November 14, 2005
Pittsburgh professor's team unearths earliest alphabet yet found
November 10, 2005- Ron Tappy, a professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Highland Park, announced Wednesday that an excavation that he led in Israel this summer unearthed a complete alphabet inscribed on a stone set inside a building.
The building, which dates to the 10th century B.C., is in an Israeli archeological site called Tel Zayit, about 35 miles southwest of Jerusalem. It would have been on the outskirts of ancient Judah.
For years, scholars have debated whether the kingdoms of David and Solomon, who the Bible says reigned about the 10th century B.C., were as advanced as the Bible describes them.
Tappy said he believes the alphabet proves that a civilization comparable to the one described in the Bible existed during the time of David and Solomon. "This was not an embryonic kingdom," Tappy said. "It has to have been quite advanced. They had the ability to write at remote, outlying cities."
The alphabet was carved into a 38-pound limestone boulder embedded in the wall of a ground-floor room. Tappy said that the position of the boulder made it impossible for someone to carve the alphabet after the stone went into the wall.
"Early writing systems used hundreds of pictures to mean things, and eventually those pictures were distilled down into 22 individual marks," Tappy said. "This was an enormous step forward for the human race: You could record things, any expression, any idea. That is what made the alphabet powerful."
…The 22-letter alphabet eventually was picked up by the Greeks, more letters were added, and it became the 26-letter alphabet used today, he said.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_393076.html
Help persecuted Christians by writing to them and/or their governments
http://www.prisoneralert.com/
Your involvement can result in better treatment for a prisoner. The authorities in many nations are very sensitive about their image abroad. When they realize that outsiders are monitoring a prisoner’s situation, conditions may be improved.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10
Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Hebrews 13:3
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 1 Peter 4:12-16
Alternatives to the AARP
There are senior citizen's organization that offer the benefits of AARP membership without spending membership funds on leftist political causes:
-The National Association for Senior Concerns (NASCON): http://www.nascon.org/
-National Project of United Seniors Association, Inc (USA Next): http://www.usanext.org/
Oil Prices Fall Below $58 a Barrel As Reports Ease Supply Concerns
- Crude oil futures fell by more than $1 Thursday, settling below $58 a barrel for the first time since late July in a selloff fueled by reports of rising supply and falling demand.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released data that showed natural gas in storage grew more than expected last week, surpassing a level that many analysts believe is necessary to meet winter demand.
Also, the Paris-based International Energy Agency said in a monthly report that global oil demand growth in 2005 would be slightly lower than previously expected.
The reports gave momentum to a price decline already underway due to a moderation in gasoline demand and warmer-than-usual weather in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest.
With energy prices falling despite the continued loss of output of oil, natural gas and gasoline in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Cordier said it is a clear indication that the market is being driven by a dropoff in demand.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/print?id=1300654
Pistol-Packing Grandmother Shoots Intruder
November 9, 2005- ARLINGTON, Texas -- A woman found evidence on her porch that someone might have broken into her house when she let her dogs out for a walk early Wednesday morning. The woman's granddaughter also said she heard noises from inside the house.
Susan Gaylord Buxton, 66, retrieved her .38 caliber handgun and searched her house. She found a man hiding in a closet, covered by a coat. The man, 22-year-old Christopher Lessner, lunged for the gun, and, police said, Buxton shot him once in the leg. She fired a second shot, which missed, according to police.
Buxton, who was a license for the weapon, said she feared for her safety and that of her 28-year-old granddaughter. "He was 6 feet tall," she said. "He could have done something horrible my granddaughter and me. That's exactly the reason you need to learn how to handle (a firearm) and keep it with you."
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/5289996/detail.html
Experts: Saddam's Uranium Enough for One Nuke
Nov. 12, 2005 -…experts say that Saddam Hussein had stockpiled enough partially enriched uranium to produce at least one full-fledged nuclear bomb. Commenting on Saddam's enriched uranium stash after the U.S. Energy Department removed it to Oak Ridge, Tenn., in June 2004, top physicist Ivan Oelrich told the Associated Press:
"[Saddam's] 1.95 tons of low-enriched uranium could be used to produce enough highly enriched uranium to make a single nuclear bomb."
…Bryan Wilkes, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, told the New York Times that Saddam's partially enriched uranium "could have been further enriched to make it useful in a weapon."
…Even Saddam's 500-ton un-enriched uranium stockpile, which he stored at the same nuclear weapons research facility where inspectors found his partially enriched stash, posed a potential threat…In a March 2003 op-ed piece for London's Evening Standard, Norman Dombey, professor of theoretical physics at the University of Sussex, calculated that Saddam's yellowcake could have yielded a staggering nuclear arsenal.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/12/103450.shtml
Europe's 'disaffected youths' conspiracy
…For two weeks roaming bands of "youths" have rampaged across France, burning buildings and cars and daring police to intervene...According to the mainstream media, the rioters are "disaffected youths" who feel "alienated" from French society. The mainstream fiction is that they are rioting because of high unemployment and unfavorable social conditions.
…[then] explain why "disaffected youths" are also rioting in Belgium and Denmark. (In Denmark, the rioters chanted, "This land belongs to us.") Denmark "belongs" to disaffected immigrant youths suffering from high unemployment and unsatisfactory social conditions? OK. Then why the Belgian riots? Sympathy pains?
What do all these "disaffected immigrant youths" have in common? Apart from being Muslims, that is? Wait! The rioters are Muslims? …Could this have somehow escaped the attention of government spokespersons and the mainstream media of the Western world? …One would think that is a relevant connection, especially given that the rioters in Denmark were chanting "this land belongs to us." The "us" the chanters were referring to wasn't the "disaffected immigrant youths" who were claiming Denmark for the unemployed. They were claiming it for Islam.
...While the West nervously looks past the rioters' Islamic identity to find an explanation that blames the victims, the Islamic government of Iran says the riots are because of European "suppression" of Islam...So, why are the Europeans (and the mainstream media on both sides of the Atlantic) blaming themselves and giving Islam a pass? It's simple...If it is the government's fault, the people can always change governments. But if it is part of a coming Islamic war for what's been dubbed "Eurabia" – well, that is just too terrible a thought to consider.
And if Islam is moved center stage as the main culprit, it might stoke the fires of Islamic rage and bring down the wrath of Islamic terror on them now, rather than in some nebulous "later."
The jihadists' sense that Western Europe is ripe for plucking. Hamstrung by the liberal doctrines of multiculturalism and political correctness, Western Europe is unprepared for a determined jihad from within...
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47350
FDA Proposes More Specific Condom Labeling
WASHINGTON - The FDA wants condom packages to warn that condoms are less effective at stopping some sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes and human papilloma virus, than others. The agency also wants packaging to advise that condoms that use a common spermicidal lubricant should not be used by people at risk of catching HIV.
...Under the proposed rules, condom packages would say that they are thought to be less effective against certain STDs, including herpes and human papilloma virus, because those diseases can be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact in places not covered by a condom…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_he_me/fda_condom_labels
More Moore
Nov. 4, 2005 - Filmmaker Michael Moore has made a career out of trashing corporations and said he doesn't own any stocks due to moral principle…IRS documents showing that Moore's very own foundation has bought stocks in some of America's largest corporations – including Halliburton, other defense contractors and some of the same companies he has attacked.
…Publicly, Moore has claimed he wants no part of these companies and won't own stock. In his book "Stupid White Men," he wrote: "I don't own a single share of stock."
...The year that Moore claimed in "Stupid White Men" that he didn't own any stock, he told the IRS that a foundation totally controlled by Moore and his wife had more than $280,000 in corporate stock and nearly $100,000 in corporate bonds.
Over the past five years, Moore's holdings have "included such evil pharmaceutical and medical companies as Pfizer, Merck, Genzyme, Elan PLC, Eli Lilly, Becton Dickinson and Boston Scientific," writes Schweizer."
"Moore's supposedly nonexistent portfolio also includes big bad energy giants like Sunoco, Noble Energy, Schlumberger, Williams Companies, Transocean Sedco Forex and Anadarko, all firms that 'deplete irreplaceable fossil fuels in the name of profit' as he put it in ‘Dude, Where's My Country?'
"And in perhaps the ultimate irony, he also has owned shares in Halliburton. According to IRS filings, Moore sold Halliburton for a 15 percent profit and bought shares in Noble, Ford, General Electric (another defense contractor), AOL Time Warner (evil corporate media) and McDonald's...
Does Moore share the stock proceeds of his "foundation" with charitable causes? …Schweizer found that "for a man who by 2002 had a net worth in eight figures, he gave away a modest $36,000 through the foundation, much of it to his friends in the film business or cultural organizations that later provided him with venues to promote his books and film."
Moore's hypocrisy doesn't end with his financial holdings…In "Stupid White Men," he proclaimed his plans to "hire only black people."
But when Schweizer checked the senior credits for Moore's latest film "Fahrenheit 911," he found that of the movie's 14 producers, three editors, production manager and production coordinator, all 19 were white. So were all three cameramen and the two people who did the original music.
On "Bowling for Columbine," 13 of the 14 producers were white, as were the two executives in charge of production, the cameramen, the film editor and the music composer.
His show "TV Nation" had 13 producers, four film editors and 10 writers – but not a single African-American among them...
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/11/3/150518.shtml
want to know why your kid can't read?
Staff supports kids' anti-Bush 'walk out'
November 4, 2005- The Los Angeles Unified School District enabled 800 high-school students from 10 schools to walk out of class and attend an anti-Bush rally, providing staff to accompany the minors and buses to shuttle them back to school after the event.
...Katharine DeBrecht, author of "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" …"It is reprehensible that public school teachers and administrators would actually encourage students to leave the classroom to attend a Bush-bashing event…Not only are these educators ignoring their duty to teach our children, but apparently they care much more about turning them into props for their political causes…This is just one more example of how liberals have taken over our public schools and turned them into hot beds of left-wing activism."
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47211
Study: Preschool harms children's development
November 10, 2005- A new study on the effects of preschool on children finds attendance harms kids' emotional and social development. The study, conducted at UC Berkeley, found that while youngsters gained cognitive abilities via the preschool experience, behavioral problems also increased – especially among kids from wealthy families.
…On average, the report finds that the earlier a child enters a preschool center, the slower his or her pace of social development, while cognitive skills in pre-reading and math are stronger when children first enter a preschool program between the ages of 2 and 3… The study found that children who attended preschool at least 15 hours a week displayed more negative social behaviors when compared with their stay-at-home peers.
…Fuller says those elected officials pushing for compulsory preschool should rethink the idea…"The report's a bit sobering for governors and mayors – including those in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Oklahoma – who are getting behind universal preschool," Fuller said.
…The report, entitled "The Influence of Preschool Centers on Children's Development Nationwide: How Much Is Too Much?" looked at 14,000 kindergartners across the nation… http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47322
WMDs Found in Iraq
Nov 9, 2005 - Contrary to ongoing reports by mainstream media outlets, WMDs have been found in Iraq, so reports New York Times best-selling author Richard Miniter in his new book, Disinformation.
• Found: 1.77 metric tons of enriched uranium
• Found: 1,500 gallons of chemical weapons
• Found: Roadside bomb loaded with sarin gas
• Found: 1,000 radioactive materials--ideal for radioactive dirty bombs
• Found: 17 chemical warheads--some containing cyclosarin, a nerve agent five times more powerful than sarin
This is only a partial list of the deadly weapons Miniter reveals in his new book, Disinformation. Miniter systematically dissects the "No-WMD Myth" (how it started, and why it continues), as well as 21 other War-on-Terror myths perpetuated by the media.
Bush Approval Rating on the Rebound
Nov. 13- Rasmussen's latest three day rolling survey shows that 46 percent of Americans approve of the way Bush is handling his job - with 53 percent giving him a thumbs down…Meanwhile, a new Newsweek poll shows Bush continuing to slide…
Both surveys relied on samples of more than 1000 "adults" - as opposed to more accurate samplings of "registered" or "likely voters." Surveys relying on "adults" almost always favor Democrats, while "registered voters" lean more towards the GOP. "Likely voters" tend to trend even more Republican still than "registered voters."
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/13/100427.shtml
November 10, 2005- Ron Tappy, a professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Highland Park, announced Wednesday that an excavation that he led in Israel this summer unearthed a complete alphabet inscribed on a stone set inside a building.
The building, which dates to the 10th century B.C., is in an Israeli archeological site called Tel Zayit, about 35 miles southwest of Jerusalem. It would have been on the outskirts of ancient Judah.
For years, scholars have debated whether the kingdoms of David and Solomon, who the Bible says reigned about the 10th century B.C., were as advanced as the Bible describes them.
Tappy said he believes the alphabet proves that a civilization comparable to the one described in the Bible existed during the time of David and Solomon. "This was not an embryonic kingdom," Tappy said. "It has to have been quite advanced. They had the ability to write at remote, outlying cities."
The alphabet was carved into a 38-pound limestone boulder embedded in the wall of a ground-floor room. Tappy said that the position of the boulder made it impossible for someone to carve the alphabet after the stone went into the wall.
"Early writing systems used hundreds of pictures to mean things, and eventually those pictures were distilled down into 22 individual marks," Tappy said. "This was an enormous step forward for the human race: You could record things, any expression, any idea. That is what made the alphabet powerful."
…The 22-letter alphabet eventually was picked up by the Greeks, more letters were added, and it became the 26-letter alphabet used today, he said.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_393076.html
Help persecuted Christians by writing to them and/or their governments
http://www.prisoneralert.com/
Your involvement can result in better treatment for a prisoner. The authorities in many nations are very sensitive about their image abroad. When they realize that outsiders are monitoring a prisoner’s situation, conditions may be improved.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10
Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Hebrews 13:3
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. 1 Peter 4:12-16
Alternatives to the AARP
There are senior citizen's organization that offer the benefits of AARP membership without spending membership funds on leftist political causes:
-The National Association for Senior Concerns (NASCON): http://www.nascon.org/
-National Project of United Seniors Association, Inc (USA Next): http://www.usanext.org/
Oil Prices Fall Below $58 a Barrel As Reports Ease Supply Concerns
- Crude oil futures fell by more than $1 Thursday, settling below $58 a barrel for the first time since late July in a selloff fueled by reports of rising supply and falling demand.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released data that showed natural gas in storage grew more than expected last week, surpassing a level that many analysts believe is necessary to meet winter demand.
Also, the Paris-based International Energy Agency said in a monthly report that global oil demand growth in 2005 would be slightly lower than previously expected.
The reports gave momentum to a price decline already underway due to a moderation in gasoline demand and warmer-than-usual weather in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest.
With energy prices falling despite the continued loss of output of oil, natural gas and gasoline in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Cordier said it is a clear indication that the market is being driven by a dropoff in demand.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/print?id=1300654
Pistol-Packing Grandmother Shoots Intruder
November 9, 2005- ARLINGTON, Texas -- A woman found evidence on her porch that someone might have broken into her house when she let her dogs out for a walk early Wednesday morning. The woman's granddaughter also said she heard noises from inside the house.
Susan Gaylord Buxton, 66, retrieved her .38 caliber handgun and searched her house. She found a man hiding in a closet, covered by a coat. The man, 22-year-old Christopher Lessner, lunged for the gun, and, police said, Buxton shot him once in the leg. She fired a second shot, which missed, according to police.
Buxton, who was a license for the weapon, said she feared for her safety and that of her 28-year-old granddaughter. "He was 6 feet tall," she said. "He could have done something horrible my granddaughter and me. That's exactly the reason you need to learn how to handle (a firearm) and keep it with you."
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/5289996/detail.html
Experts: Saddam's Uranium Enough for One Nuke
Nov. 12, 2005 -…experts say that Saddam Hussein had stockpiled enough partially enriched uranium to produce at least one full-fledged nuclear bomb. Commenting on Saddam's enriched uranium stash after the U.S. Energy Department removed it to Oak Ridge, Tenn., in June 2004, top physicist Ivan Oelrich told the Associated Press:
"[Saddam's] 1.95 tons of low-enriched uranium could be used to produce enough highly enriched uranium to make a single nuclear bomb."
…Bryan Wilkes, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, told the New York Times that Saddam's partially enriched uranium "could have been further enriched to make it useful in a weapon."
…Even Saddam's 500-ton un-enriched uranium stockpile, which he stored at the same nuclear weapons research facility where inspectors found his partially enriched stash, posed a potential threat…In a March 2003 op-ed piece for London's Evening Standard, Norman Dombey, professor of theoretical physics at the University of Sussex, calculated that Saddam's yellowcake could have yielded a staggering nuclear arsenal.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/12/103450.shtml
Europe's 'disaffected youths' conspiracy
…For two weeks roaming bands of "youths" have rampaged across France, burning buildings and cars and daring police to intervene...According to the mainstream media, the rioters are "disaffected youths" who feel "alienated" from French society. The mainstream fiction is that they are rioting because of high unemployment and unfavorable social conditions.
…[then] explain why "disaffected youths" are also rioting in Belgium and Denmark. (In Denmark, the rioters chanted, "This land belongs to us.") Denmark "belongs" to disaffected immigrant youths suffering from high unemployment and unsatisfactory social conditions? OK. Then why the Belgian riots? Sympathy pains?
What do all these "disaffected immigrant youths" have in common? Apart from being Muslims, that is? Wait! The rioters are Muslims? …Could this have somehow escaped the attention of government spokespersons and the mainstream media of the Western world? …One would think that is a relevant connection, especially given that the rioters in Denmark were chanting "this land belongs to us." The "us" the chanters were referring to wasn't the "disaffected immigrant youths" who were claiming Denmark for the unemployed. They were claiming it for Islam.
...While the West nervously looks past the rioters' Islamic identity to find an explanation that blames the victims, the Islamic government of Iran says the riots are because of European "suppression" of Islam...So, why are the Europeans (and the mainstream media on both sides of the Atlantic) blaming themselves and giving Islam a pass? It's simple...If it is the government's fault, the people can always change governments. But if it is part of a coming Islamic war for what's been dubbed "Eurabia" – well, that is just too terrible a thought to consider.
And if Islam is moved center stage as the main culprit, it might stoke the fires of Islamic rage and bring down the wrath of Islamic terror on them now, rather than in some nebulous "later."
The jihadists' sense that Western Europe is ripe for plucking. Hamstrung by the liberal doctrines of multiculturalism and political correctness, Western Europe is unprepared for a determined jihad from within...
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47350
FDA Proposes More Specific Condom Labeling
WASHINGTON - The FDA wants condom packages to warn that condoms are less effective at stopping some sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes and human papilloma virus, than others. The agency also wants packaging to advise that condoms that use a common spermicidal lubricant should not be used by people at risk of catching HIV.
...Under the proposed rules, condom packages would say that they are thought to be less effective against certain STDs, including herpes and human papilloma virus, because those diseases can be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact in places not covered by a condom…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_he_me/fda_condom_labels
More Moore
Nov. 4, 2005 - Filmmaker Michael Moore has made a career out of trashing corporations and said he doesn't own any stocks due to moral principle…IRS documents showing that Moore's very own foundation has bought stocks in some of America's largest corporations – including Halliburton, other defense contractors and some of the same companies he has attacked.
…Publicly, Moore has claimed he wants no part of these companies and won't own stock. In his book "Stupid White Men," he wrote: "I don't own a single share of stock."
...The year that Moore claimed in "Stupid White Men" that he didn't own any stock, he told the IRS that a foundation totally controlled by Moore and his wife had more than $280,000 in corporate stock and nearly $100,000 in corporate bonds.
Over the past five years, Moore's holdings have "included such evil pharmaceutical and medical companies as Pfizer, Merck, Genzyme, Elan PLC, Eli Lilly, Becton Dickinson and Boston Scientific," writes Schweizer."
"Moore's supposedly nonexistent portfolio also includes big bad energy giants like Sunoco, Noble Energy, Schlumberger, Williams Companies, Transocean Sedco Forex and Anadarko, all firms that 'deplete irreplaceable fossil fuels in the name of profit' as he put it in ‘Dude, Where's My Country?'
"And in perhaps the ultimate irony, he also has owned shares in Halliburton. According to IRS filings, Moore sold Halliburton for a 15 percent profit and bought shares in Noble, Ford, General Electric (another defense contractor), AOL Time Warner (evil corporate media) and McDonald's...
Does Moore share the stock proceeds of his "foundation" with charitable causes? …Schweizer found that "for a man who by 2002 had a net worth in eight figures, he gave away a modest $36,000 through the foundation, much of it to his friends in the film business or cultural organizations that later provided him with venues to promote his books and film."
Moore's hypocrisy doesn't end with his financial holdings…In "Stupid White Men," he proclaimed his plans to "hire only black people."
But when Schweizer checked the senior credits for Moore's latest film "Fahrenheit 911," he found that of the movie's 14 producers, three editors, production manager and production coordinator, all 19 were white. So were all three cameramen and the two people who did the original music.
On "Bowling for Columbine," 13 of the 14 producers were white, as were the two executives in charge of production, the cameramen, the film editor and the music composer.
His show "TV Nation" had 13 producers, four film editors and 10 writers – but not a single African-American among them...
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/11/3/150518.shtml
want to know why your kid can't read?
Staff supports kids' anti-Bush 'walk out'
November 4, 2005- The Los Angeles Unified School District enabled 800 high-school students from 10 schools to walk out of class and attend an anti-Bush rally, providing staff to accompany the minors and buses to shuttle them back to school after the event.
...Katharine DeBrecht, author of "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" …"It is reprehensible that public school teachers and administrators would actually encourage students to leave the classroom to attend a Bush-bashing event…Not only are these educators ignoring their duty to teach our children, but apparently they care much more about turning them into props for their political causes…This is just one more example of how liberals have taken over our public schools and turned them into hot beds of left-wing activism."
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47211
Study: Preschool harms children's development
November 10, 2005- A new study on the effects of preschool on children finds attendance harms kids' emotional and social development. The study, conducted at UC Berkeley, found that while youngsters gained cognitive abilities via the preschool experience, behavioral problems also increased – especially among kids from wealthy families.
…On average, the report finds that the earlier a child enters a preschool center, the slower his or her pace of social development, while cognitive skills in pre-reading and math are stronger when children first enter a preschool program between the ages of 2 and 3… The study found that children who attended preschool at least 15 hours a week displayed more negative social behaviors when compared with their stay-at-home peers.
…Fuller says those elected officials pushing for compulsory preschool should rethink the idea…"The report's a bit sobering for governors and mayors – including those in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and Oklahoma – who are getting behind universal preschool," Fuller said.
…The report, entitled "The Influence of Preschool Centers on Children's Development Nationwide: How Much Is Too Much?" looked at 14,000 kindergartners across the nation… http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47322
WMDs Found in Iraq
Nov 9, 2005 - Contrary to ongoing reports by mainstream media outlets, WMDs have been found in Iraq, so reports New York Times best-selling author Richard Miniter in his new book, Disinformation.
• Found: 1.77 metric tons of enriched uranium
• Found: 1,500 gallons of chemical weapons
• Found: Roadside bomb loaded with sarin gas
• Found: 1,000 radioactive materials--ideal for radioactive dirty bombs
• Found: 17 chemical warheads--some containing cyclosarin, a nerve agent five times more powerful than sarin
This is only a partial list of the deadly weapons Miniter reveals in his new book, Disinformation. Miniter systematically dissects the "No-WMD Myth" (how it started, and why it continues), as well as 21 other War-on-Terror myths perpetuated by the media.
Bush Approval Rating on the Rebound
Nov. 13- Rasmussen's latest three day rolling survey shows that 46 percent of Americans approve of the way Bush is handling his job - with 53 percent giving him a thumbs down…Meanwhile, a new Newsweek poll shows Bush continuing to slide…
Both surveys relied on samples of more than 1000 "adults" - as opposed to more accurate samplings of "registered" or "likely voters." Surveys relying on "adults" almost always favor Democrats, while "registered voters" lean more towards the GOP. "Likely voters" tend to trend even more Republican still than "registered voters."
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/13/100427.shtml
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