Wednesday, April 02, 2008

NEXT - "KILL YOURSELF FOR THE EARTH DAY"

Next - "Kill-Yourself-For-The-Earth Day"

March 30, 2008

by Henry Makow Ph.D.

At 8 p.m. on March 29,
millions of people around the world obeyed Big Brother and shut off their lights for an hour to "conserve energy and fight climate change."

Organized by the elite World Wildlife Fund, "Earth Hour" was a psy-op designed to remind us we are a burden on the ecosystem. The event was organized by an elite who represent one percent of the world's population yet own over 40% of the resources.

From the elite perspective, we're superfluous- the real message of 'Earth Hour."

Have they ever done anything to celebrate human life?

If we are energy challenged, it is because the Illuminati banking cartel has been suppressing non-polluting free-energy technology for almost a century. At the same time, this cartel has been fomenting wasteful and tragic wars. Why not end war for the sake of the Earth? How about Al Gore's record on the use of weaponized depleted uranium?

Millions of people in 26 countries participated on March 29. Whole city skylines went dark. What better symbol of the New World Order! Corporations dutifully obeyed their major shareholders. Even Google darkened its banner.

"It's a way for people to stand up in a positive way, not just feel guilty about it," explains Josh Laughren of World Wildlife Fund-Canada.

"But if this begins and ends with Earth Hour and we go back to ordinary life...it will not have been a success. There are ways we can all reduce our carbon footprint to ensure every hour in future is Earth Hour."

A MODEST PROPOSAL

If people feel they are such a burden, why not kill themselves? Is there a more effective way to say you care about the planet? Erase your "carbon footprint" altogether.

We will need some time to get our affairs in order, and say our goodbyes, but perhaps next Spring, the World Wildlife Fund could sponsor a "Kill-Yourself-for-the-Earth Day." Families, companies, cities and countries could offer sacrifices to the Environmental God. With proper promotion, millions might volunteer.

Why dither with symbolic gest
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NYC MEETINGS: APRIL 5&6 @ MANHATTAN SDA CHURCH

April 5 & 6 - New York, NY - Manhattan SDA Church



We are very excited to announce that we will be conducting Country Living Seminars in the Manhattan SDA Church on April 5 and 6. These seminars will be focusing on the part God has given us to do now and in the days ahead in wisely following the counsel given us to locate in the country, work the cities from outposts in the country, and prepare for doing medical missionary work now and especially in the days ahead.

The seminars are scheduled to start at 4:00 PM on Sabbath (April 5) and at 3:00 PM on Sunday (April 6).


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WHAT ABOUT ROMANS 13?

What about
Romans 13?

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Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Let everyone obey the authorities that are over him, for there is no authority except from God, and all authority that exists is established by God.

Obey the government, for God is the one who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power.Everyone must obey the state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.2 As a consequence, the man who opposes authority rebels against the ordinance of God; those who resist thus shall draw condemnation down upon themselves.2 So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow.2 Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered: and anyone who does so will bring judgement on himself.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:3 Rulers cause no fear when a man does what is right but only when his conduct is evil. Do you wish to be free from the fear of authority? Do what is right and you will gain its approval,

3 For the policeman does not frighten people who are doing right; but those doing evil will always fear him. So if you don't want to be afraid, keep the laws and you will get along well.

3 For rulers are not to be feared by those who do good but by those who do evil. Would you like to be unafraid of the man in authority? Then do what is good, and he will praise you.
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.4 for the ruler is God's servant to work for your good. Only if you do wrong ought you to be afraid. It is not without purpose that the ruler carries the sword; he is God's servant, to inflict his avenging wrath upon the wrongdoer.4 The policeman is sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for he will have you punished. He is sent by God for that very purpose.4 For he is God's servant working for your own good. But if you do evil, be afraid of him, because his power to punish is real. He is God's servant and carries out God's wrath on those who do evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.5 You must obey, then, not only to escape punishment but also for conscience' sake.

5 Obey the laws, then, for two reasons: first, to keep from being punished, and second, just because you know you should.

5 For this reason you must obey the authorities -- not just because of God's wrath, but also as a matter of conscience.

6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.6 You pay taxes for the same reason, magistrates being God's ministers who devote themselves to his service with unremitting care.6 Pay your taxes too, for these same two reasons. For government workers need to be paid so that they can keep on doing God's work, serving you.6 This is also the reason that you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfil their duties.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.7 Pay each one his due: taxes to whom taxes are due; toll to whom toll is due; respect and honor to everyone who deserves them.

7 Pay everyone whatever he ought to have: pay your taxes and import duties gladly, obey those over you, and give honor and respect to all those to whom it is due.

7 Pay, then, what you owe them: pay them your personal and property taxes, and show respect and honor for them.


Source: http://romans13.embassyofheaven.com/translationcomp.htm

HEAVEN'S CITIZENS REMAIN SEPARATE

Heaven's Citizens Remain Separate

Our citizenship is in heaven; from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.15 Philippians 3:20

Every Christian's citizenship is in heaven. The Authorized Version is, "Our conversation is in heaven"; but that word "conversation" does not mean simply our words and the conversation which we have one with another in talking about neighborly affairs, but our manner of life, our course of conduct, our walk, is in heaven.

Now as our citizenship, the citizenship of every Christian, is in heaven, what has any citizen of heaven or of the heavenly government rightly to do with the political or governmental affairs of any other government or any other kingdom? In fact, what has a citizen of any government rightly to do with the political concerns or management of any other government?

We read about people who profess to be citizens of the heavenly kingdom, but they are constantly involving themselves in the political workings of the governments of this earth. They profess to have a citizenship in heaven, and yet they manipulate the affairs of the kingdoms of earth! They profess to be citizens of the kingdom of God, yet they propose to regulate the affairs of the governments of men. But that is a thing that never can rightly be done.

If a citizen of Great Britain should come into the United States, still retaining his citizenship in the government of Great Britain, and should take part, or attempt to take part, in the political affairs of this government, his action in that respect would be resented by every citizen of the United States. It matters not with what party he might wish to ally himself and work; they would not have it. They would say to him: That is none of your business; you do not belong here. You are a citizen of another government. If the laws of this country do not suit you, that has nothing to do with the case. The political systems of this country suit us. If things do not suit you, just let them alone, or else change your citizenship from the government to which you belong, and bring your citizenship here. Then begin to discuss the laws and how they should be made, and what they should be.

You know that is so. You know that is the way a citizen of another country would be treated by all the citizens of the United States, if he should undertake to manipulate, to control, or have any part in the political concerns of this country. That is not denying his right to live here; he may do that. But all do deny his right, and his very citizenship in another country, denies his right to have anything to do with the citizenship of the United States, or her political affairs.

As the Christian's citizenship is in heaven, the very principle of it, prohibits him from taking part in any of the political concerns of any other government, even though it be the government of the United States. And that is so; it exists in the very nature of the case. It lies in the very principle of citizenship itself.

Source: http://www.embassyofheaven.com/catalog/patriotd.htm

US TRUCKERS DISRUPT TRAFFIC PROTEST FUEL PRICES


UPDATE 2-US truckers disrupt traffic to protest fuel prices
Tue Apr 1, 2008 11:08pm BST

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By Janet McGurty

NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. truckers caused minor traffic snags in parts of the country on Tuesday to protest soaring costs for diesel, according to members of a major trucking association and law enforcement officials.

The mild disruptions from New Jersey to Chicago came in the midst of a week-long effort by independent truckers to get federal help easing the strain of high fuel prices through public protests or work stoppages.

"Our fuel costs have doubled over the past five years and the cost of doing business has doubled," said one Florida-based driver. "Our industry is in ruins and the rest of the economy is going into a huge tailspin."

On the New Jersey Turnpike, one of the most heavily traveled highways in the United States, hundreds of people took part in a protest at a service area and truckers reportedly were driving at slow speeds to back up traffic.

"There are some localized minor disruptions. We have taken enforcement actions which resulted in issuing summonses," said Lt. Gerald Lewis, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police.

Police also handed out tickets to a few truckers driving below the legal minimum speed on a three-lane interstate near Chicago, while other small protests were reported in several other states.

The protests, however, did not appear widespread. A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol said there was no evidence of any disruptions in the state, which has some of the nation's worst highways and biggest ports.

In Florida, four dozen truckers gathered near the Port of Tampa to rail against high fuel prices but no attempts to block traffic were reported.

"We haven't experienced any traffic delays or any protests," said Lt. Ron Castleberry, at the Florida Highway Patrol headquarters in Tallahassee.

DIESEL SQUEEZE

The protests by independent truckers -- who make up 90 percent of the U.S. trucking industry -- came amid a 50 percent spike in diesel prices since last year that has brought the cost of a gallon to nearly $4 on average nationwide, according to the latest U.S. government survey.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which represents many of the truckers taking part in the protests, said it wants Congress to mandate a 100 percent pass-through of fuel surcharges to drivers as well as full transparency from trucking brokers to match loads and drivers.

The OOIDA has about 161,000 members, slightly less than half of the 350,000 independent truckers in the United States. The group said it does not call for strikes and gave no estimates of now many of its members might participate in protests or work stoppages this week.

The protests are loosely organized over Internet chat boards, members said, with truckers opting for the level of participation that suits their needs -- including just putting up protest signs on their trucks.

"If you have an obligation to a customer and can't stop driving, you can put up a sign even if you can't come off the road," said an independent trucker.

One South Carolina-based independent trucker, who said he pays thousands of dollars up front for fuel, said he has not worked for three weeks.

"There is not enough money to take my truck on the road," he said.

Mike Schermoly, a spokesman for OOIDA, warned that without help easing the strain of high fuel costs on the trucking industry, prices of groceries and other goods could rise.

"Some drive home, some find another job, some go fishing," he said. "Whatever they do the effect is to take the more trucks out of the market and there will be a shortage of trucks. Price of milk, lettuce will continue to rise." (additional reporting Nick Zieminski in New York, Andy Stern in Chicago, Dan Whitcomb in Los Angeles, and Jane Sutton in Miami; Editing by David Gregorio)



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Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKN0129345520080401?sp=true

MUSLIMS MORE NUMEROUS THAN CATHOLICS

Muslims more numerous than Catholics: Vatican

Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:29pm BST


VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday.

Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican's newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said Muslims made up 19.2 percent of the world's population and Catholics 17.4 percent.

"For the first time in history we are no longer at the top: the Muslims have overtaken us," Formenti told Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano in an interview, saying the data referred to 2006.

He said that if all Christian groups were considered, including Orthodox churches, Anglicans and Protestants, then Christians made up 33 percent of the world's population -- or about 2 billion people.

The Vatican recently put the number of Catholics in the world at 1.13 billion people. It did not provide a figure for Muslims, generally estimated at around 1.3 billion.

Formenti said that while the number of Catholics as a proportion of the world's population was fairly stable, the percentage of Muslims was growing because of higher birth rates.

He said the data on Muslim populations had been compiled by individual countries and then released by the United Nations, adding the Vatican could only vouch for its own statistics.

(Reporting by Silvia Aloisi; editing by Andrew Roche)

© Reuters 2008 All rights reserved.

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL3068682420080330


'SILENT' FAMINE SWEEPS GLOBE

'Silent' famine sweeps globe


From India to Africa to North Korea to Pakistan and even in New York City, higher grain prices, fertilizer shortages and rising energy costs are combining to spell hunger for millions in what is being characterized as a global "silent famine." Global food prices, based on United Nations records, rose 35 percent in the last year, escalating a trend that began in 2002. Since then, prices have risen 65 percent. Last year, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's world food index, dairy prices rose nearly 80 percent and grain 42 percent. "This is the new face of hunger," said Josetta Sheeran, director of the World Food Program, launching an appeal for an extra $500 million so it could continue supplying food aid to 73 million hungry people this year. "People are simply being priced out of food markets. ... We have never before had a situation where aggressive rises in food prices keep pricing our operations out of our reach." The WFP launched a public appeal weeks ago because the price of the food it buys to feed some of the world's poorest people had risen by 55 percent since last June. By the time the appeal began last week, prices had risen a further 20 percent. That means WFP needs $700 million to bridge the gap between last year's budget and this year's prices. The numbers are expected to continue to rise. The crisis is widespread and the result of numerous causes – a kind of "perfect storm" leading to panic in many places:......... read more

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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION

BACK TO ENOCH MINISTRIES:

Out of the Cities


In this study (formerly called "The Abomination of Desolation"), Dave Westbrook

looks at the prophetic sign for God's people to get out of the city.

This CD also features "Blessed Redeemer" sung by Lou Ann Strachan.

(Available also in Spanish - see below.)

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UPCOMING COUNTRY LIVING SEMINARS

Upcoming Country Living Seminars in the East!

We are very excited to announce that we will be conducting country living seminars in a number of locations in the east during April and early May. Some of the seminars are on weekday evenings, but most are a weekend series. The focus is on the "nuts and bolts" practical info needed for doing the part God has given us now and in the days ahead in wisely following the counsel given us to locate in the country, work the cities from outposts, and prepare for doing medical missionary work now and especially in the days ahead.

The seminars will be conducted at a number of locations including:

  • Huntington & Pt. Pleasant, WV
  • Manhattan (New York City)
  • Rainsville, AL
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Collegedale, TN
  • Orlando, FL

Please Visit The Upcoming Events Section Of This Website For More Details

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SIGNS OF POSSIBLE DEAL ON NEW ID RULES

Signs of Possible Deal on New ID Rules



By DEVLIN BARRETT
The Associated Press
Saturday, March 22, 2008; 1:52 PM

WASHINGTON -- There are signs of a potential compromise to end the Bush administration's standoff with states resisting new standards for driver's licenses. For people who live in those holdout states, the dispute raises the specter of hassles at airports and federal buildings.

At issue is a law known as Real ID that would require new security measures for state-issued driver's licenses. The Bush administration says the law, passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, will hinder terrorists, con artists and illegal immigrants. Opponents say it will cost too much and weaken privacy protections.

Unless holdout states send a letter by the end of March seeking an extension, their residents no longer can use a driver's licenses as valid identification to board airplanes or enter federal buildings beginning in May, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has warned. They would have to present a passport or be subjected to secondary screening.

Only three states _ Maine, Montana and South Carolina _ have not sought extensions or already started moving toward compliance. New Hampshire has asked to be exempted, but Homeland Security Department officials have not found the state's letter to be legally acceptable.

But on Friday, the agency granted Montana an extension even though state officials did not ask for one and insist they will not follow the law. Gov. Brian Schweitzer, D-Mont., told The Associated Press that administration officials "painted themselves in a corner."

Chertoff has offered to phase in requirements over about 10 years. But with President Bush leaving office in January, a decision to move ahead with Chertoff's plan will rest with the next administration.

By 2014, according to the plan, anyone seeking to board an airplane or enter a federal building would have to present a Real ID-compliant card, except people older than 50, officials said. That exception would give states more time to get everyone new licenses, and officials say the threat from someone in that age is much less. By 2017, even people over 50 must have a Real ID-compliant card to board a plane.

Last week, five senators appealed to Chertoff to exempt all 50 states from the approaching deadline. Chertoff, in letters sent to the lawmakers Friday, said Congress had set the date when the law went into effect in 2005 and "I cannot ignore it."

Yet hours after Chertoff sent them, Assistant Secretary Stewart Baker told Montana's attorney general that the government would grant the state an extension even though it explicitly was not seeking one. Baker said the state's new license security measures already met many Real ID requirements anyway.

"I can only provide the relief you are seeking by treating your letter as a request for an extension," Baker wrote.

Schweitzer said his state had not backed down.

The agency's approach to Montana could provide an easy way out for the remaining states resistant to Real ID. It also suggests the government does not want to go ahead with its plan to conduct extra screening on residents of certain states.

To Tim Sparapani, senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, "this concession is proof positive that in the face of opposition from the states, DHS will blink every time. Congress needs to step in and replace Real ID with a plan that works."

Critics of the plan say that by linking a number of government databases, Real ID could make people's identities less secure; Chertoff has dismissed that claim. Some governors complain compliance will cost their states a small fortune.

To quell that criticism, the government has reduced the expected cost of putting the law into place from $14.6 billion to $3.9 billion.

Among other details of the Real ID plan:

_The traditional driver's license photograph would be taken at the beginning of the application instead of the end. If someone is rejected for failing to prove identity and citizenship, the applicant's photo would be kept on file and checked if that person tried again.

_The cards will have three layers of security measures, but will not contain microchips. States will be able to choose from a menu of security measures to put in their cards.

_After Social Security and immigration status checks become national practice, officials plan to move on to more expansive security checks. State motor vehicle offices would be required to verify birth certificates; check with other states to ensure an applicant does not have more than one license; and check with the State Department to verify applicants who use passports to get a driver's license.

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Associated Press writer Matt Gouras in Helena, Mont., contributed to this report.


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THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SWIPE THAT CARD,...

Think Twice Before You Swipe That Card, Because Everything Is Being Tracked

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
ABC NEWS Business Unit

March 14, 2008—

Every time you swipe your credit card, take cash out of an ATM or transfer money into your bank account, a sophisticated network of computers is keeping track.

The fraud detection systems  which security experts say vary widely  want to know: Are you trying to launder money or has somebody stolen your credit card or ATM card and making purchases?

Some data is kept by the banks and credit card companies and other information is passed on to the federal government.

"People aren't really aware of the fact that transactions that they make with financial institutions are being monitored," said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy form the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. "Hundreds of thousands of innocent people are having their everyday banking transactions forwarded to the federal government."

Eliot Spitzer, who will step down as New York's governor on Monday, learned that lesson the hard way. The former prosecutor was allegedly making wire transactions to a shell corporation that was a front for a high-end call girl service. His bank apparently found the transactions suspicious and notified federal authorities, starting the investigation.

Since April 1996, banks, casino and other institutions that handle large amounts of cash have been requested to file reports to the government any time they notice a transaction that doesn't seem right. These Suspicious Activity Reports, or SARs, go to a unit of the Treasury Department, known as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

In 2006, 1.08 million such reports were filed, up from 920,000 the year before and 690,000 in 2004, according to a report from the Treasury Department.

Stephens is concerned because banks can essentially report whatever they want to the federal government.

"The banks are given a great amount of leeway in making a determination as to what constitutes 'suspicious,'" Stephens said.

But these reports are just one small part of the mountain of financial data collected on Americans each day.

Avivah Litan, a fraud detection analyst with Gartner, which is a technology consulting and services firm, noted that the reports are just what is required by law.

"Some banks go well beyond that because they are worried about fraud," Litan said. "Not all of them do. But some of them do. It really ranges."

She noted that there was a large spike in these reports after 9/11 and that subsequent legislation required more reporting.

There is also an additional level of scrutiny given to so-called politically exposed persons, who are defined as current or former foreign political figures, their family and associates.

"Those are usually foreign dictators," Litan said, "not New York Democrats"

But sometimes banks choose to give extra scrutiny to American political figures.

Some banks have better systems because they have been hurt by fraud. For instance, Litan said, Bank of America has a sophisticated fraud prevention system just because of its size and therefore likelihood to be a target. Citibank, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have also all spent a lot of time on money laundering and fraud, she said.

But what about other transactions, say that $30 meal placed on your credit card or the $200 taken out of the local ATM?

Those are tracked more than any other kind of transaction. The reason? The banks have the most to lose.

"They have poured a lot of money into credit card fraud detection because fraud was so rampant back in the 80s," Litan said. "It was 10 to 15 times higher than it is now. The banks ate that fraud. So the only way they could afford to push out new cards was if they had better credit card detection systems."

It's a different story from the banking world where most of the systems there are set up to go after money laundering. The banks don't have their assets directly on the line.

With credit cards, Litan said, the systems set up a profile of each customer's spending habits. If you divert from that, an alert is then sent out.

If thieves steal a group of credit card numbers off a database somewhere and make fake copies, one of the first places they test them is at a gas station, Litan said. Once the card works, they will immediately go and make a big purchase elsewhere. So the computers automatically raise a question if a $10 gas station purchase is immediately followed by $20,000 at a jewelry store.

Other common alerts include somebody who has only used a credit card in Iowa for 15 years and now is using it in Ukraine, or somebody who has transactions in California and New York seconds apart.

"The technology is never the issue," Litan said. "There are lots of technologies to track every single thing everyone's doing. But most banks haven't spent the money on it."


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"GET READY, GET READY, GET READY'

"Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready"

Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. Amos 4:12.


Suppose that today Christ should appear in the clouds of heaven, who . . . would be ready to meet Him? Suppose we should be translated into the kingdom of heaven just as we are. Would we be prepared to unite with the saints of God, to live in harmony with the royal family, the children of the heavenly King? What preparation have you made for the judgment? Have you made your peace with God? Are you laboring together with God? Are you seeking to help those around you, those in your home, those in your neighborhood, those with whom you come in contact that are not keeping the commandments of God? . . . Are we getting ready to meet the King? . . . {Mar 98.1}

If it were possible for us to be admitted into heaven as we are, how many of us would be able to look upon God? How many of us have on the wedding-garment? How many of us are without spot or wrinkle or any such thing? How many of us are worthy to receive the crown of life? . . . Position does not make the man. It is Christ formed within that makes a man worthy of receiving the crown of life, that fadeth not away. {Mar 98.2}

I was pointed to the remnant on the earth. The angel said to them, "Will ye shun the seven last plagues? . . . If so, ye must die that ye may live. Get ready, get ready, get ready. Ye must have a greater preparation than ye now have. . . . Sacrifice all to God. Lay all upon His altar--self, property, and all, a living sacrifice. It will take all to enter glory." {Mar 98.3}

Christ is coming with power and great glory. He is coming with His own glory and with the glory of the Father. . . . While the wicked flee from His presence, Christ's followers will rejoice. . . . To His faithful followers Christ has been a daily companion and familiar friend. They have lived in close contact, in constant communion with God. Upon them the glory of the Lord has risen. . . . Now they rejoice in the undimmed rays of the brightness and glory of the King in His majesty. They are prepared for the communion of heaven; for they have heaven in their hearts. {Mar 98.4}

If you are right with God today, you are ready if Christ should come today. {Mar 98.5}

Maranatha, Elle G. White, p.98.

RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE...

Religious Leaders Are... MATTHEW 23: ...

The Savior never quarrel with the flock, OR ANY FLOCK. But was at WAR with the religious leaders.

Then spake Yahushua to the multitude (Jewish people), and to his disciples, THEN HE POINTED HIS FINGER TO THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS Saying, "The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's sit" Matthew 23: 1 (will always control the churches) For this reason whatsoever they tell you to do, do it,( Before you do what they tell you, keep in mind the following words of the Savior, "Beware of the LEAVEN of the Pharisees" Mat 16: 6) but don't do like them, for they say, but do not.

Also they place heavy burdens on the believers, and grievous to be borne, but will not help them with these burdens.

But every thing they do is to be seen by men !

And LOVE the uppermost rooms at the feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,

And greetings in the markets, and (LOVE) to be called by men rabbi !, rabbi ! (teacher or Pastor, Reverend, Bishop, etc.)

Don't let any body call you Rabbi, for one is your Rabbi the MoshiYahu. (A profession of religion has become popular with the world. Rulers, politicians, lawyers, doctors, merchants, join the church as a means of securing the respect and confidence of society, and advancing their own worldly interests. Thus they seek to cover all their unrighteous transactions under a profession of Christianity. The various religious bodies, re-enforced by the wealth and influence of these baptized worldlings, make a still higher bid for popularity and patronage. SPLENDID churches, embellished in the most extravagant manner, are erected in popular avenues. The worshipers array themselves in costly and fashionable attire. A HIGH SALARY is paid for a talented minister to entertain and attract the people. His sermons must not touch popular sins, but be made smooth and pleasing for fashionable ears. Thus fashionable sinners are enrolled on the church records, and fashionable sins are concealed under a pretense of godliness)

Ellen G. White, "The Great Controversy" page 386.

And call no man father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which in heaven.

Don't let anybody call you Master, because you have one Master the MoshiYahu.

But he that is greatest among you, shall be servant of all. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. But woe unto you scribes and Pharisees HYPOCRITES ! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in.

Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees HYPOCRITES ! for you devour widows houses, and for a pretense make long prayer; therefore you shall receive the greater damnation.

Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees ! HYPOCRITES ! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves, Woe unto you, You blind guides ! which strain a mosquito, and swallow a camel !

Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees Hypocrites ! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Blind Pharisees clean first that which is within the cup and platter, that the out side of them may be clean also.

Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites ! for you are like unto whited sepulchers which indeed appear beautiful outward, but within you are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within, you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees Hypocrites ! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, And say If we had been in the days of our fathers, We would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets" For this you are WITNESSES AGAINST YOURSELVES, THAT YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF THEM THAT KILLED THE PROPHETS, fill you up the measure of your fathers, YOU SERPENTS ! YOU GENERATION OF VIPERS !, how can you escape the damnation of Hell ? Wherefore, behold I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and some of them, you shall scourge in your synagogues, and some of them you shall kill and crucify, and persecute them from city to city, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zechari-Yahu son of Barachi-Yahu whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

Verily I say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

O Yahusalem, Yahusalem, YOU who kill the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto you, how often would I have gathereth you children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her winds, and you would not !

Behold your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, You shall not see me henceforth, till you shall say, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord !

Taken from the Gospel of Matthew Chapter 23.

Please note that the word Religious Leaders was substituted for the word Jews in the New Testament to promote anti-Semitism by the Catholic translators.

EZEKIEL 34

1 And the word of Yahu-Ul came unto me saying,

2 Son of man, prophesy against the Shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, thus saith of Yahu-Ul unto the Shepherds; Woe be to the Shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you feed not the flock.

4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; BUT WITH FORCE AND WITH CRUELTY HAVE YOU RULED THEM.

5 And they were scattered, because there is not shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill, yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.

7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Yahu-UL.

8 As I live, saith Yahu-Ul surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was not shepherd, neither did my shepherd search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock.

9 therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of Yahu-Ul:

10 Thus saith Yahu-Ul: Behold I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their MOUTH, that they may not be meat for them.

11 For thus saith YAHU-UL, Behold I, even I, will both search my sheep, and SEEK THEM OUT.

12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

14 And I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture, shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith Yahu-Ul.

16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith Yahu-Ul; Behold I will judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the HE goats.

18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feed the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and the drink that which you have fouled with your feet.

20 Therefore thus saith Yahu-Ul unto them, Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad;

22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

23 And I will set up one shepherd over them.
and he shall feed them. even my servant David;
he shall feed them. and he shall be their shepherd.

24 And I the Yahu-Ul will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Yahu-Ul have spoken it.

25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness. and sleep in the woods.

26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit.
and the earth shall yield her increase. and they shall be safe in their land. and shall know that I am the LoRD. when I have broken the bands of their yoke. and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen. neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid

29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown. and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land. neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

30 Thus shall they know that I the LoRD their God am with them. and that they. even the house of Israel. are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

31 And ye my flock. the flock of my Pasture.

Source: http://www.thebibletruth.org/Religiou.htm

Monday, March 31, 2008

GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR IN THE CARIBBEAN,...



Fighting the War on Terror in the Caribbean and Central America


Here's an odd news story that puts meat on the bones of the phrase "global war on terror": The United States is fighting that war in the Caribbean and Central America.


My assumption was that "Operation Enduring Freedom -- Caribbean and Central America," a formal military operation I'd never heard of before yesterday, is oriented toward Cuba and Venezuela. But it is not. The U.S. military is indeed engaged in a global war, and the terrorist threat, at least in the eyes of the counter-terror warriors, extends to our backyard.


I don't know whether the actual threat necessitates such an "operation," but its bureaucratic existence says a lot about our overreliance on the military and the belief of many in government that the GWOT is a real war, equivalent to the Cold War, and is one that the United States should and will be fighting for decades.


The Rhode Island media this week was filled with the news that a unit of the state's National Guard, an organization called Special Operations Detachment -- Global (SOD-G), is deploying this week in support of something called Operation Enduring Freedom -- Caribbean and Central America.


Working for U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), SOD-G is moving to an airbase in Homestead, Fla., where it will take up contingency counter-terrorism planning responsibilities for the region, seeking to characterize how al Qaeda and other terrorists might exploit drug trafficking routes and patterns or other gaps in American defense to infiltrate into the United States.


Since 2005, SOCOM has had responsibility for "planning, directing and executing" global operations against terrorist networks, and SOD-G is the only globally oriented planning detachment of its type. In 2004, the detachment deployed to Africa to form the nucleus of the Joint Special Operations Task Force - Horn of Africa, a counter-terror organization active in Somalia and Kenya and now a part of the burgeoning Africa Command.


Now, Operation Enduring Freedom-Caribbean and Central America is seeking to address "potential" terrorist threats in the region and the SOD-G is at the core. The 36-man detachment, according to a senior military officer, who asked for anonymity based upon the sensitive nature of special operations, is deploying to help prepare the plan for Southern Command to fight al Qaeda, Hezbollah and other international organizations that are thought to be present in small numbers.


Is this for real? Or is this just a bureaucratic invention to extend the GWOT to every nook and cranny of the globe?


There is no easy answer. But at least in terms of the hierarchy of priorities, such a threat seems overhyped. Just after 9/11 there was much talk of al Qaeda activity in the "tri-border" area of South America, but since then there has been very little new information and certainly little to indicate a threat in the region. The danger, of course, is that under the guise of the GWOT, this reserve unit is preparing contingency plans for Venezuela and Cuba, in which case one wonders why the "GWOT" label is being used.


By William M. Arkin March 28, 2008; 6:45 AM ET


Source: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2008/03/fighting_the_war_on_terror_in.html?nav=rss_blog

BUSH BOOED WHILE PITCHING HOME OPENER

Bush booed loudly while throwing out first pitch in Nationals home opener.

http://thinkprogress.org/ 2008/ 03/ 30/ bush-booed-nationals/

President Bush delivered the first pitch tonight at the new Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. to a resounding chorus of boos. After being announced, Bush was showered by boos as he strode to the mound. Even after Bush delivered the pitch, the jeering did not let up until the President disappeared from the field. Watch it: In 2006, Vice President Cheney was also loudly booed when he threw out the first pitch for the Nationals. In a rare move for a president, Bush missed the team's home openers in both 2006 and 2007. Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta caught Bush's pitch.

23 hours ago

STYMIED BY A QUANDARY IN A FIG REPUBLIC

STYMIED...

The self-proclaimed "Superpower" (USA) is stuck in the mud; Or is it the sand? Between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers? How can something so trivial as a skirmish in the desert be drawn out to 5 years?


It's like the 'Eveready Rabbit', it keeps going, and going, and going, etc.


Someone must be making a bundle out of this boondoggle? Or is it a killing? First, they toppled Saddam Hussein, then they find him in a cave, then they occupy the country with hundred of thousands of military personnel. Then, there were unlawful enemy combatants, insurgents, then shia militants, then sunni militiamen, then Al Qaeda in Iraq, then we're back to the Mahdi Army, aka the Shia Army of Muftada AlSadr. What will they think of next? Illegal Arab Islamist Fascist Aliens in Iraq? These so-called enemies don't have the weapons, the machinery, the logistical knowledge, or the food to defeat the world's best equipped Armed Forces. Gimme' a break, will ya'! Like the popular saying goes now a days, Get over it! Get it over with. Enough with the foot draggin', and half-steppin'. Even Jose Feliciano can see the fallacy of this war in a country that had no WMD's, or took no part in Sept. 11.
Yet, nothing has been achieved by this aggression, Osama Bin Ladin (the alleged Kingpin) is still on the lam, and the whole region is worse off now than it was prior to the invasion. So, somebody, anybody, please recognize that this whole war business is out of control. It's time to do as Richard Nixon, finally admitted 'Peace with Honor'. Let's give peace a chance. Stop the lolly-gagging, and propagandizing. We all know it's a front!


Who's on first? What's on second? I don't know's on third!

Shhhhhhhhhhh! It's just another game to these boys of Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. Play ball!

Blogman.

PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY

USMC Colonel Oliver North, at the Iran-Contra Hearings.

Plausible deniability

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plausible deniability is the term given to the creation of loose and informal chains of command in governments and other large organizations. In the case that assassinations, false flag or black ops or any other illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any connection to or awareness of such act, or the agents used to carry out such act.

In politics and espionage, deniability refers to the ability of a "powerful player" or actor to avoid "blowback" by secretly arranging for an action to be taken on their behalf by a third party—ostensibly unconnected with the major player.

More generally, "plausible deniability" can also apply to any act that leaves little or no evidence of wrongdoing or abuse. Examples of this are the use of electricity or pain-compliance holds as a means of torture or punishment, leaving little or no tangible signs that the abuse ever took place.

EXCERPT FROM:

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_deniability

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P.S. The next time you hear some breaking news categorized as a "rumor", or as a conspiracy theory, think of this practice:

Plausible Deniabilty.

They don't admit to all the things they do; That's just one of their deceptions! Arsenio.

DEBATE AND PROTEST AT SPY PROGRAM'S INCEPTION

Debate and Protest at Spy Program’s Inception


Susan Etheridge for The New York Times
Robert S. Mueller III, the F.B.I. director; Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence; and Gen. Michael V. Hayden, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, at a February hearing.


By ERIC LICHTBLAU Published: March 30, 2008

This article is adapted from the book “Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice,” by Eric Lichtblau, which is being released Tuesday by Pantheon Books.


WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency’s eavesdropping program sparked heated legal concerns and silent protests inside the Bush administration within hours of its adoption in October 2001, according to current and former government officials.


In making its case to Congress for broadened spy powers, the White House has emphasized the firm legal foundations of the program conducted after the Sept. 11 attacks. It has even taken the unusual step of giving lawmakers access to classified presidential orders from 2001 and early legal opinions to try to show that the program was on sound legal footing from the start.


But many of the tensions that were roiling the administration at the start of the program have never become public.


In one previously undisclosed episode, Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson refused to sign off on any of the secret wiretapping requests that grew out of the program because of the secrecy and legal uncertainties surrounding it, the officials said. With the veil of secrecy around the program, Mr. Thompson was not given access to details of the N.S.A. operation, and he was so uncomfortable with the idea of approving this new breed of wiretap applications that he had a top adviser write a memorandum assessing the legal ramifications. The adviser warned him not to sign the warrant applications because it was unclear where the wiretaps were coming from.


Inside the Federal Bureau of Investigation, meanwhile, technicians stumbled onto the N.S.A.’s program accidentally within 12 hours of its inception, setting off what officials described as a brief firestorm of anxiety among senior officials. Some who had not been told about the program were concerned that the agency was violating laws that required a court order for the singling out of Americans in wiretaps, and they immediately alerted higher-ups to what they had discovered. “What’s going on here? Is this legal?” one F.B.I. official asked after learning of the N.S.A. operation on American soil.


Robert S. Mueller III, the F.B.I. director, assured nervous officials that the program had been approved by President Bush, several officials said. But the presidential approval, one former intelligence official disclosed, came without a formal legal opinion endorsing the program by the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department.


At the outset of the program in October 2001, John Ashcroft, the attorney general, signed off on the surveillance program at the direction of the White House with little in the way of a formal legal review, the official said. Mr. Ashcroft complained to associates at the time that the White House, in getting his signature for the surveillance program, “just shoved it in front of me and told me to sign it.”


Aides to Mr. Ashcroft were worried, however, that in approving a surveillance program that appeared to test the limits of presidential authority, Mr. Ashcroft was left legally exposed without a formal opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel, which acts as the legal adviser for the entire executive branch.


At that time, the office had already issued a broad, classified opinion declaring the president’s surveillance powers in the abstract in wartime, but it had not weighed in on the legality or the specifics of the N.S.A. operation, officials said.


The nervousness among Justice Department officials led the administration to secure a formal opinion from John Yoo, a deputy in the Office of Legal Counsel, declaring that the president’s wartime powers allowed him to order the N.S.A. to intercept international communication of terror suspects without a standard court warrant.


The opinion itself remains classified and has not been made public. It was apparently written in late 2001 or early 2002, but it was revised in 2004 by a new cast of senior lawyers at the Justice Department, who found the earlier opinion incomplete and somewhat shoddy, leaving out important case law on presidential powers. Mr. Yoo declined to discuss the issue. Even after the final legal opinions were written, lawyers at the National Security Agency were not allowed to see them, officials said.


Justice Department officials declined to comment for this article, saying that they would not discuss internal deliberations on a classified program. The White House also declined to comment. The White House is now at an impasse with the House of Representatives over Mr. Bush’s efforts to secure broader spy powers for the N.S.A. as well as retroactive immunity for the phone companies that helped in the warrantless wiretapping program. The Senate has agreed to give immunity, but the House has refused. Talks will begin anew this week when Congress returns from a two-week break.


In the past, the White House has said there was widespread agreement among administration officials about the president’s authority to order warrantless surveillance inside the United States. Former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales told Congress that there was never any disagreement within the administration over the issue. After it was disclosed that senior Justice Department officials had threatened to resign over aspects of the program in 2004, lawmakers attacked the truthfulness of Mr. Gonzales’s remarks, and the inspector general’s office is now reviewing his remarks as well.


In public comments of his own in 2006, Gen. Michael Hayden, who ran the N.S.A. at the start of the surveillance program and now heads the Central Intelligence Agency, recounted going to three lawyers at the security agency separately at the start of the eavesdropping program to get their legal opinions about it. All agreed that the president was within his powers to authorize the program, Mr. Hayden said. N.S.A. was “good to go,” he said he concluded.


At the insistence of Vice President Dick Cheney, knowledge of the program was restricted to a tight circle of top officials and Congressional briefings were unusually limited. But several current and former officials involved in the program said they believed the intense secrecy was to blame for much of the early nervousness among other senior officials who had integral roles in intelligence operations yet were not allowed to know the full details of what was happening.


At the Justice Department, for instance, the fact that Mr. Thompson, the second-ranking official, was not given access to the program led to problems in getting court-approved wiretap applications signed for those surveillance operations that started as warrantless N.S.A. operations. With Mr. Thompson refusing to sign off on the new applications, the Justice Department had to adopt the cumbersome process of segregating the applications that grew out of the N.S.A. program, routing them around Mr. Thompson for Mr. Ashcroft’s signature.


At the F.B.I., the secrecy and questions surrounding the program bred suspicion among officials. “It was a huge mistake,” said one official. “They were too secretive.”



Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/washington/30nsa.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

THE EVIDENCE OF TRUTH OF THE SCRIPTURES


Inspiration faithfully records the faults of good men, those who were distinguished by the favor of God; indeed, their faults are more fully presented than their virtues. This has been a subject of wonder to many, and has given the infidel occasion to scoff at the Bible. But it is one of the strongest evidences of the truth of Scripture, that facts are not glossed over, nor the sins of its chief characters suppressed. The minds of men are so subject to prejudice that it is not possible for human histories to be absolutely impartial. Had the Bible been written by uninspired persons, it would no doubt have presented the character of its honored men in a more flattering light. But as it is, we have a correct record of their experiences.

Men whom God favored, and to whom He entrusted great responsibilities, were sometimes overcome by temptation and committed sin, even as we at the present day strive, waver, and frequently fall into error. Their lives, with all their faults and follies, are open before us, both for our encouragement and warning. If they had been represented as without fault, we, with our sinful nature, might despair at our own mistakes and failures. But seeing where others struggled through discouragements like our own, where they fell under temptations as we have done, and yet took heart again and conquered through the grace of God, we are encouraged in our striving after righteousness. As they, though sometimes beaten back, recovered their ground, and were blessed of God, so we too may be overcomers in the strength of Jesus. On the other hand, the record of their lives may serve as a warning to us. It shows that God will by no means clear the guilty. He sees sin in His most favored ones, and He deals with it in them even more strictly than in those who have less light and responsibility.

Patriarchs and Prophets, Ellen G. White, p.238.

PEACE AND SAFETY WARNINGS



1 Thessalonians 5


1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

13And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

16Rejoice evermore.

17Pray without ceasing.

18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

19Quench not the Spirit.

20Despise not prophesyings.

21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

22Abstain from all appearance of evil.

23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

25Brethren, pray for us.

26Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

27I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.


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TOUT BAGAY BYEN SOU KNONTWOL! (en KREYOL---in CREOLE)


1 Tesalonik 5


1¶ Frè m' yo, mwen pa bezwen ekri nou pou m' fè nou konnen ni ki lè, ni ki jou bagay sa yo gen pou rive.


2Nou menm nou konn sa byen: Jou Seyè a gen pou l' vin sou nou tankou yon vòlò k'ap vin nan mitan lannwit.

3Lè n'ap tande moun ap di: Gen lapè toupatou, tout bagay byen sou kontwòl, se lè sa a, san nou pa atann, n'ap wè kòlè Bondye a tonbe sou yo pou detwi yo. Se tankou lè doulè tranche sezi yon fanm ansent. p'ap gen chape pou yo.

4Men nou menm, frè m' yo, nou pa moun k'ap viv nan fènwa. Jou sa a p'ap vin sou nou tankou yon vòlè, san nou pa atann.

5Paske, nou tout se moun k'ap viv nan limyè, nan gwo lajounen. Nou pa moun k'ap viv nan lannwit, nan fènwa!

6¶ Se sak fè, piga nou dòmi tankou lòt yo. Pa kite dòmi pran nou. Kenbe tèt nou anplas.

7Se lannwit moun dòmi. Se lannwit tou moun sou.

8Men nou menm, nou se moun k'ap viv lajounen, se pou nou toujou kenbe tèt nou anplas. Ann pran konfyans nou gen nan Bondye a ak renmen nou gen nan kè nou tankou yon plak pwotèj pou lestonmak nou. Ann pran espwa nou genyen nan Jezi k'ap vin delivre nou nèt la, ann mete l' tankou yon kas an fè nan tèt nou.

9Paske, Bondye pa t' chwazi nou pou nou te tonbe anba kòlè li, men pou n' te ka delivre, gremesi Jezikri, Seyè nou an.

10Jezi te mouri pou n' te ka viv ansanm ak li. Konsa, kit nou mouri deja, kit nou vivan toujou lè la vini an, nou tout n'ap toujou ansanm ak li.

11¶ Se poutèt sa, annou yonn ankouraje lòt, yonn ede lòt, jan nou deja ap fè l' la.

12Frè m' yo, m'ap mande nou pou nou gen anpil respè pou moun k'ap travay nan mitan nou yo, moun Seyè a chwazi pou dirije nou, pou ankouraje nou.

13Se pou nou gen anpil konsiderasyon pou yo, se pou nou renmen yo poutèt travay y'ap fè a. Se pou nou viv byen ak kè poze yonn ak lòt.

14M'ap mande nou tou, frè m' yo, pou nou rele dèyè moun k'ap fè parese yo. Ankouraje sa ki yon ti jan frèt yo, ede sa ki fèb yo. Se pou nou pran pasyans ak tout moun.

15Pa kite pesonn rann mal pou mal. Okontrè, toujou chache fè sa ki byen yonn pou lòt ak sa ki byen pou tout moun.

16¶ Se pou kè nou toujou kontan.

17Pa janm sispann lapriyè.

18Di Bondye mèsi pou tout bagay. Se sa Bondye mande nou, nou menm ki mete konfyans nou nan Jezikri.

19Pa antrave travay Sentespri a.

20Pa meprize pawòl moun k'ap bay mesaj ki soti nan Bondye.

21Egzaminen tout bagay byen, kenbe sa ki bon.

22Egzante tou sa ki mal.

23¶ Mwen mande Bondye ki bay kè poze a pou l' fè nou favè pou nou viv pou li nèt ale. Konsa, lè Jezikri, Seyè nou an, va vini, li p'ap jwenn nou ak ankenn defo, ni nan kò nou, ni nan lespri nou ni nan nanm nou.

24Bondye ki rele nou an va fè sa pou nou, paske li toujou kenbe pawòl li.

25Frè m' yo, lapriyè pou mwen tou.

26Di tout frè yo bonjou, bo yo pou mwen tankou moun k'ap viv pou Bondye konn fè l' la.

27Tanpri souple, nan non Seyè a, li lèt sa a bay tout frè yo.

28Se pou benediksyon Jezikri, Seyè nou an, toujou la avèk nou.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

LAWRENCE CO. RECALLS CANTALOUPES

Lawrence company recalls cantaloupe linked to salmonella

Associated Press / March 30, 2008

LAWRENCE - A Lawrence company is recalling fresh-cut fruit products containing cantaloupe from a Honduran company the Food and Drug Administration has linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak.

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JARD Marketing Corp. said Friday that its recall affects food service and retail products containing cantaloupe from Agropecuaria Montelibano and distributed in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.

The company said it is not aware of any illnesses associated with its cantaloupe products.

The recall includes retail plastic cups and trays sold under the brands Frosty Fresh, Fresh Hand Cut, Fruit on The Go, Highland Park, Bruegger's Bagels, Sid Wainer and Son, Hannaford Brothers, and Garden High Plant No. P-005, and coded with a sell-by date of March 29, 2008, or earlier.

The recalled food service products include plastic pails and jars under the brands Pebble Beach, Festival Of Fruit, Cornucopia Sweet, Jambo Chef, Fowler Fruit Mix, Instantwhip, Syracuse Banana, and City Line Food Dist. and coded with an expiration date from April 7, 2008, to April 22, 2008, or a Julian code of "08067" to "08082."

The FDA has asked grocers to remove cantaloupe from the Honduran company and blocked its imports after dozens of cases of salmonella were reported in 16 states. No deaths were reported, but 14 people were hospitalized.

Dole Fresh Fruit Co., a California subsidiary of Dole Food Co., on Friday recalled cantaloupes grown, packed, and shipped by Agropecuaria Montelibano. On Thursday, Chiquita Brands International Inc. announced a recall of whole cantaloupes grown, packed, and shipped by the Honduran company. The cantaloupes went out nationwide. Simply Fresh Fruit Inc. announced a recall of certain cut-fruit products.