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Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think

Comments I read about the documentary "What a Billion Muslims really think" believe the documentary is a propaganda film accusing outsiders of notbeing tolerant of Muslims while covering up what Muslims really believe.

One story I read from a Muslim woman who was defending Muslims from the views of Americans (like we all think alike) and trying to convince non-Muslims that Muslims were really a non violent people and yet wished harm to all who did not accept that they were non-violent!

Islam started as a small band of followers of Mohammed and were a violet group, spreading their teaching through war, not as defenders of themselves but as the aggressors. It started that way against their own people and has remained that way through today.

divvying or not divving

"Experts say that people with a lot of pounds to lose get overwhelmed by counting calories and give up. Keep it simple by divvying your plate into thirds: 1/3 protein, 1/3 vegetables, and 1/3 whole grains."

I would divvying my plate but I have no idea what that means.

Dave Becham poses as Target employee

I suppose that should be front page news everywhere. Actually I can relate because I posped as a Harris-Teeter employee for the last eleven years. Beleive it or not, no one noticed that Ionly pretented to work there. Well, maybe there were a few who thought I didn't know what I was doing but for the most part my undercover work there went totallyunnoticed by the shopping public.

But from my point of view, if Dave Becham or any one else sprays perfume in my face I may just have to slap that bottle out of his hand.

Do Overs

A Bloomberg National Poll shows that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the most popular national political figure in America today.

“Nearly two-thirds of Americans hold a favorable view of her and one-third are suffering a form of buyer’s remorse, saying the U.S. would be better off now if she had become president in 2008 instead of Barack Obama,” reports Bloomberg.

I didn't vote for Obama and I didn't vote for McCain either. I would have voted for Hilary. Too bad we can't have a do over.

Picture of the day

Albino seal, a rare reddish-brown color, was aboned by his parents and left to survive or perish on his own. The seal wasalmost blind and surely would have perished had it not been recued.

Isn't he dead yet?

Ever once in a while, Pat Robertson opens his mouth and makes news-but never in a good way. No, I don't wish him dead but I do wish he would just shut up and go away. He is an embarassement.

Diabetic cookbook

I tried a chili recipe from the mayo clinic diabetic cookbox and the ingrediants seemed normal for chili but the stuff was so nasty even I could not eat it and I'll eat just about anything except for squash and okra and I'll eat steamed squash and okra in sucatash. I'd rather be a diabetic than eat the food in that Mayo Clinic cookbook.

Dating disasters

What is the worst date you have been on? Your story has to be better than the ones on Yahoo. Have you dated someone you would not date again? Why not?

baby frog

Not a tadpole but a baby frog. A tadpole has gills and a tail but a frog has lungs and no tail. This creature has lungs and a tail as it is just emerging from the water (In my rain barrell) for the very first time. Its head is yellow and bright green indicating it might be a bull frog.

I have plenty of little tiny frogs about the size of a raisin, some grey, some brown, and one or two will be black and I have seen a few young prune size but this is the first one I have seen with the tail still attached. It's about the size of a chocolate-covered peanut.

Kate Milldeltons fashion

It seems that the people to be in fashion are jealous of Kate Milldleton, claiming she is no fashion trendsetter but she should be. She is a beautiful young women, clean with no tattoes or body piercings, neat, dressing attractively and conservatively, unlike todays young Hollywood stars and most youth of America. She is the idea of what most men my age would have thought was the perfect woman back in the day; someone you would be proud to take home to meet ones parents.

Why I retired at 64

I worked until June 21, 2011,earning more than I would normally be able too and not have my SS reduced but with what I earned from working plus what I received in Social Security, I earned only $5,000.00 less for the year but if one considers take home pay rather than gross the difference was only $2,000. But I spend about $2,000 less in gas and travel expenses plus I don't have to work at all. The bottom line is I will break even monetarily if one does not count the wear and tear on my car. If you do, then I will come out ahead plus I get to spend about 55 hours a week doing things I would rather be doing besides working. Now in 2012, I will take myself a part-time job locally and will actually take home more than I did last year. After 2012, I can work all that I want and not have it affect my social Security. One thing I did luck out on is my 401K which I had invested at high risk trying to earn money for retirement. I did very well, almost tripling my money in two years. When I retired, I changed my savings to a much more protected arrangement and then the bottom fell out of the stock market again but I was safe. My wife being out of work really hurt us financially what with the decreased income and increased bills, but there isn't anything to be done about that. Yea, I miss my allowance but I'd rather have my wife well.

After 20 Years, Missing CEO Reappears

This is the story of Mr. Millard, founder of computerland who dropped from view in 1990 and has racked up a taxbill of over $100 million dollars. He is called the mos elusive millionaire in history. Not so. I am. My millions are hidden so well I can't even find them. And no one knowsI am one. How is that for being elusive?

10 month old raped by mother (in Ohio)

DUBLIN, Ohio — A Dublin mother has been accused of raping her 10-month-old son, videotaping the assault and sending the video to her boyfriend in Michigan.

Obama to propose $300 billion jobs plan

Where is the money coming from? That is $100.00 for every man, woman and child in the USA and if Obama has to borrow it then it is more like $400 or $500 for eveyone. If Obama really wants the economy to grow and this country to proper again, then maybe he should resign. But he wants to be President more than he wants things to get better. The only hope I can believe in now is that who occupies the White House will change.

To rain or not to rain

Not much of a question in Randleman, NC. The only rainfall I've seen around here was just a light rain for just the amount of time it took my wife to leave the house, go to the grocery store, and return. Other than that, none at all. The dust isn't even settle on the ground. As much as I love to garden, vegatable, flower and water, I do believe I've settled in the wrong town. It's really frustrating. Year after year of dry summers, poor crops, and wayter ponds drying up, jeoprodizing my pond plants and fish. It has been so dry for three years I could not even have a bog garden. For those that have no idea what a bog garden is, I'll explain. One digs a hole eighteen inches deep, placing a hard sided container in the hole and backfills the container with twelve to fifteen inches of rich soils and fertilizer, and then fills it all up with water. The idea is to grow lotus plants and other plants that like to grow on the edges of lakes but do not like to be completelu submerged in water. The sun is so hot and the rain so infrequent here that the water evaporates almost overnightout of the liners. City water is just too expensive to use for gardening on the scale I do.

Blog comments

If comments on my blog were of the caliber of the comments on sports blogs especially, then I am glad people don't comment. Many commenters are are sick, sexually retared, racially motivated, illeterate, and show little ability to think through a situation and make a rational decision and to communicate that decision with others in a civilized manner. . If one cannot cvomment on a woman sports figure without mentiioning her looks, bra size, or whether you would do her or not then you need not comment on any subject on my blogs and if the color of a persons skin is the main thing that draws your attention then find somewhere else to express your opinion on any subject of these blogs of mine. I appreciate your silence.

What a week

The worrship service was wonderful last week nd the Fellowship meeting on Friday was inspiring but the worship service today was absolutely moving. Preacher Steve Rhoad from the Anchor Fellowship preached this morning. Brother Steve is a mountain of a man who once pastored a church but found that evangelism was more to his calling so he joined the Anchor Fellowship and under his leadership ithas grown. I heard Brother Steve preacher on other time and I thought it the most heartfelt sermon I had ever heard but in the annals of sermons, the one he preached this morning I believe would be a grammy, Oscar, and Academy Award all rolled into one. I have it on DVD. Lucky me.

Retirement no picnic

It seems since I retired I have less time to get things done like reading, blogging, fishing, and other fun things. Of course church takes up a few hours a week plus taking care of my lawn at home as well as the church grounds keep me busy. Once a month I travel to Hickory to care for Mom and it seems there is more and more to do there. My mother-in-law hasn't been in the best of health and my wife just had foot surgery and was out of work for six weeks, four of them she could not drive so there was more for me to do there--but I enjoyed the time we had together.

I'm not a people person and I don't hear all that well either and it seems like sometimes I'm afraid of the sound of my own voice so some would think I would be an odd choice for a Deacon since the duties of a deacon is to serve. In a small church there isn't too many people to serve and one would think not much business to attend too but sometimes some really serious problems arise that needs some expert and skilled person to attend too.

Now one may think that having been a meat cutter that I would not be qualified to handle some of these problems but then I do have three degrees and I am a Mensa member so even if I can't handle the problems myself, I can recognize solutions and point the church in the proper direction to solve problems.

In the meantime I'll take care of the church facilites, cutting the grass, painting, helping with maintenace, supporting the church programs and minitries, encouraging the members and supporting the pastor. After all, it's the least anyone should do.

It's no accident

I don't believe a person can "accidentially" mix alcohol and oxycodine. That person may not intend to mix it in such a way as to kill himself but mixing the two compounds together is no accident.

I wish the news would report things accurately. The dead person was a druggie and was trying to get a high and intendionally mixed two drugs together in a dangerous mix that caused his death. It may not have been intended to cause death but it was no accident the two drugs were mixed together.