Sunday, January 30, 2005
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
We build a democracy of/by and for the people.
One of Thomas Jefferson Quotes
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
Children's Letters to God
Dear GOD,In school they told us what You do. Who does it when You are on vacation?-Jane
Dear GOD,I read the Bible. What does begat mean? Nobody will tell me. Love, Alison
Dear GOD,Are you really invisible or is that just a trick?-Lucy
Dear GOD,Is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house?-Anita
Dear GOD,Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?-Norma
Dear GOD,Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't You just keep the ones You have now?-Jane
Dear GOD,Who draws the lines around the countries?-Nan
Dear GOD,I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay?-Neil
Dear GOD,What does it mean You are a Jealous God? I thought You had everything.-Jane
Dear GOD,Did you really mean "do unto others as they do unto you"? Because if you did, then I'm going to fix my brother.-Darla
Dear GOD,Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.-Joyce
Dear GOD,It rained for our whole vacation and is my father mad! He said some things about You that people are not supposed to say, but I hope You will not hurt him anyway. Your friend -- (But I am not going to tell you who I am)
Dear GOD,Why is Sunday school on Sunday?I thought it was supposed to be our day of rest.-Tom L.
Dear GOD,Please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before, You can look it up.-Bruce
Dear GOD,If we come back as something - please don't let me be Jennifer Horton because I hate her.-Denise
Dear GOD,If You give me a genie lamp like Aladin, I will give you anything you want, except my money or my chess set.-Raphael
Dear GOD,My brother is a rat. You should give him a tail. Ha ha.-Danny
Dear GOD,Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother.-Larry
Dear GOD,I want to be just like my Daddy when I get big but not with so much hair all over.-Sam
Dear GOD,You don't have to worry about me. I always look both ways.-Dean
Dear GOD,I think the stapler is one of your greatest inventions.-Ruth M.
Dear GOD,I think about You sometimes even when I'm not praying.-Elliott
Dear GOD,I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.-Nan
Dear GOD,Of all the people who work for You I like Noah and David the best.-Rob
Dear GOD,My brother told me about being born but it doesn't sound right. They're just kidding, aren't they?-Marsha
Dear GOD,If You watch me in church Sunday, I'll show You my new shoes.-Mickey D.
Dear GOD,I would like to live 900 years like the guy in the Bible. Love, Chris
Dear GOD,We read Thomas Edison made light. But in school they said You did it. So I bet he stoled your idea.-Sincerely, Donna
Dear GOD:The bad people laughed at Noah - "You made an ark on dry land you fool." But he was smart, he stuck with You. That's what I would do.-Eddie
Dear GOD,I do not think anybody could be a better GOD. Well, I just want You to know but I am not just saying that because You are GOD already.-Charles
Dear GOD,I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday. That was cool!-Eugene
Dear GOD,I read the Bible. What does begat mean? Nobody will tell me. Love, Alison
Dear GOD,Are you really invisible or is that just a trick?-Lucy
Dear GOD,Is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house?-Anita
Dear GOD,Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?-Norma
Dear GOD,Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't You just keep the ones You have now?-Jane
Dear GOD,Who draws the lines around the countries?-Nan
Dear GOD,I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay?-Neil
Dear GOD,What does it mean You are a Jealous God? I thought You had everything.-Jane
Dear GOD,Did you really mean "do unto others as they do unto you"? Because if you did, then I'm going to fix my brother.-Darla
Dear GOD,Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.-Joyce
Dear GOD,It rained for our whole vacation and is my father mad! He said some things about You that people are not supposed to say, but I hope You will not hurt him anyway. Your friend -- (But I am not going to tell you who I am)
Dear GOD,Why is Sunday school on Sunday?I thought it was supposed to be our day of rest.-Tom L.
Dear GOD,Please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before, You can look it up.-Bruce
Dear GOD,If we come back as something - please don't let me be Jennifer Horton because I hate her.-Denise
Dear GOD,If You give me a genie lamp like Aladin, I will give you anything you want, except my money or my chess set.-Raphael
Dear GOD,My brother is a rat. You should give him a tail. Ha ha.-Danny
Dear GOD,Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother.-Larry
Dear GOD,I want to be just like my Daddy when I get big but not with so much hair all over.-Sam
Dear GOD,You don't have to worry about me. I always look both ways.-Dean
Dear GOD,I think the stapler is one of your greatest inventions.-Ruth M.
Dear GOD,I think about You sometimes even when I'm not praying.-Elliott
Dear GOD,I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.-Nan
Dear GOD,Of all the people who work for You I like Noah and David the best.-Rob
Dear GOD,My brother told me about being born but it doesn't sound right. They're just kidding, aren't they?-Marsha
Dear GOD,If You watch me in church Sunday, I'll show You my new shoes.-Mickey D.
Dear GOD,I would like to live 900 years like the guy in the Bible. Love, Chris
Dear GOD,We read Thomas Edison made light. But in school they said You did it. So I bet he stoled your idea.-Sincerely, Donna
Dear GOD:The bad people laughed at Noah - "You made an ark on dry land you fool." But he was smart, he stuck with You. That's what I would do.-Eddie
Dear GOD,I do not think anybody could be a better GOD. Well, I just want You to know but I am not just saying that because You are GOD already.-Charles
Dear GOD,I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday. That was cool!-Eugene
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Iran's Youth Push Islamic Limits
(CBS) The Iranian students storming the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 became icons of worldwide Islamic revolution. Twenty-five years later, Iran's youth is rebelling again. But as CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, this time against the Islamic government itself. Fully 60 percent of Iranians are under the age of 30, and they have had enough of strict Islamic rule. Everywhere there are signs that the religious authorities are losing control. Especially for the young, personal behavior in public can be very political. You can easily see some of these small acts of rebellion in a place that would look familiar to any American teenager, like a shopping mall. Women let their scarves slip back to show their hair. They show off their makeup, tight coats and high heels. Even five years ago, a couple holding hands in public could have been arrested and flogged. The mullahs hope that turning a blind eye to this minor defiance will relieve pressure for major change. That pressure did explode in 1999. Students rioted and were brutally put down. It was a grim lesson for Azadeh Shirzad who helps run her family's print shop. She remembers what happened to friends who got involved. "Some of them were arrested and some of them were killed and you know? I am myself ... I am afraid of that," she says. Islamic morality police tend to stay away from trendy places like fancy cappuccino bars. But even here, people would talk to CBS News only if they could hide their faces. One couple says that if the police do raid the café, or even private parties, young people just bribe them to go away. A party, they say, would cost $100. It adds up to a cash bonus for the police but a long-term cost for the government and growing contempt for the Islamic state. That worries mullah Mohammed al Abtahi. Until September, he was one of Iran's vice presidents. He quit, disgusted by the corrupt and reactionary regime. He's traded in politics for computer blogging. On his popular Web site, al Abtahi posts irreverent photos of establishment figures - like one of Iran's nuclear minister picking his nose - that he takes with his cell phone. "Our young people are as well informed as young people in China or Britain or America. Anyone who tries to limit them is bound to fail," he says. The hardliners can always launch another temporary crackdown. But in the end, the 1970s Islamic revolution seems certain to be undone by its own children.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/25/eveningnews/main669223.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/25/eveningnews/main669223.shtml
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Yahoo blocks Orkut invitation emails. I experience this matter myself.
Friday, January 14, 2005
A scientific – philosophic question:
Where does the energy, which consumes in detaching (or taking apart) Pease and bean that are mixed, go? Or save? According to the energy permanence principle.
