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We'll See Your Bells in Hell
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The Way We Live Now: ringing bells. Alone, at home, by ourselves, where no one else can hear. The Salvation Army is an untenable burden on our souls. All we want is Jesus' blessing, and a small but reasonable bribe.
In Washington DC, Giant food stores told the Salvation Army they can't ring their god damn cursed bells in front of their stores any more. We'll skip their so-called "explanation" and speculate that the reason is that the ringing of the cursed bells intrudes on our brain, reminding us that there are those less fortunate than ourselves. Nobody needs that, especially not at Christmas, when we're supposed to be happy ourselves.
Also, most grocery stores work for The Grinch.
Will it take a blessing from Jesus, Buddha, Jewish god, and whoever the Hindu cow god may be to ensure that we are free to purchase our ground chuck∧, if we choose, consume it, right there in the Giant Food parking lot, in "burger" form (or not, it's our choice (freedom))—simply to ensure that we are allowed to complete our paltry holiday shopping without interference from greedy Santa-suited ringers of cursed bells, enticing us to drop our precious coins into a red pot to be whisked off to who knows where for who knows what nefarious "charity" purposes?
Well. Obviously god knows where the money goes, but that's not a matter for our mortal minds to fret about.
If Jewish god or cow god or Jesus god wants us to do differently, he'll tell us. In the meantime we're meant to follow our very own god-given instincts, which, at this moment in American history, are telling us to demand a hefty "success fee" just for doing our jobs normally, on the theory that, hey, we can always use some more cash in the ol' pocket.
Our instincts are also telling us to launch a child porn empire with Barbie dolls. Instincts! You so crazy. As long as you don't involve any cursed charitymongering bells, we'll never stop loving you. [Photo: qnr]
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High-school hunter faces expulsion over gun locked in trunk
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High-school hunter faces expulsion over gun locked in trunk
'She possibly will have her life derailed because of ... irrational zero-tolerance policy'
By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
A teenage hunter in Montana is facing a school hearing in a few days that could derail her college plans, career hopes and even risk her identification as a "domestic terrorist" after she inadvertently parked in a school parking lot with a hunting rifle locked in a case inside her car trunk.
The report on the situation is coming from Gary Marbut of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, who told WND he was contacted by the student's mother.
The student and her mother were not available for immediate comment because of job and school schedules, and multiple WND calls to the Columbia Falls school district did not generate a response. In fact, the district office and the high school both told WND to call the other office for comment.
But Marbut told WND that the student, Demarie DeReu, will be facing a hearing on Monday at which the local school board could expel her.
"She will possibly have her life derailed because a bunch of school idiots insist that she must be subject to an irrational, 'zero tolerance' policy about guns in schools that does not countenance lack of bad intent. The theory that people with malice will be intimidated into good conduct if people without malice are punished in lieu of them is idiocy at its finest," he said in his written documentation of the situation.
He said DeReu, 16, is an honor roll student, a member of the Columbia Falls High School student council and a varsity cheerleader.
She's also a hunter.
"Although she had no intent to break any rules or laws, or harm anyone, Demarie is at risk of having her college education derailed and maybe even being identified forever as a domestic terrorist," Marbut reported.
It was over Thanksgiving that she went hunting with family and friends, but when she returned home forgot her unloaded hunting rifle was cased and locked in the trunk of her car.
She later parked in the school parking lot but when she heard a "contraband dog" was to be working the lot, she remembered her unloaded rifle and volunteered the information to school officials.
"The controlling Montana law about this is 20-5-202, M.C.A., which says about expulsion for bringing guns 'to school,' '... the trustees may authorize the school administration to modify the requirement for expulsion of a student on a case-by-case basis.' Further, 'to school' is not defined in 20-5-2-202, but is at 45-8-361, M.C.A. as '... in a school building.' Demarie's hunting rifle was cased and locked in the trunk of her car in the parking lot, but not 'in a school building,'" Marbut wrote.
In fact, Montana law specifies that "a student who is determined to have brought a firearm to school under this subsection must be expelled from school for a period of not less than 1 year, except that the trustees may authorize the school administration to modify the requirement for expulsion of a student on a case-by-case basis."
State law also makes multiple references to banning any "weapon" from being "in a school building."
The report came from the Recorder, a newspaper at Central Connecticut State University, which cited the case of student John Wahlberg.
The student was fulfilling an assignment for his Communications 140 class that required him to discuss a "relevant issue in the media" when he and two other students on a team chose to talk about school violence, including recent events such as the 2007 shootings that left nearly three dozen people dead at Virginia Tech University.
Wahlberg made the point during his Oct. 3, 2008, class presentation that if students were allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus, the violence could have been stopped earlier. He discussed the concept of college campus gun-free zones.
That evening, the Recorder said, Wahlberg got a call from campus police officers who "requested" his presence at their station. When he arrived, officers listed firearms that were registered to him and asked him where they were.
Apparently his professor, Paula Anderson, had filed a campus police department complaint about his speech. Police officers reported she said students were "scared and uncomfortable" during his presentation.
WND has reported on a number of similar situations, including when a Colorado high-school student was informed of a 10-day suspension for having non-functioning drill team rifle replicas in her car in a parking lot at school.
Marbut has also been active of late in the campaign for the Montana Firearms Freedom Act, a law that simply states guns made, sold and kept in the state are exempt from federal regulations. That idea already has been copied by seven other states, and dozens of others are considering it.
The court fight over whether it can be enforced is pending before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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E pluribus buffoonum? Congress slams Obama
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E pluribus buffoonum? Congress slams Obama
Lawmakers say president's omitting of God undercuts American history
By Bob Unruh
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Members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus have written to President Obama asking him to correct a speech he gave in Indonesia incorrectly replacing the nation's motto of "In God We Trust" with "E pluribus unum."
The letter also cites a series of situations in which Obama has failed to include the reference to the "Creator" when quoting the Declaration of Independence.
WND has reported on numerous situations where the president quotations have left out references to God or the Creator.
In the newest development, U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes of Virginia and 42 bipartisan members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus have dispatched a letter over Obama's statement to a Jakarta audience that "E Pluribus unum" is the national motto.
Actually, it's "In God We Trust."
"For the president of the United States to incorrectly state something as foundational as our national motto in another country is unacceptable," said Forbes. "The president is the primary representative of our nation to the world, and whether mistake or intention, his actions cast aside an integral part of American society."
He said, "President Reagan once warned that 'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.'"
It was during Obama's expedition to the Far East when he went to Jakarta on Nov. 10.
The letter explains that "In God We Trust" has been foundational throughout the history of the United States, from presidential proclamations to engravings in both House and Senate chambers. In 1956, Congress passed and President Eisenhower signed into law establishing "In God We Trust" as the official national motto of the United States.
White House text of Obama stating national motto is "E pluribus unum""'E pluribus unum' is not our national motto," the letter, dated yesterday, said. "As members of the Congressional Prayer Cuacus, a bipartisan group of members of the United States House of Representatives, we are dedicated to preserving America's religious heritage and protecting our religious liberty."
Signing the document were Reps. J. Randy Forbes of Virginia, Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, Paul Broun of Georgia, Steve King of Iowa, John Shadegg of Arizona, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Donald Manzullo of Illinois, John Boozman of Arkansas, Joseph Pitts of Pennsylvania, David Reichert of Washington, Gregg Harper of Mississippi, Jason Chaffetz of Utah, Robert Aderholt of Alabama, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, Steve Austria of Ohio, Jeff Miller of Florida, Mike Pence of Indiana, Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Joe Wilson of South Carolina, Doug Lamborn of Colorado, John Kline of Minnesota, Phil Roe of Tennessee, Peter Roskam of Illinois, John Carter of Texas, K. Michael Conaway of Texas, W. Todd Akin of Missouri, Zach Wamp of Tennessee, Randy Neugebauer of Texas, Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, Robert Wittman of Virginia, Vernon Ehlers of Michigan, Tom Price of Georgia, Spencer Bachus of Alabama, Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland, Mike Rogers of Alabama, Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan, Trent Franks of Arizona, Phil Gingrey of Georgia and Michele Bachmann of Minnesota,
The letter also noted that on Oct. 18 during a fundraiser Obama omitted the "Creator" from a reference to the Declaration of Independence.
"Once may be a mistake. But twice is a pattern. These omissions and inaccuracies are a part of a larger pattern we are seeing with the president where he is inaccurately reflecting America and undercutting important parts of our nation's history," said Forbes. "Trust in God is embedded in the fabric of society and history in the United States.
"If we allow these threads to be pulled, we will begin to unravel the very freedoms that birthed America," he said.
It was martial arts champion, actor and WND columnist Chuck Norris who noted Obama actually has omitted "Creator" seven times in just the past few months:
His research lists the following:
- On Oct. 21, 2010, at a rally for Sen. Murray in Seattle, Wash.:
"None of us would be here if it weren't for that extraordinary leap of faith that had been taken. Thirteen colonies deciding to start a revolution based on an idea that had never been tried before – a government of and by and for the people. A government based on the simple proposition that all men are created equal. That we're endowed with certain inalienable rights."- On Oct. 18, 2010, at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dinner in Rockville, Md.:
"It has to do with this idea that was started by 13 colonies that decided to throw off the yoke of an empire, and said, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that each of us are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"- On Oct. 17, 2010 at a reception for Gov. Ted Strickland in Chagrin Fall, Ohio.:
"The idea of America has never been easy. The notion of 13 colonies coming together and overthrowing the greatest empire in the world, and then drafting a document that says, we find these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights – that's hard."
- On Sept. 22, 2010, at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dinner in New York, N.Y.:
"And what was sustaining us was that sense that – that North Star, that sense that, you know what, if we stay true to our values, if we believe that all people are created equal and everybody is endowed with certain inalienable rights and we're going to make those words live, and we're going to give everybody opportunity, everybody a ladder into the middle class,…"- On Sept. 15, 2010, at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 33rd annual awards gala in Washington, D.C.:
"But over the centuries, what eventually bound us together – what made us all Americans – was not a matter of blood, it wasn't a matter of birth. It was faith and fidelity to the shared values that we all hold so dear. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights: life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness."- On Sept. 11, 2010, at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Va.:
"For our cause is just. Our spirit is strong. Our resolve is unwavering. Like generations before us, let us come together today and all days to affirm certain inalienable rights, to affirm life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness."- On Sept. 10, 2010, at the president's press conference at the White House:
"With respect to the mosque in New York, I think I've been pretty clear on my position here, and that is, is that this country stands for the proposition that all men and women are created equal; that they have certain inalienable rights – one of those inalienable rights is to practice their religion freely."When WND's correspondent at the White House, Les Kinsolving, raised the question about the omissions, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, "I haven't seen the comments, Lester, but I can assure you the president believes in the Declaration of Independence."
In a second commentary on the subject, Chuck Norris continued, "The truth is, if you want an accurate religious history of America, you're no longer going to get it from our president, our progressive society or secular schools, at least not without unbiased trained teachers or the induction of a religious curriculum that hasn't tampered and twisted history."
At the time the declaration was adopted, however, the concept of all being created "equal" was a rare idea.
The Declaration states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Original wording from Declaration of IndependenceOne of the incidents is on tape, with the reference appearring shortly past the 22-minute mark:
Other speeches, with the reference missing, followed.
Other references to America's Christian heritage have been excised at the home of the Liberty Bell, the Supreme Court and even the Washington Monument.
Chaplain Todd DuBord, who works with Chuck Norris' multiple organizations, has documented the ongoing trend at his National Treasures website.
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Colombia’s ambassador to the Vatican interrogated over wiretaps
Colombia’s ambassador to the Vatican interrogated over wiretaps
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Cesar Mauricio Velasquez, press secretary to former President Alvaro Uribe, was interrogated by public prosecutors about his alleged role in the wiretapping of government opponents.
Velasquez, who is currently Colombia's ambassador to the Vatican, arrived at the prosecutor general's main office in Bogota where he was summoned to respond to accusations from DAS officials that he was personally informed about the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court judges, journalists, politicians and human rights organizations by state intelligence agency DAS.
The scandal caused international outrage and has led to Uribe's former chief of staff and one DAS director, who fled to Panama to seek asylum, being barred from public office.
After PayPal, MasterCard Dumps Wikileaks Rev. 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell
After PayPal, MasterCard Dumps Wikileaks Rev. 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell
If you don't have approval of the beast, you can not buy or sell!
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If you don't have approval of the beast, you can not buy or sell!
By Priyanka Banerjee
After Paypal and Swiss authorities closed the Wikileaks' accounts, Mastercard has followed suit and refused to provide financial services to the whistle-blower website.
“MasterCard is taking action to ensure that Wikileaks can no longer accept MasterCard–branded products,” said a spokesperson for MasteCard Worlwide, according to the CNET website.
MasterCard said it was cutting off payments because WikiLeaks is engaging in illegal activity.
"MasterCard rules prohibit customers from directly or indirectly engaging in or facilitating any action that is illegal," spokesman Chris Monteiro said.
In the last few days Wikileaks witnessed a systematic attack on their revenue sources as the Swiss authorities closed a bank account used by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and and Paypal dropped them last Friday.
It is reported that Assange is going to need somewhere between $133,000 to $265,000 to post for bail to keep him out of a British cooler.
Moreover, the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Peter King (R-N.Y.) wants Wikileaks listed as a 'terrorist' organization, which would prohibit U.S. banks from processing payments and make it a crime for anyone to provide "material support or resources" to the group.
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