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MILITARY CROSSES BEING REMOVED

I AM HONORED TO DO THIS

Did you know that the ACLU has filed a suit to have all military cross-shaped headstones removed and another suit to end prayer from the military completely. They're making great progress. The Navy Chaplains can no longer mention Jesus' name in prayer thanks to the wretched ACLU and our new administration.

I'm not breaking this one. If I get it a 1000 times, I'll forward it a 1000 times!

Let us pray...

Prayer chain for our Military... Don't break it!
Please send this on after a short prayer. Pray for our soldiers
Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands
Protect them as they protect us
Bless them and their families for the selfless act they perform for us in time of need.

In Jesus Name.
Amen. '

Prayer Request: When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our troops around the world. There is nothing attached. Just send this to people in your address book. Do not let it stop with you. Of all the gifts you could give a Marine, Soldier, Sailor, Airman, & others deployed in harm's way, prayer is the very best one.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR PASSING IT ON!

Crazy. I find it funny how the ACLU helps the Christian's fight for their rights yet attack them for defending the rights of others. Hypocrisy at its finest. I can only hope this family friend keeps supplying me with winners like this.

Oh, and like many of the things that come out of Christian mouths: this is a bold face lie. See the article on Snopes.com.

The Lancet statement is a bit bloodless… but they are a professional research journal and not a blog, so it’s not appropriate for them to call out Wakefield in more emotional — and utterly deserved — terms. It’s up to the blogs to call out Wakefield for his tireless efforts in creating of the modern antivaccination movement, which is becoming so successful that measles, mumps, pertussis, and other preventable diseases are on the rise again. And to note that not only was his research wrong, but that he may have faked his data. And to say that he has a huge conflict of interest here, since at the time he was involved in creating an alternative to vaccination that would make him very, very rich if people became scared to vaccinate their kids. And to inform peoplethat Wakefield was in the pocket of lawyers trying to sue the vaccine industry. And to basically call out the entire antivax movement for the incredible damage they have done and continue to do to public health.

Do read his full article at Bad Astronomy - And now, the antivax failure is complete: The Lancet withdraws Wakefield’s paper.

While the paper that he and 12 other doctors published stated that there was no causal connection, Dr. Wakefield sounded the alarm and requested that the MMR vaccine be suspended and that more research be conducted in a separate video news release.

From this point a large number of ill informed people, though most likely acting in what they believe to be good intentions, began withholding vaccines from their children and proactively telling others to do the same. This resulted in the obvious dip in the number of people vaccinated from diseases and especially the MMR combination of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. Herd immunity is the process in which a vaccinated majority protects those who are unvaccinated. The threshold for measles is at 83-94%, mumps at 75-86%, and rubella at 80-85%. When the percentage of the herd, or this instance the community, drops below these percentage points the likelihood of those who are not vaccinated of acquiring the disease begins to rise.

Incidence of Measles

The effectiveness of the vaccine can not be questioned by any logical thinking human being. Prior to vaccines for measles it was felt to be an inevitable part of growing up with the peak being in the late 1950s where nearly 800,000 cases were reported. The graph to the right shows clearly the numbers of cases dropping like a rock after the vaccine was introduced.

Dr. Andrew Wakefield was investigated by reporter Brian Deer of The Sunday Times in 2004. During this investigation it was discovered that Wakefield received funding of 55,000 British pounds from Legal Air Board. They were looking for evidence against vaccine manufacturers. Wakefield did not inform any one of the conflict of interests. Another source of conflict was that Dr. Wakefield was in fact possibly developing a vaccine that would be a competitor of the MMR vaccine and it was alleged that he was applying for patents for such a vaccine. When these reports came out ten of the twelve co-authors of the paper retracted.

Five years later in 2009 The Sunday Times reported on Wakefield again finding that he had manipulated patient data and that the 1998 paper was published with misreported results. They concluded that the misreported results were what caused the appearance of a link to autism.

The General Medical Council investigated and charge that Wakefield and two others acted dishonestly and unethically in their research of the MMR vaccine. The prosecution began presenting its case in August 2007 and finished that October. The General Medical Council came to a conclusion last week that Wakefield had acted "dishonestly and irresponsibly." The Lancet publication today announced they have "fully retract[ed] this paper from the published record."

It has been shown time and time again that there has never been any links to autism from vaccines. Studies upon studies have proven that they only negative effects that are commonly felt with vaccines are typically rashes and egg allergies. I would love to imagine that this would end this debate once and for all but does anyone honestly believe the quacks that have so much invested in this sham are going to give up?

NASA logo for the Constellation Program

The Constellation Program has been proposed to be canceled today by President Obama due to it being "over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovation."

The full text of the justification for termination is below the jump.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) initiated the Constellation Systems programin 2005 to develop rockets, capsules and other systems to return astronauts to the Moon and eventually send them to Mars and beyond. Initially, the first major elements of the program were planned to come online no later than 2012. By early 2009, however, the program was behind schedule, could not achieve its goals without multi-billion dollar budget increases, and was not clearly aimed at meeting today’s national priorities. Costs for the program had grown by billions of dollars and the first elements of the system were not projected to be available until 2015. In April, 2009, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that NASA’s budget would need to be increased by about $2.5 billion per year to maintain current schedules, and that even then the International Space Station -- scheduled for completion in 2010 -- would need to be abandoned in 2016 to free up funding for Constellation.

In May 2009, the Administration commissioned an independent blue-ribbon panel to review NASA’s human spaceflight programs and plans. The review found that the Constellation program would not be able to land astronauts on the Moon until well into the 2030s -- more than 10 years later than planned -- without large budget increases. The review also noted that investment in a well-designed and adequately funded space technology program is critical to enable progress in exploration, that increased international cooperation could lead to substantial benefits, and that commercial services to launch astronauts to space could potentially arrive sooner and be less expensive than Government-owned rockets.

In place of Constellation, the President’s Budget funds a redesigned and reinvigorated program that focuses on leveraging advanced technology, international partnerships, and commercial capabilities to set the stage for a revitalized human space flight program for the 21st Century. The President’s Budget will also increase NASA’s funding, accelerating work -- constrained for years due to the budget demands of Constellation -- on climate science, green aviation, science education, and other priorities.

From page 18 of the Terminations, Reductions, and Savings, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2011 released February 1, 2010.

I fin that I miss George Carlin and his common sense approach to the ridiculous humor there is in life and how society sets itself up. I believe I have found my new generation replacement. The fact that this guy isn't a common house hold name should be a crime. You must visit his YouTube Channel and his website plus Citizen Radio which he co-hosts along with Allison Kilkenny.

I SURE DIDN'T TILL NOW

Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death!

Make a personal reflection about this...

Very interesting, read until the end. It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):

'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sow, that shall he also reap.'

Here are some men and women who mocked God :

John Lennon (Singer):

Some years before, during his interview with an American magazine, he said:

'Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that.... I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, today we are more famous than Him' (1966).

Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.

Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil):

During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency. Sure, he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died.

Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):

During a show in Canecio (Rio de Janeiro), while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said: 'God, that's for you.' He died at the age of 32 of LUNG CANCER in a horrible manner.

The man who built the Titanic:

After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be With an ironic tone he said: 'Not even God can sink it.' The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic

Marilyn Monroe (Actress)

She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show. He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said: 'I don't need your Jesus'. A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.

Bon Scott (Singer)

The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs, he sang: 'Don't stop me; I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell'. On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead. He had been choked by his own vomit.

Campinas (In 2005)

In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend. The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter, holding her hand, who was already seated in the car: 'My daughter, go with God and may He protect you.' She responded: 'Only if He (God) travels in the trunk, 'cause inside here....it's already full.' Hours later, news came that they had been involved in a fatal accident. Everyone had died. The car could not be recognized as to what type of car it had been, but, surprisingly, the trunk was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact.

To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs None was broken.

Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer)

Said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written. In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle.

Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus. Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive.

'Jesus'

PS: If it was a joke, you would have sent it to everyone. So are you going to have courage to send this? I have done my part.

Jesus said, 'If you are embarrassed about me, I will also be embarrassed about you before my Father.'

You are my 8 in 8 seconds.

I am not breaking this. No way!

I'M TOLD THIS WORKS!!!!!

Bishop T.D. Jakes '8 Second Prayer...'

Just repeat this prayer and see how God moves!!

'Lord, I love you and I need you. Come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen.'

Pass this message to 8 people

{EXCEPT YOU AND ME}.

You will receive a miracle tomorrow.

I hope that you don't ignore and let God bless you.

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