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Actively Mixing Church Activities & State Funds - Sarah Palin

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:43:58 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Somebody please save us from this ethics-less mangled wreck of human intellect. PLEASE!!

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.

What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

This photo from the Web site of The Office of the Governor of Alaska, shows, from left, Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, Gov. Sarah Palin, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, being prayed over by Pastor Ed Kalnins and a congregation made up of nearly 20 different churches and denominations at One Lord Sunday in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska on June 8, 2008.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

An Associated Press review of the Republican vice presidential candidate's record as mayor and governor reveals her use of elected office to promote religious causes, sometimes at taxpayer expense and in ways that blur the line between church and state.

Rep John Lewis rebukes McCain/Palin

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:25:01 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: They are playing a very dangerous game that disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire democracy."

Clip Source: blogs.abcnews.com

"As one who was a victim of violence and hate during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, I am deeply disturbed by the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign. What I am seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse."

former Gov. George Wallace, saying Wallace "never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans

Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama."

"As public figures with the power to influence

Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all. They are playing a very dangerous game that disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire democracy."

Tags: lewis, mccain, palin, lies

ICEHOTEL

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:43:02 GMT

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Clip Source: www.icehotel.com

The story about ICEHOTEL

It started off with an Igloo and developed to ICEHOTEL with guets visiting from all over the world. Learn the story of the dream come true - ICEHOTEL.

Clip Source: www.icehotel.com

Cold accommodation

ICEHOTEL Art Suite

ICEHOTEL Design svit

ICEHOTEL Ice room

Clip Source: www.icehotel.com

ICEHOTEL Art & Design

For over a thousand years, Jukkasjärvi has been a meeting place for the Saami people. Now through ICEHOTEL, Jukkasjärvi has also become a meeting place for artists and world travellers. The lifeline of Jukkasjärvi and the ICEHOTEL is the Torne River.

Covered by up to a meter of ice for most of the year, the river is the source of all our materials for art, architecture and design. The clean water complemented by the constant movement of the river produce crystal clear ice.

Clip Source: www.icehotel.com

Cold drinks in hot
ABSOLUT ICEBAR

Clip Source: www.icehotel.com

Eternal vows in
an ephemeral church

Tags: icehotel

Vote to Decide on Lethal Meds for Dying Patients

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:06:05 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington state voters decide whether to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients.

Recent TV and radio ads by opponents feature actor Martin Sheen, who calls the measure a "dangerous idea" that could be used by the most vulnerable in society. Supporters are on TV with an ad spotlighting a widow who says it lets those who are suffering have control over their final days.

The measure would allow physicians in Washington state to help terminally ill patients end their lives. Oregon, where voters first approved the idea in 1994, is the only state with such a law.

"It really is a matter of personal decisions and having the freedom to make your own decisions about end-of-life care," said Anne Martens, spokeswoman for Yes on I-1000.

The measure is strongly opposed by religious groups, and Catholic church officials said their opposition shouldn't surprise anyone.

Tags: suicide, death, health, terminal illness, medical, law, legal

Palin at times links church, state

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:24:42 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Records show she used taxpayer money to promote religious causes

The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.

Since she took state office in late 2006, the governor and her family have spent more than $13,000 in taxpayer funds to attend at least 10 religious events and meetings with Christian pastors, including Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical preacher Billy Graham, records show.

Tags: palin, religion, church, state, taxes, government

When The Messiah Speaks, The Youth Will Hear

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:51:43 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: “Not sure the Obama team will be thrilled about yet another crazy association,” added another commenter on the NewsBusters forums page. Previous reports have documented Obama’s links to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, onetime Weatherman bombing suspect Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who proclaimed a black liberation theology for 20 years while Obama was a member of his church, demanding that God “d***” America.

“How much more have to come out on Obama before the O-Bots put down the kool-aid and say ENOUGH!” added a third.

“Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus,” Cohen said during a one-minute speech on the floor of the U.S. House yesterday. “Pontius Pilate was a governor.”

Democrats, including party strategist Donna Brazile and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., made nearly identical biblical comparisons of the characters in this presidential election

Is Barack Obama the Messiah?

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/

Clip Source: www.worldnetdaily.com

"You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

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Clip Source: blackchristiannews.wordpress.com

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, another powerful Chicago-based political figure associated with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and other long-time associates of Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama, is leaving no doubt about what he thinks of the leader in the campaign for the White House.

On the YouTube website, several people participating in a dialogue dismissed any spiritual hype and pinpointed their concerns.

… I think he should at least clear up that lawsuit about where he was actually born before election day,” wrote one, citing persistent Internet suspicions that his reported Hawaii birthplace isn’t accurate.

I am not one of his sheep

Tags: farrakhan, "universal change", "captured the youth, "

AU Polices Politicking Churches

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:55:10 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: The watchdog group, AU, tries to keep churches in line that recently overstepped the boundary between church and state. Here's hoping the IRS gives the offending church's books a fine looking over. If they wish to engage in partisan politics fine but not on my dime.

Clip Source: www.au.org

Americans United Urges IRS To Take Action Against Six Churches That Joined Pulpit-Politicking Scheme

Church-State Watchdog Group Criticizes Religious Right Lawyers For Luring Congregations Into Intentional Violation Of Federal Tax Law

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service about six churches whose pastors endorsed candidates from the pulpit during a mass defiance of federal tax law last Sunday.

The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a Religious Right legal group in Scottsdale, Ariz., urged pastors to defy federal tax law by endorsing or opposing candidates during a so-called “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” Sept. 28. Under the IRS Code, churches and other 501(c)(3) tax-exempt groups may not intervene in elections.

Bethlehem Baptist Church, Bethlehem, Ga.: According to press accounts, Pastor Jody Hice “urged his congregation to vote for Sen. John McCain and to not vote for Sen. Barack Obama.”

Talk-Hate Radio trashes Obama's mother.

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:54:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Beware the company you keep and the base you inspire, Messr. McCain.

Clip Source: mediamatters.org

Summary: On his radio show and website, Chris Baker promoted an Internet video in which the Rev. James David Manning of ATLAH World Missionary Church in Harlem says: "The difference between Obama's mama and Bristol Palin is that Obama's mama was trash. I mean, she was dirt. She was a bag of trash sitting on the sidewalk waiting there in Honolulu on one of those streets for the garbage truck to come by and pick her up and take her to the dump."

Baker said of the video, which was featured as the "Daily Download" on Baker's website, "Oh God, you have to -- you have to see this. This guy -- I mean, this guy just goes off. And he's not really wrong, either. That's the best part, at least, you know -- at least, in my hate-filled opinion." Baker also repeatedly played clips from the video of Manning saying, "Obama's mama. Yeah"; "Obama's mama"; and "Yeah."

Tags: talk, hate, radio, toxic, racist, idiots, scum

Mormons organize phone campaign for California Gay Marriage Initiative

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:47:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I would just LOVE to get that call - what an interesting conversation it would be, lol

Clip Source: www.kutv.com

Mormons organize phone campaign for California Gay Marriage Initiative

Mormons living outside California have been asked to volunteer for a telephone campaign to help pass a ballot initiative on marriage there.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is part of a coalition of conservative groups backing Proposition 8, which would ban gay marriage in California's constitution. The measure will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Church elder L. Whitney Clayton said in a statement that members could be asked to call friends and family at home in California to encourage their support. The campaign would be on an "if-needed" basis and will be tested, but may not be fully implemented.

There are about 770,000 church members in California.

Besides Clayton, the broadcast is scheduled to include M. Russell Ballard and Quentin L. Cook, who are both members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, the church's second-highest governing body.

Judgement Matters

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:30:33 GMT

clipped by: strider72
clipper's remarks: Character matters. Judgment matters. And yes, the people with whom you choose to associate matter.

Clip Source: www.unionleader.com

Imagine if John McCain's career had been launched at the home of a right-wing terrorist such as Timothy McVeigh. Do you think the media would be shrugging their shoulders?

Imagine if John McCain were closely associated with a right-wing group that state officials say was actively committing widespread voter fraud running up to this election. Would the media ignore it?

If John McCain spent two decades in a church with a right-wing pastor who preached a version of white supremacy and routinely condemned America, would the media suggest that the tie was no reflection on McCain's own thoughts or ideology?

Barack Obama's political career was launched in the home of William Ayers, a left-wing terrorist

In a 2001 New York Times interview, Ayers said, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough."

Barack Obama taught classes for

ACORN, represented the group in a lawsuit against the state of Illinois

ACORN's Nevada offices were just raided. The state alleges extensive voter fraud

Tags: politics, barack obama, john mccain, acorn, william ayers, terrorism, fraud

The Obama File

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:40:05 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: A wealth of information, much of it contradicting things the Obama campaign would have you believe.

Clip Source: theobamafile.com

Religion

Politics

Islam

Lies

Race

The Wife

Barack Hussein Obama

A privileged African-American, who has not shared the black American experience
By birth, blood and training, a Muslim, who has been a member of a Black-African church for 20 years
A socialist whose politics are rooted in Marx and whose tactics were conceived by Alinsky
A master at shaping his own mythology and completely unqualified to be Commander in Chief

Tags: politics, obama, lies, election

Since she wants accociations discussed more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:26:04 GMT

clipped by: lifecyce1898
clipper's remarks: Does Sarah Palin Have a Pentecostal Problem?

Clip Source: www.time.com

A sign for the Wasilla Assembly of God Church in Alaska, left, and Sarah Palin

John McCain's campaign aides could probably answer that question for Palin.

Palin's religious background must initially have been seen as a positive to McCain campaign vetters

since she joined the ticket in late August, the Alaska governor's various religious affiliations have caused headaches.

her pastor at the nondenominational Wasilla Bible Church was connected to Jews for Jesus

Prominent Jewish leaders

demanded to know whether Palin also believes that Jews must be converted.

asked Palin about the church's promotion of a program to help gays "overcome" their homosexuality.

And finally, a videotape surfaced of a 2005 service at the Wasilla Assembly of God Church

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the pastor complains that "Israelites" held too many prominent positions in business, a comment that has further alienated Jewish voters.

Palin was, if not ashamed, purposefully vague about her churchgoing habits

scientologist are bastards

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:10:22 GMT

clipped by: zadoz
clipper's remarks: all churchs should pay tax

Clip Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au

Scientologists are bastards: minister

A SOUTH Australian minister has attacked the Church of Scientology, branding its members as "bastards".

Education and Children’s Services Minister Jane Lomax-Smith made the comment to a group of protesters outside the church’s offices in Adelaide.

She was recorded and the video was posted on You Tube sometime after the protest earlier this year.

Ms Lomax-Smith was critical of Scientology’s tax-free status as a religious organisation.

"They should be taxed – the bastards," she told the small group of protesters from an internet collective called Anonymous.

“They shouldn’t be tax-free, we’re subsidising them.”

The minister approached the group whose members wear masks and asked whether they were all related to someone who had been “sucked in” by scientology.

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Scientology attracts high-profile converts around the world including actor Tom Cruise who is believed to have introduced one of Australia’s richest men, Jamie Packer, to the church and its practices.

Tags: scientology

Fight Against Scientology

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:36:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.disinfo.com

Anonymous Relaunches Fight Against Scientology

The Anonymous group is calling for disillusioned former members to return to the fold ahead of a new phase in its battle against the Church of Scientology in a video posted on YouTube on Friday.

"Those who answered the call outnumber the number from the motherland ... This has resulted in Project Chanology becoming polluted by people who are judgemental of our ideology and serve the interests of special interest groups. The time for making allies at the expanse of our ideals is over," the video states.

The time for the movement's original creators to "return and reclaim" it has come, the video states. This will mark a "shift to more subtle and shocking tactics" as part of phase three of the operation. What these tactics are remains to be seen but the video warns the leaders of Scientology that their "card is marked" and promises new (unspecified) initiatives, starting on 8 August.

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Obama Brushes Off Terrorist Ties, But CNN Digs Deeper...

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:00:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Whoa! If CNN is now searching...and finding...things are coming out that have been deeply buried.

Obama is so new to the political scene that most of his ties are recent and knowable. The man's character, his core values, and his concept of our United States are very, very important. Where an Obama Presidency and Administration would lead us could effect our very foundation and security.

Clip Source: www.clevelandleader.com

Obama Brushes Off Terrorist Ties, But CNN Digs Deeper & Finds There's More to the Story

Vice presidential candidate Barack Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, said yesterday that Obama "didn't know the history" of domestic terrorist bomber William Ayers' activities in the violent Weather Undergroud movement when he attended a political event at Ayers' home in 1995

CNN found the two having repeatedly crossed paths was Chicago's Annenberg Challenge project.

CNN also found that Ayers and Obama served "on the board" of a second organization, the Woods fund. "Among its receipients: Jeremiah Wright's Trinity Church where Obama attended and a children and family justice center where Ayers' wife worked."

"The chairmanship of the $100 million Annenberg board helped volt him from southside Chicago lawyer to political player and that too has another connection to Bill Ayers.

“Where was that introduction made?”

“in the home of the 60s radicals Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn.”