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This article might sound a bit hypocritical. After all, the theme of this website could be construed as "bashing" America. Let's clear that up right now. I love America. I love the ideals that created it. I love the Constitution that was written for it. And I love the freedoms I enjoy living in it. It's because I love all these things that I fear the rising liberal philosophies - even by so-called Republicans - that are turning America into a socialist's paradise. That's why this site exists - to do what little I can to prevent that from happening....

Responding to the international furor about the publication in Denmark of cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, a Bay Area education initiative, sponsored by local Muslim groups, will begin Sunday."Explore the Life of Prophet Muhammad," an educational presentation, will be held at the Muslim Community Association, 3003 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara. It will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.The event is part of a yearlong initiative to increase public awareness about Islam. The event is sponsored by the Northern California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil rights organization; the American Muslim Voice, a Fremont-based educational group;...

HUMAN BEINGS TAKE A NATURAL DELIGHT IN FORM and pattern. Our eyes and visual cortex are designed to pick out shapes and hints of half-hidden presences, and to recognize the colors, textures, and fine details of natural objects. These are the necessary skills of a hunter-gatherer species, adapted to follow the obscure tracks of fleeing prey, to resolve the outline of a camouflaged animal in hiding, to remember and find again a nutritious berry, root, or herb. Nature rewards the exercise of such skills, which require concentration and work, with a pleasure that modern birdwatchers, naturalists, and scuba divers know...

MIDI - OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING - scroll down to Good Morning section for the MIDI We saw savagery on 9-11.....to the terrorists that day was heaven We hadn't attacked them, it was uncalled for...but they knew they could count on own liberal whores They say prepare the indictments...and offer some therapy They say prepare the indictments...why it was done we will see We're the bad guys the liberals keep saying...like a jackass they just keep on braying They have a solution that's always the same...on the US of A they are placing the blame They say prepare...

One of the enduring myths about the so called modern "art" is the need (?) to understand it. According to its apologists without understanding there is no real or proper appreciation of the painting/sculpture that one is looking at. In other words a process that naturally begins and ends at the heart must begin in our brain. That means we have already made a wrong start. I remember a quote from Renoir, a painter who is not a favourite of mine but who, nevertheless, hit the nail right on its head when he said: "... art is about emotion, if...

During a few December days in contemporary Los Angeles, the lives of a handful of strangers intersect, bringing to a boil the racial prejudices and intolerance that simmer beneath the surface of writer/director Paul Haggis' vivid, symphonic "Crash." Haggis' tightly woven, beautifully acted ensemble drama is a story in which no ethnic group - whites, blacks, Latinos, Middle Eastern, Chinese - is spared pain, and none is without prejudice. But if a film about intolerance and racial tension sounds like a social studies assignment, here is where Haggis surprises. One minute the audience is smiling or laughing at a black...

Proverbs 24: 3-6 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength; for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers.

Psalm 16: 7 I will praise the Lord who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

Psalm 36: 5-7a Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,your justice like the great deep. O Lord, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love!

Russia is increasingly interested in immigrants coming to the country. From 2006, the number of economically active Russians will start declining sharply and by 2050 might decrease by 45% compared with 2000. An influx of immigrants might compensate for demographic and economic losses. Russia has not yet used this possibility to full extent. According to Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya, the chief of the Laboratory for Migration at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for Economic Forecasting, "Any improvement in living standards is impossible without an increase in the economically active population." Ukraine and Kazakhstan are two former Soviet republics that have decided...

Many people are surprised to learn that any movement that can be done with any apparatus, can also be done without the apparatus -- usually to much greater effect and productivity. So when one sees the apparatus advertised on television as the latest great thing, one merely needs to simulate the movement without the apparatus to see if such a claim is possible and plausible. While the apparatus (machine) does suggest the general idea of the intent and purpose of the exercise, the limitation of most machines is that it loses effectiveness at the very extreme of the movement --...

I am not writing to quarrel with your judgment about the war in Iraq. Rather, I am writing to protest your attitude toward the war. And the point I want to make is this: sometimes, you have to choose between proving yourself to have been right, or helping make a project succeed despite your opposition to it. Since all our tempers are running hot, it might be best to illustrate my point with a non-political example: Imagine that a husband and wife are planning their vacation. One wants to spend it on the beach at Puerto Vallarta, and the other...

When U.S. forces rolled through Iraq in March and April 2003, most Shi‘ites greeted them as liberators. But, the demise of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq unleashed an array of forces that had been dormant or suppressed for more than three decades. From almost total political marginalization, the Iraqi Shi‘ites found themselves at the center of political power. While some political parties such as Da'wa and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq participated in the U.S.-sponsored political process, it was not long before U.S. forces became aware of a new force among the Shi‘ites.Muqtada al-Sadr, a young cleric...

  MEDIA CONTACT: Jonathan Sherwood (585) 273-4726   June 9, 2004 Top Quark Measurements Give ?God Particle? New Lease on Life Researchers from the University of Rochester have helped measure the elusive top quark with unparalleled precision, and the surprising results affect everything from the Higgs boson, nicknamed the ?God particle,? to the makeup of the dark matter that comprises 90 percent of the universe. The scientists developed a new method to analyze data from particle accelerator collisions at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory, which is far more accurate than previous methods and has the potential to change the dynamics...

The laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) is an indispensable tool in experimental medicine and drug development, having made inestimable contributions to human health. We report here the genome sequence of the Brown Norway (BN) rat strain. The sequence represents a high-quality 'draft' covering over 90% of the genome. The BN rat sequence is the third complete mammalian genome to be deciphered, and three-way comparisons with the human and mouse genomes resolve details of mammalian evolution. This first comprehensive analysis includes genes and proteins and their relation to human disease, repeated sequences, comparative genome-wide studies of mammalian orthologous chromosomal regions and rearrangement...

Professor's experiment could open door to time travel A physics professor will try to turn back time in an experiment at the Miami Museum of Science. BY RAFAEL SANGIOVANNI Herald Writer It's back to the future all over again -- at least, that's what Carlos Dolz has in mind. The Florida International University physics professor plans to take time to task at 10 a.m. Wednesday, when he presents an experiment that involves using acceleration to speed up a digital clock by four seconds. Dolz's experiment -- which takes six hours to finish -- will become part of Playing With Time,...

Marriage Laws » United States » Polygamy » Definition and Guidelines Islamic Law 1. Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types: Polygyny where a man marries more than one woman; and Polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam, limited polygyny is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited.2. The Qur?an is the only religious scripture in the world that says, "marry only one". The Qur?an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ?marry only one?. There...

Understanding the Bush Immigration Policy January 6, 2004 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT 1:33 PM ET RUSH: You know, all is not well out there on the Republican side either. I mean, there's some stuff going on with the Bush administration, I'm going to tell you, I do not understand it. And I was going to take some phone calls here. I will in just a second. Since I've mentioned this, let me just get into this. "President Bush tomorrow will propose sweeping changes to U.S. immigration policy that would allow a portion of the 8 million illegal aliens in the country to...

<p>October 30, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry yesterday tossed an Arizona supporter overboard after an embarrassing report that he'd been attacking rival Sen. Joe Lieberman for being Jewish. State Rep. Ben Miranda was accused of urging Lieberman fans to switch to Kerry because Lieberman is an Orthodox Jew who "can't campaign three days a week."</p>

Note to FR: I am posting here an email conversation I had today with Gov Bush about Terri, and yes, he knows I am posting it here on FR. In my reply #1, located below this post of Gov Bush’s email, I have posted a message from me to Terri’s husband. And, no, I did not discuss with anyone my idea here to write to Terri’s husband. No one suggested it to me. Nor did I discuss it with anyone at all. In my next reply, reply #2 below, I hope to post a message to my friends here on...