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People of faith have a right to be involved in the political sphere. Furthermore, we have the right to carry our faith-informed values in the marketplace of ideas.

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible

is worth more than a college education.”

— President Theodore Roosevelt

Gorrel Art

“Government is not reason;

it is not eloquence.

It is force. And force, like fire,

is a dangerous servant

and a fearful master.”

— President George Washington

By Doug Patton

I will remember the 4,435 Americans who died revolting against the tyranny of King George in the American Revolution.

I will remember the 2,260 Americans who died fighting the British again in the War of 1812.

I will remember the 13,283 Americans who died in the Mexican War.

I will remember the 558,052 Americans, on both sides, who died in our bloodiest war, the war between the Union and the Confederacy.

I will remember the 2,246 Americans who died in the Spanish-American War.

I will remember the 116,708 Americans who died fighting German aggression in World War I.

I will remember the 407,316 Americans who died defeating fascism in Europe and imperialism in the Pacific during World War II.

I will remember the 33,651 Americans who died battling North Korea.

I will remember the 58,168 Americans who died in Vietnam, including my best friend from high school, killed by a sniper in June of 1968, at the tender age of 20.

I will remember the 293 Americans who died driving Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait during the Gulf War.

I will remember the 2,464 Americans who were murdered by our Islamist enemies at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

I will remember the 506 Americans who have died so far liberating and securing Afghanistan.

I will remember the 4,081 Americans who have died liberating and securing Iraq.

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“Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country. “

— President George Washington, Sept. 14, 1775

We know several people who have been diagnosed with MS. Someone needs to wake up the media.

Researchers at the University of Ottawa simply were trying to boost the immune systems of MS patients with bone marrow stem-cell transplants. What they ended up with was a remarkable remission of the disease. Not one patient has had a relapse in nearly seven years.

“I think this is just another brick on the pile of adult stem-cell (successes) and their ability to effectively treat disease in human patients,” said Dr. David Prentice, senior fellow for life sciences at the Family Research Council. “It’s about time, frankly, that people woke up to the fact that adult stem cells are the ones that hold real promise to treat patients.”

“We ought all to rely with confidence on the

promises of our dear Redeemer,

and give Him our hearts.”

– President Andrew Jackson, Sept. 11, 1834

*Fooey, the link doesn’t go to the article & so far can’t find it.

NEW YORK - No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America’s feminists, yet - despite Hillary Rodham Clinton’s historic candidacy - the feminst movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish.

At breakfast forums, in op-ed columns, across the blogosphere, the debate has been heartfelt and sometimes bitter. Are the activist women supporting front-runner Barack Obama betraying their gender? Are Clinton’s feminist backers mired in an outdated, women’s-liberation mind-set?…

“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently,

and according to their circumstances;

to protect them according to the

dictates of prudence; and

to educate them according

to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous

regard for their usefulness,

their respectability and happiness.”

– James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence

Largest 3rd Party Presidential Candidate to Challenge “Big Box” Parties.

Constitution Party delegates chose Baldwin over Dr. Alan Keyes, by a vote of 384 to 126.

“All must admit that the reception

of the teachings of Christ

results in the purest patriotism,

in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust,

and in the best type of citizenship.”

– President Grover Cleveland

After years of infertility and being diagnosed with premature ovarian failure, Marlene Strege of California began to explore adoption. Her doctor recommended embryo adoption, and she and her husband, John, posed the idea to longtime friend Ron Stoddart, executive director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions. Stoddart investigated the idea and eventually created the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption program.

After prayer and research, the Streges adopted a frozen embryo, and on Dec. 31, 1998, they became the proud parents of the world’s first snowflake baby, Hannah.

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Ten years after her first Mother’s Day, Marlene Strege spoke with CitizenLink about the adoption of their little snowflake.

4. How many snowflakes have been adopted through Nightlight’s Snowflake Embryo Adoption Program?

Hannah was 22 months old when the second and third snowflakes were born — they were twins. Then in June of 2006, we celebrated the 100th and 101st snowflakes — twin girls. Now the number is 170 children born, and 26 (moms) are due.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion

because if a mother can kill her own child,

what is left for me to kill you

and you to kill me?

There is nothing between.”

— Mother Teresa

by Gregory M. Davis

Islam 101 is meant to help people become better educated about the fundamentals of Islam and to help the more knowledgeable better convey the facts to others. Similarly, my book and documentary are meant to serve as concise explanations of the major moving parts of Islam and their implications for Western society. Islam 101 is a condensation of the book and documentary with the aim of lending clarity to the public understanding of Islam and of exposing the inadequacy of prevailing views. All should feel free to distribute and/or reproduce it.

Table of Contents

1) The Basics

a) The Five Pillars of Islam
b) The Quran — the Book of Allah
c) The Sunnah — the “Way” of the Prophet Muhammad

i. Battle of Badr
ii. Battle of Uhud
iii. Battle of Medina
iv. Conquest of Mecca

d) Sharia Law

2) Jihad and Dhimmitude

a) What does “jihad” mean?
b) Muslim Scholar Hasan Al-Banna on jihad
c) Dar al-Islam and dar al-harb: the House of Islam and the House of War

i) Taqiyya — Religious Deception

d) Jihad Through History

i) The First Major Wave of Jihad: the Arabs, 622-750 AD
ii) The Second Major Wave of Jihad: the Turks, 1071-1683 AD

e) The Dhimma
f) Jihad in the Modern Era

3) Conclusion

4) Frequently Asked Questions

a) What about the Crusades?
b) If Islam is violent, why are so many Muslims peaceful?
c) What about the violent passages in the Bible?
d) Could an Islamic “Reformation” pacify Islam?
e) What about the history of Western colonialism in the Islamic world?
f) How can a violent political ideology be the second-largest and fastest-growing religion on earth?
g) Is it fair to paint all Islamic schools of thought as violent?
h) What about the great achievements of Islamic civilization?

5) Glossary of Terms

6) Further Resources

“It is well that a consciousness of rapid advancement

and increasing strength be habitually associated

with an abiding sense of dependence upon

Him who holds in His hands

the destiny of men and of nations.”

–President Franklin Pierce, first State of the Union address

Mike Lester, The Rome News-Tribune

BIG LIES:

A 32 page pdf…

Origins of the Problem 

The State of Israel was created in a peaceful and legal process by the United Nations.

It was not created out of Palestinian lands.

It was created out of the Ottoman Empire, ruled for four hundred years by the Turks who lost it when they were defeated in World War I.

There were no “Palestinian” lands at the time because there were no people claiming to be Palestinians.

There were Arabs who lived in the region of Palestine who considered themselves Syrians.

“Courage is rightly esteemed

the first of human qualities …

because it is the quality        

which guarantees all others.”

— Winston Churchill