Right Wing Clipped Again When Discussing Diversity

A study recently released, according to World Net Daily report, was sharply criticized by Muslim groups across UK universities.

"If ignorance and poverty are responsible for the growth of extremist views in the Islamic world, someone needs ask Muslim students, privileged enough and bright enough to attend some of the United Kingdom's best universities, why one-in-three of them endorses killing in the name of Islam.

The report of this finding, based on a poll of 600 Muslim and 800 non-Muslim students at 12 universities in the UK, and conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Center for Social Cohesion, will be released tomorrow as "Islam on Campus."

Among its findings of Muslim beliefs:
-40 percent support introduction of sharia into British law for Muslims
-One-third back the idea of a worldwide Islamic caliphate based on sharia law
-40 percent believe it is unacceptable for Muslim men and women to associate freely
-24 percent do not think men and women are equal
in the eyes of Allah
-25 percent have little or no respect for homosexuals.
-53 per cent believe killing in the name of religion is never justified (compared with 94 per cent of non-Muslims), while 32 per cent say it is.

Read more here.

One quote from this article to ponder:

"There is a wide cultural divide between Muslim and non-Muslim students. The solution is to stop talking about celebrating diversity and focus on integration and assimilation." says Anthony Glees, professor security and intelligence studies at Buckingham University.

Really, is assimilation or integration intelligent here?

Penalized for serving our Country?

Tenants destined for Iraq served fees instead of our gratitude. Read here.

TexasFred, a good blogger friend of ours, says that this is not part of the agreement that is available through the Texas Apartment Association (TAA), which is in favor of our troups. The apartment complex this couple are leaving doesn't follow the TAA contract which supports military persons who must break a lease to fulfill their obligation to serve the USA. What a sad state of affairs.

Let's support our troups, especially this couple and post and repost our concern. If ever government should actually be supported, and directed to act, this would be the time.

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday.

Do you have a bird feeder?

Here's an interesting e-mail I got; you may have read this somewhere.
Very interesting parallel.

I bought a bird feeder.
I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed.
What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, as I filled it lovingly with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table . everywhere!

Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food. After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore.

So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleanedup their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be . . . quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now let's see. Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, and free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands.

Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade class isbehind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English.

Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to "press one" to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties. Just my opinion, but maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder.

Government Not Listening Again!

It's really sad how poorly this state legislature group listens*. They didn't even hear this hospital administrator when she elaborated at length about how she contacted immigration, and other official groups, but didn't get help from anyone in government to deport these money-sapping health risks back to their home country. Then, they have the audacity to ask her
"Well did you notify the authorities about this when these illegals 1st came to your hospital?" DUH!!!!

Let's give it to them--let the legislature, representatives, and congress know how angered you are at the money taken away from hard-working legal American citizens, to manage the few leeching on our ever-generous, but surely "melting" pot.

*Unable to find actual source of the group this administrator spoke to but the video shows names listed as "Rep", and this is in Florida, so assuming elected Florida legislature officials.

Let us Not Forget - Patriotic Truck

A friend of mine sent these to me, and I felt they were extremely appropriate for the season.

Here is the essence of the poem that came with this e-mail:

Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet kings feared Him..
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us.

GOD BLESS
YOU ALL
Larry T. Hedges 1st Sgt U.S.
Marine Corps Retired

Hat Tip to Dawn

Garbage Out--Graciousness In

Right Truth has another great article about lessons learned in the trenches of everyday life. I love it that those who deal with people all day, every day, like a taxi driver, bring home the simple communication message.
Take a moment to cherish your loved ones, and then take a deep breath, say a little prayer, and turn to each of the rest of them and just smile.

Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it! Have a blessed, garbage-free day.

Hope your 4th Celebration was enjoyable!

Hope all of you had a good Independence Day!! People from all over the NW Pacific USA come to this Fireworks event on 4th of July. Our family has been there at least twice.

I just stayed home with our family and celebrated it quietly---well let me rephrase that--loudly and colorfully in our own neighborhood. :)

God Bless America.

Gagged & Chained: Conservative Christian America!

I'm appalled by the changes being forced in our constitutional rights, just a few hundred miles from my home.

Clearly, as Christians and conservative Americans, we have an obligation to share and encourage each other to be active.

Tonight on the radio, Chuck Colson, from "Breakpoint" discussed this very issue. He explained that for American Christians, our very freedom to worship is actually at stake. There are rulings that have happened in other states, and in Quebec as well, specifying that religious facilities cannot discriminate against homosexual/gender transvites who wish to have local meetings or civil unions within the church or Christian building, even though the very creed the church is founded on, specifically specifies a belief in one man-one woman traditional heterosexual marriage commitment as God-ordained.

In fact, not too long ago, one charity back east ended up closing, when they were told that they could not prevent homosexual "couples" from applying to adopt children from their adoption center. Rather than face contradicting the very beliefs that began their charity focus, they chose to close. In some situations tax exempt status was removed from the facilities who refused to allow all these right activists groups in their facility for purposes of meetings or leadership services, regardless of the prior stated belief system of the congregation or religious sector.

In essence, the very discussions that the ACLU and right activists for GLBT groups are having around lawyers and area court rooms are prelude to persecution of the church, says Colson. By virtue of insisting the Christians are NOT allowed to discriminate against these people when allowing them to participate in functions inside the walls of the church; or by allowing any of these persons to apply to places of leadership within the church body, or face having government remove tax exemption for that facility, is only a start.

As soon as conservative or Christian radio stations, charities, communities of believers are mandated to "accept" these alternative lifestyles or else face being "illegal" in functioning as a religious entity, we have lost our stand in the community, and essentially our say. Whose say is left? Liberal, non-Christian, non-conservative and non-traditional alternative lifestyle groups, who will then quickly take over radio stations, charities, and eventually own many of the churches in America.

Please join me in fighting the self-evident changes that are happening in spurts all over our nation, and even amongst allied nations.

The "free" world is being gagged and chained, and pretty soon tarring & feathering will be common place.