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Believe in Yourself

The United States was never meant to be a Theocracy under the control of Church or Evanglical discipline.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - The seed of the Evangelical Movement in America is the Puritan Sect of old.

The title, Puritan, is seldom mentioned today, but the Republican Party is infused with Puritan emotionalism and denunciation of Democratic principles it considers inconsistent with Puritan and Republican values of the Party of God.

Gandhi Statue Vandalized in Sri Lanka

Attackers beheaded the statues of Gandhi and Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout movement.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka AFP) - Statues of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi and Britain's Robert Baden-Powell have been vandalised in Sri Lanka amid an anti-Indian and anti-Western campaign on the island, police said on Friday.

Anti-Western graffiti appeared in many parts of the country after the UN human rights council last month adopted a US-led resolution urging Sri Lanka to probe alleged war crimes.

`Len Aldis vs. Dow Chemical`

Victims have suffered four generations as companies like Dow Chemical look to hide the facts and bury the truth in search of more profit...

(LONDON) - Many of you have expressed an interest in the current controversy surrounding Dow Chemical Sponsorship of the 2012 Olympics.

Len Aldis has received substantial worldwide support for his campaign to stop Dow from wrapping the Olympic Stadium with 336 panels of corporate advertising.

The Jefferson Bible: A Rational Christianity and Earth Day 2012

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." - Christ

(CLERMONT, FLA) - The 2011, SMITHSONIAN EDITION of “THE JEFFERSON BIBLE: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French and English” also opens a window into the spirit of a revolutionary complex and contradictory man.

Jefferson understood himself to be a true Christian and he proved so by remaining mute to the brutal and unjust accusations against him of being a deist, an atheist, anti-religion and antichrist.

Ku Klux Klan Still Kill at Will

Their mindset is built upon an ideology rooted in blind ignorance and prejudice.

(TEHRAN) - Once upon a time in America back in the nineteenth century, there was a far-right organization known as Ku Klux Klan that adhered to primitively radical and hidebound ideas including white supremacy and brutalized and persecuted the colored race through an act of terrorism.

Also known as the Klan, the group emerged in Pulaski, Tennessee, and is today stigmatized as a hate group.

UN Blames Assad, Assad Blames Opposition for Violence Ahead of Ceasefire

People, all against international interference in Syria, are showing support for the reform program Assad promised to implement.

(MOSCOW, RTV) - Thousands of people have taken into the streets of Damascus in a massive pro-government rally.

Syrian President Assad, meanwhile, has sent a message to the UN blaming the opposition for the recent spate of violence ahead of the ceasefire deadline.

In Which we Empty the In-Basket... The Greenshoe Option (and five other quick takes)

THE CANADIAN SHIELD - April 20, 2012 Volume 3, Issue #19

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Simply stated, as a principle to be used in quotidien life, the Greenshoe Option merely means that when you're on a roll, you go for an extra 15%.

In Defense of Guenter Grass

I would have Guenter Grass speak for me, my children and grandchildren, and all others who could suffer yet another World War, by noting the obvious that has been silenced so long.

(LAVERNE, CA) - The title of Guenter Grass' poem, “What Must Be Said,” echoes the prophets of old, cries of those weeping in the wilderness to heed the obvious...

RPP: The Remembrance of the 18th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

One million people, all innocent...

(GOTHENBURG, Sweden) - Fellow Rwandan and friends of Rwanda today is 18 years since the 1994 genocide that visited our country and people.

This is not a week for a political statement but for the Rwandan people to display unreservedly their unified strong stand in denouncing the grim horror of the 90 days of relentless and inexorable attacks and assaults that was inflicted on our country and people.

The Life of a Sri Lankan Tamil Bishop (and others) in Danger

A plea for the safety of Christian clergy in the embattled island nation.

(BRISBANE, Aust.) - This is an urgent appeal to prevent the possible assassination/ ‘disappearance’ of the outspoken Roman Catholic Bishop of Mannar and others, who are the only voices of the Tamil people in that part of Sri Lanka.

It is hoped that the followers of Christ, such as Bishop Rayappu Joseph, his fellow priests (and others), are not murdered...