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The Paradoxical Commandments People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. ... Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. ... Do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. ... Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. ... Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. ... Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. ... Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow...

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A new movie - Martin Luther:Rebel, Genius, Liberator - opens September 26 in theaters. Check your local listings for show times. I have it on good authority that this is well worth viewing if you love theology and history. "Grace alone saves but grace is never alone."

Indian Prayer O Great Spirit ... Whose voice I hear in the wind and ... whose breath gives life to all the world --- Hear Me ! I come to you as one of your many children . I am small and weak ... I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset . Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice . Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught my children...

Although the North American Indians had no written alphabet before they met the white man , their language was anything but primitive . The vocabulary of many Indian languages was as large as that of their French and English conquerors . Often , their expressions were far more eloquent . In an Indian tonque , for example , the concept for the word ' friend ' is beautifully stated as " one - who - carries - my - sorrows - on - his - back . " A friend or family member who comes to you for solace ....

The fool hath said in his heart ... there is no God (( creator )) ! Psam 14 : 1 The story is told of a colony of mice who made their home in the bottom of a large upright piano. To them, music was frequent, even routine. It filled all the dark spaces with lovely melodies and harmonies. At first, the mice were impressed by the music. They drew comfort and wonder from the thought that Someone made the music --- though invisible to them, yet close to them. They loved to tell stories about the Great Unseen Player...

Political Pepper Spray © Norman Liebmann The United States Supreme Court is considering the question of whether, at the unemployment office, a bisexual has the right to form a double line. Apparently El Presidente Vicente Fox has convinced George Bush those illegal aliens sneaking into the United States are not Mexicans, but Naftanians from Naftaland who speak only Naftalese. Anthropologists report the movie Jurassic Park was historically inaccurate. It was not in the Jurassic Era but in the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs roamed the Earth - and Michael Jackson was still black. Bill Clinton turned down a job working on...

JUST ASKIN’ IX © by Norman Liebmann Just askin’: Considering the fact that Hillary Clinton did not actually write her autobiography, isn’t Hillary Clinton actually a pen name for Hillary Clinton? (Say, what?) Just askin’: Where in the Declaration of Independence does it say feminists are endowed by Their Creator with an inalienable right to be wrong? Just askin’: Teddy Kennedy being Teddy Kennedy and Jane Fonda being Jane Fonda, wouldn’t it be a good idea for the cops to start dragging Golden Pond for bodies? Just askin’: Affirmative Action has improved exactly what? Just askin’: If Bill Clinton becomes...

HILLARY CLINTON'S "LIVING HYSTERECTOMY" © By: Norman Liebmann It is a coincidence that the literary scene is dominated by Hillary Clinton and Harry Potter, two characters who commute on broomsticks. It's something to think about. The Clintons have an unpleasant way of making their presence felt. They're like having a hair in your mouth and you just can't back away from it. The message of the Clintons is consistent with that schoolyard chant of all children showing off. "Hey, everybody! Look at me! Look at me!" as they balance themselves precariously on a fence - or in their case, on...

This Just In: Re-Racking © Norman Liebmann THIS JUST IN: Some pro-choice feminists are attending sniper schools so they can deploy outside abortion clinics and pick off any infants that manage to survive partial birth procedures. THIS JUST IN: Vermont prisons have instituted a program for same-sex conjugal visits, but were disappointed to find out the inmates started without them. THIS JUST IN: The Washington sniper sent police the message “I am God” and then demanded payment of ten million dollars. Apparently he’s another one of those people whose idea of religiosity begins and ends with taking up a collection....

IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) © Unshackled Norman Liebmann In my humble opinion, Bill Clinton should make amends to America by arranging a fishing trip for Hillary with Scott Peterson. (Hillary could give our regards to Lucca Brazzi.) In my humble opinion Hillary’s book should be called “Nothing new. Nothing true.” In my humble opinion, there should be an automatic life sentence for making anything go "boom!" In my humble opinion, Arabs are a species of bug – and even if they aren’t, they should be squashed anyway. In my humble opinion, Jayson Blair notwithstanding, Bill Clinton is still the...

Whatever Happened to Baby Jayson? © Norman Liebmann (A FANTASY IN THE FOURTH ESTATE) It is time to re-consider Jayson Blair, the New York Times literary pickpocket. If you’re expecting to hear about a nice guy, you’re going to be disappointed. But if you’re expecting to hear about a conscienceless, shifty, scheming, sneaky plagiarist, he’s not a bad guy. This is a guy the 82nd Airborne wouldn’t want to pack their parachutes. He is definitely not a guy you would trust to drive Miss Daisy. L’affaire Blair moved the headlines from Terrorism to Error-ism. The crisis at The Times intensified...

IMHO (in my humble opinion) Unhomoginized © Norman Liebmann In my humble opinion, “Jayson Blair” will be revealed as one of many pen names used by Rodney King. In my humble opinion, if, as politicians are wont to propose that we can just "move on", the lessons of history are irrelevant, and, consequently, “whatever.” In my humble opinion, all Arabic names sound like clogged up plumbing trying to leave a voice mail message over a cell phone. In my humble opinion, anyone who ever saw a war movie and felt sorry for anything other than the horses missed the point...

The Lack of Design in Nature? Essay by Jeff Lindsay, April 2003 Introduction: The Perspective of an Engineer and Inventor An interesting document on the TalkOrigins Web site tries to dispel the notion that everything in nature has been designed. Rather, life is said to be jury-rigged, with abundant signs of the illogical developments one would expect if life evolved along random pathways without intervention from a designer. The article points to interesting examples of alleged "flaws" in the design of various species which are construed to argue against design. However, as an engineer, I know that what looks like...

This Just In: Caroms On © Norman Liebmann THIS JUST IN: Hillary has finally settled on the title for her new book to be “Living History," although it’s said her publisher was holding out for the more appropriate title (previously suggested in these pages) “The Bride of Clintonstein.” THIS JUST IN: Least vital statistic: During 2002, in the inner city, the most popular names chosen for new-born babies were Jamal, Kaneesha, and Dime Bag. THIS JUST IN: A Vermont hospital is administering jello enemas. The procedure is called “sweets to the sweet” therapy. THIS JUST IN: The word around Hollywood...

e-mail from norm ... I am mrs Liebmann writing this for my husband, Norman Liebmann, (Firehat) as he had an accident today ( ---- ---- ------ --- ----- --- --- ---) and won't be typing for a while. He wanted me to thank you for putting up his ... article --- and sends his regards.

THE BUZZZZZZZ 6 (RUMORS CURRENTLY AIRBORNE) © by Norman Liebmann The buzz is, due to the litigious atmosphere that now pervades the church, parishioners taking confession are bringing along attorneys to plea bargain their penance. The buzz is, at a political dinner, a left wing operative overheard Walter Cronkite’s stomach rumble and added it to the list of Democrat talking points. The buzz is, entomologists report flies will not infest any booth in which Bill Clinton has either relieved himself or voted. The buzz is, some optimistic medical authorities in Toronto believe the SARS epidemic may finally be the means...

“THIS JUST IN:” ELBOWS IN © by Norman Liebmann THIS JUST IN: A Harvard Law Professor says the Bush Administration is in real trouble with the Law for dropping those two thousand pound bombs on Saddam Hussein without first reading him his Miranda rights. THIS JUST IN: Considering the high price of gasoline, drivers are trying to get better performance from their cars by putting Viagra in their gas tanks. I suppose it’s worth a try. THIS JUST IN: Senator Robert Byrd is beginning to notice the unaccommodating aspects of senility. Even though he can no longer do anything, he...

In My Humble Opinion - Energized © Norman Liebmann Monday April 14, 2003 In my humble opinion, if actors Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are Americans, they are certainly not giving convincing performances of it. In my humble opinion, if Attila the Hun were alive today he’d be a very old man – and a Democrat. In my humble opinion, a sure way to detect Arabs at the airport is if the security dogs refuse to smell them. In my humble opinion, affirmative action is the means by which the Democrats curry favor with inner city people who want a...

The Media: Make It Go Away © Norman Liebmann The Fourth Estate has become a Fifth Column, whose world-wide reach fosters traitors, not only to nations, but to Earthkind. The constellation by which they navigate is The Golden Calf, its Polaris is Bill Clinton, who convinced the thralls of media that a false god is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, and that bullsh** is better than no sh** at all. After all, it works in Hollywood. Journalism is the Fourth Estate, which in our system is as low as an estate can get. When...