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Soviet Union is back
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Nuclear missiles and tanks paraded Friday across Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era but new President Dmitry Medvedev warned other nations against "irresponsible ambitions" that he said could start wars.

Gore Financially Invested in Climate Cause
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Weeks before announcing a $300-million, three-year advertising campaign to raise awareness about global warming, Al Gore was conducting a slide show for a group of investors in Monterey, Calif., touting companies such as Bloom Energy, Amryis , Mascoma and other firms that are not household names -- yet.??These bio-fuel and green technology firms could be poised to take off, Gore told his audience.

The Economic Costs of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation
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The Lieberman-Warner climate change bill is, in many respects, an unprecedented proposal. Its limits on CO2 and other greenhouse gas emis­sions would impose significant costs on virtually the entire American econ­omy. In addition, complicated tariff rules, dependent on evaluating the GHG restrictions of all trading partners, add another unknowable dimension to the costs, fueling the overall uncertainty. The problems for our economy are increased by S. 2191's reliance on complex and costly technologies that have yet to be developed. The fact that this large-scale transformation of the economy must occur over relatively tight timeframes only amplifies the costs and uncertainties. The impacts would be felt by every citizen.

History textbooks promoting Islam
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History textbooks being used by hundreds of thousands of public school students across the U.S. are blatantly promoting Islam, according to a new report by an independent organization that researches and reviews textbooks.

Former Jordanian minister insists Islam will conquer Rome
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A former Jordanian minister has seized upon commentary about the decline of Western power, saying on Arabic-language television that Islam will conquer Rome. He went on to say that Spain is an Islamic land that should be retaken and that America has begun to realize its “end is near.”

Muslim threats force out disabled teacher with dog
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A Muslim high school student's intolerance for a service dog needed by a student teacher with a disability has reportedly prompted the student teacher to abandon the last 10 hours of his scheduled assignment at Technical High School in St. Cloud, Minn. The newspaper said Hurd needs a service dog because of a childhood injury that leaves him with seizures, sometimes happening as often as weekly. The black lab is trained to protect Hurd when he has a seizure. Islam forbids its adherents from touching dogs.

Wanna help planet? 'Let's all just die!'
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"We've already exceeded Earth's carrying capacity for humans by quite a bit," Knight told WND. "We are using up our resources. The best way to stop it is by not breeding. It's really the best way because the people we don't create don't exist, and so there's no impact on them." VHEMT activists believe a smaller population will benefit the Earth by reducing human and environmental catastrophe.

McCain on O-Reilly
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Bill O'Reilly aired the last part of his interview with John McCain. In the final six-minute segment they discuss national security.

Pastor apologizes for Anti-Catholic Remarks
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John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews." In a letter to William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, Hagee wrote: "Out of a desire to advance a greater unity among Catholics and evangelicals in promoting the common good, I want to express my deep regret for any comments that Catholics have found hurtful." In a statement posted in the Catholic League's Web site, Donohue added: "What Hagee has done takes courage and quite frankly I never expected him to demonstrate such sensitivity to our concerns."

Pope Reminds Spouses of their "Responsibility To Generate New Children"
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The Holy Father affirmed that "in a culture suffering from the prevalence of "having" over "being", human life risks losing its value. If the practice of sexuality becomes a drug that seeks to enslave the partner to one's own desires and interests, without respecting the times of the beloved, then what must be defended is no longer just the concept of love but, primarily, the dignity of the person. As believers we could never allow the power of technology to invalidate the quality of love and the sacredness of life." ??Emphasizing that remaining open to life is not only an affirmation of Natural Law, but also the genuinely given and truly lived spousal "yes" to which Jesus refers when speaking of human love (Matthew 19, 4-6). "New life," said the Pope, "is the fruit of a love capable of thinking and choosing in complete freedom, without allowing itself to be overly conditioned by the sacrifice this may require. From here emerges the miracle of life which parents experience in themselves as they sense the extraordinary nature of what is achieved in them and through them. No mechanical technique can replace the act of love that husband and wife exchange as a sign of the mystery greater than themselves, in which they are protagonists and co-participants of creation."

Personhood in Colorado
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More than 131,000 Coloradans have endorsed a plan to put an initiative on the fall 2008 election ballot that would allow voters to extend the U.S. Constitution's protections to those who haven't been born yet, something supporters say the U.S. founders intended all along. This proposed constitutional amendment will define a person in Colorado as a human being from the moment of fertilization, the moment when life begins.

Catholic Newspaper Says Barack Obama's Pro-Abortion Position Problematic
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One of the top Catholic publications in the United States carried an editorial in its latest issue saying Barack Hussein Obama's positions in favor of abortion and euthanasia are problematic for Catholic voters. Obama appears more and more likely to be the Democratic nominee and his views will cost him Catholic votes. National Catholic Register’s editors call the pro-infanticide position "a necessary consequence of Obama’s embrace of abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy" and say the babies are "the next category of human being Obama says has no right to live."

Clinton Trounces Obama in West Virginia
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With votes from 98 percent of West Virginia's precincts counted, Clinton was winning 67 percent of the vote, to 26 percent for Obama. Not a good sign for Barack Hussein Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party.

Barr announces Libertarian White House bid
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Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government. If he wins the White House, he said he would immediately freeze discretionary spending in Washington. He also would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and consider slashing spending at federal agencies such as the departments of education and commerce—as well as at overseas military bases.

Planned Parenthood Seeks 'Mother's Day' Gifts
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Planned Parenthood send out an email on Mother’s Day asking for donations for Abortion Rights. How Ironic. FRC President Tony Perkins said of the e-mail, "Allegations of fraud, reports of statutory rape cover-ups, the documented racism of several state branches, and clinic deficiencies are pushing leaders' support for Planned Parenthood to the brink. If President Bush agrees, U.S. funds would no longer be used to promote and facilitate abortion."

Australia rejects Embryonic Cloning of Stem Cells
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In what could signal a further shift in the global stem cell debate, lawmakers in an Australia state have rejected legislation allow the cloning of human embryos for research purposes.

State bans illegals from community colleges
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In a decision that could have national impact, North Carolina officials announced the state will stop enrolling illegal aliens in degree programs at its community colleges.

Top police killed in Mexican assassination wave
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Gunmen assassinated a commander of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping police Friday, the fourth top police authority slain in 10 days here as the toll from a rising organized crime wave hits top brass.

Illegal immigrants held against will by Smuggler
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Fifty-three illegal immigrants found Sunday had been held against their will in a fortified home by suspected smugglers demanding more money, authorities said.

'Academic Freedom' Legislation Advances in Four States
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Opponents and those who challenge some or all of the tenets of Darwinism have been encouraged recently as the “Academic Freedom” legislation advanced for review in four states. If passed, the bills would guarantee the freedom of both teachers and students throughout public schools to share views contradicting or challenging the tenets of Darwinism in the classroom without fears of reprisal. Lawmakers in Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, and Michigan said that the efforts to pass the bills were a response to the concerns of teachers and students who reportedly felt marginalized, discriminated, or ostracized if they shared personal views that ran counter to Darwinism.

Ark of the Covenant altar found in Sheba's palace
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The queen of Sheba's palace at Axum in Ethiopia, purported to once have been the home of the Ark of the Covenant, has been found, archaeologists from the University of Hamburg report.
Female Gangster Threatens Elderly Woman on Train Story
In the video, which was filmed on a public transportation train in Atlanta, the girl confronts the older woman with Soulja Boy lyrics and threatens to kill her. This is an embarrassment to all American and should not stand. Warning – Graphic Language

Presidential Primary Results
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Republicans – Delegates – 1,191 Delegates Needed
McCain is the Republican nominee.
Democrats – Delegates – 2,025 Delegates Needed
Obama - 1883 Clinton – 1717

Court Records show Six interfering in DA investigation
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Court records, which were unsealed last week, show Attorney General Stephen Six actively undermined District Attorney Phill Kline's prosecution of 107 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood. "These outrageous orders show unprecedented obstruction of a criminal prosecution through the intentional withholding of evidence," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

Air Sebelius offers free non-stop, direct service to anywhere!
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Like Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, you’re against that dirty coal power plant in Western Kansas polluting our air with carbon dioxide? But being “green” is something for others especially when you can fly with the Governor on the State’s plane to a sports event?

Several top administrators get pay raises in Johnson County
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Johnson County commissioners have given pay raises to four top county administrators.

Governor’s Policies on Energy will cost Taxpayers Rate Increases
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Westar Energy Inc. is seeking a $22 million annual increase in electric rates to help recoup the cost of cutting pollution at the company's power plants. The proposal is raising eyebrows as customers in southern Kansas will end up footing the bill for power plants serving customers in northern parts of the state. Westar is using a mechanism called an "environmental cost recovery rider," which allows utilities to raise their rates for pollution-control projects without having to go through a formal rate increase request. The increase ultimately will pay for $236 million in anti-pollution upgrades at coal- and natural gas-fired plants. This is in direct response to Sebelius’ decisions on CO2 emission policy. And who’s paying? We are! The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again.

Tuition Increases Draw Ire
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This year’s tuition proposals have drawn increased scrutiny because of the major increases that Kansans have endured in recent years. In 2000-01, resident tuition and fees to Kansas University totaled $2,725 per year. By the 2006-07 school year, that same price tag had climbed to $6,153, a 125 percent increase. That’s juxtaposed against incomes for Kansas families that have inched upward at a much slower rate. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median family income for a family of four in Kansas was $56,784 in 2000. By 2006, that figure had increased to just $67,897, a 19.5 percent increase.

Judge rejects Planned Parenthood lawsuit over abortion clinics
Story,br> A Jackson County judge on Friday ruled against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri in a lawsuit over how to regulate Missouri abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood had challenged a state law that said abortion clinics must meet the same standards required of ambulatory surgical centers. In a brief order, Judge Jay A. Daugherty ruled in favor of Jane Drummond, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, whose lawyers had argued that the legislature clearly meant to regulate abortion clinics.

Kansas Supreme Court decision abused public's trust
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The Kansas Supreme Court unsealed several documents pertaining to the legal wrangling between Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline and Planned Parenthood. We wonder why the court sealed them in the first place? The records do show that there is enough cause to warrant Kline’s independent investigation of Morrison. Linda Carter, a former administrator in the district attorney’s office with whom Morrison admitted to having affair, is listed as a witness in the documents and her testimony pertains to Morrison allegedly trying to influence her or use her as a information source in the lawsuit eight fired employees filed against Kline and other legal matters after Kline took office.

Olathe City Manager - From $98K to 167K in 9 years!
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The City Council last week unanimously approved a 5 percent raise for City Manager Michael Wilkes, taking his salary above $167,000. Wilkes also received a $10,000 bonus for his work. In 2007, Wilkes received a 4 percent raise. Wilkes began work as the city manager in 1999 at a base salary of $98,700.

$3 Million Facelift for Olathe Park
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Oregon Trail Park in west Olathe is due for a $3-million facelift that will bring four baseball fields, a soccer field and a walking trail to the site. Councilman John Bacon cast the only no vote, saying he thought the project was too expensive.

The Pitch Celebrates SME Student’s Gayness
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The cheerleaders split up into two groups that line up on either side of the basket. Matthew Pope — the tallest member of the squad as well as the only guy — takes a spot in the back row. The 17-year-old, who choreographs all the routines, is one of the three co-captains of the squad. There's another thing that makes Matthew stand out. He's openly gay.

Jayhawks Coach Bill Self Visits Boys Town
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Bill Self, Head Coach of the National Champion Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team, visited Boys Town May 7. Self’s visit is part of the 54th Annual B’nai B’rith Charity Sports Banquet to honor metro area high school male and female student-athletes. The B’nai B’rith Henry Monsky Lodge has a long-standing partnership with Boys Town. The chapter’s namesake, Henry Monsky, loaned Father Edward Flanagan $90 to begin his child care program known as Boys Town. Monsky and Father Flanagan remained lifelong friends and shared a passion for helping children in need.

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Father Emil J. Kapaun, US Army and POW
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Army Chaplain, Father Emil Kapaun was the most highly decorated military chaplain in United States history. He started life on the family farm in Pilsen, Kansas. Armed during the Korean War only with the love of God, Father was described by those who served with him as the best and bravest foot soldier they ever knew. Fr. Kapaun, a Wichita diocesan priest from Pilsen, died in a prison at 35 and was buried somewhere along the Yalu River in North Korea. "If I don't come back, tell my Bishop that I died a happy death," Fr. Kapaun told fellow prisoners as he was carried away to die. Fr. Kapaun was captured because he refused an order to try to escape through the surrounding enemy after the 8th Cavalry was overwhelmed on Nov. 2, 1950. Fr. Kapaun was seized by the enemy as he administered the last rites to a dying soldier. He was taken to a POW camp run by the Chinese. "It was obvious, Father said, that we must either steal food or slowly , starve," said fellow prisoner 1st Lt. Mike Dowe, who added that Fr. Kapaun risked his life by sneaking into fields around the prison compound to look for hidden potatoes and sacks of corn. Fr. Kapaun would often escape to the houses where the enlisted men were held. He would hold a quick service, starting with a prayer for the men who had died in Korea and for their families. "Then he would say a prayer of thanks to God for the favors He had granted us, whether we knew about them or not," Lt. Dowe said., "Then he'd speak, very briefly, a short, simple sermon, urging them to hold on and not lose hope of freedom. And above all, he urged them not to fall for the lying doctrines the Reds were trying to pound into our heads. Somehow his presence could turn a stinking, louse-ridden mud hut -- for a little while -- into a cathedral, Lt. Dowe said.

Chapter 14, Verse 2

9: As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.
10: If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
11: These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
12: "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
13: Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14: You are my friends if you do what I command you.
15: No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
16: You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
17: This I command you, to love one another.

Kansas Rising

Please watch this recent documentary from award winning author and producer, Jack Cashill, about the problem with Kansas and its influence from the abortion industry.

http://www.cashill.com/regional/kline_v_kansas.htm

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