Sunday, August 19, 2007

Things that make you go "Hmmmmm..."


When one considers Bible prophecy one thing that has to be taken onto consideration is that often the prophet was speaking of a future time or future events that were to come. What signs would accompany or precede the ushering in of the events.

In writing down the visions these men were given by God often we notice they would often revolve around symbolism. Why is that? I believe in part because they were describing things that they were not familiar with. This challenged them to describe things in such a manner that they could identify with. It is no different then today.

Often when one hears of a UFO sighting, these crafts are not identified by any specific name. We often hear statements such as "saucer" or "Frisbee" because of the shape these crafts apprently appear in.

In prophecy we are told of a distant time where "locusts with the face of a man that will reign down fire" near the time of the end will inhabit the earth.

Too the finite small human mind this can seem ridiculous. But what were the prophets seeing that they could not describe?

(A grasshopper/locust flying, minus the little dude on top)

(how else would you describe it if you had never seen one?)

(The face of a man in the cockpit reigning down fire, hmmmm...)

Or how about a swarm?



It is simply food for thought. And quite possibly the most accurate description a prophet could give during his timeline in history.

The following article regarding Mystery Babylon is NOT mine. I had no part in it's content, pics, etc. But as I read it I admit it was rather thought provoking. I have re-copied it here too hear what your views on it might be. It will be considerd offensive to my Muslim friends but that is not the intent of me posting it. In my view I do believe we are living in the latter times of the last days and the return of Jesus Christ is very near.

MYSTERY BABYLON, The Beast, & The Mother of Harlots



Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me,
saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment
of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:


Rev 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk
with the wine of her fornication.












Rev 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,
and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand
full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON
THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.




Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,





Now Notice the Relation of the Beast of Islam.



Notice that First Day Cover Issue of a Palestinian Authority Postage Stamp Comes Right Out in Plain English and rather clearly states the
Moon God of Islam to be Baal.
Baal, Lucifer, Satan, the devil, is Allah the moon god of the Beast of Islam. That is why the Religion of Islam is the Favored Religion of the Luciferian Global Satanists.

Psa 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Psa 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Psa 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Psa 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Psa 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Psa 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Everyone should Notice that the Shape of the Horns of the Beast which the harlot rides is in the OBVIOUS Crescent Moon of Islam or Baal



Rev 2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

Rev 2:13 I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.



We KNOW from Revelation 2:12-17 that Satan’s Seat was located at Pergamon. The Altar of Pergamon (Location of Satan’s Seat) was discovered in an amazingly preserved condition by a German Archaeologist. In 1902 German Kaiser Wilhelm II brought the entire structure of the Altar of Pergamon, Satan’s Seat, and had it set up in Berlin Germany. (Pictured Above) Wilhelm II claimed that to be the highest achievement of his reign. Satan’s Seat, not a copy, but the actual original is NOW in the European Union in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin Germany.
German Archaeologists also found in an amazingly well preserved condition the Ishtar Gates of Babylon. (Pictured Below). In 1913 Germany began bringing the actual gates of Babylon to also finally be set up in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin Germany. It did not take long for World War One to begin. By 1930 the entire Ishtar Gateway as well as the processional had been brought to Germany and erected in Berlin. The Skull & Bones member, in Germany known as the Thule Society member, Adolph Hitler, celebrated the erection of the Gates of Babylon and ESPECIALLY the Altar of SATAN’S SEAT. World war two resulted in the death of 55 Million, including 6 Million innocent Jews which Hitler sought to purge from Europe. Russia captured the Pergamon Altar or Satan’s Seat but in 1958 returned the Pergamon Altar back to Germany where it is now located in the European Union in Berlin, Germany.




2 Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

The things that make you go "Hmmmm....."

Until next time...

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Decade of decadence

alcohol-free

Today marks a milestone for me personally. As one who spent a large part of my life using and abusing alchohol and drugs the very thought, at one time, of ever quitting was simply non-excistent.

I knew I had an addiction and I did not care. Even though it caused those close to me a lot of hurt, sorrow, and pain I selfishly put my addictive needs ahead of them. This, of course, is a natural reflective attitude of the "ME" generation as well as the sinful nature of the flesh that seeks to continually supplement it's lustful desire's at any cost regardless of the fact that it is at the expense of other's.

Deep down, even when I had my moments of wanting to quit, it seemed no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't. Going an entire week without a drink for me was not only considered a miracle but also painful. Alcohol for me was like blood to a vampire. I craved it when it was not in my system.

Eventually, as I realised just how enslaved I was to it, I would drink more to Numb myself from that very painful reality. What a dismal way to live life. Who could rescue me from this dark abyss? I know I couldn't do it. Even AA couldn't do it for me.

But there was one who sought me out, came into my life at my lowest, and rescued me from what could have been a shortened life with nothing to show for it but loss.

Today, I thank my King, my brother, my friend, my Saviour, and my Redeemer. Thank you Jesus for loving me when I was unlovable. Thank you for rescuing me when I did not deserve it. Thank you for seeing value in me. Thank you for your patience, grace, kindness, and guidance. Thank you for giving me a life that has meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. Thank you for 10 years of sobriety. I could never have done it without you.

jesus sustaining man

Until next time...

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Global warming...where are you?

With only 4 weeks to go before summer officially arrives I am eagerly (and STILL) awaiting the balmy temperatures of global warming to kick in. As I type, our temperature high today was 6 degrees Celsius. We will be dipping down to below zero tonight with frost warnings in effect. Our temps this time last year? 29 degrees Celsius! Our average for this time of year? High teens to low twenties.

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(Yesterday in Calgary)

It get's better. The Province of Alberta yesterday was blanketed in SNOW with anywhere between 15 to 20 cms. The temperature in the most southern city of Calgary this time last year? 24 degrees Celsius.

That's right, it is again time to pick on Al Gore and his continuous onslaught of inducing the delirious and delusional masses with his old, but always entertaining, left wing (ahem) strategies of fear mongering and scare tactics.

Yes, good ole' Al has managed to convince many that WE the people are cooking our own planet thru our selfish CO2 emissions. That global warming is a direct result of you and me. His evidence? He doesn't really need any because, well, he is Al gore. He is a Dumbocrat (oops Freudian typo) I mean Democrat. Annnd a democrat would never mislead the people, right?

In fact, Al is so concerned about our environment that he is flying around the planet on his Lear (jet fuel, BTW, is one of the worst offenders of transportation emissions) right now to remind us all that we need to start walking everywhere. Thanks for (Jet)setting the example big fella!

Goreochio

In fact he even brought his propaganda circus to Canada a few months ago taking a few jabs at my new Conservative government for wanting to withdraw from Kyoto for recognizing it for the money sucking scam that it is and its utter failure to actually address the "so called" problem itself.

"How dare Canada withdraw" was the charge he threw at us. What was that you said Mr. Gore back in 1997 when you were the Vice President of the United States with relation to that wonderful accord that you now espouse the virtues of? Oh yeah, you said:

"We will not submit this (Kyoto) for ratification until there's meaningful participation by key developing nations"

Seems like someone forgot they never really supported the Kyoto Accord back then. As Toronto Sun editor, Lorrie Goldstein, correctly points out regarding such a statement:

"Problem is, Kyoto required nothing of developing countries such as China and India when Gore made that statement 10 years ago, doesn't require anything of them now and won't require anything of them before it expires in 2012."

Although Al's then boss, President Clinton, eventually signed the Accord in November of 1998 "They" never bothered to send it to congress for ratification which would have, essentially, made the treaty effective. Why not send it if it was of such vital importance? Again, as Lorrie points out:

"The reason is the U.S. Senate had already made it clear a year earlier, in a bipartisan vote of 95-0, that it wouldn't ratify Kyoto. Democrats and Republicans alike thought it was unfair to U.S. economic interests due to its lack of demands on the developing world."

Oh no, you mean Al put the economy before the environment? But I thought only the dark lords of the "Right" committed such devious and selfish acts? I am perplexed!?!?!?

Al's hypocrisy on this whole debacle continues to shine which is exactly why he may very well become the next President of the United States. It's not about truth (inconvenient or not) or reality. It's about instilling mass panic. In fact dictators often employ this tactic on their rise to power.

Al Dictagore
(An inconvenient reality?)

The lack of evidence, as well as the evidence against, and most importantly, the "twisted" misleading Al interpretations of evidence will continue to unravel. But Al loves his devout followers of his Chicken Little agenda. So they will vehemently defend his misleading ways and place him in office where he will once again face the inconvenient truth that when in office...it's all about the economy.

At which point I predict his first course of action in office will be to make his own movie contraband.

Until next time...

(For those who have computers that can handle video please enjoy some more Al bloopers regarding his whacked out presentations on some very misleading "evidences". If your computer cannot handle video get to a friends who can. This vid is quite entertaining...and once again, inconvenient for Al.)

Saturday, May 05, 2007

WHAT?!?!?!?!

This may be one of the shortest post's I ever publish but I just had to challenge the most retarded response to a judge I have heard in quite some time.

Paris Hilton and her laywer

As you may have heard by now, Beverly Hills brat Paris Hilton, was just sentenced to 45 days in jail for breaching her prohbation conditions (stemming from her DUI) that CLEARLY stipulated that that her driver's licence was under suspension as part of her prohbationary sentence for drunk driving.

After being arrested for being caught driving her vehicle she intelligently responsed to the judge for her actions by stating:

"I didn't know a suspension meant that I could not drive my own car"

Huh? Say what?

Paris...(exasperation)...STOP lending credibility to the notion that all blondes are dumb as stones.

Until next time....

Sunday, April 22, 2007

TAG, I'm it!

Musical notes

I don't usually get involved when I am Tagged by fellow bloggers when it comes to "this list" or "that list" but I decided I would participate in Rage's contest after I was tagged for two reason's.

One, I found this particular list different from all the standard All about ME lists. Reason two is for no other reason then that Lucy is my friend. She tagged me and the fact that she thought of me, considering I oppose many of her views, says, if nothing else, just how fond she is of a good ole' "Righty" such as myself. For that, I thank her and feel that this one list is worth the effort.

The list compiled here with Rage's contest, asks the contestant to compose a song list consisting of their personal top 20 picks. If they like "your" list best then you will be hosting Rage "from the couch" for a night. Although I am not officially entering, here is my top 20 (in no particular order). I cannot guarantee all of these would fit under a punk/rock category.


1.) Peace sells but who's buying - Megadeth
2.) And Justice for all - Metallica
3.) Coma - GNR
4.) Estranged - GNR
5.) In my world - Anthrax
6.) You can't bring me down - Suicidal Tendencies
7.) Walk - Pantera
8.) Badlands - Metal Church
9.) Wanted dead or alive - Bon Jovi
10.) You can't break me - Precious Death
11.) Tire kickin' - Tourniquet
12.) Forever free - WASP
13.) The Ballad - Testament
14.) It's a long way to the top - AC/DC
15.) Wildflower - The Cult
16.) Outkast - P.O.D.
17.) Anti-social - Anthrax
18.) Set it off - Thousand Foot Krutch
19.) Let it roll - BTO
20.) Run thru the jungle - CCR

The contest also requests that you give your rationale/reasoning behind your top 5 picks. For me, personally, lyrical content has a lot too do with the songs I prefer to listen too. A song must have meaning and touch some inner chord with the soul. Every song I have chosen here either has or at one time HAD spoken to some area in life that I could relate too. Anyone can write a bunch of meaningless blather to a good beat (See the royal duchess herself and her "Humps") but that does not make it a quality song.

My top 5 were:

Megadeth Peace sells!

1.) Peace sells but who's buying - The title alone says it all. There have been times where I have supported a particular war but not because I am in favor of war overall. Peace sells, heck it's free! But there are not many takers.

Guns n roses

2.) Coma - This song, even combined with "Estranged", spoke to me during some very dark times in my life. Many times I wanted to be in this state simply to escape. Actually now that I reflect on this song it is quite depressing.

Precious death

3.) You can't break me - This song screams out to be my own personal title song. It was written for The Intolerant One. Precious Death is an awesome Christian band with ballz!

"If everything is relative and nothing absolute why don't I just take this gun ...(heavy metal guitar riff)
But if some things are always wrong then something must be right....(heavy metal guitar riff)

TOLERANCE, TOLERANCE! but you can't tolerate me/ so you go back in the world till you start liking the sound/ and till your to hard to the truth for me to give it to you/ now you can hate me but you can't break me!

Never knew the name of the game, never knew the words were the same, never knew the real thing

For a man to say that everything is meaningless and relative till he looks at a picture of his kids...

I have known many men that have floated in these fluid worlds but I have never known one they could live by...

TOLERANCE, TOLERANCE! but you can't tolerate me/ so you stereotype and choose the wrong and the right/ then you walk and complain until you drive me insane and you can hate me but you can't break me!"


The song goes on and on but you get the picture ;)

Pantera

4.) Walk - This song is all about respect. Walking the walk and calling the talkers/phonies on the floor to quit the BS. An angry band with an attitude to back it up! I don't care for a lot of their other music but this song has my RESPECT!

"Can't you see I'm easily bothered by persistence /One step from lashing out at you... /You want in toget under my skin /And call yourself a friend /I've got more friends like you /What do I do?

(Pre) Is there no standard anymore? /What it takes, who I am, where I've been /Belong /You can't be something you're not /Be yourself, by yourself /Stay away from me /A lesson learned in life /Known from the dawn of time
(Chorus)
Respect, walk

Run your mouth when I'm not around /It's easy to achieve /You cry to weak friends that sympathize /Can you hear the violins playing your song? /Those same friends tell me your every word


And finally...

acdc75-77

5.) It's a long way to the top - Alright, I confess that about 15 years ago I wanted to be a rock star. Who didn't when they were younger? The lyrics would almost be expected regarding the determination and struggles one goes thru to "Make it to the top". But what got to me about this song was the Bagpipes! Only AC/DC could have bagpipes playing in the background to a hard riffin' rock song and actually pull it off! This song rocks!

Well, that is it. I wish I could have commented on every song and why I chose it but that would take up even far more posting time. If you are curious about one I listed just ask. After all, those who know me, already understand that I am quite an "open minded" individual....for a conservative;)

Until next time...

Monday, April 09, 2007

For your eyes only

yellow-evidence-tape_LRG

I always find it rather odd how the masses continue to believe and follow that which is not proven, questionable, under scrutiny (and rightfully so), and yet allow themselves too be duped that a hypothesis is a reality. That a theory is a fact.

It is a message that is pounded into them time and time again without solid consistent evidence and those that continue to question or simply do not accept based on the lack of evidence are made out to be portrayed as archaic stubborn headed dinosaurs who are refusing to accept the obvious. The obvious according to the mainstream doctrinal teachings that is.

The problem is how can it be obvious when based on incomplete and insufficient data that does not allow for scientific conclusion of "absoluteness" and instead requires more "Guesstimation" on percieved probably's? Which in reality is more close to a "maybe" and further away from actuality.

Many of these theoretical "possibilities" that are being espoused as truth claims that, only supposedly intelligently superior human beings are capable of accepting, seem to be missing some of the most vital and crucial ingredients that would not even fly if they were on trial in a court of law.

That being eyewitness accounts.

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In fact "eyewitness" accounts, when they have taken place, still had the masses flocking the other direction when the evidence is before them. Take, for example, Planned Parenthood's version of "Safe sex". Throw condoms at kid's and the teenage pregnancy rate's will drop and so will the rate of STD infections. Hmmmmm well, 30 years later we are now dealing with not only a consistent rise in teen pregnancies but also in teen abortions. We have now gone from 2 sexual diseases in the 1960's to almost 30 in the 1990's. A minority of them lifetime and some of those fatal. With the evidence and eyewitness accounts before us....the community of the superiorly intelligent ignore the obvious and throw more condoms at them. After all, "The little darlings are going to do it anyway!" Typical mantra chant of the defeatist attitude. The problem has escalated to gigantic proportions.

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(A very sad reality/consequence when "permission" is essentially given to kids by other adults who are NOT the parents)

Of course we can also bring in the never ending debate of the origins into this and the often questionable "science" behind one of the world's most organized religion's with it's policy of narrow minded intolerance towards suggestions of other possible scientific theories. I always thought ALL theories were to be considered "equal" until one was actually proven true.

MondoMonkeyWhiteB
(Evolution wants you to "believe" that this is your descended late great Uncle Harry)

Then of course there is the latest propaganda spin coming from way out in "Left" field. The "Chicken Little's" featuring Al Gore & David Suzuki co-starring with United Nations IPCC in the latest version of "The sky is falling.....AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" Apparently, and as is usually the case, very questionable science and shaky theories are to be the only acceptable "truth" by these alarmists that global warming is a man made problem (Yawn!). That is a very interesting position to take when considering the cold weather and large amounts of snowfall that has been received in the past month.

chicken_little

In fact this time last year (the week between April 1-7, 2006) the average temperature on my side of the world was averaging between 3 and 8 degrees Celsius which is quite normal for that time of year. I had already been riding my motorcycle for a week and a half at that time. Same time only move forward to 2007 and the temperatures this past week, one year later, have hovered between -14 to as low as -29 with lot's of snow and ice left to melt. In one year the tempature difference was as much as 37 degrees Celsius. As I type this we are dipping down too -14 tonite. Last year, again, our high was +10. Nice call Al & Dave. Keep cranking out the BS!

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(Behind my house last week and...)

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(Ice jams on the Red river nearby where the spring thaw froze up and caused this mess. Global warming could have avoided this!!!)

But people still tend gobble it all up. Mind boggling. People "believe" evolution with out ever giving an eyewitness testimony of ever seeing it actually take place. They believe that sex is safe even when they do witness the destructiveness it can have when one is promiscuously abusive with it. They believe global warming is man made without ever seeing the verifiable science to support it.

And yet just over 2,000 years ago a man was buried in a sealed tomb under protective custody of the Roman Empire upon the request of the Religious zealots who wanted to ensure the body was not stolen under cover of night so His followers could not make radical claims about him. It was not a matter of His body going missing that trouble these individuals. It was what actually took place 3 days later that they were afraid of. He rose from the dead not by way of passed on legends or fairy tales. If that were the case there would be so much more to speculate on. Instead He was witnessed alive and well roaming the land of Israel clearly displaying His defeat over death and the grave. This miraculous event was "eye" witnessed by over 500 people over a 40 day period. Yet today many do not believe them. 30 more witnessed His ascension into Heaven.

ATT1
(The risen Saviour and Redeemer of mankind. Jesus Christ the Lord of Heaven and of Earth. The Alpha and the Omega. The First and the Last. Amen)

Eye witness testimonies do not seem to hold as much water as speculative, unproven, never before seen footage. Many would rather believe and accept that which was never witnessed. It would appear many try to simply avoid the real truth. Jesus Christ, the risen Lord, has risen indeed. Happy Easter!

Until next time...

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

An inconvienent film (For Al Gore!)

Another cause for global warming!

Last post I challenged the validity behind the claim's of man made global warming. I did this on the basis that I find there are always too many people on this planet who are so quick to be led around by the "Chicken Littles" of our day and age regardless of their lack of credentials or evidence to support their theories.

Yet many, maybe due too political ideological preference, will suck up whatever these enviormental gurus feed them. Everybody as of late has jumped on the Al Gore "The sky is falling" bandwagon and promoting his film, An inconvienent Truth, like it is the only acceptable formula on global warming. Despite the reality there is actually no substaniative evidence to back his claims. Just old outdated hypothesis.

Yet the deluded masses continue to absorb it as the truth and nothing but the truth. But if climate change is truly open for discussion/debate then Al Gore's devout followers should also consider the following "film" in their open minded approach in addressing an "apparent" problem.

I stated in my previous article that I believe that the likes of Al Gore and David Suzuki are promoting propaganda. Simply because they do not appear to be open to any other discussion on climate change unless it agree's with their unfounded theories. According to the following film/documentary, I am not alone.

If you have been sucked into their fairy tales but still consider yourselves open minded individuals willing to consider other scientific perspectives with regards to climate change then make yourself a bowl of popcorn and sit back to enjoy the next hour and 16 minutes. What you are about to view is a real "mind" opener. I am, however, anticipating many of my eco green duped (mostly "Lefties") friends to come by and discredit absolutley everyone in the video as opposed to actually considering what it has too say. Enjoy!

**SPECIAL NOTIFICATION** Since I first posted this video. I have had to re-post it twice due to it (the URL link) mysteriously disappearing first off google then off YouTube. All with in an 11 hour period. You think someone does not want this message to get out? I have now posted it in 8 different segements. Let's see if they are still here when I return from work in 8 hours

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


Part 5


Part 6


Part 7


Part 8


Until next time...

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

An inconvienient myth?

"Do you see what I see? Truth is an offence! Your silence for your confidence."

James Hetfield, Metallica

Solar flares the link to global warming?

I was having a coffee with a dear friend the other day when the question I have been anticipating (eventually from somebody, not necessarily him) finally came up.

"So, did you happen to see Al Gore's "An Inconvienient Truth"?"

At the time my response was "Not yet" but that I planned on it.

"Right now", I responded, "I am too busy listening too Canada's version of Al Gore, David Suzuki, spread his own environmental doomsday propaganda."

Now before you all go off on me like I have my head in the sand regarding the disgusting way we Earthlings treat our planet...just step back, step off, and hear me out.

One thing myself and some of these self proclaimed environmental saviors will agree upon is the reality that we are not doing ourselves, the animal kingdom, plant life, or our planet any favors when we are pumping out vile amounts of pollutants in the air and dumping ton's of toxic waste into our water systems. We, in many ways, are our own worst enemies. It is an area we need to come together in and unanimously agree to simply clean up our own backyard.

But the bigger question at stake here is "What does this have to do with global warming?" It is one thing to expose what we are doing to our planet but it is another thing to link it to a "possible" warming trend that, at least at this stage of the game, remains an unproven theory based some "loose" science. (Hmmm smells like remnants of evolution)

It was only 30 short years ago these same "alarmists" were decrying the inevitable catastrophe of the approaching global cooling trend. While we were still polluting our planet back then we were, at the time, being told to brace for the next Ice Age. Apparently because the seventies were a little on the chilly side

The other thing to consider in this "heated" (pun intended) debate is the credentials of those who promote their cause by instilling a fear in the populace that provokes a sense of anxious reactionism.

Al and the inconvienient myth

Al Gore is not a climatologist.


Dr. Dave "Do as I say not as I do" Suzuki

Neither is Canada’s David Suzuki.

Yet many will accept what these "Prophets of nature" tell them without scrutiny or question. I would even suggest these people are in a majority. But just because the majority follow does not always mean the teaching itself is accurate or correct.

So what exactly lends these gurus credibilty? Is it their "open mind" to consider ALL science on this subject? In David Suzuki's case, apparently not. On Febuary 15, 2007 David was a guest on the John Oakley Radio show when host John posed a very fair question to the "open minded" Dr. His question? "What about the science that is now surfacing that states that global warming is not man made?" Dr. Dave's intelligent, and might I add, mature response to respectable debate? Nothing! He got up and left the studio. A response befitting to your more "arrogant" evolutionist type that makes the all too common statement: "If it's not my science then it is not science! It must agree with my theory ONLY". That is mighty tolerant of you Dave.

Suzuki's hypocrisy

He further demonstrates his love for the environment by traveling the country in his "rock-star-style" diesel-burning tour bus, emitting more greenhouse gases during his tour's (approx. 30 days) than many of us do in an entire year. A bus that is capable of carrying up to 30 people was home only to 8. Comfort and convinience over the enviorment. Nice one Dave! A real environmentalist true to his cause would have peddled it on a ten speed. But alas we are only willing to talk about it not actually make a sacrifice or set the example ain't that right Dave? Al Gore likes to one up they guy by showing up on his private jet. Nothing like ozone killing jet fuel in the air while on your way to save the world from people, well, just like you Al.


So what are the "other" guys saying that had guys like Dr. (ahem) David at a loss for words? And what is the "truth" that Al Gore appears to conveniently ignore? Here is just a tidbit:

"Appearing before the Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development last year, Carleton University paleoclimatologist Professor Tim Patterson testified, "There is no meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years." Patterson asked the committee, "On the basis of this evidence, how could anyone still believe that the recent relatively small increase in CO2 levels would be the major cause of the past century's modest warming?"

Some more...

"Dr. Boris Winterhalter, former marine researcher at the Geological Survey of Finland and professor in marine geology, University of Helsinki, takes apart Gore's dramatic display of Antarctic glaciers collapsing into the sea. "The breaking glacier wall is a normally occurring phenomenon which is due to the normal advance of a glacier," says Winterhalter. "In Antarctica the temperature is low enough to prohibit melting of the ice front, so if the ice is grounded, it has to break off in beautiful ice cascades. If the water is deep enough icebergs will form."

And more...

"Dr. Dick Morgan, former advisor to the World Meteorological Organization and climatology researcher at University of Exeter, U.K. gives the details, "There has been some decrease in ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic over the past 30 years but no melt down. The Canadian Ice Service records show that from 1971-1981 there was average, to above average, ice thickness. From 1981-1982 there was a sharp decrease of 15% but there was a quick recovery to average, to slightly above average, values from 1983-1995. A sharp drop of 30% occurred again 1996-1998 and since then there has been a steady increase to reach near normal conditions since 2001."

It was Al Gore himself who said in his film "Scientists have an independent obligation to respect and present the truth as they see it,"

This is just a small portion of it Al but there it is. As long as we are on the whole "Truth" and presentation issue what exactly are they saying regarding your own misinformed presentation? Well Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia had this to say:

""Gore's circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention."

Are you done picking on ill informed Al Professor Bob? Nope! Alright then, carry on:

""The man is an embarrassment to US science and its many fine practitioners, a lot of whom know (but feel unable to state publicly) that his propaganda crusade is mostly based on junk science."

Speaking of Junk science, what did they have to say on the matter?

So here is what it all boils down too. Is there global warming? Maybe, maybe not. Is the science there to positively and accurately conclude that there is indeed a man made connection? No. I would suggest that even if we shut down every coal burning plant, oil well and ocean platforms. Got rid of all our vehicles and planes and simply lived off the avails of natural Earth....at the end of the day we would STILL experience climate change.

If non-climatologists such as Al and David consider themselves pioneers for our environment then let go of the political agendas and listen to the science.

Until next time...

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

The Dark, deceptive mask of Multiculturalism

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What comes to mind when one hears the phrase "Multiculturalism"? It is a phrase often intended to invoke a thought of united harmony between fellow human beings in such a manner that we, although one may not necessarily recognize or accept, can at least learn an appreciation for differing cultures and beliefs. A term that cry's out to unite us together, regardless of those cultural differences, as the human race. A movement of noble intent to once and for all put an end to racism and unite us under one banner. The Human Race!

It was only a few short decades ago that this movement began to catch on with a number of countries that wanted to embrace "acceptance" and (my favorite word) "Tolerance" towards our differences. On the surface it all sounded good. Masquerading as a gesture of goodwill towards the masses as way for us to all come together and experience warm and fuzzy feelings about our differences by showing the rest of the world that our society could co-exist together. Celebrating our cultural heritages while living under one flag. One nation united (now let me get offensive to some) Under God!

So the deeper question in all of this is: "Have we accomplished what we set out to do?" "Are we more united then ever? Or are we more divided then ever?"

I would suggest, sadly, that the latter has prevailed. Since it's inception (multiculturalism), nations such as Canada, and even the United States, has slowly begun to witness the erosion of their own identity as a "people". Instead it has become engulfed in a mass drive to point out each and every single discrepancy and nuance about just how different everybody is from one another. Racism, essentially, has once again resurfaced in a different disguise by coming in the proverbial back door to once again infiltrate us to the point that we no longer recognize a fellow human being as such but immediately begin seeking out the "differences" within them. Rather counter productive of the original intent behind a united human race poised to eliminate the ugliness of racism.

Racism CAN NOT be eliminated when the sole focus is constantly on the "differences". Ending racism meant to look past one's cultural background. Looking past the color of one's skin and seeing the human being within. No "One" master race but a united race of human beings sharing the same planet. All wanting to know, learn, and love. Living peacefully with one another. Multiculturalism, the integration of the many different races, has failed this goal miserably. One only has to ask the question, "With all the exposure and "education" of the differing cultures why has racism continued to rise?"

Might I suggest that in part has to do with a simple job application and government enforced "quotas" in order to accommodate "minority's" as I wrote about here in November 2005 Do not think for a moment that this still does not go on. That's how we address racism? By committing racism and cloaking it in multicultural fairness and equality.

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And what about our continous labelling? One example that comes to mind is U.S. Democratic Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama. Born an American citizen in Honolulu, Hawaii, I noticed that he is not referred to as an American. He is referred to as an African American! All though Barack is rather proud of this delusional title he is, in fact, NOT an African American no more then I am a European American. Barack was not born in Africa he was born in the United States of America. Yet he would rather be identified as an African as opposed to what he is, an American.

And so the trend continues in western nations. We no longer have Canadians/Americans. We have African Canadians, Mexican Canadians, Arab Canadians, Native American Canadians, Asian Canadians, Ukrainian Canadians, Jewish Canadians, Irish Canadians, and the list goes on and on and on....

The segregation does not end there. We continue to promote this unusual form of unity by further separating ourselves thru media such as Black Entertainment Television (BET), the Black sports network, or The Aboriginal Peoples Network (APN). We have awards such as Black Enterprise Awards, Black Engineer Awards, and even a Black weblog Awards. Not to single out the black people, there is also Aboriginal Music Awards, Aboriginal Achievement Awards, and The Aboriginal Peoples Choice awards. The Spanish have the MTV Latino Awards and the Billboard Latin Music Conference & Awards. In sports there is the North American Indigenous Games.

To be fair and honest I wanted to see what the Caucasian race was up too as well but was hard pressed to find any of the above in their categories. Let's call a spade a spade here. If the "White" man had his own television station, awards program, or sports Olympics I am willing to bet dollars to doughnuts it would be labeled as a racist outlet.

Let me be absolute clear here. As a Caucasian man married to an aboriginal woman and with many friends across differing cultural divides I harbor no animosity. The purpose and intent of this post is based on what I see as an observation over a long period of time observing a movement that is bringing us backwards, not forwards.

As a "White Judeo-Christian male" I am not alone in my views of Canadians loss of identity thru multiculturalism. First generation Canadian and practicing Muslim, Professor Mahfooz Kanwar, whose family roots are in Pakistan had this to say on the matter:

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"I used to support multiculturalism. I believed it gave us a sense of pluralism, diversity, and a variety of cultural and social customs. Now I believe it is not working."

"I have appreciated the Canadian system of accommodating people from around the world. But I also notice a lack of assimilation. I don't expect newcomers to integrate to the extent of converting to Christianity. I don't preach total amalgamation of subcultures, but it is the responsibility of minority groups to assimilate to the Canadian culture. That is missing in today's Canada."

"Those who feel their home land is better should go back. Canada must not allow ethnic groups to create problems for our justice system..."
(A good example of what he refers to would be this!)

"...by fighting governments in their homeland. If they have issues back home, they should go back and fight from within."

As a Muslim, I'm irritated by Season's Greetings, not Merry Christmas. We're obsessed with political correctness. I'm not defending vulgarities. I'm simply suggesting too much political correctness hinders communication. In lectures. I can't use some words to make a point because of multiculturalism."

"We're afraid of offending some minorities. I wish we had a common code of ethics....(where) we all loved to be Canadians NOT hyphenated Canadians."


And in conclusion the Professor says:

"Multicultalrism threatens Canada. Multiculturalism and political correctness hurt the Canadian identity. It makes Canada a country of wimps!

Multiculturalism is a disaster that allows people to marginalize themselves. We can never find unity and harmony thru segregational identification. Instead it backfires from it's original intent by pitting "this group against that group" by consistently exploiting what is "different". Unity is not achieved by division.

Either we reverse this policy soon or it's back to the stone ages.

Until next time...

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Two Birds with one stone

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I am now OFFCIALLY home from vacation. (My previous post was actually done from my In-laws computer) There are a number of things I wanted to "hammer" away at regarding post topics but I am going to stray from my usual offensive, but always sincere and honest, rhetoric in order to reflect on a couple of highlights from my trip.

Of course there was the wonderful time of family reunion and meeting my "new" nephew for the first time. But those events are to be expected during the Christmas season. That is what it is all about.

This particular trip, however, had more to it that is not something one comes to expect when on Christmas vacation. I had the awesome opportunity to hook up with, not one, but TWO fellow bloggers .

If you are a frequent visitor yourself then you may be familiar with them already as they comment from time to time and are linked in my "Bloggin' Buddies" section.

They were her Royal majesty The Queen of light and joy and my most treasured adversary Mandora.

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(TIO, The Queen, and Mandora. I had to doctor another photo of me over top as I forgot to put my "Verbal vigilante" mask on!)

It was great being able to hook up with them out in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Often when one has dialogued with people over the "Net" there are many questions that are rolling around in our heads about the person at the other end such as:

"Are they really like this?"

Do they honestly believe that?

They talk tough, but are they really a wimp in person?

They say they are single BUT are they really married?


Or in my case,

"What on earth do they look like?"

Then we try and put an image together in our heads of that person based on what we have learned of them online assuming everything they have shared over a period of time is genuine and sincere.

I was most certainly not disappointed with these two (the Queen and Mandora). In fact, I would say my assessments of these two were pretty bang on and what I expected. Which demonstrates to me they are true to form. In other words, what you read is what you get!

First the Queen. I had the pleasure already of hooking up with her this past summer/fall (it was near the end of summer) when she was in Manitoba so I already had the heads up about her BUT I never posted about it as she did. So allow me to tell you a few things about this woman of mystery. Her moniker is most definitely appropriate. She can almost literally light up a room with her joy. Her laugh is contagious. No matter how down one may be in life her humor (and laugh) will soon have you laughing and giggling right along with her.

People feel good around her and her talent does not stop there. What an exceptional artist. Now I am not one of these artsy fartsy types who thinks dipping a brush into a paint can and whipping it on to a canvass constitutes a masterpiece but this is not her style anyway. She applies a lot of time and effort in her pieces and everyone one of them has specific, intentional meaning behind them. She taught me how an artist recognises the difference between what is truly art and what is garbage. I walked away with a deeper insight and maybe just a little more appreciation towards the art "culture".



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(I can always rely on Mandora to "ignite" the storm of debate. BTW she is seven feet tall so you have an idea how big I am. OK, I made that up)

Now on to the equally compelling and unique Mandora. It was a special meet. You see, Mandora was my first! (Get your minds out of the gutter people) By that I mean she was my first left leaning voice of adversity. We met across a crowded blogger space last year when she went at me about my views on Saddam and Iraq. I knew right then that we were destined to "combat" from that day forward and we soon became bloggin' buddies. It has been a tumultuous and volatile relationship but it has survived (LOL)

The bigger question was could she survive meeting me for the first time and looking upon the "Man behind the mask"? When she first saw my face she could not believe that there was someone better looking then Brad Pitt. I think her words were "(gasp!) YOU ARE A GOD!!!" OK, OK, I made that up too! I look more like that wrestler "The Anvil" so I was just pacifying myself.

Anyway, we also hooked up a couple of times and had a meeting of the minds. Mandora, although holds true to her fundamental or core beliefs, is not closed off to suggestion or considering other's perspectives. She is also not one who wants to "get into it" (debate) right from the get go. My impression was that, for her, there is a time and a place where the discussion will arise. In fact she struck me to be more open minded then I had pegged her for that I almost suspected she was a secret Right winger on a covert special ops reconnaissance mission. But that was another thing I learned about her. She really does not care for the left/right labels. On some of the more controversial morality issues she tends to lean left but there were other issue's where she would lean more to the right.

Overall she was just a pleasant person to interact with. I'll admit, not as feisty as I anticipated, but I suspect that maybe that was a good thing. Beside's, first time meetings should not be about how you can get a person's goat but just getting to know them period.

The meeting with these two ladies was a memorable one. Even though they post their picture's (yes, that is really them you see on their site's) it feels somewhat more complete when you meet them face to face in the flesh. Thanks ladies for making my trip that much more special.

Until next time...

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

The gallows of Haman

”Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.” Galatians 6:7 (NLT)

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The past week has been an intriguing one regarding the interests of justice. Quite often in today’s world we observe the common criminal literally getting away with murder all in the name of human rights and dignities allotted to them by the bleeding hearts of delusional sympathiser’s. Today’s common criminal, rather then be sentenced with a punishment fitting for the offence caused, are quite often instead rewarded with conjugal visit’s, smoking privileges (even though smoking is against the law in any Canadian Federal building), voting “Rights” (only in Canada), and should they so desire can “re-habilitate” themselves with a University education paid for by Joe Canada. Nothing like doing time on the taxpayer’s dime.

It can leave anyone who is frustrated by this continued practice of criminal coddling begging the question, “When will justice ever be served?”

As I perused the news reports on Saddam Hussein’s final execution I realised that there is still justice in the world. Although in Canada we have a “Legal” system as opposed to a true justice system where the punishment actually fits the crime, elsewhere in of all places Iraq, justice was being meted out fairly in accordance with the crimes. What made it all the more ironic was how the scriptures foretell these types of scenarios playing out. Often when we are dealing with tyrannical dictators who are vicious and unrelenting in their pursuit of absolute power the masses lose hope in their freedom ever being restored. More then anything I believe, as we all most likely do, that justice can be painfully slow in coming. BUT eventually it does come.

Take for example the story found in the Book of Esther. It is 10 chapters in length and found in the Old Testament. I will do my best to brief you about it.

It is a story about justice. About reaping what one sows. How God can orchestrate circumstances to bring deserved justice. It begins with Queen Esther’s uncle Mordecai. A man who raised her as his own when her parents passed. We discover that he was a man loyal to the King.

” 21 One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthana and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king’s private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him. 22 But Mordecai heard about the plot and gave the information to Queen Esther. She then told the king about it and gave Mordecai credit for the report.” Esther 2:21-22

Yet there were those who plotted evil against him (Mordecai) by wanting him (and ALL the Jew’s) dead. Introducing…Haman! The Prime Minister over all the nobles making him the most powerful official under the King. Because of Jewish custom and law Mordecai would only give reverence to the King not his officials. So we have the ground work laid out for Haman’s abuse of power by manipulating his position.

”5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage. 6 He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.” 3:5-6

Mordecai simply became Haman’s “in” or rationale for justifying the persecution of all the Jewish people in the Persian Kingdom. Haman headed directly for an audience with the King in order to hatch his plans and put them into motion.

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”8 Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said, “There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king’s interest to let them live. 9 If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed,… “ 3:8-9

The story continues to unfold as Mordecai sends word to his niece, Queen Esther, requesting her assistance in the matter. She begins by approaching the King, who was very fond of his Queen, by granting her any request she ask’s. Even up to half his kingdom. Her request was simple. A banquet dinner that she would prepare for him and his Prime Minister, Haman. The gloating continues…

” 9 Haman was a happy man as he left the banquet! But when he saw Mordecai sitting at the palace gate, not standing up or trembling nervously before him, Haman became furious. 10 However, he restrained himself and went on home.
Then Haman gathered together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, 11 and boasted to them about his great wealth and his many children. He bragged about the honors the king had given him and how he had been promoted over all the other nobles and officials.
12 Then Haman added, “And that’s not all! Queen Esther invited only me and the king himself to the banquet she prepared for us. And she has invited me to dine with her and the king again tomorrow!” 13 Then he added, “But this is all worth nothing as long as I see Mordecai the Jew just sitting there at the palace gate.”
14 So Haman’s wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[a] tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.
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Later that evening as the King experienced trouble sleeping he felt the strong desire to look up the history of his reign (Can we say, God inspired?) where he was reminded of the plot to assassinate him and the man, Mordecai, who exposed the plot. The King asked the question:

” 3 “What reward or recognition did we ever give Mordecai for this?” the king asked.
His attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4 “Who is that in the outer court?” the king inquired. As it happened, Haman had just arrived in the outer court of the palace to ask the king to impale Mordecai on the pole he had prepared.
5 So the attendants replied to the king, “Haman is out in the court.”
“Bring him in,” the king ordered. 6 So Haman came in, and the king said, “What should I do to honor a man who truly pleases me?”
Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?” 7 So he replied, “If the king wishes to honor someone, 8 he should bring out one of the king’s own royal robes, as well as a horse that the king himself has ridden—one with a royal emblem on its head. 9 Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble officials. And let him see that the man whom the king wishes to honor is dressed in the king’s robes and led through the city square on the king’s horse. Have the official shout as they go, ‘This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!’”
10 “Excellent!” the king said to Haman. “Quick! Take the robes and my horse, and do just as you have said for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the gate of the palace. Leave out nothing you have suggested!”
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Yikes! Talk about taking your lumps in a heavy form of true humility. After Hman’s embarrassing parade thru town he now had to head over to the King’s for the banquet. The King once again made his request to Esther to make her desires known to him. The lumps were not over yet. Read on…

” 3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request, I ask that my life and the lives of my people will be spared. 4 For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”
5 “Who would do such a thing?” King Xerxes demanded. “Who would be so presumptuous as to touch you?”
6 Esther replied, “This wicked Haman is our adversary and our enemy.” Haman grew pale with fright before the king and queen.”
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It turns out that in order for ALL the Jews to be eradicated from the land that would also have to include Queen Esther who also happened to be a Jew herself. With Haman’s wicked plot now exposed the King executed justice swiftly and immediately.

” 9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman's house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king."
The king said, "Hang him on it!" 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.”
7:9-10 (NIV)

By the very gallows that Haman built to hang Mordecai on, he himself hung from. Justice in it’s truest form. As it is written, Haman reaped that which he planted.

And so it was with Saddam. A man, a tyrant, and brutal dictator who for almost 3 decades tormented, tortured, and murdered his own country men and any with in his reach who opposed him or his Presidency. This did not exclude family members.

On Saturday, December 30, 2006, Saddam hung from the jail house complex he once used to house over 15,000 political prisoners who simply "Voiced" opposition to his regime. It was there they suffered vicious and brutal torture's and were often killed. Many were even used as guinea pigs in chemical weapons test's.

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It was a long time coming. Especially to the Iraqi people who lived in fear of his iron fist. All though Saddam requested to be executed by firing squad (this is viewed as dying with dignity), it was refused and rightfully so. He died as the common criminal that he was. Justice has been served!

Until next time...

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Apparently, I am not alone :)

**Personal note** First my apologies to those of you who have continued commenting on the previous post. I know some of you have made statements certainly worthy of response. Please know that you have NOT been snubbed. As a Christian this is always an important time of year for me. And too busy. With year end fast approaching my workload at my place of employment has gone thru the roof. Also making preparations for my family and I as we are officially on a two week hiatus for the holidays come Friday and I have been pouring a number of hours continuing to build up my motorcycle club's website. By the time I get to reading what you have to say only my brain is responding and my body is dragging me off to bed. I appreciate and value everyone's input so please know that there is no intent to ignore. On that note...

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Last post we got to, once again, dance thru the yearly ritual of political correctness at Christmas time. As usual I had my take on it which would be predictable to most. Although every year I keep hoping and even praying that I will not have to expose yet another form of religious intolerance and bigotry based on one individuals extreme bias's towards a particular group of faith. Especially when the "group" is not responsible for the said blame.

Up here in the great white north (that would be Canada) Judge Marion Cohen's decision of ignorance was felt across the land and quite the uproar it stirred. But here is what made the uproar so intriguing. The uproar was not coming from the Christian community. It was coming from everywhere else. Take for example Edmonton Sun's very Pro choice, pro gay (marriage), pro feminist, anti-religious, and very liberal, Lyn Cockburn. The following snippets are taken from a recently published article of hers.

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"And in Toronto, Judge Marion Cohen ordered that a small Christmas tree in the Ontario Court of Justice be put in a back hall away from the entrance because its presence suggests to non-Christians that they are "not part of this institution."
Oh, for God's sake, put the damn thing back, judge."

"Christmas is - or ought to be - a time of joy; a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ for those among us who are religious. A time of peace, kindness and reflection for those who are not. It is a time to be enjoyed by all, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and atheists. It is not, or at least it should not be, exclusive. Something tells me Jesus would not have approved of His birthday party invitations going out to selected Christians only."

"At my corner store, the Muslim owner tells me his little boy has a long list of things he wants for Christmas, the No. 1 thing being, of course, the newest PlayStation. Dad rolls his eyes at the specific requests of small boys and then wishes me a Merry Christmas as I leave the store."

"If a Muslim pleasantly wishes me a Merry Christmas, am I insulted? Not unless I'm off my meds."


Not bad for a Liberal!

You can read the article in it's entirety here.

Even more surprising was a response written to the editor of the Winnipeg Sun from A SIKH!!!

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"My family is not Christian by any means. We are Sikh. Yet we put up a Christmas tree and call it a Christmas tree. And every day, my girls come and ask if it’s Christmas yet. It’s not a holiday tree and certainly not a multicultural tree. There is nothing multicultural about a green tree with ornaments hanging from it.
Why can’t people just stop whining about everything? If you don’t like it, if you don’t believe in it, then don’t put a tree up. But my Sikh family will continue to celebrate Christmas because it may not have the Christian meaning for us but it certainly is a time of giving, sharing, caring and being with family.
To those who can’t live with the term Christmas tree ... BAH HUMBUG!!!"

Kiran Singh

You can read more responses here

I must say that is encouraging to see that other's out there from a variety of different backgrounds, beliefs, and ideological values can still see the stupidity, ignorance, and redundancy in boneheaded decisions such as the one Marion Cohen made.

Merry Christmas to all!

Until next time...

Saturday, December 16, 2006

The Judge who stole Christmas

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It never ceases to amaze me how there is no end to the absolute asinine, redundant, mean spirited, ignorant, and brazen religious bigotry that is displayed every year at Christmas by some "hoity toity" public official going out of their way to remove all that encompasses the Christmas season for the (gag me) sake of political correctness and their cautious approach not to offend other's

Last year in Boston, Mass. public officials wanted to declare the annual Christmas tree a "Holiday tree" so as not to offend other minority groups who do not celebrate Christmas. The year before it was going on up here in Manitoba when we had a similar circumstances at a well frequented cultural area known as the "Forks". And the previous year before that our illustrious Provincial Minister of multiculturalism (yeah, like we need one of those) Becky Barrett declared the annual Christmas tree in the legislative buildings a "Multicultural tree".

All this insanity over the years continues around the same old BS rhetoric. "We, the politically elite, do not want to offend ANYBODY, so we must demonstrate our tolerance towards those of diverse cultural backgrounds"

Let me translate this into reality for you. What a stupid and redundant statement like that REALLY says is "We, the one's who are far superior to you, would like to Lord and abuse our high profile positions by manipulating our powers to remove all that is Christmas in the name of tolerance by displaying our own intolerance for one singled out group known as Christians."

Every year, somewhere else it continues to happen using the same old line about the trees offending other cultures. Problem with that line of crap is none of the other "cultures" are actually saying they are offended. In fact, a public media poll they did last year her in Manitoba, with the Forks Holiday tree debacle, many cultural minorities were stopped and asked the question "Does a Christmas tree offend you?". The response was unanimous across the board. Not only did it not offend them but they were insulted by the "elite" for implicating them as the reason for the "non offensive" change.

In Toronto, Canada (and these people really do believe they are the center of the Universe) ONE bigoted judge is at again. Justice Marion Cohen, a Toronto judge, has ordered a Christmas tree out of a downtown provincial courthouse lobby, saying it's not an appropriate symbol to non-Christians. Once again, common decency and respect for the Christian aspect of the holiday season is blatantly discriminated against. Just who is really being offended here? People who are non Christians or one judge with a huge chip of religious intolerance on her spiteful little shoulder? Let's see what the people who work in the building have to say. I am quite sure they can't ALL be Christians.

(You can read the rest of it here!)


Alright Marion, allow me to have my two cents as well since you are so big on what is appropriate and what is not.

- We do not all recognize Halloween or Wicca, therefore so as not to offend all of us non wiccan's, we demand you remove any witches or symbols that make any reference to witchcraft thereof.

- We do not all recognize Judaism and therefore in keeping with "appropriateness" we demand that all the Menorahs be removed from every and all celebrations of Hanukkah as this may be deemed offensive to the many non practicing Judaists.

And while your at it Oh great and wise Judge Marion, we demand the cancellation of Ramadan for all of us non Muslims, as well as the removal of the lighted lamps of the Hindu's during Divali to accommodate all of us non Hindus.

Last but not least, let us not forget the atheist's, who's own symbol can be considered offensive to those who believe in a deity. If you "accommodate" one you must accommodate all. That would include all of us non atheists!

Joke Marion..er...(ahem)...I mean Judge Marion this is Canada. A democracy that is home to many different cultures and cultural celebrations. One is not obligated to celebrate anyone else's traditional customs and/or holidays. But neither are they entitled to simply remove them. Especially by passing the buck off on other people who never claimed "offense" was taken in the first place. That is just a cloak to hide one's own bigotry toward another group, in this case the Christians (again)

This yearly ritual of political correctness has become as ridiculous as myself telling a stranger that because "I do not celebrate your birthday you are not entitled to a birthday cake because it is a symbol of a day I do not recognize and therefore it is offensive." Get the picture?

Judge Marion, you want to be a grinch at Christmas time? That is you right in this country. Don't like Christians or symbols of our celebrations? Fine don't look at them or recognize them. Go home and be miserable this year. But if you want to live in my country where I am expected to tolerate a lot of BS flung my way as a Christian then I expect the same from your end. If you would rather live in a society that "dictates" the terms of what ALL must accept then you are just as entitled to leave my country. Saddam would have embraced your dictorial style with open arms.

In the meantime, Marion, may God bless you anyway this CHRISTmas season (yes I sincerely mean that) and may He soften your hard heart.

Of course I would not be The Intolerant One if I did not leave you (Marion) with at least one more offensive Christmas image/symbol. (Viewer descretion is advised!)

His name is Jesus

I know, pretty offensive huh?

Until next time...