You made a patently false statement, I was just correcting you. Islam was and is backward. Mohammed was no more advanced than a hick from the Appalachians. They contributed LITTLE if anything to science and society to this day that mattered or matters-period. Then comparing that to Christianity and the scientific accomplishments??
A negative report. They have taken from both with their insignificance.
Just try using your PC without electricity, your motors in every vehicle, fan and anything else motorized without magnetism.
Christianity launched modern science. Islam launched terrorism through juvenile strap-on bombs, rape, pillaging, torture, excellent lying and propoganda techniques, wars (95% of them currently involve Muslims), mass destruction and anti-American and Anti-Semitic sentiment.
Great contributions, no?
His, (the One who invented science-and scientists)
Bob Z.
SAM, where did those painting come from?
" The IRS has released the year 2000 data for individual income tax returns. The numbers illustrate a truth that will startle you: that half of Americans with the highest incomes pays 96.09% of all income tax. This nukes the liberal lie that the rich don't pay taxes. The top 1%, who earn 20.81% of all income covered under the income tax, are paying 37.42% of the federal tax bite. "
The top 1% pay a majority of the taxes, so LOGICALLY, they would get the largest tax break. Forty years of soaking the rich, and MIDDLE CLASS, so a large segment of the population can whine about poverty IS ENOUGH!
Not to mention: SOCIALISM ALWAYS FAILS. (tm)
Pearl Harbor survivors find unique bond
Memories of attack live 61 years later
By TODD ACKERMAN
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
They will gather together again today, these still-hearty soldiers, sailors and fliers who survived Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Sixty-one years after the first U.S. battle of World War II, more than 100 survivors from around the country will take their place on Battleship Texas to pay homage to the 2,395 Americans who died on that fateful day. They will hear speeches, toss wreathes on the water and observe a moment of silence.
"It chokes you up," said Bill Eckel, 80, who traveled from Rusk to attend the event. "You try to erase those memories as much as you can, but when they come back, that day feels like a few months ago."
Eckel was on his way to chow on the USS New Orleans just before 8 a.m. that morning when he saw a plane bearing down on the harbor and thought, "What's that crazy fool doing?" Moments later, after seeing torpedoes hit the USS Oklahoma, he ran to his battle station and hunkered down for the attack.
Eckel's story was just one of many told Thursday and Friday as the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association held its annual convention at the Hobby Airport Marriott. The survivors eagerly tell the stories, painful though they sometimes are, because they take seriously the association's motto: Remember Pearl Harbor, Keep America Alert.
For the first decade or so after the end of World War II, Dec. 7, 1941, was hardly remembered, called the "great uncommemorated anniversary of American history" by The Associated Press. In 1958, in response, the survivors association formed, with a membership of about 17,000. It is less than half that today. Sixty-seven live in the Greater Houston area.
The survivors say the hunger for first-person Pearl Harbor stories remains strong, particularly among the schoolchildren they visit. They say the movie Pearl Harbor got people more interested in the events of Dec. 7, but that the first 22 minutes of Saving Private Ryan better reflected what it was like to be under attack.
"The great thing is, every one of us Pearl Harbor survivors are the same," said Robert Kronberger, 86, who founded the association. "There are no privates, no generals, no seamen, no admirals -- just survivors. Everyone likes to brag about their own ship, but that doesn't mean they think there's any difference between us."
Kronberger, his brother and his father were all on the USS West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Two torpedoes hit the ship, but never exploded, sparing the family. All three survived.
O.W. "Bill" Foster, who enlisted in 1938 at 17, thought he was going to be discharged on Dec. 8, his 21st birthday. Instead, he found himself a part of "the two hours that changed the world." He spent the next four years fighting in the South Pacific.
"You hear a lot of talk about how we were fighting for democracy," said Foster, 81. "But we weren't. We were fighting for self-preservation."
Their worst memories involve buddies who didn't make it that day. All say they woke up that morning boys, but became men in a hurry.
"You never forget," said Durward Swanson, who was 19 then. "You can't imagine what it's like to watch your buddy cut in half by machine-gun fire. Or to pick up their body parts."
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Welcome, Pearl survivors to Houston and the Battleship Texas, the site of Texas independence from Mexico. This day belongs especially to you and your brethern who were there on this anniversary day of infamy. We'll never forget you. We deeply respect, honor and thank you. God bless each and every one of you.
Good morning, Jen.
Please do remove my name from your ping list. All those graphics make my hard drive growl. Thanks.
Thank you, SAMWolf, for the incredible thread you give us to day...I'm really grateful.
Thank you, aomagrat, for the pics at reply #19.
God blesses America.