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IMHO=In My Humble Opinion VBG=Very Big Grin

This blog is devoted to topics that interest me and perhaps I'll post information that "the mainstream media" chooses to ignore or deemphasize. The point here is not to debate what I post, just consider it another point of view if you disagree with it, you know, be "open minded" and "tolerant."

Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding."

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

October 18, 2005

Quake killed over 3000 militants
October 17, 2005 Intelligence sources have confirmed that over 3000 terrorists who were waiting for an opportunity to cross into India from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were killed in the October 8 earthquake.

A top intelligence officer told rediff.com that while hundreds of terrorists were killed because of the huge buildings crumbling, most others were killed due to massive explosions that took place because of fire breaking out in their ammunition dumps...the figure of 3000 was tentative and the number of militants killed could be much more...
http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/17quake10.htm?q=tp&file=.htm

Some Students Wear Pajama Bottoms in Class
(I've seen this at WAL-MART too...)
Oct 17 There's a new fad of students _ mostly girls _ wearing pajama bottoms to school, and so far administrators are not making a fuss about it. ..."There's a fine line there, and I think sometimes we need to pick our battles. Should we get into a tussle over pajamas?" said Eileen Nicholas, student and family services teacher specialist for Ogden district..."Pajama bottoms would be an improvement for some of our kids," said Ogden High School Principal Ed Jenson.

"Some days you don't want to get dressed up for school. Like when it's raining and cold. You just want to be cozy," said Ben Lomond junior Elvia Escalante, 16.
(So what’s so hard about expelling kids for violating a dress code?)
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/17/D8DA2SRG0.html

Teen Magazines Send Mixed Messages
October 17, 2005 In Teen People a girl tells readers, "I made out with him for hours -- with my parents right down the hall."

CosmoGirl! readers are given a toll-free number to call for emergency contraception in case a condom breaks during intercourse. On the same page is a photo of a girl approaching a guy with a box of condoms and a can of whipped cream. Its caption reads, "Sophia's got Chad totally whipped."

...millions of young people are falling prey to the gratuitous sex in teen magazines targeted at girls ages 13-17...Young girls can read about "A Day in the Life of a Teen Nudist" in the September 2005 issue of Elle Girl. Obscured pictures of nude males and females accompany the article to illustrate the teen's involvement in a nudist colony...In addition, these magazines are blatant in their seductive advertisements, display of sexy lingerie and promotion of Planned Parenthood, America's largest abortion provider.

… the influence of the media is so strong that is it defining the young people of today......Even more disturbing is that the magazine pitches these topics as a health issue while being quick to include a question about virginity and a claim that abstinence is the only effective means of contraception. In other words, they are sending mixed messages to a vulnerable generation..."The ying and yang of being simultaneously irresistible and virginal fill page after page," she explained. "Impressionable teens [and pre-teens] are being whip-sawed by the mixed messages."
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/172005a.asp

Murder Rate Drops to 40-Year Low
Oct. 18, 2005 …the nation's murder rate dropped in 2004, taking it to the lowest level in 40 years, the FBI reported Monday... 5.5 murders for every 100,000 people.

That's a decline of 3.3 percent from 2003 and the lowest murder rate since 1965, when it was 5.1.

Overall, the number of violent crimes, which also include aggravated assaults and robberies, fell by 1.2 percent last year. Property crimes - burglaries, larceny/theft and car theft - dropped 1.1 percent in 2004, compared with 2003.
http://newsmax.com/archives

Eminent Domain in N.J. - Now They Just Steal Land
Oct. 17, 2005 Union Township, N.J. -- Carol Segal has a problem: He wants to build townhouses on the six acres of land he owns in New Jersey's Union Township and has contracted with a developer to build 100 townhouses there.

But the township government wants to develop the property themselves, and - incredibly - they have voted to take his land through the eminent domain process and let a local developer with political connections do the job.

...According to the Star-Ledger, Segal, a 65-year-old retired electrical engineer, has spent about $1.5 million to acquire the property over the past 10 years and has been dickering with township officials over the past five years about his development plans. He claims negotiations fell apart after he refused to use the developers that township officials wanted him to use.

At that point, on May 24, the five-member township committee voted unanimously to authorize the municipality to seize Segal's land through eminent domain and name its own developer, AMJM Development, paving the way for the developer to build 90 or so townhouses on Segal's land, according to the Star Ledger...
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/10/17/145458.shtml

DA Earle: DeLay Evidence Missing
Oct. 17, 2005 The most compelling piece of evidence cited by Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle to implicate House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in a money laundering and conspiracy case can't be located, Earle's prosecution team admitted on Friday.

...DeLay's lawyer, Dick DeGuerin immediately pounced on the development, telling the Chronicle that the lack of a list "destroys" Earle's case. "That's astonishing, astonishing that they would get a grand jury to indict and allege there is a list and then they have to admit in open court the first time they appear in open court that there is no list," DeGuerin said.

Prosecutor Earle engaged in similar tactics in 1993, when he twice indicted Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison only to have the case dismissed both times. Earle indicted a third time, but when the case went to trial he failed to produce any evidence and was forced to dismiss all charges.
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/10/17/100045.shtml

DeLay judge supports MoveOn.org
Perkins contributed to Kerry, DNC, Soros front
October 17, 2005 When Rep. Tom DeLay is booked this Friday on charges of money laundering, the presiding judge will be a Democrat Party activist who has contributed money to the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic National Committee and the George Soros-backed MoveOn.org.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46895

News that you can't live without. I guess the AP is desperate for news stories about Karl:
Karl Rove's Garage Proves to Be Typical
Oct 17 He is "the architect" who steered George W. Bush to victory four times, twice as Texas governor and twice as president.

But can Karl Rove organize his own garage? Can the master of Bush's political planning figure out where to put the ladders, paint cans and cardboard boxes?

Rove's wife, Darby, raised the white garage door one morning last week to show journalists outside the million-dollar brick home that the deputy chief of staff, assistant to the president and senior adviser wasn't home… The inventory, seen from outside:

Some cardboard file boxes stacked one on top of the other, labeled "Box 6," "Box 4" and what appears to be "Box 7." No sign of boxes 1, 2, 3 and 5.

What appear to be paint cans stacked alongside a folded, folding chair.

A rather large wood crate marked "FRAGILE" and painted with arrows indicating which way is up. On top of the crate, two coolers.

A tall aluminum ladder.

A snow shovel leaned in front of another cardboard box.

Wicker baskets inside of wicker baskets on top of a shelf running the length of the rear wall. Transparent plastic storage bins crammed with indiscernible stuff. Another cardboard box.

In one corner, the rear wheel of a bicycle sticks out, along with what appears to be a helmet.

Another ladder, this one green, leaning sideways.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/17/D8D9UP0G0.html

‘Non-Partisan’ Congressional Black Caucus
There is not a single Republican in the 43-member Congressional Black Caucus. Since the group’s founding in 1971, only three black Republicans – Sen. Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, Rep. Gary Franks of Connecticut and Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma -- have been elected to Congress and none chose to join the Black Caucus.

When asked about his relationship with the Black Caucus, Watts told the Fox News show, “Hannity and Colmes” that Caucus members “said that I had sold out and [was an] Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus#History

Palestinians Killing Each Other
More Palestinians have been killed this year by fellow Palestinians than by Israeli soldiers, according to a Palestinian government report released this week. The Washington Times called it the latest sign that chaos in the Gaza Strip and West Bank is replacing the intifadah at the top of the Palestinian agenda.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20051018-123536-4946r.htm