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If a farmer were to spread the seeds, and then proceeded to pull out the growing wheat, arguing at the same time that he actually enjoyed spreading the seeds but was not interested in the harvest, we would agree that said individual has lost his mind.
If said farmer would at harvest time turn around and buy wheat from his neighbor to feed his family, we would have no doubt that the man needed some psychological treatment in order to bring the individual back to sanity.
This represents what we in the West are doing. We are destroying our own children through abortion, and then we allow both legal and illegal immigrants to fill the demographic void, despite the fact that many of these foreigners come determined to impose their own values on our society. This doesn’t make sense to me!
Monopoly tends to discourage private initiative and kills competition. Communism has given the world a good example of the disastrous results of a lack of competition, free enterprise, and private initiative. The Russian experiment was a failure for precisely said reason. If the government owns everything, there is no incentive nor opportunity for excelling in what a person is doing. Private initiative and free trade stagnates and dies.
Writes Coulter: “The reason nearly everyone in the universe has a cell phone is that President Reagan did to telephones the exact opposite of what the Democrats have just done with health care.
“Before Reagan came into office, we had one phone company, ridiculously expensive rates and one phone model. Reagan split up AT&T, deregulated phone service and gave America a competitive market in phones. The rest is history.”
“At a time when workers’ pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees’ average compensation has grown to more than double what private sector workers earn, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
Federal workers have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years in a row. The compensation gap between federal and private workers has doubled in the past decade.
Federal civil servants earned average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available. …”
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm?POE=click-refer
Link submitted by Hugo Schmidt.
“Aisha, 18, was dragged from her home by the Taliban after running away from her husband. Despite her pleas that her in-laws had been abusive, that they had treated her like a slave, that she had no choice but to escape, a Taliban commander said she must be punished, lest other girls in the village try to do the same thing.
Aisha’s family members carried out the punishment: her brother-in-law held her down while her husband sliced off her ears and nose, then left her to die. She is now hidden in a secret women’s shelter, where she was taken after receiving care from U.S. forces.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2007161_2170316,00.html#ixzz0wFWdUPJP
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2007161_2170316,00.html#ixzz0wAnzLAjW
“Will someone please explain this to me?
If you cross the Mexican borders illegally, you will be jailed for two years.
If you cross the Saudi Arabian border illegally, you will be jailed for an unspecified time (Good luck!).
If you cross the Iranian border illegally, you are detained indefinitely.
If you cross the North Korean border illegally and are not shot immediately, you get 12 years of hunger and hard labor.
If you cross the Venezuelan border illegally, you will be branded a spy and your fate will be sealed (Hasta la vista, baby!).
If you cross the Cuban border illegally, you will be thrown into a political prison to rot.
If you cross the Afghan border illegally, you get shot on the spot.
If you cross the Chinese border illegally, you may never be heard from again.
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“1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world’s largest private employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth’s population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
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“Thousands of individuals from foreign countries walk unchallenged across our southern border every day. We don’t know who they are, where they come from, or their intentions. It is an invasion by definition, and our government condones it.
This website presents current and undeniable documentation. See link below showing actual footage of this incredible foreign invasion with very little success by the Federal Border Patrol forces to
A massive number of people illegally enter the USA every day by simply walking unchallenged across our southern border. In the 1952 miles of border from California to Texas they use literally thousands of trails and paths, ever changing their routes to avoid detection.
Cartel involvement has brought increased organizational skills to smuggling operations and, contrary to government claims, only a very small percentage are apprehended. Accurate statistics are impossible to gather, but the true numbers are staggering, and the general public remains largely uninformed.
Border Invasion Pics has been posting hidden camera video of border intruders walking unchallenged into the U.S. since November 2008. An ever increasing number of Washington DC visitors to the website indicates that national politicians and their appointees are viewing the action. The evidence presented contradicts Janet Napolitano’s statements about how difficult it has become to cross the border illegally, and it appears that DHS has seen enough Border Invasion Pics videos. Especially like the August release showing over 400 illegal aliens marching into the U.S. — 5 miles north of the border, on just one trail, in only 35 days.
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“A California school district has decided in a 5-0 vote to adopt a Bible course that will be available to students in the upcoming school year.
Beginning this fall, high school seniors of the Chino Valley School District will have the chance to enroll in a new course called “Bible as/in Literature and History.”
Envisioned by the board’s Vice President James Na, the class will focus on giving students an understanding of the Bible’s influence in history, literature, religion and politics. It will offer a survey of the Bible, beginning with the historical context of the Old Testament, and then will focus on the New Testament later in the semester. It will also provide students with a historical knowledge of the Middle East.
Students may take the course as an elective, fulfilling the general requirement for admission into California State University and the University of California.
Fred Youngblood, president of the Board of Education, believes the course will better equip students in life, and he hopes other school districts will offer a similar class.
“It is my belief that better understanding the Bible will help all students with their decision-making process,” he explains.
The class stems from parents in the district who showed an interest in having the Bible taught in the public school system. The committee considered the comments and began to research how the district could meet the request.
The Chino Valley Board of Education must make sure that the course will adhere to the state education code and to California state laws, so it will remain neutral in its religious teachings and will portray the Bible as a monumental piece of literature.
Youngblood is in the process of securing a textbook that will provide the basis of the course’s curriculum.
“The preface of the textbook…states, ‘The Bible has been and still is one of the most influential books ever published. Its influence is seen in literature, art, music, culture, public policy and public debate,’” the board president reports. …”
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http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=1075884
“A critic of Islam is pleased that two Muslims in Canada will spend 25 years in prison for murdering a relative in an alleged “honor killing.”
According to The Globe and Mail, 60-year-old Muhammad Parvez and his 29-year-old son Waqas Parvez recently plead guilty to second-degree murder for the December 10, 2007, slaying of 16-year-old Aqsa Parvez.
The paper said the teenager fought her parents for the right to wear Western clothing and to jettison the “hijab” (Islamic head covering) they wanted her to wear. Asqa wanted to apply for a part-time job against her father Muhammad’s wishes and she ran away from home twice, after which her father vowed he would kill her he ever ran away again.
While agreeing with the sentences imposed, Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch, says more needs to be done.
Robert Spencer”It’s a good thing that Aqsa Parvez’s father was convicted and will serve, along with her brother, a life sentence,” he remarks. “But it’s not enough because it is something that’s going to continue in Muslim communities in the United States and Canada until we confront the root of the problem.”
And the root of the problem, he says, is Islamic sharia law, which condones such honor killings. “This is something that the American press has gravely omitted in its coverage of such events in the United States and in Canada and elsewhere in the West,” says the Jihad Watch director. “But the unpleasant reality is that many Muslim countries — notably Syria and Jordan — actually have it on their books.” …”
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http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1059526
Introduction
I want to share with you something I wrote back in 2005 and add to this what much later Gadhafi stated regarding the future of Islam. I saw it coming and my belief was confirmed by what this Moslem leader described later on. Islam is on major effort to slowly establish its control over the entire world. The first step is the conquest of Europe, and then the U.S. and the rest of planet earth. This sleeping giant has never stopped dreaming about world domination, and it is determined to accomplish this purpose either by peaceful means or else by jihad.
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Is Islam a Peaceful Religion?
Right from the beginning, George Bush made it clear that the war against Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the war against terrorism had nothing to do with religion; and he insisted on several occasions that bin Laden and Zarqawi had hijacked a great religion for their own political end.
Statements like these represent good public relations, but a recent comment by Zarqawi made me wonder whether we are trying to convince ourselves and the world that we are not fighting a cultural war, when the truth is we are. He stated that Moslems should reject democracy, because democracy grants citizens the right to choose the religion of their preference.
This is anathema for Moslems, since their religion demands the death of apostates, and not only society, but even close relatives are expected to kill even their own children in the event they attempt to convert to another religion; and we have had recent reports of this taking place. If you are born to Moslem parents, you are a Moslem whether you like it or not. This is a clever way of keeping the membership of their religion stable and growing.
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In response to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s newsletter detailing what she is doing to solve the illegal immigration problem and her efforts to secure our borders, I sent to her the following comments by E-mail:
“A. The Immigration Problem:
Thanks for your Newsletter, which I read with interest. I am glad that you are doing something about immigration reform. I believe that, since we have already approximately 12 million illegal immigrants, the first priority should be to secure our borders in order to make sure no additional illegals succeed in entering the country.
Unless we do this, it’s going to be the same enchilada all over. Whatever it takes, securing our borders to illegal entry should be our top priority; and if this requires to put up a fence, so be it. Once we do this, then we can worry about legalizing those who are already here. Any amnesty program should be contingent on closing our borders to illegal entry first. We need to stop blaming the illegals, and begin to blame ourselves for letting them in in the first place.
B. The Iraqi Problem:
It is very painful to see the Iraqis now killing their own after being liberated from the Butcher of Baghdad. If we want them to begin to act rationally, we need to set a good example for them. We are killing our own as well. Since 1973, we have decimated our population by 45 million. Some of those we have deprived of life would be in the prime of their life today. Their absence has created a vacuum which is being filled up by illegal immigrants. This is bad policy and needs to be rectified.
Congress need to assume its God-given responsibility and protect all Americans, born and unborn, from this merciless slaughter, instead of allowing the U.S. Supreme Court to usurp this right by its inaction. Liberal, unelected justices should not be allowed to make new laws. That is the esclusive prerogative granted Congress by the U.S. Constitution. If we as a nation do what is right, we will reap the benefits of God’s protection both during peacetime and in times of war. This is my humble opinion! ”
The Impressive Growth of the Pro-Life Movement.
The American Pro-Life movement is growing by leaps and bounds, and a lot of effort is made by pro-lifers to gain converts. Nevertheless, if you think this carefully through, you will probably agree with me that, given the policies of both pro-lifers and pro-abortionists, the pro-life population is bound to grow even without any efforts to gain converts; while the same is not true about the pro-abortion group.
The survival of the pro-abortion movement is contingent on their ability to proselytize. The reason is so simple that any first grade child should be able to understand this.
The Common Sense Reason for This Phenomenon.
Just think: It has been demonstrated that children tend to inherit the values of their parents. Since, by their stated philosophy and practice, pro-abortionists tend to kill their children, while pro-lifers do not, then it follows that if abortionists stop gaining new converts, they are doomed to a slow extinction. This is the main reason why the pro-life movement is gaining ground.
This means that, if those who defend the practice of abortion were wiser, they would stop killing the future members of their group. They would strive to protect the life of those who would eventually take their place when they are no longer among the living.
The Law of Survival and Extinction.
This is why I believe that both groups should strive to diminish and do away with the practice of abortion, since the survival of their movement is at stake. This is based on the simple law of survival and extinction. If you want your group to survive, then stop killing the future members of your class!
This is also the reason Democrats have been loosing power and influence, because they have embraced the cause of those who are bent on the eventual demise of their own community. Think this way: If two nations are at war, and one of them promotes the extermination of their own citizens, they will be doomed to eventual defeat and extinction.
Can the Democratic Party Survive?
I recognize that there are a large number of factors which determine the future viability and survival of any movement. I would like to limit myself in this posting to only one of them: the Democratic Party stand on the abortion issue.
Can the Democratic position on this issue impact on the effectiveness and eventual survival of this political party. I believe it can, especially if we could hold all the other factors constant. I want to start my analysis by submitting to you the following propositions, which I hope you will accept as valid premises:
Basic Indisputable Premises.
1. Most members of the Democratic Party are pro-abortion.
2. Most members of the Republican Party favor a pro-life position.
3. Children tend to inherit the moral values of their parents.
4. The survival of any movement is contingent on the survival of the children.
5. No organization can survive on a long-term basis if they start decimating the future members of their group
Unavoidable Conclusion.
If you accept the premises I enumerated above, I hope you will agree with me that. Given the fact that the members of the Republican Party tend to avoid aborting the future members of their group, while at the same time the members of the Democratic Party tend to abort them, the logical outcome seems to be that the members of the first group will tend to increase, while the members of the second one will inevitably diminish.
If there were no other factors at play, then we must conclude that the Democratic Party is doomed to eventual extinction. No wise country expecting to preserve its strenghth and identity will start by destroying the future soldiers that are currently on their way to being born. It would be suicidal to start killing those who, if allowed to be born, would eventually be able to replace the soldiers who are retiring and dying.
This is why, for the sake of the welfare and survival of the Democratic Party, for the sake of the survival of our country, and for the sake of even the welfare and survival of the pro-abortion movement, there is an urgent need for all of us: Democrats and Republicans, pro-abortion and pro-life, to join hand in an effort to reduce and if possible elliminate the large number of abortions that are performed on a regular basis, which number currently approximately 3,000 every week–the number of those that died on 9/11. If I am all wet, please let me know!
Some years ago I received the following question from one of our readers:
How has it come about that a small minority has gotten to the place where they are able to force their views on society?
My answer then was: “I believe that many have contributed to this unfortunate situation; nevertheless, the major culprit, I believe is the U.S. Congress, for failing to fulfill its duty to act when action is needed to hold the Supreme Court accountable for doing what Congress was designed to do: Creating new laws. Activist judges are constantly creating new laws out of thin air. A good example is the legalization of abortion, which cannot be justified under the U.S. Constitution.
The notion that privacy can be more sacred than the life of the unborn is a dangerous myth. It has caused the death of 45 million unborn babies. Now a social security crisis is looming on the horizon, since an entire generation [45 million] are missing from the pool of young workers, and the constant inflow of both legal and illegal immigrants is a rather poor alternative to the shortage.
Europe is facing a similar crisis. The birthrate per woman is way below replacement level. This situation is rather serious in nations like Russia, Italy, Germany, and Japan. Some countries are already considering legislation to encourage pregnant women to carry their pregnancy to term, with financial incentives for them to do so.”
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“Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it. Our greatest enemy today is not Obama. It’s not the socialists in Congress, the liberal activists that serve as judges, it’s not Islamist terrorists, the Communist Chinese, the Federal Reserve, or illegal immigrants. Let us learn from history.
The Roman empire covered the world with roads, trade, soldiers, and technology. It was a thing of pride to be a Roman citizen. Produce and goods were inexpensive. They were the wealthiest people in the world who conquered all her challengers.
But Rome became overrun with illegal immigrants, who at first assimilated and worked as servants, but then came so fast that they did not learn the language or adopt the Roman culture. Rome became addicted to the cheap labor, and didn’t enforce her immigration laws. Politicians and businesses catered to illegal immigrants.
The highly-trained Roman military, moving rapidly on their advanced road system, was over-stretched in conflicts at the boundaries of their vast empire. For the military industrial complex, business was booming.
Motivated by the intrusive military presence all over the world, Attila the Hun was committing terrorist attacks against Rome. The over-extended military could not catch him.
Rome had a trade deficit, having outsourced most of its grain production to N. Africa. When Vandals captured the area, Rome did not have the resources to retaliate.
The citizens of Rome were on welfare. They were given free food. Those who lived at the expense of the public treasury were more numerous than those who paid into it.
To the taxpaying Romans, tax collectors were more terrible than the enemy.
The courts were unjust and corrupt. They didn’t follow the law.
Adultery and immorality were the norm. Bathhouses were filled with homosexual and heterosexual lust.
Unwanted and unloved infants were abandoned in fields to die. Some Roman leaders even proposed paying men to stay married and father more children, as Rome’s birth rate was dropping too low to sustain their culture and their quality of life.
The Roman citizen’s heart was not in the home, but in the Coliseum, the bathhouse, and the theater. They lived for entertainment. Plays, music, art, and literature – the Romans were intoxicated with entertaining themselves. Gladiators provided violent entertainment in the Coliseum.
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