Who the Hell Wants to Live in Mississippi?

Dem Rangel: 'Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?'...

Update: NY congressman says no offense intended with Mississippi remark

SPIN: "I certainly don't mean to offend anyone, I just love New York

so much that I can't understand why everyone wouldn't want to live here."

Dems are already providing good entertainment for all.
As they become more confident, their insanity will dramatically increase.
It should be the ultimate entertainment.

Grab some popcorn!

Christian Martyrs vs. Islamist Martyrs

Sons of Islam everywhere, the jihad is a duty - to establish the rule of Allah on earth and to liberate your countries and yourselves from America's domination and its Zionist allies, it is your battle - either victory or martyrdom.

-Sheikh A. Yassin

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave.

Discipline is an index to doctrine.

-Tertullian

In Christian context, a martyr is an innocent who, without seeking death (suicide being seen as sinful), is murdered or put to death for his or her religious faith or convictions.

In Islam it can include this but also includes Jihad, christian theology has no injuction that states if one kills for ones religion he will go to heaven, infact just the opposite killing any one for any reason is a sin. This is a huge differnce in how Christians and Muslims view the word martyr.

Martyrdom is a form of religious persecution. The word 'martyr' comes from the Greek word translated "witness". A Christian martyr is one who chooses to die, usually by means of a cruel or tortured means like stoning, crucifixion, beheading, etc., instead of renouncing a core principle or belief about their Christian faith.

The first Christian martyr was Saint Stephen as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles (6:8-8:3) who was stoned to death for his faith. Stephen was killed (i.e., martyred) for his support, belief and faith in Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah. There were probably many other early Christian martyrs besides Stephen since Saul, later-known as the Apostle Paul of Tarsus, is mentioned as bringing many murderous threats against the disciples or followers of Jesus (Acts 9:1ff.).

The first Christian Martyr in England was Saint Alban, a roman citizen, who lived in Verulamium and, when sheltering a Christian priest, converted to Christianity. When he refused to worship the Roman gods, he was executed. It is believed that the executioner's eyeballs fell out. Since then, Verulamium grew and changed its name to Saint Albans.
In subsequent centuries, especially during periods of widespread inquisition and Protestant Reformation, many Christians were martyred on charges of heresy.

There are many incredible stories, ancient and contemporary, of Christian martyrdom.

Early Christian martyrs
Saint Stephen was stoned and some 2,000 other Christians suffered at the time of Stephen's persecution.
James the Great (Son of Zebedee) was beheaded in 44 A.D.
Philip was crucified in 54 A.D.
Matthew killed by a halberd in 60 A.D.
James the Just, beaten to death by a club after being crucified and stoned.
Matthias was stoned and beheaded.
Saint Andrew, St. Peter's brother, was crucified.
Mark was beaten to death.
Peter, Saint Peter, crucified upside-down.
Paul, Apostle Paul, beheaded in Rome.
Jude was crucified.
Bartholomew was crucified.
Thomas, was killed by a spear.
Luke was hanged.
Simon was crucified in 74 A.D.
John the Evangelist was cooked in boiling hot oil but survived and died of old age circa 110 A.D
2nd and 3rd century A.D.
Polycarp of Smyrna, probably around 160 A.D.
Ignatius of Antioch in 107 A.D.
Justin Martyr of Palestine in 168 A.D.
The Martyrs of Scili (in North Africa, about 180 A.D.) The Passio Sanctorum Scilitanorum is regarded as the oldest Christian text in the Latin language.
Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage in 202 A.D.
Origen of Alexandria, about 250 A.D.
Saint Januarius of Naples, Italy in 305 A.D
Saint Philomena of Corfu, Greece (died in Rome) about 305 A.D

One of the worlds first martyrs was the person we get the word martyr from, Islamic groups fail to mention that the word Martyr is from the early Christian apologist and intellectual defender of the faith Justin Martyr. Ironicaly Justin was born in modern day Palestine, he was excuted by the Romans for not denying his faith.

In Islam, martyrs are thought to comprise two groups of the faithful: those killed in jihad and those killed unjustly.

The first martyr in Islam was the old woman Sumayyah bint Khabbab[3], the first Muslim to die at the hands of the polytheists of Mecca (specifically, Abu Jahl).

The Eye of God?

(NASA/Handout/Reuters)

This undated photograph, released by NASA November 9, 2006, shows a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's south pole. The colossal storm, with a well-developed eye, marks the first time a truly hurricane-like storm has been detected on a planet other than Earth, the images showed on Thursday.

Final Election Thoughts

Its Official Steele Chairman of RNC

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, whose party just lost both chambers of Congress, will leave his position in January, and the post as party chief has been offered to Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele.

"It is true," Mr. Mehlman told The Washington Times when asked about reports last night that he would resign. "It's something I decided over the summer. No one told me I needed to. In fact, folks wanted me to stay."

Mr. Mehlman said he "told the White House over the summer it was my decision" to leave the RNC post, "win, lose or draw."

Also last night, Republican officials told The Times that Mr. Steele, who lost his bid for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, has been sought out to succeed Mr. Mehlman as national party chairman. Those Republican officials said Mr. Steele had not made a decision whether to take the post, as of last night.
Other Republican Party officials said some Republican National Committee (RNC) members, including state party chairmen, have mounted a move to have Mr. Steele succeed Mr. Mehlman.

But they said that President Bush's political adviser Karl Rove, who is Mr. Mehlman's mentor, would rather see Mr. Steele serve in the president's Cabinet, perhaps as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. These officials said no one has actually offered Mr. Steele either the RNC post or a Cabinet post.

Steele spokesman Doug Heye said last night that "I don't know of any conversations that Lt. Gov. Steele has had on this topic, but I can tell you that there are many people who have said he would be an ideal candidate, based on the race he ran this year."

"I talked to him very briefly about it today. He has not made any decisions yet about what he will do next. He is still focused on his role as lieutenant governor," Mr. Heye said.

Mr. Steele is one of the most successful and respected black Republicans in the country. He served as the elected Maryland Republican Party chairman before running for lieutenant governor.

The White House, RNC and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) were pleased with what they called his tough but dignified performance as senatorial candidate in a liberal state that last elected a Republican senator in 1980. The NRSC had enough confidence in him as a candidate that it directed large amounts of money into independent expenditures on behalf of his campaign in the closing days.

Mr. Mehlman also told The Times he will not step down as Republican national chairman until the RNC's annual winter meeting in Washington. He said he also "will do an intensive after-action review" of the campaign.

The outgoing RNC chief was a regional political director for the 2000 Bush presidential nomination and general election campaigns and then was named White House political director after Mr. Bush's election.

This is great!!!!!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20061110-121131-5518r_page2.htm

Josh Groban ft. Angie Stone - The Prayer

Josh Groban singing "The Prayer" With Angie Stone.
An amazing song!

Do Liberals Keep Poor Minorities Down?

Most Democrats do not want to "help" Black or poor Americans with these programs that they push and glorify. The ones that still think that most of these social programs are actually helping people are either politically and economically immature or just plain silly. Anyone with a history book, some years on 'em, and a brain can see that these programs are not designed to help people the way that they need to be helped.

Its like putting a band-aid on a bullet wound.

If the welfare system were designed to temporarily help people and get them off welfare, you wouldn't see these 3rd and 4th generation welfare mothers running around like they do. The jobs that they help you get are chicken crap jobs with no upward mobility, and there is no incentive for people who use the programs to ever strive to get off of the assistance. Democrats who have been doing this thing for a while know that; but they don't care. You mess with their money and power when you stop the process. Create a welfare state, and those who promote excessive government involvement stay in power. When you tell Big Brother you need him, he continues to come to the 'rescue'.

Poverty and ignorance are a business, and SOME people are getting paid...

Think about it; if the goal were really to end poverty, either they really SUCK at their jobs, or no one has figured out in God knows how many years how to help poor people not to be poor anymore.

But the people in charge aren't poor....hmmm....they could figure it out for themselves, but they can't seem to help you figure it out.

Anyway, that point has been made. The reason why I say 'no' as well is because its not supposed to be their job to figure out how to get you out of your mess. Its not supposed to be their job to support you. I agree that everyone needs a helping hand sometime. But Negroes act like they need a helping hand, arm, foot, leg, and torso, too! Black people have gotten lazy and complacent, and for some strange reason, most of us still think that someone owes us something. That much is our own fault 100 times over. Its just a shame that so many people have learned to take advantage of us in our poverty and ignorance.

I just hate for someone to PRETEND like they care when they really don't...

My 25 cents (I used my two cents up a long time ago...)

I.C. Jackson is a blogger and member of the Black Business Owners Network (B.B.O.N.) and a contributor to HipHopRepublican.com

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Steele as RNC chair?

Steele as RNC chair?


From the Washington Post

Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R), who came up just short yesterday in his Senate race against Rep. Ben Cardin (D), is mulling a bid for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, according to an informed GOP source.

Steele would not challenge current RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, but chatter among Republican insiders is that Mehlman has made clear for months that he might not return to his current post.

"Chairman Mehlman will be making an announcement regarding his future at the RNC in the coming weeks," said RNC communication director Brian Jones.

Mehlman has made outreach to the African American community a priority during his time as head of the party, and Steele would be seen as a logical successor to that effort.

Steele was in my opinion one of the best candidates in either party for any office in the 2006 elections. He managed to gain 45% of the vote in a state that has twice as many Democrats as Republicans in a decidedly bad year to be a Republican candidate. Giving him a national stage to articulate Republican positions on issues and policy can only mean good things for the future of the Republican Party.

Yo Go Boi!!!!

Why Republicans Lost

By Richie

Republicans lost the house and may loose the Senate, at first I was upset but in my heart I think we should have lost.

The party has become some what arrogant, and out of touch with the base, we got slapped the fuck up. American's went to the polls and said shut the hell up and show us where our money is going! And the truth is many of those votes were Republicans.

I hope the leadership of the party learned its fucking lesson, you can not spend, spend with out consequences, nor can you just get by with whispering "lets stay the course". You can not force anti abortion laws on the courts at will, nor can you bring out the gay marriage ticket to scare folks. People's children are dying in Iraq by radical Islamist and they want to know what the hell is going on Mr. President.

To the BushBots who think all is well in Iraq you were proven wrong. I supported the war and I still do, but you do not go to war unless you are going to win, and win decisively.

Bush should have never sent Paul Bremmer to Iraq, the Neocon's and Iraqi dissident groups warned him, but he choose to instead listen to the idiots at the State department under Colin Powell, (yes Colin Powell is no angel), it was the state departments rhetoric that led to the troops staying a little longer which led to occupation, the necons were saying get Saddam out and get the fuck out of there!! As much as I dislike Democrat whining I hope they investigate every thing under the sun, and I hope that they not give one buck to the government unless we know what the hell we are purchasing.

Also to the Democrats while they won should not take this election as some thrill ride for socialist, Trotskyite polices, the American people have giving them an opportunity to show that they can moderate the arrogance of power.

Also the knives will be out for the social conservative Republicans for the loss of good moderate Republicans, in the party. In is amazing that good house seats like Sue Kelly in New York were lost because of one issue Iraq, this is shameful, and makes me sick.

Moderate Republicans who lost or who warned folks like Sean Hannity's should get a big apology. Also moderate Republicans need to fight back like never before, and stand up to those who claim to run the party.

The Republican's no know that they can not win with out the North East, and must become more moderate, to win back those seats.

The facts are as they stand Republican's got shit on this week and no spin can change that, congratulations Democrats, and well done in electing a women to be house speaker...you rock at least for now.


Richard is the founder of HipHopRepublican.com

Hip-Hop Republican Election Predictions

Rhode Island - Republican hold
Pennsylvania - Democratic pick-up
Ohio - Democratic pick-up
Missouri - Republican hold
Montana - Republican hold
Tennessee - Republican hold
Virginia - Republican hold

New Jersey - Democratic hold
Maryland - Republican pick-up ...Lets Hope So
Michigan - Republican pick-up


Go Vote Republicans

OP-ED: How The Elephant Got Stuck In The Mud

The moderate-conservative columnist, on Republicans: "The donkeys are anxious to capitalize on the apparent disdain the voting public has begun to feel toward the elephants, whom many see as having done little more than pad the pockets of the wealthy with tax cuts on the one hand, while spending, on the other, like drunken sailors in order to fatten the pockets of war profiteers.

All of those complaints are much simpler than what has actually happened - because what we have actually seen is a growing disdain for the self-righteous chest-thumping that began to be drowned out by the fall of one elephant after another from his pedestal of public purity. Scandals have arrived in every possible way, beginning with selling out to lobbyists who always seemed to know the price of a congressman or a senator." Mr. Crouch continues his commentary: "For all of this, I think it would be a mistake if the Democrats were to begin thumping their own chests and presenting themselves as the guys ready to change the sheets of the national bed of politics that have been turned smut-gray with Republican corruption.

Barack Obama is correct in saying that we now need a politics that can commit itself to national interests across party lines. That is far easier said than done. Bob Dole remarked during Bill Clinton's first term that the President tended to ignore the other side of the aisle because he assumed that the new mandate left no room for considering Republican positions. Dole said that that was not the way things actually worked in Washington - and that if a party refused to acknowledge the other side, it would soon learn the error of its ways.

Now, after almost 10 years of presenting themselves as very close to stiff-necked Christian fundamentalists, the elephants find it necessary to remake themselves. We will see what happens tomorrow, but we can be sure that, once heard, the will of people will have to be answered almost immediately. Do not be deceived by the holier-than-thou Bible beating, the mudslinging and the finger-pointing. The elephants, however much they would like to pretend that their policies always come down from heaven by way of Wall Street, are politicians first and foremost. Those who are not will find themselves having to wave a long goodbye to substantial influence."

Black Atlanta Democrats Admit They Hate White People

By Erick

John Eaves, a black Democrat in Atlanta, is running to replace Republican Karen Handel as the Chairman of the Fulton County Commission, the county in which Atlanta exists.Congressman John Lewis, Former Mayor and Wal-Mart star Andy Young, and current Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin have up a very vile ad attacking white people, which you can listen to here.

Isn't it sad some people can't move beyond the 1960's. Amazingly, Shirley Frankly got elected with the support of white voters. But, apparently, should they continue to preside over the Fulton County Commission, it will be more dangerous than the terrorists.

Young Blacks Politically Engaged says Study

by Lorinda Bullock

Think America's youth are nothing more than a bunch of lazy and ungrateful text-messaging, mall-dwelling, iPod-blasting brats?

A recent survey released last week from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement says to think again, especially when it comes to America's Black youth.

According to the study, African American young people are "most likely to vote regularly, belong to groups involved with politics, donate money to candidates or parties, display buttons or signs, canvass and contact the broadcast media or print media."

The study also said Black people between the ages of 15-25 were most likely to raise money for a charity, tying with Asian Americans.

"Consistent with previous research, African Americans are generally the most politically engaged racial/ethnic group," the study said.

The Maryland-based organization compiled information from telephone and email surveys done earlier this year with 1,700 young people ages 15-25.

The study's results departs from other studies that conclude Black youth are more prone to wind up in the justice system, be killed by a peer, become pregnant or contract a sexually-transmitted disease.

Melanie Campbell, the executive director of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation said she is not surprised that Black youth are getting more involved especially after the popular "Vote or Die" campaign in 2004 led by entertainers like P. Diddy and most recently Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.

"The 2004 election, the youth vote overall went up but it was largely in part because Black youth turned out in much higher numbers than they had in about 10 years," Campbell said.

"Katrina, young people decided to do an alternative spring break. That's a clear example that young people are connecting the dots that they need to be involved. It's not just the vote but being involved in one's community. That was volunteerism at its best. We should celebrate that but build on it."

Campbell's Washington-based organization was instrumental in registering young Black voters during the 2004 elections and in its 10th year of the Black Youth Vote initiative.

As November approaches, the group is working even harder until Election Day criss-crossing the country in a voter registration drive. So far, this year, the group has registered 350,000 voters aged 18-30 years old. Campbell's staff and volunteers are all practically in this age group. She said peer-to-peer encouragement has been the most effective in registering voters.

"A lot of young people are out here organizing and they want to be involved and we as a community have to embrace that. We have to make sure we continuously find avenues and vehicles for them to be able to engage their peers and lead the effort for and with the community," she said.

Asian American youth came right behind African Americans and like African Americans are more likely to volunteer, sign petitions, raise money and persuade others about elections.

In direct comparison to young Whites, the study said "Whites are the most likely to run, walk or ride a bike for charity and to be active members of a group. They are least likely to protest, donate money to a party or candidate or persuade others about an election."

The study showed that Latino youth had the highest levels of disengagement and were the least likely to volunteer, contact officials or boycott. But 25 percent of young Latinos have protested "more than double the rate for any other racial/ethnic group."

Recent large scale protests about immigration may have contributed to these numbers and the study also mentions that the protesting may factor into increased Latino voter participation in November.

But while minorities are getting more vocal about their concerns, when it came to political knowledge, the study revealed America's youth overall barely knew questions about the government.

A little more than half of America's youth could not name the Republican Party as the more conservative party, 56 percent did not know that only citizens could vote in federal elections and only 30 percent could correctly name at least one member of the President's cabinet. Of those who could name a cabinet member, 82 percent named Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.

As for African American youth, the study said they believe have a reason to get involved because they are "most likely to view the political system as unresponsive to the genuine needs of the public." Asians were more likely to believe the system is responsive.

For the most engaged young people, a number of factors contributed to their participation in community service and the political process including being Democrat, liberal, from an urban area, a regular church attendee, and from a family with parents who volunteer and are college educated.

Nolan Rollins, the president of the National Urban League's Young Professionals, said it is no surprise the connections between Black youth, the church and long-standing Black social organizations like the National Urban League and NAACP boosted young Black people ahead of other groups.


"It's not really surprising because I think that what you're talking about is a generation that is not far removed from the civil rights generation and I think what we're seeing now is almost a trickle down effect," he said.

Rollins said that youth participation in the NUL's annual convention has grown every year to the point where there is a youth track with age-based sessions specially made for teens, college students and young professionals.

The Young Professional division of the NUL has a membership of 9,000 ages 21-40, representing 62 chapters across the country. The group is responsible for the National Day of Service and a number of educational programs on topics ranging from HIV/AIDS to financial responsibility.

Rollins believes this surge in social engagement comes from young people understanding they are the beneficiaries of gains made by the civil rights movement and with the unprecedented opportunities they have available, young people are confident they can make a difference from places their ancestors couldn't in the boardroom, classroom and courtroom.

"There was a whole generation of folks that fought for rights that wanted us to have the ability to attend the schools we wanted to attend and get the jobs that we wanted to actually get and you come up with a group of folks who have access to those opportunities," Rollins said.

"We no longer have to depend on our back in order to ensure that we can be successful. If we want to laborious things we can. If we choose not to we have the opportunity and the ability to find our ways to higher education find our ways to entrepreneurship and things like that. This is a generation that realizes we have more at our fingertips than before and is taking advantage of it."

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GO VOTE!!!!

All Republicans eligible to vote, make sure you do it! This election is extremely important! I voted absentee earlier this evening as I will be gone on election day, but you can still vote absentee even if you're doing it just to avoid the long lines/hassle on election day. GO VOTE!

If you are in Maryland vote for Steele

Lt. Governor Michael Steele for US Senate

Saddam Hussein Sentenced to hang

HURRAY!!!!!!!!!

They should have gotten him a long time ago. But he is getting what he deserves.I still say cut his nards off with a dull knife dipped in pork grease.

Maybe even better than cutting his nards off would be to torture him daily and keep him within inches from death everyday for the rest of his life.

The only bad thing is we have to wait the appeals process, given that their appeal process is nothing compared to ours. He should be dead by February...HURRAY!!!!!!!!!

Selective Race-Baiting

There are occasions in the news coverage of campaigns where fevered imagination kicks in and calm, comparative reason takes a holiday. Here we go again, and this time it's Harold Ford Jr., the Democrat contender for the Senate in Tennessee who is getting the red-carpet media treatment.

Ford is an attractive black "rising Democratic star," whose only obstacle is Tennessee's inability to get beyond its sordid racist past.



The East Coast media recently parachuted into Tennessee to explore if the state was still so backward as to elect yet another Republican. On its front page, The Washington Post began a story with John Layne, aging white Republican, who came to a Ford rally because he has emphysema and worries about health care. "Oh, sure, there's some prejudice," Layne said. "I wouldn't want my daughter marrying one." But apparently, he'll vote for one if the government benefit checks are good.

From that assumption -- scratch a Southerner, and there's still a bigot underneath, unless he votes for Democrats -- the media have built fortresses of hot air on another assumption: Going back to the Nixon era, Republicans have gained office in the South not because of their record on national defense or abortion or taxes but because every conservative victory is proof of Southern racism successfully exploited.

Ford filmed a TV ad inside a church and, further pushing the piety theme, regularly has proclaimed his love for Jesus Christ on the campaign trail. But Republicans saw hypocrisy -- and an opportunity to exploit it. They ran a humorous ad mocking Ford for attending a Playboy magazine party in Florida at the Super Bowl last year. The ad ends with a woman posing as someone Ford met at the Super Bowl, saying, "Harold, call me."

The liberal media hyperventilated, treating this ad as if it was the vilest racist piece of film since "Birth of a Nation" in 1915.

In The New York Times, media writer Alessandra Stanley scolded that the ad was a comedic regurgitation of how "Republican strategists in 1988 tried to stoke subliminal racist fears with the infamous Willie Horton ad." For the young, that's an ad that underlined that Gov. Michael Dukakis was soft on criminals because he let murderers out on weekend furloughs. Willie Horton was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a gas station attendant 19 times and shoving him into a garbage can to die. On one weekend furlough, the convict raped a woman in Maryland.

But Horton was black, and therefore Dukakis' position on crime, like Ford's position on moral issues, was irrelevant. Those Republicans are racists, and that's all that matters.

(I continue to find the predictable "Willie Horton" racism line to be of particular personal interest and bemusement. For the record, it was your humble writer here who produced the very first Willie Horton ad. Also for the record, it was only when I was shown the final ad that I learned that Willie Horton was black. So much for racism.)

But back to my point. On ABC, Dean Reynolds clothed the Democrat line as the reaction of "many" observers: "To many, the message is clear, and in some parts of Tennessee, potentially incendiary." A professor explained, "He's talking about interracial sex, interracial relations." On NBC, Andrea Mitchell: "The NAACP said the ad 'plays to pre-existing prejudices about African-American men and white women."'

Mitchell's point was the richest one of all. Because six years ago at this time in the election cycle, it was the NAACP that was rolling out the crotch-punching race-baiting ads. Their ad featured the daughter of James Byrd, a black man who died after being dragged behind a pickup truck by racists in Texas, saying that when then-Gov. George W. Bush refused to sign a liberal "hate crimes" bill, "it was like my father was killed all over again."

Andrea Mitchell and the other liberal networks ignored that outrage then. And now the NAACP is the referee of campaign race-baiting? That's just obscene. Predictable, but obscene.

In 1998, the Missouri Democratic Party ran this radio ad: "When you don't vote, you let another church explode. When you don't vote, you allow another cross to burn. When you don't vote, you let another assault wound a brother or sister. When you don't vote, you let the Republicans continue to cut school lunches and Head Start." And the network newscast coverage? Zero.

There is no rational "news judgment" in this contrast of "Harold, call me" versus alleged Republican truck-draggers and cross-burners. There is no fairness, no balance. There is only the rational conclusion that the "news" media have decided once again that one party must be supported and the other must be defeated.

L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center.