I dont know who fit the hood on that car, but it needs more work, LOL. Its definitely not a ten pointer.
That's a wonderful picture. Great news!
EIGHTY-SIXTH NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
August 31, September 1, 2, 2004
Resolution No. 326: Preserve WWI Veterans Memorial In Mojave Desert
Origin: California
Submitted by: Convention Committee on Credentials and Other Internal Matters,
Section II
WHEREAS, The motto of The American Legion has been "For God and
Country" since its founding by veterans of World War I in 1919; and
WHEREAS, The American Legion Department of California, assembled in
convention in Riverside County, California, in 2003, by vote of delegates did pass a
resolution in support of legislation to officially designate as the Mojave Desert Veterans
Memorial the site at which in 1934 a cross was erected in tribute to veterans; and
WHEREAS, The United States Congress passed legislation designating that site
as an official veterans memorial and providing for its preservation by exchanging that
one-acre site for a five acre site privately owned, thus placing the veterans memorial in
private hands to be cared for by veterans organizations; and
WHEREAS, Notwithstanding that action by Congress, the United States Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals has recently ruled at the request of the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) that the cross at the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial must be removed
or destroyed; and
WHEREAS, The ACLU has sought and obtained hundreds of thousands of
dollars in attorneys fees awarded by judges pursuant to the authority granted to the courts
to award attorney fees in such cases pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 United States
Code, Section 1988; and
WHEREAS, The authority of judges to impose on taxpayers the burden of paying
attorney fee awards to the ACLU for pursuing lawsuits to remove or destroy religious
symbols derives exclusively from 42 U.S.C. Section 1988 established by Congress; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By The American Legion in National Convention assembled in
Nashville, Tennessee, August 31, September 1, 2, 2004, That Congress should amend
42 U.S.C. Section 1988, to expressly preclude the courts from awarding attorney
fees under that statute, in lawsuits brought to remove or destroy religious symbols.
What is that vehicle?-looks like a c. 1969 Cougar.
Cross at Sunrise Rock in the Mojave Desert.
Mt Soledad Cross.
MAJOR STUDY BY THE PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE:
Republicans Can't Win Without Christian Conservatives
SOURCE: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:QS6fK2c8AP0J:pewforum.org/events/index.php%3FEventID%3D115
Americans who regularly attend worship services and hold traditional Christian religious views increasingly vote Republican, while those who are less connected to religious institutions and more secular in their outlook tend to vote Democratic, according to a major study by the Pew Forum.
Some of the conclusions of this report were already evident in 2004 exit polling data. For example, voters who attend church more than once a week (16 percent of all voters) chose Bush over Kerry by a margin of 64 – 35 percent.
Likewise, those who attend Christian denominational Churches on a weekly basis (26 percent of voters) supported the President by a 58 – 41 percent margin. Also very telling, those who never attend Church (15 percent of voters) overwhelmingly supported Kerry 62 – 36 percent.
The study further found that traditionalist elements within each religion tended to vote Republican, while modernist groups within the religions trended towards the Democrats. A multiple regression analysis of exit poll and public opinion survey data from 2000 and 2004 enabled the Pew Research Center to assign a relative weight to various demographic markers.
Interestingly, church attendance was tied with race as the most significant factor. But even that number is deceiving; in that race is only an important factor due to the high level of support the Democrats receive from black voters.
These trends represent a major shift over the past forty-five years. White Christian Evangelicals in 1960 favored Democrats by a two-to-one margin; now they are Republican by a 56 – 27 percent margin. Seventy-eight percent of them voted for President Bush in 2004.
In 1960, 71 percent of Catholics were Democrats and now Democrats have only a slight edge among Catholics (44 – 41 percent) and Catholics voted for President Bush (52 – 47 percent) in 2004. These trends have also brought an increased acceptance of religion in the public square.
While Americans do tend to favor the separation of church and state, 70 percent of voters want their President to have strong Christian religious beliefs. Likewise, the study reveals that 52 percent of Americans believe that Christian churches should express political views. Surprisingly, support for political involvement of churches is strongest among younger voters age 18 to 29 (59 percent).