My site is starting to develop a following, but they seem to be a very undecided group. Their faces are filled with questions.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
a critical group
My site is starting to develop a following, but they seem to be a very undecided group. Their faces are filled with questions.
going into marriage with a clear mind
An interesting study on the effects of oxytocin on mammals. Makes a good argument against using pre-marital sex as a "test" before marriage. http://www.oxytocin.org/oxy/wide.html (This same page has an interesting link for "When Is It Best To Take Crack Cocaine?" http://www.cocaine.org/)
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse (http://ruthinstitute.org/) has written a book on the same subject you might want to check out: "SMART SEX Finding Life Long Love in a Hook Up World" http://jennifer-roback-morse.com/pages/catalog.html#
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Lily Allen
http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/
Official Lily Allen web site. News/Blog/Message Board/Music Downloads/Gallery/Link/etc.
Official Lily Allen web site. News/Blog/Message Board/Music Downloads/Gallery/Link/etc.
'It's Not Me, It's Not You' release
| Start: | Feb 9, '09 |
Friday, November 28, 2008
official site of Neocatechumenal Way
http://www.camminoneocatecumenale.it/en/
don't accept any substitutes
don't accept any substitutes
Peoria Diocesan Office of Respect Life & Human Dignity
http://www.cdop.org/pages/EdRespectOffice.aspx
This office serves the Diocese of Peoria by:
Providing consultation and collaboration with parishes, educational and health institutions, the training of pastoral leaders on life issues, and serving as a resource and referral network for specific inquiries.
Introducing prolife issues into catechetical forums for children, adolescents and adults, as well as in ministerial formation studies.
Providing a referral network for individuals seeking assistance in addressing specialized issues within the prolife spectrum.
Serving as a resource for individuals and groups seeking information on church documents, teaching, and related literature.
Standing for the value of every human life by equipping people to develop a God-centered response to issues that threaten human life.
We are guided by the US Bishops' adherence to a consistent ethic of life approach in presenting the fullness of the Church's teaching
This office serves the Diocese of Peoria by:
Providing consultation and collaboration with parishes, educational and health institutions, the training of pastoral leaders on life issues, and serving as a resource and referral network for specific inquiries.
Introducing prolife issues into catechetical forums for children, adolescents and adults, as well as in ministerial formation studies.
Providing a referral network for individuals seeking assistance in addressing specialized issues within the prolife spectrum.
Serving as a resource for individuals and groups seeking information on church documents, teaching, and related literature.
Standing for the value of every human life by equipping people to develop a God-centered response to issues that threaten human life.
We are guided by the US Bishops' adherence to a consistent ethic of life approach in presenting the fullness of the Church's teaching
Catholic Diocese of Peoria
http://www.cdop.org/pages/
Information on the Bishop, officess, vocations, weekly newsletter, events calendar and press releases.
Information on the Bishop, officess, vocations, weekly newsletter, events calendar and press releases.
Welcome to the National Shrine of Saint Philomena
http://www.shrineofsaintphilomena.com
National Shrine of Saint Philomena in Miami, FL
National Shrine of Saint Philomena in Miami, FL
Benvenuti nel sito ufficiale del Santuario di Santa Filomena, Mugnano del Cardinale, Italia
http://www.philomena.it
The official site of the Shrine of St. Philomena in Mugnano, Italy.
The official site of the Shrine of St. Philomena in Mugnano, Italy.
XXXCHURCH.COM
http://www.x3church.com
A christian ministry to those nearly in, in, out, or trying to escape the pornography industry.
A christian ministry to those nearly in, in, out, or trying to escape the pornography industry.
Culvers
http://www.culvers.com/
You can check the Flavor of the Day at your local outlet online and print the calendar rather than drive by ever day just to check the sign.
You can check the Flavor of the Day at your local outlet online and print the calendar rather than drive by ever day just to check the sign.
Setting Captives Free
http://settingcaptivesfree.com/home/
Free resources for those with sexual and other addictions.
Free resources for those with sexual and other addictions.
Abortion - Pro Life - Click Here to See What Abortion Looks Like
http://priestsforlife.org/images
Caution! This site contains graphic images of abortions. Do not go here if you are squeamish.
Caution! This site contains graphic images of abortions. Do not go here if you are squeamish.
Peoria Pundit | News, politics and the media in the River City
http://peoriapundit.com/blog/
A real blog from a grade school and high school friend who finds himself as a outsider (freelance) journalist.
Enter at your own risk. He is an avowed libertarian and uses "eye candy" to boost his readership.
A real blog from a grade school and high school friend who finds himself as a outsider (freelance) journalist.
Enter at your own risk. He is an avowed libertarian and uses "eye candy" to boost his readership.
OpenOffice
http://OpenOffice.org
an alternative to Microsoft and the other expensive office document tools
an alternative to Microsoft and the other expensive office document tools
Another Journal Entry
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Music |
| Genre: | Christian & Gospel |
| Artist: | Barlow Girl |
actually Girl rocks!!!
The Best Things in Life
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Religion & Spirituality |
| Author: | Peter Kreeft |
The Unaborted Socrates
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Religion & Spirituality |
| Author: | Peter Kreeft |
Two-Part Invention
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Biographies & Memoirs |
| Author: | Madeleine L'Engle |
Mover of Men and Mountains
| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Biographies & Memoirs |
| Author: | R.G. LeTourneau |
In Defense of Life
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Other |
| Author: | John Cardinal O'Connor, D.D. |
Between Heaven and Hell
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Religion & Spirituality |
| Author: | Peter Kreeft |
A truly amazing divine coincidence, for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley
"All three believed, in different ways, that death is not the end of human life. Suppose they were right, and suppose they met after death. How might the conversation go?"
"Peter Kreeft imagines their discourse as a modern Socratic dialogue -- a part of The Great Conversation that has been going on for centuries. Does human life have meaning? Is it possible to know about life after death? What if one could prove that Jesus was God? Combining logical argument and literary imagination, Kreeft portrays Lewis as a Christian theist, Kennedy as a modern humanist and Huxley as an Eastern pantheist. Their interaction involves not only good thinking but good drama."
Australia pilgrimage photos
Until I populate this site, you can see photos of the Australia pilgrimage and other related events at Facebook (for those who have it)
Friday, November 21, 2008
pornography stats
Men admitting to accessing pornography at work-20%
U.S. adults who regularly visit Internet pornography websites-40 million
Promise Keeper men who viewed pornography in last week-53%
Christians who said pornography is a major problem in the home-47%
Adults admitting to Internet sexual addiction-10%
Breakdown of male/female visitors to pornography sites is 72% male & 28% female
Internet Pornography Sales-$4.9 billion
Pornographic websites-4.2 million (12% of total websites)
Pornographic pages-420 million
Daily pornographic search engine requests-68 million (25% of total search engine requests)
Daily pornographic e-mails-2.5 billion (8% of total emails)
Internet users who view porn-42.7%
89% of porn is created in the U.S.
$2.84 billion in revenue was generated from U.S. porn sites in 2006
Over $3k a second is spent on porn worldwide.
72% of porn viewers are men.
260 new porn sites go online daily.
Source: internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com
condom expose
An interesting article from Human Life International with statistics on condoms.
http://www.hli.org/condom_expose_complete.html
Here's an excerpt from the conclusion:
"If parachutes had the abysmal safety record that condoms do, skydiving would have been outlawed long ago. Add to this the fact that tens of thousands of people die of AIDS and other sexually‑transmitted diseases for every person who dies in a parachuting accident, and it is obvious that we are suffering from a major case of worldwide myopia. It is also obvious that most people would choose sudden death by parachute failure than a lingering, hideous wasting away at the `hands’ of the AIDS virus.
Condom promoters often make the following analogy.
If your child was in an airplane that was going to crash, wouldn’t you want him or her to have a parachute, even if it was only 90 percent effective?
This is obviously a false analogy.
If you, as a parent, already know that the airplane your children want to fly on is unsafe and will probably crash, your only realistic option is to stop him or her from boarding it in the first place!
Good Housekeeping Magazine will not even accept condom advertisements, because they are not reliable enough for its “Seal of Approval.”[60]
Apparently, when it comes to birth control, anything goes. What is apparently important is not whether or not you are safe, but whether or not you think you are safe."
Secret of the Catechist Revealed
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 8, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The secret to being a good catechist is to live what you preach, Benedict XVI told the bishops of Costa Rica.
The Pope said this today upon receiving the prelates in audience, led by the president of the episcopal conference, Bishop José Francisco Ulloa Rojas of Cartago. The bishops are in Rome for their five-yearly visit.
After discussing the possibility of a new evangelization in the country, in the face of a materialistic and secular culture, and the appearance of new religious movements and sects, the Holy Father analyzed the decisive importance of catechists.
"They undoubtedly deserve the gratitude, encouragement, and constant attention of their pastors," he said, "so they always systematically receive a solid Christian formation, taking into account as well that they are called to carry Christian values into the various areas of society: the world of work, of civil society and of politics."
Speaking particularly to catechists, the Pontiff reminded them to "unite the transmission of right doctrine with personal testimony, with the firm commitment to live according to the commandments of the Lord and with the lived experience of being faithful and active members of the Church."
"This example of life," according to Benedict XVI, "is necessary so that your instruction does not stay in a mere transmission of theoretical knowledge about the mysteries of God, but that it leads to embracing a Christian way of life."
This was already the case in the early Church, in which at the end of one's period of Christian initiation, "it was examined if the catechumens ‘have properly lived their catechumenate, if they honored widows, if they visited the sick, if they have done good works,'" the Pope said, citing the "Apostolic Tradition," one of the oldest ecclesiastical constitutions, written around 215.
Of the more than four million residents of Costa Rice, 76.3% of the population is Catholic. The 13.7% remaining belong to evangelical denominations. Jehovah's Witnesses account for 1.3% of the population.
The March for Life and the Religion of Abortion
I like Fr. Euteneuer's take on reality: that the pro-choice (pro-abortion)agenda is a demonic religion of sorts.
unique and useful tips
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove,
set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar/calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants; work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of
glass- the fibers catch ones you can't see!
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not
have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and - voila - static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out .
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include
something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper
than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2"
with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," & can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, esp. if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
Take baby powder to the beach
Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When your ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove,
set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar/calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants; work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of
glass- the fibers catch ones you can't see!
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not
have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and - voila - static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out .
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include
something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper
than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2"
with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," & can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, esp. if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
Take baby powder to the beach
Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When your ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.
MySpace, YourSpace, and Cybersex
An eye-opening conference I attended: http://www.internetbehavior.com/antioch/antioch-h.pdf
hermaphrodite fish
With all the reports on global warming and overpoulation, very little is heard about another very real danger. What happens to all the excess anti-reproductive hormones disposed into our environment every day? Read about this threat to wildlife (and humans?) exposed to this hazard.
church clothes
A little boy was walking down a dirt road after church one Sunday afternoon when he came to a crossroads where he met a little girl coming from the other direction.
"If I get my new Sunday dress wet my Mom's going to skin me alive," said the little girl.
"My Mom'll tan my hide too if I get my new Sunday suit wet," replied the little boy.
"I tell you what I think I'll do," said the little girl. "I'm gonna pull off all my clothes and hold them over my head and wade across."
"That's a good idea," replied the little boy. "I'm going to do the same thing with my suit."
"Hello," said the little boy.
"Hi," replied the little girl.
"Where are you going?" asked the little boy.
"I've been to church this morning and I'm on my way home," answered the little girl.
"Me too," replied the little boy. "I'm also on my way home from church."
"Which church do you go to?" asked the little boy.
"I go to the Baptist church back down the road," replied the little girl. "What about you?"
"I go to the Methodist church back at the top of the hill," replied the little boy.
"Hi," replied the little girl.
"Where are you going?" asked the little boy.
"I've been to church this morning and I'm on my way home," answered the little girl.
"Me too," replied the little boy. "I'm also on my way home from church."
"Which church do you go to?" asked the little boy.
"I go to the Baptist church back down the road," replied the little girl. "What about you?"
"I go to the Methodist church back at the top of the hill," replied the little boy.
They discover that they are both going the same way so they decided that they'd walk together. Then they came to a low spot in the road where spring rains had partially flooded the road and found there was no way that they could get across to the other side without getting wet.
"My Mom'll tan my hide too if I get my new Sunday suit wet," replied the little boy.
"I tell you what I think I'll do," said the little girl. "I'm gonna pull off all my clothes and hold them over my head and wade across."
"That's a good idea," replied the little boy. "I'm going to do the same thing with my suit."
So they both undressed and waded across to the other side without getting their clothes wet. They were standing there in the sun waiting to drip dry before putting their clothes back on when the little boy finally remarked...
"You know, I never did realize before just how much difference there really is between a Baptist and a Methodist."
"You know, I never did realize before just how much difference there really is between a Baptist and a Methodist."
AFLAC scam
Watch out for this scam. Police are urging visitors to the city center to be especially vigilant for a new gang operating a slick routine that is aimed at stealing from unwary persons.
They say that the gang usually comprises four members, one adult and three cute little ones. While the three younger ones, all appearing sweet and innocent, divert their "mark" (or intended target) with a show of friendliness and fun, the fourth - the eldest - sneaks in from behind the person's back to expertly rifle undetected through his or her pockets and bags for any valuables being carried.
The attached picture taken from CCTV operating in the inner city shows the gang in operation.
Attachment: AFLAC_scam.jpg
Can cold water clean dishes?
This is for all the germ conscious folks that worry about using cold water to clean. John went to visit his 90 year old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of Georgia.
After spending a great evening chatting the night away, John's grandfather prepared breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. However, John noticed a film like substance on his plate, and questioned his grandfather asking, "Are these plates clean?" His grandfather replied, "They're as clean as cold water can get them. Just you go ahead and finish your meal, Sonny!"
For lunch the old man made hamburgers. Again, John was concerned about the plates as his appeared to have tiny specks around the edge that looked like dried egg and asked, "Are you sure these plates are clean?"
Without looking up the old man said, "I told you before, Sonny, those dishes are as clean as cold water can get them. Now don't you fret, I don't want to hear another word about it!" Later that afternoon, John was on his way to a nearby town and as he was leaving, his grandfather's dog started to growl, and wouldn't let him pass. John yelled and said, "Grandfather, your dog won't let me get to my car".
Without diverting his attention from the football game he was watching on TV, the old man shouted ...
"COLDWATER, GO LAY DOWN!!!"
(see attachment to meet Coldwater)
Attachment: coldy.GIF
Who? Me an ideologue?
Since there so little dialogue on this board, does that make me an ideologue? It's not that I discourage discussion.
The Cracked Pot
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."
The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?" That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them." For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way y! ou are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.
SO, to all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the path!
HTML magic
X and O
This is pretty unique - don't ask me how they do it.
Place your mouse on the X below and drag to the O.
XEven though you can't see Him, GOD is there!O
mousetrap
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.
What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning : There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr.Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose."
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital , and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.
But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness. So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.
reading test
Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers
in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat
ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas
Tghuhot slpelin was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!
Psas Ti ON !
Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers
in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat
ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas
Tghuhot slpelin was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!
Psas Ti ON !
fun facts
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". (Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say . a e i o u)
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say . a e i o u)
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my memory span is)
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my memory span is)
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.)
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
new form of baptism?
After a hardy rainstorm filled all the potholes in the streets and alleys, a young mother watched her two little boys playing in the puddle through her kitchen window. The older of the two, a five year old lad, grabbed his sibling by the back of his head and shoved his face into the water hole. As the boy recovered and stood laughing and dripping, the mother runs to the yard in a panic. "Why on earth did you do that to your little brother?" she says as she shook the older boy in anger "We were just playing church mommy," he said. "And I was just baptizng him
...in the name of the Father, the Son and in...the hole-he-goes.
...in the name of the Father, the Son and in...the hole-he-goes.
To Catch a Predator
After the Nth edition of "To Catch a Predator" on Dateline NBC, why do they never get to a root cause? Why are all these men (predominantly) out hunting for real-life encounters with youthful boys and girls? I know the answer. Do you?
Visual Learning and the Culture of Life
An interesting article by the neice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
secret of cross
"The secret contained in the cross, or rather in the message of the cross, is that out of love for us Jesus died, and in his death and resurrection destroyed death and gave us eternal life."
(Father Ulrich Hennes, Secretary of World Youth Day in his greeting at the arrival of the World Youth Day cross in Cologne).
JS op ed
I got myself published in the Journal Star 14Aug2006,
sharing the page with Ellen Goodman. I plead guilty to being a little bizarre.
faulty logic of Roe v. Wade
My search on the net was fruitless, but maybe you will be successful.
A research paper on the faulty logic of Roe v. Wade: "The Second Holocaust" by Paul S. Collignon
not only al-Qaeda favors decapitating it's enemies
Read about an animated video from San Francisco Planned Parenthood depicting "Elimination" of Christians
I just wish they would disappear. Hey, that gives me an idea! . . . That’s more like it.
– “Dionysus” as she eliminates peaceful Christian protesters in the animated video A Superhero for CHOICE, PPGG, 2005 (The video also shows a protester being decapitated. In Greek mythology, “Dionysus” is the god of wine and a religion based on frenzied sexual activity celebrating power and fertility of nature.)
what's in a name?
I read that Planned Parenthood now treats Sexually Trasmitted Infections. I guess an infection sounds better than a disease. Easily treated and doesn't leave long-term effects. But why do you have to report an STI to the Center for Disease Control?
American "saints"
Some interesting links concerning witnesses to Christainity that have walked among us:
About Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha and influence of Christianity on native American culture. http://www.bluecloud.org/religion.html
About St. Marguerite d'Youville and Montreal's Grey Nuns. http://www.greynun.org
John Cardinal O'Connor's homily on virtues of Ven. Pierre Toussaint. http://www.cny.org/archive/ch/ch050699.htm
Website in honor of Blessed Francis Seelos. http://www.seelos.org/
Operation Save The Kittens
Only if you're not easily offended . . .
Read more about Operation Save The Kittens (OSTK) here http://x3church.com/X3_pages/pornpatrol/savethekittens.php
or listen to the song http://triplexchurch.com/Kittens.mp3
happiness
still cleaning out my archives . . .
"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them but that they seize us." -- Ashley Montagnu
"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them but that they seize us." -- Ashley Montagnu
difference between men & women
If you're easily offended, don't read further. This is another quote I dug out of my archives. Maybe it should have stayed there.
"Men cannot bitch back for hormonal reasons and often have no recourse but violence." -- an unidentified Australian judge, whose response to a government survey on domestic violence said that women often invite assault by men with "nagging" and "bitching."
"Men cannot bitch back for hormonal reasons and often have no recourse but violence." -- an unidentified Australian judge, whose response to a government survey on domestic violence said that women often invite assault by men with "nagging" and "bitching."
constructive criticism
While cleaning out my archives, I found this quote:
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger" -- Franklin P. Jones
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger" -- Franklin P. Jones
googling myself
See attachment for an interesting result from 3/18/2006 4:52 PM. Not sure if it was a comment made about my web page or someone else's.
Here's a current search. Several Facebook references and a reference on the R.G. LeTourneau geneology site. We're not related that I know but Iam a big fan,
Attachment: Google.jpg
from the archives
This is something I found on a disk from 2000.
For Peoria diocese pilgrims, Holy Land was a ‘living experience’
By Amy Riedell of The Catholic Post
Tracing the footsteps of Jesus in the Holy Land and praying at the sites of His birth, ministry and death served as a study of the "fifth Gospel" for 11 pilgrims from the Diocese of Peoria.
"It just made the Scriptures come alive," said Gabriela Coronado, a member of St. Martin de Porres Parish in Peoria. "You can see God's plan through this land -- how He's always blessed it."
The pilgrims, who are associated , with the Neocatechumenal Way, traveled to Israel with 100 members of the movement the same week of Pope John Paul ll's historic visit.
The group's spiritual guides referred to the Holy Land as the "fifth Gospel,” Coronado said, because "the whole place radiates God's mercy through the years."
The trip was "a true pilgrimage -- a spiritual journey,” according to Father Donald Roszkowski, pastor of St. Paul's Parish in Odell and Sacred Heart in Campus.
The pilgrims left for Israel on March 21 and arrived home in separate groups on March 29 or March 31.
Highlights of the trip included visits to Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cana, the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, the Sea of Galilee and the Church of the Visitation, which marks the spot where Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth.
On Friday, March 24, the group joined tens of thousands of pilgrims at a Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul on the Mount of Beatitudes, the hill by the Sea of Galilee where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
The other pilgrims on the trip were: Bob, Dorothy, Matt and Michelle Bousek, Clark and Gayle Johnson, Sharon Litchfield, Krystyna Lozowska and Tim Opperman. The 10 lay people are all associated with the Neocatechurnenal Way group at St. Philomena's Parish in Peoria. Father Roszkowski has assisted with the group since his ordination in 1997.
Members of the Neocatechumenal Way, a movement dedicated to catechesis and evangelization within the Catholic Church, are encouraged to accompany the pope at major events whenever possible.
In Israel, a team of clergy and laity associated with the Neocatechumenal Way led the pilgrims in catechesis and reflection to help them apply the spiritual significance of the holy sites to their lives.
At the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus walked on water, the pilgrims reflected on "how we are called to keep our eyes always on Christ and how He is always there to pick us up," Coronado said.
The pilgrims experienced Bethlehem as the town were Jesus was born and "a place where Jesus can be born in us;' she said. And at Nazareth, where the angel Gabriel told Mary she had been chosen to be the mother of the Messiah, the message was "God wants to do wonderful things for us and He's waiting for our 'yes,"' Coronado said. The catechesis made the trip "a living experience,' she added, because "today God can give me this same grace" associated with the holy sites of 2,000 years ago.
For Father Roszkowski, the three major highlights of the pilgrimage were visits to Calvary, the Sea of Galilee, and the Upper Room, where the apostles gathered for the Last Supper and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. In the Upper Room, "people were singing the same song in six different languages, and we understood each other," Father Roszkowski said. "It was like our own little Pentecost." Seeing Calvary, the hill where Jesus was crucified and died, "brought tears to my eyes," he said. "It touched my soul deeply."
At the Mass with Pope John Paul, the pilgrims had a good view from a hillside located to the side of the altar. Although news accounts reported 50,000 people were gathered for the liturgy, Coronado heard an estimate of 80,000 that day.
"Hearing the vicar of Christ speak to us at the same place" where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount was "incredible," Father Roszkowski said. The "power and presence" of the pope made his homily all the more memorable, he added.
He really spoke to me," said Coronado. His homily, she said, encouraged the pilgrims to "live the Beatitudes right now in the third rnillennium and be the disciples who preach the Gospel" to today's world.
The pope's message told the pilgrims "not to despair," said Krystyna Lozowska, a member of St. Philomena's Parish. "Christ overcame sin and death.
The Holy Father, who despite his weakened physical appearance spoke with a strong voice, also spoke of the meaning found in suffering. "There is no other way to eternal life but through the cross, Lozowska said.
As a result of the pilgrimage, Lozowska purchased a breviary so she can pray the Divine Office each day. “I just want to read the Bible now,” she said. “I’m more attentive at Mass, (because) I’ve been there and I’ve seen those places.”
"thought for today" and everyday
"It is proof of God's own love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners." (Romans 5:8)
The same God yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
One Man's View (a voice from the grave)
I have lived in prison for a long time now and I’ve met a lot of men who were motivated to violence just like me. And without exception, every one of them was deeply involved in pornography, without a question, deeply influenced and consumed by an addiction to pornography.
-Ted Bundy interview shortly before execution
sickness and betrayal path to holiness
Faith enables one to turn sickness and even betrayal by friends into a path of "interior freedom," says John Paul II.
The Pope made that point at today's general audience, in St. Peter's Square, which he dedicated to a reflection on Psalm 40(41). Jesus himself quoted the Psalm during the Last Supper.
The prayer is expressed by "a person who is certainly suffering because of his sickness but above all suffers because of the cruel irony of his enemies and even because of the betrayal of a friend," the Holy Father explained.
"Suffering in itself can conceal a secret value and become a path of purification, of interior freedom, of enrichment of the soul," he said.
"It invites one to overcome superficiality, vanity, egoism, sin, and to entrust oneself more intensely to God and his salvific will," the Pope added.
Psalm 40(41) describes the experience of "many humbled poor, condemned to be alone and to feel themselves a burden to the very members of their family. And if, perhaps, they receive a word of consolation, they perceive immediately its false and hypocritical tone," he noted.
"The bitterness is profound, when the one who strikes is the friend whom one trusted," John Paul II said when meditating on this biblical poetic composition. "In our praying man resounds the voice of a throng of people forgotten and humiliated in their infirmity and weakness, including by those who should have supported them."
Yet, the Psalm does not end on a gloomy note. "The one praying is certain that God will appear on his horizon, revealing his love once again. He will offer him support and take the infirm in his arms," the Pope said.
John Paul II's reflection was part of his series of commentaries on the Psalms and canticles that form part of the Liturgy of Vespers, the evening prayer of the Church. They may be consulted in the Wednesday's Audience section of ZENIT's Web page.
The Pope made that point at today's general audience, in St. Peter's Square, which he dedicated to a reflection on Psalm 40(41). Jesus himself quoted the Psalm during the Last Supper.
The prayer is expressed by "a person who is certainly suffering because of his sickness but above all suffers because of the cruel irony of his enemies and even because of the betrayal of a friend," the Holy Father explained.
"Suffering in itself can conceal a secret value and become a path of purification, of interior freedom, of enrichment of the soul," he said.
"It invites one to overcome superficiality, vanity, egoism, sin, and to entrust oneself more intensely to God and his salvific will," the Pope added.
Psalm 40(41) describes the experience of "many humbled poor, condemned to be alone and to feel themselves a burden to the very members of their family. And if, perhaps, they receive a word of consolation, they perceive immediately its false and hypocritical tone," he noted.
"The bitterness is profound, when the one who strikes is the friend whom one trusted," John Paul II said when meditating on this biblical poetic composition. "In our praying man resounds the voice of a throng of people forgotten and humiliated in their infirmity and weakness, including by those who should have supported them."
Yet, the Psalm does not end on a gloomy note. "The one praying is certain that God will appear on his horizon, revealing his love once again. He will offer him support and take the infirm in his arms," the Pope said.
John Paul II's reflection was part of his series of commentaries on the Psalms and canticles that form part of the Liturgy of Vespers, the evening prayer of the Church. They may be consulted in the Wednesday's Audience section of ZENIT's Web page.
terror comes home
thanks to my friends @ CNN:
Chronology of terror
September 11, 2001 Posted: 9:27 PM EDT (0127 GMT)
8:30 p.m. (all times are EDT): President Bush addresses the nation, saying "thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil" and asks for prayers for the families and friends of Tuesday's victims. "These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve," he says. The president says the U.S. government will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed the acts and those who harbor them. He adds that government offices in Washington are reopening for essential personnel Tuesday night and for all workers Wednesday.
7:45 p.m.: The New York Police Department says that at least 78 officers are missing. The city also says that as many as half of the first 400 firefighters on the scene were killed.
7:02 p.m.: CNN's Paula Zahn reports the Marriott Hotel near the World Trade Center is on the verge of collapse and says some New York bridges are now open to outbound traffic.
7:17 p.m.: U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says the FBI is setting up a Web site for tips on the attacks: www.ifccfbi.gov. He also says family and friends of possible victims can leave contact information at 800-331-0075.
6:54 p.m.: Bush arrives back at the White House aboard Marine One and is scheduled to address the nation at 8:30 p.m. The president earlier landed at Andrews Air Force Base with a three-fighter jet escort. CNN's John King reports Laura Bush arrived earlier by motorcade from a "secure location."
6:40 p.m.: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld holds a news conference in the Pentagon, noting the building is operational. "It will be in business tomorrow," he says.
6:10 p.m.: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay home Wednesday if they can.
6 p.m.: Explosions are heard in Kabul, Afghanistan, hours after terrorist attacks targeted financial and military centers in the United States. The attacks occurred at 2:30 a.m. local time. Afghanistan is believed to be the home of Saudi militant Osama bin Laden, who U.S. officials say is possibly behind Tuesday's deadly attacks. U.S. officials say later that the United States had no involvement in the incident whatsoever.
5:30 p.m.: CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King reports that U.S. officials say the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania could have been headed for one of three possible targets: Camp David, the White House or the U.S. Capitol building.
5:20 p.m.: The 47-story Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex collapses. The evacuated building is damaged when the twin towers across the street collapse earlier in the day. Other nearby buildings in the area remain ablaze.
5:15 p.m.: CNN Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre reports fires are still burning in part of the Pentagon. No death figures have been released yet.
4:30 p.m.: The president leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska aboard Air Force One to return to Washington.
4:25 p.m.: The American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange say they will remain closed Wednesday.
4:20 p.m.: U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Florida, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he was "not surprised there was an attack (but) was surprised at the specificity." He says he was "shocked at what actually happened -- the extent of it."
4:10 p.m.: Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex is reported on fire.
4:06 p.m.: California Gov. Gray Davis dispatches urban search-and-rescue teams to New York City.
4 p.m: CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor reports that U.S. officials say there are "good indications" that bin Laden is involved in the attacks, based on "new and specific" information developed since the attacks.
3:55 p.m.: Giuliani now says the number of critically injured in New York City is up to 200 with 2,100 total injuries reported.
3:55 p.m.: Karen Hughes, a White House counselor, says the president is at an undisclosed location, later revealed to be an Air Force base in Nebraska, and is conducting a National Security Council meeting by phone. Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice are in a security facility at the White House. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is at the Pentagon.
2:49 p.m.: At a news conference, Giuliani says that subway and bus service are restored in New York City. Asked about the number of people killed, Giuliani says, "I don't think we want to speculate about that -- more than any of us can bear."
2:30 p.m.: The FAA announces there will be no U.S. commercial air traffic until noon EDT Wednesday.
2 p.m.: Senior FBI sources tell CNN they are working on the assumption that the four airplanes that crashed were hijacked as part of a terrorist attack.
1:48 p.m.: President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana aboard Air Force One and flies to an undisclosed location.
1:44 p.m.: The Pentagon says five warships and two aircraft carriers will leave the U.S. Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, to protect the East Coast from further attack and to reduce the number of ships in port. The two carriers, the USS George Washington and the USS John F. Kennedy, are headed for the New York coast. The other ships headed to sea are frigates and guided missile destroyers capable of shooting down aircraft.
1:27 p.m.: A state of emergency is declared by the city of Washington.
1:04 p.m.: Bush, speaking from Barksdale Air Force Base, says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide. He asks for prayers for those killed or wounded in the attacks and says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
12:30 p.m.: The FAA says 50 flights are in U.S. airspace, but none are reporting any problems.
12:15 p.m.: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision has been made about closing borders.
12:15 p.m: San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down. The airport was the destination of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania.
12:04 p.m.: Los Angeles International Airport is evacuated.
11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.
11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175.
11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Washington's Dulles Airport to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
11:16 a.m.: CNN reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing emergency-response teams in a precautionary move.
11:02 a.m.: Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.
10:57 a.m.: New York Gov. George Pataki says all state government offices are closed.
10:54 a.m.: Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions.
10:53 a.m.: New York's primary elections scheduled for today are postponed.
10.48 a.m.: Police confirm the crash of a large plane in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
10.46 a.m.: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the United States.
10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.
10:24 a.m.: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.
10:22 a.m.: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with the World Bank.
10:13 a.m.: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.
10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:08 a.m.: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.
9:57 a.m.: Bush departs from Florida.
9:45 a.m.: The White House evacuates.
9:43 a.m.: An aircraft crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.
9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
9:30 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack."
9:21 a.m.: New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area closed
9:17 a.m.: The FAA shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:03 a.m.: A second plane, apparently a passenger jet, crashes into the second World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning.
8:45 a.m.: A large plane, possibly a hijacked airliner, crashes into one of the World Trade Center towers, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.
Chronology of terror
September 11, 2001 Posted: 9:27 PM EDT (0127 GMT)
8:30 p.m. (all times are EDT): President Bush addresses the nation, saying "thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil" and asks for prayers for the families and friends of Tuesday's victims. "These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve," he says. The president says the U.S. government will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed the acts and those who harbor them. He adds that government offices in Washington are reopening for essential personnel Tuesday night and for all workers Wednesday.
7:45 p.m.: The New York Police Department says that at least 78 officers are missing. The city also says that as many as half of the first 400 firefighters on the scene were killed.
7:02 p.m.: CNN's Paula Zahn reports the Marriott Hotel near the World Trade Center is on the verge of collapse and says some New York bridges are now open to outbound traffic.
7:17 p.m.: U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says the FBI is setting up a Web site for tips on the attacks: www.ifccfbi.gov. He also says family and friends of possible victims can leave contact information at 800-331-0075.
6:54 p.m.: Bush arrives back at the White House aboard Marine One and is scheduled to address the nation at 8:30 p.m. The president earlier landed at Andrews Air Force Base with a three-fighter jet escort. CNN's John King reports Laura Bush arrived earlier by motorcade from a "secure location."
6:40 p.m.: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld holds a news conference in the Pentagon, noting the building is operational. "It will be in business tomorrow," he says.
6:10 p.m.: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay home Wednesday if they can.
6 p.m.: Explosions are heard in Kabul, Afghanistan, hours after terrorist attacks targeted financial and military centers in the United States. The attacks occurred at 2:30 a.m. local time. Afghanistan is believed to be the home of Saudi militant Osama bin Laden, who U.S. officials say is possibly behind Tuesday's deadly attacks. U.S. officials say later that the United States had no involvement in the incident whatsoever.
5:30 p.m.: CNN Senior White House Correspondent John King reports that U.S. officials say the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania could have been headed for one of three possible targets: Camp David, the White House or the U.S. Capitol building.
5:20 p.m.: The 47-story Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex collapses. The evacuated building is damaged when the twin towers across the street collapse earlier in the day. Other nearby buildings in the area remain ablaze.
5:15 p.m.: CNN Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre reports fires are still burning in part of the Pentagon. No death figures have been released yet.
4:30 p.m.: The president leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska aboard Air Force One to return to Washington.
4:25 p.m.: The American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange say they will remain closed Wednesday.
4:20 p.m.: U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Florida, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he was "not surprised there was an attack (but) was surprised at the specificity." He says he was "shocked at what actually happened -- the extent of it."
4:10 p.m.: Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex is reported on fire.
4:06 p.m.: California Gov. Gray Davis dispatches urban search-and-rescue teams to New York City.
4 p.m: CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor reports that U.S. officials say there are "good indications" that bin Laden is involved in the attacks, based on "new and specific" information developed since the attacks.
3:55 p.m.: Giuliani now says the number of critically injured in New York City is up to 200 with 2,100 total injuries reported.
3:55 p.m.: Karen Hughes, a White House counselor, says the president is at an undisclosed location, later revealed to be an Air Force base in Nebraska, and is conducting a National Security Council meeting by phone. Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice are in a security facility at the White House. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is at the Pentagon.
2:49 p.m.: At a news conference, Giuliani says that subway and bus service are restored in New York City. Asked about the number of people killed, Giuliani says, "I don't think we want to speculate about that -- more than any of us can bear."
2:30 p.m.: The FAA announces there will be no U.S. commercial air traffic until noon EDT Wednesday.
2 p.m.: Senior FBI sources tell CNN they are working on the assumption that the four airplanes that crashed were hijacked as part of a terrorist attack.
1:48 p.m.: President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana aboard Air Force One and flies to an undisclosed location.
1:44 p.m.: The Pentagon says five warships and two aircraft carriers will leave the U.S. Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, to protect the East Coast from further attack and to reduce the number of ships in port. The two carriers, the USS George Washington and the USS John F. Kennedy, are headed for the New York coast. The other ships headed to sea are frigates and guided missile destroyers capable of shooting down aircraft.
1:27 p.m.: A state of emergency is declared by the city of Washington.
1:04 p.m.: Bush, speaking from Barksdale Air Force Base, says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide. He asks for prayers for those killed or wounded in the attacks and says: "Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
12:30 p.m.: The FAA says 50 flights are in U.S. airspace, but none are reporting any problems.
12:15 p.m.: The Immigration and Naturalization Service says U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico are on the highest state of alert, but no decision has been made about closing borders.
12:15 p.m: San Francisco International Airport is evacuated and shut down. The airport was the destination of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania.
12:04 p.m.: Los Angeles International Airport is evacuated.
11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.
11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175.
11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Washington's Dulles Airport to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
11:16 a.m.: CNN reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing emergency-response teams in a precautionary move.
11:02 a.m.: Giuliani urges New Yorkers to stay at home and orders an evacuation of the area south of Canal Street.
10:57 a.m.: New York Gov. George Pataki says all state government offices are closed.
10:54 a.m.: Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions.
10:53 a.m.: New York's primary elections scheduled for today are postponed.
10.48 a.m.: Police confirm the crash of a large plane in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
10.46 a.m.: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell cuts short his trip to Latin America to return to the United States.
10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.
10:24 a.m.: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the United States are being diverted to Canada.
10:22 a.m.: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with the World Bank.
10:13 a.m.: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the headquarters building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.
10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses.
10:08 a.m.: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.
9:57 a.m.: Bush departs from Florida.
9:45 a.m.: The White House evacuates.
9:43 a.m.: An aircraft crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.
9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
9:30 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack."
9:21 a.m.: New York City Port Authority orders all bridges and tunnels in the New York City area closed
9:17 a.m.: The FAA shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:03 a.m.: A second plane, apparently a passenger jet, crashes into the second World Trade Center tower and explodes. Both buildings are burning.
8:45 a.m.: A large plane, possibly a hijacked airliner, crashes into one of the World Trade Center towers, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.
examination
"All in one word, too, one little, flat, deadly word that covers a lifetime.
'Living in sin'; not just doing wrong ... knowing it is wrong, stopping doing it, forgetting. That is not what they mean ...
Living in sin, with sin, by sin, for sin, every hour, every day, year in, year out. Waking up with sin in the morning, seeing the curtains drawn on sin, bathing it, dressing it, clipping diamonds to it, feeding it, showing it round, giving it a good time, putting it to sleep at night with a tablet of Dial if it's fretful."
- Julia in Brideshead Revisited
a modern prophet
... it was a vision of freedom based upon the fear of God and the respect for law. And why is it that out of the mouths of all our statesman we hear all these great emotional words but they won't speak the simple truths that all our founders from Washington through Jefferson to Lincoln and every President spoke until we got to our own cowardly times. We are not going to remain a free people if we insist on being a corrupt and licentious people. We are not going to remain a free people if we arrogate to ourselves the right to destroy the rights of others. And that's exactly what we are doing when we embrace the so-call pro-choice the truly pro-abortion agenda. My friends, I think it is empty to praise the courage of the men and women who have died in the service of this country's freedom and its principles and yet decide that we shall lack the courage to stand up for those principles --many or few or even alone, if we must. Because that is, in fact, the courage that built America. This nation was not, as some would have us believe, a dream of material progress and prosperity and great cities and mountains of money. I'm glad that we have achieved that prosperity even though it came at much expense to some of my forebears, those who toiled in the depths of slavery. They had an understanding of the real dream of American freedom. It's the dream of moral dignity that comes from respecting our true moral capacity. It's the dream of self-government that comes from respecting the fact in the end freedom is not just a choice, it is not just an opportunity. It can be a burden and a sacrifice and an obligation, and, above all, it is the obligation to respect the truth of our moral identity. That moral identity can unite us across every line of race and color and creed so long as we have the courage to stand for it. I think you know by now looking at the Clinton administration that if we as Republicans abandon that line of principle it will surely be abandoned in America. But I can also tell you this in warning, that if you abandon that line of principle, there are Americans that will fight, few or many, alone if we must, to make sure it prevails. At every point in our history when we had a choice between right and wrong, in the end, this country chose what was right and we can be grateful for it and I think we shall do it again because we know that the real heroes in America are those who in their families and their daily lives respect the truth that we must meet the obligations and sacrifices of freedom before we claim its privileges and benefits That means as well that, come what may, even if it means that we must sacrifice in our personal lives, we have to stand where our founders stood on the belief that you cannot have the right to do what is wrong, but that if we build self-government on a true adherence to the principles of justice then we shall hold up a beacon of right and hope for all of humankind to understand the true destiny of mankind.
Alan Keyes ~1995
Welcome
Welcome to the new Peoria Adventures. Whether you are a manager, member, or visitor here, we hope you enjoy this remnant of my Multiply group.
See some posts I've transferred over from my old site.
See some posts I've transferred over from my old site.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)