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PALIN AND BIDEN
VICE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE
GUARDED RESPONSES
October 3, 2008. The televised debate between Senator Biden and Governor Palin lacked the impetus necessary to change the minds of voters, and those undecided voters commented that the debate did not help in deciding.
The candidates were overly cautious and very nervous at first. Biden said he was not going to change who he is (aggressive personality), but he appeared to be overly cautious and restrained, and avoided attacking Palin in the same manner he would if she were a man, which the media had strongly advised. However, the public would have fared better if he had revealed himself fully and had not compromised the debate solely because the candidate is a lady.
Palin successfully broke her stereotype by presenting her debate better than expected, but she still lacks sufficient factual arguments to support her conclusions, and does not have a scientific view of life nor academic approach to problem-solving.
Both candidates avoided answering the questions, Palin 10 times, and Biden 6 times, but which became irrelevant as they flowed back and forth in response to each other and covered the major issues.
Palin addressed the healthcare problem with a pledge of a $5,000 tax credit to businesses because the people needed less government intervention. Biden disagreed, arguing that was a "bridge to nowhere" because the taxpayers would be paying for the $5,000 tax credits of big businesses. He said that the government needed to develop a healthcare plan because too many people are uninsured. Biden reiterated several times during the debate that McCain's platform is the same as Bush's which has failed.
Palin said that dangerous regimes such as Iran must be prevented from having nuclear weapons, but added that the U.S. and its allies should be allowed to have such nuclear weapons "for a deterrent."
However, this has been the exact reason that Iran justifies its nuclear program: why should the U.S. and its allies "bully" other nations by saying you cannot have nuclear weapons, but we can because we use them only to control you.
Biden said that Obama wants to establish strong diplomatic relations with foreign nations and sit down and talk with leaders to resolve conflicts.
Palin stated that McCain is opposed to the diplomacy of "just sitting down at the Presidential level" and talking with leaders, but rather, military might is the way to deal with foreign diplomacy, and we must "grow our military" in Iraq and also send more troops into Afghanistan. She said that pulling the military out of Iraq is a "white flag of surrender" and that we should stay there until the military commanders advise us to leave.
Biden disagreed, arguing that McCain said he did not believe in the diplomacy of peace talks, and, for instance, would not "even sit down with the government leaders of Spain" and talk diplomacy. Biden said that Obama will take our troops out of Iraq by developing a foreign policy that ends this war. However, he was not opposed to military intervention, but supported peaceful diplomacy. For instance, he said that he has been in the camps in Darfur and seen the suffering, and we should provide helicopters for the African military in Darfur to fight against those practicing genocide. However, he said that the Iraqi government needs to be supported and it is the strength of Iraq's government, not military might, that will end the war there.
Palin stated that she is opposed to "gay marriages" but is tolerant of anything adults want to do and has friends who are traditionally different. Biden said that he also is opposed to "gay marriages," but the government should be supportive of gays through the route of civil rights and such other legislature as same sex benefits and joint ownership of property, and hospital family visitation rights.
Palin said that she will invoke the Constitutional authority to increase the power of the Vice President and expand her authority in the White House. She said that McCain has already advised her where she will lead in his agenda including, energy independence, reform overall government, and working with families.
Biden said that the Vice President has no such authority, and that the Constitution is explicit. He said it was a common misconception, and only referred to the Vice President's presiding power over the Senate. It is not a division of powers between the President and Vice President as Palin thinks. He said that the Constitutional duty of the Vice President is to support of the President.
Palin said that global warming was both caused by humans and by the natural cycles of the environment.
Biden stated that "we cannot find a solution if we cannot find a cause." He said that global warming was caused by humans. Consequently we must take whatever action is necessary to stop global warming.
Palin pushed her energy independence platform every opportunity possible, and made it clear that she wants to "drill baby drill" in Alaska to make our nation independent on foreign oil, and to support all our fuel needs with Alaskan oil. She argued that Obama was wrong in saying that oil drilling in Alaska was "raping the continental shelf," and is not contributing to global warming. Palin added that Alaska is now "building a natural gas pipeline to flow into markets."
Biden continued on the global warming issue and said he supports clean coal technology, particularly to sell to countries such as China who is emitting tremendous pollution into the environment by burning coal. Biden also states that we need to develop more wind and solar and other environmentally friendly energy technology
Both Palin and Biden firmly acknowledged that the Middle Class must be strengthened. Palin said that McCain is "going to fight for the Middle Class." Biden said that the Middle Class is the backbone of America and that our present economic problem was caused by the weakening of the Middle Class and the Wealthy Class got out-of-control. He said that he remembers his own father saying, "we have to leave because I cannot find a job," and "when you get knocked down, you must get back up." Biden said that mortgages need to be paid, and we must assure they can send their kids to college and when it is necessary to send their children to fight, we must be sure they are paid by having a strong economy and treating them with respect and support when they return home.
SUMMARY: McCain and Palin support warfare as the method of dealing with uncooperative nations. Obama and Biden support peaceful diplomacy and warfare only as a last resort. McCain and Palin support Alaskan oil drilling. Obama and Biden support innovative new technology and supporting the development of wind and solar energy. While McCain and Palin are opposed to gay marriages, Obama and Biden also are opposed to gay marriages, but through civil rights and other legislation will make a comparable package of benefits available to gays.
MATHEMATICAL SUMMARY:
McCain + Palin = Warfare x Bush economics
Obama + Biden = Peace x Change
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PALIN AND BIDEN
VICE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE
October 2, 2008. Vice Presidential candidates, Senator Palin and Senator Biden will debate at Washington University in St. Louis, which will be broadcast on television at 3:00 p.m. Hawaii time (9:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Unfortunately, most Hawaii residents will be at work, and will not see this important event. The relevance is that there will not be much pre-written scripts from professional writers as during speeches, but rather, the public will get a realistic view of the candidates' spontaneous communication attributes, including a a more precise view of their political platform, and whether they have skills sufficient to function logically under adverse public pressure. Most assuredly several nations will be watching the broadcast to determine what kind of future America is paving..
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US SENATE APPROVES
$700 BILLION REVISED BAILOUT PLAN
October 1, 2008. The U.S. Senate approved a revised $700 billion plan to save the economy from further collapse. The bill passed with votes of 74 in favor and 25 opposed. Now the plan must be approved by the House of Representatives before Congress officially declares it as law. The plan includes an increase in FDIC deposit insurance and tax breaks. ( More details soon.)
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FEAR OF HOMELESS
PROMOTED
FOR POLITICAL GAIN
October 1, 2008. In an effort to regain the steeply falling support of voters for re-election of Mayor Mufi Hannemann, several Hawaii newspapers and television news agencies have begun a campaign of mud-slinging, not at the opponent, but at the homeless which is the one issue that is bringing this politician to his knees.
The large newspaper and television agencies in Hawaii are run by wealthy interest groups who continue to gain by the extremely low salaries paid to the employees and elimination of the Middle Class, and have officially announced their endorsement of Mayor Mufi Hannemann for re-election.
In an effort to support the homeless bashing by Mayoral candidate Mufi Hannemann, several news agencies are inciting fear of the homeless by wrongly associating violent crimes, insanity and immorality with them. During the early morning, a policeman in Waikiki was checking the records of a suspect who was, in fact, a "wanted man" who had an outstanding $20,000 warrant issued for his arrest. The suspect panicked and stabbed the officer to escape.
We pray for the officer's full recovery, and we appreciate the brave police officers who take risks every day to protect the citizens in Waikiki, and who are protecting the homeless living in the park there before the mayoral order to evacuate them to endlessly wander around the island is enforced.
The news reporters wrongly promoted the suspect as "homeless" and lead the public to believe (1) that he was being arrested because he was homeless, which he was not, and (2) that he was a member of those homeless who are living in tents in Waikiki, which is was not.
This mislead the public into wrongly turning against the homeless for a crime that they did not commit, and it wrongly removed the focus off of the officer who suffered the injury and placed the focus, instead, on the homeless. MORE
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BIRDS SHARE
FOOD AND LANGUAGE
October 9, 2008. In observing the behavior of birds in Hawaii, it is evident that they purposely leave food for other birds, even when they are quite hungry. This same behavior is observed in feral cats, which are cats who live in the wild, and who always leave food in their dish no matter how little is given. I clearly perceive this as an instinct to share with others. Have we lost this instinct? No. I believe that so many of us feel empty because we fail to share. We have the instinct, but selfishness has changed us. Some instinct is beneficial, and it may be argued that only misplaced instinct is harmful. When we align ourselves within the Circle of Life instead of hovering above it, then we are both the giver and the receiver of benefits.
BIRDS COMMUNICATE
IN LANGUAGE UNDERSTOOD
BY DIFFERENT SPECIES
In my feeding experimentation with the birds of Hawaii, when food is given to the birds for the first time in a new place, the first group who discovers it leaves after feeding (always leaving food behind), and others later arrive, even of different species. The succeeding groups are able to find the food, even when covered so that they cannot see it by chance.
This is evidence that birds have a language that can be understood amongst the different species of birds, such as the sparrows, doves, cardinals, and others: bird language is universally understood amongst birds. But, I believe that bird language must be learned (they are not born knowing the language), just as we learn our language when we are growing up. This is evident in the way that birds practice what appears to be a recitation of their vocabulary, like we may sing the ABC song. Each bird also has their own specific vocabulary, but which another species can easily learn - certainly more easily than me.
ADULT BIRDS FEED EACH OTHER
MOUTH TO MOUTH
When I fed some adult white doves, two flew onto my arm and then a third dove flew up onto the back of the other two, forming a tripod. Then as I held a piece of bread in my hand, the two doves bit off pieces of the bread and ate some while feeding some to the third bird mouth-to-mouth standing on their backs. (The third bird could not reach the food.) This was amazing, and also showed how birds share. It is also interesting that adult birds enjoy feeding each other mouth-to-mouth just like a mother bird would feed her babies. It is also a gesture of love between two doves who also kiss with their beaks and cuddle-love.
Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
Two Headless Doves
Standing on Roof
Draw Crowd of Dove Onlookers
Real or illusion?
Tune in for explanation.
Yes, they are living doves.
Try again.
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GOVERNMENT TO BUY BANK
STOCK
FOR FIRST TIME
SINCE GREAT DEPRESSION
October 10, 2008. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the government will take an historic move and buy stock in private U.S. banks which is the first time since the Great Depression. This extreme effort was decided after the stock market crashed this morning. Paulson hopes this will stop the panic and give investors more confidence in the stock market. The purchase of stock by the government is authorized in the $700 billion economic rescue bill which gives broad powers to take whatever steps are necessary to nurse the sick economy back to health.
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US APPEALS COURT
STOPS RELEASE
OF 17 CHINESE PRISONERS
FROM GUANTANAMO BAY
October 8, 2008. The U.S. Appeals Court issued an injunction temporarily blocking a lower court's order to release 17 Chinese prisoners from Guantanamo Bay Prison. This granted the Bush administration lawyers more time to further argue the matter in the lower court before a final decision is made.
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JUDGE RELEASES
17 CHINESE
FROM GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON
October 7, 2008. U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina angered President Bush's administration by ordering the release of 17 Chinese Muslim prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay. The Order states that the U.S. Constitution forbids indefinite detention without a cause, and that these prisoners had been there for seven (7) years without any evidence that they are in any way a threat nor a security risk.
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NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION
ENDORSES McCAIN
October 9, 2008. The National Rifle Association has endorsed McCain for President and has spent more than $2.3 million opposing Obama. The NRA also supports Palin for Vice President as they did when she was running for Governor at which time she said she used campaign funds to increase her NRA to a higher level membership.
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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
LITIGATE AGAINST U.S. NAVY SONAR
CAUSING PERMANENT
INJURIES TO WHALES
October 9, 2008. Environmental groups are in heavy litigation to stop the U.S. Navy from using sonar for anti-submarine warfare training. The groups allege that sonar causes permanent damage to mammals, such as the whales.
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US GRANTS AIG $37.8
BILLION
ADDITIONAL LOAN
October 9, 2008. The U.S. has agreed to loan AIG an additional $37.8 billion to help it recover from the economic crisis. This is in addition to the $85 billion which is loaned AIG last month.
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OBAMA
HALLOWEEN COSTUME
October 10, 2008. The Obama Halloween costume is popular in Hawaii that has as a friendly likeness. As one little boy said at Walmart, "I want to be Obama so I can be the President of the United States like him!"
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VIDEO ALLEGES US
KILLED
60 BABIES AND TODDLERS
IN AFGHANISTAN
October 9, 2008. Videos taken after the U.S. bombed a civilian village in Afghanistan show that 90 civilians were killed including ladies and 60 babies and toddlers. The U.S. at first denied the claim saying only 7 were killed, but after the video evidence, the U.S. will only admit to possibly 33 civilians killed what is alleged to be a "successful raid.". The video, however, clearly shows the bodies of civilian babies and toddlers killed.
THE KILLING FIELDS do not kill evil, but instead, is Satan bait to produce more evilness.
WISDOMPEACE
LIGHTFORCE RESISTANCE
NOT WAR
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Waikiki with rainbow of WisdomPeace:
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Saturday, October 4, 2008, 07:40 a.m.
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October 31, 2008
WAIKIKI BEACH
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$ $ $
$700 BILLION
ECONOMIC BAIL-OUT PLAN
APPROVED
October 3, 2008. Congress has officially approved the $700 billion plan to bail-out Wall Street along with widespread tax relief. The bail-out includes government intervention in the Wall St. financial institutions with increased FDIC insurance limits on savings and the purchase of bad mortgage debt from banks to prevent further bank failures. The government will buy the mortgage debts to hold with the hope of being eventually paid off. The final vote was 263 in favor and 171 opposed, and included: increased FDIC protection on savings deposits, increased child tax credits, tax breaks for renewable energy, higher starting limits to alternative minimum tax, tax breaks for small businesses, expanded help to victims of recent hurricanes, and tax relief on rum from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, arrows exclusively made for children, and other relief.
The government, however, acknowledged that it will take time before the economy shows signs of recovery even with this necessary intervention. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat said: "I have decided that the cost of doing nothing is greater than the cost of doing something." The Senate added $100 billion increased tax breaks which helped to pass this critical legislature with the intent of stabilizing the financial markets. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that this urgent action was needed "to avoid economic catastrophe" and "will protect the taxpayers."
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OBAMA WON DEBATE
IN TENNESSEE
October 8, 2008. Polls throughout the nation indicate that Obama won the debate by a wide margin. For instance, in Boston, out of 1642 votes, Obama received 85% votes while McCain received only 14% votes. McCain has another chance next Tuesday to promote his platform along with Obama in a televised debate. It is interesting that McCain did not bring up the controversial accusations against Obama's character during the debate, and, therefore, chooses to do so behind his back and not to his face when he may defend himself. It is hopeful that McCain along with Obama can focus on the issues that affect America, particularly the economy and what can be done to fix and prevent this economic crisis and other important issues for ourselves and for the future of our children. That is what is important to the American people.
OBAMA AND McCAIN
DEBATE IN TENNESSEE
October 7, 2008. Obama and McCain square off in a widely anticipated debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee today. It will be televised in Hawaii at 3:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. Eastern Time) with Tom Brokaw being the moderator. Recently, the candidates have become aggressive as the Republican Party is trying to take the focus away from the economic crisis and instead is fomenting issues of Obama's character.
Obama's ability to defend his personal life will reveal how he deals with problem-solving. Likewise, if McCain is unable to address the economic crisis, this will reveal avoidance and inability to stand up and overpower challenges. The office of President of the United States will have much more complex problems than this debate, and, therefore, reason and courage are necessary attributes of the best candidate.
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STOCK MARKETS
CRASH WORLDWIDE ON
FREAKY FRIDAY
October 10, 2008. The stock market crashed worldwide today on Freaky Friday. This official "crash" is defined as a 20% drop in stock value in a short period of time. The stocks plummeted 700 points in the U.S., and similar freefalling occurred in stock markets around the world which most economists relate to fear as expressed in panic stock selling. The internet stock sales facilitates this sudden drop, and most likely will help to bring it back up quickly once the bottom has been reached.
The moral of the story is that money is not as important as you, and now is the time to show patience, tolerance and faith that tomorrow will bring another day of changes good and bad. We grow stronger with each challenge as we make the best decision possible. The purpose of faith is to remove fear and achieve courage to stand no matter what difficulties we face. We have WisdomPeace.
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MELAMINE FOUND IN
CHOCOLATE PILLOWS
October 6, 2008. Japan researchers discovered melamine at 54 parts per million contaminated in Chocolate Pillows imported from China. Melamine is an industrial chemical that has caused kidney failure or kidney stones and is particularly injurious to children.
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Strange cloud in Waikiki with claw-like formation.
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BANK OF AMERICA
PROFITS DROP 68%
October 7, 2008. Bank of America sees red as their third quarter profits fell 68%.
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GAS PRICES
IN HAWAII
SUSTAIN GREEDINESS
October 20, 2008. The mainland gas prices have dropped to a national average of $2.92/gallon today. However, the gas stations in Hawaii are charging more to greedily take advantage of customers despite the drop in prices for the rest of the nation. People on the mainland are in awe at Hawaii's sustained high cost of gasoline and are trying to find a cause, stating on the news that "perhaps its the cost of shipping."
The truth is clear to those of us who live here, that greediness continues to destroy the aloha in Hawaii. We live on an island, but we, the people, are not isolated and ignorant of the rest of the nation. We deserve the same opportunities and advantages that all American states enjoy. When the prices go down on the mainland, then they also need to go down here in Hawaii.
Those who participate in the greediness will also suffer from its pangs by contributing to this island-wide problem. Consumers need do business only with those who keep their prices reasonable. Don't go to a station just from habit. When the mainland drops prices, look for the stations who have aloha and really care about Hawaiians.
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DOG FRIGHTENED BY
SKATEBOARD
JUMPS INTO ALA WAI CANAL
October 16, 2008. It was night time, and there were a few people still walking their dogs in the evening trade wind at about 7:00 p.m. along the Ala Wai Canal. A lady was walking her dog as usual when suddenly a skateboard came barreling down the sidewalk and making a loud noise. The timid elderly dog became so frightened that he broke out of his collar, and jumped into the Ala Wai Canal. MORE
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OBAMA AND McCAIN
FINAL DEBATE
October 15, 2008. The final debate between Obama and McCain will take place in New York on Wednesday, October 15, at 3:00 p.m. Hawaii time (9:00 p.m. Eastern).
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103 YEAR OLD NUN
WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA
October 12, 2008. Sister Cecilia Gaudette last voted for Eisenhower in 1952. But, she is so motivated by Obama, that she has registered to vote for him because she has faith that Obama will bring "peace abroad."
At 103 years old, Sister Cecilia is a nun who lives in Rome, and watches Obama on the television and reads about him in the newspaper.
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October 31, 2008
WAIKIKI BEACH
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October 28, 2008, 8:24 a.m.
HEAVY VOG
SICKENS MANY IN WAIKIKI
October 28, 2008. Heavy Vog, toxic sulfuric acid fog, which is swept across the ocean by tradewinds from the Big Island, the Hawaiian island where the Kilauea Volcano is active, and which settles on the land under present conditions where the tradewinds have ceased, and is imposing the sky and land, causing burning throats, itchy eyes, fatigue, and difficulty in breathing in Waikiki. Similar symptoms are experienced by the heavy fumes of fireworks during the holidays in Hawaii. Many apartments do not have air conditioning and some do not have solid doors, but instead have louvered doors which allows the vog to enter the home, and, most businesses (hotels lobbies, restaurants, etc.) do not have doors nor walls, but are open-air, which do not protect from such hazardous health conditions:
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October 25, 2008
Reflection of a tall building in the Ala Wai Canal.
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October 9, 2008
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WAIKIKI SURFER GAL
WELLS FARGO WINS
AGREEMENT TO BUY WACHOVIA
October 9, 2008. Citigroup conceded its earlier contract to buy Wachovia. Now, Wells Fargo is the proud owner of all the debts and assets of Wachovia.
STATE SUPREME COURT
BLOCKS
WACHOVIA-WELLS FARGO AGREEMENT
October 5, 2008. The State Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction blocking the sales agreement of $14.8 billion between Wachovia and Wells Fargo on the grounds that Citigroup claims to have an earlier legally binding agreement of $2.1 billion including a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) bailout to protect the depositors of Wachovia. However, Wachovia argues that the merger agreement with Wells Fargo will not require FDIC bailout, and, therefore, will save taxpayers' funds, and protect shareholders' value.
However, contract law may preclude (nullify) the Wells Fargo agreement even though it is in the best interest of the public because Citigroup's earlier contract has a provision of exclusivity that bars Wachovia from further negotiations.
Wachovia shares dropped after the State Supreme Court's order, and the public is weary that this is an example of how the bailout functions. However, it appears that Wachovia is guilty of panic which caused the hasty FDIC bailout agreement with Citigroup at only $2.1 billion just four days before a real lucrative buyer offered $14.8 billion. Wachovia had no prayer and faith when the crises hit, and in the end may suffer. Prayer is there to help you with wisdom in complex business decisions as well as in your simplest personal life.
While the savings accounts will be protected by FDIC in the Citigroup agreement, the shareholders will lose and Citigroup will get a super bargain at the selfish and greedy expense of taxpayers' that makes us question Citigroup: Why not do what is best for America? Sometimes one can be legally right but morally wrong.
WACHOVIA BANK
FAILURE AND MERGE
October 3, 2008.
Wachovia Bank faced failure and was quickly bought at a bargain for $14.8
billion by Wells Fargo Bank and is now protected in this merger.
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DALAI LAMA
RECOVERS FROM OPERATION
October 10, 2008. The Dalai Lama is recovering from a gallstone operation in New Delhi, India. His spokesman assures that he is well during recovery.
DALAI LAMA
ENTERS HOSPITAL IN NEW DELHI
October 9, 2008. The Dailai Lama entered the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, India today. He was hospitalized in August for stomach pains related to exhaustion. The spokesman for the 73-year old Dalai Lama said he will release more information shortly. Let us pray for his good recovery and long healthy life.
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ALOHA FLORAL
PARADE
MORE
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In the middle of the parade, the rifles suddenly defied gravitation and began to rise up into the air!
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US ATTACKS SYRIA
AND SPREADS WARFARE
TO MORE NATIONS
October 26, 2008. U.S. helicopter aircraft attacked Syria, dropping bombs on Al-Sukkiraya in Abu Kamal. The Syrian local news reported that 14 civilians were seriously injured by the bombs and 9 were killed including a man and his four children. Syria is the nation next to Iraq.
This U.S. attack is evidence that America's aggressive warfare is spreading which means more of our children are being sent to battle instead of learning to solve problems peacefully with Wisdom. Therefore, the political promise to end the war in Iraq has little meaning when the war is, in fact, still violent in Afghanistan, and has spread to Pakistan and now Syria.
END OF WAR IN IRAQ
DECEPTIVELY MEANS
MOVING BATTLEGROUND
Politicians have committed their efforts to end the war in Iraq, but that has little meaning if the result is deceptively to move the battleground to other nations and to spread warfare, violence, and killing of innocent children and other civilians who neither want this war nor support it. The commitment of our politicians needs to be "end all wars" and to achieve sufficient Wisdom to know how to solve national problems with peaceful methods. If warfare actually solved problems then why is the Civil War still going on in Virginia and other southern states? We solve problems with the power of the mind, not by the illusion that we can somehow kill evil -- as evilness can be changed, but it cannot be destroyed because it is a function of the mind, not of the body. The mind can pass on ideas, concepts and any thought and belief endlessly from one person to another. Destroying the body does not, in fact, destroy these thoughts and beliefs. Only through reason can thoughts and beliefs be "changed," but not destroyed.
DRUGS PREVALENT IN MIDDLE EAST
The first step in finding WisdomPeace is to stop the drugs use both here in the U.S. and in the Middle East as well as other nations. (including unnecessary prescription drugs), We cannot think with intelligence if our minds have been destroyed by the momentary cheap thrill of drugs which results in a lifetime destruction that empties and removes the higher level thinking ability.
POWER IS WISDOM
If you want more power than you can even imagine, then stay away from drugs, including non-emergency prescription drugs, and protect your mind with food and exercise, and build and flex your brain muscle with knowledge and experience and intensive thinking and nirvana meditation power over the self, as well as achieving virtues: reason, courage, justice, self-discipline, compassion, and patience.
DRUGS OPENLY USED IN MIDDLE EAST
Drugs are everywhere in the the Middle East and openly used. It is no mystery that drugs destroy the mind and cause the primitive parts of the brain to rule with raging thoughts and emotional actions. A primitive mind is much more aggressive than a peaceful mind. In fact peace is an exclusive function of higher intelligence. Drugs are de-evolution, and make a human into a common animal to function like our closest ape relatives who are extremely violent.
WORLD LARGEST SUPPLY OF DRUGS
Most the drugs of the world are grown and produced in the Middle East, particularly poppy plants which are used to make heroin. Drugs including non-emergency prescriptions destroy the higher memory functions, and are the cause of Alzheimer's and Autism which are related diseases of iatrogenic brain damage by drugs, and many other different forms of mental retardation. We need to understand how delicate the newly evolved parts of the brain are, and realize that our peace is dependent upon our ability to function with Wisdom.
WISDOMPEACE
LIGHTFORCE RESISTANCE
NOT WAR
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OBAMA DISCOVERS
BEING FAMOUS
IS A LOSS OF FREEDOM
October 24, 2008. Perhaps many people secretly or overtly wish they could be famous. But, imagine not being able to have a private moment, just to go for a quiet walk down the street. I couldn't help but think, "being famous is a curse," as I saw the film of Obama trying to simply go for a walk down the street in Hawaii today with security trailing a distance behind him. Was he thinking, "perhaps I can walk without anyone noticing."
But, he soon learned as everyone recognized him "just walking down the street," with cars stopping, cameras flashing and videos streaming, that the freedom of being alone is gone. How can you get away in private out in the open air? You can't. Where can you go? Nowhere.
Obama made a special trip to Hawaii to visiting his sick maternal grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, whom he calls "Toot" which is short for the local term, Tutu, meaning grandmother. She spent a great deal of time with Obama during his youth, and for whom he attributes much of his inspirational qualities that lead to development of his achievements and leadership skills.
Sometimes we need to be alone, particularly in Obama's case where his grandmother is sick and dying with cancer and other ailments that often plague the elderly, and the physicians gave her no hope, but to return home after her hospitalization. Hawaii has a shortage of good physicians because of the massive poverty and lack of funds to support quality medical facilities. Physicians are leaving by the droves," a doctor confided with me, "we can't even pay the light bills when no one is able to pay us."
You may think that being famous is great, and wouldn't it be nice for everyone to get excited to see you walk down the street. People do all kinds of things to become famous. They take risks dangling off the side of tall buildings, and do dangerous stunts, and struggle to climb to the top where they will shine like a beacon. But, once you are there, you realize the benefits of fame that you were expecting are all an illusion. You are surrounded by people, but you are all alone at the top. Now, everything you do is watched through the eyes of a camera and video recorded In fact, to be famous is not a glory at all, but rather, it is a sacrifice of oneself for the benefit of others.
Obama just wanted to go for a quiet walk down the street. Just to get away and walk in peace; to think about things, to get rid of all the stress of the campaign, and now the stress of his grandmother dying, and to relax by simply walking in the beauty of Hawaii, like he had experienced all his life.
Obama realized today that the freedom enjoyed in a simple life is gone, and he is no longer able to go for quiet walks down the street again, not even in the familiar street where he grew up. This is a new experience for him. He was enjoying this freedom as early as only last year or even in February or March of this year. But not now. Obama no longer blends in with the crowd. He cannot be alone outside of his home. Think about that.
It is like being a prisoner. There's no place to escape, to get away, to be alone, without everybody chasing after you, and without even putting your life in danger. The public is not a safe place to be. That's why there must be security with weapons protecting you. Just imagine what it would be like to lose this simple, but important freedom - peaceful solitude in the open air. But, that simple freedom is gone from Obama as the price of being famous.
Think about that the next time you just slip into your old jeans and walk out the door and go for a walk. Nobody cares. Nobody is looking at you. You're not important to them. You're just a plain, ordinary person walking down the street. But, you have that freedom to be alone in the crowd. The simple freedom of solitude.
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Ben Bernanke
FEDERAL RESERVE
PROMOTES
SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE
October 20, 2008. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to the White House Budget Committee about a second stimulus package as economic advisers warn that our nation has entered a recession even though not officially declared.
Most of us believe that we have passed recession and have fallen into a depression, official or not. The recent stimulus package passed by Congress is not yet fully in place, and, consequently, it is premature to be adding more debt to the nation's taxpayers.
Bernanke and others need to be patient because our economy, which has fallen to such a critical depth, is not going to immediately spring back to the top no matter what remedy.
As consumers, we need to be patient also, and now is the time to make changes in our personal economic habits. We need to live on our actual salaries rather than on credit, and return to the days when we enjoyed the anticipation of saving up for those things we want. We have become victimized from buying everything on credit and paying more for the total price because of monthly interest. Our economy must not be rebuilt on a nation of economic fools while banks make profits from those deceived into thinking they can afford what they actually cannot and living on impulse instead of on patience.
We need to rehabilitate ourselves and realize that without patience, we steal and rob our future joy and happiness while paying much more than the original cost because of credit interest. Let our new economy be built on "wisdom," not "fools."
Pay off your credit cards and then enjoy the freedom of not being in debt. Purchase products at a real discount rather than the inflated price after monthly interest on credit has been paid. This also helps us to learn self-discipline when we control our spending. We can work together to rebuild the economy and this time do it right.
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ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER
SICKENS 450 IN CHINA
October 11, 2008. At least 450 people have become sick after drinking water contaminated by the toxic metal, arsenic, from a nearby factory in the Guangxi Province of China. There were 23 children and 32 senior citizens hospitalized after having severe symptoms of arsenic poisoning, including, facial swelling, vomiting, and blurred vision.
The arsenic is believed to have come from wastewater produced at the Jinhai Metallurgy Chemical Company which probably overflowed into the wells and ponds used for drinking water. The government has closed the company as a result of this contamination.
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HEADACHE CAUSE
DISCOVERED BY FASTING
October 11, 2008. Fasting can help us determine which foods or drinks are causing health problems. We can eat foods for a long time and drink all kinds of products before developing a symptom which makes the cause difficult to know. Arsenic is found in apple seeds and other fruit seeds and may not initially produce any symptoms, but after awhile may cause health problems.
Further, we may drink water without symptoms, but after the toxins from contaminated water accumulate in the body, then symptoms appear which are difficult to trace. Distilled water is the best method to assure safety of drinking water as long as steroids, toxic waste, bacteria, viruses, and other contaminants are not being properly removed in any nation. Your body tells you when something is wrong if you learn to interpret the symptoms instead of denying them or medicating them into silence. The pressurized cabins of airplanes or the environment may also cause severe headaches. MORE
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JAMES BOND'S
GOLDEN GUN STOLEN
October 11, 2008. The Golden Gun used by James Bond in the movie "The Man with the Golden Gun" was stolen from Elstree Studios located in England. The gun was unique in that, when disassembled, the parts functioned as merely a cigarette lighter, pen, and cigarette case. Significantly, if someone wanted to carry a concealed weapon without detection, such deceptively unrelated parts would be a product desired to be copied and introduced into criminal hands. Deception is the hallmark of crime as the mind cannot reject what it does not perceive. That is why wisdom always moves ahead and does not linger behind.
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NORTH KOREA
REMOVED FROM LIST OF
TERRORISM COUNTRIES
October 11, 2008. U.S. envoy Christopher Hill announced that North Korea has been from the List of Terrorist Countries which reopens its door to international loans and other aid. This accord was reached after North Korea engaged in negotiation talks with the U.S., South Korea, China, Russia, and Japan.
The deal includes that North Korea will cease from rebuilding its nuclear facility at Yongbyon, and will allow nuclear inspectors to make forensic inspections at both its declared and undeclared nuclear facilities (suspect sites). North Korea also agrees to verification of its denial not to be transferring uranium to terrorism countries. The hopes to assure that North Korea both does not build nuclear reactors and also does not produce and sell nuclear products.
Critics of the deal, including Patricia McNerney, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Non-Proliferation, state that such proposed inspections and verification are impossible because North Korea is the most "secret" nation in the world.
The consequences of being deceived by North Korea would result in their secret building of nuclear reactors and selling enriched uranium to terrorist nations while being financed by the U.S. and other nations to do so. However, the U.S., et al. are depending on such sophisticated technology as satellites that can zoom in on a person walking down street, and that can map radioactive activities with precision. However, North Korea may have developed its own sophisticated counter-intelligence technology.
The mind cannot be changed without agreement of the heart.
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TRILLIONS EXPECTED
TO BE PAID BY TAXPAYERS
DURING ECONOMIC CRISIS
October 10, 2008. Economist project that taxpayers will be paying an astronomical bill totaling in the Trillions before the economy is able to function on its own again. This would be accounted from all sources in addition to the $700 billion rescue plan.
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Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
October 25, 2008, Waikiki
WAIKIKI
Saturday, October 25,
2008
SILENT NEWS REEL:
(find the dove taking the giant step)
Who has the biggest nuclear weapon?
PEACEFUL NATIONS CRITICIZE
UNITED STATES FOR PROMOTING
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
IN
WORLD SERIES NUCLEAR WAR
October 9, 2008. President Bush signed legislature to support India in building more nuclear reactors and to provide civilian nuclear technology and fuel to India. President Bush is also promoting nuclear proliferation with all nations willing to give up Islamic religious rule and switch to U.S. democratic government.
Iran states that the U.S. is a bully seeking worldwide domination over all nations in efforts to destroy Islam and to establish Judeo-Christianity worldwide. If we are really compassionate, then we need to care about the rights of both the Jews and the Palestinians and help them to learn to live together in peace by finding the pathway to overcome their 2,000 year old feud.
Warfare = Biological Competition: Is warfare a biological drive that can be overcome by WisdomPeace? We only need to look at our closest biological relatives to see the same behavior widely practiced amongst apes in the wild. Warfare is taking shape as a world series where the most fittest nations are preparing to battle it out for the World Series Nuclear War. MORE
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BANANA DIET:
PERFECT DIET OF THE CENTURY
FROM JAPAN
REMOVES HUNGER
October 26, 2008. If you have ever prayed for a miracle diet that would remove the extremely challenging hunger that inevitably accompanies a diet, your prayers have been answered through 31-year old Sumiko, a pharmacist in Japan, who established an incredible diet for her husband, Hitoshi Watanabe. He lost 38 pounds within a year, without hunger, without diet pills, and without complicated rituals.
The diet plan by Sumiko is simple, says Watanabe: "Eat as many bananas as you want in the morning with room temperature water. Enjoy a regular lunch and dinner (but finish dinner before 8:00 p.m.). Try to go to bed before midnight. You could snack in between meals (not right after each meal) and even have alcohol - as long as in moderation." In addition, this diet requires stress reduction by creating a peaceful environment for both the body and mind.
Bananas are among the perfect food group which provides a wide array of high quality nutrients while being low in calories. Further, they are the favorite food of our closest relatives, the apes, and for which I have been asserting that we are the species which I call the "hairless apes." By wrongly thinking of ourselves as superior to all species, we leave ourselves out of the benefits shared by all species in the Circle of Life and we lose understanding of our biological drives and patterns of behavior that we must understand if we are ever going to conquer and master them. Therefore it is not surprising that bananas help us to regulate our hunger, because they are the perfect food that was created for the ape species, including us, the hairless apes.
Further, research has clearly shown that not getting enough sleep and inability to deal peacefully with stress causes you to overeat. Therefore, Sumiko has put together all elements encompassing food, mind, body, and environment to create the Banana Diet as the perfect diet of the century.
For more details, see, ABC News, Noriko Namiki, News Reporter, "Japan's Banana Diet Strips Store Shelves."
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RICHARD DAWKINS
FOOLED BY DECEPTIVE
PSEUDO-RELIGIONS
October 21, 2008. Richard Dawkins is a British scientist who is on a mission to save the world from the evilness of "God" who, he believes, is destroying the world and causing wars worldwide and hatred amongst differing societies. Unfortunately, Richard Dawkins has been fooled because evilness always pretends to be God, but it is evilness that he fails to recognize hidden underneath the sheep's clothing. Dawkins along with other atheists are vigorously advertising on buses and billboards in a world-saving effort to eradicate the concept of "God" with such signs as "Imagine a World without God" (meaning it would be peaceful without God since we are supposed to be living in a world with God now). However, if Dawkins would approach religion with the same methodology of truth-finding as he does in science, then he will discover the difference between religion and pseudo-religion with the same verification and expertise as the difference between science and pseudo-science.
In simple terms for those with a short attention span and who cannot tolerate lengthy discussions with religious symbolism, the mathematical concept is quite simple in literal terms:
God = order = truth = peace = happiness = Wisdom
Evil or Satan = disorder = deception = violence = sadness (emptiness) = ignorance
Therefore, to say that you are against God - in literal terms - is to say that you are against order, against truth, against peace, against happiness, and against Wisdom.
Evil minds know that you will not submit to their power because no one "knowingly" (ergo the deceiver) follows evilness; and, therefore, those who function with evilness, deceive by pretending to be practicing religion or promoting the cause of "God," but are actually using "Satanbait" to draw you into arguments, fighting, and even into violence through deception. Those who have never awakened the Wisdom of God do not even realize they are functioning in the realm of disorder (evilness). But we identify them by their functions (actions, emotions), not by what they call themselves. It is the action that defines the doer, not the label nor the bittersweet name they call themselves. Evil always wears the mask of God while leading you astray so you cannot see its evil face.
This means that warfare (extreme disorder, violence, and chaos) cannot possibly be in the true realm-function of God, but rather is in the hidden realm-function of Satan who is the deceiver and pretends to be God.
Other than the initial resistance, wars are Satan's strongest deceiver to get victims to remain in the long-term commitment to violence under the pretense of destroying evilness, but which cannot be destroyed (remember the scientific theories on entropy and matter).
That is why WisdomPeace talks are so important to awaken the nation's leaders out of the warring mind thoughts, and with skilled communication, to clear the mind of the oppressor and guide to the pathway of Wisdom.
Further, Richard Dawkins along with many other logical -thinking scholars do not understand the language of symbolism. The entire Holy Bible is written in symbolism along with several parallel themes. That is why most people do not "read" the Holy Bible, but rather, cite passages. To actually "read" it (not just roll your eyes across the words), is to understand the symbolic meanings behind the scenes. In fact, most people would be quite shocked to find out the literal meaning of the Biblical symbolism, which brings me to the next episode of this article.
Religion teaches you to remove stress and find inner peace and happiness and to awaken powerful nonconscious Wisdom. You could not possibly understand this if you have not awakened. Buddhism gives you strong tools to achieve the awakening of this powerful Wisdom. Many also achieve this awakening by religious study and practice in the numerous other diverse religions. God loves diversity and has created many religions for you to choose. Those who suffer with religious intolerance have never awakened this great Wisdom that brings inner peace and happiness.
While Richard Dawkins is promoting a world without God, he needs to understand that our present world is virtually "without God" now. In fact, the world is "with Satan-god" practicing evilness in the disguise of religion, and whose actions are deceptively causing the worldwide disorder. Therefore, the advertising signs should say: "Imagine a world "with" God's Wisdom awakened to keep you from being deceived."
Richard Dawkins should stick to science for which he is knowledgeable, but he clearly does not know the foggiest about religion for which he has been preaching against, and, instead, has confused religion with the common practice of deceptive evilness. In other words, Dawkins has bitten the Satanbait.
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STOCK MARKETS
CRASH WORLDWIDE
October 6, 2008. Stock markets crash worldwide as confidence continues a freefall. US Dow Index plummeted 10,000 points this morning at the lowest since 2004. Similar falls occurred in Japan, Germany, and other nations.
London's stock dropped 7.85% which is the largest since 1987. Paris stock fell the largest on record.
Several countries in Europe attempted to prevent the inevitable spread of global market drops. Germany and Denmark took government measures to restore confidence in banks, but their stocks plummeted today.
Markets fell in England, France, India, China, Australia, Singapore, and markets in Indonesia reported the biggest fall on record at 10%. Brazil and Russia temporarily closed their markets for trading as Brazil markets fell 10% and Russian markets fell 15% before closing at 19.1% and falling.
Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research announced: "Investors are cleaning out portfolios and getting rid of everything because nothing seems to be working."
The significance of the stock market crash is that it functions as a market indicator of the economic state of the nation projected about six months ahead. This crash clearly shows that investors foresee a long term economic crisis.
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Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
Leopard Dove on Left (large)
Zebra Dove on Right (small)
ZEBRA DOVES NOT WHITE
SHOW
CLASSIC PEACEFULNESS
October 10, 2008. Of all the doves, the Zebra Dove holds the heart of the classic peaceful concept of doves. While the White Dove is very beautiful to look at, as well as the Leopard Dove (this is what I call them, but their official name is Ring-Necked Dove which name I reject). The Zebra Dove, however, is small and gray with a zebra stripped chest.
The Zebra Dove has a complex and formal social order. They are very courteous to each other, and no matter what problems surface around them, they always keep their peaceful behavior and remain calm. MORE
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PALIN FOUND GUILTY OF
ABUSE OF AUTHORITY
October 10, 2008. Republican Vice President candidate has been found guilty of abuse of authority after investigation by an Alaskan legislative committee. Palin is accused of wrongfully terminating Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan for his refusal to fire State Trooper Wooten who was involved in a custody battle with the sister of Palin. However, Palin had argued that he was fired as part of a budget dispute. The ruling is that Palin is guilty of "unethical conduct" even though it is not against the law, but is a moral wrongdoing which arises from lack of empathy for others.
Palin proud of killing for fun not realizing that bad karma functions as a boomerang and returns to the sender:
MIND TEACHES BRAIN TO EVOLVE
Empathy is a virtue that normally develops by young adulthood. Some people, however, never reach that point in personal evolution and become stuck. The mind teaches the brain how to evolve, but some do not listen and fall victim to their desires as master over themselves instead of the higher evolved power of wisdom. We can tell whether someone has developed empathy because they have compassion for others, and can actually feel the pain of those suffering. Caring about others is wisdom that comes with the powerful benefit of access to higher wisdom, including joy, peace, courage, reason, justice, compassion, patience, and all the good qualities of life.
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US STOCKS FALL
500 POINTS
October 7, 2008. U.S. stocks fell another 500 points today along with similar drops in stock value on a global scale. President Bush has called for similar bail-out efforts in nations worldwide.
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PRESIDENT BUSH
TELEVISED SPEECH
ON ECONOMIC CRISIS
October 10, 2008. A very somber President Bush gave a speech this morning at 4:15 a.m. Hawaii time (10:15 Eastern time) on the economic crisis. He was notably upset and slurred several words and often left out words at the beginning of sentences and mispronounced common words. At the end of the speech, he brushed against the American flag on the stairways. He read his speech, which outlined six problems we face and the steps taken.
Bush stated that the fundamental problem began with the widespread decline in the housing market causing numerous foreclosures and serious bank losses and a freeze in the credit system. Thereafter, one thing lead to another and uncertainty of the economy resulted in "anxiety" (fear). We have witnessed fear this morning as the stock market plunged 700 points. President Bush's Economic Crisis Speech
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Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
"WisdomPeace"
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FIREMEN
COMPELLED TO BE IN
GAY PRIDE PARADE
October 11, 2008. Firemen in San Diego, California, were compelled to participate in a Gay Pride Day Parade on July 2007, even though they were not gay (homosexual). Four firemen filed a lawsuit claiming that the parade functioned as a "political" statement and a personal "endorsement of viewpoints." They claimed that even though they are respectful of gays, being compelled to participate in the parade was "compelled speech" which is against free speech in the state constitution. Further, they were "sexually harassed" when the public jeered and cursed at them during the parade where they rode on a fire engine. In addition, they were mistreated at work after they filed a lawsuit.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Superior Court Judge Michael Anello ruled that "citizens must accept some limitations on their constitutional rights when they enter government service. For example, government employees do not have the right to speak freely, or refrain from speaking, if doing so would disrupt the administration of a public service."
The public became angry when the San Diego Union-Tribune would not allow comments on their article in the newspaper.
Perhaps, Judge Michael Anello should march in the next Gay Pride Parade. What do you think? Does the public believe that anyone marching in the Gay Pride Parade must be gay? Is the public sophisticated enough to understand the difference between personal support of gays and government support? Send your comments.
The jury was unable to agree on a decision which resulted in a mistrial. On January 16, a new trial will be heard.
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NORTH KOREA
STEPS UP NUCLEAR BUILDING
October 9, 2008. North Korea has denied the nuclear watchdog, IAEA and blocked the inspectors from overseeing building of their nuclear plant at Yongbyon. This nuclear plant was reopened after the U.S. failed to follow through as agreed to provide financial support in exchange for them to stop building the nuclear reactor.
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