Rhoda

[rhodahughes52]

This is a statement that was read over the PAsystem at the football game at Roane County High School , Kingston , Tennessee, by school Principal, Jody McLeod

"It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games, to say a prayer and play the National Anthem, to honor God and Country.."

Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am told that saying a Prayer is a violation of Federal Case Law. As I
understand the law at this time, I can use this public facility to approve of sexual perversion and call it "an alternate life style," and if someone is offended, that's OK.

I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity, by dispensing condoms and calling it, "safe sex." If someone is offended, that's OK.

I can even use this public facility to present the merits of killing an unborn baby as a "viable! means of birth control." If someone is offended, no problem...

I can designate a school day as "Earth Day" and involve students in activities to worship religiously and praise the goddess "Mother Earth" and call it "ecology.."

I can use literature, videos and presentations in the classroom that depicts people with strong, traditional Christian convictions as "simple minded" and "ignorant" and call it "enlightenment.."

However, if anyone uses this facility to honor GOD and to ask HIM to Bless this event with safety and good sportsmanship, then Federal Case Law is violated.

This appears to be inconsistent at best, and at worst, diabolical.
Apparently, we are to be tolerant of everything and anyone, except GOD and HIS Commandments.

Nevertheless, as a school principal, I frequently ask staff and students to abide by rules with which they do not necessarily agree. For me to do otherwise would be inconsistent at best, and at worst, hypocritical... I suffer from that affliction enough unintentionally. I certainly do not need to add an intentional transgression.

For this reason, I shall "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's," and refrain from praying at this time.

" However, if you feel inspired to honor, praise and thank GOD and ask HIM, in the name of JESUS, to Bless this event, please feel free to do so. As far as I know, that's not against the law----yet."

One by one, the people in the stands bowed their heads, held hands with one another and began to pray.

They prayed in the stands. They prayed in the team huddles. They prayed at the concession stand and they prayed in the Announcer's Box!

The only place they didn't pray was in the Supreme Court of the United States of America- the Seat of "Justice" in the "one nation, under GOD."

Somehow, Kingston , Tennessee Remembered what so many have forgotten. We are given the Freedom OF Religion, not the Freedom FROM Religion. Praise GOD that HIS remnant remains!

JESUS said, "If you are ashamed of ME before men, then I will be ashamed of you before MY FATHER.."

I say Amen

[Theophilous]

God bless Principal Jody MeLeod! She is a strong, determinded woman of God. She stood in the gap for the Lord and has, in so doing, heaped some treasure in heaven. God also bless those who stood and prayed in the face of the demonic powers that forbade them. Daniel would be proud.

[rhodahughes52]

Yes he would be. And God will bless many people. There are many that don't like what they have done.

[petra]

RHODA and THEO-

That was very inspirational and great to know some still stand up for God!

[rhodahughes52]

Afghanistan: Obama the right man to win
KABUL/TEHRAN (AFP) - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said Friday that US President Barack Obama was the "appropriate" person to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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"We congratulate Obama for winning the Nobel," said Siamak Hirai, a spokesman for Karzai.

"His hard work and his new vision on global relations, his will and efforts for creating friendly and good relations at global level and global peace make him the appropriate recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize," he told AFP.

Obama sensationally won the award less than a year after he took office with the jury hailing his "extraordinary" diplomatic efforts on the international stage.

Obama, 48, took office on January 1 and has since sought to restore US standing in the world after widespread criticism over the war in Iraq and the world superpower's attitude to efforts to control global warming.

He is currently considering a request from his military commanders to send another 40,000 troops to Afghanistan, where an insurgency by Taliban militants is gaining strength, and the death toll of foreign soldiers has reached record levels.

The Nobel Peace Prize should also prompt him to start working toward ending injustice in the world, an aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told AFP.

[Theophilous]

Forgive me while I vomit.

There were many worthy candidates for that prize. However, receiving the prize is no longer an honor. The entire process is a liberal sham.

[petra]

RHODA-
Well, I can't see anything positive in his Presidency and can see a whole lot negative so they would probably label me as a fanatic!

[petra]

THEO-

Just a show- no honor to it this yr that's for sure!

[rhodahughes52]

Mont Blanc shrinks by foot-and-a-half
AFP

Thu Nov 5, 10:12 am ET

ANNECY, France (AFP) – Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years, experts said Thursday following an official survey.

The new height of Mont Blanc, which lies on the three-way border between France, Italy and Switzerland, is now 4,810.45 metres (15,782.3 feet), just over half that of Nepal's Everest but still the tallest Alpine peak.

The volume of snow and ice coating the summit has also dropped by about a tenth, topographer Bernard Dupont told reporters, adding that this could not be linked directly to the effects of climate change.

Dupont said climate change indicators could only truly be measured on a scale of 30 years or more and that ice temperatures and precipation levels further down the mountain at around 3,000 metres would be a better guide.

The expedition, which included the mayor of French Winter Olympic candidate town Annecy, also found that the highest point on the mountain had shifted 26 metres closer to Italy but remained in France.

Maps, reference guides and school books will be updated accordingly.

[rhodahughes52]

Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China
AP

By MUNEEZA NAQVI, Associated Press Writer Muneeza Naqvi, Associated Press Writer – Sun Nov 8, 2:45 am ET

TAWANG, India – The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to a remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayers and teaching sessions for Buddhist pilgrims.

Thousands of poor villagers braved freezing temperatures and icy winds for a rare chance to glimpse the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Monks clanged cymbals and sounded traditional Tibetan horns to greet the Dalai Lama as he arrived at the Tawang monastery from a nearby helipad.

The Dalai Lama smiled and chatted with the gathered crowds. One monk shaded him with a giant yellow silk umbrella, while scores of others bowed before him as he walked into a hall to lead a prayer session.

The trip to Tawang, which has strong ties to Tibet and lies at the heart of a border dispute between India and China, angered Beijing and further heightened already raised tensions between the two nations.

China accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking Tibetan independence and is especially sensitive to protests against its control over the Himalayan region following deadly anti-government riots there last year.

The Dalai Lama said Beijing's accusation that his trip is anti-China is "baseless." He said he is only seeking to promote religious values, peace and harmony.

"My visit here is nonpolitical," the Dalai Lama said.

He said he felt close ties to the region, which was his first stop in India when he fled from Chinese-ruled Tibet 50 years ago. At that time, he was ill and suffering dysentery, but when he reached here Sunday, he felt safe, he said.

In the days leading up to this visit — only his fifth trip here in the last half century — monks and residents painted the monasteries of Tawang and scrubbed the town. They hung prayer flags along the streets and banners welcoming the Dalai Lama.

On Sunday, the main monastery was filled with fresh orange, white and red flowers as young monks bustled around making last-minute preparations.

Pilgrims arrived in packed trucks, others walked along narrow paths in the Himalayan foothills for as long as five days to hear a man they revere as a living god speak.

"If I can just see him once in my lifetime, then I am not afraid to die," said Dorji Wangdi, 17.

The local administration, which expected 25,000 people, erected a small tent city for pilgrims, while other visitors sought shelter in local monasteries and guesthouses.

India and China have been embroiled in a border dispute over the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh since 1962. Tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries have worsened in recent months as they vie for economic and political power in the region.

While China regularly protests the movements of the Dalai Lama, it is particularly sensitive to this trip, which highlights two issues of special concern to Beijing, Tibetan independence and its disputed border with India, said Srinath Raghavan, a senior fellow at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi.

"The Chinese are highly distrustful of what the Dalai Lama is doing there," he said.

Tawang is close to the border with Tibet and is home to the Monpa tribe, who have strong ties to Lhasa. The sixth Dalai Lama came from the region in the 17th century and China fears the current Dalai Lama will say his successor could also come from the region, removing China's role in choosing Tibet's next spiritual leader.

At the same time, India's decision to let the Dalai Lama visit Tawang — just weeks after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Arunachal Pradesh — is another declaration of its sovereignty over the disputed border area.

For his part, the Dalai Lama no longer appears concerned about angering China since negotiations over his Himalayan homeland have gone nowhere, Raghavan said.

"The Dalai Lama really has nothing to lose," he said. "The key thing is for him to be able to preserve Tibetan religion and culture."