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The Reverend Terry Jones, leader of the Dove World Outreach Center in, Gainsville, FL, claims no responsibility for the deaths of 30 and the injuring of 83 people (at this writing) in riots sparked in Afghanistan over his judgment and then burning of a copy of the Koran, Islam’s holiest book. I cannot imagine the reaction in the United States if an Imam in Afghanistan were to burn a copy of the King James bible. Well, yes I can, as anti-Islamic rhetoric flares in this nation with a light as bright as that which is burning in Afghanistan this very day.
Mr. Jones claims that his church would be, “A spiritual hospital where the hurting and the broken hearted are healed and restored,” apparently with the exception of anyone not adherent to his extremist Christian philosophies.
The original founder of the Dove World Outreach Center, Don Northrup’s, “[vision for the church] was that Dove would be a total concept church for the rich, the poor, the young and the old. A church which is the expression of the fullness of Jesus Christ.”
I’m not exactly sure that Jesus Christ is at all approving of his actions these [...]
The $110 Billion Question
by THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN • March 5, 2011
Op-Ed Columnist
When one looks across the Arab world today at the stunning spontaneous democracy uprisings, it is impossible to not ask: What are we doing spending $110 billion this year supporting corrupt and unpopular regimes in Afghanistan and Pakistan that are almost identical to the governments we’re applauding the Arab people for overthrowing?
Ever since 9/11, the West has hoped for a war of ideas within the Muslim world that would feature an internal challenge to the violent radical Islamic ideology of Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. That contest, though, never really materialized because the regimes we counted on to promote it found violent Muslim extremism a convenient foil, so they allowed it to persist. Moreover, these corrupt, crony capitalist Arab regimes were hardly the ideal carriers for an alternative to bin Ladenism. To the contrary, it was their abusive behavior and vicious suffocation of any kind of independent moderate centrist parties that fueled the extremism even more.
Now the people themselves have taken down those regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, [...]
In the quest for knowledge we sometimes have to experience things for ourselves. Anyone who has eaten or drunk something they found wonderful or seen something so spectacular that it knocked their socks off can tell you about it but you’ll never truly understand until you taste, swallow or see for yourself. Pictures of the Grand Canyon are nothing compared to actually standing on the rim yourself. A slice of New York cheesecake cannot be adequately described in words. [...]
In episode 29 of our podcast, we debunk a claim made by President Obama about Afghanistan, dueling ads about jobs in the Ohio Senate race, and an Arizona ad that makes an overblown assertion about executive bonuses and the stimulus. For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: ‘Second Poorest’ Nation? Sept. 13 Bush Years Revisited [...] [...]
In a September 10 press conference, President Barack Obama characterized Afghanistan as "the second poorest country in the world." It’s an impoverished country indeed, but second poorest? The CIA World Factbook doesn’t think so. It lists Afghanistan as number 210 of 227, with a per capita gross domestic product of $1,000 in 2009. That’s orders of magnitude lower [...] [...]
In a September 10 press conference, President Barack Obama characterized Afghanistan as "the second poorest country in the world." It’s an impoverished country indeed, but second poorest? The CIA World Factbook doesn’t think so. It lists Afghanistan as number 210 of 227, with a per capita gross domestic product of $1,000 in 2009. That’s orders of magnitude lower [...] [...]
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams
Good Monday Morning,
My propane company (Burnwell) just delivered 85 gallons of propane and billed me $6.039 per gallon plus a $9.99 “admin fee”. Plus taxes, the total bill was $524.15. The bill says they made the delivery on December 23rd but they left no receipt of any kind, at least non that I saw.
Last summer I asked Burnwell to deliver only when I call for a delivery so I have a call in for them to come and take their latest 85 gallons out of the tank. Being that the tank is 250 gallons and I assume the meter on the truck stops when the tank registers as full, that should leave me 165 gallons which is plenty until I can afford to get more. Does anyone want to take bets on what they’ll do? Does Putnam County have a consumer service division or ombudsman?
Senator Vincent Leibell is hosting – at his taxpayer funded Senate website – a political effort to get you to sign a petition to create a state constitutionally enforced spending cap. [...]
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What Hath Jones Wrought?
The Reverend Terry Jones, leader of the Dove World Outreach Center in, Gainsville, FL, claims no responsibility for the deaths of 30 and the injuring of 83 people (at this writing) in riots sparked in Afghanistan over his judgment and then burning of a copy of the Koran, Islam’s holiest book. I cannot imagine the reaction in the United States if an Imam in Afghanistan were to burn a copy of the King James bible. Well, yes I can, as anti-Islamic rhetoric flares in this nation with a light as bright as that which is burning in Afghanistan this very day.
Mr. Jones claims that his church would be, “A spiritual hospital where the hurting and the broken hearted are healed and restored,” apparently with the exception of anyone not adherent to his extremist Christian philosophies.
The original founder of the Dove World Outreach Center, Don Northrup’s, “[vision for the church] was that Dove would be a total concept church for the rich, the poor, the young and the old. A church which is the expression of the fullness of Jesus Christ.”
I’m not exactly sure that Jesus Christ is at all approving of his actions these [...]