February 24, 2006
American Minute for today:
http://www.americanminute.com/
Dilbert cartoon: A good illustration of why gas boycotts don't work
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20060219.html
See what the #1 song was the day you were born (at least back to 1940) Scroll down for your year.
https://home.comcast.net/~josh.hosler/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
Intern fired for sharing faith
Cited for religious discussion during lunch, after hours
February 23, 2006- A former graduate student who lost an internship for discussing her Christian faith with co-workers has filed a federal lawsuit.
Jacqueline Escobar was completing a master's degree in social work at California State University Long Beach when she interned with the Department of Children and Family Services, or DCFS.
…she came under scrutiny for sharing her faith with co-workers during lunch breaks and after-hours, and for changing into a shirt with a religious message – "Found" – after signing out for the day, according to the Pacific Justice Institute, which is representing her.
Escobar was directed to stop sharing her faith, even during breaks and after work hours.
Also, the university ordered her to sign a document admitting she had "an inability to separate her religious beliefs from her role" as an intern.
She refused to sign the document, arguing she couldn't agree to such a sweeping prohibition that included her religious practice during non-working hours.
Consequently, Escobar was terminated from her internship and threatened with expulsion from the graduate program.
...As WorldNetDaily reported this week, a Christian former employee of Allstate has settled a lawsuit claiming he was fired because of an anti-homosexual, anti-same-sex marriage column he wrote on his own time.
...Though the original column's bio line did not indicate Barber worked for Allstate, editors at one of the sites where it was posted added that information, and a complaint about the piece made its way to Allstate management. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48954
Actually this is old news, glad the press and the scientists that hung their hats on this scare are finally catching up. The scare, like an e-mail hoax keeps resurfacing.
Teflon-Linked Dangers May Not Stick
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060223/hl_hsn/teflonlinkeddangersmaynotstick
Jobless claims dip 20,000 last week
2/23/2006— The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped a larger-than-expected 20,000 last week, indicating the labor market remains strong.The Labor Department said 278,000 laid-off workers applied for jobless benefits last week.
The drop was the biggest in five weeks, since a decline of 36,000 claims the week ended Jan. 14. Weekly jobless applications have been below 300,000 six straight weeks, a range that reflects healthy job conditions.
The unemployment rate fell in January to 4.7%, a 4 1/2-year low, as businesses added 193,000 jobs last month, up from 140,000 in December.
Analysts believe the level of layoffs this year is consistent with strong job gains in coming months of around 200,000 per month...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2006-02-23-jobless_x.htm
Juan Williams: Most U.S. Blacks Thriving
Feb. 22, 2006- Political journalist Juan Williams– senior correspondent for National Public Radio– discussed the "rapid rate of change” in the U.S. in the past few years when he addressed the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches in Florida...
...Williams also spoke about the changes he has seen in Prince George County, Md., a Washington suburb. Thirty years ago the county was 80 percent white and most blacks were farmhands with little education. Today, the county is 60 percent black and the wealthiest black community in America, Williams said.
"So much focus in the country is [on] the impoverished minority community. But while 25 percent of the black community lives in poverty, 75 percent is outside of that. It doesn’t always get in the news.”
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/22/120330.shtml?s=ic
Student under fire for yelling:'Remember Chappaquiddick!'
Self-described liberal hollers phrase as Kennedy begins on-campus speech
February 22, 2006- A community college student in Massachusetts faces possible disciplinary action for shouting "Remember Chappaquiddick!" during an on-campus speech by Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy yesterday.
Paul Trost says he was upset by an introduction of Kennedy given by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in which the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success.
"Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was, and that's a bunch of bull," Trost said of the introduction, which occurred in the school's student center yesterday morning.
Just as Kennedy began speaking, Trost was walking out of the room when he shouted, "Remember Chappaquiddick!"
"Most of the crowd gasped," Trost said. "Then I walked out of the student center."
The student says a campus police officer went outside and stopped him. He also saw some state troopers go outside, the type who accompany Kennedy around the state to provide security.
...The student said one of his teachers confronted him after a class about the Chappaquiddick issue… "One of my teachers called me ignorant and told me this was an embarrassment to the school," Trost told WND. "She said to me, 'Can't you forgive him after all these years?' And I said, 'No, he killed somebody.'
...Trost, a liberal arts major who has protested the Iraq war, says he's not a right-winger…
"He didn't do it to be obnoxious," his father Edward Trost said. "He was really offended."
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48959
Media Ignore Saddam's Uranium Bombshell
Feb. 20, 2006- Tape recordings released over the weekend show that Saddam Hussein had an active nuclear weapons program at least as recently as 2000 - but the press has decided the bombshell development isn't newsworthy.
Speaking at the Intelligence Group Summit in Arlington, Va., Saddam tapes translator Bill Tierney revealed that the Iraqi dictator can be heard discussing a plan to enrich uranium using a technique known as plasma separation.
...News that Saddam had an ongoing enrichment program comports with the account of Dr. Mahdi Obeidi, the nuclear physicist who ran Iraq's nuclear centrifuge program.
…Despite the staggering implications of the audiotaped uranium revelation, only one mainstream media outlet had covered the news as of Monday morning…
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/20/85636.shtml?s=ic
I suspect the UAE port brew-ha-ha is more emotional than factual… and as others have pointed out political. All of a sudden it's OK to do "racial profiling." UAE could blow up a container in a port anytime they want without spending $7 billion. It is also interesting that many of those objecting to the deal (not all) are those that have done everything in their power to see that we fail in Iraq. They are the same people that went ballistic because the government was listening in on overseas conversations with suspected terrorists. I think a bigger threat to our national security comes from people like former Vice-President al-Gore who goes to Arab countries and incites hatred for America by trying to convince them how America abuses Arabs in the US… If those people go apey over a few cartoons what do you think they’ll do when an ex-VP tells them we’re abusing Muslims in this country…?
Some Myths about the UAE Port Deal
(it may be a little slow coming up, be patient)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/22/opinion/meyer/printable1335531.shtml
Clinton leads Dubai praise
4 December, 2005- FORMER US president Bill Clinton praised Dubai’s leaders last week, telling them the way Islamic and Western values and cultures are being merged is “wonderful”.
...Clinton said: “Dubai is a role model of what could be achieved despite the other negative developments in the region. When I went to Dubai for the first time, I was taken to a technology facility where I hooked up to a bank kiosk and found that one can use a conventional banking service, while at the same time opt for an Islamic Sharia compliant service, which I thought was wonderful. This is a very good example of how cultures and values could be merged and offered to the rest. I was amazed and I have a lot of admiration for Sheikh Mohammed for what he’s doing in Dubai.”
Clinton also urged members of the YAL (Young Arab Leaders) to spread their message across the region. He explained: “I think much can be done by just telling others about your own achievements. They can share their experience and ideas with others and help them develop their economies as Dubai has done. YAL can leverage their experience to enlighten others.”
http://www.itp.net/business/news/details.php?id=18919&category=arabianbusiness
Joe Lieberman: Don't Trash Dubai Deal
...Sen. Joseph Lieberman was urging caution.
"Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are allies of ours in the war on terrorism," the Connecticut Democrat said, in little noticed comments three days ago on ABC's "This Week."
"So I don't think we want to just because it's a Dubai company, even owned by the government, we want to exclude them from doing business here," he added.
Lieberman reminded: "The more you look at it, the fact is that a lot of terminals in America are already owned by foreign companies."
...Lieberman insisted that the Dubai deal did nothing to increase the vulnerabilities of an already under-protected U.S. ports system.
"The truth is I worry more about the failure to invest enough in port security in America through the Homeland Security Department to detect dangerous items, WMD, coming in here than I worry right now about this, this sale," he told "This Week."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/22/112507.shtml?s=ic
David Bennett <><
http://www.freewill-predestination.com
http://www.americanminute.com/
Dilbert cartoon: A good illustration of why gas boycotts don't work
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20060219.html
See what the #1 song was the day you were born (at least back to 1940) Scroll down for your year.
https://home.comcast.net/~josh.hosler/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm
Intern fired for sharing faith
Cited for religious discussion during lunch, after hours
February 23, 2006- A former graduate student who lost an internship for discussing her Christian faith with co-workers has filed a federal lawsuit.
Jacqueline Escobar was completing a master's degree in social work at California State University Long Beach when she interned with the Department of Children and Family Services, or DCFS.
…she came under scrutiny for sharing her faith with co-workers during lunch breaks and after-hours, and for changing into a shirt with a religious message – "Found" – after signing out for the day, according to the Pacific Justice Institute, which is representing her.
Escobar was directed to stop sharing her faith, even during breaks and after work hours.
Also, the university ordered her to sign a document admitting she had "an inability to separate her religious beliefs from her role" as an intern.
She refused to sign the document, arguing she couldn't agree to such a sweeping prohibition that included her religious practice during non-working hours.
Consequently, Escobar was terminated from her internship and threatened with expulsion from the graduate program.
...As WorldNetDaily reported this week, a Christian former employee of Allstate has settled a lawsuit claiming he was fired because of an anti-homosexual, anti-same-sex marriage column he wrote on his own time.
...Though the original column's bio line did not indicate Barber worked for Allstate, editors at one of the sites where it was posted added that information, and a complaint about the piece made its way to Allstate management. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48954
Actually this is old news, glad the press and the scientists that hung their hats on this scare are finally catching up. The scare, like an e-mail hoax keeps resurfacing.
Teflon-Linked Dangers May Not Stick
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060223/hl_hsn/teflonlinkeddangersmaynotstick
Jobless claims dip 20,000 last week
2/23/2006— The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped a larger-than-expected 20,000 last week, indicating the labor market remains strong.The Labor Department said 278,000 laid-off workers applied for jobless benefits last week.
The drop was the biggest in five weeks, since a decline of 36,000 claims the week ended Jan. 14. Weekly jobless applications have been below 300,000 six straight weeks, a range that reflects healthy job conditions.
The unemployment rate fell in January to 4.7%, a 4 1/2-year low, as businesses added 193,000 jobs last month, up from 140,000 in December.
Analysts believe the level of layoffs this year is consistent with strong job gains in coming months of around 200,000 per month...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2006-02-23-jobless_x.htm
Juan Williams: Most U.S. Blacks Thriving
Feb. 22, 2006- Political journalist Juan Williams– senior correspondent for National Public Radio– discussed the "rapid rate of change” in the U.S. in the past few years when he addressed the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches in Florida...
...Williams also spoke about the changes he has seen in Prince George County, Md., a Washington suburb. Thirty years ago the county was 80 percent white and most blacks were farmhands with little education. Today, the county is 60 percent black and the wealthiest black community in America, Williams said.
"So much focus in the country is [on] the impoverished minority community. But while 25 percent of the black community lives in poverty, 75 percent is outside of that. It doesn’t always get in the news.”
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/22/120330.shtml?s=ic
Student under fire for yelling:'Remember Chappaquiddick!'
Self-described liberal hollers phrase as Kennedy begins on-campus speech
February 22, 2006- A community college student in Massachusetts faces possible disciplinary action for shouting "Remember Chappaquiddick!" during an on-campus speech by Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy yesterday.
Paul Trost says he was upset by an introduction of Kennedy given by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in which the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success.
"Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was, and that's a bunch of bull," Trost said of the introduction, which occurred in the school's student center yesterday morning.
Just as Kennedy began speaking, Trost was walking out of the room when he shouted, "Remember Chappaquiddick!"
"Most of the crowd gasped," Trost said. "Then I walked out of the student center."
The student says a campus police officer went outside and stopped him. He also saw some state troopers go outside, the type who accompany Kennedy around the state to provide security.
...The student said one of his teachers confronted him after a class about the Chappaquiddick issue… "One of my teachers called me ignorant and told me this was an embarrassment to the school," Trost told WND. "She said to me, 'Can't you forgive him after all these years?' And I said, 'No, he killed somebody.'
...Trost, a liberal arts major who has protested the Iraq war, says he's not a right-winger…
"He didn't do it to be obnoxious," his father Edward Trost said. "He was really offended."
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48959
Media Ignore Saddam's Uranium Bombshell
Feb. 20, 2006- Tape recordings released over the weekend show that Saddam Hussein had an active nuclear weapons program at least as recently as 2000 - but the press has decided the bombshell development isn't newsworthy.
Speaking at the Intelligence Group Summit in Arlington, Va., Saddam tapes translator Bill Tierney revealed that the Iraqi dictator can be heard discussing a plan to enrich uranium using a technique known as plasma separation.
...News that Saddam had an ongoing enrichment program comports with the account of Dr. Mahdi Obeidi, the nuclear physicist who ran Iraq's nuclear centrifuge program.
…Despite the staggering implications of the audiotaped uranium revelation, only one mainstream media outlet had covered the news as of Monday morning…
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/20/85636.shtml?s=ic
I suspect the UAE port brew-ha-ha is more emotional than factual… and as others have pointed out political. All of a sudden it's OK to do "racial profiling." UAE could blow up a container in a port anytime they want without spending $7 billion. It is also interesting that many of those objecting to the deal (not all) are those that have done everything in their power to see that we fail in Iraq. They are the same people that went ballistic because the government was listening in on overseas conversations with suspected terrorists. I think a bigger threat to our national security comes from people like former Vice-President al-Gore who goes to Arab countries and incites hatred for America by trying to convince them how America abuses Arabs in the US… If those people go apey over a few cartoons what do you think they’ll do when an ex-VP tells them we’re abusing Muslims in this country…?
Some Myths about the UAE Port Deal
(it may be a little slow coming up, be patient)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/22/opinion/meyer/printable1335531.shtml
Clinton leads Dubai praise
4 December, 2005- FORMER US president Bill Clinton praised Dubai’s leaders last week, telling them the way Islamic and Western values and cultures are being merged is “wonderful”.
...Clinton said: “Dubai is a role model of what could be achieved despite the other negative developments in the region. When I went to Dubai for the first time, I was taken to a technology facility where I hooked up to a bank kiosk and found that one can use a conventional banking service, while at the same time opt for an Islamic Sharia compliant service, which I thought was wonderful. This is a very good example of how cultures and values could be merged and offered to the rest. I was amazed and I have a lot of admiration for Sheikh Mohammed for what he’s doing in Dubai.”
Clinton also urged members of the YAL (Young Arab Leaders) to spread their message across the region. He explained: “I think much can be done by just telling others about your own achievements. They can share their experience and ideas with others and help them develop their economies as Dubai has done. YAL can leverage their experience to enlighten others.”
http://www.itp.net/business/news/details.php?id=18919&category=arabianbusiness
Joe Lieberman: Don't Trash Dubai Deal
...Sen. Joseph Lieberman was urging caution.
"Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are allies of ours in the war on terrorism," the Connecticut Democrat said, in little noticed comments three days ago on ABC's "This Week."
"So I don't think we want to just because it's a Dubai company, even owned by the government, we want to exclude them from doing business here," he added.
Lieberman reminded: "The more you look at it, the fact is that a lot of terminals in America are already owned by foreign companies."
...Lieberman insisted that the Dubai deal did nothing to increase the vulnerabilities of an already under-protected U.S. ports system.
"The truth is I worry more about the failure to invest enough in port security in America through the Homeland Security Department to detect dangerous items, WMD, coming in here than I worry right now about this, this sale," he told "This Week."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/22/112507.shtml?s=ic
David Bennett <><
http://www.freewill-predestination.com
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