Scientists and their religious affiliations

Just how many influential scientists were Muhammedans?

From 100 Scientists Who Shaped World History (Bluewood Books: San Francisco, CA, © 2000), written by John Hudson Tiner.

Hakim Ibn-e-Sina A.D. 980-1037

From the book Science: 100 Scientists Who Changed the World (Enchanted Lion Books: New York, 2003), written by John Balchin.

Al-Khwarizmi A.D. 800-850

Two lists of 100 and one percent were Muhammedans.

From the book The Scientific 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Scientists, Past and Present, Citadel Press (2000), written by John Galbraith Simmons, there are NO Muhammedans listed.

Three lists of 100 and less than one percent are Muhammedans. Yet Muhammedans want us to believe that their culture should be the dominant one on earth?

Does anyone wonder why the civilized world rejects Muhammedanism? There's very little opportunity for imagination and invention in their culture.

The late Saudi theologian, Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Jubair, stated, "Only one ambition is worthy of Islam, to save the world from the curse of democracy: to teach men that they cannot rule themselves on the basis of man-made laws."

Well, for 200 years or so, we've done just that and democracy has produced a plethora of scientific knowledge. And for that we can all be thankful.

Pace e Bene.

The Ever Expanding Blogosphere

All I can say is 'wow' as I read other blogs and learn from them.

Asia blogs, too.

Senate Majority Leader Pelosi is already breaking promises made pre-election.

Did I already mention that Senator Pelosi lied when she promised the most “honest, ethical, and open Congress in history?"

Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) is under investigation by the FBI. And he's set to assume a top post which would put him in control of the FBI's budget. Does Democrat leadership have no concern for ethics?

Senate GOP Leader Bill Frist shows his commitment to the people of Tennessee.

Surprise of the day. Iranian weapons arm Iraqi terrorists and Hezbollah is training them.

Turns out Erin Brockovich got her 15-minutes (plus) of fame and now has had her latest lawsuits dismissed. "There's no scientific evidence that a standing oil well could cause Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's or thyroid cancer."

Bill Roggio was able to secure an embed without going through an outside media organization and will be blogging directly from Iraq. His would be a good blog to bookmark.

That's enough chatter for today unless something else comes up.

If it's good enough for Mexico, shouldn't it be used by the USA?

Mexico’s Immigration Law: Let’s Try it Here at Home
By J. Michael Waller

Mexico has a radical idea for a rational immigration policy that most Americans would love. However, Mexican officials haven’t been sharing that idea with us as they press for our Congress to adopt the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill.

That’s too bad, because Mexico, which annually deports more illegal aliens than the United States does, has much to teach us about how it handles the immigration issue. Under Mexican law, it is a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico.

Read the article, please.

A Different Christmas Story

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam'
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."

"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least?
Give you money?" I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

PLEASE, Would you do the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. Service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe.Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.

Attributed to:
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One

Apathy Threatens Democracy in the USofA

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government."

"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury."

"From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years."

"During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. from bondage to spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual faith to great courage;
3. from courage to liberty;
4. from liberty to abundance;
5. from abundance to complacency;
6. from complacency to apathy;
7. from apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage"

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Gore: 19; Bush: 29

Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000

Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2; Bush: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty-million criminal invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say good-bye to the USA in fewer than five years.

Apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

Islam is without Laughter II

I want to reemphasize my point in the last post.

Islam or Mohammedanism is not a cheerful ideology. There is no joy in Islam-ville. There is only wailing and fist raising and gnashing of teeth against anyone and anything that is not Islam or who doesn't imitate the Koranic Mohammed.

Why is that?

In civilizations of the world prior to the advent of the "Wars of Mohammedanism," there is joy, laughter, music, dancing, singing, and propagation of the arts for the pleasure and enjoyment of the community. Whether pagan or Christian, people not shackled with Mohammedanism are prone to enjoy life for the sake of life. They are free to use sarcasm, satire, the arts and graffiti to express themselves. Civilizations not shackled with Mohammedanism have both time and opportunity to educate, invent, farm, raise animals, work for the betterment of their societies, and create infrastructures and governments which represent diverse points of view. And they prefer peace over war but are willing to stand up to those who would attempt to destroy their vibrant and genuine way of life.

Mohammed created a capricious god and a religion of lies. Because he claimed that "god said" thus and so, no human could or would examine the Koran in the way that scholars expose Judeo-Christian theology to scrutiny and exegesis. The Koran prevents and prohibits the very style of close examination which all other cultural and religious ideologies undergo in a dynamic and vital civilization.

Why is that? I opine because Mohammedanism is a dead religion. It was created by a man and for those who enjoined themselves to his tribe. Once the war-lord died, so should have his religion and culture of death.

Interestingly, even the Catholic Encyclopedia sees the ambiguity of the "real" Mohammed and the one conjured up by his apologists. Mohammed wasn't a good Mohammedan. His life showed disrespect for the very religion he created.

It is a very sad circumstance that Mohammedanism failed to die with its creator.

Islam is without Laughter

I was sitting in the backyard at my son's home talking to him while he smoked and fried turkeys for Thanksgiving and the thought hit me that Islam doesn't understand the USofA well enough to subdue the entire Nation.

There are some people who for reasons of their own seek to undermine the strength of the USofA. And the USofA has a lot of strengths. We're an intelligent bunch of people who've taken Western Civilization to heights not even dreamed of by those alive a thousand years ago or even a hundred years ago or even fifty years ago.

My own dear grandparents started life in a horse-drawn buggy and before they passed away had flown in a jet airplane. Think about that for a while. The USofA has made humongous gi-normous strides in every field of study. Chemistry, electronics, medicine, psychiatry, . . . just to name a few, . . . have grown and branched out into additional fields of study because the USofA doesn't stop to rest on her laurels. She (the USofA) continues to grow and expand and push the limits of imagination into the realm of reality.

I'm not going to name or list the geniuses we've paid homage to in the USofA, just google and find them on your own. This is not about them, it's about us.

Islam aka Mohammedanism is a school of thought based on the ramblings of a man who became a "tribal leader" and then did what some men who attain a certain amount of booty do. He became full of himself. He placed himself above all others. In his own mind, he became 'the perfect human' above which and beside which there would be no other.

But he forgot one little thing. The most important thing failed to cognate between the hemispheres of his noggin. He forgot that he would grow old and die and would no longer be the 'leader' of the tribe.

Because he became conceited and set himself above all laws both written on parchment and on the hearts of humans, he started doing things which he knew were wrong morally and ethically. To vindicate himself, he dictated at length the reasons he was allowed to break any and all laws as he broke them. And to additionally place the stamp of approval on himself, Muhammad claimed that what he said was from god and could not be changed, ever.

There-in lies the key to understanding Islam for what it truly is. The early writings, as I understand, were explanations about daily life and how to get along with the neighboring tribes who didn't believe in Muhammad or his god. The writings or sayings of Muhammad which were written before he became a tribal chief are interspersed in the Koran (which is not set down chronologically but rather by the length of the narrative) with later sayings where he was trying to vindicate himself for his actions.

Due to many pagan doctrines which 'tribal chief' Muhammad had incorporated into his belief system so that he could destroy, kill, rape and steal from others thereby becoming a wealthy tribal chief, Muhammad himself drifted away from the ideal of his own cultural and religious system.

Islam is not only without laughter, Muhammad is responsible for making it a laughing-stock in the realm of religious and cultural ideology. Those who follow the Koran and suras follow a marred philosophy. The dogma of Islam has been flawed by Muhammad himself when his sayings attempted to justify his illicit behaviors.

Muhammad may have started his own religion and culture but he failed to incorporate his own code of ethics into his personal life once he became a tribal chief with the ability to wage war.

Because there are enough intelligent people in the USofA who can 'see through' the illusion of Islam to the core of its deformed ethic, Muhammadans will never be able to over-run the entire Country.

Sometimes you have to stop reading the "news"

Ever read the news and suddenly realized that reading it was the root cause of your stress?

Well, me, too.

The only GOOD news I found is here. Seems Congress and renowned scientists finally realized I am correct about global warming! Yes, there are 60 scientists who have spoken out.

“Observational evidence does not support today's computer climate models, so there is little reason to trust model predictions of the future…Significant [scientific] advances have been made since the [Kyoto] protocol was created, many of which are taking us away from a concern about increasing greenhouse gases. If, back in the mid-1990s, we knew what we know today about climate, Kyoto would almost certainly not exist, because we would have concluded it was not necessary,” the 60 scientists wrote.

“It was only 30 years ago that many of today's global-warming alarmists were telling us that the world was in the midst of a global-cooling catastrophe. But the science continued to evolve, and still does, even though so many choose to ignore it when it does not fit with predetermined political agendas,” the 60 scientists concluded.

No need to apologize, I stood firm on my beliefs and I am vindicated as I knew I would be. The "greenies" can weep in their vegan tofurky on Thanksgiving and I shall dance in the street in thanksgiving for standing up to them and not allowing them to influence what I knew was true.

Responses anyone?

I haven't had anyone respond to my posts. Not the personal ones nor the political ones nor the religious ones nor the 'funny' ones.

My email has a special file for stupid people's emails and it remains empty, even though those stupid people are listed in my email rules to go to that folder.



Wondering why the folder was empty, I searched my email rules and discovered that I'd forgotten to remove the stupid people from my "blocked senders" email file.

So that's been fixed. Any stupid people who want to email me can now do so and the email will go directly into your very own email file when I download all my emails. Then I can read the stupid people's emails at my leisure.

This assumes that the stupid people in my life know who they are. And I do believe that they do. I know of only two such people. One stalked me after we broke up and he's not that computer literate. Yes "Mac" that means you. The other claims to be illiterate but can use a computer, so should be working instead of living on the dole. I guess acting stupid pays off for people who have no pride.

I recommend counseling and prescription drugs for both stupid people who think their tirades affect my life.

Tattoo?

For me.


Something like this for my hiking friend.

Comments?

Whoa! Are you sure? The RED Corvette?!

I cannot believe this. My backpacking friend and I went touring the countryside on Saturday. She saw this Vette for sale and we stopped to see it. She fell in love.

It's a 1988 T-Top Red Corvette!!!

And it appears that my backpacking friend is going to be able to buy it! If all goes well, she picks it up right before Christmas.

What a great Christmas present!

How to be a Liberal

How to Be a Good Liberal

You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.

You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.

You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean Communists.

You have to believe that there was no art before federal funding.

You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical ocumented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.

You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.

You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.

You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.

You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.

You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.

You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell.

You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person.

You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.

You have to believe that conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.

You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and beastiality should be constitutionally protected and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.

You have to believe that illegal Democratic Party funding by the Chinese government is somehow in the best interest to the United States.

You have to believe that it's okay to give federal workers Christmas Day off but it's not okay to say "Merry Christmas."

You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast right wing conspiracy.

If you DON'T agree with the above, maybe you're not as "liberal" as you thought. Maybe it's time for some soul searching. You might find a nice quite pew in a Church where you can sit down and work out your conflicted soul to decide what you really believe. Pace e Bene.

Pumping Iron

Joined a fitness club today and had my first 30 minute work out.

Yes, 30 minutes. I'm out of shape, so we start in small increments.

And no Praline Pecan Parfait at Dairy Queen will entice me to gain 50 pounds in one year ever again.

I hope to have lost what I want to lose by March. I want to be able to get on the StairMaster with a full pack and pump it for at least four hours by March 1.

Everything is so positive right now. So peaceful. So calm.

Turning 62 was like sliding into homebase and not even feeling the slide. Standing up and dusting myself off and returning to the duggout as the crowds in the stands clapped and cheered. A big grin on my face. I made it. I lived to be 62. I was able to retire with health insurance. I'm in okay condition and soon to be better than average condition. And I am committed to working out and getting my body in as good shape as my mind thinks I already am.

Ever look in a mirror and do a double-take at the reflection? I look and say "who are you?" and "where's the body my mind thinks I have?" Well in four months, I'm gonna be there or as close as I can get.

For you doubters -- only time will tell. LOL.

Anti-Al Qaeda Nuns

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Democrat Agenda in the past year

I didn't make this up. I followed a link to another link and it turned up on my monitor. And I had to share it.




The following is an abridged list of actual bills that have been introduced by House Democrats this or last year.




Justice for the Unprotected against Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Confined and Exposed Act (JUSTICE) Act (Lee, D-CA)—H.R. 6083. Requires community organizations to be allowed to distribute sexual barrier protection devices (e.g. condoms) in federal prisons. Also prohibits a federal prison from taking adverse action against a prisoner who possesses or uses a sexual barrier protection device.



Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act (Rangel, D-NY)—H.R. 2456. Eliminates the mandatory minimum sentence for crack-cocaine convictions.



Tupac Shakur Records Release Act of 2006 (McKinney, D-GA)—H.R. 4968. Enshrines copies of government records concerning rapper Tupac Shakur in a specially created collection at the National Archives.



Antibullying Campaign Act (Nadler, D-NY)—H.R. 3787. Creates a new federal grant program aimed at reducing bullying in public schools “based on any distinguishing characteristic of an individual.”



To provide for coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs of incontinence undergarments (Frank, D-MA)—H.R. 1052. Makes adult diapers a covered item under Medicare and Medicaid.



Gas Stamp Act (McDermott, D-WA)—H.R. 3712. Creates billions of dollars in gas stamps each year for people to get free gas, to be distributed to those already eligible for food stamps.



States’ Rights to Medical Marijuana Act (Frank, D-MA)—H.R. 2087. Allows physicians in states with medical marijuana laws to prescribe marijuana without violating federal law.



Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act (Rangel, D-NY)—H.R. 663. Allows those convicts who are just out of prison to vote.



Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act (Kucinich, D-OH)—H.R. 3760. Establishes a U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence, as well as a Peace Day. The department would promote “human rights,” international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, structured mediation, and peaceful conflict resolution.



National Health Insurance Act (Dingell, D-MI)—H.R. 15. Institutes a new 5% value-added tax on property and services and creates a board to oversee payment to any individual for medical services not covered by Medicare.



Freedom of Choice Act (Nadler, D-NY)—H.R. 5151. Creates a right to unrestricted pre-viability abortions, and late terms abortions for the life and health of the mother.



End the War in Iraq Act (McGovern, D-MA)—H.R. 4232. Defunds the War in Iraq, forcing immediate troop withdrawal.



Public Interest Lawyer Assistance Relief Act (Andrews, D-NJ)—H.R. 1753. Forgives the law school debt for attorneys working for a tax-exempt organization or the government.



A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act (Lee, D-CA)—H.R. 1050. Builds on and strengthens FDR’s “Economic Bill of Rights,” creating rights to “decent” jobs, income for individuals unable to work, a “decent” living for farmers, freedom from monopolies, “decent” housing, “adequate” health care, Social Security, education, work training, collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting, and personal security. The bill also requires the Attorney General to create a registry of all corporations convicted of violating state or federal law.



Social Security Forever Act (Wexler, D-FL)—H.R. 2472. Imposes a new income tax on workers, employers, and self-employed businessmen to fund Social Security.



Health Security for All Americans Act (Baldwin, D-WI)—H.R. 2133. Requires states to create programs to ensure universal health coverage, and allows states to force employers to pay for health insurance for their employees.



Universal National Service Act (Rangel, D-NY)—H.R. 4752. Makes it an obligation of every U.S. citizen, and every other person residing in the U.S., between the ages of 18 and 42, to perform a two-year period of national service, either as a member of an active or reserve component of the armed forces or in a civilian capacity that promotes national defense.



Living American Wage Act (Green, D-TX)—H.R. 5731. Mandates that the federal minimum wage be equal to or greater than 112% of the federal poverty threshold beginning in 2007, and states that the minimum wage should be revised every four years.



Media Ownership Reform Act (Hinchey, D-NY)—H.R. 3302. Restricts ownership of radio and television stations, forcing some owners to divest their holdings, and regulates broadcast content.



Universal Education Act (Kind, D-WI)—H.R. 3930. Creates a Universal Education Corporation that provides taxpayer dollars to foreign countries that enter into education reform agreements with the U.S.



Medicare for All Act (Dingell, D-MI)—H.R. 4683. Increases taxes on workers and employers to offer to all citizens, and other individuals legally present in the U.S., Medicare benefits equivalent to the health care plans federal employees receive.



Menu Education and Labeling Act (DeLauro, D-CT)—H.R. 5563. Regulates what certain restaurants must print on their menus.



Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right of all citizens of the United States to a public education of equal high quality (Jackson, D-IL)—H.J.Res. 29. Creates a constitutional right to equal public education.



Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right of citizens of the United States to health care of equal high quality (Jackson, D-IL)—H.J.Res. 30. Creates a constitutional right to equal health care.



Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (Jackson, D-IL)—H.J.Res. 32 and Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to a home (Rangel, D-NY)—H.J.Res 40. Creates a constitutional right to housing.



Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth (Jackson, D-IL)—H.J.Res. 35. Creates a constitutional right to full employment.



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RSC Staff Contact: Marcus Kelley, marcus.kelley@mail.house.gov, (202) 226-9717

RIP dear American Soldier

This afternoon, I stood with a group of people who'd been asked by the Blue Ridge GA newspaper, to honor a fallen soldier. I don't even know the soldier's name. When his funeral procession came by, everyone saluted or put his had on his heart. Some cried. A child in one of the limousines waved through an open window. This soldier represented all of the soldiers who have died and those still in Iraq and other deployments around the world.

Rest In Peace, dear American Soldier. Thank you for making the greatest sacrifice. I hope your family received comfort from those who stood along highways and roadways today honoring you.

Welcome home, Soldier.

Friday the thirteenth

This was written by a Democrat.

Dear Mr. Ex President Clinton:

I recently saw a bumper sticker that said, "Thank me, I voted for Clinton-Gore." So, I sat down and reflected on that,and I am sending my "Thank you" for what you have done, specifically:

1. Thank you for introducing us to Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Dolly Kyle Browning, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broderick. Did I leave anyone out?

2. Thank you for teaching my 8 year old about oral sex. I had really planned to wait until he was a little older to discuss it with him, but now he knows more about it than I did as a senior in college.

3. Thank you for showing us that sexual harassment in the work place (especially the White House) and on the job is OK, and all you have to know is what the meaning of "it" is. It really is great to know that certain sexual acts are not sex, and one person may have sex while the other one does NOT have sex.

4. Thank you for reintroducing the concept of impeachment to a new generation and demonstrating that the ridiculous plot of the movie "Wag the Dog"could be plausible after all.

5. Thanks for making Jimmy Carter look competent, Gerald Ford look graceful,Richard Nixon look honest, Lyndon Johnson look truthful, and John Kennedy look moral.

6. Thank you for the 73 House and Senate witnesses who have pled the 5th Amendment and 17 witnesses who have fled the country to avoid testifying about Democratic campaign fund raising.

7. Thank you, for the 19 charges, 8 convictions, and 4 imprisonment's from the Whitewater "mess" and the 55 criminal charges and 32 criminal convictions (so far) in the other "Clinton" scandals.

8. Thanks also for reducing our military by half, "gutting" much of our foreign policy, and flying all over the world on "vacations"carefully disguised as necessary trips.

9 Thank you, also, for "finding" millions of dollars (I really didn't need it in the first place, and I can't think of a more deserving group of recipients for my hard-earned tax dollars) for all of your globe-trotting. I understand you, the family and your cronies have logged in more time aboard Air Force One than any other administration.

10. Now that you've left the White House, thanks for the 140 pardons of convicted felons and indicted felons-in-exile. We will love to have them rejoin society. (Not to mention the scores you pardoned while Governor of Arkansas)

11. Thanks also for removing the White House silverware. I'm sure that Laura Bush didn't like the pattern anyway. Also; enjoy the house warming gifts you've received from your "friends."

12. Thanks to you and your staff in the West Wing of the White House for vandalizing and destroying government property on the way out. I also appreciate removing all of that excess weight ( China, silverware, linen, towels,ash trays, soap, pens, magnetic compass, flight manuals, etc.) out of Air Force 1. The weight savings means burning less fuel, thus less tax dollars spent on jet fuel. Thank you!

13. And finally, please ensure that Hillary enjoys the $8 million dollar advance for her "tell-all" book and you, Bill, the $10 million advance for your memoirs. Who says crime doesn't pay! This is from two people that couldn't remember anything while in the White House!

14. The last and most important point - Thank You for forcing Israel to let Mohammed Atta go free. Terrorist pilot Mohammed Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called "political prisoners". However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands. The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammed Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center. This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports. Why shouldn't Americans know the real truth?

What a guy!!!

God bless America and THANK YOU (once again) for spending my taxes so wisely and frugally.

SINCERELY, A US Citizen

PS.

Please pass along a special thank you to Al Gore for "inventing" the Internet, without which I would not be able to send this wonderful, factual e-mail.

AND THE REST OF THE STORY Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York State Senator,now comes under the "Congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan,"which means that even if she never gets re-elected, she STILL receives her Congressional salary until she dies. (Would it not be nice if all Americans were pension eligible after only 4 years?)

If Bill out lives her, he then inherits HER salary until HE dies. He is already getting his Presidential salary until he dies.

If Hillary out lives Bill, she also gets HIS salary until she dies. Guess who pays for that?

WE DO!

It's common knowledge that in order for her to establish NY residency, they purchased a million dollar-plus house in upscale Chappaqua , New York. Makes sense. They are entitled to Secret Service protection for life. Still makes sense. Here is where it becomes interesting. Their mortgage payments hover at around $10,000 per month. BUT, an extra residence HAD to be built within the acreage to house the Secret Service agents.

The Clintons charge the Federal government $10,000 monthly rent for the use of that extra residence, which is just about equal to their mortgage payment. This means that we, the taxpayers, are paying the Clinton 's salary, mortgage, transportation, safety and security, as well as the salaries for their 12 man staff - and, this is all perfectly legal! When she runs for President, will you vote for her?

...Muslims prove Islam is religion of violence by murdering Catholic priest.

Nearly every one of the links below produces a story exactly like the one preceeding it. For a second, I thought, why put them all in? Then I decided that it was to be a small tribute to the great faith of a Syrian rite Priest in Mosul, Iraq.

Aljazerra.net
WISC-TV Madison, WI
WCSH6.com Portland, ME
WESQ News Channel 3 Palm Dessert, CA
The Boston Channel 5, MA
Los Angeles, CA NBC4.tv
Dallas/Ft Worth TX NBC5i.com
Assyrian International News Agency
KETV.com Omaha
WESH.com Orlando, FL
The Hometown Channel.com AR
nbc4.com DC MD VA
News4Jax.com FL
WPXI.com Pittsburgh, PA
KIROTV.com WA
WTOV9.com OH WV
WSOCTV.com NC
WFTV.com FL
NBC13.com AL
TheMilwaukee WI Channel.com WISCtv
wnbc.com NYC
newsnet5.com OH
WJACtv.com PA
WXII11.com NC
WBAL Channel.com MD
wnbc19.com NC
WSBTV.com Atlanta GA
Local 6.com FL
The Denver Channel.com
NBC4i.com OH
Turn To 23.com CA
NBC6.net FL
WTAE TV 4 The Pittsburgh Channel.com PA
KSAT tv Click on SA.com TX
NBC4.com CA
Local 10.com FL
NBC 11.com GA
WRAL.com NC
NBC 11.com CA
WKOX tv.com TX NM
Kansas City Channel.com MO
NBC10.com PA NJ DE
The Hawaii Channel.com HI
NBC 30.com CT
WHIO TV.com OH
10 News.com CA
Click 2 Houston.com TX
The INDY Channel.com IN
WDIV tv.com Detroit MI
NBC 5 tv Chicago IL
The KSBW Channel.com CA
KTUV.com CA
KCRA tv.com CA
KCCI.com IA
WMTW tv ME
WSTM tv.com NY
Eyewitness News RI
WAVY.com VA
KFVS tv MO
WBOC tv DE MD VA
WHO-tv.com IA
WCSH tv.com ME
WANE tv IN
KVOA tv.com Phoenix AZ
FOX 12 Boise ID
KVIA tv TX
KPLC tv.com LA
KXAN-tv.com Austin TX
WOI-tv IA
KOLD-tv.com AZ
WBAY tv.com WI
KNDO/KNDU WA
WLUC tv6.com MI
KTRE tv.com TX
WWAY tv3.com NC

Revelation 20:4

I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Is it a stem or a stalk?

Stalk: Noun; the stem of a plant.
Stalk: Verb, Instransitive; to walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait; to move threateningly or menacingly.
Stalk: Verb, Transitive; to follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
Stalking: Noun; Broadly, engaging in a course of conduct directed at a person that serves no legitimate purpose and seriously annoys that person.

In 1999, I was stalked by a former boyfriend. I broke off the relationship for a number of reasons. He barely graduated from Georgia Tech and was proud of barely graduating. He was also proud of naming his daughters after his old girlfriends, none of whom would marry him. As a scholar and a woman, I perceived his educational accomplishment as nothing to brag of and his naming his daughters after old girlfriends as a character flaw. The larger question for me was "Why is he telling me this?" Am I supposed to congratulate him for barely passing his college courses? Did he think it was 'cute' to have named his daughters for his old girl friends? He is (or was if he's not still breathing) totally unimpressive.

In 2005, I had the misfortune to inherit a stalker from a hiker-friend of mine. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time and having emails interpreted differently from intended by someone who has no real grasp of reality created the "intemperant cyber stalker." This person has obvious mental handicaps and while able to type on a computer has no understanding that the art of communication does not include intimidation and threats. This person does not have the talents needed to integrate into society and so prefers to stand out as an example of "who not to grow up to be" for children everywhere. This person is totally and completely unimpressive.

Sometimes people don't realize that the phrase "here's your sign" refers to them.

As Forrest Gump once said: Stupid is as Stupid does.

So how did I move from victim to victorious? The boyfriend received a certified letter to cease and desist. The cyber stalker has been eliminated from my inbox. The reason for this post? When does cyber stalking turn into vandalizing? Maybe someone familiar with the situation has a clue and can share it.

I'm 62 and retired! Right where I want to be!

Well, I'm retired. I'm also jobless. But that's okay, because I'm retired.

How does it feel? Everyone asks that. It was like "sliding into home base." There were no blinding lights, no magical moment, just -- left the office and drove home.

On the 30th I drove up to my son's in Tennessee and am here having celebrated my birthday with 36 of my son's neighbors. My daughter-in-law is one of those people who can put a party together and be hostess and make everyone feel comfortable. She's a gem.

Since I've retired, I don't have to drive back home just yet, so I'll be here for a bit longer.

I'm reading which I find most eye-opening. I'll have a book report for the blog after I've finished reading.

Thru Hike wise: All set to start 18 March 2006 from Springer. Plan to do some preparatory hiking in October and in November. I own all the gear except the Sawyer water filter, Ursak, food and cook pot. I'll use what I have to see if it meets my needs. Not sure if I'll take Casey with me in October, but may. She's been in the kennel (with Chester) all this week and just might enjoy a short saunter in the woods. Nothing strenuous. Guess I need to do a bit of waterproofing when I get home.

I had posted images of my gear, but some of them refused to show up, so I'll make that available at another time.

Edited by AuntieCoosa 10/10/2006.