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Posted by Billy on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:11:14 PM


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Give up your iPod for Lent, bishops urge

Posted by Billy on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:59:47 PM

British church leaders are encouraging people to give up their iPods for Lent, instead of more traditional vices such as chocolate, to help save the planet.

The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, and the Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, are among those calling for a carbon fast for Lent -- a period ahead of Easter which Christians traditionally consider a time of penance and reflection -- which begins on Wednesday.

As well as spending a day without using technology such as mobile phones or iPods, the 46 daily suggestions also include eating by candlelight, cutting meat and vegetables thinner so they cook faster and flushing the toilet less often.

(How sad is it when th PC talk hits the church. Those who are in spiritual leadership need to help people find  out what a relationship with God is all about and how to grow in that relationship. There should not be this worldly talk of putting the planet ahead of people and faith in God inside the church. Read more on this issue Give up your iPod for Lent, bishops urge.)

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Quebec doctors: Time for euthanasia has come...

Posted by Billy on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:55:36 PM

Euthanasia is already a reality in Quebec hospitals, the president of the federation of Quebec medical specialists, told a National Assembly committee yesterday.

Doctors know when death is "imminent and inevitable," Gaétan Barrette explained.

But doctors are aware they can be charged with murder if they administer a "palliative sedative" before a patient is on his or her last breath.

Geoffrey Kelley, chairman of the committee, explained that MNAs will hear about 30 expert witnesses on "dying with dignity" to prepare a paper for a travelling public consultation this fall. (Quebec doctors: Time for euthanasia has come...  )

Barrette told the committee the issue of euthanasia could not be discussed in Quebec 50 years ago, comparing it with the evolution in thinking about abortion.

"Doctors are ready to debate euthanasia," Barrette said. And like abortion, he said, limits must be established. Not every patient will want euthanasia and not all doctors will agree to perform the procedure.

Barrette explained that a patient who is lucid consults with a doctor, friends and family members before requesting euthanasia.

(We here in America need to be careful with this kind of talk. This could be something that comes to pass thanks to government health care. That is why we need to value all human life as a gift from God. It doesn't matter if it is an unborn child or an older person who has lived for years. All life is a gift and death should not be rushed by anyone.)



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Obama appoints Muslim envoy and Makes us Look Weak

Posted by Billy on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:41:22 PM

An Islamic critic and terrorism expert says President Barack Obama should not have named a special envoy to an Islamic organization that is an absolute enemy of the United States.

 

President Barack Obama has named White House lawyer Rashad Hussain as his special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which represents 57 Muslim countries. 

"It takes two to repair relations, and he's not going to be able to do it on his own," comments Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch. "He's reaching out and reaching out and reaching out, and all he is doing is giving them the impression that we're weak, and that's really the way in which the Islamic Jihad groups operate. They understand weakness and strength. They don't understand conciliation; they see it as weakness."

(Obama has not showing  us he is ready to fight those who hate us. These people won't be happy until every Jew, Christian is dead and our way of life is history. Thanks President Obama for making us look weak. Read more of the above story Obama appoints Muslim envoy.)

 
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Doctors learn to treat Sudanese but At what Price Thanks to Planned Parenthood

Posted by Billy on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:28:17 PM

The large Sudanese population in Nebraska and Iowa brings unique challenges to the doctors and nurses who treat them, and a Sudanese physician this week tried to provide some solutions.

Dr. Muawia Gorti spoke this week in Omaha with representatives of Planned Parenthood, the Charles Drew Health Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and other groups. Gorti, who is employed by Planned Parenthood’s international division, addressed that agency’s clinicians and staffers earlier in the week in Des Moines. (Doctors learn to treat Sudanese  )

Gorti and those he spoke to agreed that the Sudanese display vast cultural differences and foreign notions of medical care.

Although many experts say Omaha has one of the largest Sudanese populations in the nation, pinning down that number, like grasping Sudanese culture, has proven elusive.

Maggie Kalkowski, a Lutheran Family Services official at the Omaha meeting, said estimates have ranged in Omaha from 6,000 to 25,000.

Penny Dickey, chief operating officer for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, estimated that Iowa has 6,000 people of Sudanese origin

( The above is part of a story which was in my local paper a few days ago. I am sorry but anytime Planned Parenthood is involved I get a funny feeling.  This is a group which will do everything in it's power to kill babies and to keep them from being  born  regardless what race or culture they are. Also  Planned Parenthood will do what it can to keep parents from knowing what their children are doing.) 





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For elderly Russian, man accused as camp guard is vivid memory

Posted by Billy on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:10:42 AM

His name is Alexei Vaitsen. He is one of the few Jews to survive the torments of the Nazis' Sobibor death camp and the only member of his family who lived to see the end of World War II.

His thoughts these days are hundreds of miles away, in a distant courtroom where the fate of another sick old man is being weighed. John Demjanjuk, who is accused of being a guard at Sobibor, lay on a bed before a judge in Germany last week because, he said, he was not well enough to sit upright.

In Munich, where Demjanjuk is on trial, other aged prisoners have climbed into the witness box. They described the sadism of the guards, detailed the terrors of gas chambers and talked about Jews being led obliviously to their deaths. None of them could remember Demjanjuk.

Vaitsen says he can. 

"It's him. I know him," Vaitsen, 88, says vehemently. "I'm 100% sure."

(My heart as all of our hearts should go out  to those who survived or saw love ones killed during   the evil of the death camps. Also something from the Bible comes to my mind,  "your sins will find you out." A soul can hide from the evil they have done but you can't hide from God. Lets hope justice is done for  Vaitsen and others who will never forget the evil they saw in these camps.  Read more of the above story For elderly Russian, man accused as camp guard is vivid memory.)



 

 

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Today (President's Day) Post's

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 4:18:10 PM



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President's Day

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 4:13:38 PM
Here is a video from last year to do with President's Day. 

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7-year-old Rio queen parades, in tears...

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 3:22:15 PM

A seven-year-old has broken down crying as she took the controversial lead of a Rio de Janeiro carnival parade.

Julia Lira became the youngest drum corps queen in memory, but her role has sparked much debate in Brazil.

A judge had earlier over-ruled objections from a child rights agency that said it was inappropriate given the carnival's sexual focus.

Tourism officials have estimated about 730,000 visitors have arrived in Rio for the party.

Julia led the Viradouro samba parade into the packed Sambadrome wearing a sequined halter top and miniskirt made of purple feathers.

Her father, Marco, who is Viradouro's president, took her by the hand and presented her to the crowd.

But 10 minutes into the parade, as she was surrounded by photographers and reporters, she burst into tears.

"She cried because there were a lot of people on top of her," Mr Lira said.

(This is a child and there is no-way she should be put on display for others to watch like she was an animal at some zoo. Read more on this story 7-year-old Rio queen parades, in tears.)
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Saudi Officials Against Valentine's Day

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 3:06:30 PM

Saudi Arabia has launched a nationwide crackdown on stores selling items that are red or otherwise allude to the banned celebration of Valentine's Day.

 

 

A Saudi official says the feared religious police are inspecting shops for red roses, heart-shaped products or gifts wrapped in red, and ordering storeowners to get rid of them. (Please don't send me roses)


Red-colored or heart-shaped items are legal at other times of the year, but as Feb. 14 nears they become contraband in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom bans celebration of Western holidays such as Valentine's Day, named after a Christian saint said to have been martyred by the Romans in the 3rd Century.

(What are the Saudi officials afraid of? Perhaps it is that people will see there is a loving God which sent his son to die for them  unlike  the  god  of their faith who demands they send their sons to die for him.)

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University student gets probabtion for evangelist assault

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 2:48:42 PM

A Middle Tennessee State University student has entered a plea agreement on a charge that she assaulted an evangelist on campus last year. (University student gets probabtion for evangelist assault)

 

The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro reports that 23-year-old Michaela Morales received nearly a year of probation, must do 24 hours of community service and pay preacher John McGlone $80 restitution.


McGlone is with PinPoint Evangelism, based in Adair County, Ky. He and others from the ministry were speaking on an outdoor knoll at MTSU on Oct. 27, 2009.


A confrontation ensued after some students perceived McGlone's message as hateful.

( I  wonder if this had been an attack on a gay person, a black person, or anyone else who is from some group that the left loves if the attacker would have been given probabtion.)

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Palin has 'mountain to climb'

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 2:41:58 PM

A Republican consultant and pollster says a new survey showing Sarah Palin has a low favorability rating is not a "kiss of death" for her White House ambitions.

An ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that 71 percent of Americans, including half of Republicans, do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to be president. According to the poll, 55 percent of Americans have unfavorable views of Palin, while only 37 percent have a favorable opinion of the former Alaska governor.Dave Woodard, a pollster and political scientist at Clemson University, says Republicans are usually more skeptical of their presidential candidates than Democrats are.

( I think Sarah  Palin has a lot to offer America however I think she needs not to rush into a run for any office. She needs to spend time studying the issues and letting people get to know her as a person. No debate the media has not treated her right but still that doesn't change what she needs to do. Read more on this issue Pollster: Palin has 'mountain to climb'.)

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Happy Valentine’s Day True Love 2 14

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 2:21:16 PM
I did a sermon yesterday on what true love is. I thought it fit the holiday pretty good. You can read it or watch a video of it over on my faith blog,  Happy Valentine’s Day True Love 2 14.
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Too Many Pushing a 13-year-old to Play for USC and College Football

Posted by Billy on Monday, February 15, 2010 1:26:06 PM

There's nothing within the contradictions and hypocrisies of NCAA law prohibiting a 13-year-old from orally committing to a college football program before he has picked a high school.

David Sills followed the rules.

David is a 6-foot-1 middle school quarterback in Delaware, deemed the next football prodigy. He wants to go to the University of Southern California. New Trojans coach Lane Kiffin wants him to go there, offering Sills a scholarship that he can't sign for another five years.

But permissibility doesn't excuse parents from condoning a stunt like this in some grab for cheap celebrity. The Sills family doesn't understand why this decision attracted national attention. They don't think it's a big deal. But perhaps they could explain the national television talk-show circuit they took last week to tell their motives while bringing more attention on a 13-year-old who should worry about being a kid.

Blame the NCAA, insists Sills' father, David.

But that's like blaming McDonald's for teenage obesity because it offers fatty foods. That doesn't mean that parents should sit by and watch their 13-year-old devour quarter-pounders like potato chips.

(I don't blame the parents alone but I think this is something the parents along with the NCAA, and football coaches need to think about. 13 year old kids aren't ready to decide where they want to go to college or play college football. This is not meant to slam USC because I have been a fan of theirs for a number of years. However being from the state of Nebraska where football is talked about 12 months of the year I can't believe the great coach  who now heads up the sport's office there Tom Osborne  would ever try to get a 13 year old to commit to the University of Nebraska. Is this what college football is coming to. The USC coaches should have encouraged this kid to keep trying his best in football , and in the classroom while having fun in life. The parents should have said my son is playing middle school football if you want to talk to him come back in 5 or 6 years. Read more of the above piece Opinion: Parents .)


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