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URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE

URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE
OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II

CHRISTMAS 2004

1. Christus natus est nobis, venite, adoremus!
Christ is born for us: come, let us adore him!
On this solemn day we come to you,
tender Babe of Bethlehem.
By your birth you have hidden your divinity
in order to share our frail human nature.
In the light of faith, we acknowledge you
as true God, made man out of love for us.
You alone are the Redeemer of mankind!

2. Before the crib where you lie helpless,
let there be an end to the spread of violence in its many forms,
the source of untold suffering;
let there be an end to the numerous situations of unrest
which risk degenerating into open conflict;
let there arise a firm will to seek peaceful solutions,
respectful of the legitimate aspirations of individuals and peoples.

3. Babe of Bethlehem, Prophet of peace,
encourage attempts to promote dialogue and reconciliation,
sustain the efforts to build peace,
which hesitantly, yet not without hope, are being made
to bring about a more tranquil present and future
for so many of our brothers and sisters in the world.
I think of Africa, of the tragedy of Darfur in Sudan,
of Côte d’Ivoire and of the Great Lakes Region.
With great apprehension I follow the situation in Iraq.
And how can I fail to look with anxious concern,
but also invincible confidence,
towards that Land of which you are a son?

4. Everywhere peace is needed!
You, Prince of true peace,
help us to understand that the only way to build peace
is to flee in horror from evil,
and to pursue goodness with courage and perseverance.
Men and women of good will, of every people on the earth,
come with trust to the crib of the Saviour!
"He who bestows the Kingdom of heaven
does not take away human kingdoms" (cf. Hymn for Vespers of Epiphany).
Hasten to meet him;
he comes to teach us
the way of truth, peace and love.

New rules

New rules aim for more efficient do-not-call registry


People who register to be left alone by telemarketers can expect that to start happening sooner under new rules announced Thursday.

Starting Jan. 1, telemarketers will have to match their contact lists against the national do-no-call registry every 31 days instead of every three months, the Federal Communications Commission said.

The registry, which was established in October 2003, has more than 69 million telephone numbers, and is administered by both the FCC and Federal Trade Commission.

The ban on unwanted phone solicitations is the government's attempt to safeguard personal privacy and reduce telemarketing abuse.

Under a 2003 law, businesses face fines of up to $11,000 if they call people who sign up for the registry -- unless they have recently done business with them. Charities, pollsters and callers on behalf of politicians, however, are exempt.

People can register their phone numbers or file complaints at www.donotcall.gov or by calling 1-888-382-1222.

China’s Natal Demon, Pic #3

China’s Natal Demon, Pic #3



The bull is now docile and willingly follows the cowherd. The head of the bull has turned white, thus representing the perfection of the intellect. The mind is the highest part of the personality, therefore it is most easily convinced of the significance of philosophical attainment. In Asia the bull is a beast of burden. The personality is the servant of the self. The ignorant man is sometimes represented by a pilgrim carrying a bull on his back. The pilgrim meets a holy man who explains to him that he should put the bull down and ride the animal instead of carrying it. By this is meant that the body and the personality of the human being should carry or support the spiritual nature. But ignorant persons permit their spiritual lives to be burdened by their personalities.emailed in by Milt Sadusky

The Real Enemy

Fighting the real enemy

The war on terror hangs in the balance.

And yet, in a time when moral clarity is so desperately needed from reporters on the front lines of that war, Americans are fed editorials attacking the liberators and language glamorizing terrorist thugs.

But more on language and labels in a minute.

First, it's time we face up to the ugly truth about the mainstream media outlets covering this war.

The fact is that newsrooms across America and Europe are filled with reporters and editors who loathe George Bush that they would rather see him lose in Iraq than see America win.

This animosity runs so deep news outlets affix the label of “occupier” to US liberators while using the term “insurgent” to describe Islamic fascists who would rather kill every man, woman, and child in Iraq than see them free.

The Michael Moore faction in the Democratic Party claims US troops are not liberators, but rather empire builders. Then again, Moore also compared the terrorists who carved off American hostages' heads to our founding fathers.

While most Democrats and leftist reporters would never make such a public admission, many do believe that spreading freedom to Iraq and Afghanistan is an imperialist scheme to spread American hegemony across the globe.

Since when did promoting Jeffersonian democracy equate to the spread of American hegemony?

Since George Bush launched this war instead of, say, Bill Clinton.

Isn't it remarkable that we never heard terms like “American imperialism” or “US hegemony” or “unilateral war” when former President Bill Clinton launched military strikes against Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sudan, or Iraq?

Can you remember 'The New York Times' or CBS News or any other mainstream media outlet taking President Clinton to task for his wars in the Balkans?

Of course not.

In fact, most wrote editorials praising America's entrance into a 500 year civil war and printed screaming headlines exaggerating incidents of mass graves and ethnic cleansing.

Never mind the fact that the Serbs' conduct in Kosovo never came close to reaching the level of barbarism and butchery that Islamic fascists have exhibited in Iraq and across the world.

In Kosovo, an act of aggression by the Serbs was always seized upon by press to justify America's involvement there.

In Iraq, the more horrendous the terror attack, the sharper the rebuke against Bush for launching his liberation efforts.

What makes the media's moral blindness so damning is the fact that the leader of the terror network responsible for most of the Iraqi killings wrote out his war plans months ago for all the world to see.

This is not morally ambiguous stuff.

Jordanian terror king al-Zarqawi warned his followers in a memo produced earlier this year that the Americans were not going to be driven out of Iraq by terror tactics.

Therefore, the only way to stop free elections and a democratically elected government was to kill as many Shiites as possible.

After slaughtering enough innocent Shia, civil war would break out and cause the streets of Iraq to flood with the blood of the unbelievers. Then, and only then, Iraq would be a safe haven for Islamic terrorists.

Zarqawi concluded by warning his terror network that if America had its way, a representative government would be elected and then their cause would be lost.

So yesterday, scores of innocent Shia were incinerated in two of Iraq's holyist cities for simply worshipping their God as they chose.

Imagine the outrage if Christian Serb leaders had written a memo defining their chief political goal as the killing of Muslims.

'The Times' would have gone apolectic. Dan Rather would have grimly spoken of a Balkan holocaust. And Hollywood types would have been standing in line at the White House asking Bill Clinton how they could support his efforts overseas.

But with the stakes so much higher in this war, the mainstream media is churning out the bad news daily, always implying that these murderous rampages in Iraq are really the fault of their one true enemy, George W. Bush.

And what about the Shia?

The cocktail party circuit in Manhattan and Hollywood have concluded they are too stupid to live under a democratic system anyway.

But for a group of idiots, Iraq's Shiite leaders sure seem smart to me.

This summer they turned the screws on one of their own-al Sadr-and told him his attacks against the US forces would not be tolerated.

Last month, the Shia's most powerful leader delivered a religious edict ordering his people to vote in next month's elections.

And most impressively, the general population is not biting at Zarqawi's bait. They know that their family members are being slaughtered in the streets of Iraq not because of US imperialism, but because Zarqawi desperately needs to draw them into a civil war.

But unlike America's mainstream press, the Shia are smart enough to read the enemy's war memos and plan accordingly.

Imagine for a moment that we lived in a world without George Bush, John Kerry, Michael Moore, Fox News, James Carville, Vietnam, the New York Times, and the all the forces that have created faultlines throughout contemporary American political life.

In such a world, does anyone seriously doubt that all of America would be united behind this war?

Imagine a world where editorial page writers were less concerned about proving George Bush wrong than bringing freedom and hope to the epicenter of Islamic terrorism.

Imagine a country where political leaders were less concerned about what party took credit for winning a war than both parties working together toward the common goal of actually winning that war.

Imagine a world where CBS News and the New York Times editorial page dared to call those slaughtering innocents in Iraq “terrorists” instead of labeling them insurgents, as if they were throwing off the yoke of a colonial power set on ruling their land for hundreds of years.

Imagine a world where journalism schools produced reporters and editors who were not afraid to call evil by its name.

Now imagine living in a world where we are fighting for the very future of our civilization-and most of the world's press remains neutral (or worse) because they don't like the man leading that epic battle.

This war on terror has seen its epicenter move from New York to Kabul to Baghdad in the past few years. It is as clearly a war of good against evil as any America has fought since World War II.

But American and European reporters are so blinded by their cynicism— and their hatred of George W. Bush— that like Hitler's Albert Speer, they do not recognize evil when its hand is on their shoulder.

Or on the front page of their newspapers.

They refuse to tie together the 9/11 murders with the Bali bombing, or the Madrid murders, or the school house slaughter in Russia, or the assassination of election workers in Iraq.

They refuse to connect the dots because George W. Bush and Tony Blair drew a line between them first, while the rest of the world was sleeping.

Maybe that's why I am staring at a picture of a man being gunned down like a dog on the front page of the New York Times. The terrorists executing the man and his two fellow election workers conducted the murders in broad daylight for all the world to see.

And what did the New York Times call these beasts?

Insurgents.

Insurgents?

Insurgents against what?!?

These “insurgents” were not gunning down US soldiers. They were not murdering police officers who were trying to put down an oppressed people.

These “insurgents” had one goal in mind yesterday: destroying those who would dare to believe that Iraq could live in freedom and peace.

Should you and I be shocked that the media is expressing little to no outrage at this unspeakable act?

Should we contemplate why so many media outlets, who would have spoken out against this atrocity had it happened in Kosovo, Israel, or scores of other countries, are sitting quietly by while Islamic terrorists continue killing election workers, doctors, and all others who are trying to bring aid to a desperate people?

Of course not.

The media hates this war because it hates this president. It doesn't matter how noble the goal. It doesn't matter how high the stakes.

In this perverse new media reality, George Bush is evil, U.S. troops are occupiers, and terrorists who gun down defenders of democracy are “insurgents.”

Any questions?

Hoaxes

Remember This Link?

http://newport.4mg.com/virus.html

A button there that lists ALL internet and email hoaxes

Know Your Limits

As we enter the holiday season, I think it's important for everyone to step back and remember that we can all have fun without getting dangerous. I've attached a rather graphic picture of an overdose victim, not for its shock value, but in the hope that everyone remains aware of his or her limits.

When you look at this picture, remember that this did not have to happen.

Happy Holidays!

emailed in from Julie Music
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Microsoft Issues 5 New Warnings

Microsoft on Tuesday released five Security Bulletins, warning of several vulnerabilities that put computers running Windows at risk of attack.

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Google Search Tool Flawed

Google desktop search flawed

A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool recently distributed by Google, a newspaper report said Monday.
The glitch, which could permit an attacker to secretly search the contents of a personal computer via the Internet, is what computer scientists call a composition flaw, the New York Times said.

Google has begun distributing a new version of the desktop search engine that repairs the potential security hole.
New Version Here.

Satan

Three days before Christmas, Satan will rise on a column of flame over Russia.