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I have a son who is 25. He is an intern in a state legislature. I thought of him yesterday afternoon when I read that Eric Massa is suspected of sexually groping several young men who worked on his congressional staff. I thought that the victims in this matter were probably young men like my son, starting out in life, thrilled at the opportunity to serve and learn at the seat of power. They went to Washington to do something great. And something evil was done to them. They were violated, not just in body, but in mind and spirit....

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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard and seen the GAP Kids holiday ad. 6 kids in bright colors, cheering about new GAP clothes. A handful of 20-somethings from the Rochester area spoofed the ad and the video racking up hits on YouTube. The remake was posted just last week. So far, the 35 second video has been seen more than 95,000 times. And it's attracted attention from all over the world. It's the most popular remake of the ad on YouTube by far. The local group may not be as limber as the GAP kids, but...

Rochester, N.Y. - Sarah Palin greeted more than 1,000 supporters in Rochester Saturday. Palin continues to generate controversy over claims made in her book “Going Rogue,” which has been Amazon's top seller since its debut Tuesday. On page 114 of her book, Palin details her run for governor as fueled by small donations--mostly from first-time political donors. According to Follow the Money Web site, she raised $1.3 million for her primary and general election campaigns. More than half came from donations of $500 or more. The report says money attributed to political action committees is deceiving. For example, telecom giant...

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- The words of a local congressman on the issue of healthcare are coming under scrutiny. Democrat Eric Massa told a group in Pennsylvania that he would vote against the interests of his constituents on healthcare reform if he believes what he's voting for would be helpful to them. Massa has held dozens of town hall meetings, many focused on healthcare, but while in Pittsburgh this past weekend meeting with the grassroots progressive political action group Net Roots Nation, Massa answered questions about where he stands on healthcare reform versus where his constituents stand. "I will vote adamantly...

Orly Taitz BIG NEWS !! PLEASE SEE DR. ORLY TAITZ SITE ON THIS; Obama has allegedly been fraudulently using Social Security Numbers of deceased persons as his own, as well as scores of addresses throughout the U.S. He has allegedly used dozens of Social Security Numbers and Obama's Aunt Zeituni, illegally living in Boston, allegedly may have used one of Obama's numbers. http://orlytaitzesq.com

In Troy, New York, where a quarter of the children live below the poverty level and the average household makes less than $30,000 a year, the 29th richest man in the world is being given more than 300,000 taxpayer dollars to open a restaurant. They call it economic development. What it is is a sin. What it is is welfare for the wealthy, proof positive that raping the taxpayer is what the government does best. Meet George Soros. He owns Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Specifically, his company – Soros Strategic Partners – owns 70 percent of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. He also owns a...

Consumers complained and now Time Warner Cable is canceling its controversial internet pricing plan. “This had stirred up a hornets nest and I think Time Warner thought it was a lot better to back off then deal with a whole bunch of hornets who are actually their customers.” Senator Chuck Schumer told Time Warner officials yesterday that he was upset about the tiered pricing plan for internet service. The senator then got a call this morning from Time Warner's CEO to say, “They're withdrawing their plan. They are not going to use Rochester as a guinea pig for any tiered...

JESUS THE CHRIST CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION It is a matter of history that, at or near the beginning of what has since come to be known as the Christian era, the Man Jesus, surnamed the Christ, was born in Bethlehem of Judea. The principal data as to His birth, life, and death are so well attested as to be reasonably indisputable; they are facts of record, and are accepted as essentially authentic by the civilized world at large. True, there are diversities of deduction based on alleged discrepancies in the records of the past as to circumstantial details; but such...

CHAPTER 42 JESUS THE CHRIST TO RETURN THE LORD'S SECOND ADVENT PREDICTED IN ANCIENT SCRIPTURE "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." So spake the white-robed angels to the eleven apostles as the resurrected Christ ascended from their midst on Olivet. The scriptures abound in predictions of the Lord's return. By the "second advent" we understand not the personal appearing of the Son of God to a few, such as His...

CHAPTER 40 THE LONG NIGHT OF APOSTASY For over seventeen hundred years on the eastern hemisphere, and for more than fourteen centuries on the western, there appears to have been silence between the heavens and the earth. Of direct revelation from God to man during this long interval, we have no authentic record. As already shown, the period of apostolic ministry on the eastern continent probably terminated before the dawn of the second century of the Christian era. The passing of the apostles was followed by the rapid development of a universal apostasy as had been foreseen and predicted. In...

CHAPTER 39 MINISTRY OF THE RESURRECTED CHRIST ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE By considering the apostolic ministry in immediate sequence to our study of the Lord's ascension from the Mount of Olives, we have departed from the chronological order of the several personal manifestations of the risen Savior to mortals; for very soon after His final farewell to the apostles in Judea He visited His "other sheep," not of the eastern fold, whose existence He had affirmed in that impressive sermon concerning the Good Shepherd and His sheep. Those other sheep who were to hear the Shepherd's voice and eventually be...

So I was just taking a relaxing bath, reading about a mostly ignored thirty-million gallon toxic oil spill between Brooklyn and Queens, pausing occasionally to read the advertisements for peace coffee and all-natural cigarettes, when I read an advertisement for Celebrant Foundation and Institute. It appears to be a training sort of thing for non-denominational officiants of “life-cycle ceremonies”, personalized weddings, funerals, adoption and birth ceremonies. I guess for people who want “ceremony” without all the pesky strictures of organized religion. I honestly don’t know anything about “celebrants”, but the thought just popped into my head that might be a...

Bush to meet with LDS leadersPresident Bush chatted for nearly an hour Thursday with LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson about issues including U.S. foreign policy, Middle East peace, the economy and energy, according to White House press secretary Dana Perino. The Mormon leader also mentioned his long-standing friendship with Bush's parents, Perino said. The meeting at Monson's office in the LDS Church Administration Building in downtown Salt Lake City began around 8:30 a.m. At about 9:40 a.m., Bush's motorcade emerged from underground parking on North Temple and headed straight for the airport. The courtesy call was Bush's first meeting...

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Nondenominational Adjective 1. Not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ___________________________________________ Unfortunately, our previous nondenominational caucus got deleted for unknown reasons. To clarify for all... before I get accused of belonging to a denomination, I departed the Free Methodist Church in Sept, where I pastored, and have not yet found a new church. Unable to participate in any caucus threads, I think there needs to be a place for non denominational Christians I would like to use this caucus to begin accumulating names for a...

NNNNNNNNGGGGhhhhfor us "tweeners" who dont have a caucustweeners being Christians without a denomination who cant participate in any caucus threads

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a few other sects of Mormonism, the temple garment is a set of special underwear worn by male and female Latter-day Saints who have taken part in the washing and anointing ceremony in a Mormon temple. The temple garment (formally the Garment of the Holy Priesthood or informally, the garment or garments) symbolizes the "coats of skins" which Jehovah made for Adam and Eve before casting them out of the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:21). Latter-day Saints who have been endowed in the temple are expected to wear...

Orson Pratt on the great and abominable church "It was the apostate Catholics that first originated the idea and by them the fatal delusion has been handed down from generation to generation; and all the children that she has brought forth, or that have left her communion, have, more or less, imbibed the same great features of the apostasy. Well might the Revelator John, speaking by the spirit of prophecy, call her "the Mother of Harlots and abominations of the earth!" It is her true name, for all the "harlots" which she has brought forth have walked in the footsteps...