pay those ever-increasing insurance premiums!
Be sure to send your kids to our schools and then force the schools to become bilingual, and teachers to lose their jobs because they only speak English. After all, assimilating into our society is so uncool and such a bother! Who needs that? Certainly not you!
Get a bank account! Even if most of your money get wired back to other countries, we'll take whatever small amount happens to be left over.
Need medical help? Hey, for you, amigo, it's FREE! And be sure to have your women give birth while inside our borders illegally....it's a free pass for you parents, and we citizens love paying more for our medical insurance, plus footing the bill for you and your ever-growing family!
You say you want to buy a house? Just because you're undocumented doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to purchase one for you and your 20 closest relatives! Meanwhile we citizens have to depend on things like credit!
By all means, protest in the streets of your adopted country, waving the flag of your motherland, and demean the flag of the country you seem to so desperately want to become part of, yet hate everything about.
On that note, you say that you want reconquista de Tejas, along with other border states? Go for it, vato! Our borders are sieves, drugs pour in by the ton, thousands of people cross the borders illegally every month, heaven forbid we should enforce our own laws...so why shouldn't we happily give Texas back to Mexico? Just because it's been part of the United States since 1845 never really mattered anyway, right?
I'm sure it's not racist at all that one of your major Hispanic associations is called "La Raza" which means "The Race." It would be silly to think that!
And if you're an OTM* be sure to bring your crazy religions and traditions to our country, and then argue, complain, sue, and resort to violence when our laws and customs don't happen to abide by your rules, or you don't happen to like a particular CARTOON. It's perfectly okay if you call us pigs, apes and infidels. After all: "War is ordained by Allah, and all Muslims must be willing to fight, whether they like it or not," so obviously, WE must all be in the wrong. Pay no attention to those silly laws and rules!
Don't forget: it's always appropriate that a letigious solution is the best solution! A long, drawn out, broken legal system is a joy to see in action!
It's obvious that the few should always be more important than the many. All of your yelling and screaming and flag burning and lawsuits and violence really have made a difference....you're finally making us see the truth! After all, we're learning that America is just a big, bad, intolerant, bossy, dictatorial, hateful, inflexible, narrow-minded, racist, global bully, complete with a bona fide idiot running the show! We should welcome all of you undocumented illegals with open arms!
And your truth is that it's simply all about YOU, isn't it? Wow, what a concept!
So hey....welcome to the formerly United States!
*OTM = other than Mexicans; over 60,000 OTMs crossed U.S. borders illegally in 2005
No problemo!
Feel free to get a job...many employers never check for documentation, and cash talks!
Drive a car....you don't need no stinkin' insurance...or even a license! American citizens will gladly pay those ever-increasing insurance premiums!
Be sure to send your kids to our schools and then force the schools to become bilingual, and teachers to lose their jobs because they only speak English. After all, assimilating into our society is so uncool and such a bother! Who needs that? Certainly not you!
Get a bank account! Even if most of your money get wired back to other countries, we'll take whatever small amount happens to be left over.
Need medical help? Hey, for you, amigo, it's FREE! And be sure to have your women give birth while inside our borders illegally....it's a free pass for you parents, and we citizens love paying more for our medical insurance, plus footing the bill for you and your ever-growing family!
You say you want to buy a house? Just because you're undocumented doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to purchase one for you and your 20 closest relatives! Meanwhile we citizens have to depend on things like credit!
By all means, protest in the streets of your adopted country, waving the flag of your motherland, and demean the flag of the country you seem to so desperately want to become part of, yet hate everything about.
On that note, you say that you want reconquista de Tejas, along with other border states? Go for it, vato! Our borders are sieves, drugs pour in by the ton, thousands of people cross the borders illegally every month, heaven forbid we should enforce our own laws...so why shouldn't we happily give Texas back to Mexico? Just because it's been part of the United States since 1845 never really mattered anyway, right?
I'm sure it's not racist at all that one of your major Hispanic associations is called "La Raza" which means "The Race." It would be silly to think that!
And if you're an OTM* be sure to bring your crazy religions and traditions to our country, and then argue, complain, sue, and resort to violence when our laws and customs don't happen to abide by your rules, or you don't happen to like a particular CARTOON. It's perfectly okay if you call us pigs, apes and infidels. After all: "War is ordained by Allah, and all Muslims must be willing to fight, whether they like it or not," so obviously, WE must all be in the wrong. Pay no attention to those silly laws and rules!
Don't forget: it's always appropriate that a letigious solution is the best solution! A long, drawn out, broken legal system is a joy to see in action!
It's obvious that the few should always be more important than the many. All of your yelling and screaming and flag burning and lawsuits and violence really have made a difference....you're finally making us see the truth! After all, we're learning that America is just a big, bad, intolerant, bossy, dictatorial, hateful, inflexible, narrow-minded, racist, global bully, complete with a bona fide idiot running the show! We should welcome all of you undocumented illegals with open arms!
And your truth is that it's simply all about YOU, isn't it? Wow, what a concept!
So hey....welcome to the formerly United States!
*OTM = other than Mexicans; over 60,000 OTMs crossed U.S. borders illegally in 2005
Oh yeah, they're really peaceful
Interesting...click on the picture of the man's face and just look at his countenance compared to the angry looking guys in the background....THAT'S only some of what Christianity does - it looses one from the bondage of anger and fear!
FOXNews.com - U.S. & World News - Christian Convert in Afghanistan Could be Unfit to Stand Trial
FOXNews.com - U.S. & World News - Christian Convert in Afghanistan Could be Unfit to Stand Trial
Let's be like Europe....so "progressive"
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Dutch Immigrants Must Watch Racy Film
Thursday, March 16, 2006
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The camera focuses on two gay men kissing in a park. Later, a topless woman emerges from the sea and walks onto a crowded beach. For would-be immigrants to the Netherlands, this film is a test of their readiness to participate in the liberal Dutch culture.
If they can't stomach it, no need to apply.
Despite whether they find the film offensive, applicants must buy a copy and watch it if they hope to pass the Netherlands' new entrance examination.
The test — the first of its kind in the world — became compulsory Wednesday, and was made available at 138 Dutch embassies.
Taking the exam costs $420. The price for a preparation package that includes the film, a CD ROM and a picture album of famous Dutch people is $75.
"As of today, immigrants wishing to settle in the Netherlands for, in particular, the purposes of marrying or forming a relationship will be required to take the civic integration examination abroad," the Immigration Ministry said in a statement.
The test is part of a broader crackdown on immigration that has been gathering momentum in the Netherlands since 2001.
Dutch theologian Karel Steenbrink criticized the 105-minute movie, saying it would be offensive to some Muslims. [duh, I think that's the point]
"It is not a prudent way of welcoming people to the Netherlands," said Steenbrink, a professor at the University of Utrecht. "Minister Verdonk has radical ideas."
But Mohammed Sini, the chairman of Islam and Citizenship, a national Muslim organization, defended the film, saying that homosexuality is "a reality."
Sini urged all immigrants "to embrace modernity." [if that's being modern, no thanks]
A censored version with no homosexual and nude material had been prepared because it is illegal to show such images in Iran and some other countries, filmmaker Walter Goverde said.
"With all the respect I have for all religions, I think people need to understand that Holland has its own liberal side as well," he said.
After viewing the film, which is available in most languages, applicants are then quizzed on important Dutch factoids such as the number of provinces that make up the Netherlands; the role played by William of Orange in the country's history; and Queen Beatrix's monarchial functions.
There are some major exemptions. EU nationals, asylum-seekers and skilled workers who earn more than $54,000 per year will not be required to take the 30-minute computerized exam.
Also, citizens of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan and Switzerland are exempt. (gee, that's swell!)
Dutch Immigrants Must Watch Racy Film
Thursday, March 16, 2006
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The camera focuses on two gay men kissing in a park. Later, a topless woman emerges from the sea and walks onto a crowded beach. For would-be immigrants to the Netherlands, this film is a test of their readiness to participate in the liberal Dutch culture.
If they can't stomach it, no need to apply.
Despite whether they find the film offensive, applicants must buy a copy and watch it if they hope to pass the Netherlands' new entrance examination.
The test — the first of its kind in the world — became compulsory Wednesday, and was made available at 138 Dutch embassies.
Taking the exam costs $420. The price for a preparation package that includes the film, a CD ROM and a picture album of famous Dutch people is $75.
"As of today, immigrants wishing to settle in the Netherlands for, in particular, the purposes of marrying or forming a relationship will be required to take the civic integration examination abroad," the Immigration Ministry said in a statement.
The test is part of a broader crackdown on immigration that has been gathering momentum in the Netherlands since 2001.
Dutch theologian Karel Steenbrink criticized the 105-minute movie, saying it would be offensive to some Muslims. [duh, I think that's the point]
"It is not a prudent way of welcoming people to the Netherlands," said Steenbrink, a professor at the University of Utrecht. "Minister Verdonk has radical ideas."
But Mohammed Sini, the chairman of Islam and Citizenship, a national Muslim organization, defended the film, saying that homosexuality is "a reality."
Sini urged all immigrants "to embrace modernity." [if that's being modern, no thanks]
A censored version with no homosexual and nude material had been prepared because it is illegal to show such images in Iran and some other countries, filmmaker Walter Goverde said.
"With all the respect I have for all religions, I think people need to understand that Holland has its own liberal side as well," he said.
After viewing the film, which is available in most languages, applicants are then quizzed on important Dutch factoids such as the number of provinces that make up the Netherlands; the role played by William of Orange in the country's history; and Queen Beatrix's monarchial functions.
There are some major exemptions. EU nationals, asylum-seekers and skilled workers who earn more than $54,000 per year will not be required to take the 30-minute computerized exam.
Also, citizens of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan and Switzerland are exempt. (gee, that's swell!)
KNOW YOUR HISTORY...Biblical and otherwise
Know your history...the Bible is the only book that has ever foretold--with 100% accuracy--the way the world has been heading. Some things to know:
ISRAEL: the land promised to Abraham by God. Surrounded on all sides by its sworn enemies.
ISHMAEL: first son of Abraham, father of the Islamic nations. If you're in doubt about that part, read this.
JACOB: Second son of Abraham, father of the nation of Israel (God renamed him Israel), who was promised perpetual blessings by God through all eternity. Christ himself arose from one of the 12 tribes (sons) of Israel/Jacob, the tribe of Judah (the Lion).
PERSIA = BABYLON = IRAN, which has the Euphrates river within its borders. Iran has publicly vowed to destroy Israel, and is working on its own nuclean weapons to do just that.
GOG & MAGOG - lands to the north (Russia) and east (China) of Israel. The way things are moving today, Russia, China, Iran and several other middle eastern countries will probably unite against Israel in some demonic pact to wipe it off the planet. China now has the population to employ army of 200 million soldiers, as foretold in the Bible.
Biblical prophecy metaphors to be aware of:
THE BEAR: Russia.
THE EAGLE: England/U.K.
THE EAGLE'S WINGS: the U.S. (out of the Eagle)
THE LEOPARD: possibly Germany.
Possible wartime scenario: the U.N. will soon demand that all nations destroy their nuclear arms for the sake of "world peace." Israel will refuse, because they know that that is the only thing that keeps the wolves at bay, and U.S. will back her. Without nuclear weapos, Israel knows she's dead meat; all of her neighbors know this too. Because Israel refuses to stand down, other countries will attack it out of anger or spite (it won't take much), and U.S. will be drawn into the fight because we are Irael's only ally.
Tiny, surrounded Israel will garner a huge onslaught, but the hand of God will sovereignly save her, and keep her from total destruction (this act will be seen as a miracle in the eyes of the world). In fact, Iran/Damascus may very well be destroyed itself during this time, as they are messing with God's chosen people - not a good thing - "vengeance is mine" sayeth the Lord!
Another scenario: Israel develops some type of program, formula, or thing that the rest of the world wants/needs very badly. When it refuses to give up its secret formula, or "share" (in the eyes of the world), it is attacked, with the rest of the scenario above following.
Either way, and probably very soon now, there WILL be a war in which ONE-THIRD of mankind will be destroyed. We don't know how it will happen, or precisely where it will happen, just that it WILL happen. Pay attention to the news, and keep your eyes on Israel.
ISRAEL: the land promised to Abraham by God. Surrounded on all sides by its sworn enemies.
ISHMAEL: first son of Abraham, father of the Islamic nations. If you're in doubt about that part, read this.
JACOB: Second son of Abraham, father of the nation of Israel (God renamed him Israel), who was promised perpetual blessings by God through all eternity. Christ himself arose from one of the 12 tribes (sons) of Israel/Jacob, the tribe of Judah (the Lion).
PERSIA = BABYLON = IRAN, which has the Euphrates river within its borders. Iran has publicly vowed to destroy Israel, and is working on its own nuclean weapons to do just that.
GOG & MAGOG - lands to the north (Russia) and east (China) of Israel. The way things are moving today, Russia, China, Iran and several other middle eastern countries will probably unite against Israel in some demonic pact to wipe it off the planet. China now has the population to employ army of 200 million soldiers, as foretold in the Bible.
Biblical prophecy metaphors to be aware of:
THE BEAR: Russia.
THE EAGLE: England/U.K.
THE EAGLE'S WINGS: the U.S. (out of the Eagle)
THE LEOPARD: possibly Germany.
Possible wartime scenario: the U.N. will soon demand that all nations destroy their nuclear arms for the sake of "world peace." Israel will refuse, because they know that that is the only thing that keeps the wolves at bay, and U.S. will back her. Without nuclear weapos, Israel knows she's dead meat; all of her neighbors know this too. Because Israel refuses to stand down, other countries will attack it out of anger or spite (it won't take much), and U.S. will be drawn into the fight because we are Irael's only ally.
Tiny, surrounded Israel will garner a huge onslaught, but the hand of God will sovereignly save her, and keep her from total destruction (this act will be seen as a miracle in the eyes of the world). In fact, Iran/Damascus may very well be destroyed itself during this time, as they are messing with God's chosen people - not a good thing - "vengeance is mine" sayeth the Lord!
Another scenario: Israel develops some type of program, formula, or thing that the rest of the world wants/needs very badly. When it refuses to give up its secret formula, or "share" (in the eyes of the world), it is attacked, with the rest of the scenario above following.
Either way, and probably very soon now, there WILL be a war in which ONE-THIRD of mankind will be destroyed. We don't know how it will happen, or precisely where it will happen, just that it WILL happen. Pay attention to the news, and keep your eyes on Israel.
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