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Bristol Palin’s Myspace! OOPS, she did it again! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzpSpWUAue4&NR=1

Why isn’t Sarah Palin having Levi arrested under Alaskan statutory rape laws?

Does she not believe in the rule of law?  

Alaska Statutory Rape Laws

Statutory rape is defined as sexual activity – without the use of force or violence – with anyone defined as a minor. The thought behind these laws is that a minor is unable to legally consent to sexual activity. Statutory rape is so common in the United States that the federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services commissioned a report on this type of crime in 2004.

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from breadwithcircus.com

The Republicans have chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be their candidate for Vice President. There has been a lot of sound and fury in the media about the pregnancy, or potential cover-up of the pregnancy of her daughter. I don’t care about that at all, it is irrelevant to Palin’s qualifications to serve as Vice President. People should stop focusing on it because there is a much more significant issue at stake.

What we must consider is the world-view and psychological makeup of Sarah Palin. Local corruption scandals aside, (I assume that EVERY candidate is corrupt) it doesn’t bother me that Palin is into guns and oil, and against abortion; these things are standard GOP stuff. What concerns me about Palin is her church.

If John McCain wins or steals the election, he would be the oldest President in US history. McCain’s health is a real consideration. The man has had cancer before. If he were to die while in office (this has happened to 8 of 42 presidents, or about 20% ) Sarah Palin would be Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful military in the history of the planet. She could press the red button.

Why is this a problem? From reading the website of her church, the Wasilla Assembly of God, it appears that Palin’s religion is one that eagerly anticipates doomsday, the battle of Armagaeddon, the rapture, and all the rest of the death-cult fantasies that Evangelical Christianity and Radical Islam share. If Palin believes what her church professes,
we may be in some serious trouble.

Here is the “What We Believe” statement of Palin’s church. It lists the “16 Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God.” It says “These are non-negotiable tenets of faith that all Assemblies of God churches adhere to. This list is derived from the official Statement of Fundamental Truths.” I recommend copying it before it is taken down.

Among the greatest hits from that list,

“WE BELIEVE…The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is Speaking in Tongues, as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.”

“WE BELIEVE…in The Blessed Hope. When Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth (the second coming). At this future moment in time all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord forever.”

“WE BELIEVE…A Final Judgment Will Take Place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.”

“WE BELIEVE…and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and a New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth.”

To summarize, they believe in rolling around on the floor and babbling “divinely inspired” gibberish. They believe that they will one day, perhaps soon, be beamed up to heaven just before the onset of a great world war. They believe that this “Armagaeddon” will result in the slaughter of billions. They believe that those killed in this “judgment” will suffer an eternity of torture at the hands of their vengeful god who, ironically, also promises an eternity in some sort of perfect heaven, following a thousand years of Theocratic rule by someone they call “Christ”.

The real question is, does Sarah Palin believe this too? If she does, then the USA could have a Commander-in-Chief who looked forward to, and perhaps even actively sought a nuclear war. This thinking can only be labeled as psychopathic. Put a psychopath in power and we could see a self-fulfilling prophecy, doomsday could come because Palin could bring it on.

This is truly scary. For all of his talk, I was never fully convinced that George W Bush really believed his religious dogma. It always seemed a little too much like the ramblings of a reformed drunk trying to show everyone that he had made good. If there’s anything that Christians like, going all the way back to Saul/Paul, it’s the flawed soul, born again and transformed into goodness. It is plausible that Palin actually does buy into the religious insanity. She was raised in the church, and spoke to the congregation there as recently as June of this year, where she made a speech describing the war in Iraq as “a task from god.”

The press corps seemed all too interested in Barack Obama’s wacky church during the Democratic primary. They set the precedent then; a candidate’s religious background requires scrutiny, and asking the candidate about some of the more eccentric beliefs of their church is not off limits. I’ll close this post by suggesting a few questions that we might
want to see Sarah Palin answer before the election.

First, Does she believe in her church’s “16 Fundamental Truths”?

If she does, then the following questions MUST be considered.

Does she think that people of other faiths and denominations will go to hell?

Does she speak in tongues?

Does she expect to be raptured?

Does she look forward to the battle of Armagaeddon and the other end-times scenes described in the Book of Revelation?

These are all fair questions. We have a right to know about the convictions of the person who may one day have the nuclear trigger at her finger. Now is the time for the press to step up.

In Miami Beach where I live, there is a string on poles surrounding the island.

 I Am not sure what the string means, but it is put up by the religious Jewish community.

This string supposedly signifies that on the Sabbath you are indoors when you are actually on the street.  So you can carry on duties that you would normally not be allowed to do outdoors on the Sabbath like pushing a baby carriage.  What else it means I do not know.  The important thing is that it is a religious symbol.

Now, I do not condemn religion or religious people of any kind.  On my best day I am agnostic, others I am atheist.  Like most thinking people I struggle with my beliefs on a daily basis.  But I do believe religious people are mostly sheep.

This is not about Islam, Catholics, Protestants, Jews or any other religion.  It is about religious symbolism in the public sphere, and more importantly public land.  This string and corresponding poles clearly are a violation of our first amendment under the bill of rights.  This string and corresponding poles also allow any other religion to place any religious symbol they see fit on our precious beaches, under the equal protection clause.

On a personal note, I find the string offensive.  I am not a religious person, but I am now living in a religious community, because some people have the pull to say this is their community.  Anti-Semitic? I don’t think so but I am sure there will be some nasty comments.

A couple of weeks ago I went out with my drill and took down the offending poles.  They were soon put up again. I thought about repeating my antics but after spending a weekend in jail not too long ago for my beliefs, I really do not want to do that again soon.  So I decided to follow proper procedure.  I contacted the Miami Beach Mayor’s office and asked under what permit are these poles allowed.  Yep, you knew it already, no response.

I also contacted the Florida ACLU, yes I am a proud card carrying member, and asked them to help me sue Miami Beach.  So far, no answer.  I love that they have the money (my money) to defend Oliver North and Rush Limbaugh, but they do not have the money to help a member with a serious civil liberties case.  Maybe St. Ronnie was right,” liberals are financing their own destruction.”

So while I wait or keep on harassing the Miami Beach City government for an answer and the ACLU for help I am asking for your help.  Right now I thought the best line of attack would be to put stickers on the poles saying, “Religious fence” to make people aware.  But I think there is probably something that fits better on a sticker and conveys a stronger message.  Your suggestions and help would be very much appreciated.  Please send them to: nobegood@gmail.com.

NOBE means north beach just in case you are wondering, not worshiping the devil yet.

Of course there maybe other options.  If you have suggestions on dealing with this problem they would be appreciated.

Please forward this to your friends particularly if they live in Miami Beach and help me circulate this notice.  Maybe we can get together a group of citizens that are interested in maintaining the separation of church and state and get these offensive symbols removed. 

Palin has stated she plans to “take back America to it’s xtian roots as it was intended by the founders”.

Palin is so pathetically ignorant of the facts of American history, the Constitution of this country and the intentions of the Founding Fathers in the creation of the constitution and amendments it boggles the mind, and willfully ignorant at that!   Most of the Founding Fathers were atheist, agnostic or deist and wanted to keep religion and government separate so no one religion would be pushed down everyone else’s throats like the fundi evangelicals want to do! .  Anyone who has read their papers and letters would know that!

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Palin and McCain’s Shotgun Marriage

Sunday 07 September 2008

by: Frank Rich, The New York Times

Palin serves as a distraction in the campaign.

    Sarah Palin makes John McCain look even older than he is. And he seemed more than willing to play that part on Thursday night. By the time he slogged through his nearly 50-minute acceptance speech – longer even than Barack Obama’s – you half-expected some brazen younger Republican (Mitt Romney, perhaps?) to dash onstage to give him a gold watch and the bum’s rush.

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Posted on August 25, 2008 by rogermaynard

When Governor Palin chose to unceremoniously dump Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Monehan a few weeks ago, she had no idea the trouble that would follow. Apparently the basic issue was that Monehan supported the troopers, saw a department that had been cut too many times, and refused to make additional budget cuts as directed by the governor.

But then it came to light that Governor Palin, her family and staff were pressuring Monehan to fire a trooper, one that is an ex-brother in law, over a personal matter, and things became sticky real fast. Her denials and subsequent back-pedaling have only served to intensify the controversy.

By now she must know how br’er rabbit felt. It was tempting to draw blogger Andrew Halcro as br’er fox, but simple cartoons are usually better.

Read the story in the Wall Street Journal Online.

NO RECORD OF PALIN ‘SON’ TRIG BORN ON THE DATE CLAIMED … IS THIS BRISTOL’S 2ND PREGNANCY NOT THE 1ST!!!

http://www.mediatakeout.com/2008/26353
People’s children are off limits? This is not about her daughter bristol, no one is attacking her daughter… this is about another GOP corrupt politician who wants to be vice-president or president.
We don’t need it… not another 4 or 8 years of lying corrupt president and vice-president…. we had enough of bush and cheney… this is about Palin lies,cover-ups and misconduct.“Gov. Palin needs to take a DNA or blood test to prove that baby trig is hers… all the evidence is supporting that the baby belongs to Bristol, her daughter.
I saw pictures and VIDEO of gov. palin when she CLAIMED to be 7 and 8 months pregnant, AND SHE DIDn’t look freakin 7 or 8 months preganant to me… I have six children by two different women so I freakin know what a 7 and 8 month pregnant woman looks like. Palin was not pregnant with trig, bristol was.
If Bristol is now pregnant a second time or her 2nd pregnancy is a hoax to force her to marry her boyfriend to cover up for gov palin scandal…… faux-lame and biased news channel and other media outlets who support the GOP are trying to cover-up the scandal… and the oabama campaign is too scared to touch the issue cause they are just scared of being called a sexist for busting Palin’s chops.
NEWS FLASH: A rumor is not a rumor when evidence to support the claim exist… OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE!!!!”

FACTS:

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