Religion of Peace?
Doesn’t this just speak volumes?
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With all of the problems Indonesia has today…
Leave it to religion to perpetuate another ill in society. Of course, Jihad will still continue. That’s the nature of Jihad. And it isn’t the nature to discuss Jihad’s victims. I guess that would be too much. Just a suggestion, but wouldn’t the Indonesians be better off without this quixotic “struggle” many of their citizens are taking up against an ethereal enemy who generally manifests itself in innocent victims?
It was just a thought…
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Wishing you all a good New Year
I don’t know about the rest of you but the year 2010 will be the best one yet for me. I know it because I plan to make it that way.
This year look for a flurry of activity. Look for systems and not micromanagement. Look for enjoyment in life.
All of this comes from knowing what you want and preparing. It also means to know when to focus and when to multitask. These are things that I am having to constantly work on myself and I am sure that I am not the only one out there. I guess this means that I will have to meditate a bit more as well as getting more sleep and exercise. But it will be worth it, paying immediate dividends.
Anyway, without rambling too much more I wish everyone who reads this will have an excellent 2010 and an excellent rest of your lives while you are at it!
Free your mind! (And the rest will follow…?)
So is this girl hedging her bets or throwing away the chips? For one thing, she ain’t gonna worry about it. I wonder if she’s still going to do Christmas this year?
The Holy Quran: A Prelude to Hotel California
This illustrates perfectly the trap that I have seen in Islam. If you look at it from a pure “tactical” standpoint it really seems to be created for the benefit of coerced growth. You have every freedom to join the religion but no right to leave it. Well, some might argue that you do – if you want to face death.
This is one that Muslims in the West have a hard time explaining. It is a real twist on the “once saved, always saved” adage I used to constantly hear from the Baptists. It is more like being in the mafia and trying to leave.
The inevitable wreck of the Green Lines hydrofoil ferry on the Saigon River
Around 1515 hours yesterday (December 9th, 2009), there was a serious collision between two hydrofoils, Green Lines and Petro Express, that run between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the oil town, Vung Tau, Vietnam, on the SaigonRiver. The Greenlines ferry with 37 passengers was on the way from Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau. Traveling over 20 minutes and at a sharp turn, she hit her starboard side against the Petro Express on the reverse way. The severe collision caused chaos in both hydrofoils. Eight people got injured and they were all from the Green Lines.
It was bound to happen. I was in the United State Navy and qualified on the con. All vessels when meeting head on are always supposed to proceed in a port-to-port manner. Vietnamese vessels, including – and especially – these hydrofoils almost never paid attention to this most basic rule. How this rule extends to coastlines and bends in rivers is that if you are approaching a bend that goes to your starboard side you are to decrease speed and hug the bend which would allow any potentially unseen vessels coming in the opposite direction to still pass you port to port. The exact opposite is true if you are approaching a bend where the bend is to your port side. In such case you should decrease speed and veer starboard. And only in cases of emergency could a vessel stop in a bend but in such cases they are to emit hazard signals (both sound and light). Nonetheless the simple fact that the vessels hit on the starboard sides means than one or both of the hydrofoil navigators was very careless with the vessel and the lives of her passengers. Ships and boats moving in opposite directions should never meet starboard to starboard.
As many times as I was ever on either of these hydrofoils did they ever seem to slow down at a bend and no matter what direction the hydrofoil was approaching the bend they always hugged it closely like they were making a turn on a Formula One track. This accident was inevitable and the only wonders about it are that it had not happened much sooner and that more damage (both human and machine) was not suffered.
I would like to say that maybe now they have learned their lesson but that is not a bet I am willing to accept.
This really should be illegal…
When a man is asleep he should be left alone. Period!
The New Orleans skyline from the riverboat Creole Queen on the Mis sissippi River
This will give you an idea just how big that river is!
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The Razorback logo on the inner office door
Many people don’t know that the name of my holding company in Bangkok is:
Razorback Company Ltd.
As such I had some Razorback stickers made up an stuck to the outer and inner doors. I never forget where I am from!
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O Brother, wherefore art thou?: Making a molehill out of a mountain…
First our good friend Thomas Richards sort of declared that he was off Tony Alamo’s team. Then his website reverted to being a blog and no longer a website. Then the blog was made “private” so that only “approved” readers would be able to soak up any more of his moronic conspiracy theories. (Remember: Those heroes on their on lunch times love preaching to choirs!)
I did receive a mysterious e-mail saying that the feds looked into Thomas’s household up there in New Jersey during all this Tony Alamo mess. Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t. I would suppose by supporting a moron like Tony Alamo that should be expected. At the same time I find myself wondering if our boy Tommy has seen the light or is he just decided to go underground.
So Thomas, have you given up? If you only preach to your believers you won’t be able to save the world any more. It was almost fun having a target as easy as you.
Gary Dale Cearley – Author and Columnist
Gary Dale Cearley is an author who is not only not afraid to write on controversial subjects but is also well versed in what goes on around the world. He is well studied and well traveled.
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