Saturday Open Thread – October 12th

tomb-of-the-unknown2Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!

3 days until the launch of BillWhittle.com!
billwhittledotcomIn the meantime, from the Facebook page:

We’ll be giving you sneak peeks all week long: new looks, new content, and with your help a chance to really start to move the cultural needle on many fronts simultaneously.
If you head over now and join the email list we’ll make sure you’re invited to the sneak preview. The quality of the work we are doing behind the scenes has just been mind-blowing, and  I hope you’ll all be as proud of it as I am. We’ve come a long way together, and I feel as if on some important level we are just now getting started.
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If you want to be the first to see the new VPOTUS series (and be one of the first to check out the new website when it opens), head over to BillWhittle.com and sign up. It’s an exciting week, the elves are working overtime (and so am I) and we’re really looking forward to opening up the doors.

Wouldn’t you like to have a president who is, uhm … presidential?  Here’s a teaser for the Whittle Virtual President series:

Your Federal Government At Work (Wasting Your Tax Dollars)

Produced By The National Park Service:

Specifically, the The Women’s Rights National Historical Park.
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Women’s Rights National Historical Park tells the story of the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19-20,1848.  It is a story of struggles for civil rights, human rights, and equality, global struggles that continue today.  The efforts of women’s rights leaders, abolitionists, and other 19th century reformers remind us that all people must be accepted as equals.

Here is a link to the Multimedia Presentations page, with links to the videos they have produced:  http://www.nps.gov/wori/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm
This is what they are doing with your tax money. Of all the religions in the world, they chose to praise Islam for its contributions to women’s rights. This was not produced by Al Qaeda, but by the U.S. National Park Service.


From The Independent Journal Review:
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President G.W. Bush Speaks To The Nation, September 2001

The following video incorporates an audio recording that was made by a Detroit radio station, WOMC FM, in October 2001. It contains excerpts from two speeches – President Bush’s oval office speech the evening of September 11, 2001, and the one he gave before the joint session of Congress on September 20. The music is taken from a composition by James Horner for the 1989 movie, Glory. I believe the selections used are A Call To Arms, and An Epitaph To War.
I have always loved the audio, as it touched my heart and uplifted at a time when we all needed it very much. The photos are ones that I collected after Sept 11, 2001.