At The Risk of Becoming A Theme

Escaping Arab Failure

WE shouldn't be discouraged by the recent round of violence in Iraq. It was predictable. But there were two disheartening signs:

* We should be troubled that, in this bloody month, none of the insurgents waved an alternative constitution - unless we count their perversion of the Koran. None of those violent men is fighting for freedom - they're fighting to strangle liberty in the cradle. They are, without exception, forces of reaction, not liberation, no matter how madly al-Jazeera twists the facts.

* Nor did the general Arab population or its leaders take a public stand against those who would renew their oppression. And those who will not defend their own freedom do not deserve to be defended by others.

With sufficient troops, we can force Iraq's Arabs to behave. But we can't force them to succeed.

If Iraq collapses into medieval fantasies and blood feuds, we still may be proud of having given this crippled civilization a last, great chance to heal itself. We've made mistakes, but their impact is minor compared to the unwillingness of Iraq's Arabs, Sunni or Shi'a, to build a free and civil society of their own.

In the United States, campus-generated political correctness was never more than a joke - capable of turning somber conservatives purple but unable to alter anything that matters. The far more dangerous form of political correctness is that which prevails in the dream-world of diplomacy: We pretend that all civilizations have equal merit.

But they don't. It's time to face up to the functional and moral collapse of the Arab world - if we can't describe the problem honestly, we shall never deal with it effectively.

Arab civilization has failed.

Arab civilization offers its people no promising future, only rhetoric about a past whose achievements have been as exaggerated as they were impermanent. The present is a bloody, heartless muddle.

It's a matter of culture, not race. In the free atmosphere of America, Arabs do as well as anyone else. All populations have their share of talent - but the oppressive environment of the Middle East enervates those individuals it does not crush entirely.

The failure of Arab civilization in our time is the greatest such disaster in mankind's history. And, bitter though we find the proposition, the failure is so colossal that it cannot be neatly contained. Whether in Iraq today or elsewhere tomorrow, we cannot fully extract ourselves from this problem simply because our enemies won't let go.

If Iraq chooses failure, we can leave. But we'll be back, somewhere in the Middle East. Because, as we saw on 9/11, the Middle East will continue to come to us. Blame is the opium of the Arabs, and the sweetest blame for their failures is that directed at the United States (and, of course, Israel). It is our power itself, not its uses, that enrages Arabs trapped in their self-made weakness.

The oft-cited examples of the Arab world's problems, from a lack of interest in secular education and a poor work ethic to staggering corruption and the oppression of women, are symptoms, not root causes, of Arab failure. Past a certain analytical point, we come up against the wall of our own taboos - we cannot admit that the psychological premises of an entire civilization might be dysfunctional. Arab failure isn't about that which has been done to the Middle East, but that which the Middle East has done to itself.

Iraq still has a chance, if a slimmer one than we had hoped. But even if Iraq's Arabs disappoint our ambitions, our efforts will have been worthy and our losses not in vain. Intervention was unavoidable, whatever the critics say. Continued passivity in the face of the Middle East's implosion would only have made the price higher in the end.

We all would be better off were the Arabs to surprise us by building healthy, prosperous, modern societies. We would be foolish not to wish them well. But we would be equally foolish not to prepare ourselves for the consequences of their accelerating failure.

I truly believe this is the last chance for the middle east. They will get to the point of absolutely forcing Western civilization to go in one last time to put a stop to the nonsense going on in there. And, yes, I mean Europe will be there, sick and tired as anyone can be of it all. Weapons of mass destruction will be used, there will be no choice.


There is no escaping it.

Beware the Virus

Today I got an e-mail with a viral attachment. It is the first time I have received one. It was obvious to me because the e-mail was sent as if from my e-mail host telling me I have been sending mail with virus attached. It said more info was attached and said for security I had to use a password, which it gave. I don't use that account for sending mail, only receiving and I have e-mailed and had contact with the owner and I know his style of writing. It was not from them. I reported it to them and scanned for a virus and sure enough, that's what it was.

If you need anti-virus software but can't afford it, there is a solution. Go to Panda Active Scan and use their free online scanner. It works and it will also remove the virus. It is what I used today.

BTW, don't click on any e-mail attachment unless you are 100% sure you know who sent it, you are expecting it and have scanned it for a virus. A virus wouldn't spread if people didn't click on them.

Good Thing They're Peaceful

Muslim kills sister to uphold 'honor'

An anthropologist's study last year said dozens and probably hundreds of brutal "honor killings" of Palestinian women and girls – most of whom are virtually blameless – annually go unreported.

James Emery says the women "are murdered in their homes, in open fields, and occasionally in public, sometimes before crowds of cheering onlookers."

And you have to read this: Hirsi Ali: shut anti-woman, anti-gay Dutch mosque

Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali demanded on Thursday the closure of an Amsterdam mosque that sells books supporting female circumcision, beating wives and the murder of gay people.

The publication — translated as The Way of the Muslim in English — is said to advocate violence against women and killing gay people.

Gay people should be thrown head first off high buildings. If not killed on hitting the ground, they should then be stoned to death, the book allegedly suggests.

"The Way of the Muslim" is one of the publications on sale at the El Tawheed mosque. Earlier this month the mosque was at the centre of a storm about another book available at its open day organised to help combat the mosque's negative public image.

That book "Fatwas of Muslim Women" says that women who lie deserve 100 blows and the husband's duty of care for his wife is negated if she refuses him sex or leaves the home without his permission. One of its most controversial aspects is the call for Muslim girls to be circumcised.

MPs and media commentators attacked the Amsterdam mosque previously when one of the imams referred to non-Muslims as "firewood for hell". He also forbade Islamic women from leaving the family home without the permission of their husbands.

RTL Television reported on Thursday a cameraman was assaulted when a news team attempted to buy "The Way of the Muslim" at the mosque.

Eventually RTL's female reporter managed to buy the book, albeit while accompanied by police protection.

What would they do if they weren't peaceful?

Freebie

Would you like a free sample of TABASCO brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce?

Peace Be With You

Islam is a religion of peace, dammit, and we'll kill anyone who doesn't believe it.

Tumbling Walls

Pieces of Stone From the Western Wall of the Temple Mount Loosen and Break Off

Over the past three years since Tisha B'Av 2001 we have witnessed the godly phenomenon that the walls surrounding the Temple Mount have started to move, to form bulges, and to crack, even having part of them collapse. Now the time of the Western Wall has come. How can it be that people, including Israelis, are too blind to understand that this is not merely an accident but a clear message from the G-d of Israel to the people of Israel as well as to the enemies of the G-d and people of Israel? In the almost 2,000 years since 70 CE, when the Temple was destroyed by the Romans and the walls around the Temple Mount survived, such a phenomenon has never occurred to the walls of the Temple Mount as we are seeing today. We are living in G-d's time of the redemption of the people and land of Israel and the Temple Mount. In the bottom of my heart, soul, and spirit I can hear the call of G-d to His people, Israel, to be a part of this exciting endtime when prophecy is fulfilled daily in Israel and now on the Temple Mount, the holy hill of G-d.

There is alot of passion, emotion and deeply held beliefs surrounding the Temple Mount. Jerusalem will be the centerpiece and source of major trouble that will take this world down.

Some Common Sense

Walter E. Williams writes about Racial profiling.

Embrace Capitalism

China warns North Korean dictator

China bluntly told the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il yesterday that he must end his dangerous and eccentric policies.

China's three most powerful men told him to compromise in talks on the fate of his covert nuclear weapons arsenal and to embrace capitalism or face deeper isolation.

According to leaks, they also told him to take a realistic view of US foreign policy, and to follow China and South Korea in pursuing capitalism.

China embraces capitalism? China embraces capitalism the way the United States embraces communism. Ummm, wait a minute ...

Actually, what they told him was, and I'm paraphrasing because I don't know chinese, "Look Kim, we have a long term plan we're implimenting here, it's working pretty well and we don't want you screwing it up for us. Chill and we'll give you South Korea when the time comes."

Arabs Hate Us Even More

Mubarak: Arabs Hate U.S. More Than Ever

And we should care? Who don't Arabs hate? If they have no enemies they fight each other. I'll tell you who Arabs hate more than anyone - themselves. They still hate that they were not the "chosen" son of Abraham. It still permeates their existance. They won't admit it, they claim they are the chosen ones, but they know the truth and they can't get over it.

Gmail

I just signed up to beta test the new Gmail. So far it seems alot like any other web-based e-mail account except for the ability to save so many messages and search through them. I'm not sure if that will be useful to me or not. We'll see.

Couldn't Agree More

People are beautiful, the world stinks

New Star

Every night for the past few weeks I've seen a large, bright star in the western sky as I leave for work. I've never seen it before and I wondered about it until I mentioned it to someone else who said it was the Space Station in a very low orbit so it is easily seen by eye. I looked on the internet a bit to see if it was true but could not confirm it. It does make sense though. Now every night I think of it as the space station instead of a star or planet.

Volcano of Revenge

Hamas vows "volcano of revenge" after Rantissi assassination, Sharon defiant

Eventually, Israel will be forced to do more than squash one bug at a time. The near future doesn't look so good for any country right now but there is no future for the Arabs living in Palestine. Their own brothers in Syria, Jordon, and Egypt, among others want nothing to do with them except to use them against Israel. If they could break out of the cycle of hatred they would have a great future living with Israel but that will not happen. The only future they face is death and they know it. They are dead on the inside and have only death to look forward to. The thing is, nobody really wants to do the job for them.

Oops

"Al-Qa'eda plot would have killed 20,000"

This attack was planned for Jordon. Arrests were made, in Jordon I presume. Would you rather be a terrorist arrested in Europe or America or would you rather be a terrorist arrested in Jordon for crimes against that state? I have a feeling they aren't sleeping comfortably tonight.

Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Just in case someone doesn't already know this: It's religion gone mad

British Muslim fundamentalists planned terror attacks and arrests were made in Ilford, England, my hometown. Boring Ilford may be, but nobody is oppressed there! Muslims who grew up with British democracy, free British health care, free British education and British tolerance have no reason to kill anyone, let alone those who gave them such privilege.

Remember, these people came to Britain, as they did to Canada, the United States and the rest of the free, Christian-based world to escape Islamic states and their harshness.

It is the pluralistic openness and decency of Europe and North America that has allowed so many Muslim immigrants. How ironic that a minority of those people hate that very pluralism and decency and want to slaughter women and children in the name of their god and their cause.

Opening the Door a Crack

Polish Firebrand Praises Hitler's 'Early' Policies

"At the beginning of his activities, Hitler had a really good program," Lepper told the Zycie Warszawy newspaper. "I don't know what happened to him later...who had such influence over him that he moved toward genocide."

Oh, I don't know, maybe ... Satan!

Haider also once praised Hitler's "enviable" record in job creation.

Some Polish commentators have drawn parallels between Hitler's tactics on his way to power and Lepper's.

Like Hitler, who scorned Germany's feeble Weimar Republic, Lepper uses fiery rhetoric to attack the mainstream parties and the shortcomings of Poland's young democracy.

He opposes Poland's EU membership, wants more state intervention in the economy and advocates strong presidential powers such as those enjoyed by Russia's Vladimir Putin.

His popularity is fueled by promises to slash the country's high unemployment, running at about 20 percent, by launching wide-scale public works.

Hitler launched huge infrastructure projects including building Germany's autobahn network and the armaments industry after he seized power in 1933.

Didn't John "socialist" Kerry say he would create more jobs?

Thomas Sowell Thinks

Random thoughts on the passing scene

Good stuff in here. Here's a sample:

Judges should ask themselves: Are we turning the law into a trap for honest people and a bonanza for charlatans?

I wish the majority of our judges were as well meaning as to think those thoughts. More and more, judges are charlatans.

Many disastrous mistakes, in both public and private life, are not due to people thinking stupidly but to their not bothering to think at all. If you don't stop and think, then it doesn't matter whether you are a genius or a moron.

Ain't that the truth.

Just before France surrendered to the invading Nazi armies in 1940, French Premier Paul Reynaud broadcast an appeal to America -- which was not in the war at that time -- to send planes and tanks to enable France to fight on. He didn't ask that we consult other countries or go to the League of Nations. He wanted unilateral American help.

The Game of Life

We’re kidding ourselves if we think that containing a few terrorists will allow America to live in peace and safety. We’re kidding ourselves if we think we can bring troops home from Iraq and that’s the end of the war. This war is going to be with us for generations. Millions of followers of Osama bin Laden and those like him believe that it is their manifest destiny as Muslims to bring about the utter destruction of Jews, Christians, and Western civilization.

From Facing the Facts of History by Chuck Colson

Searching Protecting Arabs

Ann Coulter writes: Thank you for choosing United, Mr. bin Laden

Last week, 9-11 commissioner John Lehman revealed that "it was the policy (before 9-11) and I believe remains the policy today to fine airlines if they have more than two young Arab males in secondary questioning because that's discriminatory." Hmmm ... Is 19 more than two? Why, yes, I believe it is. So if two Jordanian cab drivers are searched before boarding a flight out of Newark, Osama bin Laden could then board that plane without being questioned. I'm no security expert, but I'm pretty sure this gives terrorists an opening for an attack.

In a sane world, Lehman's statement would have made headlines across the country the next day. But not one newspaper, magazine or TV show has mentioned that it is official government policy to prohibit searching more than two Arabs per flight.

She also touches on the Gorelick memo.

The person who built that wall described in the infamous 1995 memo, Ashcroft said, "is a member of the commission." If this were an episode of "Matlock," the camera would slowly pan away from Ashcroft's face at this point and then quickly jump to an extreme close-up of Jamie Gorelick's horrified expression. Armed marshals would then escort the kicking, screaming Gorelick away in leg irons as the closing credits rolled. Gorelick was the deputy attorney general in 1995.

The 9-11 commission has finally uncovered the proverbial "smoking gun"! But it was fired by one of the 9-11 commissioners. Maybe between happy reminiscences about the good old days of Ruby Ridge, Waco and the Elian Gonzales raid, Ben-Veniste could ask Gorelick about those guidelines. Democrats think it's a conflict of interest for Justice Scalia to have his name in the same phonebook as Dick Cheney. But there is no conflict of interest having Gorelick sit on a commission that should be investigating her.

She concludes with:

I have news for liberals: Bin Laden is still determined to attack inside the United States! Could they please tell us when and where the next attack will be? Because unless we know that, it's going to be difficult to stop it if we can't search Arabs.

Not All That Subservient

Subservient Chicken

He doesn't do anything you ask, but he does quite a bit. I got him to turn off the lights, lay an egg, watch TV, leave the room, dance, fly, do Kung Fu and Karate - who thought of all this?

It's just amazing what we can do when we put our minds to it. Have fun!

Can You Imagine?

What would happen if Republicans took out an newspaper ad about (pick a democrat) that said "We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say 'This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger,"

It may have been, but I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else. And stealing the election again? The paranoia on the left is astonishing. Somebody give them tin-foil hats, please.

Read This Letter

LGF reader Ronnie Schreiber posted this powerful letter by Fred Friendly, who would become the president of CBS News, written in 1945 when he was a master sergeant with the American Army unit that liberated the Mauthausen concentration camp.

The Granite of Mauthausen

I have learned now and only now that this war had to be fought.

It never ceases to amaze me how so many people just don't get it.

Don't Cry For Me

Virgin Mary statue begins 'weeping' again

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And there shall no sign be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and went away. Matthew 16:4

Scientists Lie

Does that surprise you?

EVOLUTION -- The BIG LIE Of Atheists And Agnostics!

Temple Mount

Eastern Temple Mount Wall May Collapse

The eastern wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount is in danger of immediate collapse because of damage caused by the February 11 earthquake, a classified government report issued this week concludes.

New cracks and movements in the already fragile 2,000-year-old wall were discerned by archeologists following the February earthquake, the report states.

I'm surprised it has lasted so long considering all the work going on inside, being done by people who claim Jews never occupied the site or ever had anything to do with it and are destroying significant archeological finds.

Wakf (Islamic Trust) director Adnan Husseini on Thursday said that the report over damage to the wall caused by the earthquake was "incorrect." "We do not understand how such a report could be issued since there is no problem due to the earthquake," he said.

OK then. It's the Palestinian people who will be inside when it finally does collapse. And of course, it will be Israel's fault.

Speaking in Tongues?

And in the fulfilling of the day of Pentecost, they were all with one accord in one place.

And suddenly a sound came out of the heaven as borne along by the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

And tongues as of fire appeared to them, being distributed; and it sat upon each of them.

And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And dwelling at Jerusalem there were Jews, devout men out of every nation under heaven.

But this sound occurring, the multitude came together and were confounded, because they each heard them speaking in his own dialect.

And they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, Behold, are not these who speak all Galileans?

And how do we each hear in our own dialect in which we were born?

Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking the great things of God in our own languages.

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying to one another, What does this mean? Acts 2:1-12

Plainly, the text says each person in the audience heard and understood the speaker in the native language of the listener. They understood what was being said, they were not hearing some strange unknown language or gibberish. Again, the speakers spoke of things pertaining to the Kingdom of God in their language and the listeners heard the message translated into their native language. That's what happened at the first Pentecost and it has not happened since. It was a miracle in the hearing.

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. I Corinthians 14:33

I had to write this after seeing a show on MSNBC just now.

Some Interesting Items

No fear: Overcoming Bible trauma This is a must-read for those interested in the subject matter.

Scientific integrity and the gospel of Christ Ditto, a must read.

I've noticed a proliferation of Jesus documentaries on TV lately. I haven't seen any that really do justice to the subject. There is a book, on the other hand, that shines a light on the subject like no other. A review of the book reads as follows:

"Inspiring, simply and beautifully written ... You may be shocked, stunned, amazed or angry. You may, on the other hand, be pleased and happy with this refreshingly stimulating account ... Armstrong explodes many of the myths and poses some fascinating and thought-provoking questions ... totally absorbing."

The book can be read and downloaded here: The Real Jesus

Goddess of Fertility

History of the Easter Bunny

Pagans, on the other hand, have a different explanation of Easter. The pagans worshipped the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility: Eostre. Her symbol was the rabbit, and this symbol has reached across many cultures, standing the test of time. The pagans further celebrated spring by painting eggs in spring-like colors. But the Christian missionaries were not about to destroy this pagan tradition and alienate the “lost souls.” Christian missionaries were said to celebrate this festival as well, skillfully using the comradeship to minister to them, trying to convert them.

take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.'
 
You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. 

Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it. Deuteronomy 12:30-32

"If you love Me, keep My commandments. John 14:15

Running Away

But to where do we run, exactly? We learned, or should have learned, on September 11 that we are not safe from the uncivilized world in our own homeland. Given the opportunity they can strike in ways that not only kill innocents, but can devastate our economy and our very way of life. Clearly heading for hills is not an option.

Senator Zell Miller of Georgia said it best. In the battle we now face, there are warriors and there are wimps. In recent days, we have seen the rise of the wimps. Support for the war in Iraq and for President Bush have seriously eroded as a result of the violence in Iraq being committed by those who want us to pick up and run with our tail between our legs.

The enemies of civilization believe that if you kill enough of us, and if you do it on the three 24-hour all news channels who will show the footage hundreds of times, you can get us to get out of town and leave them to do their evil acts and plan for more September 11 attacks.

They believe that we will not die for the freedoms we believe in so the killing and terror continues. That is why they blew up a couple of hundred people in Madrid and wound up moving a government out of power as their reward. Is there any doubt they would go to any lengths to change our government that under President Bush’s leadership has launched the most deadly war against terrorists in America’s history?

Running From Terror

Watch Out Mac Users

Your time has come: Trojan Horse Attacks Mac OS X

A Joke

Two little boys are talking in their bedroom.

The 7-year-old says, "I think it's time we learned how to swear!"

The 5-year-old replied, "Yeah!"

The 7-year-old continued, "When mom calls us down for breakfast, I'll say 'damn,', and you say, 'hell'. OK?"

The 5-year-old says, "OK!"

Mom calls them down for breakfast. She turns to the 7-year-old and asks, "What would you like for breakfast?"

The 7-year-old replies, "Oh, just give me some damn Cheerios!"

Mom gives him a good smack, and sends him up to his room, crying his eyes out. She's irritated now, and turns to the 5 year old with a menacing look. "What do YOU want for breakfast?"

The 5-year-old. terrified, replies between sobs, "I don't know...[sob]...but it sure as hell isn't Cheerios!"

Don't Push Them Too Far

Tokyo Has Few Options for Iraq Hostages

Japan will not turn tail and run away. The Japanese are peace loving and they are in Iraq in a humanitarian capacity, but that in no way is a sign of weakness. The Japanese are a tough and formidable opponent. Ask any G.I. who served in the Pacific during WWII. Ask Koreans and Chinese who have had the experience of being at war with them. If the Islamists push Japan to the point of waging war (not likely, but who knows) they will quickly realize they have made a grave error. I'm not saying America can't pummel these animals into oblivion, in fact, we could do it faster and better than the Japanese if we put our minds to it, but in a war we are too nice. We treat those animals with far more respect than they deserve. We hold back. We take prisoners and treat them well. They aren't afraid of us and they count on our kindness to enable them to kill more of us. That would not happen if Japan were at war with them. They would be very, very afraid.

Nice People

'We will burn them alive'

You do understand that this war against the Islamics is going to escalate terribly and that they are giving us no choice but to wipe them off the face of the earth. Pulling out is not a choice and not going in was not a choice, it would only delay the inevitable. If it gets delayed long enough for them to get themselves some serious weapons (Pakistan), it will be a nuclear war. Nuclear world war. There is nothing we can do or could have done to avoid this. It is in their mind to destroy us and they will not stop. They will not negotiate. And they think they are doing God a favor. It has been such a long time coming, no one could have forseen it. Hind sight is 20/20, get over it. We are not doing ourselves any favors by being nice. Our captives need to be executed and we need to show no mercy on the battlefield. There are no innocents. With the weaponry available around the world we don't have time to bicker and argue and be partison. The very existance of this country is at stake, the lives of your children are on the line. You may not feel the gravity of the situation right now, but it is that serious and you better get a handle on it. We are in the vortex and there is only one way out - it's a very rough ride - and it may be that very few people make it through.

My advice would be to repent, be baptised and keep the commandments (all of them, including the 4th). Get on your knees and ask the Creator of the heavens to forgive you and show you the truth - and as He shows you new truth, keep it, and seek more. It may be He will protect you during the times to come.

When you stop laughing, and I realize you have no intention of doing that, take a long, serious look at the world around you. God is not in or part of this world (and that inludes all the churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques you see). Everything you see going on is the work of your fellow human beings. Most likely, you know we are the product of evolution, therefore we are in this world on our own. If we mess it up, that's the end. Take a serious look again at current world affairs. Look hard, don't ignore what's going on. Can you really say it will all work out? If only Bush wasn't in office things would be better? Islamists wouldn't be attacking us? Kerry, or anyone else, could make the right choices and get us out of this? Do you really believe that? Do you really think it makes any difference who is president to those who would kill us? The only difference is in the ease with which they can kill us. That's all! Can we elect our way out of this mess? The answer, if you are honest with yourself, is NO.

The only thing to do is fight back with no mercy. If we do that, given the state of world affairs today, there is a good chance - better than good chance - that we would be attacked by other countries (China, Russia, Europe, and more) because they would not like us defending ourselves. The U.N. would not take as long to condemn us as it gives its other member states. They not so secretly wish for our demise as well. Still, we really have no choice. History show us our future. Add to the mix the inumerable weapons of mass destruction that exist worldwide and the future does not look pretty. Human nature guarantees it. If God does not exist, evolution will be starting over again soon enough. The Bible says God will wait until the last moment before sending His Son to intervene in world affairs.

for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor ever shall be.

And unless those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened. Matthew 24:21-22

OK, One More

I like this one too. It's by Mychal Massie: I'm black and I think ... clearly

I Thought I Was Done

But I found this commentry by Joseph Farah: America the divisible

Slavery? Outside America? Say It Isn't So

Sudan slave 'crucified' by master

Phillips explains that since the 1980s, the Muslim National Islamic Front government has sanctioned the taking of Christians and animists from the south part of the nation to be sold to Muslims as slaves in the north.

"During his enslavement …," Phillips wrote, "he was often beaten, tortured and abused by his Arab master. African slaves, especially Christians, are viewed as lower than animals.

"After brutally beating Joseph on the head and all over his body, the master laid him out on a wooden plank. He then nailed Joseph to the plank by driving nine-inch nails through his hands, knees and feet. He then poured acid on Joseph's legs to inflict even greater pain, and finally left him for dead."

"In case you are wondering," wrote Phillips, "no criminal charges were brought against Joseph's master, because he acted within his 'rights' under currently practiced 'sharia law.' To say that Christians are second-class citizens in much of the Islamic world (not just the Sudan) is a cruel understatement."

What? No white slavemasters? Move on, nothing to see here.

And This Is News?

Alamo movie filled with 'fairy tales'

"The movie reads more like a Disney fairy tale and promotes a politically correct revisionist agenda aimed at destroying a traditional American hero," said B. Forrest Clayton, a Freedom Alliance visiting fellow.

Not quite earth-shattering news. It's not the first time and it won't be the last. Hollyweird isn't exactly pro-traditional American values, to put it nicely.

CNN - Are They Still On The Air?

'Bogus' story aired by CNN

"Its whole story about legislation to fire teachers was bogus," said Dr. John West, associate director of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute, in a statement. "Unfortunately, CNN ran its story without checking the facts first. There is no such legislation currently under consideration in Missouri, let alone any other states as CNN reported."

I stopped watching CNN a long, long time ago. Not even for a minute.

When Cars Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Cars

Every hour, 14 people killed in road crashes throughout Americas

Better Off With Saddam?

Report: Blix Says Iraq Worse Off After War

I wouldn't say that, but perhaps they had the government they deserved.

A Pig On Every Bus

Israel enlists pigs against terrorists

Though the pig is considered a defiled animal strictly forbidden in Jewish dietary laws, the Muslims forbid any contact with the animal. Any contact with the pig is punishable by denial of entry to paradise.

According to recent reports, the Israeli government may soon place bags of lard on buses – a favorite target of suicide bombers. Many Muslims thus believe that a corpse smeared in pig remains disqualifies its owner from ascension to paradise, a goal of many Palestinian "martyrs."

I don't know why they weren't already doing this.

Dennis Prager Hits Another One Out of the Park

Why no Christian suicide bombers? and other thoughts on Islamic terror

There is Palestinian terror for the same reasons there is Muslim terror elsewhere. A significant part of the Muslim world wishes to destroy those non-Muslims -- Americans, Israelis, Filipinos, Nigerians, Sudanese blacks -- who prevent Islam from violently attaining power.

Palestinian Muslim terror emanates from a desire to destroy Israel, not to end Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Other Muslim terror is aimed at weakening the West, America in particular, so that militant theocratic Islam can dominate Muslim-majority societies and then take over other societies, as it is slowly doing in Western Europe.

It Will Get Alot Worse, Before It Gets Better


Terrorists in England were planning to use some ‘Very Nasty’ chemicals in their bombs.

There are alot of nasty chemicals that can be used as part of a bomb that are easy to obtain legally. It doesn't have to be ricin to be deadly - or horrific.

If they keep this up it will cause us to have no choice but to become very heavy handed in our defense. In other words, serious escalation in the war.

Well, What Do You Know

Al Qaeda absent from final Clinton report

The final policy paper on national security that President Clinton submitted to Congress — 45,000 words long — makes no mention of al Qaeda and refers to Osama bin Laden by name just four times.

The scarce references to bin Laden and his terror network undercut claims by former White House terrorism analyst Richard A. Clarke that the Clinton administration considered al Qaeda an "urgent" threat, while President Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, "ignored" it.

Who's lying now?

Once They're Here, What Do you Do?

Governor endorses illegal-alien driving bill

Saying rigorous screening standards would ensure recipients ''won't be terrorists,'' Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday strongly endorsed issuing state driver's licenses to both illegal immigrants and foreign nationals who make Florida home for part of the year.

I just don't understand the thinking of those who want to give ILLEGAL immigrants a driver's license. They say it will make the roads safer because they won't be driving without a license, but those who wouldn't pass the rigorous screening would not bother to try and would still drive illegally anyway.

''Our roads and streets will be safer because of this,'' Garcia said, adding that the sprawling nature of most Florida cities makes owning a car a necessity, and that the state, by not giving ILLEGAL immigrants licenses, ``almost tells these folks to break the law, because that's the only way they're going to be doing anything.''

Emphasis mine.

Not giving ILLEGAL immigrants a license causes them to break the law? You mean it causes them to break another law while they are already breaking the one that says they are not allowed to even be here.

''We shouldn't allow them to come into our country to begin with,'' Bush said. ``But once they're here, what do you do? Do you say that they're lepers to society? That they don't exist? It seems that a policy that ignores them is a policy of denial.''

Once they're here, what do you do? We have been ingoring them, that's why there are so many. If they are here ILLEGALLY, you send them back. If there is a reason not to send them back, you make them LEGAL. Then, they can get a driver's license LEGALLY. You still have to better protect the borders because if it's easy to gain entry ILLEGALLY then those who can't be here LEGALLY, like terrorists and other criminals will still come in and stay under the radar, like they can do now.

It is unfortunate that we have to have border protection to keep some people out of the country but that is the reality of the world we live in and we are not going to change that. We can change our laws to make it easier for more to come in if we feel it is the right thing to do but keeping ILLEGAL immigrants ILLEGAL yet giving them a driver's license is not the way to go. Instead of a driver's license, why not just screen them and make them legal. Give them a year to get legal or however long, but after that time anyone who has not gone through the process should be immediately deported and we should forever remain vigilant to keep ILLEGAL immigrants out.

Those who want the ILLEGAL immigrants to stay in the country have created an underclass of people who can never have all the rights of an American, can't properly earn a living and can't have the same standard of living as you and I. And, they want to keep them that way! In other words, what they want are slaves without actually calling them such.

Instant Justice

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

One of my Favorite Websites

Online-Sweepstakes.com I think it's the best sweepstakes site on the internet. If you're not in 'em, you can't win 'em.

Again With the Vampire Bats

What's going on with vampire bats lately? First, they attack 20 people in Peru, and now they kill 13 people in Brazil.

Watch out for Dracula.

Just For Laughs

I'm sure you've heard them before, but ...

1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00
apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try
spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE

2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant
like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

3. OK.... so if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known
as the "Jags" and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known
as the "Bucs," what does that make the Tennessee
Titans?

4. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does
that mean that one enjoys it?

5. There are three religious truths:
a. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
b. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the
leader of the Christian faith.
c. Baptists do not recognize each other in the
liquor store or at Hooters.

6. If people from Poland are called Poles, why
aren't people from Holland called Holes?

7. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy
adultery?

8. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

9. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't
they just stale bread to begin with?

10. Why is a person who plays the piano called a
pianist but a person who drives a racecar is not
called a racist?

11. Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?

12. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen
defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can
be delighted, musicians denoted,cowboys deranged,
models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry
cleaners depressed?

13. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call
it Fed UP?

14. Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?

15. What hair color do they put on the driver's
licenses of bald men?

16. I was thinking about how people seem to read the
Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it
dawned on me ....they're cramming for their final
exam.

17. I thought about how mothers feed their babies
with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered
what do Chinese mothers use? toothpicks?

18. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the
post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to
them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the
postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them
while they deliver the mail?

19. If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?

20. You never really learn to swear until you learn
to drive.

21. Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be
if it didn't zigzag?

22. If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her
nose?

23. Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

The Nations and Their Religion

A Modern German writer has well said: "The birth of heathenism may be dated from the moment when the presumptuous statement was uttered, 'Go to, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name.'" Even Josephus, the ancient Jewish historian, regards Nimrod as the father of heathenism, the characteristic of which is to find strength and happiness in sin, and not in God. Its essential principle is to reject all that is not seen, and to cling to that which is temporal. Thus we also may be heathens in heart, even though we are not such in mind, and do not worship stocks or stone. Indeed, it is very remarkable, that neither nation nor tribe has ever been discovered which did not acknowledge and worship some superior Being; and yet from the most savage barbarians to the most refined philosopher, they have all been destitute of the knowledge of the one living and true God. The only exception in the world has been that of Israel, to whom God specially revealed Himself; and even Israel required constant teaching, guidance, and discipline from on high to keep them from falling back into idolatry. Idolatry is the religion of sight in opposition to that of faith. Instead of the unseen Creator, man regarded that which was visible - the sun, the moon, the stars - as the cause and the ruler of all; or he assigned to everything its deity, and thus had gods many and lords many; or else he converted his heroes, real or imaginary, into gods. The worship of the heavens, the worship of nature, or the worship of man - such is heathenism and idolatry. And yet all the while man felt the insufficiency of his worship, for behind these gods he placed a dark, immovable, unsearchable Fate, which ruled supreme, and controlled alike gods and men. It was indeed a terrible exchange to make - to leave our heavenly Father and His love for such delusions and disappointments. The worst of it was, that man gradually became conformed to his religion. He first imputed his own vices to his gods, and next imitated the vices of his gods. Assuredly, the heathen nations were the younger son in the parable (Luke 15:12), who had left his father's house with the portion of goods that belonged to him - heathen science, art, literature, and power - to find himself at the last driven to eat the husks on which the swine do feed, and yet not able to satisfy the cravings of his hunger! Blessed be God for that revelation of Himself in Christ Jesus, which has brought the prodigal back to the Father's home and heart! - The Bible History, Old Testament, Volume I by Alfred Edersheim

I don't believe the birth of heathenism was at the Tower of Babel, certainly the entire world was hedonistic in one form or another before the flood. Human nature had not, indeed, has not changed.

because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can it be. - Romans 8:7

But the rest of that paragraph is pretty much spot on.

Got Some Auctions Up

I put up some new auctions. Check them out here.

Do You Want the U.N. to Control the High Seas?

U.N. Wants Control of the Seas with U.S. Senate's help

And the Senate is only too happy to hand it over.

After unanimously passing the Treaty out of committee, the pressure is on to give it "unanimous consent," meaning there will be no official vote to ratify the treaty; no record of support or opposition; no one to blame when it’s over. The treaty will just become the law of the land -- no muss, no fuss. Business as usual. Senators like to hide from thhe people that way. It makes life so much easier for them.

Here's another sample, but really, read the whole thing.

In the name of "social equity," a euphemism for "redistribution of the wealth," the UN's Law of the Sea Treaty will replace the freedom of the seas concept with central control from an international body, specifically the United Nations. Under UN control a new supranational agency has been created called the Seabed Authority.

The Seabed Authority is organized identically to the UN General Assembly using the one nation, one vote model. That means that numerous, tiny Third World nations can organize a block of votes hostile to the United States and other industrial nations. Such a setup has created an unworkable situation in the General Assembly and it's why that body achieves very little of worthwhile substance. Now, the same gridlock expects to rule the seas of the world.

The Seabed Authority will have the power to regulate all the seas -- roughlly seven-tenths of the world’s surface area. It will have the sole power to issue permits for fishing and mining and drilling operations under the surface. It can fix prices of sea products and impose quotas on how much is produced. It can levy international taxes and impose production quotas on deep-sea mining and oil production; control ocean research and exploration; and create a multinational court to enforce its dictates. Don't be surprised to see Seabed Authority ships plying the waters, stalking ships, and mining and drilling operations it deems in violation of its authority.

The Seabed Authority can force governments and private companies to file for permits and impose fees and it can delay production for years. Yet, in the end, after charging up to a million dollars for permit fees, there is nothing in the Treaty that requires the Authority to EVER issue even a single permit. In addition, the provisions establishing the Authority gives it the power to set up its own mining and drilling activities, and compete right next to private efforts. That provision alone should set off alarm bells concerning the fairness of permit decisions.

How can anyone be stupid enough to position the U.S. to bow to the U.N.? Unless the goal is to dismantle the U.S.

I'm Warning You

Sharon: Israel Might Move Against Arafat

Just get it over with. Arafat can't hide too well, but the other bozo's over their get scarce when they warn them. Why bother with the warning, they know what they're asking for.

Gee, I Wonder What It Could Be?

UFO blasts sky like 50,000 spotlights

Reading the story, it is very obvious it was a meteorite. Why do they have to be so dramatic? That being said, it does seem we are getting hit more often and with larger meteorites than usual. Most burn up before hitting the ground.

Evil Knows No Bounds

Terrorists try to recruit child as suicide bomber

Palestinian terrorists tried to recruit a 15-year-old as a suicide bomber, at one point locking him in a dark room, but also luring him with clothes, a cell phone and promises of paradise, his family said Tuesday.

The saddest thing is if they would just accept living next to Israel and live in peace their lives would be great, Israel would help them in ways unimagined. They are killing their children for hatred of Israel and Jews.

Smart Man, But Not Gonna Happen

What Joseph Farah wants to do is admirable.

Conservatives, it seems to me, only forestall the inevitable slide into tyranny. I don't want to forestall it. I want to prevent it. I want to reverse that slide. I want to restore the dream that was America.

But, America is not going to make that reversal. Human nature absolutely prevents it.

Read it here: Conservatism is not enough

What is the rotten apple? You can see it in the government schools that dumb down American kids. You can see it in the universities that pervert the concepts of knowledge and wisdom. You can see it in the federalization and militarization of law enforcement. You can see it in the proliferation of non-constitutional government. You can see it in the real "trickle-down economics" of confiscatory taxes. You can see it in the unaccountable authorities which give us global treaties. You can see it in the relentless attacks on marriage and the family. You can see it in euthanasia, population control and the phony "right" to abortion on demand. You can see it in the surrender of our national security.

This Is NOT How To Solve Problems

Couple injured in ice cream truck turf war

Guess who lost the route?

Fire Ants are a Curse

Fire ants are the worst. I hate them. No matter what you do to kill them they always come back. I tried the season long poison and it works for a few months and the ants come back in the same places they were before. I don't think the stuff kills the ants, I think it just drives them underground until it wears off. But, as bad as they are outside (Did I ever say how much I hate them?) I have never had them come inside the house - ever. If I had this problem in my house I think I would put so much poison all over my house and property that nothing could live.

No, really, I hate fire ants.

A Question

At what price point will you finally say, "No, it's not worth it."

Disney hasn't been the cutting edge of anything in a long time (except separating families from their money).

I've Got an Idea

Let's terraform Mars! We've done such a great job taking care of the Earth, I mean, we can adjust this or that and we know precisely what the effect will be - heck, we got this managing thing down pat, we're ready to create an entire world. Yes, let's do it!

See the last sentance of my last post.

Great White North

Canadian Forces to 'flex muscles' in north

Canada is sending one of its largest warships, a squadron of helicopters and 200 ground troops to the high Arctic this summer in an exercise designed to show the flag -- and a little military muscle -- in the North.

Huh?

"It sends a message, first of all to the people of the North, secondly to all Canadians and certainly to whatever other countries out there may be watching that we are here and that this place is important to us," he said in a telephone interview from his headquarters in Yellowknife. "This is an attempt to demonstrate that we are here and we are paying attention to what happens in the North."

Hey, they're trying!

Canada has launched a five-year plan to increase its military presence throughout its uninhabited Arctic territory, including satellite surveillance and far-reaching patrols of soldiers riding snowmobiles.

To the rear! March!

The world is going insane.

Can You Imagine?

Hamas Plots Knockout Blow with 800 Suicide Bombers

Can you imagine the reaction of Israel if the Palestinians Arabs living in Palestine actually did this? Israel is not really fighting them now. They are trying to deal the insanity with both hands tied behind their back. Everyone has a breaking point and if the Arabs ever reach Israel's breaking point it would mean the plug has finally been pulled at the bottom of the cesspool this world is floating in. I can't see the whole world standing by and watching Israel give the Arabs what they so richly deserve. Especially if Al-Queda suceeds in the overthrow of Musharraf in Pakistan. That would mean Al-Queda controls very powerful nuclear bombs and there is no reason to believe they would not use them. And mind you, they (other Arabs) would have no qualms what-so-ever in eliminating all the Arabs in Palestine in the attacks, they are and always have been completely expendable.

Something Strange About This Story

20 attacked by vampire bats

AT least 20 people were attacked and bitten by vampire bats as they returned home from work in the jungle community of Mansiche, Peru, a top official at the Ministry of Health said.

Vampire bats are not the evil creatures their name conjures up in your mind. They creep up to sleeping animals, make a small cut with their teeth and lap up the blood as it drips out. There have been cases of a vampire bat feeding from the leg or foot of a sleeping human but it is nothing more than a small cut. The body of the bat is about the size of your thumb, that's smaller than a mouse. There is more to the story they are not telling you.

Please, No

Groups Debate U.N. Control of Internet

Giving the U.N. control of the internet would be the biggest mistake ever in the history of mistakes. Well, pretty close anyway.

Why is Brazil So Contrarian?

"Brazil has never had hurricanes and it is not having one now," she said, explaining the eye of a hurricane was hotter than its edges, while the center of an extratropical cyclone, which forms above colder waters, was cold.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami obviously doesn't know what it's talking about.

The Sabbath

Sunday, holy Sunday?

A. Jan Marcussen, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Illinois, is starting with $50,000 of his own money if someone can produce "a verse from the Holy Bible showing that God commands us to keep holy the first day of the week" – Sunday – "instead of the seventh day" – Saturday – "as is commanded in the Bible."

He says the reward will increase in $25,000 increments each week for 40 consecutive weeks if no one sends him such a verse, with a final cap at $1 million.

"The $50,000 offer is to wake people up out of a stupor," Marcussen tells WorldNetDaily. "People wake up when there's money involved."

He has no chance of losing his money. The change from the 7th day Sabbath to the 1st day (Sunday) observance is not in the bible.

"Millions of people believe and have confidence in their clergy that what they're being taught is true," says Marcussen. "They'll find out that the clergy is not teaching from the Bible."

"The church always met on Sunday throughout the New Testament," says Rev. Jerry Falwell, chancellor of Liberty University in Virginia. " That's completely untrue! Saturday is clearly the Sabbath as is recorded many times in the Old Testament. And new! In Christian Church tradition, Sunday became 'the Lord's Day' when Jesus rose from the grave."

Falwell is among those who believe which day is chosen is not of great significance. "I don't think Saturday or Sunday are more sacred than other days," he says.

God begs to differ with Mr. Falwell:

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made. And He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.

And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He had rested from all His work which God created to make. Genesis 2:1-2

"It may be that Sunday was originally one of the [pagan] Roman festival days," explains Professor Efird at Duke, "but so were several others that the church adopted in its evolution, [for example:] Christmas."

So, logically, If Christmas and Easter are of pagan origin, that makes it OK for a pagan day to be observed in place of the Sabbath. Again, God says otherwise:

take heed to yourself that you do not become snared by following them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not ask about their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods, that I too may do likewise?

You shall not do so to Jehovah your God. For every abomination to Jehovah, which He hates, they have done to their gods; even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods.

All the things I command you, be careful to do it. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it. Deuteronomy 12:30-32

Why Keep Saturday For Sunday?

Fishing Was Not Good

I took the kids fishing today because I'm off tonight. It was a bad day to fish. It was so windy, the lake had whitecaps. I took them to a small pond instead but it was stocked with tilapia and I couldn't get them to bite worms or lures. They had some fun though. I will try another day.

A Hurricane Near Southern Brazil?

This is strange. It doesn't say how strong it is. I wonder if they flew a hurricane hunter aircraft through it? Probably not, it's kind of far. Of course, it's spinning in the opposite direction too.

Life in the United Kingdom

You are in your own home, minding your own business and 4 guys break in with a gun to rob you. Afraid for your life you grab a samarai sword you have and stab the guy with the gun. He dies and you are the one who goes to jail - for 8 years.

What's wrong with that picture? Why would you want to live where you can't, by law, fight back against criminals in your own home? That's insane.

Fishing Practice

I got the fishing rods out today and put some practice plugs on them so the kids could practice casting. Joshua had a spinning reel and did good but eventually got it stuck (accidently, yeah right) on the roof. James got the spincast reel and he did amazing considering he's only 4 and never touched a pole before in his life. After I showed him how it worked he was casting way out there and only messed up a few times. I think they're ready.

I Like Goat's Milk Soap

Irma's mother brought some goat's milk soap when she came from Puerto Rico. I thought it was strange, but I used it when I ran out of my other soap and now I don't want to use any other soap. It's not harsh at all, it doesn't dry your skin, no perfume - it's just nice. The problem is, it's not readily available here and I'm almost out. I have to check the Spanish grocery stores. Or buy a goat.

They Want to Go Fishing

Joshua has spring break this week and he and James want me to take them fishing. I want to, I really do. I just can't get motivated to go out this week. I have to get a license too. Can any fisherman out there imagine living in central Florida and not going fishing? What a waste. I'll take them. Really.

Fireball in the Sky

Fireball streaks across Prairies

I saw one of those a long time ago in New Jersey (just a guess, but maybe 12 years old). I was walking home at night from a friends house and it came almost directly overhead from east to west. It was fast, made a roaring sound and seemed so close. I watched it go to the horizon and ran all the way home.

Jobs and Healthcare

If there's a nuclear explosion in the United States you can say goodbye to your jobs and healthcare. How many people lost jobs after 911? What happened to the stock market? How long did the recovery take? How much is the price of gas now? That wasn't caused directly by 911 but as a result of our actions afterward. What do you think our reaction will be after a nuclear attack? The same as Spain's reaction? I don't think so. That would be like jumping in the Amazon River after a gunshot. The piranhas would be all over us. Islamic countries will not be selling us oil.

And like on the African plain, the weak or injured are attacked and killed off by animals that wouldn't have bothered them otherwise. We have no friends in this jungle, our alliances and treaties will count for nothing. Bet on it. Better yet, don't let it get to that point. Our friends will be there only as long as we have the power and the money. The stronger they get (or weaker we get) the less need or use they have for us. That's the world we live in, no matter what your hallucinations lead you to believe.

That's what I think. I also think we will, unfortunately, go through the experience of just such an attack.

Sharon Opened The Gates of Hell

He opened the gates, threw in a couple of missles, killed a Hamas spiritual leader and closed them again. Palestinians are crying foul. Sharon broke Palestinian rule #2: Palestinians can kill as many Jews as they want, young or old, but Israelis are not allowed to kill any Palestinians. The penalty is that the Palestinians get to hate Jews even more (oh, joy!) and kill even more of them. Rule #1 of course, is: Israel doesn't exist. Never has, it was all a fairy tale.

Good For a Laugh

I got a good laugh checking out these pictures from the Mar. 20 anti-war rally in San Francisco. Definitely worth a look.

The Death of Europe in its Present Form is a Given

So says Mark Steyn

And I agree, but the new Europe will be more lethal.

Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says Jehovah.

A voice was heard on the high places weeping, cryings of the sons of Israel; for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten Jehovah their God.

Return, O backsliding sons, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to You; for You are Jehovah our God.

Truly, for delusion comes from the high hills, tumult on the mountains. Truly, in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel. Jeremiah 3:20-23

House of Israel or house of Jacob = America and United Kingdom

When the modern nation of Israel is referred to it is called the house of Judah.

Hills and mountains = other countries

We trust in alliances and treaties and have forgotten God, even denying His existance. This is what God calls, in prophecy, whoredoms.

For You have forsaken Your people the house of Jacob, because they have become full from the east, and are fortune-tellers like the Philistines. And they clap their hands with the children of strangers.

And their land is full of silver and gold. There is no end of their treasures and their land is full of horses; nor an end of their chariots.

And their land is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

And the man bowed down, and man was humbled, but You do not lift them up.

Enter into the rock and hide in the dust for fear of Jehovah, and for the glory of His majesty.

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the pride of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

For the day of Jehovah of Hosts shall be on every proud and lofty one, and on every lifted up one; and he shall be brought low, Isaiah 2: 6-12

The Pope and Europe

German President gives Pope credit for reunification

"Meeting with Pope John Paul II on Saturday, German President Johannes Rau gave the Holy Father credit for the reunification of his country.

"Germany owes her unity to Poland and to the action of the Pope, without which she would still have a long road to go toward reunification," Rau said.

For his part, the Pope said the most powerful element of European unity is the Christian cultural heritage that the countries share. He suggested Germany could serve as a model for the future of a united Europe, since "Germany is rich in signs for the Christian faith, which still today permeates the lives of many people."

The Vatican has been arguing for an explicit recognition of Christianity in the new European constitution. Rau, who was among the first prominent European leaders to advance the idea of a European constitution, is now hoping to break an impasse over the wording of the document."

More On Spain

This from Ann Coulter:

The reign in Spain falls mainly on the lame

Just Pathetic

Calif. Professor Suspected of Vandalism

Kerri F. Dunn's car was vandalized and covered with racist, anti-Semitic and sexist epithets on March 9, leading faculty to cancel classes and students to stage rallies the following day.

Two witnesses interviewed by police investigators allegedly saw Dunn, a visiting professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College, commit the vandalism, police said in a statement.

I wonder who she's voting for?

You Can't Play War

Some people think the world should be a safer place to live in now that we have started a war on terrorism. They say every time there is another act of terrorism it is proof we are doing the wrong thing. Every time a bomb goes off, such as the one today in Baghdad or the bombs in Spain, it's because of the war and they blame the United States (Bush specifically) for the deaths.

That idea is ludicrous. Once we made the decision to fight back (for real) , you have to know that the terrorists will not just give up and go away but as long as they believe they have a chance to win they will fight back. That's what war is. You have to expect that there will be an increase in attacks. They will try everything they can. If we give up when they dare fight back, they win. They will continue to attack until they acheive their goals (the fall of western civilization). We have to continue the fight until they can't take it any longer, until they can no longer do any more damage to us (they're dead). That is the only way to stop it. When you start a war (and we didn't start this one, we got to the point where we can no longer ignore it), the casualties increase on both sides and there will continue to be casualties on both sides until they can no longer fight back. That may take a while. It's something we just have to know and accept. No sane person wants this war, but it's a war that must be fought if we are to continue our way of life, our republic, and if we want to continue to be free to choose the direction our lives take. I know I do. I don't think any clear thinking person can walk away from this fight. To do so would mean your (and your children's) death.

To say Iraq has nothing to do with this war is also ridiculous. Before it's all over, unfortunately, other Middle Eastern countries may also have to fall. That's their decision. Some of them won't make the right one.

Don't Want to Register at a News Site

but want to read that article you just clicked? A Trick to Avoid News Website Registration

I get that a lot. I'm gonna try this next time. Thanks to webraw/blog for the link.

Trouble Ahead?

U.S. Debt Burden Is Higher Now than During Depression

It wouldn't take much to trigger a domino effect that would create economic chaos in this country and worldwide. No, it's not Bush's fault. It's the buy now, pay later society we live in.

Some People Have Alot of Time on Their Hands

While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot. While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.

Who would ever think to do that on their own?

But, That Can't Be

France Says It Received Threat by Islamist Group

How can that be if appeasement works? They were against everything the United States did.

Security experts say France is a target because of its cooperation with authorities fighting Islamic militants in its former North African colonies Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco

Oh yeah, that must be it. Better pull your troops out of Africa. In fact, why not just head off all attacks altogether. Just hand the country over to the nearest Imam.

This Really Isn't Funny

But ... A man tried to commit suicide in Maine by crucifying himself in his living room. He attached a suicide sign to the cross and nailed one of his hands to the cross with a 14 penny nail and hammer. Then ... wait for it ...

"When he realized that he was unable to nail his other hand to the board, he called 911,"

Forgive me, but that part is funny. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Hasta la Vista, Baby

Open letter to the people of Spain

The message you sent to al-Qaida yesterday was clear: "Please don't threaten us; please don't kill our people; we'll do what you want us to do."

Why are you allowing the terrorists to intimidate you now? Why do you let them win?

What happened?

I leave you now with the words "Hasta la Vista." Call us when you need us. You will be calling – your actions in response to the Madrid terrorism attack guaranteed it. And when you call us, we will come and help. Even if al-Qaida threatens us and attacks us. We don't let fear cower us into appeasement or surrender. That's the kind of people we are.

At least 50% of us anyway.

My Heart Bleeds

Here's something from Dennis Prager because I like his writing and this especially so.

It's the heart vs. the Bible

The eyes and the heart form an extraordinarily powerful force. They can only be overcome when formulating policies by a mind and a value system that are stronger than the heart-eye duo.

With the decline of Judeo-Christian religions, the heart, shaped by what the eye sees (hence the power of television), has become the source of people's moral decisions.

This is a potentially fatal problem for our civilization. As beautiful as the heart might be, it is neither intellectually nor morally profound.

It is therefore frightening that hundreds of millions of people find no problem in acknowledging that their heart is the source of their values. Their heart knows better than thousands of years of accumulated wisdom; better than religions shaped by most of the finest thinkers of our civilization (and, to the believer, by God); and better than the book that has guided our society – from the Founders of our uniquely successful society to the foes of slavery to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and most of the leaders of the struggle for racial equality.

This elevation of one's heart is well beyond self-confidence – it is self-deification.

One of the first things you learn in Judaism and Christianity is that the eyes and heart are usually terrible guides to the good and the holy. "... [D]o not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after" (Numbers 15:39); "the heart is deceitful above all things ..." (Jeremiah 17:9).

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. - Proverbs 14:29

It is undeniable that many people have used their minds and many have used the Bible in ways that have led to evil. And some of these people have been truly heartless. But not one of the great cruelties of the 20th century – the Gulag, Auschwitz, Cambodia, North Korea, Mao's Cultural Revolution – came from those who took their values from the Bible. And the great evil of the 21st century, though religion-based, doesn't come from the Bible either.

Meanwhile, the combination of mind, Judeo-Christian values and heart has produced over centuries the unique success known as America. Reliance on the heart will destroy this painstaking achievement in a generation.

"How the Khilafah will be restored and man-made law destroyed"

I know there are way too many Americans who don't take this seriously, even among those who support the war on terror. They just don't believe the terrorists mean what they say.

British jihadist depicts U.S. Capitol in flames: Sheikh who operates openly around world supports al-Qaida.

Bakri has boasted openly about exploiting the freedom of speech in the West as a weapon against it - to "transform the West into Dar Al-Islam," or House of Islam.

"I want to see the black flag of Islam flying over Downing Street," he has said.

Al-Muhajiroun has chapters all over the world - including the United States. It actively supports the ideology of Osama bin Laden and Bakri has long been suspected of having ties to al-Qaida.

According to Sheik Omar, Muslims in the West have very serious responsibilities in preparing the people to embrace Islam or to accept the Islamic way of life. Not me , baby!

Al-Muhajiroun calls for Muslims in the West to "be the front line of the coming Khilafah ... to become strong and united in order to become the fifth column, which is able to put pressure on the enemies of Islam and to be able to support the Muslim Ummah worldwide." The organization believes that "bonding the Muslim community in the West with the Muslims globally" is the secret to setting off a "worldwide Islamic revolution."

Bakri has said the West is guilty of imposing "man-made law" on Muslims, but that a "[future] Islamic regime will impose Islamic religious rulings on them."

The Syrian-born Bakri also said, "Islam defended the religion of the Christians, the Jews, and others, and stated that 'there is no coercion in religion.' But the coercion is in the laws. Laws can be Islamic-religious and they can be man-made." Oh yeah, wouldn't you want to be a Christian or Jew in Syria or Iran or Egypt or parts of Africa or ... name a Muslim state. How comforting.

"Allah willing, we will transform the West into Dar Al-Islam [that is, a region under Islamic rule] by means of invasion without," said Bakri. "If an Islamic state arises and invades [the West] we will be its army and its soldiers from within. If not, [we will change the West] through ideological invasion - without war and killing."

Oh, by the way, on his website you'll find this:

The obligation of inciting religious hatred

This Saturday's LIVE talk on Paltalk will discuss one of the greatest
forgotten obligations in Islaam - Inciting religious hatred. Allaah (swt)
orders the believers to hate all other religions, way of lives, creeds,
doctrines and beliefs that contradict with Islaam, and one cannot be
Muslim without to declare animosity and hatred towards kufr, bid'ah,
shirk and nifaaq (Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism,
Buddhism, Democracy, Freedom etc.).

So obviously, what he said about "no coercion in religion" is a lie - surprise! Just keep believing this is all just a game. Just political propaganda. President Bush made it all up. The United States of America can never be defeated and will always exist. Just keep watching Brittany and Oprah and As the World Turns. Nothing bad is ever going to happen as long as we don't make them mad, so just vote for John sKerry, get rid of Bush. All hail socialism.

Me, I know better. This "problem" won't just go away. We'll keep playing along until we really get hurt. I truly believe we will be hit hardest financially at first, crippling our economy (for real, not the Bush's terrible economy crap the Democrats tell you about), and the worlds. A superpower will rise out of Europe, another dictatorship, out of the ashes of socialism. They will sweep down into the Middle East and the real bombs will start falling. China and Russia will join in on the fun too. It will all start suddenly, like a dam breaking. This will not go away as you hope. Muslim countries have atomic weapons now and they are obligated to use them to spread Islam. Religions are very dangerous - more blood has been spilled in the name of this or that god than for any other reason.

The real God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who stays out of our lives now - just as we want (yes, Jews and Christians too, churches and synogogues notwithstanding) - is poised to save us from ourselves at the last moment and, yes, against our will (of course, why change now).

And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent being called devil, and, Satan; he deceiving the whole habitable world was cast out onto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:9

For they are spirits of demons doing signs, which go forth to the kings of the earth, even of the whole habitable world to assemble them to the war of that day, the great day of God Almighty. Revelation 16:14

It doesn't matter if you believe it or not and I'm not trying to convince anyone. A few believe, most will laugh. That's OK. But you will watch this happen before your very eyes, and perhaps some will repent before God takes away His light for the final hours.

Now, if you don't believe the Bible and that's fine, I understand and I have been there, then it is even more important that you take a stand and put these terrorists out of commision once and for all - and quickly. Ignoring or appeasing them will mean the destruction of the United States and you can bet on that. I know that is hard to grasp for some people. Here we are in the age of enlightenment, the United States is the strongest and most productive nation on Earth, nothing could possibly change that. For all the enlightened and deep thinking liberals aspouse, they sure can be dumb as rocks sometimes. There was a time when someone just like you, with a house and 3 kids, a job, friends, hobbies - everything we have now but with the inventions of a different time - would be talking amongst themselves and it would be completely beyond their imagination that their nation, the Roman Empire (for instance) would ever not exist. The Roman Empire, defeated, don't make me laugh. Now, everything they ever knew is long gone. Nations come and nations go and the United states is no different. If you want to keep it you have to fight for it. If you don't someone else will take it away from you. And that's the truth.

Open up, It's the Police

A police officer pulled up outside the office last night. I let him in and he said he wanted to ask me some questions about a possible guest. He gave me a name to check and they were not registered. He said a car would be pulling up and asked if I recognized the occupants. Yes, it was a couple of middle aged women who stopped to ask for directions to a hotel about two hours earlier. I thought they were strange because they didn't know anything about the hotel they were staying at, they couldn't even describe what was nearby. I tried to narrow it down for them and asked if the hotel was across the street from a sky coaster ride. They hesitated, then said yes, so I told them how to get there. The officer pulled them over pulling out of a 7-11 with their lights off. Apparently, I didn't get the right hotel. I called all the hotels by the name they gave me until I found theirs - they were not even close. After they left I talked to the officer for a few minutes. He thought they might have been up to something and was amazed to hear they have been lost for so long. I said they looked pretty harmless to me and he gave me a funny look and shook his head - I guess he knows better.

Spain Elects Socialists After the Terrorist Bombings

I'm trying to imagine this. After another terrorist attack here in the states, the country elects Democrats back in office and demands we stop fighting back - appease the terrorists. Spain basically threw up the white flag. Are they nuts? Whenever you give in to terrorism you embolden them. I really hope it never comes to that here. This country would finally, truly have something to be ashamed of. I would rather go down in flames fighting than put my tail between my legs and bow to their false god - that will not happen, ever.

If it is so that our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, then He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image which you have set up. Daniel 3:17-18