Weekly Issues Alert

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August 4 - 10

"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit." ---James Madison

North Carolina General Assembly (adjourned until January, 2007)

Money — Both Personal And Political — Is Origin Of Decker's Crime

Michael Decker's admission that he took $50,000 in campaign donations to become a Democrat doesn't make sense to those who knew him in the state House as a conservative Christian who sought restrictions on both abortion and annexation. Read

North Carolina Courts

North Carolina Sues Telecom Telemarketer For Deception

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has filed suit against a telemarketer that tricked North Carolina seniors into paying too much for long distance ... Read

North Carolina Politics

TV Ad Targeting House Speaker To Be Released Monday

A campaign ad that targets House Speaker Jim Black and state Democratic Party leadership will be unveiled Monday.

Republican State Sen. Andrew Brock sponsored the new attack ad. It hits on the investigation surrounding Jim Black and an alleged payoff that helped him keep his job as House Speaker. Read
John Edwards Calls For Immediate Withdrawal From Iraq

Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, who is considering another run for the Democratic nomination for president, said Saturday the United States should start pulling troops out of Iraq immediately. Read

Other North Carolina News

Garner Honors Native Son Who Died In Iraq

A Wake County town said goodbye to a young Marine with big dreams who died in Iraq. Read
$22 Million In Prescription Drugs Stolen Near RDU

Raleigh police are trying to find out how two tractor-trailers and their cargo of $22 million worth of prescription and non-prescription drugs disappeared from a business near Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Read
Highway Patrol Cracks Down on Drunken Driving

The N.C. Highway Patrol this morning as part of a week-long initiative called for reducing crashes, injuries and fatalities caused by impaired drivers. Read
Pakistani-Born Pilot Sues JetBlue, Claiming Discrimination

A Pakistani-born pilot who lives in Raleigh has sued JetBlue Airways Corp. for discrimination, claiming the airline rescinded a job offer and told him it was because of his background. Faisal Baig, a U.S. citizen who was raised in New York, claims in the suit that an airline manager told him he was a security risk and couldn't pilot a plane for JetBlue. Read
Teens Who Watched Wrestling More Violent

Teenagers who watched pro wrestling on TV were more likely to behave violently than other kids, researchers reported Monday, and girls seemed to be more influenced than boys.... A team led by Robert H. DuRant, a professor of pediatrics, social science and health policy at Wake Forest's Baptist Medical Center, surveyed about 2,000 students in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County public high schools in the fall of 1999 and again in April 2000. Just over half the group was male. Read
North Carolina State Health Plan Selects Health Dialog to Provide Whole Person Care Management Services; More than 490,000 Members and Dependents Gain Access to Health Coaching and Related Support

Health Dialog Services Corporation today announced that it has been selected by the State Health Plan of North Carolina to provide eligible plan members access to whole person care management services. Read
Cumberland Man Charged With Alleged Internet Sex Crimes

Cumberland County authorities have arrested a Fayetteville man in connection with alleged sex crimes committed via the Internet.

According to authorities, 31-year-old Joshua Shawn Pounds engaged in an online chat with a detective from the Pitt County Sheriff's Office. Pounds thought he was talking to a 13-year-old girl and exposed himself via a webcam, said authorities. Read
Soldiers Recovering After Lightning Strike

Three Fort Bragg soldiers were recovering Tuesday after being struck by lightning late Monday, authorities said. Read

Congress (recessed until early September)

Watching Government Eliminate Our Borders

It began in 1993 with an expansion of the "La Paz Agreement" between the United States and Mexico. Bill Clinton issued Executive Order 12904 in 1994, which created the Border Environment Cooperation Commission to oversee development in "Border Region XXI," a region 62-miles wide on either side of the U.S./Mexico border. This little-known agreement, a side deal in the much-touted North America Free Trade Agreement, was a precursor to the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, born in March 2005. The agreement was reinforced in March 2006 when the governments of Mexico, the United States and Canada met again to focus on their agenda to erase national borders. Read
Congressman Presses on 'Superstate' Plan

Asks Bush administration to fully disclose its activities Read
Feds Stonewalling on 'Superstate' Plan?

The U.S. Department of Commerce appears to be stonewalling a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain complete disclosure of a congressionally unauthorized plan to implement a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada that apparently could lead to a North American union. Read
Statement to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims by Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum Read
August Recess is the Time to Buttonhole Congress

Members of Congress are on August recess, which means many of them will be reachable in their home states. Family advocates say it's a prime opportunity for you to be heard. Read
Supporting War Dooms Lieberman in Primary

Sen. Joe Lieberman was defeated in a stunning primary upset Tuesday as Democrats rejected his support of the Iraq war and cordial embrace... Read
Senate Flip-Flops on Fence Funding

Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps ("MCDC"), released the following statement on the Senate vote to fund some limited U.S./Mexico border fencing and vehicle barriers: "The United States Senate, in their usual schizophrenic fashion, has passed an amendment today to the Defense Appropriations Bill that would allow for $1.83 billion for 370 miles of fencing and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico. The Senate now voted against the fence, then voted for the fence, and then voted against funding the fence, and now for funding the fence. Politics as usual. Read
Senate Sends Five Judicial Nominees Back to the President

Each had been obstructed or delayed. Lawmakers, using a procedural tactic, have removed five federal judicial nominees from the calendar. In order for them to be considered again, President Bush will have to renominate them when the Senate reconvenes. Read
Rep. Bob Ney Won't Seek Re-Election

Rep. Bob Ney, enmeshed in a congressional corruption scandal, abruptly abandoned his race for re-election Monday after months of prodding from Republican leaders worried about losing his seat this fall. Read
'Do-Nothing Congress' is Back

...With voters in a sour mood, the minority party is increasingly banking that disappointment with what Congress has accomplished will be their ticket back to power. Democrats need to pick up six seats in the Senate and 15 in the House to claim the majority in each chamber... Read

Courts

Info Lets Immigrants See Judges' Records

In the past, immigrants could only rely on gossip to determine whether a particlular immigration judge has a tendency to rule for or against asylum. But they gained a new tool Monday, when information on backgrounds and records of most of the nation's 200-plus immigration judges was published in one place for the first time. Read
Bush Blasted for Nominating Liberal Judge Neff to Federal Bench

President George W. Bush's recent appointment of a liberal judge to the U.S. District Court in Michigan is a move that has generated concern and criticism among conservatives. Read
The Court-Curbing Cause Celebrates Victories!

Court-curbing Constitutionalist efforts achieved several victories in July, making this month our most successful month on record! These victories have been both judicial and legislative and have occurred at both the national and state level. One victory directly limited court jurisdiction; another expressed strong Senatorial commitment to our national motto, sounding a signal to courts to beware of attacking the motto; and several involved courts' making sound decisions which saw the courts curbing themselves. Read
DeLay Must Stay on Ballot as Court Rejects Appeal

The decision was a victory for Democrats, who have fought to keep the former House majority leader in the spotlight. Read
'Bible Billboard' Case Being Heard Today in The Big Apple

A federal appeals court in New York will once again be hearing arguments in a case involving a church in Staten Island that was banned from displaying a billboard because it contained a Bible verse condemning homosexuality. Read
Ministry Fights District Court Ruling Against Faith-Based Prison Program

Prison Fellowship will appeal a recent court ruling that ordered the shutdown of its faith-based InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI) program in Iowa. In its ten years of operation, IFI has helped bring about a drastic reduction in the number of former inmates returning to prison; but liberal opponents sued, claiming the Christ-centered prison outreach violated the so-called separation of church and state. Read
NJ Court Lets Sex Abuse Suit Go Forward

A state law protecting nonprofit organizations from negligence lawsuits does not apply to all sex abuse cases, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The ruling allows John W. Hardwicke Jr. to continue his lawsuit against the American Boychoir School in Princeton. Hardwicke alleges that he was repeatedly molested by the school's music director and three other employees from 1969-1971, when he attended the school. Read
Court Ruling Supports Bible Study Club's Rights

A Texas middle school's listing for a Bible club in Plano Independent School District (PISD) was removed from the school's internet web site. Students Witnessing Absolute Truth (SWAT) filed a lawsuit. A federal judge said the dispute involved "the flagrant denial for equal access guaranteed to SWAT" and found that the harm done to the group "is irreparable because it inhibits the exercise of Plaintiff's First Amendment freedoms of speech and religion." Read

Christianity/Pro-Family/Religion/Ethics

Conflict Displaces Christians In Middle East

The current conflict in Lebanon has caused almost a quarter of the Lebanese population to relocate, some within their own country, others to Syria and Jordan. The Lebanese refugees are in addition to hundreds of thousands of other displaced people, who have already fled other war torn areas in the Middle East. According to a news release from the Barnabas Fund, Christians displaced in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and the West Bank are estimated to number between 550,000 and 750,000. Read
Cardinal Calls for Madonna's Excommunication: Pop Star's Mock Crucifixion an "Open Act of Hostility"

A Vatican Cardinal has called for the pop-singer Madonna to be formally excommunicated, calling her plan to perform a blasphemous mock crucifixion in the Eternal City an "open act of hostility." Read
A Couple Divided by Faith

She's from a Jewish family; he was lured by radical Islam. She's now home in Paris, confused. He's in Abu Ghraib, a suspected insurgent. Read
Former KKK Terrorist Cites C.S. Lewis' Faithful Obedience

Once billed as "the most dangerous man in Mississippi," former Ku Klux Klan member and terrorist Tom Tarrants became a Christian while in prison for attempted murder and now serves as president of the C.S. Lewis Institute in Washington, D.C. Read
Camouflage-Covered Devotional Book Making Its Way Through The Ranks

With a camouflage cover over its life-changing message, 100,000 copies of an "Experiencing God Day-by-Day" military edition have been placed in soldiers' hands, with another 50,000-plus copies on the way. Read
San Antonio to Host First-Ever Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Christian Families

More than a thousand participants are registered to attend Vision Forum Ministries' first-ever Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Christian Families [ Hot Link http://www.visionforumministries.org/events/eb/001/ ] to be held at the Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas on August 10-12, 2006. The mission for the bootcamp is to cast a vision for entrepreneurship that highlights the testimony of independent businessmen who embrace biblical principles and include their families in their work. Read
'12th Imam,' Key Facet of Islamic Prophecy, Fueling Middle East Turmoil, Experts Say — Baptist Press

Among the nearly 68 million people in Iran, the vast majority are Muslim who place their hope not in modern-day politics or rulers but in a person who walked the earth centuries ago and is promised to return. Read
The Presence of God in World Trade Center

When Steven Spielberg remade War of the Worlds, my biggest complaint was that, amid all of this mayhem, the audience never once sees Ray Ferrier, the frantic father, pray. Unlike the 1953 original, in which everyone across the country was huddled in churches petitioning God for deliverance from the Martian spacecrafts, by 2005, I guess, no one had an inclination to call out to the Almighty as heat rays were vaporizing everything in sight. I just didn't buy it. But where family-friendly Spielberg, who made The Prince of Egypt, could not find a place for God in his remake, in steps Oliver Stone — an equally accomplished, if often subversive, filmmaker — and surprises everyone. His God-infused World Trade Center is the most spiritually honest film of the year. Stone uncovers every Christian aspect of this true story and gives it full voice. The results linger long after the lights come up. Read
Christians Protest Over Afghan Rally

Hundreds of Korean Christians, who were denied flying to Afghanistan from New Delhi International Airport in India, plan to take legal action against the Seoul government, the Foreign Ministry said ... Read
L.A. Mayor Apologizes to Muslim Leaders

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has apologized to Muslim leaders who accused him of taking Israel's side in the violence in Lebanon by going to a pro-Israel rally and ignoring their invitations to interfaith peace vigils. Villaraigosa met with 10 Muslim leaders Sunday and explained that a mix-up by his staff had prevented him from seeing their invitations, said his spokeswoman, Janelle Erickson. Read
Five Christians Receive Arrest Notifications from Xiaoshan Zhejiang Police; Three Christians Suffer Broken Ribs in Prison

China Aid Association learned August 8, that after two weeks of detention the police finally issued five of the fifty Christians who were arrested during the Dangshan church demolition in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province, formal notification of "criminal detention." The five are accused of "interfering with duty of police officers." Two of the five have decided to engage Mr. Sun Hongye, Dr. Li Baiguang and Mr. Zhang Xingshui as their defense lawyers. Read
Indonesian Christians To Be Executed, Muslims To Get Amnesty For Same Crimes?

The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just become informed that the execution date has been set for three Christians involved in the Poso conflict. The men are to be executed on Saturday, August 12, at 12:15am. While these men have admitted their involvement in the conflict, they were the only ones charged in a conflict in which massive numbers of Muslims participated. Read
Severe Persecution For Christians In Western Ethiopia

Eyewitness reports from VOMC sources in Ethiopia provide evidence of the severe but under-reported persecution facing Christians in the Muslim regions of Bambesi and Tongo near the Sudanese border. This remote area is without modern means of communication requiring VOMC personnel to travel by foot for several days to collect these reports. Read
Beirut Militia Fighter Killed 223 Before Christ Changed His Life

As a teenager, they trained him to kill Christians and Jews as Beirut dissolved into the chaos of civil war. Before his 17th birthday, his fellow street warriors credited him with 223 kills — mostly against rival militias. Then a missionary witnessed to him in the streets about one who could remove the bloodguilt that drenched his hands. He listened long enough to lay his guns down forever. Read
"Salvador" Joins American Bible Society To Promote Bible Reading Among Hispanic Population

Word Records (a Warner Bros./Curb co.) group Salvador is partnering with the American Bible Society on its "La Biblia Es Mi Guia" ("The Bible Is My Guide") national advocacy campaign designed to promote Bible reading among Hispanics. With more than 200 touring dates annually, including this Fall's tour following their Aug. 29 studio release, Dismiss The Mystery, Salvador was chosen by American Bible Society to promote La Biblia Es Mi Guia by utilizing the performances as vehicles for effective outreach. In addition to inviting the audience to attend in-depth Bible readings, Salvador will be providing free Spanish-language Scripture booklets featuring translated Biblical excerpts and study guides produced by the American Bible Society. Read

Abortion/Pro-Life

China Claims Sex-Selective Abortion Will be Punished

The Associated Press reports that an official with the Chinese communist government's one child family planning department said that it will still punish selective abortion of girls, even though the legislature decided in June not to make sex-selective abortion a crime. Read
CWA Deplores Stem-Cell Face Lift Fad

Concerned Women for America (CWA) condemns the newest trend which uses stem-cell treatments from harvested embryos and aborted babies in exclusive face lifts. Appallingly, some scientists claim that fetal tissue from elective abortions at six to 12 weeks provides the best regenerative stem cells for anti-aging injections. Read
Texas Pro-Life, Disability Rights Advocates Fight Futile Care Law at Legislature

Texas pro-life advocates and disability rights activists fought a state futile care law at the state legislature on Wednesday. They hope lawmakers will remove or revise a law that allows medical facilities to tell the family of a patient that they have 10 days to find another medical center willing to treat the patient because their doctors think the case is hopeless. Read
FDA Reaches Deal with Morning After Pill Maker for Over-the-Counter Sales

The Food and Drug Administration has reached a deal with the maker of the morning after pill to sell it over the counter to women over the age of 18. The deal calls for Barr Pharmaceuticals to resubmit its application to the FDA within two weeks to be able to sell the Plan B drug directly to women without a doctor's visit. Read
Pro-Life Candidates Emerge Victorious in Tuesday Primary Election Battles

Pro-life candidates emerged victories in the handful of primaries on Tuesday that involved pro-life versus pro-abortion contests. Voters went to the polls in several states, including Michigan, Colorado, Missouri, Connecticut and Georgia. Read
More Financial Analysis Say Adult Stem Cell Research Companies Better

More financial analysts are saying that biotech firms that work with adult stem cell research are better prospects for investors than those working with embryonic stem cells. The news comes after lobbyists and lawmakers condemned President Bush for focusing federal taxpayer dollars on adult stem cell research. Read

Alcohol/Drugs/Health

Anti-Depressant Drugs — Weighing in at Columbine

A strong pattern of anti-depressant use exists among perpetrators of school violence — included on the list are Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, the two students involved with the April 20, 1999 Columbine High School shooting. Read
National Pro-Life Leader Rallies Supporters to Defeat Abortion Status Quo at Weekend Event

Stephen G. Peroutka, chairman of the National Pro-Life Action Center (NPLAC) — the uncompromising voice of pro-life America on Capitol Hill — will deliver the keynote address to the Crossroads rally, "Taking Steps to Save Lives," on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol this Saturday, August 12, beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET. Read
Cheers for Drug Deal Seen on Videos

A grainy black and white videotape played before a packed courtroom yesterday showed Boston police Officer Carlos Pizarro sipping champagne in North Miami, celebrating what federal prosecutors say was a just-completed drug delivery. A voice that authorities identified as Officer Roberto Pulido could be heard off-camera discussing plans for the Boston officers to take on even bigger shipments of cocaine and heroin in coming weeks. Read
Alcohol, Drugs Spell Trouble for HIV Patients

With 31 percent of all HIV cases among men, and 57 percent among women, attributed to injection drug use, it is obvious shooting illegal drugs increases the risk of contracting the AIDS virus, but drinking alcohol can also contribute to the spread and progression of the disease. How does alcohol contribute to the problem? Read
Bedbug Infestations on Rise Across U.S.

After waking up one night in sheets teeming with tiny bugs, Josh Benton couldn't sleep for months and kept a flashlight and can of Raid with him in bed. Read

Education/Sex Ed/Teens/Children

Milking the ADHD Cash Cow

"Our society viewed with loathing those who 'pushed' stimulant drugs on children," says child psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin. "Yet today, there are more children taking Ritalin and amphetamines from doctors than ever received them from illegal pushers," he says. "Parents and teachers and even doctors have been badly misled by drug company marketing practices," he warns. "Drug companies have targeted children as a big market likely to boost profits and children are suffering as a result." Read
2006-07 National Christian Educator Honored

Public school teacher William Glenn Walker was named 2006-07 National Christian Educator of the Year on August 7, announces Finn Laursen, Executive Director of Christian Educators Association International (CEAI). Walker was chosen for the honor by CEAI from among over 3.5 million educators across the nation. Read
Kan. Board of Ed. to Tackle Evolution

Moderates who will control the state Board of Education next year say it's only a matter of time before they unravel the work of conservatives who had pushed anti-evolution standards back into Kansas schools. Read
Health & Human Services Officials Laud Abstinence Programs

A pair of officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defended abstinence education programs in a recent opinion piece. The goal of such programs is to delay teens' introduction to sexual activity, they wrote, noting that reliable statistics indicate that's exactly what it takes to reduce teen pregnancies. Read
California Activist Hopeful Governor Vetoes Pro-Homosexual Education Bills

A pro-family activist warns that California's State Assembly will likely pass a bill tomorrow that will turn every government-run school in the state into a sexual indoctrination center. Read
Parents Advised to Heed Study on Sex-Driven Music Lyrics

Family advocates are reacting to a report released earlier this week that links sexually charged lyrics to early sexual activity in teenagers. The report, published in the August 2006 issue of Pediatrics, says that music with sexually degrading lyrics encourages teens to start having sex at earlier ages, regardless of race or economic status. Bob Waliszewski, a media specialist for Focus on the Family, says the study's findings are no surprise. Read
ACLU Forces Co-Ed Classes in Louisiana School Citing Gender Discrimination

"Unfounded notions like 'boys need to practice pursuing and killing prey, while girls need to practice taking care of babies' has no place in our classrooms": ACLU Executive Director Read
CWA Regrets U.S. Status as World Leader in Teen Pregnancy and STDs

Concerned Women for America (CWA) regrets that the United States is still the industrialized nations' world leader in teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) despite the recent good news about the decrease in world-wide teen sexual activity. Read
New School Program Will Exploit School Kids For Private Financial Gain

The Washington Post has announced that a new company, BusRadio, plans to install radio equipment in school buses as a way to target corporate advertising using school children as a captive audience. The company's first pilot project is in Massachusetts, and is scheduled to begin in September, targeting children as young as five. Read
Noted Creationist To Address Wichita State University — Feeds On-Going Debate For Creation Being Taught In Public Schools

Dr. Jerry Bergman will discuss the persecution of Darwin Skeptics on the college campuses nationwide. He has written extensively on the subject and interviewed hundreds of professors who have been terminated, some for being suspected of not whole heartedly supporting macroevolution. Many have been dismissed, not for anything they have done, but for who they are which is unconstitutional discrimination. Read
Guest Workers Aren't Cheap; They're Expensive

President Bush entered the White House in 2001 hoping he would be known in history books as the education president who improved public school standards with "No child left behind." It now looks like his legacy will really be "No illegal alien left behind." Read
Regional Vocational School Districts Increase Taxes and Bureaucracy

States in active pursuit of school reform seek "public-private partnerships" with businesses/industry, policy makers, educators, and community leaders in order to form regional vocational education districts that promote "seamless" transitions for students into the "real world" of work. Read
Government-Run Preschool Rejected by California Voters

California's Proposition 82 "Preschool for All" was rejected by 60.9% during the state's June 6th election. The ballot measure failed in all but two counties despite months of multimillion dollar campaigning and heavy lobbying by Hollywood activists as well as labor unions including the California Teachers Association. Read

Gambling

Political Bombshell: Senator Jim King, Strip Club, Gambling Money, in Florida Senate Race Against Randall Terry

Jim King receives over $20,000 in contributions from Gambling companies and Strip clubs; Strip club employees attest King was a regular customer; female dancer accuses Senator King of offering money to expose herself. Read

God and Country/National Security/Politics/Economy

Mid-Air 'Mass Murder' Plot Disrupted

U.S.-bound flights targeted with explosives in liquids, electrical devices in carry-on luggage Read
Terror Plot Sparks Code Red At U.S. Airports

Authorities in London thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up an aircraft in mid-flight between Britain and the U.S., police said Thursday. Read
Pair with Passenger Info, Phones Linked to Terror

Authorities say they found airplane passenger lists and information on airport security checkpoints in the car of Osama Sabhi Abulhassan and Ali Houssaiky. They were pulled over for a traffic violation on Tuesday in Marietta, Ohio, about 90 miles southeast of Columbus. Officers also found eleven-thousand dollars in cash and 12 phones in their car. Investigators going through the car also found a map that showed locations of Wal-Mart stores from Ohio through Kentucky, Tennessee and into North Carolina and South Carolina. Read
Swiss Court Approves U.S. Request for Bank Records of Alleged Terror Financiers

Swiss authorities will provide the United States with details from bank accounts U.S. investigators suspect of being used for terrorist funding, a Justice Ministry official said Wednesday. Read
3 of 11 Missing Egyptian Students Found

1 arrested in Minnesota, 2 others surrender in New Jersey Read
Nasrallah's Men Inside America

Prosecutors suspect Hizbullah has fund-raising cells in the United States, but not terrorists — so far, that is. Read
Trans-Atlantic Flight Returned to UK After Passenger's Name Found on 'No-Fly' List

A London-to-Boston flight was called back to Heathrow Airport on Monday after U.S. authorities discovered a passenger's name was on their "no-fly" list, officials said. Four passengers were being questioned by border control officers. Read
Probe: Undercover Investigators Get Into U.S. With Fake IDs

Undercover investigators entered the United States using fake documents repeatedly this year — including some cases in which Homeland Security Department agents didn't ask for identification. Read
The Minuteman Border Fence is Already Making a Difference

Local reports indicate that drug and human trafficking has already been reduced. There are fewer vehicles in the area where the fence is under construction — proving again that having a presence and taking positive steps to do SOMETHING to secure the border reduces the flow of illegal aliens... Read
This is World War III

..."America is in real danger and you cannot appease terrorist's organizations because they do not understand appeasement. They only see your appeasement as weakness and they only understand pure power. We had better find out if America has the power to fight against the Arabs and win before it is too late," Swarthout added. "We can either fight the Radical Islamists now or we can fight them later since they say they want to kill us. If we do not begin to fight against Radical Islam right now, we have already lost," Swarthout said... Read
Four Iraqis Arrested in Carroll Kidnapping

U.S. Marines have arrested four Iraqi men in connection with the kidnapping of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll, who was freed last March after 82 days in captivity, a U.S. spokesman said Wednesday. Read
Video Cameras on the Lookout for Terrorists — CNN

Researchers at General Electric Co.'s sprawling research center, are creating new "smart video surveillance" systems that can detect explosives by recognizing the electromagnetic waves given off by objects, even under clothing. Read
Iran Says US or Israeli Attack will Face "Raging Sea" — Reuters

Any U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran will be returned by a force 100 times stronger, the head of the Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, as pressure mounts on Tehran's atomic work and its support for Hizbollah. Read
White House Weighs Change to Cuba Policy

The Bush administration hopes to prevent a surge in illegal immigration, while perhaps easing the way for some Cuban-Americans to bring in their relatives. Read
BP Shutdown to Remove 8 pct. of U.S. Crude

Oil company BP scrambled today to assess suspected pipeline corrosion that will shut shipments from the nation's biggest oilfield. Read
Energy Dept. Has Oil Reserves on Standby

The Energy Department is prepared to provide oil from the government's emergency supplies if a refinery requests it because of the disruption of supplies from Alaska, a department spokesman said Monday. Read
FBI: Hezbollah Can Strike in U.S.

A handful of money scams uncovered across the United States in recent years bearing Hezbollah's fingerprints have some experts worried that if orders were given to launch a terror attack against the U.S. the means are in place to do so. Read
Public Pension Plans Face Billions in Shortages

By one estimate, state and local governments owe roughly $375 billion more than they have committed to their pension funds. Read
Fed Ends String Of Interest Rate Hikes

For the first time in two years, the Federal Reserve doesn't raise interest rates. Read
Coast Guard to Allow Religious Clothing

The Coast Guard is changing its regulations to allow religious head coverings such as skullcaps, but Sikh turbans still will be excluded, officials said Wednesday. Coast Guard spokesman Dan Tremper said the new rules "have verbally gone into effect" but still must be formally adopted. Read
Television News Helping Hezbollah

Terrorist: Rocket footage assists in targeting Israel Read
France's Changes to Draft Rankle U.S.

The United States and France appeared at odds Wednesday over Arab demands to change a U.N. resolution they are co-sponsoring to call for a complete cessation of Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities and withdrawal of Israeli forces, diplomats said. France proposed new language on a total cease-fire and Israeli pullout, but the Americans rejected it out of concern that without a robust international force, a vacuum would be created in southern Lebanon, a Hezbollah stronghold, the diplomats said. Read

Pornography/Homosexuality/Obscenity/Immorality/Sexual Abuse

35% of Foster-Parent Molestations Homosexual

New evidence poses problems for those who think homosexuals should be allowed to serve as foster-parents. 35% of foster-parents who sexually abused their foster-children in the last three years engaged in homosexuality. Read
FRC Joins Pro-Family Coalition Ad Campaign Seeking Investigation Of Hotel Porn Sellers

In today's edition of USA Today, Family Research Council (FRC) joined a coalition of pro-family organizations on a full-page ad urging the Department of Justice to investigate whether "adult" videos being sold in hotels by OnCommand and LodgeNet violate long-established federal and state laws regarding distribution of obscene material. Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement: "OnCommand and LodgeNet are two of the most notorious purveyors of hardcore pornography to hotel chains. We can no longer underestimate the drastic public consequences of adult hardcore pornography. The evidence linking hardcore pornography to sex crimes against women and children and social ills such as divorce, adultery, and family breakdown is overwhelming. The idea that pornography is a victimless crime should be consigned to the ash heap of history. Read
City Council Ignores Conservative Christians' Pleas, Honors 'Gay Pride' Festival

All eight members of the San Diego City Council voted recently to honor the city's "Gay Pride Celebration," which includes a parade that has been featured by the homosexual community in San Diego for more than 25 years. City leaders issued the proclamation honoring the event despite the testimony of about conservative two dozen Christian activists who did not want to see the city issue the honor on behalf of all of its citizens. Read
"U.S. Government Accountability Office April 7, 2005 Study: Information on Criminal Aliens Incarcerated in Federal and State Prisons and Local Jails" Read
Irish Lesbians Using Canadian "Marriage" to Impose Same-Sex "Marriage" on Ireland

A court hearing has been set for two Irish women who are attempting to force the Irish government to recognize their Canadian same-sex "marriage." Read
APA Convention Targeted for Protest

Focus on the Family is one of several organizations protesting the annual gathering of the American Psychological Association (APA) on Friday in New Orleans. Read

Other News

Israel Wages 'Cell Phone' War in Lebanon

Hassan al-Harakeh answered his phone one evening to hear a deep voice asking: "How long will you go on supporting the gang of Hassan Nasrallah?" It was Israel calling, with a message denouncing Hezbollah and its leader. Read
Israel Attacks Palestinian Base in Lebanon

Follows flow of weapons to Hezbollah, calls by Abbas' party to join fighting Read
Lebanon Rejects U.N. Cease-Fire Plan

Lebanon's government rejected a U.N. cease-fire plan backed by President Bush on Monday, demanding Israel immediately withdraw and promising to send 15,000 troops to take control of the Hezbollah stronghold along the border. Read
Israel Captures Top Hezbollah Operative

The Israeli government announced today that it captured a key Hezbollah operative during commando raids deep into Lebanon, and that it was currently holding twenty Hezbollah fighters as prisoners-of-war. Read
10 Iraqi Troops Killed in Truck Bombing

A suicide truck bomber struck the provincial headquarters of an Iraqi police commando force north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 10 troops and wounding 18 others, police said. Read
Cuban Officials Say Castro Is Recovering and the Nation Is Stable

High-ranking Cuban officials worked hard on Monday to put out the message that Cuba was stable. Read
AP Beirut Photo Faces Questions

Woman appears 'mourning destruction of her home' in two photographs allegedly taken two weeks apart in different locations; foreign media remains largely hostile to Israel Read
Soldiers from Iran killed in Lebanon

Bodies of Revolutionary Guards said found among Hezbollah dead Read
Israel Arrests Suspected Hezbollah Spy

Top terror leader tells WND 'dozens' of agents operating in Jewish state Read

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