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Priests Perform Purification Rituals After Bush Visits

When President Bush visits a country, he often evokes many different kinds of reactions and as a result security is a big issue. During last week’s tour of India and Pakistan, security was especially tight, because the trip took him physically close to Osama bin Ladin than he has ever been. To conceal its profile, Air Force One flew without lights through the night and once on the ground, two . . .

US Army to Probe Pat Tillman's Death

When Arizona Cardinal's defensive back Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion dollar football contract to join the Army, America was shocked. When he was killed in action, America mourned, and when, a week after his nationally televised funeral, the Army announced that his death was "probably" the result of friendly fire, America was outraged.Almost 2 years after his death on April 22, 20. . .

Lukashenko’s Dirty Tricks To Win Belarus President Election

The president of Belarus is unable to go away. Though most people think he should. Most likely Alexander Lukashenko remains the president for unlimited term as a result of outrageous lie and falsifications of election. «For our security forces the tension is so great, that you cannot imagine", - the president said. Belarus is threatened with the destiny of North Korea. According to Alexander Mi. . .

America, Land Of The Free, Home Of The Brave!

"But for how long ? !" We send our brave men and women off to fight in a foreign land, while we allow certain anti Christian government officials to little by little chip away and remove the vary "GOD given" freedoms that we sent them off to defend!We allowed the BIBLE to be removed from our public schools while we allowed the" theory" of evolution to be forcibly taught to our Children we look . . .

Donating Political Radio Advertising

At the end of each political season the powers in congress always suggest that the airways, being owned by the citizens and monitored by the Federal Communications Commission, ought to be free for candidates to broadcast their message. As a twenty year radio station veteran and general manager, I can say with certainty that chaos is already created every campaign cycle with the insistence that . . .

The Reason There Can Never Be Peace on Earth

There is a saying about sex, “The fantasy is better than the reality.” There is a saying about phobias, “The phobia is worse than the reality.” Peace on Earth is a fantasy. It will never happen. There are many reasons, and the reasons are deep, but one reason stands out above all others. If you can overcome it, if you can figure out a way around it, then you will receive the Nobel Peace Prize. . . .

Denmark Cartoons or Islamic Caricatures – Six of One or H...

Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten newspaper issued an apology and whisked it off to the Jordanian news agency Petra for publishing cartoons that supposedly were insulting to the prophet Muhammad. The arguments about the poor taste of the cartoonist notwithstanding, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark’s prime minister says he and his government cannot apologize for the country since the newspaper is independ. . .

Book Review: The Bottomless Well: Why We Will Never Run O...

For anyone who has any interest in energy, its cost, future and the political debate over this precious resource- The Bottomless Well is a must read. This book is an intriguing insight to the other side of what most of us have been led to believe on the environmentalist monopoly of the subject. The Bottomless Well makes the case that most of the things we think we know are mostly myths- becau. . .

The West Should Step Out Of The United Nations

U.N. requested a cease-fire, without making the distinction between attackers and defenders. Palestine was partitioned in an Israeli State, a Palestinian State and Jerusalem was internationalized . In the end, the aggressors were rewarded. - In October 1962, with the news of the confirmed photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, President Kennedy started the naval quarantine arou. . .

Political Robo Calling that works

With the landscape of American politics becoming extremely polarized, the use of many different techniques to illicit a positive or negative response from the voters are being conducted outside of traditional radio and television methods. A new method of communication is with the use of Robo Calling. A taped voice being presented to the person who answers their telephone. A new spin on the tele. . .

How The Poor Were Lost

When the poor were the majority.The poor in developed countries like the USA and UK are now a minority, though up to maybe the 1950’s or 1960’s they had been a majority.While the poor were a majority their main problems were simply economic poverty and economic exploitation. Government bodies manned by the upper and middle classes understood this sufficiently to be able to handle the poor with . . .

FACE OFF: Morales vs. Merkel

FACE OFF: Morales Vs MerkelWho is Evo Morales?On Sunday 18th December 2005, 46-year-old Evo Morales Ayma and his left-wing party, Movimiento Al Socialism (MAS), strode to victory of the Bolivian presidential election, earning 53% of all votes cast. Although the indigenous people make up over 50% of the country’s population, Morales is Bolivia’s first president in the nation’s 180-year-old histo. . .

Speaking at Local Government Meetings

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Alexander Graham Bell.I have read opinion polls that find most people fear public speaking more than they fear death. This fear obviously plays into the fact that few people appear to speak before their local government boards, commissions and committees.So, what is a person to do when they believe they have something important to say to . . .

Race Relations Between Blacks and Whites In America

The state of relations between Blacks and Whites in the U.S. still suffers greatly, and a lack of recognition and understanding by the public and the government only exacerbates the problem. For decades, the U.S. government has been repeatedly accused of neglecting this problem by not properly addressing its components - which are oftentimes vividly played out in schools, on the streets, in th. . .

New York Green Building Initiative

As is occurring in many states, New York is trying to promote Green Building practices. The state is doing it by offering tax credits as financial incentives. New York Green Building InitiativeThe concept of green building isn’t particularly old and has arisen as a result of a better understanding of the impact of buildings on people and the environment. Ideally, green buildings are designed to. . .

Nuclear Energy - The Green Solution

The United States with less than 5% of the world's population consumes roughly 25% of the world's energy. Some might argue that this is egregious, while others would say that it is simply a yardstick by which the world's largest economy is measured. But for whatever the reason for our vast consumption of energy, the fact remains that in order to consume you first have to produce. And as most. . .

Cory Booker’s ‘Outside of the Box’ Approach to Political ...

Thinking ‘outside of the box’ can help you to view problems in a different light. This can help you find solutions you have previously struggled with. This type of approach to problem solving often improves the quality of solutions or ideas. Within the political arena it is unusual to find a politician who incorporates this type of unorthodox thinking and problem solving to drive change. O. . .

Third World Debt - A Solution

Let's not pretend that third world debt is about wise investment of borrowed money in order to develop a country's economy more quickly. If it were so, the countries which borrowed the most would be the ones doing well. Without getting into statistics, I'll just point out that debt is more often hurting these economies than helping them. Debt is there, though, so what can be done about it?Third. . .

Moving Day in Gaza?!

The Toledo Blade just doesn't get it. "Moving day in Gaza!?" A reality-based editorial title for the terror about to be unleashed against 8,000 Israeli men, women and children (simply because they are Jews), would be "Ethnic cleansing in Gaza," "Gaza to be made Judenrein," or "Sharon sells out Israel for foreign interests."But then again The Toledo Blade (http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dl. . .

The Bitch, the Bad, the Bugs, and a Bottle of Dettol! A ...

Well Darlings,Here I am bashing away at the keyboard again, so you know it's not me that's got that £50,000,000. As I write this the police have just issued the first e-fit of one of the suspects. I haven't seen it yet, but I can imagine the grin stretches from ear to ear. Which won't be the case for any elderly people finding themselves in a residential care home or a community hospital right . . .

The Bitch! A Weekly Review of UK News

Well darlings,The new Flamingo has opened here in Blackpool - and what can I say? For someone who makes money from using words, they almost fail me. As a privileged and grateful VIP guest on the opening night I can tell you that it's like stepping into another world - you can hardly believe you are still in Blackpool and you must be forgiven if suddenly Dorothy springs into your mind: "Toto, I . . .

Immigrants Must Learn English and Become Americans

This country doesn’t need millions of visitors living and working here. We need millions of Americans living and working here. And what we really need is for the immigrants who are here to become Americans. The most important thing they have to do to become American, is learn the language that most of the residents speak. These people will never learn the laws or the rights they are entitled to. . .

HE WILL ALSO INVADE THE BEAUTIFUL LAND...The U.S.-Israel ...

THE WEST’S INTRUSION INTO THE LAND OF THE PATRIARCHS—NOTHING BUT TOTAL VICTORY!The West’s fascination with the Holy Land—the “Beautiful Land” or “Glorious Land” (Daniel 11:41)—be it for “hidden/material” or “prophetic/spiritual” treasures, has climaxed at the apex of the modern era in America’s most recent intrusion into Iraq.The last Caliphate, the Ottoman Turks, collapsed at the close of Worl. . .

A New Science For A New Climate

At first glance it’s hard to imagine how the proliferation of human activity upon the environment has been a major factor in climate change given that climate change alone is nothing new. Over two million years the earth’s history has seen enormous changes. Indeed, in the last ten thousand years the warming and cooling of the earth has been on a larger scale that what we see today.The climate i. . .

Privacy Versus Security

Lately the far left, the Democrats, certain left wing celebrities, ultra liberal newspaper reporters and editors and network news reporters and commentators have been ranting and raving about how President Bush has illegally taken away our right to privacy by signing an Executive Order allowing the National Security Agency to intercept certain communications between people of interest, in the U. . .

Democracy Can Work In The Middle East

The Middle East is the heart of the world . When we think of the Middle East we think of where the world all began and where all the different relgions evolved from. The Countries of the Middle East are filled with ancient history and artifacts it's where The Hinduisms' Veda, The Muslims' Koran, The Christians' Bible and the Jews' Torah all came from. It should be the most peaceful Holy place o. . .

Retiring

After many, long, hard years working for the federal government, it was finally time for me to retire. It was a day I had waited for, all of my life. No more work and finally being able to enjoy life to its fullest, everyday, was something that I had dreamed of since I first began washing dishes at my hometown's local restaurant, at the age of sixteen.The day came and went, almost as if it had . . .

The Math of the Aftermath

Comedian Chevy Chase, when he anchored the first Saturday Night Live faux-news desk, had a running joke that satirized, post-mortem, the endless medical updates provided by the public relations machine of a dying dictator ..."Here's a bulletin from Spain: Doctors are reporting that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is holding fast in his valiant fight to remain dead!"The point, of course, was that. . .

Middle East Peace Is An Oxymoron

The phrase Middle East and the word peace are so contradictory that when put together they become an oxymoron. An oxymoron, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined". There are very few things in this world that are more contradictory than the words "Middle East peace." As long as there are Christians and Je. . .

Local Government and Politics - Meetings are the Challenge

There are a couple of problems that exist, which hinder local government from being the best it can be.One problem that prevents some citizens from attending local government meetings, is the fear of the local elected officials. They are strangers. We don't know them, therefore, we avoid them.Who is a local elected government official? Let me tell you.* They are someone who ran for local offic. . .

The Bitch Is Back! - UK News and Events Reviewed

Well darlings,How was it for you? The holiday season, I mean. What else? If there was anything else for me then I must apologise, I don't remember it - I guess if it wasn't the drink, then I must have thought it insignificant at the time! Oh, dear! Did I just hear someone shout: "Bitch!"?As expected Blackpool celebrated the New Year like crazy, with the extra drinking hours giving rise to some . . .

Conflict Management - Parisian Style

Conflict Management – Parisian Style (part 1)The suburbs of Paris are in flames. For the last couple of months civil war like conditions have reigned in the suburbs of the French capital/metropolis. Arson attacks are rampant. Thousands of cars and buses are being set ablaze. Also among the targets were a synagogue, warehouses, auto dealerships, schools and other public institutions. Even memb. . .

Don't Confuse Me With The Facts

These days, speaking with most Democrats is like being "Alice, In Wonderland". Most of them seem to be going under the old saying "Don't Confuse Me With The Facts", it seems that many of their statements are based on emotions instead of reality. I used to enjoy discussing politics, especially with people that disagreed with me (I felt that I might learn something new or different.). I still do,. . .

Preachers Of Love Versus Preachers Of Hate

Vosselaar, 4th January 2006 - First of all, I wish all my readers a very Happy New Year. In the justification for the writing of my book "A Holy Terror", I mention an unavoidable clash between the "Preachers of Love" and the "Preachers of Hate". Everyone knows that I mean Christians and Muslims. Let me be very clear, that this has nothing to do with racism or some form of discrimination. I am c. . .

Fight Local Government Apathy - Become Involved

The basics of learning how your local governments operate, can be mastered over time by devoting only two hours a year, to that goal. That is the time it would take for you to attend, just one local government meeting a year.Just imagine every citizen over the age of 18 attending one local government meeting a year. What could happen?It is only natural if someone is “watching” you do a job, you. . .

Anarchy: Law, Order, and Authority

The BeginningIf a group of people were to live on an island, who would govern who, how, and why? If person A suspected person B of possessing a deadly weapon (if this were a crime), then how could we justify person A searching person B? Whatever reason offered for justification of search and seizure, it also justifies person B searching person A. On this island, who would be the government? . . .

Are We Barbarians?

For Desiring to Revolutionize Property Relations in Society?1 - Property Relations: A Historical LookIn a society that has been founded on the ideals of the Enlightenment, on the philosophes and the thinkers of centuries past, there is no skepticism as to why reason flourishes to some degree. The all too typical political arguments rage furiously, between liberals and conservatives, between li. . .

An Appeal to American Workers

Concerning the social and economic status of the United States of America..."...man seems to be in a worse state even than the brutes..."-- Samuel von Pufendorf, "On the Duty of Man and Citizen," Book 1, Chapter 3Introduction For so long, writers of all ages have made their appeals to kings, to queens, to archbishops, saints and popes. When trying to advance their own interests, men of letters. . .

A Better World Is Possible

"It regards reality as the sole enemy and as the source of all suffering, with which it is impossible to live, so that one must break off all relations with it if one is to be in any way happy. The hermit turns his back on the world and will have no truck with it. But one can do more than that; one can try to recreate the world, to build up in its stead another world in which its most unbeara. . .

The Blessing of Society

"Society in every state is a blessing..."-- Thomas Paine, Common SenseWhat of value?Interaction among human beings has provided us each with unique, fulfilling experiences, fond memories, and satisfied desires. When humans gathered together to share their culture among each other, to find something common in others that may form the base of a unity, they formed society. As they collected toge. . .

The Anarchist Versus the Statist

Thoughts on a Revolutionary Social TheoryPart 1: Socialism is the Great Reform"...one cannot by fair dealing, and without injury to others, satisfy the nobles, but you can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, whilst the former only desire not to be oppressed."-- Niccolo Machiavelli, "The Prince," chapter 9Open your eyes. . . .

Censorship, Our Enemy

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." -- George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall, The Friends of Voltaire (1906)"It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should tak. . .

Spin Cycle

It's possible that a seminal moment in the history of electronic news occurred when a comedian confronted commentators ...Not long after Jon Stewart --- host of the Comedy Central cable channel's amusing newscast, The Daily Show --- appeared on CNN's staid Crossfire and roundly scorched its principals in a well-publicized confrontation over journalistic integrity (or the lack thereof), the news. . .

America Beware, Hillary Clinton May Run For President

America is the greatest country in the world. Our citizens are caring, generous, trusting and forgiving. Those are some of the traits that make our country so great and so strong. Those traits can also be some of our biggest weaknesses. We are always willing to give people a second, third or even a fourth chance. We want to believe in the goodness of others even when they have shown us time and. . .

“I Do What I Think Needs Doing.” - Dec. 21, 2005 Intervie...

“I have no priorities. I simply go on,” Gore Vidal told me in a Dec. 21, 2005 interview, “I do what I think needs doing.”His “doing” has resulted in a remarkable prolific career as a novelist, essayist, playwright, historian, and bold defender of the American Constitution and our republic. From this man, whom I have read and admired for many years, I sought an interview which would, to some deg. . .

Crime: An Analysis

IntroductionIt seems that thinkers, philosophers, social critics, and typically anyone concerned with the plight of those who must endure through misery and suffering, usually make references to the poverty, oppression, and crime of those who must go through a harder life. Throughout the ages, the political leaders of a nation, whom have been elected by their campaign funds or their birth righ. . .

Dialogue on Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Advocate (AAA): I believe in Affirmative Action, because it equalizes the playing ground. If 5% of America is Asian, then in a class room of 20, there should be one asian. If 35% of America is black, then in that same class room, there should be 7 Africans. By putting people of different race into a class room, it offers a diversity, where people can learn to appreciate t. . .

Concepts of Socialism

Introduction - What Is Socialism?Socialism is the belief that children should not have to go to sleep hungry at night. Socialism is the belief that sweatshops are an abomination to the ethic of humaneness. Socialism is the belief that no man should worry about their family's welfare because of a boss replacing the older employees with younger ones. Socialism is the belief that everyone sho. . .

African American Magazines

The African American magazines or the black magazines are a source of information and entertainment for the community with a sense of identity, which makes it the most priceless of all publications. To some the African American magazines or the black magazines are considered as a source of discrimination in reverse. There is a segment of blacks who are of the opinion that African American magaz. . .

Local Government Elections - The Great Unopposed

“My Beat” is Northwestern Wisconsin. I monitor the local government units in an eight county area. Mostly, I am concerned with the actions in the areas of land use, planning, zoning, building, economic development and private property rights.It is a rural area. How rural is it, you ask? The eight Wisconsin counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Burnett, Sawyer, Washburn, Barron and Rusk encomp. . .