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Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, and the Media. "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. "Finally, brothers, rejoice. Set things in order. Be encouraged. Agree with one another. Be at peace. And the God of love...

At the Saturday morning service the rabbi announced that he was planning to leave for a larger congregation that would pay him more. There is a hush within the congregation. No one wants him to leave, because he is so popular. Fred Shapiro, who owns several car dealerships in Venice and Sarasota,stands up and proclaims: "If the Rabbi stays, I will provide him with a new Cadillac every year and his wife with a Honda mini-van to transport their children!” The congregation sighs in appreciation and applauds. Saul Cohen, a successful businessman and lawyer, stands and says: "If the Rabbi...

“God Bless America” is a “warmongering song” that should not be played at sporting events, according to an Ithaca College professor. “In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, the expressions of hyper-patriotism took hold,” Professor Stephen Mosher wrote in an op-ed for The Ithacan, “Irving Berlin’s warmongering song ‘God Bless America’ became our second, unofficial national anthem at the ballpark.” That song, “God Bless America,” was sung by concertgoers in Las Vegas on Sunday night, led by country duo Big & Rich, just an hour before a shooter opened fire on them.... He added: “Maybe ‘America the Beautiful’ would be...

First vanity. Found this song on another thread and thought all might enjoy it. Apologies for the vanity.

Professor Dr. Leon Gardner will punish his students at the College of Coastal Georgia with a 1% grade deduction for each occurrence. CBS Local reported: One professor at the College of Coastal Georgia has banned students from saying “bless you” in his class. Campus Reform reports that Dr. Leon Gardner, assistant professor of chemistry at the College of Coastal Georgia, pointed out his six rules on behavior on his Introductory Physics class syllabus. According to the #6 under the “Behavioral Deduction” section of the syllabus, students’ grades will be lowered for: “Saying ‘bless you.’ We are taught that it is...

PEMBROKE PINES (CBSMiami) — Coconut Palm Elementary Principal Terri Thelmas, 75 students and their parents were kicked off Wal-Mart property Wednesday evening. Were they protesting the high price of school supplies? Nope. The Miramar principal and her students were simply trying to sing “God Bless America” to honor the fallen heroes of 9-11. According to Thelmas, the store manager gave her approval the week before to sing the one-minute song inside the Wal-Mart, located at Pines & Flamingo in Pembroke Pines. Around 7 p.m. Wednesday, the group showed up and the manager-on-duty told them they were a “liability” and that...

Gov. Charlie Crist praised President Barack Obama for bringing the First Family to Florida’s Gulf Coast for a brief vacation. “It’s the biggest single commercial you could imagine. God bless him,” Crist said before meeting with Obama, his wife Michelle and a handful of Panama City business owners at a waterfront Coast Guard station. Republicans have blasted Obama for what they called a “27-hour guilt trip” to the region where the economy suffered as tourism plummeted during BP’s massive oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Crist brushed off the criticism.

BALAAM PT 4 IN THE LAST DAYS Balak the king of Moab, had hired a reknown Seer, Balaam, to curse Israel. But he was dissappointed because every time Balaam tried to curse Israel, blessings came out of his mouth! As related in the last article,three times and from three different geographical locations, altars were prepared , the rituals of appeasement were performed and at least in the first two instances, omens were sought. But in all three of these attempts at cursing Israel, only blessings upon Israel, and severe warnings against her enemies were pronounced by the Seer. Balak was...

Balaam –the man paid to curse Israel pt 2 In part one of this article we looked at the fact that the story of Balaam from the book of Numbers 22-25 has an unappreciated eschatological significance to it. The story is being played out again on the world stage. Once again there is an international unease with the fact that Israel is possessing the land that God gave her, in spite of the hatred and fear of her middle eastern neighbors. The hatred is heightened by the frustrating fact that in spite of five major wars, fought against Israel, by...

Balaam pt 1 –On Being Paid to Curse Israel-by Bill Randles I will bless those that bless you and curse those who curse you and in you all the families of the world will be blessed-Genesis 12:3 Come now therefore,I pray thee,curse me this people;for they are too mighty for me, peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them,and that I may drive them out of the land;for I know that he whom thou(Balaam) bless is blest and he whom you curse is cursed.Numbers 22:6 Perhaps the most misunderstood story in the Bible is that of Balaam, the pagan...

(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas publicly proclaimed three terrorists who murdered a Jewish father of seven children to be “shaheeds” – holy martyrs, according to a report by the PA media watchdog, Palestinian Media Watch. Abbas declared the killers – all members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades -- to be shaheeds and sent his personal emissary to visit their families following last Thursday’s attack. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades is part of the Fatah faction, which is headed by Abbas. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad personally visited the families, along with a number of top PA officials, and condemned the...

I love this...All Liberals should be made to listen to this!!!

I was sent this link -- makes me feel better about the next generation growing up to lead our great country. Please click the link, sit back and enjoy.

Terrorists Cross From Mexico By David Johnson On September 11th I spoke at a convention in California in remembrance of 9-11. I was but one of about a dozen experts on Islam including several Arabs, Palestinians and Sudanese who certainly know what they are talking about. I also had the opportunity to visit Walid and Maria Shoebat in their home. What a fine and courageous man he is. We had met before but took this time to cement a real friendship and future working relationship. I have long stated that Muslim terrorists are crossing into the United States from both...

Here's a great twist on God Bless America... turning it around to a song of repentance and asking America to bless God, for a change. It's a 5 MB download to get the MP3 Click to download song It's very professionally produced and the creators invite free distribution.

<p>SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Just exactly who is blessing America around here, anyway? Patriotic signs showing an American flag and the words "God Bless America" have been displayed at City Hall since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.</p> <p>But City Attorney Chet Adams, concerned that reference to God could be construed as an endorsement of religion and attract lawsuits, ordered that the signs be altered.</p>

The New Jersey honor guardsman who was fired for saying "God bless you and this family, and God bless the United States of America" during grave-side burial services for veterans has won his job back – with back pay. As WorldNetDaily reported, Vietnam combat veteran Patrick Cubbage believed he was only following orders in giving the blessing as he presented a folded flag to the fallen veteran's family. He cited the federal flag presentation protocol detailed in training literature he was given when he began working as a part-time guardsman at the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery...

<p>THIS great, wonderful, terrific land of the free/home of the brave - most glorious nation ever created under God - could use Kate Smith today. We need a strong voice singing out "God Bless America."</p> <p>Don't want to laud the White House? Got issues with what's happening? Disagree with what's going down? Thank the Lord you live in a country where you can.</p>