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House Resolution 888

Okay... I found this discomforting. Thoughts?http://paganwiccan.about.com/b/2008/01/14/house-resolution-888-us-r-a-religious-nation.htm

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2105,n,n

Google it.

I also wanted to say that i am starting to get extremely annoyed with people and thier gullibility as well as stupidity and misinformation that they like to spill all over the place. This week alons I had to correct 3 things that people said because they were so historically incorrect it was rediculous. I also want to rant about people using words that they have no clue what they mean and instead of looking up the definition in a dictionary or online for that matter they just kinda make up thier own definition.

This evening I was particularly disturbed by this journal entry:


It's the FIRST one!
January 18, 2008 at 6:06 PM

I was shocked the first time. I laughed the second time. I was a little concerned the third time. Now I'm downright worried.
I have recently come across several journals where posters have asserted that "separation of church and state" is not in the constitution. Some have implied it's something "made up by the ACLU". Others have claimed the "first amendment card is over-played" and made other comments downplaying freedom of speech and religion.
Just for the record, this is the First Amendment to the US Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
No, the words "separation of church and state" are not in it. That phrase was actually coined by Thomas Jefferson in an 1802 letter. But the "separation" concept defined by the first amendment is the basis for all laws in this country pertaining to freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom to question our leaders.
These are arguably the MOST IMPORTANT words ever written pertaining to American government and freedom.
How can you NOT know them and what they mean?
I am always saddened and worried when people take these and other constitutional rights for granted.
But I am even more apalled that there are people who seem to want to do away with them all together. Though I'm sure they only want to deny them to "others" while staying firmly nestled in their protections themselves.
I see dark and Orwellian possibilities ahead.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ~ Edmund Burke

With all the intelligent human beings in this nation why are these things happening? Someone please answer me. I went to a public school and I know what the first amendment. What do we do ?

Gaz

Long drive and the Heidelberg Castle

Being Uneasy

Has anyone ever thought that our unease and anxiety for seemingly no apparent reason could actually be something other than a god like being? You may be asking, why would she all of a sudden bring this up? Well I was reading a blog. This person was talking about how great god is and how "his" blessings are wonderful yadda yadda. The reason for this out pouring of love and thankfulness is because her husband nearly avoided being in some extreme danger in the desert. Yea, this guy was anxious and uneasy. Umm he was in a very bad place to be an american soldier for one. Plus you know how we as human beings feel these feelings under stress and new situations that we were not prepared for? Yea He could have felt these things easily and I don't think it was any god thing at all. I have some questions.. Why does god choose certain believers over others? Oh before I start going off I want to say that he narrowly missed going to a place that was under attack and didn't know till after the fact. I am sure there were plenty of christian believers at this base that was attacked. We are talking about the american military. I am sure many of those men and women if not all were praying to thier christian god. So why this one guy that wasn't there? Why spare him the grief of being attacked and the brush with death? I don't get it. And lets also remember the people that the military are fighting. These men are god fearing religious people as well. They pray, they do what they think god wants them to do, they just are not christians. I am sure the men who didn't die or get injured are praising thier god for surviving and or showing the enemy who is boss. This goes for both sides. Something to think about I guess. I know I will be terrified and anxious when my hubby leaves. I know I will be thinking about him randomly all the time. What I do know is that unfortunately I will not be relying on any gods' will for my husband's safety. It is not very stable obviously.

Growing up and other pains

Don't you hate it when you have a lot of things you would like to be doing but just do not seem to be up to it, so you just sit around and go about life and be bored until you make yourself do stuff. Well I am at the making myself do stuff point. There will be no Mister for a good part of the next year and I want to do a lot of stuff but I am, unfortunately, one of those peoples that has to make themselves get off thier asses and it takes a few to do so. I am on a good start. I am giving myself a very nice pat on the back too. I have a applied to start going to school, (well online, since I am in a different country and I do not speak the german language so well yet). The school has one of the most redundant names ever, the University of Maryland University College. Just in case you did not know it was a place of higher learning you know. I am also pursuing other things that I have lazy abiout and all I have to say is, it is about time. blah! maybe some more later...

Bad Blogging in Germany

First off I want to say that I am a loser. We need to buy a memory card for our digital but we have not because, for lack of a better word, lazy. We should have many more pictures, but we do not yet. We will soon though and I will posting away. Now that we have lived here for 2 months, I can safely say what a beautiful country this is. It is so rich in history and I am extremely anxious about getting out more and doing more things and seeing more things. That being said I would like to let everyone know how everything has been and what not.
Nari and Dita did really well on both flights. Nari did expieriance some issues when the first plane landed, but after that it was all good. My high school german only went so far when we got here. I am trying to not be so timid when speaking to germans, but it is so hard because I know I sound like a fool. Lucky for us, so far the Germans we have met have spoken english. What does that say about us huh? hehe. When we first got here we were stuck on post. We had no car and no money so it made things a little difficult to leave. We have been to downtown Mannheim and it is like nothing I have really seen before. It is a big city, but I cannot even compare it to New York, Chicago, or New Orleans (3 large cities I have been to). We rode down on the Strassenbahn (street car) and we saw the local castle and the attatched church, The castle is now used as a college. I will be going back there, so more to come on that end. We saw a second church as well and a beautiful ornate watertower. A little aside, both churches were catholic but one was "old" Catholic whilst the other was "Roman" Catholic. Now I never new there was an Old Catholic church (faith wise) and I found this very intriguing and it is something I want to look more into. I know all about the Roman Catholic church since I grew up Roman Catholic. Anyways, we have been up to Rammstein and Darmstadt and Burg Frankenstein. The scenery is beautiful and I have a goal to start taking my camera with me so I can share these wonderful expieriances. We have only eaten out 3 times. We have eaten at a bakery, a cafe, and a chinese take out place. Oh I lie, there is a sandwich called a Donner that is quite tasty that we have had too. It is Turkish and they are street venders and there is a little place on base that sells them too. There is even a McDonner (lol). The mister had Mcdonald's here. He liked it better then the US ones. Beer is good and I have not found a wine that I like yet. That is it so far. I will do some more typing at a later time. For those friends of mine that like me, Vonage is up and running and our Virginia number works so you can give us a call. We are 6 hours in the future so mind your manners, hehe. I hope to do some talking soon.

Okay for those friends of mine who read this. I have not disapeared. I just have to use an incredibly crappy library pc and cannot do anything on it. I will be back on here in a month or hopefully less. Things are beautiful and my monsters are more monster ish.


LOVE, GAZ