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Terror Experts Blast Obama for Dropping References to Islamic Extremism
Post Date: 2010-07-12 08:59:46 by Badeye
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Terror Experts Blast Obama for Dropping References to Islamic Extremism Published July 12, 2010 | Associated Press President Obama pauses after walking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his car outside the White House July 6. (AP Photo) WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's recent move to drop rhetorical references to Islamic radicalism is drawing fire in a new report warning the decision ignores the role religion can play in motivating terrorists. Several prominent counterterror experts are challenging the administration's shift in its recently unveiled National Security Strategy, saying the terror threat should be defined in order to fight it. The question of ...
Pastor Yanked From Capitol Over 'Jesus' Prayer
Post Date: 2010-07-09 20:45:35 by Brian S
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A North Carolina pastor was relieved of his duties as an honorary chaplain of the state house of representatives after he closed a prayer by invoking the name of Jesus. “I got fired,” said Ron Baity, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He had been invited to lead prayer for an entire week but his tenure was cut short when he refused to remove the name Jesus from his invocation. Baity’s troubles began during the week of May 31. He said a House clerk asked to see his prayer. The invocation including prayers for our military, state lawmakers and a petition to God asking him to bless North Carolina.” “When I handed it to the lady, I watched her eyes and ...
(Armed Muslim) Man Forces Way Into Wesley Chapel Pre-school
Post Date: 2010-07-06 12:05:27 by Murron
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(Armed Muslim) Man Forces Way Into Wesley Chapel Pre-school WESLEY CHAPEL - The doorbell rang at Little Pioneers Preschool just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, and a man asked to be let inside. He had several tattoos on his face, including one under his left eye that reads "FTW," and a large eyeball-looking one on his neck. He carried a brown bag, according to a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report. School owner Susan Singletary refused to let him in, said sheriff's office spokesman Kevin Doll, and she went into a play room and dialed 911. But somehow, which wasn't clear today, the man got through the locked door at 6631 Boyette Road. According to the school's ...
Europe’s New Dark Ages.
Post Date: 2010-07-01 06:38:21 by Skip MacLure
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Europe never recovered from the last one, so it seems. It’s a sad combination of the dregs of medieval barbarity and the ingrained subservience of the ‘peasant’ class. The emergence throughout Europe of a new and virulent anti-semitism is evidence of a further disintegration of European morality and an ugly window to the not-too-distant past. There are whole libraries on Hebraic history, and any number of highly educated and friendly scholars who will give of their time and knowledge to those who honestly seek the truth. The Judean diaspora is said to have had its advent with the conquering of Israel in 722 BC by the Assyrians, the Jewish peoples having been scattered ...
Hussein Obama's racist hate mentor Rev. Wright still spewing: 'White folk done took this country'
Post Date: 2010-06-27 13:29:57 by Happy Quanzaa
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Obama's race-rant Rev. rages on'White folk done took this country' CHICAGO -- He's been keeping such a low profile since nearly derailing Barack Obama's campaign for president in 2008 -- is it possible that the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright has mellowed? Hardly. During a five-day seminar Wright taught last week at the University of Chicago, he was back at it, claiming that whites and Jews are controlling the flow of worldwide information and oppressing blacks in Israel and America. "White folk done took this country," Wright said. "You're in their home, and they're gonna let you know it." The course, advertised as focusing on ...
UK Church Backs Boycott Of Israeli Goods From Illegal Settlements
Post Date: 2010-06-25 15:31:57 by Brian S
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London : Britain’s largest non-conformist Christian church is presenting a report to its annual conference next week supporting an international boycott of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements. The report on Justice for Palestine and Israel by the Methodist Church has also attracted the support of more than 30 Christian and Jewish organisations and individuals for its “humane and principled conclusions”. A resolution at the Methodist Conference in Portsmouth, southern England, calls for support for an international boycott of produce and services from illegal Israeli settlements raised last year by the World Council of Churches, according to details obtained by ...
Huckabee In The Holy Lands
Post Date: 2010-06-24 13:47:09 by Brian S
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Last week we looked at a piece by Newsweek that suggested Sarah Palin was the new leader of the religious right. I suggested then that Newsweek should have at least mentioned one of Palin’s potential contenders: Mike Huckabee. This week we considered Ariel Levy’s lengthy profile in The New Yorker that examines several angles surrounding Huckabee’s policies and faith. The reporter makes a pronouncement that may seem shocking to some but a silly comparison to others: “This is the defining paradox of Huckabee: his adamant resistance to being branded a zealot paired with his insistence that faith defines character and, consequently, has an essential place in ...
Many Americans expect Jesus' return by 2050
Post Date: 2010-06-23 14:56:40 by Skip Intro
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Many Americans expect Jesus' return by 2050 Poll finds 41% of Americans expect Jesus' Second Coming in next 40 years; most fear nuclear terrorism A new survey finds that Americans are divided over whether they believe Jesus Christ will return by the year 2050. Among respondents to the survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press and Smithsonian Magazine, 41% said they expect Jesus' Second Coming in the next 40 years, while 46 percent said it probably or definitely won't happen. The poll suggests that 58 percent of white evangelicals believe Jesus will return by 2050 compared to only 32 percent of Catholics, and respondents with no college education ...
New Agers, Neo-Pagans See Stonehenge Solstice
Post Date: 2010-06-21 23:42:55 by Brian S
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SALISBURY, England (AP) -- About 20,000 New Agers and neo-pagans cavorted with delight this morning to mark the summer solstice as a bright early morning sun rose above the ancient Stonehenge formation. Drums, tambourines, and cheers reverberated in the background. The event typically draws thousands of alternative-minded revelers to the monument to party all night as they wait for dawn at the Heel Stone. That's a pockmarked pillar just outside the circle proper, which aligns with the rising sun. Unlike previous years, when the sunrise has been obscured by clouds, the bright sun bathed the monument in orange and gold today. Simon Banton, a 45-year-old education volunteer for English ...
Ted Haggard Predicts End Of Religious Right
Post Date: 2010-06-18 12:04:40 by Brian S
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Ted Haggard sounds quite visionary in his recent Twitter comments. He predicts the end of the Religious Right and the start of what he calls the Love Reformation. He’s also working on a book proposal about the love reformation he sees Haggardcoming. Another theme of Haggard’s tweets is his questioning what he sees as judgment in churches. “I thank God he forgives me, saves me, redeems me, fills me, and loves me,” he says. “I thank God he doesn’t do it the way most churches do.” “THE GREAT DECEPTION: On the outside of our building, we say we are a hospital, but when people get inside, they see it’s a courthouse.” In this ...
The ugly truth about Helen Thomas
Post Date: 2010-06-16 19:33:40 by Mad Dog
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Everyone is talking about Helen Thomas' career suicide a few days ago, in which she menacingly invited the Jews to return to the killing fields of Poland. When asked by a rabbi what she thought of Israel, she replied that they (the Jews) should get the h--- out of "Palestine" and go "home" to Germany and Poland, among other Edens. Quite a few things to unpack in those statements: For one thing, Thomas is signaling quite clearly that she rejects the U.N.-approved state of Israel, and that 62 years of history needs to be rolled back. Then, chillingly, she fairly cackled that the Israelis should return to the scenes of The Destruction. I actually heard a patron at a ...
Muslim Student Union members shocked by suspension
Post Date: 2010-06-15 17:48:48 by WhiteSands
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IRVINE – UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union members say a year-long suspension came as a shock and that the university's action would deny Muslim students a sense of community, according to a statement released Monday afternoon. “Suspending the MSU would undoubtedly create a chilling effect and deprive Muslim students -- both current and incoming -- of a place where they can develop a sense of community with one another and with the broader UCI campus community,” said incoming MSU President Asaad Traina. “Depriving Muslim students a venue to associate jeopardizes their rights under the First Amendment and is an act of marginalization at a time when Muslim students ...
Late term Abortion - yes or no?
Post Date: 2010-06-12 15:35:42 by Jethro Tull
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Simple question. Should it be allowed or not. No exceptions for any reason. Put me in as a firm NO! It's barbaric.
Berating driver uses school bus as 'bully' pulpit "Stupid little biogoted" grade schooler
Post Date: 2010-06-04 15:43:47 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Berating driver uses school bus as 'bully' pulpit An Indiana school bus driver and her school district are targeted by a lawsuit alleging harassment directed at a Christian student. In November 2008, a Christian at Carmel High School was engaged in a conversation with school bus driver Betty Campbell on homosexuality and homosexual marriage when the driver berated the girl, Rachael Zimmer, for her Christian-based stance. When the girl's father complained, he was told that the driver's behavior fell within the scope of her employment. The Zimmer family has now sued Carmel Clay Schools. Micah Clark of the American Family Association of Indiana tells ...
Nancy Pelosi: The Word made flesh
Post Date: 2010-06-01 21:46:38 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Nancy Pelosi: The Word made flesh
Vatican Sex Abuse Defense: 'Bishops Aren't Employees'
Post Date: 2010-06-01 06:35:08 by 3-Dee
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The Vatican will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children on Monday. The defense says bishops are not its employees and that a 1962 Vatican document did not require them to keep quiet, The Associated Press has learned. The Vatican will make the arguments in a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds filed in Louisville, Ky., but it could affect other efforts to sue the Holy See. The Vatican's U.S. attorney, Jeffrey Lena, said it will include a response to claims that the 1962 document "Crimen Sollicitationis" — Latin for "crimes of solicitation" — ...
Bourbon tasting bill defeated in Kentucky House, passes in Senate
Post Date: 2010-05-26 15:23:48 by Fred Mertz
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FRANKFORT, Ky. - The House on Wednesday killed a bill aimed at helping to promote one of the state's signature industries, the bourbon industry. The Senate, however, passed its own version of the tasting bill 32-3 on Wednesday. The House gave that bill a first reading and sent it to the Licensing and Occupations Committee. House Bill 6 would have allowed Kentucky's bourbon distillers to set up sampling booths at conventions and special events, including the World Equestrian Games in Lexington in September. The measure was voted down 51-43. Because it contained a clause making it effective immediately, it needed 51 yes votes to pass. "I don't know (what ...
CAIR to Pakistan terror suspects: Clam up, D.C.-based 'front group' also advises mosques against helping FBI
Post Date: 2010-05-26 01:54:04 by WhiteSands
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A new Council on American-Islamic Relations notice to members advising them against cooperating with the FBI belies the group's long-held argument that the FBI should restore relations with the group to help agents locate terrorists in the Muslim community. The FBI severed ties to the so-called Muslim civil-rights group after prosecutors in 2007 implicated it in a criminal scheme to funnel millions of dollars to Hamas suicide bombers and their families. A federal grand jury in Washington is actively investigating CAIR. The Washington-based nonprofit group last week issued an advisory warning to its Muslim members that the FBI was interrogating "members of the Pakistani-American ...
GOP-Linked Punk Rock Ministry Says Executing Gays Is ‘Moral’
Post Date: 2010-05-25 11:43:13 by Brian S
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You Can Run But You Cannot Hide, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit ministry that brings its hard rock gospel into public schools, has been deepening its long-running ties to the Republican Party of Minnesota. Long a cause célèbre for Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has twice lent her name to the group’s fundraising efforts, You Can Run (YCR) had a booth at the GOP convention in April, and the group’s frontman, Bradlee Dean, reports that gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer recently accepted an invitation to visit with him at Dean’s home. But recent controversial statements by Dean — that Muslim countries calling for the execution of gays and lesbians are “more moral ...
Alabama Evangelist Anthony Hopkins Gets Life For Dead Wife In Freezer
Post Date: 2010-05-21 21:17:34 by Skip Intro
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Alabama Evangelist Anthony Hopkins Gets Life For Dead Wife In Freezer MOBILE, Ala. — An Alabama evangelist who authorities say terrorized his family while preaching at revivals has been sentenced to life plus 51 years in prison after being convicted of killing his wife and storing her body in a home freezer. Circuit Judge John Lockett imposed the sentence Thursday on Anthony Hopkins, 39, who showed no remorse during the proceeding. He got the maximum sentence of life for murder and additional time for convictions including sodomy and sexual abuse. Assistant District Attorney Ashley Rich called Hopkins "evil of the worst kind." She said he taught the eight children in ...
Tea Party leader Mark Williams says Muslims worship a 'monkey god', blasts Ground Zero mosque
Post Date: 2010-05-20 08:50:27 by war
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A National Tea Party leader protesting a proposed mosque near Ground Zero set off a firestorm of anger Wednesday by saying that Muslims worship "the terrorists' monkey god." Mark Williams, chairman of the Tea Party Express, blogged about the 13-story mosque and Islamic cultural center planned at Park Place and Broadway, calling it a monument to the 9/11 terrorists. "The monument would consist of a Mosque for the worship of the terrorists' monkey-god," Williams, a frequent guest on CNN, wrote on his Web site. His statements drew a sharp rebuke from City Hall and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. ...
New Yorkers Outraged By Muslim Group's Plan To Build Grand Mosque Near Ground Zero
Post Date: 2010-05-17 18:14:49 by Brian S
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New York, May 17 (ANI): An Islamic group's plan for converting a damaged building two blocks from the Ground Zero pit where the World Trade Towers once stood, into a grand multimillion dollar mosque, has met with shock and outrage in New York. There is still a possibility though that the project might be put off sine die due to lack of funding. The Cordoba Initiative, a sister organisation of the American Society for Muslim Advancement and the organisation that conceived the idea for the mosque, is already under the scanner for what could be partial disclosure of assets. Feisal Abdul Rauf, a debonair and media-savvy imam and his wife Daisy Khan, helm the project, but thus far the ...
John C. Hagee: Why Christian Zionists Really Support Israel
Post Date: 2010-05-14 14:28:37 by Brian S
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On May 23, pastors, ministers and priests at more than 1,500 churches in all 50 states and over 50 foreign countries will dedicate their Sunday services to teaching the importance of Christian support for Israel. On that day — the second annual Christians United for Israel Sunday — church leaders will speak to their congregants about God’s enduring covenant with Abraham and the Jewish people, including God’s promise in Genesis 12:3 that He will bless those who bless Israel. Worshippers will learn about the tragedies of Jewish history. Christian leaders will speak the truth about our culpability and silence during the Holocaust, pogroms and Crusades. The message at ...
Ted Haggard, Colo. Pastor Ousted by Gay Affair, Forms New Church
Post Date: 2010-05-12 21:28:34 by Brian S
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(May 12) -- Four years after resigning from church leadership amid a gay sex scandal, evangelical preacher Ted Haggard has taken a first step toward resurrecting a ministry by incorporating a new church. The St. James Church is located in Colorado Springs, the same city where Haggard founded New Life Church 26 years ago. Haggard was forced to resign as senior pastor of the 14,000-member megachurch in 2006, when it became public that he had been involved with a male prostitute. In April, Haggard's wife, Gayle, registered St. James Church as a nonprofit located at their home address on Old Ranch Road, according to documents filed with the Colorado secretary of state's office. ...
Christian Leader Tells ‘Rentboy’ Not To Talk To The Press
Post Date: 2010-05-07 11:48:55 by Brian S
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Revealed: Florida AG paid $60,000 for Rekers' testimony against gay adoptions The case of a Christian leader who claims the male prostitute he hired to accompany him on a ten-day European vacation was only along to carry his luggage grew more complex on Thursday, as Family Research Council cofounder and anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers threatened to bring a lawsuit for defamation against the Miami New Times. The New Times, which originally broke the story of Rekers' trip on Tuesday, quickly struck back by revealing that Rekers has been advising his traveling companion, "Lucien," to keep quiet about their encounter. In addition, it was reported early on Friday that ...
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