"Rev Mahboob Masih, a Church minister from East Kilbride, is taking legal action after being dismissed from hosting his radio programme for the manner in which Christianity was defended on air which allegedly offended Muslims."Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sacked for being a Christian.
"Rev Mahboob Masih, a Church minister from East Kilbride, is taking legal action after being dismissed from hosting his radio programme for the manner in which Christianity was defended on air which allegedly offended Muslims."
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Super - but I'm guessing it's apocryrphal.
In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days. The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Case dismissed!" The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor [tut!], how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays." The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant." The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists." The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned. You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Proverbs 31:10.
Proverbs 31:10.(NIV)
"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies."
Got one!
"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies."
Got one!
Brown versus Thatcher.
Blair admired her but learned nothing from her. Brown is of that relatively 'old' left who will probably despise her. Derek Hatton is just a nasty-minded individual and in his attitudes displays a demeanour which is all too common amongst dyed-in-the-wool leftists.
Cameron has no concept of what she accomplished.
But here is the question : How many people would prefer a 50 year old Margaret Thatcher to the current PM, to be entrusted to get us out of Brown's mess? [Cameron is an irrelevance.]
Common sense dictates that it would have to be a Thatcher but I suspect that the vote would be an extremely close one.
Far too many people in our wiffly waffly, soft under-bellied society would take the easy option - even though it would cost us dearly in the longer term.
This is what happens when you have an electorate, the majority of whom, will not vote for the 'right' thing but only for the immediate difference made in their pockets.
Okay but ....
Sacking a fireman for being overweight and not doing enough to remedy the situation is perfectly reasonable.One must ask however, in today's politically correct Fire Service, whether this would have happened if his skin colour had been different or if he had happened to be female.
Tragically, I think we all know the answer to that one!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
If we don't believe - then more fool us!
"We do not believe in evil any more, only evil acts, which can be explained away by the science of the mind ... "
John Connolly.
The problem here is that we all know and recognise evil. It is for that reason that we are in such desperate need of a redeemer. These are matters for which science, despite the lofty hubris of its adherents, can never supply answers.
One might also ask how evil can possibly exist in vacuo. How can there be evil acts without there being evil in its own right?
Evil is not even a mere concept but rather a reality which only the truly foolish dare deny.
[To be fair to Connolly - he doesn't accept the validity of the statement either - but he captures a view which is largely found amongst the liberal left.]
John Connolly.
The problem here is that we all know and recognise evil. It is for that reason that we are in such desperate need of a redeemer. These are matters for which science, despite the lofty hubris of its adherents, can never supply answers.
One might also ask how evil can possibly exist in vacuo. How can there be evil acts without there being evil in its own right?
Evil is not even a mere concept but rather a reality which only the truly foolish dare deny.
[To be fair to Connolly - he doesn't accept the validity of the statement either - but he captures a view which is largely found amongst the liberal left.]
Bye bye Bush.
I have entertained grave reservations about George Bush in a number of different policy areas.I am aware too that he is a man whose tendencies to make grammatical slipups has made him a prime target but I feel that history will be kinder to him than recent political commentators.
He is certainly far from stupid as even a cursory glance at his qualifications reveals.
Think how it was only after Reagan's departure that assessments of his terms in office became positive and without doubt, he had been a president of quality and vision.
Just because the left-leaning media are brilliant at attacking their bĂȘtes noires does not mean that we should all fall into line with the destination they are marching us towards.
Ann Leslie is usually somebody whose feet are firmly planted on the ground and so I think her assessment is worth a look.
American yes - but it applies here.
Can our form of government, our system of justice, survive if one can be denied a freedom because he might abuse it?
Harlon Carter.
Harlon Carter.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Sentamu tells it like it is - again!
'Immigrants to Britain in the past five decades have been treated like hotel guests who 'do not belong', the Archbishop of York said yesterday.Dr John Sentamu said the failure of migrants to integrate had contributed to the collapse of a common British culture and the lack of a national sense of direction.
He called for recognition of the Christian heritage which used to bind the nation together and for a revival of the civic values once represented by myriad local clubs, churches and trade unions.
The Archbishop's powerful attack on uncontrolled immigration and on the Left-wing interpretation of multiculturalism that encourages migrants to ignore traditional British values, was made in a speech to Gordon Brown's think tank, the Smith Institute.'
LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1114604/The-migrants-just-dont-belong-Archbishop-York.html
UKIP and race.
The UK Independence Party is a non racist party; it fields candidates from ethnic minorities; it will not permit former members of the BNP to hold office or to represent them [unlike Labour, of course] and is open to all. Yet it is so often portrayed as 'racist' by the guardianistas. Why so?
Perhaps demanding proper immigration control is all that it takes but I suspect that the motive is rather more sinister.
There are so many people of liberal inclination who, nonetheless, are anti EU.
We wouldn't want these particular sheep slipping out of the fold and into that very broad church which is UKIP, would we?
Best thing to do therefore is to portray UKIP as "BNP in suits". - There, that should do it!
Let's examine Labour's successes.
The provision of hospital beds in Britain has plunged in the past eight years to one of the lowest levels in Europe.
The number of beds per person has dropped 14 per cent since 2000 - to below the rate for Latvia, Estonia and Macedonia.
The UK has only 389 hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants, even when taking into account both private and NHS beds.
Below average: Britain is ranked 25th on the provision of hospital beds
This is well below the EU average of 590 beds per 100,000 inhabitants.
The UK is ranked 25th out of 32 European countries. Only Cyprus, Portugal, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Malta perform worse.
LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1113660/Were-worse-hospital-beds-Macedonia.html
The number of beds per person has dropped 14 per cent since 2000 - to below the rate for Latvia, Estonia and Macedonia.
The UK has only 389 hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants, even when taking into account both private and NHS beds.
Below average: Britain is ranked 25th on the provision of hospital beds
This is well below the EU average of 590 beds per 100,000 inhabitants.
The UK is ranked 25th out of 32 European countries. Only Cyprus, Portugal, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Malta perform worse.
LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1113660/Were-worse-hospital-beds-Macedonia.html
Palestine - the facts.
"It's our land...By: Benjamin Netanyahu. Apparently, Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview and was asked about Israel's occupation of Arab lands. His response was "It's our land". The reporter was stunned - read below "It's our land..."
(It takes just 1.5 minutes to read!!!! It makes sense and it's not slanted. Jew and non-Jew -- it doesn't matter.)
"Crash Course on the Arab Israeli Conflict."
Here are some overlooked facts in the current Middle East situation. These were compiled by a Christian university professor:
20 BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY:
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 BCE, Two thousand years before the rise of Islam.
2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BCE, the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 CE lasted no more than 22 years.
5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.
7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.
8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.
9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: in 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left without ever seeing an Israeli soldier.
10 The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.
11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.
12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab la nds to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been absorbed or integrated into their own people's lands. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than the state of New Jersey .
13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won.
14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them.
15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews were denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been preserved and made accessible to people of all faiths.
16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
18. The UN was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.
19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like a policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
(It takes just 1.5 minutes to read!!!! It makes sense and it's not slanted. Jew and non-Jew -- it doesn't matter.)
"Crash Course on the Arab Israeli Conflict."
Here are some overlooked facts in the current Middle East situation. These were compiled by a Christian university professor:
20 BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY:
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem. Israel became a nation in 1312 BCE, Two thousand years before the rise of Islam.
2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of a Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BCE, the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 CE lasted no more than 22 years.
5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.
7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.
8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.
9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: in 1948 the Arab refugees were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left without ever seeing an Israeli soldier.
10 The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.
11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is estimated to be around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from Arab lands is estimated to be the same.
12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated into the Arab la nds to which they fled, despite the vast Arab territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II, theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been absorbed or integrated into their own people's lands. Jewish refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger than the state of New Jersey .
13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost. Israel defended itself each time and won.
14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied them.
15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the Jews were denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule, all Muslim and Christian sites have been preserved and made accessible to people of all faiths.
16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel.
17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
18. The UN was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.
19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like a policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
My thanks to Dr Alan Clifford.
An opposite view which contains a number of valid points. I do not accept the main thrust of the argument but for the sake of balance....
LINK: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=49032572390&h=LU8WD&u=bSHyA
Gene.
Mr Obama has listened to the extremest elements of the liberal church and has appointed New Hampshire’s Bishop Gene Robinson to open the first inaugural event with a prayer this coming Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial.Quelle surprise!
What should not surprise us however, about the heretical cleric is that he also said he would not use the name of Jesus in his prayer, lest it cause offence.
Looking handsome and not being George Bush seem to have got this ridiculous man elected to the most important post in the world.
Regular readers will recall that I supported Obama until I found out that he actually supports everything this Blog exists to attack.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Psalm 97 - an encouragement.
10] The Lord loves those who hate evil; he guards the lives of his faithful; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked. 11] Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. 12] Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
James Purnell: job creator extraordinaire.
Indubitably, Brown has created jobs. They have been for bureaucrats, the non-productive and of course, in quangos.His clone, James Purnell, is putting together a package to prove to the unemployed that Gord 'has not forgotten them'. Sweet!
Just two points though:
1] Where are the real jobs?
2] How come that such large percentages - in numerical terms, at least - have gone to new immigrants?
Monday, January 12, 2009
Right all along!
'Labour allowed a ‘free-for-all’ on immigration during its first years in power, a Cabinet minister has admitted.Large numbers of economic migrants were let into the country claiming they were asylum seekers, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said.'
Oh! So all those of us vilified as racist for pointing this out WERE right.
Trouble is - the damage is now done and the stable door remains open.
LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1112319/We-allowed-migrant-free-Blair-years-cabinet-minister-Hazel-Blears-says.html
Good news for UKIP?
Almost two-thirds of voters want a significant loosening of Britain's ties with the European Union including an end to the supremacy of the European Court of Justice, a new opinion poll reveals.Interestingly, the UKIP is showing at almost double the percentage that polls were showing five months before their successful 2004 campaign which embarrassed the Lib Dems so badly and did little good for Labour and the pro-EU tories.
Many conservatives will switch to UKIP because of the pro EU stance of their party.
If people were actually to vote for what they want in the EU elections in June - UKIP would easily emerge as the largest party.
Sadly, most voters will still vote for X or Y - For what reason? - "Because I always vote for them!" That is the single biggest reason why our politics is in such a mess and why tragically, people do get the government they deserve.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Could you make it up?
Gordon Brown is into job creation at the moment - big style!He has been advertising for a butler to serve drinks at cabinet meetings.
[That noise you keep hearing is Keir Hardy spinning in his grave.]
The job is only £30k per year, so it will not attract anybody of majordomal qualities - just the up-and-comers desperate to improve [?] their CVs.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Butchery in Worcestershire.
There are times when the abolition of the death penalty appears to be one of the greatest mistakes our society has ever made. Yesterday's slaughter in a local Post Office brings the matter into sharp relief.I can think of no other appropriate penalty for the perpetrators of this act - certainly, with particular regard paid to the cold-blooded vermin who pulled the trigger and arbitrarily removed a life and damaged other members of the victim's family for the remainder of their lives.
It is 100% morally unacceptable that our society grants people the right to slay others in the full freedom and knowledge that their own life will never be under any threat as a consequence.
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