From The Tolerant Christian in all of us...
Greetings Mr Stephan, Your very evident anti-Christian bias is extremely offensive because of your foolish plea for tolerance. Any promotion of acceptance and tolerance for any faiths or religions other than Christianity and Judaism is void of merit and filled with hatred. Since you encourage the observance of these other false doctrines, then you clearly hate those whom you encourage in such participations. These other doctrines are themselves intolerant of grace, love, mercy, wisdom, truth, charity, and peace. Plus, they are opposed to the sanctification, edification and glorification of their adherents. It is the duty of all reasonable and sensible people, especially leaders, to seek the exclusion of every manifestation of these non-Christian, non-Judaic religions and traditions out of public squares and marketplaces.
Why do you wish so many to continue in circumstances so far removed from comfort and true compassion found only in Christianity and Judaism? Instead, it is your responsibility to declare the exceeding grandbenefits of the agency of studying, teaching and living true faiths that otherwise is to be foolish, hateful, intolerant, and risk ultimate injury by disobeying the only true and living God. Sincerely, Mic.
Hi Doug,
I am a listener from Cadillac Michigan on 1240 WATT (usually 800 to 1000 am) My son is stationed in Baquba, Iraq, he is part of a 45 man troop of Army Cavalry Reconn Scouts. He has been in several of the major operations in Iraq. He started out as a driver for his commander in an armored Humvee and is now a gunner for his 2nd platoon. His truck was hit by an IED, sustained minor damage, and he was able to drive out of it and into a defensive position for his unit to provide covering fire. He has not talked about having to scrounge parts like the news stories report. He has been there since Feb 2004 and should rotate out in March?? depending on a lot of things. I myself am a 23 year Navy veteran and I am so proud of what Nate is doing. I would like to hear more of what the Army units are doing than hearing only about the Marines! (Your report last week about the Marine growing grass for a small lawn was nice to announce, but a photo had been going around on the e-mail for several weeks prior to your announcement, just wanted you to know) Thank you for your program Dave Watson
Hi Doug,
My husband wanted me to write and tell you about our friend, Sergeant Shawn Wilkins. Shawn has been my friend for 25 years. A career soldier, Shawn began his military life in the Marine Corps, where he served for six years; he is now an Army Medic in a Baghdad hospital. He hails, as I do, from Long Island, New York. He has a wife, Krisie, and a new baby girl, Rory (who he's only seen for two weeks since she was born), and two young boys: Cody and Kevin. While in Baghdad, Shawn wrote a letter to the Editor of his old, hometown Newspaper, the Southampton press. The editor offered him a weekly column; I've included the first article he submitted. So now, he writes "Letters from Iraq"to the paper in addition to working as much as 18 hours per day. At the hospital, the shift can be any hour of the day or night depending on casualties. Shawn is a great American and one of my best friends. We just thought you may want to talk to him. Every one of these soldiers has a face, name, and a whole string of people whose hearts they have taken with them into Iraq. Shawn is a great example. I've included his contact info and some pictures he took from Iraq--and, of course, one of him! We love your show and begin each day with "good day"out here in Bedford, PA. Take care, and God Bless! Sincerely, Dawn Ziviello Doug, I couldn't call you this morning because I was driving on base (Camp Lejeune, NC), but after a lady called and asked about Fallujah and oil, I wanted to respond. There is no oil in that area of Iraq. The major oil fields are in the south around Basra (Al-Rumaila Oilfields) and in the north near Kirkuk. Fallujah (and the entire Al-Anbar Province of which it is part) is an agricultural area (along the Euphrates River), and desert once you get away from the river. It only has about 1.5 million people among a total population of 25 million Iraqis (I think you were mistaken when you said 52 million). Frankly, it's a backwater, but it also happens to be predominantly Sunni Arab, and that is the same ethnic-religious background of Saddam Hussein. These folks profited greatly under his regime (mostly through illicit smuggling and handouts from Saddam). It also shares a lengthy border with Baathist Syria (also predominantly Sunni Arab). While a handful of towns like Fallujah are a hotbed of insurgency, even if you give the insurgents a high figure of 10-20,000 (which is being very generous), we are still only talking a small portion of the population. I could go on for hours explaining the fine details of who we are fighting, but suffice it to say that the majority of the country does not support the folks we are fighting in Fallujah. I have travelled all over the country and talks to Shia Arabs, Kurds, Turcoman, Christians, etc. We let up on finishing the Fallujah offensive in April in order to try to get the Sunni Arabs back into the political process, but unfortunately, there are a number of them who just do not want to move in the direction of a popularly elected government (which is the ultimate plan for Iraq). Hope this sheds some light, and I'll try calling in at a later date. Semper Fi, Maj Pat Carroll, USMC P.S. For 10 months, I was the military aide for Amb. L. Paul Bremer III (former Administrator of Iraq), and I am also originally from your neck of the woods: Shrewsbury, Mass. (I know you are from Framingham)
40 foot tall hay gingerbread man at the Eastern Missouri Livestock Auction in Bowling Green, MO. [from listener Steve Hamilton]
2. Approximately 12 to 15 million one-megawatt wind-powered hydrogen production systems will create 100% of U.S. energy requirements (i.e., 100 quads). Given that wind systems are similar to automobiles from a manufacturing perspective, and given that 17 million vehicles are manufactured in the U.S. each year, the needed wind systems could and should be built and installed within a 5 or 10-year period.
3. The Phoenix Project plan will supercharge the economy and employ millions of Americans as the U.S. rapidly becomes energy independent of fossil and nuclear fuels. Indeed, the U.S. will rapidly become a Saudi Arabia-class energy exporter of a completely non-toxic, pollution free fuel that is inexhaustible.
4. Congressional Hearings are needed in order to enact Fair Accounting Act legislation that will serve as the "trigger mechanism" for shifting to a hydrogen economy. This legislation will transfer federal subsidies from fossil and nuclear fuels to clean hydrogen technologies, including the necessary automotive conversion kits and an interstate superconducting hydrogen pipeline system that would also efficiently carry electricity.
5. The hydrogen from wind systems will have a production cost of about $2.00 per equivalent gallon of gasoline, but while gasoline will get increasingly expensive in the future as oil reserves are depleted, the wind-powered hydrogen production costs will continue to be reduced as more and more engineers focus on optimizing the hydrogen production technologies.
http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/10-23-04/discussion.cgi.34.html
1. The Phoenix Project is the only realistic 5 or 10-year plan that would allow the U.S. to shift from fossil and nuclear fuels to wind-powered hydrogen production systems, which would include modifying every existing vehicle - including aircraft - to use hydrogen fuel.
http://www.phoenixproject.net/synopsis.htm
