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from The Gospel-Driven Church’s post I Pledge Allegiance to a King and a Kingdom

While I share the opinion that American evangelicalism is
committing adultery against the Groom by cheating with political power,
I very often find that many of the Christians decrying the affair, in reality,
would prefer the Church dally with a more left-leaning mistress.

The world won’t be won to Jesus through universal health care
any more than it will through mandated prayer in schools.

start rant
Individuals can be politically active, and should be.

GOD, however, is neither a superdelegate nor a political party chaplain.

HE has HIS own agenda:

• it’s not soundbitten and sanitized.
• it’s not poll-produced or survey-driven.
• and most of all, it’s not your agenda.

end rant.

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Am I the only one here seeing another Nifong in the making?

Seriously, this guy needs some decaf and a reminder that he’s not the Kingfish.

Trey Ellis: The Jena 6 Case is History Written in Lightning:
“The day after that several of the school’s black high school football stars
organized a peaceful silent protest under the tree.
The school freaked, called in the police and the next day.

Reed Walters, the local D.A., addressed the school.
There, he is reported to have looked at the black kids in the audience,
waved his pen in the air and said,
‘With a stroke of this pen, I can make your life disappear.’”

(Via Huffington, Via Google Trends.)

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I’ll admit, this one isn’t as potentially deadly as the LSD in a pizza story,
but this story does have a few real jerkoffs (literally).

According to the New York Post, a Bronx woman is suing her former employer
for 6 million dollars, claiming that she was subjected to multiple performances a la Portnoy
in the midtown office where she worked.

If only they were masters of their domain….

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Practical jokes are one thing, but lacing a pizza with LSD?
What kind of animals are these guys?

Janitor Claims Co-Workers Topped His Pizza With LSD - News Story - WNBC | New York:

A Fair Lawn school custodian is alleging in a lawsuit that his co-workers laced his pizza with the hallucinogen LSD
in an attempt to poison him at an office party in 2005.
Dominick A. Rao, a janitor with the district since 2000, was served pizza out of a different box than the other custodians,
his attorney, Richard Mazawey, told the Record of Bergen County for Monday editions.
Soon after, Rao went to an emergency room at an area hospital where it was found that he
“had a controlled dangerous substance running through his bloodstream,” Mazawey said.

Rao said he has extremely poor vision due to bilateral ocular albinism,
a condition that causes his eyes to lack pigment.
Because of this, he said he was often bullied by his supervisor and co-workers.

When Rao returned to work after the alleged incident, a co-worker asked him,
“How are you still alive,” the suit says.

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We’ve all heard of toys with lead paint from China,
but what if you find a truly dangerous product?

How could you make sure to get the message out quickly?

Try using the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Consumer Product Incident Report :

By filling out the form below and then submitting it, you can report any injury or death involving consumer products to us,
or report an unsafe product to us. We may contact you by mail, phone or Internet email for further details.

In addition, you will be contacted to confirm the information you sent. Please provide as much information as possible.
Your name, address, and telephone number are optional, but we can’t contact you without that information.

You can also report an incident or unsafe product by calling toll-free at 1-800-638-2772 or by sending an e-mail to info@cpsc.gov

AGAIN, CPSC does not have jurisdiction over automobiles, trucks and motorcycles, car seats protecting children in on-road vehicles,
foods, medicines, cosmetics, and medical devices, or dissatisfaction with business practices
(links to the proper agencies can be found on the “Report Unsafe Products” page)

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Killing_rant.jpg

Originally uploaded by jmcgready.

found this Rant/poem outside the 34th st stop on the way to work.

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here’s a shot that doesn’t get into the papers:

“The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq” (Rory Stewart)

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Yahoo Answers
…, women and children in Iraq, or is God responsible…
… in Iraq are killing children and 3 year old?
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Ron Paul stood on the floor of the House of Representatives and, in an open session, on the record, said,

“A contrived Gulf of Tonkin-type incident may well occur to gain popular support for an attack on Iran.”

“American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush” (Kevin Phillips)

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On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified and has since protected American citizens for 206 years.

We should celebrate December 15 every year. By officially designating December 15 as Bill of Rights Day,

we would be reminding our fellow citizens and younger generations of our heritage.

Bill of Rights Day would declare America’s commitment to civil and human rights to the world.

The special day would annually remind politicians, bureaucrats, prosecutors, and judges that their authority and power are limited –

that the government serves us Americans, it does not rule us.

December 15, Bill of Rights Day, reminds us of the liberty we have and what it costs to keep it.

By celebrating Bill of Rights Day every year, perhaps we shall never forget.

“James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History)” (Richard Labunski)

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McKELLIPS: Civil rights movement should extend to GLBT

Yahoo Answers
Which amendment of the Bill of Rights is this?
Acronym to remember the bill of rights?
Exactly who is “THE PEOPLE” as the word pair is used in the Bill of Rights?
why are Americans so gullible,and sit back and not even care for their country,?

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