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Read and click link to contact Rumsfeld: Boy Scouts banned on bases -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: November 16, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The American military cannot survive the challenges of the 21st century without the preparatory support of the Boy Scouts of America. Millions of our bravest heroes in uniform – thousands who have given their lives in every war since World War I – wore their first uniform as a Boy Scout. A U.S. Marine now in Iraq – who also was my Scoutmaster when I was growing up – once told me that he became a Marine...

Scouts Canada ceased to serve any useful purpose the day they became all-inclusive, all-sensitive, and all-tolerant. Big Canadian real estate is on the market. A rather sizable chunk of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's Empire is available for investors, homebuilders, fishing resort prospectors, or blacktop barons. Scouts Canada is pounding in "for sale" signs at the entrances of a number of Scout camps across the country, including at least twenty camps in Ontario. But don't worry. No Boy Scouts will mourn the loss of their summer camps, for the Boy Scouts of Canada no longer exist. Thinking they could become more inclusive,...

Across the heartlands and hinterlands of conservative America, many doubters and desponders wake up every morning to retrieve their newspaper, a product of the downtown Left. And so it shall remain, they say. But for America's growing army of young conservatives, there are no boundaries to the battle for the future. Even the newspapers of America must stand to reckon with a new generation of conservatives. Two students at Seattle Pacific University named Matthew McCleary and Benjamin Williams are launching a publication called the Seattle Sentinel at www.seattlesentinel.com . The sophomores have a long-term goal no less than turning the...

Equal access for Boy Scouts Posted: August 2, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: Hans Zeiger has been selected as one of 10 youth finalists for a primetime speaking position at the Republican National Convention, scheduled for Aug. 30 – Sept. 2 in New York City. To determine who the speaker will be, MTV and the Republican National Convention are holding an online contest where you can vote for one of the 10 finalists. Voting is open through Aug. 9. By Hans Zeiger © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com For a few years, the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland has been at war against...

Left-wing Seattle radio talk host Erin Hart told her audience Thursday that the life and early death of 13-year-old poet Mattie Stepanek is evidence of the importance of "a woman's right to choose [to kill her offspring]." Mattie is the fourth of his mother's children to die of a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Hart asked why in the world Mrs. Stepanek would continue to have children under such circumstances. But Hart stopped short of carrying on the logic of her question, for Mattie Stepanek's inspirational chance at living declares that a "choice" for his life was worth it. Modern...

There are two old gravesites among the thousands in Arlington National Cemetery that have particular meaning for me on Memorial Day. The first is that of my grandfather, who I never knew. He served the nation in World War II and Korea. But his body does not actually rest in the cemetery; it is far beneath the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. He sacrificed his life for the space race in 1964 when his plane exploded over the Atlantic while he and 23 other Air Force men worked on a test for the Gemini project. Of him, the Greek orator...

Spiritual Viagra by Hans Zeiger 17 May 2004 The greatest plague of our time is a drastic spiritual impotence that we might say requires a heavy dose of spiritual Viagra. There seems to be a proliferation of television ads for Viagra, Cialis, and the other mass-market impotence drugs. There are nearly three times as many Google hits for "Viagra" as for "George Bush." Then there is the most frequently deleted spam title from my email box, something about potions that one can order online to restore vitality. I suppose with the market as it is, Bob Dole's crusade against...

Congressman Jim McDermott is a traitor. I told him so myself on a Seattle radio station just prior to the Iraq war after the seven-term Democrat blatantly sided with Saddam Hussein instead of the United States. On Tuesday, McDermott's hatred of America and America's God surfaced once again as he led the Pledge of Allegiance on the floor of Congress minus the words "under God." Responding to McDermott's failure to recite the entire Pledge of Allegiance, Congressman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, asked in a parliamentary inquiry whether "under God" is still a part of the Pledge. Presiding officer Mike Simpson, R-Idaho,...

A conservative columnist and student at Hillsdale College in Michigan is urging students to loudly resist tomorrow's pro-homosexual "Day of Silence" in schools across the U.S. Last year, an estimated 200,000 students in 2,000 schools -- some with administrative support -- took part in the annual national Day of Silence. Organizers describe the event as "a national student-led effort in which participants take a vow of silence to peacefully protest the discrimination and harassment faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in schools." The number of participants is expected to rise this year. Hans Zeiger is an Eagle Scout...

BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA – Mark Austin is a 17-year-old junior at Watauga High School, active in his community, and working to get his Eagle Scout award from a local Scout troop where he has served as troop chaplain and senior patrol leader. Now Mark is suspended for standing up for his Christian faith. When Mark heard that the homosexual Day of Silence was coming to Watauga High School on Wednesday, April 21, he decided to counter the propaganda of the homosexual agenda with the truth of God's Word. Mark designed a T-shirt with the words, "Homosexuality is sin (Leviticus 18:22),"...

When the "Reverend" Karen Dammann got "married" to a woman last month, she should have expected to be ousted from the United Methodist "Church" in which she serves as a pastor. The United Methodist "Book of Discipline," in accordance with 17 references to homosexuality in the Old and New Testaments, declares, "Self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in the United Methodist Church" and homosexuality is "incompatible with Christian teaching." But on March 20, a jury of 13 Methodist pastors considering charges that Rev. Dammann had violated church law deluded,...

After a six-year legal battle, a school district near San Jose has settled a lawsuit brought by six homosexual students and the American Civil Liberties Union alleging anti-homosexual discrimination by paying out $1.1 million and beginning new mandatory diversity training programs for all students and staff in the school district. The district will also designate a "compliance coordinator" to investigate reports of anti-homosexual bias and to ensure that schools demonstrate favorable attitudes toward homosexuals. In Colorado, state university students are required to undergo diversity courses and comply with diversity standards in order to maintain student group funding. The stifling of...

Across America, Girl Scout cookie sales are in full swing. Last week, Girl Scouts of America officials announced a sales record for Washington, D.C. as 4.2 million boxes of Samoas, Thin Mints, and other cookies were sold in the nation's capitol. But I'm going to be critical of the Girl Scouts. I love the cookies, but the organization has somewhat rejected moral decency. At a recent Nobody's Fool annual meeting held at Planned Parenthood of Waco, Texas, the Bluebonnet Council of the Girl Scouts of America bestowed on Planned Parenthood chief executive Pam Smallwood the title of "Woman of the...

The Lost Generation: 31 Years of Roe v. Wade By Hans Zeiger In a sad sort of way, I am blessed to have survived the year 1985. That was the year I was born, and the year that 1.6 million of my fellow American citizens were murdered in abortion clinics. 1985 was the year that more abortions were performed than in any other year before or since except 1988 and 1990. Numbed by the widespread cultural acceptance of abortion, I lack the emotional regrets that old soldiers have when they reflect on their friends lost in battle. But the year...

In a sad sort of way, I am blessed to have survived the year 1985. That was the year I was born, and the year that 1.6 million of my fellow American citizens were murdered in abortion clinics.

After the 1994 Republican revolution, Congress did some talking about the end of the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. After all was said and done, public television and radio stuck around. Both NPR and PBS are organs of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB was formed by Congress in 1967 to encourage "the growth and development of non-commercial... programming that will be responsive to the interests of the people." Like most other socialist programs that emerged from Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the CPB acted in the "interest" of the people only after it robbed them from acting...

The living industry of death Posted: December 16, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern By Hans Zeiger© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The annual death count has been released and it stands at 227,385. That's the number of abortions performed by Planned Parenthood during its 2002-2003 fiscal year, according to its newly released annual report. If Planned Parenthood's death toll is measured in addition to abortions performed in hospitals other than Planned Parenthood, it is by far the leading cause of death in the United States today. The victims of abortion are much younger than those who die of heart disease, cancer or stroke. Purveyors of the leading...

A student at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis emailed me to say that a 12-foot decorated Christmas tree disappeared from her school atrium on December 2. Students received an email from the Dean for External Affairs, explaining: "The tree came down because there were members of the law school community who thought it was divisive and inappropriate. The school will be putting up another holiday decoration to replace it---I think today--if at all possible. There were individuals who believed that the tree sent the wrong message to the law school community and would make some people feel excluded."...

How The Left Stole ChristmasBy Hans Zeiger (bio) Other Articles by Hans Zeiger Back to News / Home PageA student at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis emailed me to say that a 12-foot decorated Christmas tree disappeared from her school atrium on December 2. Students received an email from the Dean for External Affairs, explaining: "The tree came down because there were members of the law school community who thought it was divisive and inappropriate. The school will be putting up another holiday decoration to replace it---I think today--if at all possible. There were individuals who believed...

At Royal Oak Intermediate School in Covina, California, students in Len Cesene's seventh grade history class fasted last week to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Mr. Cesene's 12 and 13-year old students are the latest to become part of a growing Islamic indoctrination craze sweeping through America's schools. Mr. Cesene's letter to parents explained that, "in an attempt to promote a greater understanding and empathy towards the Muslim religion and toward other culture, I am encouraging students to participate in an extra credit assignment. Students may choose to fast for one, two or three days. During this time,...