No hate can hurt, no foe can harm, as hurts and harms a mind ill-disciplined. -Buddha No nation in the history of the world spends more on defending itself than the United States. According to the Defense Department, the U.S. will expend $687 billion in 2013 on the military, with an additional $54 billion for […]
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Believing Is Seeing
March 29, 2013 
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The world is not always as it seems. We learn to believe particular things, and those beliefs then shape the world that we see and experience. In ancient times, believing the earth was the center of the universe appeared perfectly reasonable. If you studied the sky, you could watch the sun rise in the east […]
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September 16, 2012 3 Comments
Those who break the covenant of Allah, after having given their word, and cut apart those things that Allah has commanded to be joined, and work mischief in the land—on them is the Curse, and for them is Hell. –The Qur’an, Surah 13:25 Four Americans were killed this week by renegade Muslims, ostensibly because of […]
Continue readingIf It Walks Like A Duck
April 29, 2012 0 Comments
In 2012, the United States will spend more than $1 trillion on the defense department and war. We spend more on the military than we do anything else in the federal budget. The 2012 allocation for education is $77.4 billion, or approximately 7% of what we splurge on defending ourselves. Cancelling the space shuttle saved […]
Continue readingEarthquakes and Motorcycles
November 1, 2011 3 Comments
Hundreds of Turks died last week in an earthquake measured at 7.2 on the Richter scale. Buildings collapsed and caught fire. Workers desperately dug through the rubble to save lives, including a two week old baby. The future for tens of thousands of people was permanently altered, one way or another, in the blink of […]
Continue readingHoly Terror
September 11, 2011 6 Comments
God said to Abraham, kill me a son. Abe said, Man, you must be puttin’ me on. God say no. Abe say what. God say you can do what you want, Abe, but the next time you see me comin’ you better run. Well, Abe say where you want this killin’ done? God say down […]
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