tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post7659772969782152245..comments2024-03-28T17:51:54.517-04:00Comments on My perspective -- What Constance thinks: TUNE IN TO MY PERSPECTIVE TONIGHT TO HEAR CARYL MATRISCIANA DISCUSS HER NEWEST BOOK AND WORK!Constance Cumbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-89337388489967818132008-11-24T11:49:00.000-05:002008-11-24T11:49:00.000-05:00http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081124/ap_on_re_as/as...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081124/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_aids_tagging<BR/>Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring<BR/>this from today's DrudgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-3438290013757774802008-11-23T19:59:00.000-05:002008-11-23T19:59:00.000-05:00God bless you all! Know that I'm upholding all of ...God bless you all! Know that I'm upholding all of you in my prayers that you may be safe and that you may know that I care for you all.<BR/><BR/>In His Love Always, <BR/>-SVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-75921827595118393322008-11-23T19:47:00.000-05:002008-11-23T19:47:00.000-05:00To SV (3:18 PM)I'm a little late in posting on thi...To SV (3:18 PM)<BR/><BR/>I'm a little late in posting on this thread, but I just want to say thank you so very much for your beautfiul words of wisdom.<BR/><BR/>You're like "an oasis of calm" here and we could all learn from your billiant perspective.<BR/><BR/>We ALL need to remember why we are here (on this particular blog) and, as children of God, try to remain united and focused on that goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-88176598809976246912008-11-23T17:53:00.000-05:002008-11-23T17:53:00.000-05:00To SV,Thanks as always, for being a beacon in the ...To SV,<BR/><BR/>Thanks as always, for being a beacon in the darkness.Young Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-54147184383252188582008-11-23T17:48:00.000-05:002008-11-23T17:48:00.000-05:00Count me in with everything SV wrote.People have t...Count me in with everything SV wrote.<BR/><BR/>People have the right to remain anonymous here, especially when they explain their legitimate reasons for doing so.<BR/><BR/>It's the content of what we say, not the color of our skin, or the name that we sign (or don't sign) that matters here.<BR/><BR/>Let's keep focused on what really matters.<BR/><BR/>LuzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-21628982983662008822008-11-23T17:14:00.000-05:002008-11-23T17:14:00.000-05:00Blessed are the popular at the Constance Cumbey bl...Blessed are the popular at the Constance Cumbey blog, for they shall be called the Children of God...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-61932849703164934082008-11-23T16:41:00.000-05:002008-11-23T16:41:00.000-05:00To YG, who wrote:"Constance pretty much alluded to...To YG, who wrote:<BR/><BR/>"Constance pretty much alluded to me being anti-semetic just for mentioning a book here that I'd read , and which she disagreed with because the author had cited a source in his bibliography of someone who was definitely anti-semetic."<BR/><BR/>YG, Constance did not allude to you being Antisemitic. The point about Gary Kah was that he was a disinformation agent. Dorothy explained this at length, for the benefit of everyone here, not just you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-74479824202706061252008-11-23T16:28:00.000-05:002008-11-23T16:28:00.000-05:00To YG (3:18 PM)Just to clarify: Dorothy is NOT one...To YG (3:18 PM)<BR/><BR/>Just to clarify: Dorothy is NOT one of the anonymous posters (or as you expressed it so eloquently: one of Paul's "antagonizers" . . . who write "all the dopey stuff").<BR/><BR/>The reason that I know this is because I am one of the anonymous posters and I happen to know who the other one is.<BR/><BR/>I am happy that I came to your defense earlier today just the same, as it bothered me greatly that Paul was making false accusations agsinst you.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure that you and Paul will kiss and make up, especially when he has time to realize that you fall into the "former Catholic" category.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-81261032647013470002008-11-23T16:27:00.000-05:002008-11-23T16:27:00.000-05:00To SV,Thank you for your wise, compassionate, and ...To SV,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your wise, compassionate, and courageous words from which we can all learn a great deal.<BR/><BR/>You are a gift to the readers of this blog.<BR/><BR/>To Young Grasshopper,<BR/><BR/>If anything needs to be "banned" here it is "uncharitable behavior." Unless such behavior is rooted out, it will continue to flourish. This can, however, be accomplished short of censorship. We all have a role to play in this regard, namely, by admonishing in certain circumstances and not letting our "buddies" treat others with contempt and marginalize them because of their religious views. This requires taking the focus off ourselves and our own hurt feelings and thinking about how others might be affected by certain words directed at them, and sticking up for them--even when we ourselves are not in the "firing line." <BR/><BR/>I've stuck up for you, and others, on this blog on numerous occasions and attempted to hold others to account, and I hope to continue to do so if and when comments get out of hand. I would be overjoyed to see more people here do the same.<BR/><BR/>"Anonymous Coward"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-33719678731660911832008-11-23T16:26:00.000-05:002008-11-23T16:26:00.000-05:00Susanna,Yes you did, and yes you're right itwas al...Susanna,<BR/>Yes you did, and yes you're right it<BR/>was all in good fun.<BR/>Don't you just hate to get dragged <BR/>into something that you had <BR/>nothing to do with ? I never thought<BR/>for a minute it was you. Or Dorothy<BR/><BR/>Setterman,<BR/>I don't have your Email address,<BR/>but it's okey. <BR/>Thank you so much.<BR/><BR/>Dear turkey,<BR/>Squabble...squabble-squabble<BR/>squabble squabble squabble............<BR/>....squabble...<BR/>see you thursday, okey?<BR/><BR/>paulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-4294063759192660902008-11-23T15:40:00.000-05:002008-11-23T15:40:00.000-05:00To whom it may concern:Just want to clarify someth...To whom it may concern:<BR/><BR/>Just want to clarify something here. I was not in any way fighting with Paul in a previous thread. Moreover, I can't remember EVER having had a fight with Paul.<BR/><BR/>As a matter of fact, I was under the assumption that Paul and I were merely having a good-natured banter about the issue of Jesus driving the moneychangers out of the temple with a whip.<BR/><BR/>I laughed out loud when he expressed what I perceived to be mock-disappointment that I might not have been pleased with his comment despite the fact that he even went to the trouble to mention St. Augustine. (LOL I still laugh out loud when I think of it.) <BR/><BR/>I interpreted Paul's reply as half-kidding around on his part and I admitted to him that when I first read his comment I was tired and probably missed his meaning.....but that upon rereading his comment, I felt that he had already answered my question and I simply didn't "get it" on the first reading....not through any fault of his, but, again, simply because I was tired when I read it the first time. <BR/><BR/>I asked him - also half-kiddingly -if I had it right the second time around.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, on blogs, you don't get to see a person's body language so it is easy to misunderstand a person's meaning.<BR/><BR/>But after the rip-roaring good time Paul and I had over the GREEN IS THE NEW RED banter a while back ( Constance even joined in on the fun and said she thought our little "road show" was "ready for prime time" on her radio program), I didn't think for one minute that Paul's intention was to attack me in any way.<BR/><BR/>And one more thing. I sign all my comments.<BR/><BR/>LOL Paul, you never DID answer my question. Did I get your meaning right the SECOND time I read your comment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-44889220693224732462008-11-23T15:18:00.001-05:002008-11-23T15:18:00.001-05:00To Paul,After returning home from church I just we...To Paul,<BR/><BR/>After returning home from church I just went back and re-read this entire thread. I want to thank you first off for giving me credit for having more brains, or knowledge, than I actually have. I would definitely say that it appears from all the information that at least two of the anonymous posters have written regarding Catholicism and St. Ignacius of Loyola, whose history I wouldn't know if it fell across me, that two of the above posters are staunch Catholics.<BR/><BR/>I would like to just say that although I was born and raised a Catholic, I left the Catholic church in the early 1990's when I needed spiritual help and couldn't get it from within the Roman Catholic church. I even wrote about that incident here on this blog, when a pagan Wiccan teacher from my dance school was infiltrating my students with New Age theology and I went under spiritual warfare. I believe that I first wrote about the incident back in July when I FIRST CAME TO THIS BLOG thanks to Dorothy, who had found my blog, the Obama Nation and contacted me. Dorothy befriended me and it's obvious to me (because I recognize her writing style), that she is one of the anonymous posters currently sticking up for me here. Thanks Dorothy, by the way.<BR/><BR/>That being said I have been an evangelical Christian ever since, and went from an Assembly of God church in Pa. to a small non- denominational evangelical church here in Florida.<BR/><BR/>Ironically, I have been reprimanded more than once by Susanna that some of the things I had said here offended her faith, and since that time I have tried to be much more sensitive of what I say. However, I have also been more than a little upset with some of the Miriam Franklin followers on this blog who sometimes seem to me as if they are looking for bogeyman in every single evangelical church that's still left standing true to the word of God. Laying hands on people for healing, speaking in tongues, and being slain in the spirit are very "normal" things in my church, so I take a little offense when people call it mysticism. However, as the Todd Bentley situation has shown me, I do need to be wary of heresy within the evangelical churches, but to some extent I feel that the finger-pointing has gone overboard, and that is what I have meant when I cautioned Christians to not "grieve the spirit".<BR/><BR/>In addition ,in re-reading the comments it appears as though your antagonizer was once upon a time in another argument with you and accused you of being anti-semetic.<BR/><BR/>There again, the ironic thing about this is that Constance pretty much alluded to me being anti-semetic just for mentioning a book here that I'd read , and which she disagreed with because the author had cited a source in his bibliography of someone who was definitely anti-semetic.<BR/><BR/><BR/>So the crazy thing is, you come out and accuse me of things that are totally antithetical to my character. In addition, you accuse me of accusing you of being anti- Catholic and anti-semetic, when I've basically been accused of the exact same things at some point or other here on this blog.<BR/><BR/>Does that really make sense, Paul?<BR/><BR/>#1. I have not considered myself Catholic in almost 20 years, so why would I be defending Ignacious of Loyola whose name I only know because Loyola Hall was the name of the cafeteria of the Catholic school I attended 50 years ago when I was 7?<BR/><BR/>#2. I remember another Catholic-Protestant fight that went back and forth here for weeks during the summer and I remember I stopped reading the blog at that time because I had absolutely NO INTEREST in the topic. Truth is I have skipped right past all the dopey stuff that has transpired between you and the anonymi commenters here over the past few days, because I was still not interested. Therefore, I was very shocked to see my name come up here in conjunction with you when I read this blog early this morning.<BR/><BR/>#3. Why did you pick me out of all the posters here? That is the most puzzling of all, since I thought you were a good guy, who gave me some advice about sound when I had the haunted house experience. That frankly, Paul, was how I related to you- the good guy that gave me advice and seems to have a dry sense of humor. Where in the world did you come to the conclusion that I'd waste the time to get into a horrendously nasty fight with you- even calling you a gold fish brain and accuse you of doing crossword puzzles? Do I actually sound like that???!!!!<BR/><BR/>I'll also venture to say, at the risk of getting attacked myself, that I actually agreed with your comment somewhere above, and have always thought the Jesuits were a little too secretive, too. I also will bring up the dreaded Gary Kah name again and say that basically all I know about Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is what I learned from Kah's book, and it did cite him as being a Jesuit. That being said I certainly would not link all Jesuits in with him, but he was certainly a vile character, and I hope my former church has renounced him by now.<BR/><BR/>In conclusion, I think that Constance might want to consider eliminating anonymous posting altogether, since this causes hurt feelings, mis-understandings, and false accusations. I explained at length why I had begun posting anonymously just this past week, and I am not going to repeat it here. However, even when I posted under anonymous I signed my initials or my name at the end of the post with maybe 1 exception.<BR/><BR/>I am not asking for an apology, but I really do want to know how in the world you came up with such a nonsensical analysis of who your antagonizer actually was!<BR/><BR/>I am baffled- totally baffled.Young Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-52251965260529213192008-11-23T15:18:00.000-05:002008-11-23T15:18:00.000-05:00To all concerned,Although I've chosen to stay out ...To all concerned,<BR/>Although I've chosen to stay out of the particular dissent on these last few threads, I decided to add just a thought that has been laying on my heart. <BR/>In Corrie Ten Boom's THE HIDING PLACE, she describes the concentration camps and the prisoners there. As I try, in my limited imagination, to comprehend the description of their world at that time, I reflect on the fact that there were peoples of every faith and background represented in those prisons. Yet, they clung together with every limited kindness, with every word of hope from God's Word, and with true faith, hope and love. They had no other physical thing but each other as they prayed together and found hope and comfort in the Word of Jehovah.<BR/>If history repeats itself, and we find ourselves as Jew, Protestant, and Catholic persecuted for our fundamental faith in one true Jehovah God Almighty, what fruitfulness is there at this time, or then, to rile up dissent among us? We will need each other in the near future. <BR/>How amazing it is that God has provided such a forum as this that assists us in discerning the times! Where all of us can come together and agree that we need to support, pray for, and warn one another, all of those that we love, and all those who will lend an ear to listen in our communities. <BR/>Maybe I'm just silly, but, I've learned to love and pray for each of you each day. I've learned to be thankful for each of our differences, because we each see the news, and the daily events, and the Word of God so uniquely!<BR/>So, I hope you know, dear Constance, how much I thank God for you and all of the amazing gifts that He has given you that you share so generously.<BR/>I hope that we can all come together with renewed strength for the battle ahead, for it will be just as difficult and bloodthirsty a battlefield as it was in Corrie's time.<BR/><BR/>With love,<BR/>-SVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-8429365190865737032008-11-23T13:35:00.000-05:002008-11-23T13:35:00.000-05:00Luz:An eloquent and encouraging testimony.Thank yo...Luz:<BR/><BR/>An eloquent and <B>encouraging</B> testimony.<BR/><BR/>Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-77701289888988138502008-11-23T10:59:00.000-05:002008-11-23T10:59:00.000-05:00To Luz (10:50 AM):Thank you for your kind and insi...To Luz (10:50 AM):<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind and insightful words of support. It really means a lot to me.<BR/><BR/>What ALL of us (both Protestant Christians and Catholic Christians)should try to remember - and live each day - is Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ's COMMAND to "love thy neigbor as thyself" . . . which is the foundation for every one of His 10 Commandments!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-13536115441007328482008-11-23T10:50:00.000-05:002008-11-23T10:50:00.000-05:00Anonyomous 9:49 AM,I'm a non-denominational Christ...Anonyomous 9:49 AM,<BR/><BR/>I'm a non-denominational Christian who grew up Catholic. I'm afraid I have to agree with your observations about how Catholics are often treated here.<BR/><BR/>Growing up, I heard an earful from a couple of my neighbors, members of the Evangelical Free Church, one of whom was studying for the ministry at a well-known Bible Institute. They used to pull me into a third-degree interrogation about whether or not I "believed the Bible (the New Testament) was the 'Word of God'" and our "only source of Truth."<BR/><BR/>One day, I said, "What would you have said to St. Paul, on the road from Damascus, since the 'Word of God,' as you define it, did not exist at that time?"<BR/><BR/>"Mr. Bible student" didn't have a response for that one!<BR/><BR/>Evangelicals who define their identity in opposition to Catholicism are, unfortunately, a common phenomenon. <BR/><BR/>The one notable exception I've found is Christians from the Black community (although I'm not sure they would call themselves "Evangelicals"). I have lived for many years in a mixed race neighborhood. This is anecdotal of course, but even when I was Catholic, I didn't find this kind of superior attitude of "challenging" me on my religion, and always being up for a fight, from the ones I knew. That we both shared a faith in Christ Jesus was enough for them to treat me as a "sister in Christ." It definitely gave me something to think about.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry to see that more of the "same old same old" has happened to you on this discussion board.<BR/><BR/>Your Sister in Christ,<BR/><BR/>LuzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-51391222157255734062008-11-23T09:49:00.000-05:002008-11-23T09:49:00.000-05:00To Maryanne/YG (9:27 AM)Believe me, Maryanne this ...To Maryanne/YG (9:27 AM)<BR/><BR/>Believe me, Maryanne this is not ABOUT you. Paul has "issues" that only Dr. Phil could help him penetrate.<BR/><BR/>Psul's paranoia is running away from him. It seems that it's OK for him to attack, but it's not OK for Catholics to defend those attacks.<BR/><BR/>Also, I told him (on the November 18th thread) that he owes YOU an apology.<BR/><BR/>A couple of us choose to remain "Anonymous" because Catholics on this blog are often treated like dog poop that's been left on the bottom of someone's shoe.<BR/><BR/>We Catholics sre sick and tired of it, and we're not going to take it anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-35501965881534121552008-11-23T09:27:00.000-05:002008-11-23T09:27:00.000-05:00Paul and anonymous,Okay, well, I found it, and I a...Paul and anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Okay, well, I found it, and I am terribly hurt.<BR/><BR/>I have made it a point to not get involved in fights here between Jews and Christians and Catholics and protestants. I did follow some of the thread in which Paul accuses me of being anonymous, and I will throw my ADD thoughts into the mix. In my opinion, it was either Dorothy or Susanna that was fighting with Paul, based upon the information they had, which is way more than I could possibly possess since I only began coming here since July of this year.<BR/><BR/>I truly hope that whoever anonymous is, will have the decency to make themselves known, since I am now the innocent victim of attacks here.<BR/><BR/>I have felt for a very long time that Constance does not like me- ever since I inadvertently dropped the dreaded Kah word here, however, I never thought anyone else here had it in for me. That being said I had thought Rudi was ridiculing me recently and I was dead wrong about that.<BR/><BR/>I have been avoiding this blog because there is so much negativity here. I need to stay away as God has definitely warned me that this place, while a good source of information, is also deadly to the sensitive spirit.<BR/><BR/>Paul, I really know little about you other than that you have a sense of humor, are a musician, and seem extremely bright.<BR/><BR/>I would have no reason to carry on a long anonymous discourse with you about subjects that I know literally nothing about- i.e. - Catholic history.<BR/><BR/>I'm off to church to hopefully get over this.<BR/><BR/>Maryanne/ Young GrasshopperYoung Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-88231676079856739282008-11-23T09:07:00.000-05:002008-11-23T09:07:00.000-05:00Paul attacked me on a previous thread? Just readin...Paul attacked me on a previous thread? Just reading this Sunday morning and I choked on my coffee.<BR/><BR/>Where? I don't believe it. Paul is a friend, I think?Young Grasshopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152027597398742486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-43287836439872277202008-11-23T08:10:00.000-05:002008-11-23T08:10:00.000-05:00To Setterman (7:08),Paul has waged an attack on Ma...To Setterman (7:08),<BR/><BR/>Paul has waged an attack on Maryanne (Young Grasshopper) in an earlier thread.<BR/><BR/>Are you going to reach out and offer support to Maryanne as well?<BR/><BR/>Maryanne, I've reached out before to you on this blog, and I will again -- in this instance, pay Paul no mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-64640568313682021372008-11-23T07:08:00.000-05:002008-11-23T07:08:00.000-05:00Paul, it appears that you have a “thorn in the fle...Paul, it appears that you have a “thorn in the flesh.” If I can be of any help please feel free to e-mail me. As far as I am concerned you are family, and this constant attack against you is having a distasteful effect on me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-80758484506514485762008-11-22T17:35:00.000-05:002008-11-22T17:35:00.000-05:00ATTENTION CONSTANCE:Solana 'worried' by Iran's lac...ATTENTION CONSTANCE:<BR/><BR/>Solana 'worried' by Iran's lack of cooperation on nuclear issue<BR/><BR/>WASHINGTON (AFP) Nov 22, 2008<BR/><BR/>European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Friday he was "worried" by an international watchdog's report that Iran is not cooperating with calls to stop its sensitive nuclear work. <BR/><BR/>"I am worried (by) the report of the Agency in Vienna," Solana told reporters after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued its report on Wednesday. <BR/><BR/>Solana, tasked with the United States and five other world powers with presenting proposals to the Iranians to stop uranium enrichment, recalled that it is the second IAEA report to say "they are not cooperating." <BR/><BR/>"And some of the figures he offers about the quantities, the number of centrifuges, are troublesome," Solana added. <BR/><BR/>A top diplomat close to the IAEA said Iran was using some 3,800 centrifuges on November 7 and was ready to get 2,200 more working. <BR/><BR/>The IAEA in a restricted report, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, said that "contrary to the decisions of the (UN) Security Council, Iran has not suspended its enrichment-related activities." <BR/><BR/>And "as a result of the lack of cooperation by Iran in connection with the alleged studies and other associated key remaining issues of serious concern, the agency has not been able to make substantive progress," it added. <BR/><BR/>The United States has joined powers China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany in pushing for sanctions against Iran. The Security Council has imposed three sets of sanctions on Tehran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment. <BR/><BR/>Solana said he hoped that the Obama administration will be "more engaged" in negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program and that it take part "fully" in the negotiations with the five other powers and Iran. <BR/><BR/>For the first time during George W. Bush's administration, third-ranking diplomat William Burns joined Iran's chief negotiator Said Jalili and their counterparts from the five other powers at talks in Geneva in July. <BR/><BR/>Having long insisted that Iran suspend enrichment before meeting its nuclear envoys, officials from the Bush's administration effectively dropped their pre-conditions, analysts said at the time. <BR/><BR/>Solana, who last met Jalili in August, hoped new contacts with Iran would take place soon. <BR/><BR/>"There may be another contact in November. Not at my level. It will be below my level. My deputy and their deputy. It is not confirmed yet. It would not be a big event with publicity, it would be a discrete meeting," he said. <BR/><BR/>The top EU diplomat said he did not expect new UN Security Council sanctions against Iran before the Obama administration assumes its duties on January 20. <BR/><BR/>"From here to the new administration, I don't think there will be fundamental change on new sanctions. It does not mean that we do not continue applying sanctions," Solana said. <BR/><BR/>The major powers are trying to get Iran to suspend uranium enrichment in exchange for an offer of broad cooperation that was presented twice, once in June 2006 and then again in June this year. <BR/><BR/>Washington and its western allies charge that Tehran's nuclear program is a covert one aimed at building a bomb. Iran denies the charges, saying it is for generating electricity. <BR/><BR/>All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-31390669045028438682008-11-22T13:55:00.000-05:002008-11-22T13:55:00.000-05:00anom 1:15Thank you for posting the summary of arti...anom 1:15<BR/>Thank you for posting the summary of article from newsmax I was interested as to the outcome of the G-20.<BR/><BR/>Now I want to copy it and hand it out to people.<BR/><BR/>Shalom,<BR/>BarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-43102175209599892992008-11-22T13:15:00.000-05:002008-11-22T13:15:00.000-05:00From NewsMax (11/21/08):Bush Hands Over Reins of U...From NewsMax (11/21/08):<BR/><BR/>Bush Hands Over Reins of U.S. Economy to EU<BR/><BR/>The results of the G-20 economic summit amount to nothing less than the seamless integration of the United States into the European economy.<BR/><BR/>In one month of legislation and one diplomatic meeting, the United States has unilaterally abdicated all the gains for the concept of free markets won by the Reagan administration and surrendered, in total, to the Western European model of socialism, stagnation, and excessive government regulation.<BR/><BR/>Sovereignty is out the window. Without a vote, we are suddenly members of the European Union. Given the dismal record of those nations at creating jobs and sustaining growth, merging with the Europeans is like a partnership with death.<BR/><BR/>At the G-20 meeting, Bush agreed to subject the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and our other regulatory agencies to the supervision of a global entity that would critique its regulatory standards and demand changes if it felt they were necessary. Bush agreed to create a College of Supervisors.<BR/><BR/>According to The Washington Post, it would “examine the books of major financial institutions that operate across national borders so regulators could begin to have a more complete picture of banks’ operations.”<BR/><BR/>Their scrutiny would extend to hedge funds and to various “exotic” financial instruments. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), a European-dominated operation, would conduct “regular vigorous reviews” of American financial institutions and practices.<BR/><BR/>The European-dominated College of Supervisors would also weigh in on issues like executive compensation and investment practices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-18946373742087690842008-11-22T12:40:00.000-05:002008-11-22T12:40:00.000-05:00From www.worldnetdaily.com(11/22/08)OBAMA WATCH CE...From www.worldnetdaily.com<BR/>(11/22/08)<BR/><BR/>OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL<BR/>WorldNetDaily Exclusive<BR/>Petitioners tell prez-elect:<BR/>Prove eligibility for office <BR/>Thousands sign online demand,<BR/>reveal frustration over secrecy <BR/>--WND <BR/><BR/><BR/>Over 10,000 people have already signed the petition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com