All Flags above link to the Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook page for the respective country. This is a great research tool.
Posted on 12/02/2006 9:06:25 AM PST by debg
All Flags above link to the Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook page for the respective country. This is a great research tool.
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Actually, 4but should be in more trouble for his LONG screen name....LOL
just kidding!!
IMO, taglines are one of the greatest art forms ever invented. I get a huge kick out of others. Here's one I just saw: "God must love stupid people, because he sure made a lot of them."
I'm sure you could think of something clever, 4butnomore... Non?
Oh..I love taglines also...I read them all.
We have some very clever freepers.
Hiya La Dita~~~~
Yikes~~ You scared me for a second with that photo, but it makes the point. ;(
Thanks for posting it. ;) ;)
That was taken in London at the "protests" last Summer or Spring or whenever re the Danish cartoons...
I hadn't heard that one, but live by this one.
* Why do today, what you can do tomorrow *. ;)
Its gotten me in trouble more than once. LOL
The whole cartoon thing was sooooooooooooooooo insane. I'll never understand the radical islamic mind. Its beyond logic or sanity.
The following is definitely classified as a barf article due to the author - George Soros. However, I found it a rather interesting read into the EU and the mindset of the NWO. (globalism - open societies)
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Europe as a Prototype for a Global Open Society
OSI
George Soros
November 20, 2006
*Snip*
Europe as the Prototype
"Europe as the prototype of a global open society is an abstract idea. Whether it is strong enough, persuasive enough, to serve as the unifying force guiding the European Union forward, remains to be seen. One thing is certain, the process that has carried the European Union so far cannot be revived in the same form as before. It was driven by an elite and the population at large has felt left out. This cannot continue if for no other reason than on account of the referenda that are used with increasing frequency. A referendum expresses the people’s will in a raw, capricious form without the intermediation of an elite. Therefore, if the European Union is to revive, it has to be by popular demand. One way or another, civil society has to be mobilized. The elite has a role but it is to shape public opinion."
http://www.soros.org/resources/articles_publications/articles/europe_20061120
The last sentence above is a biggie, imho. "The ELITE has a role, it is to SHAPE PUBLIC OPINION." In other words, Soros is admitting how the elite use manipulation and propaganda to change and therefore shape public opinion. Not really anything new to those who follow current events.
I found the link on the JPost site.
Thanks for the beautiful site. I'm amazed by the 12 year old, Akiane.
The eyes in her painting are so real and almost pierce right through to your heart. Please share your visit with us.
LOL,,,Things Ya' Don't Wanna Know,,,;0)
My house-mate's son sent her an e-mail,,,Be home in a week or so on leave from Iraq(10th Mt.)
LOL,,,Hey,Pep,,,;0)
Most interesting article:
Palestinian youths, not settlers, caught axing olive trees for compensation
By Israel Insider staff and partners December 2, 2006
Maariv NRG reports that Palestinian youths were caught in the act as they were cutting olive trees illegally, claiming they did it at the request of the owner of the grove.
Forest inspectors caught the youths axing the trees, shedding a new light on frequent complaints by Palestinians farmers that settlers cut their trees in an attempt to hurt their livelihoods.
In the past, as a result of such complaints, IDF soldiers and police have been called on to protect the Palestinians farmers in the territories during the olive harvest season. But the police suspect now that in some cases the Palestinians themselves are the ones cutting the trees and then blaming the settlers in an attempt to get compensation from the Israeli Civil Authority.
According to the Maariv report, foresters of the JNF patrolling the Shaar Efraim area today noticed to their surprise a number of Palestinians cutting olive trees in violation of the law, damaging scores of olive trees. The foresters call a police force, which arrived and held four of them for questioning.
The four, after being transferred to the police station in Kedumim, confessed that the owner of the property invited them to cut the trees for firewood. A police spokesman for the Judea-Samaria District, Superintendent Pintzi Mor, told Maariv NRG that the owner of the land would be called in for questioning.
Sources in the police said that over the years the police have experienced a phenomenon of the filing of complaints to the Civil Authority regarding the destruction of olive trees, along with a claim for financial compensation. In the last year alone the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria filed claims for 350 thousand shekels ($75,000) for the destruction of olive trees.
The police said they now intend to check the complaints in detail. A senior source in the police told Maariv NRG that "most of the complaints for damage to olive trees were filed in recent years at the end of the harvest season or towards the end, something that increase the suspicion that this is a cooked deal."
Link: http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Diplomacy/9991.htm
LOL,,,Glad you got "Found"...;0)
It does make very good firewood...;0)
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