Under The Holly Tree

Taybeh Beer Brews Peace

Conflict brewing: Palestinian beer defies Middle East strife 11 hours ago TAYBEH, West Bank (AFP) — Some Palestinians have taken up arms and others attend peace talks in their decades-long struggle,...

Sunday Offering #63: The Beatitudes

III. antiphon (The Beatitudes: Mt 5,3-12) + Valaam Monastery + pictures (mostly Samvel Sevada)

ACTOR MIKE FARRELL & SHERIFF BACA JOIN COALITION OF CIVIC & FAITH LEADERS IN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ANTI-MUSLIM DVD

ACTOR MIKE FARRELL & SHERIFF BACA JOIN COALITION OF CIVIC & FAITH LEADERS IN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ANTI-MUSLIM DVD (Los Angeles - 10/10/08) -- Sheriff Lee Baca and LAPD...

Sarah Palin: Putting Republican Lipstick on the Alaskan Independence Party

So everyone just sneaks in to the Republican party according to the AIP and the candidate they WANTED to win as governor won, Sarah Palin. Are we getting the picture yet? From Improper: Sarah...

Report: Right-Wing Pundits Use Mainstream Media to Smear American Muslims

Report: Right-Wing Pundits Use Mainstream Media to Smear American Muslims Report profiles 12 top Islamophobes in U.S. media, examines the rise of 'smearcasting' phenomenon - how...

Palin believes in "Puff", the Magic Dragon That Is

So if you haven't read about one of the more bizarre beliefs of Sarah Palin which has come to light, let me enlighten you. The woman who doesn't know what a vice president does, who instead of...

Sunday Offering #62: They are different

In response to the mass mailing of "Obsession", tool to spread mistrust and hatred towards my Muslim brothers and sisters.

Nader Calls on Obama and McCain to Visit a Mosque

As well they should. Nader challenge to McCain and Obama: ‘Meet me at the mosque’ The following is a media release from the Ralph Nader presidential campaign: October 2,...

Couch Surfing, Could It Be A Way To Peace?

"Peace begins with me", so I say yes, because peace must be found at the macro level to become reality, but it MUST exist and begin at the micro level, where human beings reach out to each...

Tina Fey does Palin

CAIR Asks FEC to Probe Anti-Muslim DVDs Sent to Swing States

CAIR Asks FEC to Probe Anti-Muslim DVDs Sent to Swing States Israel-Based Group Behind 'Obsession' Distribution to 28 Million U.S. Homes ...

Chuck Hagel Speaks

Hagel Says U.S. Arabs Face 'Transformational Time' By Bowen Williams | Sep 23 2008 ...

Sunday Offering #62: What if they staged an occupation and nobody came?

Nuremberg Principle: Principle IV The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral...

Israeli Zionists Attempt to Tilt US Elections With the Mass Distribution of "Obsession"

Americans across the country woke up yesterday to a added bonus in their Sunday newspapers, a free DVD (26 million of them distributed), "Obsession" which purports to be a truthful documentary on...

On Palin's Foreign Policy Qualifications

Source: Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News. Favorite quote about Palin, came from Mike Knopf, the youngest delegate to the RNC at age 17, " She's a hardworking housewife." Yep, and that's why McCain...

"Christian" Sponsored Conference Sells Racist Obama Waffles

So, lets see these waffles were sold at conference sponsored by the Family Research Council, along with Focus on the Family Action. They were on sale for the THIRD day before they were...

John McCain's suicide attempt and his resulting PTSD

The following article was just forwarded to me by my dear friend John McCarthy whose own story "An American P.O.W. in America" can be read on his blog HERE! (be sure to peruse John's entire...

Patience.........

If you are a regular reader, please have patience. My father passed away midnight Wednesday after a long struggle with prostate cancer. If you love the men in your life, PLEASE have them start...

Willow Palin, "My Mom Will Help Alaska Be Independent From All This Mess"

Concerning the McCain campaign's claim that Sarah Palin was never a member of the Alaska Independent Party, with even the chairwoman of the AIP first claiming Sarah had been a member, and now saying...

Conception Out Of Wedlock Is A Palin Family Tradition

(For the record-I just deleted a similar post at Daily Kos because many over there thought this was a non issue. I disagree because this woman, Sarah Palin is anti-abortion, anti-sex education,...