Friday Night Video - Return To Innocence by Enigma

Time travel... Enigma style.

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Jill Carroll Threatened

Nice to see her without that SCARF!

If your jaw dropped while listening to Jill Carroll's statements after her release, this may not come as a surprise to you. It is being reported that she was threatened prior to her release not to cooperate with the Americans. My wife and I surmised this right away. We also were a bit disturbed about that scarf and robe. Perhaps Jill didn't want to offend Muslims but had it been me I'd have opted for a baseball cap with a flag on it and the words, "These Colors Don't Run".

More at Michelle Malkin.

So what words would you have on your baseball cap?

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The Allah Akbar Civil Liberties Union

Stop The ACLU is reporting on the ACLU's hypocrisy regarding the Establishment Clause. The beneficiary--The Islamists. I suppose the clause only applies to Christians. Didn't see that coming? Prepare for even more dhimmitude and bigotry against Christians if nothing is done about this.

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Terri's Day

Today is the one year anniversary of the killing of Terri Schiavo. Her "loving" husband is now married and the "media" has moved on with him. But we haven't. Some of us remember that her's was a life snuffed by convenience, by the courts, and by a man who would not even relinquish a child to her parents for care, even after he no longer thought her worthy of such care.

To the Left and the Culture of Death it is now but a blip on the radar. But for those who love life it is monumentally significant. So significant that it took a Pope to compare and contrast. Now we have a new depth and meaning to light our Lenten seasons.

Terri, we remember you. Thank you for having lived and brought "Life" to the Culture of Death. Enjoy God's embrace. You earned it here on earth.

Get involved...Terri's day at The Kevin Fobbs Show.

See more Terri tributes at Stop The ACLU.

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Albanian Muslims "Offended" By Mother Teresa Statue

The Scotsman reports...

Albanian Muslims object to city's statue of Mother Teresa

by BENET KOLEKAIN SHKODER

MUSLIMS in Albania's northern city of Shkoder are opposing plans to erect a statue to Mother Teresa, the ethnic Albanian Catholic nun in line for elevation to sainthood by the Vatican.

Here's a challenge to the Muslims. Name ONE Muslim who has done more good in the world and I'LL erect a statue to them in my own front yard.These "sensitive" people will probably point to the 9/11 hijackers as an example. These people are thankless and ignorant. Such a great figure coming from their own country and they are afraid of getting their "Muslim" feeling hurt. Boooooo Hoooooo!

Of course they don't respect any religion but their own. If you've heard of a comparable Muslim philanthropist, let me know.

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Jill Carroll Is Freed

The Associated Press is reporting that Jill Carroll has been freed. The United States Embassy in Baghdad said it could not confirm Carroll’s release. Keep praying for her safety.

UPDATE: Release confirmed! Yay!

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Italy Receives Abdul Rahman

Michelle Malkin is reporting that Mr. Rahman has recieved asylum in Italy... others however have been left behind with little information coming out of Afganistan due to the "sensitive situation" created by the Rahman case. My quetion is "Sensitive for whom?"

I truly believe we should not back a country that kills "infidels"... bottom line.

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World of Good Blogburst, Katrina Style by KT

This is crossposted at The Scratching Post

His previous entries were the Aussies and the Navy helping out after the Asian tsunami. This week we focus on the volunteers who helped out after Katrina.

I'll be honest, I found the post-Katrina controversy to be staggeringly boring. Think about what everyone was doing in the week following Katrina. Medical teams were working day and night rescuing people from flooded buildings. Private citizens were driving in from all over, towing their boats to motor out and rescue stranded survivors. The Army Corps of Engineers was fighting tooth and nail to drain an entire city! This was the real story, not the finger pointing of the politicians.

I was originally going to do this post on the Army Corps of Engineers. Then I stumbled across photos from the nola.com website. Apparently a group of students from Daniel Gross Catholic High School in Omaha, Nebraska made the trip down south to help. Dang! Did any of you know that?

This is a very small tribute those students.

Here's some of the text from nola.com that accompanies the photos.

A group of high school students from Daniel Gross Catholic in Omaha, Nebraska have been New Orleans since Sunday gutting houses, clearing debris, and touring the city.

I'm at a loss for an epilogue. Finding this was totally cool.

The world is filled with great people.

The World of Good Wednesday Blogburst exists to bring to light the good that people, churches, organizations, and civic groups do in the world. Today we salute the volunteers for Katrina relief.

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One Nation Under..Oh My God!

It is being reported that Abdul Rahman has been released to "his family" and has disappeared. Our State Department took it's usual courageous stand:

"Asked whether the U.S. government was doing anything to secure Rahman's safety after his release, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in Washington that where he goes after being freed is "up to Mr. Rahman." He urged Afghans not to resort to violence even if they are unhappy with the resolution of the case."

What the...? That's a bit like urging a dog not to bark, or a bear not to sh*t in the woods! I hate to say I told you so, but if Rahman ends up dead (keep an eye on Al Jezeera for film at eleven), well I did tell you.

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Safety From The Hoards of Morons

KABUL (Reuters) - The fate of an Afghan man who could face the death penalty for converting to Christianity rested with prosecutors on Monday, amid expectations the case will be dropped and he will be released.

Abdur Rahman, 40, was jailed this month for rejecting Islam and converting to Christianity. Death is the punishment stipulated by sharia, or Islamic law, for apostasy -- abandonment of the faith.

The case has raised a storm of protest in the West, threatening to create a rift between Afghanistan and the United States and other Western backers who have called for the man's release.

Here's a thought for the safety of Mr. Rahman...send our elites in to snatch him before the clerics do, and send any who oppose it straight to Allah. The government of Afganistan needs to reject sharia law and see these clerics as a danger to it's security. Our men died for this?

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Myspace's New Detectives

There has been a lot of police activity surrounding Myspace and the ability to solve crimes inside it's community of "friends". Taylor Behl was the most prominant victim whose ties to Myspace helped capture her killer. Over the weekend, Colorado police apprehended rape and robbery suspects through the victims "friends" list.

I have seen a growing trend among parents in an effort to safeguard their children. They become members of Myspace with profiles on their children's friends list. I have one as do several of the parents of their friend and my children's youth directors as well. I opted for the parental supervision angle after the Taylor Behl murder explaining internet safety to my kids. I allow them their personal conversations and bulletins. I monitor them from time to time and only see the occasional offensive bulletin now and then.

The key here is that we talk about "social networking" openly. We praise it's ability to connect people together. My daughter has made contacted with many of her school friends from Minnesota and it has been good for her that way. But we also talk about the dangers. And the most important rule is NO real life meeting outside of Myspace. If you did not know them before Myspace you cannot know their motives for being your friend.

Here is a great article...similar to my story with some great tips of safety. I didn't make an alias but was upfront right away. When my kids went online with their profiles, I asked them to add me and told them why. I visit them and leave goofy comments and things, and the funny thing is...they appreciate it.

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Open TrackBack Saturday - The Smiths: Ask

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Rejecting Islam Is Insulting God

Well consider yourself insulted, or perhaps insulting, Allah!

Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated. This man must die," said cleric Abdul Raoulf, regarding Christian convert Abdul Rahman.

The only thing more repulsive to me than this statement is probably a burning bag of dung on my doorstep. As a matter of fact that is a terrific metaphor for this situation. BTW, how can a human humiliate God? As a student of spirituality and God, I sometimes compare the different religious texts about God in an attempt to understand Him better through the ways humanity has been experiencing Him.

One of my favorite sources, outside of the Bible is the Upanishads. These hindu texts try to narrow down the experience of God the eternal to it's most profound contemplative level. I find that many of the great mystics of the Christian faith, Julian of Norwich, Teresa Of Avila, and John of the Cross, have a similar experience in their deepest contemplation as the hindu mystics. The similarity? When one enters into God's presence and goes beyond word and image (the human constructs of our understanding) God remains incomprehensible and thouroughly MORE than our concepts can explain.

Experience of the ages shows NOONE can claim to know God's thoughts, outside of the revelation He gives in the scriptures. These scriptures are man's way of making sense of the incomprehensible, within the limited expressions of word and image.

This is all to say that I believe no man can speak for God in the way this cleric is speaking. To insinuate that you can is to deny how GREAT and OTHER God really is. Also let me state that I do not believe the Koran is a revelation from God. I believe it is a conquerors handbook disguised as a holy book. It, like the Book of Mormon, is an example of a text whose origin and vision is shared by only one person, it's author. The other religious texts fall into a category where their development is shared by numerous people and drawn together by scholarship.

If God were so insulted and humiliated, it would not take a cleric or a fascist religion of murder to right the wrong. Just ask the folks of Sodom, Lot's wife, or Ananias and Sapphira.

God handles his own "bid'ness" just fine. He doesn't need any meddling Mullahs in there confusing things.

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Stop The ACLU Blogburst - You Do The Math!

The ACLU Money Scam coming to a courtroom near you.

State, ACLU settlement will cost $700,000

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 23, 2006

SANTA FE (AP) - A settlement reached by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and the state Children, Youth and Families Department over conditions within the juvenile justice system will cost the state more than $700,000.

The two sides signed an agreement last month that requires security improvements, increased mental health programs and rehabilitation services in juvenile detention facilities across the state, among other things.

Also under the agreement, the ACLU promised not to pursue litigation as long as CYFD makes a good faith effort to implement changes.

The money part of the settlement includes $220,000 for the six months that ACLU attorneys spent preparing their lawsuit and $400,000 for the attorneys to monitor CYFD's compliance over the next four years.

Another $85,000 was paid to six former residents of the New Mexico Boys School in Springer and one former female resident at an Albuquerque juvenile jail as compensation for physical injuries received from guards and other inmates and for insufficient medical and mental health care.

Attorney and former juvenile jail superintendent Justin Pennington said paying the ACLU to hold CYFD accountable is "nonsense" because the organization is not in a position to enforce the settlement agreement.

"The better course would have been to file the case and have it enforced by the court," he said.

Peter Simonson, the organization's executive director, said the ACLU is in a better position to monitor CYFD because of its expertise.

As for the teens who were compensated, ALCU attorney Peter Cubra said seven will receive about $12,000 each because of civil rights violations while in juvenile jails. One teen suffered a broken arm at the hands of a guard and another wasn't treated for hepatitis, Cubra said.

Outgoing CYFD Secretary Mary-Dale Bolson said the payments were not an admission that any harm was done but a response to "large-scale threatened litigation."

That equates to a half a million dollar take for the ACLU through bullying and possibly extortion. It seems to me that the only ones being fairly (well) compensated are the ACLU and NOT those whose rights were violated. And asking attorneys to monitor compliance is like letting the ACLU be judge, jury, and executioner.

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World Of Good Blogburst - 'It's nice to help make a difference'

Students in South Africa build houses for the poor:

They may be young, but a group of enthusiastic primary schoolchildren are facing the daunting challenge of building a house and making a dream come true for a family in need of a home.

The 12-year-old and 13-year-old children are from Highbury Preparatory School in Hillcrest, which is just one of the schools participating in the Habitat for Humanity initiative.

The organisation's goal is to provide housing for underprivileged families around the world.

Their latest project is to build homes in Sherwood, Durban.

As part of a youth programme, Habitat for Humanity is giving the children an opportunity to do a good deed and bring about positive change in the world around them.

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The World of Good Wednesday Blogburst exists to bring to light the good that people, churches, organizations, and civic groups do in the world. Today we salute The children of Highbury Preparatory School their service to the poor.

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Someone Give That Man Dictionary

... before Mohammed kills again!

“We will ask him if he has changed his mind about being a Christian,” [presiding judge] Mawlazezadah says. “If he has, we will forgive him, because Islam is a religion of tolerance.”

Thus says the presiding judge in the trail of Abdul Rahman who is "charged" with rejecting Islam and could face the death sentence under Sharia law unless he recants.

Make sure it's an English dictionary:

tol·er·ance ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tolr-ens)
n.

The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

File under: Great One Liners or "What The..?!"

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The Twang Of The Country Sitar

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This one starts out like Ravi Shankar in cowboy boots!!! Some online dating fun with Leann Rimes.

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World Of Good Wednesday Blogburst - Jeff Vipold

Brave teen leaves sick bed to help charity...

A TEENAGER who is bravely fighting an aggressive form of cancer has left his sick bed to help a struggling charity. Jeff Vipond is being cared for at the Sick Kids Hospital after doctors discovered a tumour growing near his stomach. The diagnosis was the latest setback for the plucky 15-year-old who was successfully treated for a brain tumour four years ago.

During his treatment, Jeff and his family have been supported by the Children with Cancer and Leukaemia Advice and Support for Parents (CCLASP). After Jeff discovered CCLASP could close its doors within months, the youngster decided to organise a sponsored walk through Holyrood Park. The event was dubbed Jeff's Green Jaunt after the football fan, who normally uses a wheelchair, ensured his friends and family were all wearing Hibs strips before embarking on the walk.

"It was all Jeff's idea," said his mother Molly Vipond, 36, a cleaner from Wester Drylaw Drive. "He wanted to put something back into a service that was vital to us. Read More...

The World of Good Wednesday Blogburst exists to bring to light the good that people, churches, organizations, and civic groups do in the world. Today we salute Jeff Vipond for his desire to give back to those who have helped him.

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Death or Dhimmitude?

Wow that's a tough one... NOT! More extremist rhetoric from Rakan Ben "Stupid"!

Should you value your own life and security, accept Muslims' demands, but if you shall prefer death (over giving in to Muslims' demands). Then, we, by the grace of Allah, are the best in bringing it (death) to your door steps.

The religion of peace spews forth like a backed up sewer. Which in laymen terms means I think it's a load of crap. If not...well bring it on. I'm already signed up for the Christian Martyrs League, because I will never, EVER bow down to a false god OR it's followers. If you don't like that, it's alright. I know what is to come and it has nothing to do with 72 virgins.

Linked with Stop the ACLU, Michelle Malkin, and Small Town Veteran.

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Sunday Nugget - Live Long and Prosper

From today's morning prayer:

This is the gate of the Lord;

it is the upright who enter here.

I will thank you, for you listened to me,

and became my saviour.

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the corner-stone.

It was the Lord who did this –

it is marvellous to behold.

This is the day that was made by the Lord:

let us rejoice today, and be glad.

Lord, keep me safe;

O Lord, let me prosper! Psalm 118

Wishing you safety and prosperity and much much more...
Have a great Sunday!

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Saturday Open TrackBack

My friend at Laugh Your Head Off is having a poetry contest in protest of the killing of poets, writers and artists by Disciples of Mohammed. Stop by and drop a line or two.


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Friday Night Video - Cash Machine by Hard-Fi

Buy more vinyl at Records By Mail.

Well here it is. Nothing like an early start. Enjoy!

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When A Video Game Is Good For Your Child

There's some debate on YouTube whether this is real or not. As a guitar player I have to say it is very hard to do but as you might have noticed there are some mistakes in the performance. I vote yes. Now if only my own children would be so inspired...(wink, wink)

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Stop The ACLU Blogburst - Breaking News: ACLU and “Concrete Harm” to Americans

Disgruntled ACLU goes back to courts:

ACLU Asks Federal Court to Block Illegal Spying Program, Citing “Concrete Harm” to Americans

In legal papers filed today before Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit, the ACLU pointed to the "concrete harm" of the illegal spying program to its clients, saying it disrupts their ability to "talk with sources, locate witnesses, conduct scholarship and engage in advocacy."

"To avoid the giant ear of the NSA, journalists and lawyers now have to make expensive trips overseas to speak with their sources and clients," said ACLU Associate Legal Director and lead counsel Ann Beeson. "We are asking the court to halt the illegal spying program now to prevent even more harm to the free speech and privacy rights of Americans."

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So let me get this straight...You're saying your clients might be incriminated by their wiretapped conversations? Perhaps you should represent clients who are NOT trying to overthrow America. jeeeesh!

They say no one is above the law...yet the ACLU continues to go around the law-makers to get radical judges to create ones to suit them.

File Under : Poor sports and bobble heads...

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Who Will Be Islam's Next Victim?

If people do not resolve the "Liberal Dilemma", we know "what will be". Let's call it what it is.

Today Yemeni prosecutors have called for an editor's death. Anyone surprised?

"Yemeni prosecutors have called for a newspaper editor to be sentenced to death for showing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, his paper says.
Muhammad al-Asadi was arrested after his publication, the Yemen Observer, showed the Danish cartoons in February.

He denies the charges of offending Islam, under which he is being tried."

Indeed, Muhammad, the editor, printed the cartoons--I might add loooooong after they had already been published in the Saudi press and circulated around the world-- as a means of reporting the Cartoon Jihad story. And so we see the scope of sharia freedom of expression and taqqiya.

"The paper's website reported that the prosecution lawyers cited precedents from Muslim history when the prophet was insulted by a woman and then praised her killer."

Sorry, Muslims but a few drawings offend YOU? I find barbarism offensive.

Now let's talk about THAT precedent. That is such backward momentum. I Doubt I'll see the National Organization Of Women speak up in this editor's defense on those grounds. Here's a precedent from Scripture that is more fitting to our society.

John 8:4-11

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

"No one, sir," she said.

"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

Put in perspective, we in America enjoy the benefit of innocence until proven guilty. AND if guilty we understand what precipitates and influences these so-call "crimes" and we even protect those charged with a "crime" from injustice.

I'm a proud American. We have the best life. And as Norway will soon find out, blasphemy laws cannot not be enforced because one man's blasphemy is another man's evangelism.

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World of Good Wednesday Blogburst - First Front Door Program

A bank in Camden, Delaware is helping first time home buyers get their first home. It's called the First Front Door Program. I've got a friend in camden and I thought this was a very good thing.

"Many people dream about owning their first home. Now the Federal Home Bank of Pittsburgh is helping to make that dream a reality for Delawareans.

"It's basically a down payment, closing cost assistance program for first time homebuyers," said David Buches.

All they're asking is that the first time homebuyer go to at least four hours of credit counseling.

"If there are some credit issues, if there are some things or questions you have about the process, if you need help or even how to look for a home...There's a lot of things you can provide that will really put you way ahead," said Mike Skipper.

Then if you qualify, the First Front Door program could give up to five thousand dollars.

"If you are looking to buy a house and you have only a thousand dollars cash that you have available or to put down for a final cost, then the Federal Home Loan Bank program would match by giving three thousand dollars toward that. You'd end up with four thousand dollars cash," Buches said.

The money is given in the form of a loan. But there's a catch. The first time homebuyer must stay in the house for five years, and they won't have to re-pay the loan. Read More...

The World of Good Wednesday Blogburst exists to bring to light the good that people, churches, organizations, and civic groups do in the world. Today we salute Federal Home Bank of Pittsburgh for helping dreams of owning a home come true.

Also please check out The Full Crush's blog for last week. He has a personal interest in the story. I had his url wrong so click over and show your support.


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Osama Bug Laden

For Illustration Friday:Insect

Hehe! This must be something subconscious.

Any hooo! I got an alert this morning concerning the Pentagon documents released about Guantanamo Bay. It's a pretty good read.

The thing that gets me about the "war on terror" and the "war on cartoons" is not only the deception employed by our enemies but also the lack of an outcry against it. Let the U.S. try to be so openly deceptive...No! The Cindy Sheehans and Michael Moores of America would hit a fever pitch over it. Yet countries, states, and American Colleges and their school papers are too willing to bow down and accept "sharia". Well we will soon see if the "outcry" of injustice at Gitmo was merited or just more of the lying liars and the lies they lie.

Linked with Michelle Malkin - "The Saudis Break Their Word". Who've guessed that?

File under: What's Bugging Me!

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Movie Music Monday-Groovy Situation

Since I didn't watch the Oscars (which I haven't for several years because they don't recognize my favorite movies; Comedies) I thought I'd play a movie song. And though I don't recommend Will Ferrell's "Anchorman" to everyone, I do recommend the soundtrack!
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Here's Gene Chandler's Groovy Situation

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Sunday Nugget - A Pledge Of Allegiance

Why, Christ himself, innocent though he was, had died once for sins, died for the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life, and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in prison. Now it was long ago, when Noah was still building that ark which saved only a small group of eight people ‘by water’, and when God was still waiting patiently, that these spirits refused to believe. That water is a type of the baptism which saves you now, and which is not the washing off of physical dirt but a pledge made to God from a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God’s right hand, now that he has made the angels and Dominations and Powers his subjects.

1 Peter 3:18 - 22

This is a great Scripture for the First Sunday of Lent. It reminds us of the promises we made to God via our Baptism. I love the comparison here of washing off dirt and a "clean" or good conscience. Today would be a good time to start "dusting off the furnishings" of our hearts. We have a multitude of promises from God to lean on for our good, and we also have a "pledge" to keep.

Peace and have a great Sunday.

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The "This Is Not Friday Night Video" and Weekend Open Track Back Post

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I didn't get to post a Friday Night Video last night because we threw a big dance party for my daughter's 15th birthday. It was Tina's Quinceañera Party and she invited 100 of her school friends for dancing with a DJ and a live band-Tomorrow's Awakening. They were great!!

So why did I choose "Listen To The Music"? Well regarding the party it was either that or "Cash Machine" by Hard-Fi. I thought I'd keep it positive. :)

Tina, I love you...Happy Birthday.

File Under : They Say It's your Birthday and The Things we Do For Love

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What To Do For Lent

A discipline that is often undertaken during lent is to give up some pleasurable habit or undesirable trait as an offering and a reminder of Jesus' coming death and resurrection as it is celebrated in the church calendar.

Having lost my cool with my local school board over an incident on my son's school bus on Wednesday... I reflected on Ash Wednesday's reading regarding being Christ's "ambassadors". It didn't go over too well and I felt ambiguous about it. I have decided that as my son's ambassador, so to speak, I was doing what was my duty in his respect.

I have been also running a lot of stories about the Islamic takeover of Europe and the Cartoon Jihad. As an ambassador of Christ (or as a citizen of the free world for that matter), I personally cannot equate "winning the hearts and minds" of the Muslims with accepting Islamic law as a sign of respect or a governing force. The two are not equal or reciprocal.

I am reading and will be reviewing "Credo" for the Mind and Media group. I think that is a fine place to start in reaffirming this belief of mine and being an ambassador to it.

The difference between this and representing Mohammed seems to be between "speaking the truth in love", or demanding dhimmitude with threats and terror.

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Stop the ACLU Blogburst - Abstinence is Dangerous

As reported in CULTURE DIGEST: Government stops funding "Silver Ring Thing".

Mar 1, 2006
By Erin Curry Roach
Baptist Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The government funding for a faith-based abstinence program called Silver Ring Thing was suspended last August but now it will be ended altogether, due to a persistent attack by the American Civil Liberties Union. The program can be eligible to compete for federal grants in the future only if it ensures that the money will not be used for religious purposes.

The agreement between the Department of Health and Human Services and the ACLU was reached Feb. 22, according to the Associated Press.

In August, when funding for the program was temporarily lifted pending further investigation, Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, said, "These programs have been proved not only ineffective, but also dangerous to the health and well-being of teens."

Joel Oster, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, the group representing Silver Ring Thing in the lawsuit, wondered if Rose could possibly be serious in her assessment.

"Programs like Silver Ring Thing have been proven to be effective," he said. "Leave it to the ACLU to come to the absurd conclusion that abstinence programs are dangerous to the health of teens."

Silver Ring Thing received more than $1 million in federal funding during the past three years, but the ACLU complained that the rings teenagers receive when they pledge to remain sexually abstinent until marriage are inscribed with a Bible verse and the potential for Jesus to improve their lives is too often touted.

Has anyone ever asked Carol Rose to define "danger" or to name exactly what abstinence programs are ineffective at? Perhaps she's referring to it's ineffectiveness at filling abortion clinics and the welfare rolls.




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File Under : Stop The ACLU, Pro-Life, and Did I Just Say That Outloud?

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We Are Ambassadors

Happy Ash Wednesday? Well not so much if you think only of "ashes to ashes". Today's second reading speaks to what lent is really all about.

"So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God. As his fellow workers, we beg you once again not to neglect the grace of God that you have received. For he says: At the favourable time, I have listened to you; on the day of salvation I came to your help. Well, now is the favourable time; this is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 5:20 - 6:2

God's peace be with you during this lenten season.

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World Of Good Wednesday Blogburst - Hair Care

Md. Girl's Haircut Goes Toward Good Cause

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- A Maryland 8-year-old will join an NBC News journalist in donating something very dear -- her hair.

"Today" show news anchor Ann Curry has recently sported longer hair for a good cause. Curry and Owings Mills third-grader Melanie Weiskopf will join hundreds of others in donating their hair on Wednesday to the Locks of Love Campaign, benefiting children suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Read the rest of the story here...

The World of Good Wednesday Blogburst exists to bring to light the good that people, churches, organizations, and civic groups do in the world. Today we honor Melanie Weiskopf and so personal a gift to the Locks Of Love Campaign. Our thoughts, thanks and prayers are with her for her good work.


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