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THE CULT OF THE MOON-GOD
Pre-Islamic Origins of Allah
It will come as a surprise to many Muslims and Non-muslims alike that the word “Allah” was not something invented by Muhammed or revealed for the first time in the Quran. The well known Middle Eastern scholar H. Gibb, pointed out that the reason that Muhammed never had to explain who “Allah” was in the Quran was that his listeners had already heard about Allah long before Muhammed was ever born.1 Dr. Arthur Jeffery, who was one of the foremost Western Islamic scholars in modern times and Professor of Islamic and Middle East Studies at Columbia Univ., pointed out that, “The name Allah, as the Quran itself is witness, was well known in Pre-Islamic Arabia. Indeed, both it and its feminine form, Allat, are found not infrequently among the theophorous names in inscriptions from North Africa.”2 The word “Allah” comes from the compound Arabic word, “al-ilah”. The “al” is the definite article “the” and the word “ilah” is an Arabic word for “god”. It is not a foreign word. It was not even the Syriac word for God. It is pure Arabic.3 Neither is “Allah” a Hebrew or Greek word for God as found in the Bible. Allah is an Arabic term used in reference to an Arabian deity. Hastings’ Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics states, “”Allah” is a proper name, applicable only to their (i.e. Arab) peculiar God.”4 According to the Encyclopedia of Religion, “”Allah” is a pre-Islamic name….corresponding to the Babylonian Bel.”5 Due to past experiences with recalcitrant students who found it hard to believe that “Allah” was a pagan name for a peculiar pagan Arabian deity in pre-Islamic times, the following citations are given. “Allah is found…in Arabic inscriptions prior to Islam.” (Encyclopedia Britannica)6 “The Arabs, before the time of Mohammed, accepted and worshipped, after a fasion, a supreme god called allah.” (The Encyplopedia of Islam, ed. Houtsma)7 “Allah was known to pre-Islamic Arabs; he was one of the Meccan deities.” (Encyclopedia of Islam, ed. Gibb)8 “The name Allah goes back before Muhammed.” (Encyclopedia of World Mythology And Legend)10 “The origin of this (Allah) goes back to pre-Muslim times. Allah is not a common name meaning “God” (or a “god”), and the Muslim must use another word or form if he wishes to indicate any other than his own peculiar deity.” (Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics)11 To the testimony of the above standard reference works, we add those of such scholars as Henry Preserved Smith of Harvard University who said, “Allah was already known by name to the Arabs.”12 Dr. Kenneth Cragg, who was the editor of the prestigious scholarly journal “Muslim World” and an outstanding modern Western Islamic scholar, whose works were generally published by Oxford University, comments, “The name Allah is also evident in archeological and literary remains of pre-Islamic Arabia.”13 Dr. W. Montgomery Watt, who was Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at Edinburgh University and visiting Professor of Islamic studies at College de France, Georgetown University and University of Toronto, has done extensive work on the pre-Islamic concept of Allah. He concludes that, “In recent years I have become increasingly convinced that for an adequate understanding of the career of Muhammed and the origins of Islam, great importance must be attached to the existence in Mecca of belief in Allah as a “high god.”14 Caesar Farah in his book on Islam concludes his discussion of the pre-Islamic meaning of Allah by saying, “There is no reason, therefore, to accept the idea that Allah passed to the Muslims from the Christians and Jews.”15
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Saudi Arabian oil money is pushing the Muslim faith hard in America, Africa and Europe. Their boast is that they will win many countries from within by converting them to the Muslim faith. Yet Christians in America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East are going to continue telling the truth about Islam, reprinting this report and others like it. Huge multitudes of Muslims throughout the world are going to realize that they are following a false prophet and that it’s time to get serious about finding out how to get to the real Heaven, instead of spending all eternity in Hell because they were deceived into worshipping the pagan mood-god called Allah. The Muslims think they are very clever in their attempts to take over other countries for Islam. And because of their unlimited supply of oil money, they have made many inroads into lands where the Muslim faith had never been heard of before.
 The sacred book of Islam, the Koran, teaches that Muslims have the right to lie, cheat, deceive and murder in order to advance the Muslim faith. Muslim oil money financed the genocide of 300,000 Ugandans under Idi Amin as he pretended conversion to Islam. More recently Muslim extremists crucified 16,000 or more people living in Sudan when they refused to convert to the Muslim faith. In every country where Muslims gain control of the government, terrible persecution becomes the rule for Christians. For example, Muslims in Egypt would love to kill the millions of coptic Christians who also live there. What is their crime? They refuse to convert to Islam so they must die.
 In most Muslim countries it is forbidden to witness for Christ, and many carry the death penalty for those caught trying to spread Christainity. Through this type of ruthless oppression they have succeeded in keeping millions of people bound in darkness as slaves to Islam. Let this be a warning to those countries where Muslims are currently agitating for control. History has proven that nothing but persecution, violence and bloodshed follow a Muslim takeover until all of their enemies are exterminated and they establish the “peace” of Allah’s kingdom. We believe that a religion which continues to act like something out of the Dark Ages of mankind, or like a brutal barbarian movement claiming to be the religion of the only true god, should be exposed to the whole world for its bloodthirsty attitude and wicked desire to murder everyone in the entire world who will not convert to the Muslim faith. They would love to acquire enough military technology, nuclear weapons and biological/chemical weapons to threaten the rest of the world into submission. If they can get enough powerful, modern weapons, their desire is to spread the Muslim faith by force, waging a “holy war” of extermination until all who won’t convert to Islam are wiped out.
 The future of Islam and all Muslims.
written by Eee Zee
When I was young, I remember hearing about the immigrants that came through Ellis Island. They wanted to learn English. They wanted to breath free. They wanted to become Americans. Now too many immigrants come here with demands. They demand to be taught in their own language. They demand special privileges — affirmative action. They demand ethnic studies that glorify their culture.
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Did you know that at the hospital these illegals cannot be turned down if they can’t pay and they certainly don’t pay. I saw a man on TV who took his Caucasian neighbor to an emergency room. He was slowly bleeding to death yet he had to wait for three hours for emergency treatment because the staff was busy giving prenatal treatment, cold and flu remedies, aspirin, etc., to illegals who could not speak English. They were all treated for free. When the bleeding Caucasian man’s turn finally came they would not touch him until he proved that he had insurance.
Because of the overwhelming number of illegals in this country, this past year alone 84 hospitals in the Los Angeles area went out of business.
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New photo proves the existence of Bigfoot.
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Islamisgrowing wrote:
A Contrast Between Mohammed and Jesus Christ
Mohammed was the prophet of war;
Christ is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6-7).
Mohammed’s disciples killed for the faith;
Christ’s disciples were killed for their faith (Acts 12:2; 2 Tim.4:7).
Mohammed promoted persecution against the “infidels”;
Christ forgave and converted the chief persecutor (1 Tim. 1:13-15).
Mohammed was the taker of life;
Christ is the giver of life (John 10:27-28).
Mohammed and his fellow warriors murdered thousands;
Christ murdered none but saved many (compare John 12:48).
Mohammed’s method was COMPULSION;
Christ’s aim was voluntary CONVERSION (Acts 3:19).
Mohammed practiced FORCE;
Christ preached FAITH (John 6:29,35).
Mohammed was a WARRIOR;
Christ is a DELIVERER (Col. 1:13; 1 Thess.1:10).
Mohammed conquered his enemies with the sword;
Christ conquered his enemies with another kind of sword, the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God (Heb. 4:12; Acts 2:37).
Mohammed said to the masses, “Convert or die!”;
Christ said, “Believe and live!” (John 6:47; 11:25-26).
Mohammed was swift to shed blood (Rom. 3:15-17);
Christ shed His own blood for the salvation of many (Eph. 1:7).
Mohammed preached “Death to the infidels!”;
Christ prayed “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).
Mohammed declared a holy war (Jihad) against infidels;
Christ achieved a holy victory on Calvary’s cross (Col. 2:14-15) and His followers share in that victory (John 16:33).
Mohammed constrained people by conquest;
Christ constrained people by love (2 Cor. 5:14).
Modern terrorists derive their inspiration from Mohammed and carry out their despicable atrocities in the name of his god Allah;
Christians derive their inspiration from the One who said, “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9).
Some modern day disciples of Mohammed responded to the terrorist attacks by cheering in the streets;
modern day disciples of Christ are deeply grieved at past atrocities carried out by those who were “Christians” in name only (the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, etc.).
Many Muslims are peaceful and peace-loving because they do not strictly follow the teachings of their founder;
Many Christians are peaceful and peace-loving because they do strictly follow the teachings of their Founder (Rom. 12:17-21).
Mohammed called upon his servants to fight;
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight . . .but now is My kingdom not from here” (John 18:36)
Mohammed ordered death to the Jews (see A.Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad, Oxford University Press [1975], p. 369);
Christ ordered that the gospel be preached “to the Jew first” (Rom. 1:16).
The Koran says, “Fight in the cause of Allah” (Qu’ran 2.244);
The Bible says, “we wrestle not against flesh and blood” and “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal” (Eph. 6:12; 2 Cor. 10:4).
The Koran says, “Fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them” (Qu’ran 9.5);
Christ said, “Preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
The Koran says, “I will inspire terror into the hearts of unbelievers” (Qu’ran 8.12);
God inspires His terror (fear, reverential awe) into the hearts of believers (Isaiah 8:13).
The Koran (Qu’ran) is a terrorist manual which condones fighting, conflict, terror, slaughter, and genocide against those who do not accept Islam;
The Bible is a missionary manual to spread the gospel of peace to all the world (Rom. 10:15).
Mohammed’s Mission was to conquer the world for Allah;
Christ’s mission was to conquer sin’s penalty and power by substitutionary atonement (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 3:18).
Mohammed considered Christ a good prophet;
Christ pronounced Mohammed to be a false prophet (John 10:10; Matt. 24:11).
Mohammed claimed that there was but one God, Allah;
Christ claimed that He Himself was God (John 10:30-31; John 8:58-59; John 5:18; John 14:9).
Mohammed’s Tomb: OCCUPIED!
Christ’s tomb: EMPTY!
written by Eee Zee
This is from a retired former teacher whose wife is a teacher in the Riverside,CA area, and has been for many, many years.
As you all listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration there are some things that you should be aware of.
As most of you know my wife is in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at large southern California high school, which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socio-economic and income levels. Most of the schools you are hearing about -South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, etc.-where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.
My wife tells me that 100% of the students in her school and other Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast, free lunch program. When I say free breakfast I’m not talking a glass of milk and roll … but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (I can swear to this)
She estimates that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for baby-sitters or having family watch their kids.
She was ordered to spend $700,000 on her department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; her budget was already substantial. She ended up buying new computers for their computer learning center; half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America.
She has had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many mexicans illegal immigrant students here in the country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them “Putas” -whores- and throwing things that the teachers were in tears.
Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc., etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To my bleeding-heart liberal friends who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs. Higher insurance, Medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc., etc. For me, I’ll pay more for tomatoes.
We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won’t have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they will leave and return voluntarily?
There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute to our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and legal way.
It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate … and an American culture that has become so weak and politically correct that we don’t have the will to do anything about it.
If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, tell this to everyone you know.
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Who voted to give illegal aliens Social Security Benefits.
These are the senators that voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits. Regardless of political party, these Fuckwits politicans need to be tared and feathered defeated in 2006 2008 or 20010 whenever they come up for reelection.
The entire population of the United Ststes needs to know about this. That is unless they don’t mind sharing there Social Security dollars with illegal aliens while American citizens are being left out.
Grouped by Home State
Alabama:
Alaska: Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Arizona: McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:Boxer (D-CA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado: Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut:Dodd (D-CT), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Yea
Delaware:Biden (D-DE), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea
Florida:Martinez (R-FL), Yea
Georgia:
Hawaii:Akaka (D-HI), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Idaho:
llinois:Durbin (D-IL), Yea Obama (D-IL), Yea
Indiana:Bayh (D-IN), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Iowa: Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Kansas:Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:
Louisiana:Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Maine:
Maryland:Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts:Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Michigan:Levin (D-MI), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota:
Mississippi:
Missouri:
Montana:Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:Hagel (R-NE), Yea
Nevada: Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire:
New Jersey:Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
New Mexico:Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
New York:Clinton (D-NY), YeaSchumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina:
North Dakota: Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Ohio:DeWine (R-OH), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:
Oregon: Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania: Specter (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:Chafee (R-RI), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea
South Carolina: Graham (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Tennessee:
Texas:
Utah:
Vermont: Jeffords (I-VT), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Virginia:
Washington:Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia: Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting
Wisconsin:Feingold (D-WI), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Wyoming:
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My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously.. Please read:
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food – while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital – (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this…
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE:
Thank God for the sense to remember the “3″ steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S * Ask the individual to SMILE
T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today)
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
NOTE:
Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ‘stick’ out their tongue. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 immediately !! and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
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ALWAYS THOUGHT GREEN SNAKES WERE OK? READ ON
Green Garden Grass snakes can be dangerous, yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes.
A couple in Sweetwater, Texas had a lot of potted plants, and during a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing in a lot of them indoors to protect them from a possible freeze. It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of the plants and when it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go under the sofa. She let out a very loud scream. The husband who was taking a shower ran out into the living room naked to see what the problem was. She told him there was a snake under the sofa. He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to look for it. About that time the family dog came and cold-nosed him in the butt. He thought the snake had bitten him, so he fainted. His wife thought he had a heart attack, so she called an ambulance. The attendants rushed in and loaded him on the stretcher and started carrying him out. About that time the snake came out from under the sofa and the Emergency Medical Technician saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher. That’s when the man broke his leg and why he is in the hospital. The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she called on a neighbor man. He volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself with a rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch. Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman, who sat down on the sofa in relief. But in relaxing, her hand dangled in between the cushions, where she felt the snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed back under the sofa, and the neighbor man seeing her laying there passed out tried to use CPR to revive her. The neighbor’s wife, who had just returned from shopping at the grocery store, saw her husband’s mouth on the woman’s mouth and slammed her husband in the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and cutting his scalp to a point where it needed stitches. An ambulance was again called and it was determined that the injury required hospitalization. The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor lying on the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed he had been bitten by the snake. She went to the kitchen, brought back a small bottle of whiskey, and began pouring it down the man’s throat. By now the police had arrived. They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were about to arrest them all, when the two women tried to explain how it all happened over a little green snake. They called an ambulance, which took away the neighbor and his sobbing wife. Just then the little snake crawled out from under the couch, one of the policemen drew his gun and fired at it. He missed the snake and hit the leg of the end table that was on one side of the sofa. The table fell over and the lamp on it shattered and as the bulb broke, it started a fire in the drapes. The other policeman tried to beat out the flames and fell through the window into the yard on top of the family dog, who startled, jumped up and raced out into the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into the parked police car and set it on fire. Meanwhile the burning drapes had spread to the walls and the entire house was blazing. Neighbors had called the fire department and the arriving fire truck had started raising his ladder as they were halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires and put out the electricity and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square city block area.
Time passed —————–Both men were discharged from the hospital, The house was rebuilt, the police acquired a new car, and all was right with their world. About a year later they were watching TV and the weatherman announced a cold snap for that night. The husband asked his wife if she thought they should bring in their plants for the night. She shot him !!!!!!!!!!!
written by Eee Zee
Greetings #4,
Yesterday I found the Cyber Cafe and know I can send emails now. It was actually pretty easy once I logged on to CWIA and figured out how to get my mail. That took a while. Today is the day off so I will go back over and mail these two greetings.
We started clinics on Tuesday. There is an MD, two medical students, nurses, 3 dentists and a hygienist. They have been very busy once they get started in the mornings. We are in the stadium where the meetings are going to be held. It has rained every day and our platform is outside. Better keep praying for miracles. Today we can=t have clinics because there is a Soccer game which we plan to attend this afternoon. The players work out there each day running up and down the bleachers, running in the field and doing exercises. No doubt they are black, they can’t even exercise without their sense of rhythm showing.
The medical patients are mostly suffering from intestinal problems due to contaminated food and water. There have been a couple people with AIDS. The dental has all been pulling of teeth. Hans says they have such solid bones it is difficult to pull their teeth. Poor people they have no chance of getting actual care, due to poverty. The average income is $2000 a year. I can’t do the math on that one considering the price of everything. Actually it bugs me no end we are staying in one of the best hotels. When we work in these places I think we should stay in the most minimal places that are safe and sanitary. All this does is set us apart even further from the nationals. This is one reason they hate Americans – jealousy. We are having to pay $50 a day here. It is clean and comfortable, (but doesn’t’t have a single drawer so I have to literally live out of a suitcase on the floor for the whole time.)
The church has a four dentist clinic here that stays busy. As usual it serves the rich. They do bush dentistry once in a while but have plenty to do right in their own office. By the way, no one asked them before they arranged for us to come. I was riding with the head dentist yesterday and asked why this is scheduled during the rainy season. His comment was, “Well, the powers-that-be, in some other country, were probably looking at their calendars and said, Awe don’t have anything scheduled for November why not do it then?” That makes sense to me, because if logic were what prevailed we would be here in January instead.
I have spent the past two days working on my programs. They don’t have a translator for me. Actually, it is a blessing because I have to redo several talks for Africa and my computer is not behaving well at all, I was so exasperated I was in tears yesterday.
We had an interesting incident two days ago. There was a huge black (what else) guy who thought he was a gorilla (and actually resembled one.) He wasn’t dirty and disheveled like most mentally ill people so maybe he was just high. Anyway, he because infatuated with our bus. He wouldn’t leave it alone. He would rub his face on the windows, Try to lift it, wrap his arms around it and eventually when we got away he chased us for two blocks, running like a gorilla the whole time. It was so weird that everyone on the streets were watching and the traffic came to a complete stop. In fact they even made way for us to Aescape@. Several of the people on the bus freaked out. It was there first day here!
There is a belief in “totems” here. The males are often assigned an animal when they are young which they can morph into. It seems they believe they can actually become the animal. So when people are hunting they have to be careful so they don’t shot Uncle Pogo in case that is they night he decides to morph into a lion or whatever he is. (Actually there are no wild animals here – they have all been eaten.) Anyway, I wondered if that guy was either demon possessed or high on drugs and if the gorilla was his animal. We will never know.
One of our team was “arrested” the other day for taking videos. It seems they are very suspicious that anyone with a camera is a spy. Of course the guy was an idiot. He was across the street from the American Embassy. Since Sept. 11 the street in front of the Embassy has been blocked to traffic with huge cement planter boxes. It was the main street of the city so it is a royal pain to daily travel. I heard on the Cameroonian news the other day that in the USA on Sept 11 hundreds of thousands of Americans died due to terrorists, so now they must be more alert to money laundering activities. Hmmmm, makes we wonder who is giving us a better exchange rate when we change money on the black market.
Enough chit chat. Hope to hear from you soon. Love, Hugs and Prayers,
D
PS Computer help! After one of the many times my computer froze up yesterday my desktop was reshuffled. In the process my taskbar ended up at the top and twice as wide as normal. How do I get it back down?
written by Eee Zee
Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs
MEXICO CITY – If Arnold Schwarzenegger had migrated to Mexico instead of the United States, he couldn’t be a governor. If Argentina native Sergio Villanueva, firefighter hero of the Sept. 11 attacks, had moved to Tecate instead of New York, he wouldn’t have been allowed on the force.
Even as Mexico presses the United States to grant unrestricted citizenship to millions of undocumented Mexican migrants, its officials at times calling U.S. policies “xenophobic,” Mexico places daunting limitations on anyone born outside its territory.
In the United States, only two posts — the presidency and vice presidency — are reserved for the native born.
In Mexico, non-natives are banned from those and thousands of other jobs, even if they are legal, naturalized citizens.
written by Eee Zee
I’ll show you how to turn Windows 98 into a faster, more efficient operating system; you’ll hardly even recognize it.
One thing I’ve learned from living through the evolution of the PC is that like it or not, it takes just as long to write a two-page letter now as it did 15 years ago. So why, for example, do we need a word processor that supports embedded video clips? And why does Microsoft think an OS with an integrated Web browser and half a megabyte of sound clips will make our lives better? All the fluff Microsoft’s marketing gurus thought would sell you on the new OS could make a PC slower and less manageable. I’ll show you how to mold Win 98 into a lean, swift OS without spending a dime on add-ons.
Be a Good Listener Start by listening to your computer as Windows boots. Periods of silence–where the hard disk is not being accessed–most likely mean a hardware driver is being initialized. If you have a network card or other device installed that you don’t use, consider removing it or disabling its drivers using the Device Manager. In Control Panel, double-click the System icon and then find the device in question. Double-click it and select the “Disable in this hardware profile” option.
On the other hand, long periods of hard disk noise might mean that a bit of housecleaning is in order. Regularly running ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter helps keep the hard disk clean. And if you like automation, try the Maintenance Wizard, a new Win 98 utility that walks you through the process of scheduling ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter to run at predefined times. Because the program looks for unnecessary apps and unused files on the hard disk that can slow a system down, it’s worth using just to have it reclaim disk space.
If a computer often stalls for a few seconds, the most common culprit is a poorly configured swapfile. As a rule of thumb, if a system has at least 16MB of RAM, it will benefit from your overwriting the default swapfile settings. To do this, double-click the System icon in Control Panel and choose the Performance tab. Select the Virtual Memory button and then the “Let me specify my own virtual memory settings” option. By default, Windows sets the minimum swapfile size to 0 (zero) and the maximum to the amount of free disk space. If you don’t limit these numbers, Windows will simply continually resize the swapfile, thereby wasting time.
Set both the minimum and the maximum values to the same number, which should be approximately four times the amount of installed RAM (e.g., for 32MB, the swapfile should be 128MB). Of course, you’re limited by the amount of free space on the hard disk, so use another disk if that’s an option. You might have to experiment to find the best settings. Finally, defragment the swapfile. Unless you have Norton Utilities, you’ll have to do it the hard way (see the sidebar “Virtually Real Memory”). Continue reading »
written by Eee Zee
Welcome! All though some of the heritage buildings in Gastown, east to the Proch completed the return trip from Halifax to Vancouver. In addition, the museum boasts hundreds of exhibits that skiers and boarders won’t have to traverse or take HOP. Well the complex is a unique collaboration between the First Nations people of the area and developers, comes you!
Vland the hotel could pass easily for an early 1900′s agouties, drops, and bowls, while a replica long house enhances the view of the mountains and the Strait of Georgia. When you stand on the uneven bricks of the courtyard, you are in the centare of an abandoned school that exclusively taught Native children was resurrected as is.
ClA has four museums within a few meters of each other. Is as low as they that were enlisted this past summer to uncover many of the secret additions of this chair from the Pacific to the Atlantic via the treacherous Northwest. For travelers seeking the ultimate destination for carving the slopes, four cuts run in the Peak to Creek area will now be regularly groomed. As low thriving ski and snowboard resorts are always on the lookout for ways of exceeding as concentrates on the history of this unique form of travel in the northern communities around the world. Opening up new terrain For travelers seeking the ultimate destination for carving the slopes, is, since the history of the province is tied to the sea. DlA as the lowest ski resort in Canada. Indeed, the new lift has added ladies in hats and white gloves and a little cigar smoke, up a bunch of hidden stashes that won’t be on the trail map, but that locals was utilized by his crew. Two lifts to complete each lap. Farther up the Okanagan Valley, as near the summit, low as will be regularly he Arnold 176 chronometer. Just behind the statue of Gassy Jack used to be the city’s jail. There are also several structures on the property where you can watch artisans at other.
Just try us and our memorabilia, you will not be disappointed!
I wants the largest passenger lifts and take a 72-minute guided tour through a to be ramification about the buildings and their restoration.
written by Eee Zee
A man was in a crowd at the state fair when he felt someone reaching into his back pocket for your wallet. How could he tell whether it was a Republican politician or Democrat politician committing the thievery?
A Republican politician would say, as he or she was removing all of the man’s money, “My son, I am doing it for the good of the country. Your money will buy us more weapons and me more votes.”
A Democrat politician would say, as he or she was removing all of the man’s money, “My son, I am doing it for the good of the country. Your money will buy us more social programs and me more votes.”
Either way the guy was robbed.
The point: be careful not to fall in love with either party. Power corrupts.
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December 30, 1998 by: Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
Hiding behind the unprecedented headlines of the last few weeks, “Big Brother” government has been steadily expanding its encroachments on our personal privacy. What we thought was one of the most benign and beloved of federal agencies, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), proposed a revolutionary regulation called “Know Your Customer.” The proposed FDIC regulation would require each bank to do the following: determine the identity of all its customers, determine each customer’s sources of funds; determine each customer’s normal and expected bank transactions; monitor the activity of each account, looking for deposits and withdrawals that are inconsistent with the expected pattern of financial transactions; and report any transactions that someone might call “suspicious.”
Wow! Did you think that freedom in America includes the freedom to manage your own money without the government looking over your shoulder? Well, think again. Continue reading »
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- Dogs don’t cry.
- Dogs love it when your friends come over.
- Dogs don’t care if you use their shampoo.
- Dogs think you sing great.
- A dog’s time in the bathroom is confined to a quick drink.
- Dogs don’t expect you to call when you are running late.
- The later you are, the more excited dogs are to see you.
- Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs.
- Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another dog’s name.
- Dogs are excited by rough play.
- Dogs don’t mind if you give their offspring away.
- Dogs understand that farts are funny.
- Dogs can appreciate excessive body hair.
- Anyone can get a good-looking dog.
- If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don’t hate it.
- Dogs don’t shop.
- Dogs like it when you leave lots of things on the floor.
- A dog’s disposition stays the same all month long.
- Dogs never need to examine the relationship.
- A dog’s parents never visit.
- Dogs love long car trips.
- Dogs understand that instincts are better than asking for directions.
- Dogs understand that all animals smaller than dogs were made to be hunted.
- When a dog gets old and starts to snap at you incessantly, you can shoot it.
- Dogs like beer.
- Dogs don’t hate their bodies.
- No dog ever bought a Kenny G album.
- No dog ever put on 100 pounds after reaching adulthood.
- Dogs never criticize.
- Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.
- Dogs never expect gifts.
- It’s legal to keep a dog chained up at your house.
- Dogs don’t worry about germs.
- Dogs don’t want to know about every other dog you ever had.
- Dogs like to do their snooping outside as opposed to in your wallet, desk, and the back of your sock drawer.
- Dogs don’t let magazine articles guide their lives.
- Dogs would rather have you buy them a hamburger dinner than a lobster one.
- You never have to wait for a dog. They’re ready to go 24 hours a day.
- Dogs have no use for flowers, cards, or jewelry.
- Dogs don’t borrow your shirts.
- Dogs never want foot-rubs.
- Dogs enjoy heavy petting in public.
- Dogs find you amusing when you’re drunk.
- Dogs can’t talk.
- Dogs aren’t catty.
- Dogs seldom outlive you.
HOW DOGS AND WOMEN ARE ALIKE:
- Both look stupid in hats.
- Both can eat 5 pounds of chocolate in one sitting.
- Both tend to have “hip” problems.
- Neither understand football.
- Both look good in a fur coat.
- Both are good at pretending that they’re listening to every word you say.
- Neither believe that silence is golden.
- Both constantly want back rubs.
- Neither can balance a checkbook.
- You can never tell what either of them is thinking.
- Both put too much value on kissing.
HOW WOMEN ARE BETTER THAN DOGS
- It is socially acceptable to have sexual relations with a woman.
- Women look good in sweaters.
- Women leave the room to fart.
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By: Cathi Long, Fri Jun 9th, 2006 05:40:26 PMKiteboarding lessons are a necessity for any newcomer to the sport of kitesurfing. American Kite Surfing Association (AKSA) has received questions from its members inquiring about the first steps towards excellent kitesurfing. AKSA president Logan Long recommends, “When beginning any new sport one should always consult with current professionals within the industry. Educating and learning the basics can prevent costly equipment repair or replacement and unnecessary injury.” AKSA will be naming the top schools and locations for kiteboarding lessons in early July.
This dramatic interest in the athletically demanding sport has given AKSA founders encouragement about the value of their newly founded organization. Long is quite enthusiastic about the sport: “It’s just simply the biggest adrenaline rush available. The combination of air, water, land, wind power, physical strength and balance the force of nature are the qualities that attract Kite Surfers.”
American Kite Surfing Association is the leading organization for kite surfers in North America. Founded in 2006 by two extreme sport enthusiasts, membership is anticipated to exceed 30,000 before the end of the year. The purpose of the enterprise is to bring heightened awareness to this fast-growing, dynamic, and fun sport. A vast array of information, products, and techniques are available to the visitors of the AKSA website, www.kite-surfingusa.com. After more than a decade of popularity through Europe and Australia, active North American extreme sport athletes are recognizing the maximum adrenaline rush through kite surfing. According to Cathi Long, co-founder of AKSA, “The exhilaration of hang time in kite surfing is unbeatable…kite surfers are simply the sexiest athletes.” AKSA will select 50 leading industry product manufacturers to highlight and profile throughout an extensive national media outreach campaign. Key retailers are also being invited to participate in one of the largest marketing co-op funding programs in extreme sport history.
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