tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85657912007-11-20T06:55:22.062-08:00L.Barrett PowellBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565791.post-1164020586163056242006-11-20T02:54:00.000-08:002006-11-20T03:03:07.196-08:00

Once, when someone returned from war mentally and emotionally wounded and scarred, we called it shell-shocked and treated them as though they ahd something very serious that we needed to be sensitive to and to treat. Now we call it PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder nad we try to gloss over the true absolute, unspeakable horror suffered by these people. Now come another word we are watering

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Can you hear the crying? It is loud and clear across the globe. The tears are coming from the USA. Tear of anger and resentment by Republicans and their supporters because the Democrats are in control of Congress (yes – both Senate and House of Representatives); and tears of joy from people who are relived and joyous about the turnover and the hope it gives that USA can be turned off the path

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Walking the streets of Copenhagen........Denmark has a number of free newspapers that are quite popular among those who ride the trains and buses. They all give smilar versions of the same stories and some extend themselves with columnists, features stories, recipes and distinct sections. The two most popular are MetroXpress and Urban. Last week, in Urban, one of the columnist wrote something

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A final(?) ruling in Denmark on the editorial cartoons printed in a newspaper there over a year ago: AARHUS, DENMARK — A court ruled yesterday that a Danish newspaper did not libel Muslims by printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that unleashed a storm of protest in the Islamic world. Seven Danish Muslim organisations brought the case, saying the paper had libelled them with the images by

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Traveling over to Sudan today.........This article in the Associated Press today was eye-opening but quite saddening. As much as we think we have moved forward on issue os ethnicity and color, we have not. It is not as open in the West, as in the USA and Europe, but the attitudes revealed here are what goes on the American/Western psyche. The diseased hole in our societal fabric needs to be

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Today we have noe foot in the USA and the other in the Nordic region of Northern Europe....the land of the Scandinavians whose history in Norway, Denmark and Sweden goes back to the Viking times and the great Norse myths..... And it also shows, any religion or spiritual movement can be taken too far............ Paganism gaining popularity in prison By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer

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From the New York Times, some food for thought as the issue of immigration is pressing upon the USA. Is there room for the unfinished civil rights movement and its goal of achieving equality for African-Americans AND the citizenship demands of Mexicans and others who want to come to/remain in the USA because they want a better life than in their native country? Can the new issue be resolved

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Copenhagen --- A Danish newspaper said on Tuesday it had filed a defamation lawsuit against a lawyer representing a group of Muslim organizations that sued the daily for publishing holy prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) cartoons, which sparked riots across the world. The Jyllands-Posten sued Michael Christiani Havemann for saying its top editors ordered a cartoonists to deliberately make a "

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From the Copenhagen Post, some encouraging news about entrepreneurship! http://denmark.dk/portal/page?_pageid=374,502337&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ic_itemid=918571 Programme encourages students to become their own boss A pilot project is to help university students start their own company while studying Helping young entrepreneurs start their own company is the goal of 'Student Company', a

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Most times, waiting things out can help you gain proper perspective on a hot situation or issue. Such is the case with the violence and bloodshed being committed by Muslims across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, allegedly over 12 satirical cartoons printed in a Danish newspaper 6 months ago. As it turns out, it is a cover for radical European Muslim leaders who want to force moderate Muslims

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Why I Published Those Cartoons By Flemming Rose Sunday, February 19, 2006 Childish. Irresponsible. Hate speech. A provocation just for the sake of provocation. A PR stunt. Critics of 12 cartoons of the prophet Muhammad I decided to publish in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten have not minced their words. They say that freedom of expression does not imply an endorsement of insulting people's

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Some clarification on the issue of images of the prophet Mohammed: Assyrian International News Agency In the aftermath of Jyllands-Posten's cartoons, as the Danish government and European media face death and mayhem designed to undercut freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion, we should rid ourselves of certain misconceptions. One is that Islam forbids any visual

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What should not be hgappening - special treatment in the media - is happening over the subject of Islam and MUslims as Western media outlets bow down to the violence and threats Muslims are puting forth. Tomorrow, they plan to demonstrate at the Danish Embassy in New York City. Even the European Union is considering making special rules exempting Islam from the same treatment and media coverage

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Stepping over to the UK there is word that George Orwell's nightmare of humans constantly under surveillance by the government is one step closer to actuality with Prime Minister Tony Blair's recent win on national ID cards for Britons. Full story (New York Times) A Bit of Good News for Blair: ID Cards for Britons Advance By ALAN COWELL LONDON, Feb. 13 — The government of Prime Minister Tony

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As you grow older you realize that sometimes what seems to be a choice is really not a choice. It will soon become apparent to Palestinians in Israel that they really had no choice in their recent democratic elections. Even though they democratically elected the Hamas party, it is not the party the United States or the Israelis wanted so now the two will force the people to vote again until they

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Even though oil is above $50/barrel, oil futures pries are above $60/barrel and prices at the pump are near$3.00/gallon, the Bush Administration thinks the oil companies do not have enough money......... New York Times (Full story) February 14, 2006 U.S. Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies By EDMUND L. ANDREWSWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 — The federal government is on the verge of one of

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From the San Francisco Gate comes reports of some statements from moderate Muslims: San Francisco Gate - full article · Writing in the Jerusalem Post, reporter Orly Halpern cites a "secular Iraqi Muslim" in Baghdad who told him that the commotion over the cartoons "is not a religion issue mostly." Instead, Halpern's Iraqi contact explained, "We are angry because of identity abuse. We are filled

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Some Muslims in Denmark are making no secret of their intentions to overthrow the Christian country of Denmark and turn it into a Muslim-ruled country ruled by Sharia law: Artricle from The Site Institute Hizb al-Tahrir in Denmark Issues Statements Denouncing Caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and Calls for the Establishment of an Islamic Caliphate The recently established website of Hizb

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Lots of thing in the news still about the cartoon issue. Hopefully, you are buying Danish products!! How much more evidence is needed to kow that this current violence and boycotting in the Middle East is fabricated by Muslim extremists trying to force Islamic sharia law on Denmark? Read this from the Copenhagen Post Little stir was caused when an Egyptian newspaper printed the Mohammed

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Here is a little-known aspect of the current violence being committed by the Muslim community at large in relation to 12 editorial drawing printed in the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten. Basically, in order to escalate into crisis mode the cartoon situation after months of not getting a rise out of anyone....the Danish Muslim delegation (Danish Muslim imams and intellectuals) CREATED

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Here is a thumbnail copy of the 12 editorial cartoons displayed in Jyllands-Posten on September 30, 2005. (Direct Link)

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War, in more ways than one happening today under an Aries Moon. For the last six months there has been a brouhaha underway from Muslims angry that the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed. The cartoons were commissioned by the newspaper after a writer stated that she ws unable to get anyone to illustrate a children book she had written about

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Folks in Europe seem to have found a unique and successful way to begin collapsing walls between people. It is called the Living Library. You can "check out" a Muslim, homosexual, drug addict, Christian, political activist or other group against whom you have a prejudice but no real contact. It is your opportunity to ask questions, get answers and perhaps come to a new understanding, all in 20

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Beyond embedding journalists with troops in Iraq, the U.S. military is bribing people to spin "positive news" about the war. Saturn in Leo continues to haunt George Bush and whack him in the head by shedding light on his secretive, covert deeds: U.S. military pays Iraqis for positive news stories on warBY JONATHAN S. LANDAY Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON - U.S. Army officers have been

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It has already been reported that Århus, Denmark is experiencing the same rioting and violence from young immigrant Muslims as in (Paris) France but no one is paying any attention to it outside of Denmark. Evne then it is being hushsed up and not reported by the mainstream Danish media. Now reports are rising about similar violence and simmering threats in Sweden. This comes from a recent blog

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