Quotes of the Week

Here are some great quotes from the news.

“For the president to articulate who the enemy is so clearly and unambiguously is a huge step forward. You cannot diagnose and treat a disease without first identifying and naming it. So, a strategist cannot defeat an enemy without first identifying it and naming it.” —Daniel Pipes

“We should not be apologetic or defensive in defining the problems of terrorism.” —British Prime Minister Tony Blair, suggesting that the tie between terrorism and Islam can not be ignored

“Humiliation and hate go together. Why humiliation? Because a once-proud, dynamic culture in the forefront of world civilizations, and still carrying a message of their own superiority to ”infidels“ today, is painfully visible to the whole world as a poverty-stricken and backward region, lagging far behind in virtually every field of human endeavor... There is no way that they can catch up in a hundred years, even if the rest of the world stands still. And they are not going to wait a hundred years to vent their resentments and frustrations at the humiliating position in which they find themselves.” —Thomas Sowell

Of course you won't hear this on CNN or NPR.

The Founding Fathers Said...

Here are some quotes that our Founding Fathers made. You may want to consult a dictionary to learn what some of the words meant during the time the quotes were made.

"[W]e ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and
susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early
prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they
are capable of appreciating their own."

-- George Washington (letter to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 28 January 1795)


"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof - Lev. XXV, v. X"

Inscription on the Liberty Bell, from Leviticus 25:10


"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most
solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the
utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath
graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our
enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with
unabating firmness and perseverance employ for the preservation
of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen
rather than to live as slaves."

-- John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of the Cause
and Necessity of Taking up Arms, 6 July 1775)

Reference: Documents of American History, Commager, ed., vol. 1
(95)


Just a thought about the last one.  It's funny that some quote Thomas Jefferson as someone that thinks God should be separate from government.  The above quote seems to say the opposite.

Do You Know if You'll Go to Heaven?

Do you ever ask yourself that question? It's one of those questions that begs an answer. Maybe you haven't thought too much about it but what do you think? Will you go to Heaven?

Here are some facts from the Bible.
1. Heaven is a free gift. Romans 6:23
2. Heaven can't be earned and it isn't deserved. Ephesians 2:8-9. That means no matter what you've done, it isn't good enough.
3. Man is a sinner. Romans 3:23
4. Man can't save himself. Ephesians 2:8-9
5. God is Love 1 John 4:8
6. God is just and must punish sin. Exodus 34:7
7. Jesus is God and man. John 1:1
8. Jesus died for your sins. John 3:16
9. You must accept these facts by faith.

Any questions? donsblogger@excite.com
I'd love to talk to you about this.

Fish is Safe to Eat! PETA Loses Again!

Are you sick and tired of the Food Police? I am. Everytime I turn around some fear monger is trying to use scientific manipulation and misinformation to keep me from eating fish, beef, pork and poultry; otherwise know as the four basic food groups.

Thank goodness for the Center for Consumer Freedom. They actually go out of their way to use facts instead of fiction to prove their points. They go so far as to consult scientists and medical doctors instead of hollywood stars for their data.

The latest reports are in and salmon and tuna are safe to eat. Children don't have to worry about mercury poisoning.

Physicians Committe for (ir)Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is probably hoping you didn't catch the news this morning. The PETA-linked animal rights group, dedicated to eliminating animal products like meat, dairy, and fish from Americans' diets, was handed a decisive defeat Wednesday in federal court. Read more about it by clicking onto the link at the top of the page.


Remember, when the left loses we all win.

Did You Know?

Now That's Hot!
The highest temperature recorded anywhere on Earth was in Aziziyah, Libya, in September of 1922 – 136 degrees Fahrenheit. Lybia is s in Northern Africa.

The highest temperature recorded in the United States was in Death Valley, Calif., in July of 1913 – 134 degrees Fahrenheit.
Source: Goddard Space Flight Center

Where Is Everybody?
The U.S. Census Burear reported in 2003 that the country's non-metropolitan population (people who don't live in cities) was 49 million. That's only 17 percent of the overall population but they are spread out among 252 counties which is 75 percent of the land in the U.S.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Who Drew the First American Political Cartoons?
Benjamin Franklin may have been responsible for the first political cartoon in America. The cartoon's caption was "Join or Die" and depicted a snake's severed parts, which Franklin used as an analogy for the American colonies.

Franklin's cartoon argued for the inter-ocolonial association - in other wards a national union.
Source: Stephen Hess and Milton Kaplan. The Ungentlemanly Art: A History of American Political Cartoons.

I Read the News Today.....

This morning I read an article by Patrick Goodenough for the Cybercast News Service. He wrote that during a Monday morning news conference in Beirut, the French foreign minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, said that Iran was “a great country, a great people and a great civilization which is respected and which plays a stabilizing role in the region."

Anybody who's given the smallest amount of interest about the turmoil in the Middle East knows that Iran has been playing a big role in supporting Lebanon's attacks against Israel. It's so blatant that CNN has had to report it; much to their chagrin I'm sure.

How can a nation as unstable as

Iran play a stabilizing role?

Let’s look at the facts and see if we can find out whether or not there is any reason to accept the French foreign minister’s statement.

• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called repeatedly for Israel's annihilation.
• Iran also is at odds with the international community over its nuclear programs.
• Hizballah's representative in Iran, Abol-Hassan Zo'aiter, told a gathering in Tehran that his organization would put into effect the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's call for the "cancerous tumor" (Israel) to be eliminated.

Maybe the minister means that Iran is stable in that it wants Israel wiped off the face of the earth. I think he's nuts. He should stop reading fiction and start listening to Fox News.

The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli officials were bewildered by Douste-Blazy's remarks about Iran, and quoted one diplomatic source in Jerusalem as asking "what planet is he on?"

I’m wondering the same thing.