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    February 29

    JOSE AND CARLOS

    Jose and Carlos are panhandlers......
    They panhandle on different areas of town Carlos panhandles just as long as
    Jose but only collects 2 to 3 dollars every day Jose brings home a suitcase
    FULL of $10 bills, drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage free house and has
    a lot of money to spend.
     
    Carlos says to Jose, "I work just as long and hard as you do but how do you
    bring home a suitcase full of $10 bills every day?".
     
    Jose says, .... "Look at your sign, what does it say?"
     
    Carlos sign reads, "I have no work, a wife and 6 kids to support."
     
    Jose says, " No wonder you only get $2-3 dollars."
     
    Carlos says, "So what does your sign say?"
     
    Jose shows Carlos his sign.... It reads, "I only need another $10.00 to move
    back to Mexico "
    February 28

    THERAPY

    1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

    2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.


    3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that

    .
    4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It 'In.'


    5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.


    6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write 'For Smuggling Diamonds'.


    7. Finish All Your sentences with 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.'


    8. Don t use any punctuation.


    9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.


    10
    . Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat...use a serious face.

    11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go.'


    12. Sing Along At The Opera.


    13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme.


    14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds All Day.


    15.
    Five Days In Advance , Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're Not In The Mood.

    16. Have Your Coworkers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.


    17. When The Money Comes Out of The ATM, Scream 'I Won!, I Won!'
    !

    18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling, 'Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!'


    19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'


    20. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity......Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile.


    It's Called Therapy
    February 27

    VETERAN FRIENDS

    --------------  It was our life, some for a short 2- 4 years, mine for 32 years!

    When a good Veteran leaves the "job" and retires to a better life, many are jealous, some are pleased and yet others, who may have already retired, wonder.  We wonder if he knows what they are leaving behind, because we already know.  We know, for example, that after a lifetime of camaraderie that few experience, it will remain as a longing for those past times.  We know in the Military life there is a fellowship which lasts long after the uniforms are hung up in the back of the closet.  We know even if he throws them away, they will be on him with every step and breath that remains in his life.  We also know how the very bearing of the man speaks of what he was and in his heart still is.

    These are the burdens of the job.  You will still look at people suspiciously, still see what others do not see or choose to ignore and always will look at the rest of the Military world with a respect for what they do; only grown in a lifetime of knowing.

    Never think for one moment you are escaping from that life.  You are only escaping the "job" and merely being allowed to leave "active" duty.

    So what I wish for you is that whenever you ease into retirement, in your heart you never forget for one moment that "Blessed are the Peacemakers for they shall be called children of God," and you are still a member of the greatest fraternity the world has ever known.

    Civilian Friends vs.  Veteran Friends CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having the last time you met.

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Have cried with you.

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Will kick the crowds' ass that left you behind.

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Are for life.

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have shared a few experiences...
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Have shared a lifetime of experiences no citizen could ever dream of...

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you've had enough.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say, "You better drink the rest of that before you spill it!!"   Then carry you home safely and put you to bed...

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Will knock them the hell out OF THEM.....  for using your name in vain.

    CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will ignore this.
    VETERAN FRIENDS: Will forward this.

    A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including my life."

    It is an honor to be a Veteran!

    sent to me by my buddy Shayne...still friends since he left the boat in 1989.

    February 25

    THE INVISIBLE WAR IS HERE...JUST A MATTER OF TIME

     
    PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND WATCH THIS VIDEO. IF THEY WEREN'T ALREADY, I HOPE IT OPENS YOUR EYES. WE ARE AT WAR !!!
     
     
    This is a poignant, yet chilling message. It's a 'must watch' video, that lasts about 3 minutes, and needs to be forwarded all across America! Don't leave the first screen, it will open automatically.  Notice at the bottom right you can reverse-stop-play the video.

    What kind of world are we leaving to future generations?  After the video finishes, click on 'Enter The Site' -- scroll down (a ways) to see a map of the United States, that clearly defines where the Muslims have set up Al-Queada terrorist cells in all but a few states!

    You need to watch this bone-chilling video ... 
    http://www.usawakeup.org
     
     
     
     
    SINCE THE EARLY YEARS OF SERVING IN THE ARM FORCES, WE REALLY NEVER WORRIED ABOUT RUSSIA OR CHINA.  WE KNEW THAT BOTH THOSE COUNTRIES NEEDED THE USA AS WE SAW ECONOMICS OF THEIR COUNTRIES.  THE THIRD WORLD COUNTIES IS WHERE WE NEVER WANTED TO WONDER IN TO.  SINCE IN THOSE COUNTRIES, FANATICS WERE KILLING THE LEADERSHIPS OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND USING RELIGION ASK THE MEANS THAT "ALLAH MADE ME DO IT."
    THE REASON THEY DON'T LIKE AMERICANS IN IRAQ AND AFGANSTIAN IS WE DO BRING THE IDEAS OF FREEDOM LIKE THEY HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCE, THUS THE RADICALS WANT US OUT SINCE THOSE GOVERNMENTS ARE ALREADY WEAK AND DO NOT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE NEW FREEDOMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED FROM CHILDHOOD ABOUT HATRED AND DEMOCRACY DOESN'T WORK...RALPH
    February 24

    HEART ATTACKS AND WARM DRINKS

    THOUGHT THIS WAS WORTH PASSING ALONG .... !  
     Safety Moment:  .....    Heart Attacks and WARM Drinks

     
     

    This is pretty interesting.  Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about
    heart attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.
    For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the
    intestine . Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
    A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.
    **Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. 
    You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. **Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.
    A
    cardiologist  says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.
     
     
     
    I can't verify this story yet, but if you can, you might want to pass it along.  After all, those that smoke don't listen to the call to quit...SO IT'S YOUR CHOICE.  RALPH
    February 23

    GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER

    GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER


    1. Sag, you're It.


    2. Hide and go pee.

    3. 20 questions shouted into your
    good ear.


    4. Kick the bucket.

    5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse
    says Bend Over.


    6. Musical recliners.

    7. Simon says something incoherent.

    8. Pin the Toupee on the bald
    guy


    SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE:

    1. You sell your home heating
    system at a yard sale.


    2. You have to write post-it
    notes with your kids' names on them.


    3. You change your underwear
    after a sneeze.


    OLD IS WHEN:

    1. Going bra-less pulls all
    the wrinkles out of your face.


    2. You don't care where your
    spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.


    3. Getting a little action
    means I don't need fiber today.


    4. Getting lucky means you
    find your car in the parking lot.


    5. An all-nighter means not
    getting up to pee!


    THOUGHTS FOR A SLOW WEEK:

    Wouldn't it be nice if whenever
    we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctr Alt Delete' and start
    all over?


    Just remember, if the world didn't
    suck, we'd all fall off.


    If raising children was going
    to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!


    Brain cells come and brain cells
    go, but fat cells live forever.


    BUT MOST OF ALL, REMEMBER:

    A Good Friend Is Like A Good
    Bra: Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

          :)


    PONDERISMS:

    I used to eat a lot of natural
    foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.


    Garden Rule: When weeding,
    the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant
    is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable
    plant.


    The easiest way to find something
    lost around the house is to buy a replacement.


    Never take life seriously.
    Nobody gets out alive anyway.


    In the 60's, people took acid
    to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac
    to make it normal.


    How is it one careless match
    can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?


    Who was the first person to
    look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and
    drink whatever comes out?'


    Who was the first person to
    say, 'See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta
    its butt.'


    If Jimmy cracks corn and no
    one cares, why is there a song about him?


    Why does your OB-GYN leave the
    room when you get undressed if he's going to look up there anyway?


    Do illiterate people get the
    full effect of Alphabet Soup?


    Why doesn't glue stick to the
    inside of the bottle?


    Do you ever wonder why you gave
    me your email address?

    February 22

    YOU GOT TO WATCH THIS BEFROE IT IS REMOVED

     wonder if this lady is still alive. This was going around the web last year, but not as in depth as this one.
     
    My goodness - why did it take her this long to speak out? She is amazing, and shuts down any attempts to put her down.

     
    WATCH THIS BEFORE IT'S TAKEN OFF THE WEB
    It is extremely surprising that the Arab financed TV in Dubai would allow this to air. Be sure and watch this, it is so powerful I have no doubt she now has a very large price on her head. I also have no doubt it won't be on the air long.

    Here is a powerful and amazing statement on Al Jereeza television.
    The woman is Wafa Sultan, an Arab-American psychologist from Los Angeles. I would suggest watching it ASAP because I don't
    know how long the link will be active. This film clip should be shown around the world repeatedly!

    IKE AND THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS

    Ike and the Nazi Death Camps

    It is a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower,found the victims of the Nazi death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
     
    He did this because he said in words to this effect: "Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."
     
    "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke

    The UK has removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it "offended" the Muslim population, which claims it never occurred. This is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving in to it.
     
    It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated while the German and Russian peoples were looking the other way!
     
    Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to be "a myth," it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets.
     
    Please become a link in the memorial chain and help distribute this around the world.
     
    How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center "never happened" because it offends some Muslim in the U.S.? They are already claiming it was a plot of our government.
    February 21

    HOW TO HANDLE A HUSBAND

    HOW TO HANDLE A HUSBAND
      
     A couple from Alberta Canada was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on the  beaches in Montego Bay,

      Jamaica. Their domestic tranquility had  long been the talk of the town.
       
      
     People would say, 'What a peaceful & loving couple'. 

     The local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.
      

     The Husband replied: 'Well, it dates back to our honeymoon in   America,'

    Explained the man. 'We visited the Grand Canyon, in Arizona,

     and took a trip down to the bottom of the canyon, by horse.

    We hadn't gone  too far when my wife's horse stumbled and she almost fell off.

     My wife looked down at the horse and quietly said, 'That's once.'
      

     'We proceeded a little further and her horse stumbled again. Again my
     wife quietly said, 'That's twice.'  We hadn't gone a half-mile when the
     horse stumbled for the third time my wife quietly removed a revolver
    from her purse and shot the horse dead.
      

     I SHOUTED at her, 'What's wrong with you, Woman! Why did you shoot the
     poor animal like that, are you f---ing crazy!?' She looked at ME, and
    quietly said, 'That's once.'
      
     And from that moment... we have lived happily every after.'  

     MY WIFE TOLD ME THIS ONE TIME AND SHE LEARN THIS FROM HER MOM.

    1.  WHATS YOURS IS MINE.

    2.  WHAT OURS IS MINE.

    3.  WHATS MINE IS MEON.

    February 20

    BERT AND ERNIE

    If you have raised kids (or been one), and gone through the pet syndrome, including toilet flush burials for dead goldfish, the story below will have you laughing out LOUD!

    Overview: I had to take my son's lizard to the vet.

    Here's what happened:

    Just after dinner one night, my son came up to tell me there was 'something wrong' with one of the two lizards he holds prisoner in his room.

    'He's just lying there looking sick,' he told me. 'I'm serious, Dad. Can you help?'

    I put my best lizard-healer expression on my face and followed him into his bedroom. One of the little lizards was indeed lying on his back, looking stressed. I immediately knew what to do.

    'Honey,' I called, 'come look at the lizard!'

    'Oh, my gosh!' my wife exclaimed. 'She's having babies.'

    'What?' my son demanded. 'But their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom !'

    I was equally outraged.

    'Hey, how can that be? I thought we said we didn't want them to reproduce,' I said accusingly to my wife.

    'Well, what do you want me to do, post a sign in their cage?' she inquired (I think she actually said this sarcastically...)

    'No, but you were supposed to get two boys!' I reminded her, (in my most loving, calm, sweet voice, while gritting my teeth).

    'Yeah, Bert and Ernie!' my son agreed.

    'Well, it's just a little hard to tell on some guys, you know,' she informed me (Again with the sarcasm).

    By now the rest of the family had gathered to see what was going on. I shrugged, deciding to make the best of it.

    'Kids, this is going to be a wondrous experience,' I announced. 'We're about to witness the miracle of birth.'

    'Oh, gross!' they shrieked

    'Well, isn't THAT just great? What are we going to do with a litter of tiny little lizard babies?' my wife wanted to know.

    We peered at the patient. After much struggling, what looked like a tiny foot would appear briefly, vanishing a scant second later.

    'We don't appear to be making much progress,' I noted.

    'It's breech,' my wife whispered, horrified.

    'Do something, Dad!' my son urged.

    'Okay, okay.' Squeamishly, I reached in and grabbed the foot when it next appeared, giving it a gentle tug. It disappeared. I tried several more times with the same results.

    'Should I call 911?' my eldest daughter wanted to know.

    'Maybe they could talk us through the trauma.' (You see a pattern here with the females in my house?)

    'Let's get Ernie to the vet,' I said grimly. We drove to the vet with my son holding the cage in his lap.

    'Breathe, Ernie, breathe,' he urged.

    'I don't think lizards do Lamaze,' his mother noted to him. (Women can be so cruel to their own young. I mean what she does to me is one thing, but this boy is of her womb, for God's sake.).

    The vet took Ernie back to the examining room and peered at the little animal through a magnifying glass.

    'What do you think, Doc, a C-section?' I suggested scientifically.

    'Oh, very interesting,' he murmured. 'Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, may I speak to you privately for a moment?'

    I gulped, nodding for my son to step outside.

    'Is Ernie going to be okay?' my wife asked.

    'Oh, perfectly,' the vet assured us. 'This lizard is not in labor. In fact, that isn't EVER going to happen.
    Ernie is a boy. You see, Ernie is a young male. And occasionally, as they come into maturity, like most male species, they um . . um . . .stick it out! Just the way he did. He blushed,
    glancing at my wife.

    We were silent, absorbing this.

    'So, Ernie's just just . . . excited,' my wife offered.

    'Exactly,' the vet replied , relieved that we understood.

    More silence. Then my vicious, cruel wife started to giggle. And giggle. And then even laugh loudly.

    'What's so funny?' I demanded, knowing, but not believing that the woman I married would commit the upcoming affront to my flawless manliness.

    Tears were now running down her face. 'It's just that . . I'm picturing you pulling on its . . . its. . . teeny, little ,,,,' She gasped for more air to bellow in laughter once more.

    'That's enough,' I warned. We thanked the vet and hurriedly bundled the lizard and our son back into the car.. He was glad everything was going to be okay.

    'I know Ernie's really thankful for what you did, Dad,' he told me.

    'Oh, you have NO idea,' my wife agreed, collapsing with laughter.

    Two lizards: $140.

    One cage: $50.

    Trip to the vet: $30.

    Memory of your husband pulling on a lizard's winkie: Priceless!

    Moral of the story: Pay attention in biology class.

    Lizards lay eggs!
     
     
    AUTHOR UNKNOWN.....BUT IT IS FUNNY.....
    February 19

    THE FEMALE GENIE

     

    While trying to escape through Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden found a bottle on the sand and picked it up.  

    Suddenly, a female Genie rose from the bottle and with a smile said, 'Master, may I grant you one wish?'


    Osama responded, 'You ignorant, unworthy Daughter-of-a-dog! Don't you know who I am? I don't need any common woman giving me anything.'

    The shocked Genie said, 'Please, I must grant you a wish or I will be returned to that bottle forever.'

    Osama thought a moment, then grumbled about the impertinence of the woman and said, 'Very well, I want to awaken with three American women in my bed in the morning. So just do it and be off with you.'


    The annoyed Genie said, 'So be it!' and disappeared.

    The next morning Bin Laden woke up in bed with Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and Hillary Clinton at his side.

    His penis was gone, his knees were broken, and he had no health insurance.

    February 18

    MORE OF THE MUSLIM GAME

    If Islam were a violent religion, then all Muslims would be violent.”

    The Muslim Game:

    Most Muslims live peacefully, without harming others, so how can Islam be a violent religion?  If Islam were the religion of terrorists, then why aren’t most Muslims terrorists?

    The Truth:

    Simply put, because it’s wrong to kill people, regardless of what Islam may or may not teach.

    All religions align in some form or fashion with intuitive utilitarian principles.  Many Muslims in the West often hold an interpretation of Islam that is much closer to Judeo-Christianity than to the actual way of Muhammad, since that is how their religion is presented to them.  They only know the biographical details of their prophet that are in line with moral restraint, and not the ones that speak of hedonism, deception, power and violence.

    Decent Muslims are that way because they are more loyal to the moral law written in their hearts than they are to the details of Muhammad’s religion, whether they know it or not.  They filter out evidence to the contrary - when they may encounter it - and truly believe that their religion is inclusive of the many freedoms and values that are cherished in the West (perhaps never questioning why liberty and tolerance are conspicuously lacking in Muslim lands).

    Although it is a broad religion, it is no coincidence that the purists in Islam – those most prone to taking the words of Muhammad literally – are almost always the more dangerous.  They may be called ‘extremists’ or ‘fundamentalists,’ but, at the end of the day, they are always the more dedicated to the Qur’an and following the path of Jihad as mandated by Muhammad.

    Of course, the same question can easily be turned around.  If Islam is a religion of peace, then why is it the only religion that consistently produces religiously-motivated terrorist attacks?  Why are thousands of people able to cut off an innocent person’s head or fly a plane into a building while screaming praises to Allah?  Where’s the outrage among other Muslims when this happens… and why do they get more worked up over cartoons?

     

    Other religions kill, too.”

    The Muslim Game:

    Bringing other religions down to the level of Islam is one of the most popular strategies of Muslim apologists when confronted with the spectacle of Islamic violence.  Remember Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber?  Why pick on Islam if other religions have the same problems? 

    The Truth:

    Because they don’t. 

    Regardless of what his birth certificate may or may not have said, Timothy McVeigh was not a religious man.  At no time did he credit his deeds to religion, quote Bible verses, or claim that he killed for God. 

    The so-called “members of other faiths” alluded to by Muslims are nearly always just nominal members who have no active involvement.  They are neither inspired by, nor do they credit religion as Muslim terrorists do, and this is what makes it a very different matter. 

    Islam is associated with Islamic terrorism because that is the association that the terrorists themselves choose to make.

    Muslims who compare crime committed by people who happen to be nominal members of other religions to religious terror committed explicitly in the name of Islam are comparing apples to oranges.

    Yes, some of the abortion clinic bombers were religious (as Muslims enjoy pointing out), but consider the scope of the problem.  There were five deadly attacks over a 35 year period in the U.S.  Seven people died.  This is an average of one death every five years. 

    By contrast, Islamic terrorists staged nearly ten thousand deadly attacks in just the six years following September 11th, 2001.  If one goes back to 1971, when Muslim armies in Bangladesh began the mass slaughter of Hindus, through the years of Jihad in the Sudan, Kashmir and Algeria, and the present-day Sunni-Shia violence in Iraq, the number of innocents killed in the name of Islam probably exceeds five million over this same period.

    In the last six years, there have been perhaps a dozen or so religiously-inspired killings by people of all other faiths combined.  No other religion produces the killing sprees that Islam does nearly every day of the year.  Neither do they have verses in their holy texts that arguably support it.  Nor do they have large groups across the globe dedicated to the mass murder of people who worship a different god, as the broader community of believers struggles with ambivalence and a radical clergy that supports the terror.

    Muslims may like to pretend that other religions are just as subject to "misinterpretation" as is their “perfect” one, but the reality speaks of something far worse.

     

    February 17

    THE MUSLIM GAME

    The Crusades

    The Muslim Game:

    Muslims love talking about the Crusades… and Christians love apologizing for them.  To hear both parties tell the story, one would believe that Muslims were just peacefully minding their own business in lands that were legitimately Muslim, when Christian armies decided to wage holy war and "kill millions.”

    The Truth:

    Every part of this myth is a lie.  By the rules that Muslims claim for themselves, the Crusades were perfectly justified, and the excesses (though beneath Christian standards) pale in comparison with the historical treatment of conquered populations at the hands of Muslims.

    Here are some quick facts…

    The first Crusade began in 1095… 460 years after the first Christian city was overrun by Muslim armies, 457 years after Jerusalem was conquered by Muslim armies, 453 years after Egypt was taken by Muslim armies, 443 after Muslims first plundered Italy, 427 years after Muslim armies first laid siege to the Christian capital of Constantinople, 380 years after Spain was conquered by Muslim armies, 363 years after France was first attacked by Muslim armies, 249 years after Rome itself was sacked by a Muslim army, and only after centuries of church burnings, killings, enslavement and forced conversions of Christians.

    By the time the Crusades finally began, Muslim armies had conquered two-thirds of the Christian world.

    Europe had been harassed by Muslims since the first few years following Muhammad’s death.  As early as 652, Muhammad’s followers launched raids on the island of Sicily, waging a full-scale occupation 200 years later that lasted almost a century and was punctuated by massacres, such as that at the town of Castrogiovanni, in which 8,000 Christians were put to death.  In 1084, ten years before the first crusade, Muslims staged another devastating Sicilian raid, burning churches in Reggio, enslaving monks and raping an abbey of nuns before carrying them into captivity.

    In theory, the Crusades were provoked by the harassment of Christian pilgrims from Europe to the Holy Land, in which many were kidnapped, molested, forcibly converted to Islam or even killed.  (Compare this to Islam’s justification for slaughter on the basis of Muslims being denied access to the Meccan pilgrimage in Muhammad’s time).

    The Crusaders only invaded lands that were Christian.  They never attacked Saudi Arabia or sacked Mecca as the Muslims had done (and continued doing) to Italy and Constantinople.

    The period of Crusader “occupation” (of its own former land) was stretched over less than two centuries.  The Muslim occupation is in its 1,372nd year.

    The period of Crusader “aggression” compresses to about 20 years of actual military campaign, much of which was spent on organization and travel.  (They were from 1098-1099, 1146-1148, 1188-1192, 1201-1204, 1218-1221, 1228-1229, and 1248-1250).  By comparison, the Muslim Jihad against the island of Sicily alone lasted 75 grinding years.

    Unlike Jihad, the Crusades were never justified on the basis of New Testament teachings.  This is why they are an anomaly, the brief interruption of fourteen centuries of relentless Jihad against Christianity that began long before the Crusades and continued well after they were over. 

    The greatest crime of the Crusaders was the sacking of Jerusalem, in which 30,000 people were said to have been massacred.  This number is dwarfed by the number of Jihad victims, from India to Constantinople and Narbonne, but Muslims have never apologized for their crimes and never will. 

    What is called 'sin and excess' by other religions, is what Islam refers to as the will of Allah.

     

    FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ISLAM

    February 16, 2008

    Iran to Dutch: Don't show Qur'an film -- or else

    "We must not allow the freedom of speech ... to be used as a cover for assaulting the sensibilities and exalted moral and religious values which are respected by all of humanity," said Justice Minister Gholamhossein Elham.

    But he's got it wrong. This is what he should have said: "We must not allow a sense of offense that is exaggerated beyond all proportion ... to be used as a cover for assaulting innocent human beings, destroying the principles of free inquiry (on which rests the harmony of a society in which people of good faith differ in their religious and philosophical perspectives) and imposing the supremacism of one belief-system upon everyone."

    "Iran urges Dutch not to air Koran film: report," from Reuters (thanks to Hot Air):

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has urged the Netherlands to prevent the screening of a film in which a right-wing populist lawmaker plans to lay out his view of the Koran, a news agency in the Islamic Republic said on Saturday.

    Justice Minister Gholamhossein Elham expressed concern about what he called the making of an offensive film against the Koran in a letter to his Dutch counterpart Ernst Hirsch Ballin, the Fars News Agency said.

    He called on Ballin to prevent this "provocative and satanic act on the basis of European Convention on Human Rights," the news agency report, picked up by the BBC in London, said.

    "We must not allow the freedom of speech ... to be used as a cover for assaulting the sensibilities and exalted moral and religious values which are respected by all of humanity," Elham, who is also government spokesman, said in the letter.

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    February 16

    TWO CHIMPS AND A BLONDE

    Two Chimps and a Blonde
    Best 2008 blonde joke so far..........

    A blonde lady motorist was about two hours from
    San Diego when she was flagged down by a man whose
    truck had broken down. The man walked up to the car
    and asked, "Are you going to San Diego?"

    "Sure," answered the blonde, "do you need a
    lift?"
    “Not for me. I'll be spending the next three
    hours fixing my truck. My problem is I've got two
    chimpanzees in the back, which has to be taken to the
    San Diego Zoo. They're a bit stressed already so I
    don't want to keep them on the road all day. Could
    you possibly take them to the zoo for me?
    I'll give you $100 for your trouble."

    Chimpanzees were ushered into the back seat of the
    blonde's car and carefully strapped into their seat
    belts. Off they went.

    Five hours later, the truck driver was driving
    through the heart of San Diego when suddenly he was
    horrified!! There was the blonde walking down the
    street and holding hands with the two chimps, much to
    the amusement of a big crowd.

    With a screech of brakes he pulled off the road
    and ran over to the blonde. What the heck are you
    doing here?" he demanded, "I gave you $100 to take
    these chimpanzees to the zoo."

    "Yes, I know you did," said the blonde," but we
    had money left over---so now we're going to Sea World.
    February 14

    JUST A LITTLE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT......

    Top this for a speeding ticket:

    Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement
    on I-15, North of MCAS Miramar. One of the officers was using a hand held
    radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching near the crest of a
    hill.

    The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300
    miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would
    not reset and turned off.

    Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in
    fact locked onto a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying
    exercise near the locat ion.

    Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to
    the USMC Base Commander.

    Back came a reply in true USMC style:

    Thank you for the message, which allows us to complete the file on this
    incident.

     

    You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the
    Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto your
    hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it.

    Furthermore, and air to ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had
    also automatically locked onto your equipment.

     

    Fortunately the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly  responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated  defense system before the missile was launched and your hostile radar was destroyed.

    Thank you for your concerns.
    February 13

    ILLEGAL ALIENS

    WHAT IF 20 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS VACATED AMERICA?

     
     
    By Frosty Wooldridge
    October 29, 2007
    NewsWithViews.com

    Tina Griego, journalist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News wrote a column titled, "Mexican visitor's lament" -- 10/25/07.
    She interviewed Mexican journalist Evangelina Hernandez while visiting Denver last week. Hernandez said,
    "They (illegal aliens) pay rent, buy groceries, buy clothes...what happens to your country's economy if 20 million people go away?"
    That's a good question – it deserves an answer. Over 80 percent of Americans demand secured borders and illegal migration stopped. But what would happen if all 20 million or more vacated America? The answers may surprise you!

    ·       In California, if 3.5 million illegal aliens moved back to Mexico, it would leave an extra $10.2 billion to spend on overloaded school systems, bankrupted hospitals and overrun prisons. It would leave highways cleaner, safer and less congested. Everyone could understand one another as English became the dominate language again.

    ·       In Colorado, 500,000 illegal migrants, plus their 300,000 kids and grand-kids – would move back "home," mostly to Mexico. That would save Coloradans an estimated $2 billion (other experts say $7 BIL) annually in taxes that pay for schooling, medical, social-services and incarceration costs. It means 12,000 gang members would vanish out of Denver alone.

    ·       Colorado would save more than $20 million in prison costs, and the terror that those 7,300 alien criminals set upon local citizens. Denver Officer Don Young and hundreds of Colorado victims would not have suffered death, accidents, rapes and other crimes by illegals.

    ·       Denver Public Schools would not suffer a 67 percent drop out/flunk out rate via thousands of illegal alien students speaking 41 different languages. At least 200,000 vehicles would vanish from our gridlocked cities in Colorado. Denver's four percent unemployment rate would vanish as our working poor would gain jobs at a living wage.

    ·       In Florida, 1.5 million illegals would return the Sunshine State back to America, the rule of law and English.

    ·       In Chicago, Illinois, 2.1 million illegals would free up hospitals, schools, prisons and highways for a safer, cleaner and more crime-free experience.

    If 20 million illegal aliens returned "home" --
    If 20 million illegal aliens returned "home," the U.S. economy would return to the rule of law. Employers would hire legal American citizens at a living wage. Everyone would pay their fair share of taxes because they wouldn't be working off the books. That would result in an additional $401 billion in IRS income taxes collected annually, and an equal amount for local state and city coffers.
    No more push '1' for Spanish or '2' for English. No more confusion in American schools that now must content with over 100 languages that degrade the educational system for American kids. Our overcrowded schools would lose more than two million illegal alien kids at a cost of billions in ESL and free breakfasts and lunches.
    We would lose 500,000 illegal criminal alien inmates at a cost of more than $1.6 billion annually. That includes 15,000 MS-13 gang members who distribute $130 billion in drugs annually would vacate our country. In cities like L.A., 20,000 members of the "18th Street Gang" would vanish from our nation. No more Mexican forgery gangs for ID theft from Americans! No more foreign rapists and child molesters!
    Losing more than 20 million people would clear up our crowded highways and gridlock. Cleaner air and less drinking and driving American deaths by illegal aliens!
    Drain on America's economy; taxpayers harmed, employers get rich
    Over $80 billion annually wouldn't return to their home countries by cash transfers. Illegal migrants earned half that money untaxed, which further drains America's economy – which currently suffers an $8.7 trillion debt.
    At least 400,000 anchor babies would not be born in our country, costing us $109 billion per year per cycle. At least 86 hospitals in California, Georgia and Florida would still be operating instead of being bankrupted out of existence because illegals pay nothing via the EMTOLA Act. Americans wouldn't suffer thousands of TB and hepatitis cases rampant in our country—brought in by illegals unscreened at our borders.
    Our cities would see 20 million less people driving, polluting and grid locking our cities. It would also put the "progressives" on the horns of a dilemma; illegal aliens and their families cause 11 percent of our greenhouse gases.

    Over one million of Mexico’s poorest citizens now live inside and along our border from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California in what the New Yor k Times called, “colonias” or new neighborhoods. Trouble is, those living areas resemble Bombay and Calcutta where grinding poverty, filth, diseases, drugs, crimes, no sanitation and worse. They live without sewage, clean water, streets, electricity, roads or any kind of sanitation. The New York Times reported them to be America’s new “Third World” inside our own country. Within 20 years, at their current growth rate, they expect 20 million residents of those colonias. (I’ve seen them personally in Texas and Arizona; it’s sickening beyond anything you can imagine.) By enforcing our laws, we could repatriate them back to Mexico.

    CANCER FREE

    I HAD TO GO AND RECHECK AND FOLLOW UP WITH TO SEE IF THE CANCER HAD RETURN OR WHAT PROBLEMS I WAS STILL HAVING.  THE GOOD NEWS IS I DON'T BACK TO SEE IF I HAVE CANCER FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.  YAHOOO!!!  THANK THE LORD.
    February 12

    PAUL HARVEY


    Paul Harvey Writes:
    We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
    I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
    I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
    I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
    And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
    It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep.
    I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
    I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him.
    When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
    I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
    On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
    If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one.
    I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
    When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
    I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
    May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
    I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
    I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
    May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
    I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hanukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.

    These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
    Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
    Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by accepting favors, but by doing them.
    Paul Harvey RIDDLE:

    When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.
    What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die? 

     
    February 11

    4 RULES OF LIFE

    DRINK, STEAL, SWEAR & LIE
     
    I met this guy while I was in Albuquerque and he has
    a motto he lives by everyday. He said listen carefully and
    live by these 4 rules: Drink, Steal, Swear, & Lie.
     
     I was shaking my head 'no', but he then told me to listen
    while he explained his four rules. So here they are:
     
    1.. "Drink" from the "everlasting cup" every day.
     
    2.. "Steal" a moment to help someone that is in worse shape
     than you are.
     
    3.. "Swear" that you will be a better person today than
     yesterday.
     
    4.. And last, but not least, when you "lie" down at night
     thank God you live in America and have freedom.
     
     
    I am not as good as I should be,  I am not as good
    as I could be  but THANK GOD
     I am better than I used to be !
     
     
    "WE WILL SING FOR JOY OVER YOUR VICTORY, AND IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS.  MAY THE LORD FULFILL ALL YOUR PETITIONS."