Educational Interview About the Clashing of Civilizations

Painted Cats

I was sent an e-mail about painted cats, only to learn that the pictures are digital art. Glad it is a spoof. Can you imagine the animal rights people got bazerk over this one!

First Signs of Euroclydon

I'm disturbed that Obama's first formal address is in a foreign nation.

(CBS) Since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States 12 days ago, he has largely remained out of sight, getting high-level government briefings and conferring with his transition team. But he surfaced on Friday afternoon in Chicago, alongside his wife Michelle to give 60 Minutes his first post-election informal interview.

Then he surfaces in Egypt for a formal interview.

CAIRO, Egypt – President Barack Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, part of a concerted effort to repair relations with the Muslim world that were damaged under the previous administration.

Here is a video of the interview.

Change is coming to America, but it is not a good change.

A friend send me an e-mail . . . it goes like this . . . .

Much has been done to celebrate the men that forged our freedom.History must continue to reflect our feelings. This is information provided toeach fifth grader. Review for your opportunity to tell IT like it is wheneverrequired. Lest we forget … George Washington, our nation's first president and leader of the American Revolution!

Abe Lincoln, our most honorable leader pulls our nation through its darkest time!

Alexander Hamilton, founding father, first secretary of the treasure; and leader of the constitutional convention.

Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory " fought the British in New Orleans !

Ulysses Grant, Union army general, lead the North through the Civil War!

Ben Franklin, Genius inventor, political theorist, ambassador; and leading author of the constitution.

Finally! We have SOMEONE to put on the food stamp!

Check your tires

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4826897

I had no clue that tires had a shelf life to them. Hope all take the time to view this news clip. It may save lives.

The Black Hole

A Story of Greed!

Researcher: 'Dr. Death' Created City of Twins in Brazil

'Dr. Death' Created Twin City?

by Maayana Miskin

Nazi doctor Josef Mengele was infamous for the horrific experiments he performed on concentration camp prisoners during the Holocaust. Now an Argentinean researcher reports that after fleeing to South America Mengele continued his experiments, and succeeded in creating a “twin city” with an unusually high number of blond children.

Researcher Jorge Camarasa says Mengele was responsible for the many twin births in the small town of Candido Godoi in Brazil. Mengele visited the town while living in nearby Paraguay, and over the years began treating local women, Camarasa says in his book Mengele: the Angel of Death in South America.

Mengele used Cadido Godoi as a laboratory, Camarasa told the British Telegraph this week. After Mengele began treating women in the 1960s, local women began experiencing an unusually high number of twin births.

While the normal ratio of twin births to single-child births is roughly one to 80, in Candido Godoi the ratio shot up to one in every five births, confounding scientists. Most of the twins were blond with blue eyes—features considered highly desirable under the Aryan supremacist views held by Mengele and his fellow Nazis.

During the Holocaust, much of Mengele's research centered on attempts to assure the birth of twins, in order to increase the Aryan birthrate. He also attempted to single out typically Aryan physical characteristics and discover how to replicate them.

As the twin births continued, local doctors began interviewing women, and discovered that all described the same man: a doctor going by the name of Rudolph Weiss. The doctor would visit the town and go from door to door, giving women various syrups and pills that he said would heal them, women said. He also performed dental work and frequently took blood samples.

According to Camarasa, in Brazil Mengele “finally managed to fulfill his dreams of creating a master race of blond-haired, blue-eyed Aryans.” Mengele managed to continue his life without being brought to justice until his death in 1979.
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The Black Plague

BLACK DEATH PLAGUE KILLS 40 AL QAEDA TERRORISTS

by Hillel Fendel

At least 40 Al Qaeda terrorists were killed earlier this week by a plague called the Black Death.
The same disease that devastated Europe in the Middle Ages claimed terrorists training this week in a camp in Algeria. The dead were members of a group called AQLIM (Al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb), the largest and most powerful Al-Qaeda group outside the Middle East. The disease is accompanied by horrific symptoms, causing terrible suffering to its victims.
One security source told the British paper The Sun, which broke the story, "This is the deadliest weapon yet in the war against terror. Most of the terrorists do not have the basic medical supplies needed to treat the disease. It spreads quickly and kills within hours. This will be really worrying Al-Qaeda."
Al Qaeda also fears that surviving terrorists will give themselves up in order to seek treatment.
The Sun reported that the last outbreak of the disease killed 30,000 Londoners in 1665. Deaths nowadays are rare, because the disease can be treated with antibiotics, and it has become virtually unknown in the developed world.

What Bush Did Right

On her flight back to Texas with the former President, White House counselor Karen Hughes reflects on unexpected accomplishments, low opinion polls, and why she didn’t bring her dog on the plane.

This time, I didn’t bring the dog.

Eight years ago, my golden retriever Breeze was with me as I climbed onto the Air Force plane that would take me and my boss to Washington for his inauguration as President. I hadn’t planned it that way—in fact, not much about the chaotic time between the agony of the month-long Florida recount and the frenetic blur of our abbreviated transition to governing felt planned.

I was working non-stop helping the President select a Cabinet, hire a staff, prepare to govern. My husband had rented a house in Virginia that I had yet to see, and he and my son had left for Washington so my son wouldn’t miss the opening day of school. Everything I owned except a suitcase, and the dog and cat, was on a moving van heading north.

As we boarded the flight home to Texas yesterday, all of us were proud—and relieved—that he had succeeded in keeping our country safe. I’m sure most of us wished he was leaving to accolades or higher approval ratings, but no one voiced that.

A couple of days before we were due to fly out of Austin, I was worrying out loud that I had not figured out a way to transport my pets. “Bring them with us,” a member of our staff suggested, explaining that the President was bringing his animals and a local kennel would board them until we were all settled. I made the arrangements, and showed up with my dog and cat in their travel crates, expecting to put them in the hold. But the hold wasn’t pressurized, as the polite air force officer informed me. I was mortified, but stuck. So I climbed on board, dog and cat in tow, worried what the Air Force personnel must be thinking (those Texans, bringing everything but the sheep and the goats!)

The flight that took us to Washington through Midland that day in 2001 was full of activity and anticipation. A member of our media team, Scott Sforza, helped calm the dog while the president and I worked, reviewing drafts of his inaugural and stacks of paperwork outlining upcoming decisions. Hope and high expectations were on board, along with some anxiety (what was Washington really like?) and much anticipation, including the conviction that our boss, who worked so well with Democrats in Texas, could change the negative tone in our nation’s capital.

What we never imagined on that January day eight years ago were the terrorist attacks of September 11, the day that would forever change and define the presidency of George W. Bush. It still surprises me to realize that after all the debates, news conferences and interviews—the thousands of questions that had been asked over the course of our presidential campaign, my boss had never once—not once!—been asked about Al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden. Despite all our plans and intentions, from the day of the attacks until the final day of his presidency, preventing another attack on our homeland dominated the President’s first thoughts every morning and his last ones at night.

As we boarded the flight home to Texas yesterday, all of us were proud—and relieved—that he had succeeded in keeping our country safe. I’m sure most of us wished he was leaving to accolades or higher approval ratings, but no one voiced that. We all believe he accomplished many things for which he gets little or no credit, some expected and some not: covering prescription drugs in Medicare, reforming public schools, preserving huge swaths of pristine oceans, saving lives with a massive AIDS and malaria initiative in Africa, removing tyrannical regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, funding a massive increase in development assistance to further education and fight poverty and disease.

And I believe two of his least popular decisions, the surge of troops into Iraq and the massive rescue of our financial system, have paved the way for Barak Obama’s presidency to be far more successful than it otherwise would have been. We claim that we want our political leaders to do what they believe is right, rather than what polls shows is popular—but we don’t always honor that.

I hadn’t been sure what to expect about the flight home to Texas, dubbed Air Force Special Mission 28,000. The plane was the same one that had flown him across the world, but it was no longer called Air Force One because President Bush was no longer the President. I wasn’t sure if it would be somewhat sad, perhaps bittersweet, but as the President said, there was no “bitter” about it. Primarily, it was an affectionate, joyful gathering of people who have been through a great deal together. Many of us had arrived in Washington with the President; some had served the entire 8 years, while others, like me, had spent part of the administration with him (in my case, a total of four years, 18 months at the White House, two-and-a-half years at the State Department).

A couple of things struck me during the flight: the friends on board were many of the same ones he and Mrs. Bush had before they entered public life, the same ones who visited his house in Dallas when I first went to work for him.

And second, the vast disconnect between the affection and admiration those who worked most closely for and around him clearly feel, and the negative judgment of the public opinion polls. We watched a video in which both staff members and career employees who worked in the White House expressed their appreciation and admiration. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair summed up my most profound thought: the extraordinary courage it took for the President to support the surge of troops into Iraq in the face of almost universal disapproval, thus transforming a war that was being lost into one that is being won.

It was the privilege of a lifetime to know and serve a President, to see the office and its demands up close—and now, all of us are looking forward to the next chapter. President Bush is an active, energetic man who at age 62 has many years of positive contribution ahead of him. In this new season, he won’t stand in the spotlight—it is President Obama’s turn now. He’ll write a book to share with the American people the factors he considered as he made the decisions he did. He’ll work on building his presidential library, and an accompanying policy institute dedicated to advocating freedom and responsibility. Soon, I expect we’ll be welcoming Afghan women, leaders of emerging democracies, dissidents fighting for freedom, and those who are leading the fight against disease and poverty in the developing world to the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

For now, I suspect those of us who know President Bush best, are simply glad to welcome him home to Texas. Inaugurals are a wonderful affirmation of the enduring optimism of our democracy, and I wish President Obama and his team the very best. I know a lot more about Washington and the world than I did eight years ago, but I’m still an idealist at heart. I believe most people who are willing to endure the harsh, often negative spotlight that comes with public service do so for fundamentally the right reasons: to try to make our country a better place. My prayers are with our new President, and my gratitude and respect follow our former one home.

Karen Hughes was Counselor to President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2002, and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs from 2005-2007. She is now global vice chairman of Burson-Marsteller, a communications/public relations firm.

Oath Retaken

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama retook his oath of office Wednesday after Chief Justice John Roberts flubbed while delivering it at Tuesday's inauguration.

Barack Obama is pictured at the inauguration on Tuesday in Washington as Michelle Obama watches.

The second oath -- also administered by Roberts -- took place at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday in the White House's Map Room. Roberts asked Obama whether he was ready.

Though a Bible was used in Tuesday's oath, one was not used for Wednesday's.

It disturbs me that a Bible was not used on Wednesdays redo of the presidential oath.

Euroclydon

Some look at this picture with hope in their hearts. Not for me. It reminds me of two things. Communistic propoganda and a storm named Euroclydon.

Trouble is ahead.

Acts 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
Acts 27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,

10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.

11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.

13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

Trouble is ahead for America. Obama is ushering in the judgement of God on America.

The soft fair winds of popular opinion are blowing. The majority thinks we are going to experience positive change. America is going to change. Not for the good, but for the worse.

In his inaugerational speech, Obama addressed the Muslim community. I heard a little hitch of emotion in his voice. He stated that "Your people will judge you by what you build, not what you destroy." I hope the leaders hear it. I know the people will hear it. The Israeli's were listening for sure.

Wonder how he is going to deal with Iran?

Media Doubt Obama on Iran

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Israeli newspapers, known for making mincemeat out of politicians, have welcomed President Barack Obama with questions on how he can stop the Iranian nuclear threat without a military attack.

"Up to now, your speeches have been fantastic. Now let's see your actions," wrote editorial writer Eitan Haber in Yediot Acharonot. "When the festive noise fades in Washington, and in Jerusalem, the joy over the victory in Gaza, the big United States and little Israel must – with or without Europe – look for any and all means to strike at Iran's capabilities – military, economic and diplomatic."

Other Israel news media also addressed Obama. Ma'ariv wrote that the new president "has become the leader of the free world, but does he have a solution to the greatest threat to the free world – Islamic fundamentalism? Radical Islam looks for neither understanding nor compromise; its supporters see no distinction between Obama and Bush," whom the newspaper chided for not waging a stronger war against terrorism.

Israel's new free daily Yisrael HaYom (Israel Today), owned by American Jewish casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson, questioned President Obama's inaugural speech. "His call to the Arab peoples to be measured by their positive actions could be interpreted in two ways – on the one hand, a preliminary effort towards rapprochement with Islam, and on the other, setting a tangible condition for any cooperation with them," wrote Dan Margalit.

The dovish Haaretz, in an opinion article by its columnist Bradley Burston, ignored the issue of Iran and took the opportunity to lash out at Jewish development in Judea and Samaria, writing that "settler outposts are the Kassam of the Jews."

He advised President Obama to ignore the "mantra" of evangelicals and the national religious camp "who will tell you that illegal outposts, and settlements in general, promote peace and anchor security."

Burston also argued that Israel's attempt to break down Hamas has made it stronger, and he advised President Obama "to grant Hamas the freedom to fail" by finding an "arrangement both Israelis and Gazans seek - open border crossings and a true end to rocket attacks."

The Jerusalem Post opined, "We have every reason to expect that Obama will support the Jewish state in its quest for defensible borders and genuine acceptance by its neighbors."
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Then there is Rex 84: FEMA's Blueprint for Martial Law in America

It's like the stage is set for disaster.

Obama

I'm not an Obama fan. Great dread came over me when he was elected. As time progressed, I learned why.

http://marchreport.com/

http://obamacrimes.com/

With today being Martin Luther King's Holiday, the significance of Obama being African American and tomorrow being the inauguration, I'm full of turbulent emotions.

The ethnicity issue is so in the forefront that people are looking past the character of the man and what he is ushering in politically, which is communism. America is no longer free.

Story behind the Freedom Statue

Freedom is a female allegorical figure who holds a sheathed sword in her right hand and a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes in her left hand. She wears a helmet adorned with stars and an eagle's head. A brooch inscribed "U.S." secures her fringed robes. She stands facing east on a cast-iron globe encircled with one of the national mottoes, E pluribus unum. The lower part of the base is decorated with fasces and wreaths. Ten bronze points tipped with platinum are attached to her headdress, shoulders, and shield for protection from lightning. The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6 inches (6 m) tall and weighs approximately 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg). Her crest rises 288 feet (88 m) above the east front plaza.

A monumental statue for the top of the national Capitol appeared in architect Thomas U. Walter's original drawing for the new cast-iron dome, which was authorized in 1855. Walter's drawing showed the outline of a statue representing Liberty; Crawford proposed an allegorical figure of Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace.

Crawford was commissioned to design the Statue of Freedom in 1854 and executed the plaster model for the statue in his studio in Rome. He died in 1857 before the model left his studio. The model, packed into six crates, was shipped from Italy in a small sailing vessel in the spring of 1858. During the voyage the ship began to leak and stopped in Gibraltar for repairs. After leaving Gibraltar, the ship began leaking again to the point that it could go no farther than Bermuda, where the model was stored until other transportation could be arranged. Half of the crates finally arrived in New York City in December, but all sections were not in Washington, D.C. until late March 1859.

Beginning in 1860, the statue was cast in five main sections by Clark Mills, whose bronze foundry was located on the outskirts of Washington. Work was halted in 1861 because of the Civil War, but by the end of 1862 the statue was finished and temporarily displayed on the Capitol grounds. The cost of the statue, exclusive of installation, was $23,796.82. Late in 1863, construction of the dome was sufficiently advanced for the installation of the statue, which was hoisted in sections and assembled atop the cast-iron pedestal. The final section, the figure's head and shoulders, was raised on December 2, 1863, to a salute of 35 guns answered by the guns of the 12 forts around Washington.

While Freedom was being cast at Mills' foundry the foreman in charge of the casting went on strike. Instead of paying him the higher wages he demanded Mills turned the project over to Philip Reid, one of the slaves working at the facility. Reid presided over the rest of the casting and assembly of the figure. The figure was placed in position on December 2, 1863. Reid had to wait until November 1864, at which time he, at least symbolically, received his freedom cap.

The Statue of Freedom was removed from the dome for five months in 1993.

On May 9, 1993, after being in place almost 130 years, the statue was brought down from its pedestal by helicopter for restoration, also giving tourists a chance to see the statue up close. The work was needed because of extensive pitting and corrosion on the surface of the bronze and because of a crack and rusting on the cast-iron pedestal. The project was guided by the recommendations of a thorough conservation and engineering study conducted in 1991. The United States Capitol Preservation Commission provided $780,000 in privately raised funds, which covered all project costs. The work was performed by New Arts Foundry, of Baltimore, Maryland.

The cast-iron pedestal was restored in place atop the dome. The metal was stripped of paint, and the wreaths and fasces were removed to ensure that they were thoroughly cleaned and coated. The crack was permanently repaired, and the entire pedestal was primed and painted with a color specially mixed to match the statue. Since then, every 2-3 years, the statue undergoes two weeks of cleaning and recoating as necessary.

Restoration of the statue and the pedestal was completed in approximately four months. The Statue of Freedom was returned to its pedestal by helicopter on October 23, 1993, amid the celebration of the bicentenial of the U.S. Capitol.

Statue of Freedom's plaster model cast now resides in the Capitol Visitor Center.

The plaster model of the statue, which had been in storage for 25 years, was reassembled and restored in the basement rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building, where it was returned to permanent public display in January 1993. The plaster model was relocated to the Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center, which provides visitors a much closer look at the statue’s details.^[3]

The head of the statue is depicted on a postage stamp (United States Scott No. 573), which was re-issued in 2006.

The statue was originally topped by a liberty cap but Jefferson Davis (who later became the President of the Confederacy) was in charge of the construction and refused to allow the statue to wear a hat. He told the sculptor to either remove the hat or he would give the commission to someone else. Davis was a scholar of ancient Rome and he knew that only freed slaves (in Rome) wore these hats and he didn't want to have a freed slave on top of the Capitol Dome. So the American eagle helmet replaced the hat when the sculpture was made. Most people look at the statue and the eagle and assume the statue is of an American Indian, but this is not true it is of a freed slave wearing the American eagle helmet. (This is according to a story on PBS News Hour on Jan 16. Jesse Jay Holland author of "Black Men Built the Capitol" is interviewed.) This podcast: (http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/01/16/20090116_slaves.mp3)

Joseph's Tomb Restored

Workers replacing Joseph's tombstone,

which was defaced by Arabs 9 years ago.

(IsraelNN.com) A team of Jewish workers accompanied by the IDF spruced-up two nights ago the tomb of the Biblical Joseph in Shechem. The restoration was performed by the Shechem Echad organization, which is responsible for restoring historic Jewish graves throughout Samaria.

The campaign to restore Joseph's Tomb, spearheaded by Shomron Regional Council head Gershon Mesika, began last Chanukah, immediately after Mesika began his tenure. Mesika and his strategic advisory board visited the holy site and held a special prayer meeting thanking G-d for the opportunity to lead the Jewish communities in Samaria. Mesika stated at the event that he would use all of his influence to restore the Tomb of Joseph and to reestablish the yeshiva that thrived there until the site was overrun by Arab mobs and burnt down nine years ago.

After his election, Mesika set in motion monthly visits to the site for thousands of worshipers from around the country and around the world. The Shomron Regional Council has been in continual contact with the IDF and even lobbied the Knesset in order to allow at least partial access to the throngs of Jewish worshippers.

At present, the IDF usually allows access to Joseph’s Tomb once a month, but limits the number to 1,000 people. Due to the security situation, the IDF only gives limited advanced notice when Joseph’s Tomb is officially open to Jews. Due to a large waiting list, the Shomron Community Council also does not publicize extensively the dates when access to the tomb is authorized. In addition, many of the coveted spots are reserved for public officials and other VIPs from abroad.

On Wednesday night, among the hundreds of worshippers who came to Joseph’s Tomb was Rabbanit Dorit Kadouri, the widow of Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Kadouri. Over ten busloads of worshippers throughout Israel visited the tomb on the fourth night of Chanukah. That night was the first time worshippers saw the tomb's renovations. Jewish workers funded by anonymous donors painted the blackened walls of the defaced religious landmark and built a new stone covering for the grave of Joseph, which was smashed by Arabs in an act of hatred for the Jewish religion and heritage. Local leaders hope that this will be a first stage towards the goal of completely rebuilding the site and the yeshiva.

News in Israel.

I've been following the news about the war in Israel. It is amazing what a difference exists between what the main stream media is saying and what sources in Israel are reporting.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=4226712&cl=11505856&src=news

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129368

Here is a video that captures how Hamas has booby trapped a Zoo and a school.

Hamas is so underhanded that it is even using innocent civilians as human shields. Then when Israel bombs them the media portrays Israel as the bad one, when in reality it is Hamas that is in error.

They are even booby trapping abandoned homes and putting mannequins full of explosives in windows so that when they are shot at, they explode. This picture is proof.



To think that in March of last year, I was were the fighting is occurring. Bad place for tourists to be right now.

I'm glad Israel is moving forward with their plans of war while in between presidents. Hamas is really being difficult. Iran is has been increasing their Uranium supply and are stocking up for nuclear warfare.

Hamas is even falsifying news in order to evoke compassion among supporters.

Even Google has joined the censored ranks by banning this blog.