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As mentioned earlier this week, a pastor in Florida planned to burn copies of the Qu’ran (Koran) on September 11, 2010.  His reasoning – “It’s the devil’s book.”  Well, so?  What does burning the Qu’ran do to change minds and win over people who are convinced that it is God’s book, not satan’s?  The answer is – nothing.  To many people the physical book itself is what is holy.  There are protocols about the proper treatment of the Qu’ran.  It is kept on the top shelf.  It is never placed under another book.  It is covered with a plastic or cloth dust cover when not in use.  It is never allowed to be on the floor. Etc, etc, etc. All these have to do with the physical book itself.

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200 yards from the site where nearly 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001 by the actions of muslim extremists there is a plot of land upon which adherents of Islam wish to build a 13 story “prayer and cultural center”, an edifice which is being called “The Ground Zero Mosque”. Their plans have fanned the flames of discontent amongst those who remember the celebrations by muslims in the streets around the world that were broadcast in the aftermath of the horrific attacks. However, it is not just non-muslims who are raising their voices. A quick search on a good internet search engine yields a number of articles by and about muslims objecting to this project. From Miss America to imams to political commentators there are voices raised by muslims decrying the intentions of those who have formulated this plan.

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Thank you to my brother Benjamin Rees for providing the search words that dug up the following information.  I had looked online but am one of the world’s worst googlers ever, can’t seem to put the search words together in the right way to find the info sought sometimes.  Anyway, below is a follow up to yesterday’s article, starting with the reply by brother Rees. Read the rest of this entry »

On the news recently is a church in Gainesville, Florida that is preparing to burn copies of the Koran (Quran) on September 11, 2010.  9 years after the horrific acts of violence against peaceful civilians perpetrated by fanatical believers in Islam, the world continues to wonder, “Where is the outrage by the members of this “peaceful” religion?” Many of us remember the dancing in the streets in muslim countries around the world.  We remember the words of hate against our nation by members of muslim communities living within our borders.  What we did not see was outrage at the acts of violence nor did we hear muslim leaders denouncing the senseless, barbaric murder of thousands of non-combatants and the destruction of private, non-military property. Read the rest of this entry »

The following are suggested system error messages for MickeySoft Windoze, they make more sense than most of the error messages that are already part of the operating system:

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In today’s world the personal computer has become almost indispensable for day to day life. It is used for everything from writing articles and home work assignments to chatting with friends and family around the world on various social networks. But there are some aspects of computer usage that are often overlooked in our society. One is the legal aspect of respecting and paying for the intellectual property of the companies who provide the operating system and programs we use to accomplish the various tasks for which we obtained a computer in the first place. And another is the security aspect since today’s computers all to often come under attack by viruses and malware. Read the rest of this entry »

Today my laptop “bit the dust”.  It simply refused to cooperate.  I couldn’t even get it to boot into “Safe Mode”.  Fortunately I set up an Ubuntu Linux 10.04 USB drive the other day.  I guess the Good Lord was prompting me.  A search on the ‘net produced zilch, nada, zip, diddley as to ways to fix the problem I’d encountered.  The hard drive was accessible so the external hard drive was called into play and a copy of the document folder contents was made. Read the rest of this entry »

Just think what life would be like if automobiles were treated like firearms.

• You could not purchase a long vehicle until you were at least 18.  In some states you would only be able to purchase ANY vehicle after your 21st birthday.
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There are some racial groups around the United States that are promoting racial hatred and bigotry.  During the last elections several polling places were haunted by persons of a certain race who carried impact weapons, dressed an in intimidating way and basically did their best to keep people of other races from voting.  Racial epithets were used and on occasion even violence was implemented against those with whom they did not agree, either on the basis of opinion or simply because of the color of skin.  The new news media, YouTube, has plenty of videos on the subject for those curious enough to take a look.  Interestingly enough, the current Attorney General has seen to it that charges against such perpetrators were dropped.  Of course, surely it isn’t because they share the same race, is it?  Isn’t it time justice were really blind, not hampered by the color of anyone’s skin?  A white attorney general dropping similar charges against a white perpetrator of racial hate actions would have been called on the carpet, at best.  In fact, we’ve seen this government even go after their own Navy Seals for doing their job and bringing in a terrorist, why do they cut a racist slack when he was doing his best to disrupt the electoral process? Read the rest of this entry »

Recently some friends of mine were discussing the origins of an old saying, “The Good Lord willing and the creeks don’t rise”. The question was asked, “Does anyone know if the reference is to a creek (little river, stream, bayou-ette) overflowing its banks, or to the Creek tribe going off the reservation?” It turns out that some folks claim that this goes back to the Creek War of 1813-1814. But those speculating on such origins probably never lived in the backwoods.  Unless someone makes the effort to look through historical documents until they come across some ancient writing in which the words are written (I suspect that some variation of this theme may be found on Cuneiform tablets in some ancient city) Read the rest of this entry »