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Aimstraight
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| | Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 06:26 pm: | 
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by Gregory M. Davis
In the days following 9/11, George W. Bush assured America and the world that Islam was a "religion of peace" and that the violent followers of Osama Bin Laden had twisted the true Muslim faith. Acting on this belief, President Bush and other Western leaders sent troops to the Middle East in an effort to bring freedom and democracy to the Muslim world.
But what if this "understanding" of Islam is based not on fact, but instead on equal parts wishful thinking and Islamic deceit? It would mean that the entire War on Terror is based on a faulty--and increasingly deadly--premise.
In “Religion of Peace? Islam's War Against the World”, author and filmmaker Gregory M. Davis rebuts the notion that Islam is a great faith in desperate need of a Reformation. Instead, he exposes it as a form of totalitarianism, a belief system that orders its adherents not to baptize all nations, but to conquer and subdue them. Islamic law's governance of every aspect of religious, political, and personal action has far more in common with Nazism than with the tenets of Christianity or Judaism.
Davis details how Islamic thought divides the world into two spheres locked in perpetual combat: dar al-Islam ("House of Islam," where Islamic law predominates), and dar al-harb ("House of War," the rest of the world). This concise yet thorough book leaves no doubt as to why most of the world's modern conflicts are connected to Islam--and calls into question why Western elites refuse to acknowledge Islam's violent nature.
Virtually every contemporary Western leader has expressed the view that Islam is a peaceful religion and that those who commit violence in its name are fanatics who misinterpret its tenets. This widely circulated claim is false.
Relying primarily on Islam's own sources, “Religion of Peace? Islam's War Against the World” demonstrates that Islam is a violent, expansionary ideology that seeks the subjugation and destruction of other faiths, cultures, and systems of government. Further, it shows that the jihadis that Westerners have been indoctrinated to believe are extremists, are actually in the mainstream.
"Religion of Peace? Islam's War Against the World" is nothing less than a wake-up call to all civilized nations--and one they ignore at their peril.
“A fascinating thesis,” says William F. Buckley Jr. about "Religion of Peace?" You will surely agree.
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Caprichos
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| | Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 11:14 pm: |
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Hi Mikey,
In the days following 9/11, George W. Bush assured America and the world that Islam was a "religion of peace" and that the violent followers of Osama Bin Laden had twisted the true Muslim faith. Acting on this belief, President Bush and other Western leaders sent troops to the Middle East in an effort to bring freedom and democracy to the Muslim world.
But what if this "understanding" of Islam is based not on fact, but instead on equal parts wishful thinking and Islamic deceit? It would mean that the entire War on Terror is based on a faulty--and increasingly deadly--premise.
I, for one, didn't understand the Quran until I read it and lo and behold I know now why there is so much violence and death and destruction. The Quran is taken word for word by Allah's follower's.
This book, "Religion of Peace? Islam's War Against the World" will not be a 'wake up' call for me, however, I'm already intrigued in what the author has to say that I don't know already.
What is so funny, is that we all come from the same generation from Adam and Eve. What a mess it's been since Adam didn't talk Eve out of taking a bite from the apple the asp tempted Eve with. *Sigh*
Hugs,
Capri
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Caprichos
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| | Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 04:19 am: |
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Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Jennifer03801
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| | Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 06:57 am: |
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"Instead of “God Bless America,” we should put “God Forgive America” bumperstickers on our cars. Americans, as participants in horrendous war crimes, should ask for forgiveness."
"It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice." - Gandhi
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Caprichos
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| | Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 07:39 am: |
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You know, Jennifer, you are absolutely right.
We, as Americans have our right as citizens of this beautiful country to vote for our President and put the man we believe is best qualified to lead our nation. We believed in him once upon a time. I feel he has failed us as Commander-in-Chief. We do need to say BOTH "God bless America" because we need His blessings now more than ever. We should always be asking God for forgiveness for having put President Bush into office to lead our country when he is not up to par to lead America no longer. The tongue is the most dangerous weapon, Jennifer, and President Bush as Commander-in-Chief is flapping it all about that he is now getting tongue-tied and rightly remember what he last said and when he said and to who he said it to. I do not judge people, however, many lives have been lost due to his stubborness. Hussein has been dethroned and expired. There were NO WMD. I believe sonny boy just finished up a job his daddy didn't get to do while he was in office. Oh, lord, please forgive us as Americans for having put President Bush into office. I know my son Jonassalk6 is a big Bush fan, however, I am no longer. My other son, Six Strings, is an Independent and is philosophical about Bush, the war, i.e., We've seen better days my friends and the picture is not getting any prettier!
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Jennifer03801
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| | Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 08:49 am: |
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"It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice." - Gandhi
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Caprichos
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| | Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 09:24 am: |
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Thousands join anti-U.S. march marking Baghdad's fall
POSTED: 10:48 a.m. EDT, April 9, 2007
Story Highlights
• Thousands follow cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's call to protest U.S. troops in Iraq
• Anti-U.S. cleric calls on supporters to fight Americans, not each other
• Six U.S. troops killed, including three by a roadside bomb south of capital
• Explosion kills 17 civilians, wounds 26 in Mahmoudiya, near Baghdad
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Thousands of anti-U.S. protesters marched in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Monday to mark the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.
Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the demonstration, which Najaf police said included tens of thousands of protesters.
The U.S. Army estimated the crowd size at closer to 5,000 to 7,000 participants based on aerial photographs, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Steve Boylan. (Watch how rally shows al-Sadr's influence )
"[The] peaceful gathering is part of the right to peaceful assembly and the Iraqi people to voice their views," Boylan said, calling it an example of the "changes occurring in Iraq."
Marchers joined the protest from Kufa to neighboring Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, as Iraqi police watched, according to The Associated Press.
Iraqi flags and leaflets dotted the march route, according to the AP. Some of the leaflets read, "Yes, Yes to Iraq" and "Yes, Yes to Muqtada. Occupiers should leave Iraq," the AP reported.
One marcher, Iraqi lawmaker Nassar al-Rubaie, told the AP, "The enemy that is occupying our country is now targeting the dignity of the Iraqi people."
Al-Rubaie, who leads al-Sadr's bloc in the Iraqi parliament, told the AP, "After four years of occupation, we have hundreds of thousands of people dead and wounded."
The firebrand cleric's mandate came before a 24-hour security ban began Monday on civilian vehicle traffic in Baghdad.
Al-Sadr: 'The occupiers ... are your enemy'
On Sunday, al-Sadr called on his followers to stop killing Iraqi forces and focus instead on resisting Americans.
In a statement attributed to al-Sadr and released in Najaf the cleric purportedly said insurgents should not be killing Iraqis and that Iraqi police and troops should be on the side of the militias.
"You, the Iraqi army and police forces, do not walk alongside the occupiers because they are your enemy," the statement said. "I am here to advise you the honest resister hope for two things from God: either victory or martyrdom. But at the same time, the honest resister should not kill a fellow Iraqi."
Throughout the weekend, U.S. and Iraqi forces battled al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia south of the capital in Diwaniya.
The U.S. military said it had captured 39 militia fighters and killed several in the Diwaniya fighting.
"So far, we have achieved great success fighting the terrorists," said Maj. Gen. Oothman Faroud, who is leading Iraqi soldiers in the Diwaniya operation. "We have freed the people of Diwaniya from the murder and intimidation that has plagued the city 24 hours a day, seven days a week for months."
Six U.S. troops killed
Six American soldiers died Sunday, including three killed by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, U.S. commanders reported.
In another attack south of the city, one soldier was killed and three wounded Sunday when their unit came under rocket or mortar fire, according to the military.
Two more soldiers were killed in fighting north of Baghdad, in Salaheddin and Diyala provinces, U.S. commanders said.
Four U.S. soldiers also were reported killed Saturday in an explosion in Diyala, which includes the restive city of Baquba.
The U.S. death toll in the Iraq war stands at 3,280, including seven civilian contractors of the Defense Department.
At least 22 killed in blasts
A powerful car bomb killed at least 17 civilians and wounded 26 others Sunday, authorities said, in the latest in a spate of attacks outside the Iraqi capital since a new security plan took effect there.
The vehicle was packed with explosives and old artillery shells, said police officials in Mahmoudiya, 21 miles (35 kilometers) from Baghdad.
The blast sent shells flying into a nearby residential building and an auto mechanic's shop. The explosives detonated about 54 yards (50 meters) from Mahmoudiya Hospital.
At least five people were killed in blasts Sunday in Baghdad, police said.
Four deaths came in southwest Baghdad's al-Alam neighborhood when a car bomb exploded near an outdoor market. Sixteen people also were wounded, police said.
A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol in northern Baghdad's Adhamiya neighborhood killed a Baghdad police officer and wounded four officers.
Also Sunday, 17 bodies were found scattered around Baghdad.
South of the capital, in the holy city of Karbala, clashes broke out Saturday between police and gunmen in the desert, according to a Karbala police official. The gunmen fled in vehicles.
After the fight, police found the bodies of six shepherds from a group of 18 who were kidnapped by suspected al Qaeda in Iraq members last week, the official said.
The shepherds were taken, along with their livestock, near the desert borders of volatile Anbar province in western Iraq.
CNN's Carolina Sanchez and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.
Copyright 2007 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Caprichos
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| | Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 09:09 pm: |
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Jennifer, In the name of God I ask a favor of you. Please in the name of Christ our lord, Please do not post the graphic photograph of the young man lying on the red blanket anymore. It breaks my heart to know you have not once posted a photograph of one of our troops getting transported out of a battleground by stretcher in Iraq and taken sympathy upon one of OUR troops?
Our troops are are trained soldiers who are doing their job to protect our country. God bless them one and all. Our troops were not raised to be natural born killers. This is a war on Terrorism that has escalated into a civil war and our troops are basically policing to capture every insurgents as you very well known. It breaks my heart and simply tears me up when you post this photograph knowing there are so many Veterans who have tasted war and have been there done that are a part of our Starlite's warm big happy family.
God bless America and God forgive Americans who do not support our troops in Iraq. You always keep tabs on the number of our troops who have passed on almost every day. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes just thinking that if one of my sons (who both enlisted during wartime after college) were to be hurt just as the young man lying on the red cloth, both my husband and I would find it to very disrespectful and unjust in knowing our son has been exploited in the eyes of the world. This is why, if you've taken notice by now, the AP does not show such graphic photographs because it is not kosher and would be so detrimental for the many eyes of America to see in the daily newspapers. This is why you probably have not made it a point to post one of our troops who have been injured...because you will not be able to find a very graphic photograph such as the one you hold close to your heart. Neither local or national American newspapers will print any such picture(s).
The media will show footage on explosions and smoke and fire and such...but never, no, not ever, will the televised American media have the heart to show our wounded brave soldiers who are in the dry desert sands of Iraq in an undignified way. A land they are not accustomed to. A culture they are not familiar with and a language they are learning on a day-to-day basis. I'll tell you what. America has many BRAVEHEARTS serving these United States of America protecting our Homeland Security. I hope our troops will capture every member of the Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden and ill-hearted Sunnis.
Yes, there's a mess going on on the hill. With many a prayer, we, as Americans should ask God to bring peace and love to all the nations of the world. War is ugly. Very ugly. Both at home with children without their mommas or daddys or family member...and to think what our American children have to endure when their mom or dad do not return home alive. The Cherokee Indians walked a trail of a thousand tears. How many more senseless thousands of tears do we as Americans need to undergo? The clock is ticking...it keeps running...and if events escalate even more...at a certain point...the time bomb will not be able to take the pressure anymore...and...ooops...explodes! In the name of God, Jennifer, raise your American flag and wave it high so we all can see it. Quietly, give the young man his dignity back and remove his graphic photograph, Jennifer. You're right, I do not have to look at it, however, let me be the voice of the many American troops who have died and who are badly wounded, who are suffering immensely in a military hospital waiting to undergo surgery. I am their voice. God bless you always.
 
 
 
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Caprichos
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| | Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 09:18 pm: |
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My son is no longer Fishinglure61. He is Jonassalk6. I appreciate the love you have for my son. He has seen your 'fishinglure or fish' photographs. He's cool with it. He likes to fly and dislikes fishing. I've been meaning to tell you for a long time. Jonas Salk was a scientist just as Tessie Pooh was so right when she told my son she knew of a Jonas Salk.
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 05:02 am: |
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As I've said before, the reason I post that picture is so that we will never forget what Bush and our troops did to the innocent children of Iraq. Thousands of Iraqi children have been wounded or killed by coalition forces. Thousands more are dying from malnutrition and disease as a direct result of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq and war crimes committed by coalition forces such as the destruction of water, electrical and sewage treatment plants, the bombing of homes, hospitals, schools, etc.
The invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with the "War on Terrorism". It was part of phase one on the PNAC agenda for global domination. The neo-con dream of global domination has cost 3288 of our troops and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians and children their lives.
Ali got the medical treatment needed to save his life only because someone posted his picture.
Ali speaks in that picture with his tears and suffering for the thousands of Iraqi children who died from their wounds or from lack of proper medical treatment. Their blood is on the hands of those who supported Bush and the war with Iraq.
(correction - 4 more troops died in Iraq today making the fatality count now 3292)
(Message edited by jennifer03801 on April 10, 2007)
"It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice." - Gandhi
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Caprichos
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Username: Caprichos
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 07:20 am: |
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I truly believe it would be most beneficial for you to volunteer to go to Iraq and help their people- their children who are suffering and dying. I'm sure there is an organization who would welcome you with open arms in a heartbeat.
In the meantime, I know you are not going to consider the very thought because you are safe and sound standing on American soil that is being protected by America's troops.
You're absolutely incredible. What glory you take as an American citizen! Unbelieveable!
I'm smiling now. Good for me. I'll pat myself on the back. Truly amazing. I'm astonished.
It brings me great joy Ali got the medical treatment needed to save his life only because someone posted his picture. Praise God. A symbol of war exploited in the most undignified way.
A beautiful candle lit symbolic of these children you have compassion for would be very nice.
In case you should have 'free time' on your daily agenda you may want to consider visiting Washington DC to take a walk through The Holocaust Museum. You will find in The Remembrance Hall no graphic pictures of Jewish victims who died due to starvation, excecutions, men, women, children, babies. Genocide.
Hitler. In the museum you'll encounter pronounced silence along with many, many, lit candles burning quietly for the many Jewish communities who underwent this massive suffering of unspeakable death.
The Remembrance Hall simply has the names of the communities applied to the walls. One may light a candle for whatever community they wish to pray for. At the center of the hall there is a huge torch lit. The silence is deafening in the room.
The Holocaust Museum speaks volumes with dignified respect given to all who were fallen victims to this horrendous tragedy. Hundreds of people pay tribute in the honor of the memory of the Jewish people in silence so serene.
Perhaps you may spark an interest in organizing a major project in building a museum for your Ali who speaks in that picture with his tears and suffering for the thousands of Iraqi children who died from lack of proper medical treatment in Iraq who you defend like a mother hen.
Clearly, unlike you, by no means, I am not being insensitive toward innocent deaths projected by this war. Lord knows I pray constantly this war will come to an end.
Of course you've not made mention of any American children who are suffering great pain because they have lost their father or mother to this war.
Many innocent American children are going to bed lost and confused wondering when they will ever be able to embrace their mommy or daddy again and this goes to the parents, brothers, sisters, etc, etc., These military dependents who are so young know in their hearts they must be brave. Yet, it is extremely difficult for them to truly comprehend the true consequences or war.
Our troops are paying the price for freedom with their blood in Iraq for YOU while YOU are very comfortable, here, in America, taking great pride supporting Ali and the many children who suffer just as our children suffer because most of those boys going to war are fresh out of high school and sacrifice their lives for YOU.
Again, life will go on for you so non-chalantly.
Sign posted: DO NOT DISTURB. BUSY POSTING ALI'S PHOTOGRAPH. BADA BING! BADA BOOM! BUSY. BUSY.
 
(Message edited by caprichos on April 10, 2007)
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 09:55 am: |
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Blowing up innocent children and civilians in Iraq is how we protect our freedom? Surely you can't be serious. Our troops are paying the price not for our freedom but for the PNAC dream of global domination.
Iraqi never attacked us, never threatened us, had disarmed and was absoletlely no threat to us at all, yet knowing that full well, your President ordered the invasion of Iraq that resulted in the killing of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi children and civilians and thousands of our own troops.
Please don't try to paint me as a person who doesn't care about the troops or their families. That simply isn't true. I fought and protested from the very beginning to keep our troops out of this bloody war as did millions of other people all over the world. Did you protest, did you speak out, did you do anything at all to try and prevent the needless slaughter or did you wave your red, white and blue as our troops went off to die and kill for the neocon agenda?
"It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice." - Gandhi
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Caprichos
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Username: Caprichos
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 11:47 pm: |
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I read your response. I'm sorry I didn't have the opportunity to jot down my thoughts and feelings.
Typing in autopilot,
Me 
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Jennifer03801
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| | Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 05:41 am: |
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That's ok, Capri, I really didn't expect you'd have a response. |
Caprichos
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Username: Caprichos
| | Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 02:17 am: |
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I am going to respond, however, I am really sick right now and have been for several days. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow, lord willing. Say a little prayer for me, Jennifer.
Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it; and pass through the rest of life like one who has intrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has, making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man. -Marcus Arelius
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Jennifer03801
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Username: Jennifer03801
| | Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 05:18 am: |
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Take care and be well soon. |
Mik3y
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Username: Mik3y
| | Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 06:27 am: |
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And he only sends more...this is so not the exit stratergy people had in mind for the troops!!!
Michael william James
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