ABC News reports on the 'Minutemen' Volunteers Watching the 370-mile Arizona border. Incensed was one comment by Ray Borane, the mayor of nearby Douglas, a border town of 15,000 mostly Hispanic residents.
"They have a lynch-mob mentality, especially when it comes to dealing with illegal immigrants," he said. "[The Minutemen] have no training, no sensitivity. They come in here and have a good time chasing these people down and then leave. That doesn't set very well with us here."
If the "vigilantes," make you as incensed as Mr. Borane, fret not because ABC says that "Mexican reporters were watching American reporters watching the Minutemen, Border Patrol and ACLU volunteers." Sometimes I wonder who the real Vigilantes are.
Monday, April 4
Is There a New Way?
Elizabeth Day reports on Anglican Bishop Gene Robinson, who has sparked outrage for suggesting that Jesus might have been homosexual. Robinson was asked a question from a member of a congregation he was addressing recently. The question was about the acceptance of homosexuality in the Anglican community and the scriptural teaching on repentance of sins and redemption. Robinson responded by saying:
"Interestingly enough, in this day of traditional family values, this man that we follow was single, as far as we know, travelled with a bunch of men, had a disciple who was known as 'the one whom Jesus loved' and said my family is not my mother and father, my family is those who do the will of God. None of us likes those harsh words. That's who Jesus is, that's who he was at heart, in his earthly life. Those who would posit the nuclear family as the be all and end all of God's creation probably don't find that much in the gospels to support it."
A spokesman for the evangelical organisation, Anglican Mainstream, said: "He's really selective in what he's addressing. He makes no mention of Jesus's teaching on marriage, for instance. And he does not acknowledge that nowhere in the text or in ancient literature is there any suggestion of any form of sexual impropriety among Jesus or the disciples. Jesus broke the cultural traditions of the time and has women mixing with men in public and having them teaching."
The spokesman finished his remarks by saying, "those of us who put scripture as a priority are called on to obey the scripture even when that is in conflict with our culture."
"Interestingly enough, in this day of traditional family values, this man that we follow was single, as far as we know, travelled with a bunch of men, had a disciple who was known as 'the one whom Jesus loved' and said my family is not my mother and father, my family is those who do the will of God. None of us likes those harsh words. That's who Jesus is, that's who he was at heart, in his earthly life. Those who would posit the nuclear family as the be all and end all of God's creation probably don't find that much in the gospels to support it."
A spokesman for the evangelical organisation, Anglican Mainstream, said: "He's really selective in what he's addressing. He makes no mention of Jesus's teaching on marriage, for instance. And he does not acknowledge that nowhere in the text or in ancient literature is there any suggestion of any form of sexual impropriety among Jesus or the disciples. Jesus broke the cultural traditions of the time and has women mixing with men in public and having them teaching."
The spokesman finished his remarks by saying, "those of us who put scripture as a priority are called on to obey the scripture even when that is in conflict with our culture."
Thursday, March 31
A Chimpanzee?
Reuters reports on training that the Belgian police force has conducted.
On the cover of the training presentation a picture of president Bush's face was shown beside photographs of a chimpanzee. The purpose of the training was to aid officers in dealing with unruly soccer fans. I'm sure someone has an inkling as to the logic for this, but I'm a little slow to understand the point.
Read full story here.
On the cover of the training presentation a picture of president Bush's face was shown beside photographs of a chimpanzee. The purpose of the training was to aid officers in dealing with unruly soccer fans. I'm sure someone has an inkling as to the logic for this, but I'm a little slow to understand the point.
Read full story here.
Monday, March 28
The Galveston Plan
The AP reports on three Texas counties who are among a small number of state and local governments around the country that opted out of Social Security for government employees or never joined up at all, like Massachusetts and Ohio years ago.
An Estimation of the plan on an employee who works 37 years at an average of $25,596 a year with a monthly benefit of $1,250, versus $669 from Social Security. An employee who worked the same amount of time, but earned $75,000, would get $3,663 a month, compared with $1,301 on Social Security.
Read the ful story here.
An Estimation of the plan on an employee who works 37 years at an average of $25,596 a year with a monthly benefit of $1,250, versus $669 from Social Security. An employee who worked the same amount of time, but earned $75,000, would get $3,663 a month, compared with $1,301 on Social Security.
Read the ful story here.
Friday, March 25
`We Don't Want Your Oil'
I thought you might enjoy some insightful remarks from Sen. Harry Reid, the Senate minority leader. Sen. Reid recently visited Iraq as reported in Wednesday's Las Vegas Review-Journal.
"Every place we went, there were people with guns: men, women," said Reid, D-Nev. "It was remarkable."
"A lot of troops from Nevada aren't kids. They're white-haired men."
"Every place we went, there were people with guns: men, women," said Reid, D-Nev. "It was remarkable."
"A lot of troops from Nevada aren't kids. They're white-haired men."
"I told the Iraqis every chance I got, `We don't want your oil."
Ok, so... Well, thank you for the powerful insight senator.
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