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(CNN) - The House Democratic campaign arm is pouncing on the opportunity to peg Republican congressional candidates to Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and his controversial budget plan.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Tuesday it began making robo calls to 50 districts where they say incumbent Republicans are vulnerable in this year's elections.
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In the robo call, the automated voice reminds the listener that his or her representative voted for Ryan's GOP budget, a $3.5 trillion plan that would lower tax rates and cut spending, while reforming the Medicare and Medicaid government-run health care programs for senior citizens, the disabled and the poor.
"Hi. This is Julie calling from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to alert you to a new development about Medicare," the voice says, according to one of the scripts. "Your Congressman, Dan Lungren, voted for a budget that would end Medicare and now the budget's architect, Paul Ryan, is the Republican candidate for Vice President."
The voice then points to a report by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center that claims Ryan's budget would "raise health care costs for seniors by $6,400."
"And Congressman Lungren supported all of it. That's just wrong," the voice adds, encouraging the listener to call the representative and urge him or her to "stop protecting millionaires at the expense of Medicare and the middle class."
Ryan, however, contends that his plan would improve Medicare by offering vouchers to seniors so they can choose and purchase their own health care. Contrary to Democratic attacks, he adds that those currently over the age of 55 will not be affected by his proposal.
"My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida," he said Sunday in an interview with CBS News. "Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they've organized their retirements around."
Romney in turn has endorsed Ryan's budget plan in the past, but his campaign said it will not be adopting it as part of its platform. Asked Monday in a press conference, however, to name any differences between Ryan's plan and that of Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee did not go into details.
"We haven't gone through piece by piece and said 'oh, here's a place where there's a difference,'" Romney said. "I can't imagine any two people even in the same party who have exactly the same positions on all issues, but my plan for Medicare is very similar to his plan for Medicare."
Top Democrats predict the Medicare issue will become a complication for Republicans running for re-election. Now that Ryan is Romney's running mate, the controversial budget plan will likely jump to the top of debate topics this fall, forcing many House Republicans to defend their vote on the plan.
"From now until Election Day, Democrats will be on offense and in overdrive, seizing this golden opportunity to define the choice in this election: Republicans putting Millionaires over Medicare and the middle class," DCCC Chairman Steve Israel said in a statement.
In one Senate race, a Republican congressman has already distanced himself from the GOP over the issue. The Montana state Republican party released an ad in June praising Rep. Denny Rehberg for "refusing to toe the party line" by voting for the 2011 Medicare proposal.
Below is a list of districts in which the robo calls will run:
CA-07 Congressman Dan Lungren
CA-10 Congressman Jeff Denham
CA-36 Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack
CA-52 Congressman Brian Bilbray
CO-03 Congressman Scott Tipton
CO-06 Congressman Mike Coffman
FL-02 Congressman Steve Southerland
FL-10 Congressman Dan Webster
FL-13 Congressman Bill Young
FL-16 Congressman Vern Buchanan
FL-18 Congressman Allen West
FL-22 Adam Hasner
IA-02 John Archer
IA-03 Congressman Tom Latham
IA-04 Congressman Steve King
IL-08 Congressman Joe Walsh
IL-10 Congressman Robert Dold
IL-11 Congresswoman Judy Biggert
IL-12 Jason Plummer
IL-13 Rodney Davis
IL-17 Congressman Bobby Schilling
MA-6 Richard Tisei
MD-6 Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
MI-01 Congressman Dan Benishek
MI-03 Congressman Jason Amash
MT-AL Steve Daines
NC-07 David Rouzer
NC-08 Richard Hudson
- CNN's Gregory Wallace contributed to this report.
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The
Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy
that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading
to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the
real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
amazing how little repos know about health care or anything else Bubble Butt bb sure does not have a grasp on the affordable health care plan. How can they complaine when they don't know what they are talking about. Repos need to push for more education it is obvious they need classes in reading. .
This guy is a total hypocrite...he wanted a small government yet his family's business are mostly government contracts
paving roads....
tie the Democrats to THEIR plan.... bankrupting the USA.
Just when you think mccain tanked his campaign here comes the flip flopping camp with an even bigger loser. This guy is dangerous because we already know what he wants to do with our hard earned money once we reach retirement age or when anyone needs medical care. The other one wasn't vetted except from the waist down by a bunch of hor ny old men.
Your own party and church, even your bully buddy, is against the lying ryan budget plan (but he probably can't remember what he said about it – we have video though). How are you going to sell it again?
@Steven – At least he's got a budget...the incompetence of the current administration is breath-taking. They are the epitome of "I can't be overdrawn, I still have checks!" mentality, and yet want more in taxes without justifying where it will be spent. All on FODs, I'm sure...
Ah, the cool-aid guzzlers are out in force. Guess you wing nuts don't know that it Congress' responsibility to produce budgets, not the POTUS. You know.. that same Grand Obstructionist Party controlled house that has blocked all budgets from the left, and added anti-abortion and Defense spending increases to each and every bill to filibuster and block all fiscal legislation. If anyone has caused the current stalemate in DC and our economic issues, the GOBP should look in the mirror.
"And what happened to the last two budgets that Obama submitted? They were voted down 97-0 and 95-0, respectively by the DEMOCRAT controlled U.S. Senate."
Name the last POTUS whose budget was passed as proposed. Now, name the last POTUS whose budget was even voted on as proposed.
The whole thing was orchestrated by the GOP just so they could invent a completely meaningless talking point...the one you're vomitting repeatedly like a dutifully mindless parrot.


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In a move that could have huge implications for the US patent system, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in the case of KSR v. Teleflex. The case centers on the question of obviousness: when is a patent so... patently obvious that it should not be granted?
KSR International manufactures gas pedals for a number of GM trucks and SUVs. A few years ago, it came up with an electronic sensor that could automatically adjust the height of a vehicle's pedals to the height of a driver. Teleflex sued KSR, saying that the adjustable pedals infringed on its patent for a similar product.
Over the course of the litigation, KSR raised the question of obviousness. According to a 1952 federal patent law, an invention cannot be patented if a "person having ordinary skill in the art" would consider it obvious. KSR won in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, but made the unusual move of appealing the decision to the Supreme Court on the basis that the appeals court did not apply the test of obviousness, and furthermore, has been misapplying federal patent law for years.
Instead, KSR argues that the US Patent and Trademark Office should deny patents in cases where the invention merely combines components performing functions that they were previously known to do.
KSR's petition (PDF) claims that the court uses a lower standard under which an invention cannot be called obvious in the "absence of some proven 'teaching, suggestion, or motivation' that would have led a person of ordinary skill in the art to combine the relevant prior art teachings in the manner claimed." In other words, if someone dreams up a combination of two existing items (e.g., a gas pedal and an electronic sensor, or a wireless network and e-mail ), a patent should be granted unless there is prior art suggesting that the items could be combined in such a manner. That litmus test disregards the question of obviousness altogether, and as such, KSR believes, ignores the relevant provision of the 1952 law.
KSR has garnered some high-profile friends in its appeal: Microsoft and Cisco have submitted a "friend of the court" brief (PDF) supporting KSR's position. The brief argues that the lower court's test "establishes too lenient a standard for patentability, and it has had a stifling effect on true innovation because it encumbers ideas well beyond the limits imposed by Congress for patentable inventions."
If the Supreme Court restores the test of obviousness to the patent process, it could have huge ramifications for patent law and would be a good first step in a much-needed reform of the US patent system. Patents such as Clear Channel's Instant Live patent, which covers instant CD recordings of live shows, could find themselves in danger of extinction as a result.

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Title: TBN - TRINITY BROADCAST NETWORK -- TEMPLE OF THE GREEK GOD AND GODDESS
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Learn how to protect yourself, your loved ones!
Stand by for insights so startling you will never look at the news the same way again.
Paw Creek Ministries Note: "The majority of the information contained in this article was taken from Trinity Broadcast Network telecasts. I personally listened to every word from the voices of each person quoted in this article." Senior Editor.
If there is one thing certain about Paul and Jan Crouch, it is
that nothing is certain. Whether the guest of Trinity Broadcast Network is a
religious leader who is fairly fundamental in doctrine or a "way-out"
person who says almost nothing that makes Biblical sense, they both are welcomed
and applauded as great teachers. For one hour of the "Praise The Lord"
show, you may hear someone trusted by much of the church world, preaching the
Truth, but the next hour hear the babble of Kim Clement. Theology, or Biblical
truth, is just not important to TBN.
TBN Is Religious Entertainment
In fact, Paul Crouch calls Biblical theology "doo-doo". On
a Praise The Lord telecast, he shouted, "Let Him (God) sort
out all this doctrinal doo-doo, I don't care about it". He apparently hates
no one worse than those he calls "heresy hunters". On another occasion
he spoke to his worldwide audience by stating, "Heretic hunters, those
guys who spend their lives straightening us all out doctrinally, they are going
to go straight to hell." (You could hear Jan laughing approvingly on the
Here are a man and woman that controls the message about the Word of God and the airing of the messages of the most noted televangelists to the greatest single audience in the world, yet they hate correction and Biblical reproof. Listen to God's warning:
"Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die." [Prov 15:10]
This is a formula for spiritual disaster and that is what is already occurring. When Crouch, Hinn, and Copeland are displaying such a hatred for anyone who will dare Biblically reprove them, God's correction, when it comes, will be both "grievous" and "deadly".
Now listen to three additional statements that show Paul Crouch's disdain for anyone that dares to question the messages of his guests on Trinity Broadcast Network
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network "Praise The Lord" Show:
* "I refuse to argue any longer with any of you out there. Don't even
call me if you want to argue doctrine, If you want to straighten somebody out
over here, if you want to criticize Kenneth Copeland for his preaching on faith
of Dad Hagin, get out of my life. I don't ever want to talk to you or hear,
I don't want to see your ugly face."
* "I think they are damned and on their way to hell and I don't think
there is any redemption for them. I say, 'to hell with you'."
* "I say, 'Get out of God's way, quit blocking God's bridges (Apparently,
he defines God's bridges as the One World Church and Ecumenism of the coming
Kingdom of Antichrist).
* "God Is going to shoot you if I don't"
What Do Paul And Jan Really Believe?
Either they do not know what they believe or they do not care. Their guests present some of the wildest possible heresies that can possibly be spread to a gullible audience. Two of their newest stars/idols are Phil Munsey and Kim Clement. The mainstays of the last five to twenty years have come from well-known Tel-evangelists that continually teach questionable doctrines that have already destroyed a multitude of believers. We want to simply provide quotes from TBN telecasts and their guests and then compare those quotes to the light of clear biblical truth. The picture that will emerge will represent some of the absolute darkest heresies available in the christian church world. The problem is that these TBN people -- whose actual words you will read -- are not called cultic, or unchristian. They operate in the supposedly sane world of true Christianity. You must let God's Word help you recognize the truth. Your spiritual life and your eternal destiny are absolutely at stake.
The "Force Of Faith" Vs. The "Faith Of Our Fathers"
Nothing we discuss in this article is more important than this definition of
faith - saving faith. God is either the Sovereign and Eternal God that has revealed
Himself in His book of faith (The Holy Bible) or He is a pagan god that operates
much like Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Paul Crouch, and others
describe. Listen carefully to this explanation of TBN faith.
* Kenneth Copeland: "The force of faith is in the spiritual realm a great
deal like certain forces in the natural realm. It is a spiritual force, like
gravity is a natural force, and electricity is a natural force of power."
* Paul Crouch: "A measurable natural force."
* Kenneth Copeland: "It's a measurable force, it's conductible, it's perceptible to the touch... Faith is a spiritual tone, it's perceptible,.. . It is a tangible force, it's an invisible force, so is gravity, but it is there."
* Paul Crouch: "So is electricity.. Does God use faith?"
* Kenneth Copeland: "Surely."
* Paul Crouch: "...See, here is the sore spot. There are those who say..."
* Jan Crouch: "Not with him." (speaking of Copeland)
* Paul Crouch: "Not with you." (lots of laughter follows)
* Jan Crouch: "Not with God."
* Kenneth Copeland "..the fact. No, I'm not sore at God at all and I don't think He's sore at me. . .1 haven't done anything to Him."
* Paul Crouch: ".. . The critics say God is God, He doesn't have to have faith; He doesn't exercise faith. He doesn't use faith. He's God. He's the object of faith."
* Kenneth Copeland: "...Wait a minute, what does that mean? Object of faith. I don't know what that means."
* Jan Crouch: "I don't either."
Can you believe the Biblical ignorance on display with the "Reverend" Ken Copeland and Jan Crouch, as they admit they do not understand what "Object of faith" means? It means the Person to Whom we direct our faith! God is that Object, because He alone is Worthy, Omnipotent, Eternal, and Omniscient. We direct our "saving faith" to Jesus Christ alone, for He alone is worthy and He alone is the One to Whom God the Father has entrusted all matters of judgment and reward [John 5:22]
What Does The Bible Say About Faith?
The definition of Biblical faith has no kinship to this "Force of Faith" espoused by Copeland, and Paul and Jan Crouch. In the above statement by Kenneth Copeland, God is said to use faith just like Copeland uses faith. Faith ceases to be the lofty and eternal truth forever settled in the Heavens and established by an eternal God that is Himself the Object our faith. But, to TBN, this faith becomes a formula or a New Age force that is a pagan idea, clearly akin to the many teachings of the occult.
In fact, Copeland's teaching is straight from Antichrist! Listen:
The new religion of the Antichrist is prophesied to be a religion of "forces". Daniel prophesied this clear warning.
"But in his estate shall he honor the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things." (Daniel 11:38)
To even suggest faith as a "force" is to deny God as an eternal being to whom we turn in truth and faith for all our sufficiency, and for our solid hope of eternal life in Heaven. It actually reduces God to the level of man. Real faith is clearly seen in Apostle Paul's beautiful description to the Hebrews. Listen to his biblical statement of faith:
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11: 1,3,6).
In true Faith God is the "Absolute, the Eternal Sovereign God" in whom we rest all our hopes.
This our greatest assurance! Doctrines are the anchor of our soul, especially as we face eternity! To deny key doctrines is to take away our greatest single source of assurance and spiritual confidence! Why would any leader want to take away precious spiritual confidence in our eternal destiny by repudiating key doctrines of the Faith?
Copeland: God Is The Biggest "Failure" In
The Bible
When you join together the concept of faith as a "force" with a God that became the biggest failure in the universe, you are laying the foundation for a "pagan cult" or a "paranormal religion".
Listen to this TBN telecast where biblical doctrines are cast to the wind:
* Kenneth Copeland: "I was shocked when I found out who the biggest failure
in the Bible actually is."
* Paul Crouch: "Okay."
* Kenneth Copeland: "You know everybody you ask, you say, 'Who's the biggest failure?' They say, 'Judas' Somebody else will say, 'No,! believe it was Adam.' Well, how about the devil?"
* Paul Crouch: (Sound of amazement)
* Kenneth Copeland "He's the most consistent failure.., but he's not the biggest in terms of material failure and so forth. The biggest in the whole Bible is God.. . . Wait, wait. Don't you turn that set off. You listen to us. I told you... . Now, you sit still a minute. You know me well enough to know I wouldn't tell something I can't prove by the Bible.
"He lost His top ranking of His most anointed angel, the first man He ever created, the first woman He ever created, the whole earth and all the fullness therein, a third of the angels at least. That's a big loss, man! I mean, you figure up all of that, that's a lot of real estate, gone down the drain. Now, the reason you don't think of God as a failure, He never said He's a failure. (Paul Crouch and others laughing on the set.) And you are not a failure until you say you are one."
This definition of "failure" is ridiculous. A person is a failure if they do not reach a certain standard set beforehand. This definition of "failure" is at least as ridiculous as the statement said to me one day by a salesman trying to convince me it was just fine to lie to my clients.
"David, it is not a lie if, when you say it, you are smiling." You laugh at this nonsense, but Copeland's definition of a "failure" is just as ridiculous.
Does The Bible Suggest That God Was A Failure?
Our Sovereign God created us in His image that we might bring honor and glory to Him and have eternal fellowship together. He desired our love and He wanted that love to be our choice. He wanted our obedience, but He wanted that obedience to be our choice. To suggest that God was a failure because Adam and Even made a sinful choice is ridiculous; such error is the kind of disinformation you would expect from the chief enemy of God, Satan himself! Such belief completely alters the entire Biblical account of man's fall, Satan's fall, and the terrible results that occurred. Our world would certainly be a different place if man had not sinned, but not for one moment was God ever a failure. The only failure was found in those that sinned. He never ceased to be the God of His universe or of the spiritual world where His Will is forever being done.
If you believe God was, and is, a failure, you reduce Him to mere man. Therefore, you have instantly obliterated all -- I repeat, ALL -- of the great and precious promises of the Bible! Every single promise relating to Redemption, Justification, Eternal Salvation, "No Condemnation" [John 3:18; Romans 8:1], and so many other promises are instantly obliterated! This belief renders the Bible worthless and invalid. Your study of the Bible and commentaries and good study materials on individual books of the Bible and important topics are now exercises in futility if you believe this nonsense. You gravitate toward "Christian psychology", which is exactly where the Christian Bookstore Industry is languishing right now.
The Biblical account of the years that have transpired since Satan's fall are filled with God's story and the revelations that have never ceased to unfold. King David made it clear who rules this Universe and it has never been the devil. His inspired words speak volumes.
"The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doom; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah." (Psalm 24:1-10)
You have the choice of believing Copeland, the Crouches, TBN, and the Charismatic Movement, or God and His true prophets. Reducing God is a constant theme of these diluted pundits (self-proclaimed authorities), but His majesty is undefeatable.
The foolishness of this crowd gets worse.
The Deity Of The Son Of God In Question
Always, spiritual error is on a downward spiral. Truth ascends and gets richer
and sweeter, but error descends and becomes more and more absurd, and more and
more bitter. That is clearly the direction of Paul and Jan Crouch. We will see
other evidence of that direction in some of the new stars of TBN, but already,
the deity of Jesus Christ is under attack. Read carefully the following conversation:
* Kenneth Copeland: "We are still questioning what was said about that prophecy. That prophecy never mentioned the Son of God. Never said anything about the Son of God."
* Paul Crouch: "What did it say?"
* Kenneth Copeland: ' "It said, 'I did not claim to be God'."
* Jan Crouch: (Unintelligible sounds.)
* Kenneth Copeland: "That's all it said."
* Paul Crouch: "In other words, in so many words, you're right, no where in the New Testament did he literally get up..."
* Kenneth Copeland: "...preach and claim that He was God..."
* Paul Crouch: "...and say, 'I am, God.' Did He? I stand corrected."
Here is the apparent "new word of prophecy" that was being discussed
by Copeland and Crouch. It is an example of the "new revelations"
as being claimed throughout the 'New Wave' so-called revival. Jesus Christ supposedly
told Copeland the following "new revelation":
"Don't be disturbed when people put you down and speak harshly and roughly of you. They spoke that way of Me, should they not speak that way of you? The more you get to be like Me, the more they're going to think that way of you. They crucified Me for claiming that I was God. But I didn't claim I was God; I just claimed I walked with Him and He was in Me. Hallelujah." (Kenneth Copeland, "Take Time To Pray," Believer's Voice of Victory, 15, 2 (February 1987): 9)
Did you catch that pertinent phrase from Copeland's "new revelation" from Jesus? Let us read that quote again, as "Jesus" is speaking:
"They crucified Me for claiming that I was God. But I didn't claim I was God; I just claimed I walked with Him and He was in Me." [Emphasis added]
Let us quickly review the many Biblical instances in which Jesus claimed to be God. Notice all these verses are Jesus' Words:
* Jesus calls Himself "I AM" (God's name as He told Moses - Exodus
3:14) -- John 8:58 -- "Before Abraham was,
I AM" -- This declaration from Jesus' lips is the absolute
strongest declaration Jesus made about being God. Only God is the great "I
* Was Creator God -- John 1:1-3, 15
* Was Equal With The Father -- Matthew 11:27; Proverbs 30:49
* Jesus Is Eternal As Is the Father -- John 1:1-4, 15; 6:62; 8:23, 58; 17:5, 24-25;
* Will Be Exalted In Heaven Equal With The Father -- Like 22:69; 24:26; John 13:31;
* Holiness Equal To God -- Mark 1:24; 4:34, admission by demons; Luke 1:35; John 16:10
* Claims to Be King of Glory -- Matthew 21:5, 31-34; 26:64; 27:11; 28:18; Luke 1:32; 19:27; 22:29-30; John 12:15; 18:37
* Claims To Be The Divine Messiah -- Matthew 26:63-64; Mark 12:35-37; Luke 24:25-27; John 8:14-18
* Claimed Power To Forgive Sins -- Matthew 9:2-6; Mark 2:5-10; Luke 5:20-24; 7:47-50
I could literally fill pages with references demonstrating that Jesus most certainly did make many claims to be God, doing so repeatedly. These Words of Jesus Himself demonstrate the complete and utter bankruptcy of Copeland's "new revelation" and completely proves the unbiblical and spiritually dangerous realm called "New Revelation" or "Prophetic Utterances", or "Word of Prophecy". If you ever followed this nonsense before, you now know the truth, and that truth shall surely set you free!
Here is an additional quote by Copeland, which confirms his belief that Jesus
was not God as He appeared on earth.
"What (why) does God have to pay the price for this thing? He has to have a man that is like that first one. It's got to be a man. He's got to be all man. He cannot be a God and come storming in here with attributes and dignities that are not common to man. He can't do that. It's not legal." (Kenneth Copeland, "Question &Answer", Believer's Voice Of Victory 16. 8 (August J, 1988):8, emphasis in original.)
In other words, Kenneth Copeland separates the 100% Divine Jesus from the 100% Human. He is saying Jesus is only human, but not also God.
This is the Biblical definition of Antichrist!! Listen:
"And every spirit which does not acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, but would ... sever, disunite Him, is not of God, does not proceed from Him. This nonconfession is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already in the world." [1 John 4:3]
Thus, when Kenneth Copeland states that Jesus cannot be all man plus all God,
he is speaking from the spirit of Antichrist! Doubt it not! When you watch the
video, "Kenneth Hagen: Spirit of the Serpent", you will
soon Copeland dancing and jerking and rolling his eyes like you would expect
from a man possessed.
Let's read the words of another guest that was also bold enough to deny the
deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's "Praise The Lord Show":
Joseph Good: "Yeshua (Jesus), we do not see as being God when He walked
here on earth. We see a Him as a man."
Guest: "A man anointed by God."
Joseph Good: "A man anointed by God, sent by God to perform a function. Now, in his resurrection..."
Guest: "He's not God."
Joseph Good: "We do not see Him as God. We see Him as a man anointed by God. And that has been restored. There is nothing in the statements of Yeshua, in the statements of the disciples, that would cause one to believe that they were proclaiming that He was deity."
In addition to denying that Jesus ever claimed to be God -- Deity -- this speaker goes more boldly than Copeland into declaring that Jesus was a mere man upon Whom the "Christ Consciousness" spirit fell. Once this spirit fell upon Him, Jesus then became the World Teacher, the Messiah. But, He never was God. This teaching is straight out of the New Age Pit of the Abyss! New Agers believe that the same Christ Conscious Spirit that fell upon Jesus in His time also fell on Buddha in his time and Mohammed in his time, and will also fall upon the coming World Teacher who will call himself Maitreya -- the Biblical Antichrist! Thus, can you see that the teachings of this TBN crowd is purely Antichrist! Doubt it not!! Their own words condemn them.
Copeland: Jesus Became Divine Son Only After He Had
Been "Born Again In Hell"
The Copeland, Hagin, Hinn, and Crouch, theology plainly teaches that Jesus was only human in His earthly visit. Paul Crouch makes a statement that Jesus was reincarnated as the Divine Son when He was "born again" in hell. Let's listen to Kenneth Copeland say that God was not the Father of Jesus Christ, that He was an "emaciated (poured out) little wormy spirit.., down in the bottom of that thing (the pit of hell)." Then, we hear Benny Hinn say how Jesus was again with Paul Crouch, adding, "that is when his divinity returned?'
Did you catch that totally blasphemous statement from "Reverend" Kenneth Copeland? He described the glorious Jesus Christ, Eternal God, Creator of the Universe, and Final Judge, in a most disgusting way. Listen again:
Jesus was an "emaciated (poured out) little wormy spirit.., down in the bottom of that thing (the pit of hell)."
If you are a follower of this crowd, you can hear Jesus warn:
"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." [Matt
Copeland Declares Jesus Took On Nature of Satan!
Copeland: "How did Jesus then on the cross say, 'My God!' Because God was not His Father any more. He took upon Himself the nature of Satan. And I'm telling you Jesus is in the middle of that pit. He's suffering all that there is to suffer, there is no suffering left.. . apart from Him. His emaciated, little wormy spirit is down in the bottom of that thing and the devil thinks He's got Him destroyed. But, all of a sudden God started talking."
Now, Copeland has the gall to actually say that Jesus took the nature of Satan! The only reason Jesus could be the Savior of you and me, taking our sins upon Him, was because He was Perfect! God the Father could only accept the sacrificial gift from a Perfect Savior! If Jesus could be soiled in any manner, He would no longer be Perfect and His sacrifice on the Cross would be for nothing. The Bible teaches that Jesus was Perfect to the very end, to the moment He "gave up the ghost" and died in His physical body. Study these Scriptures to see for yourself that Jesus was absolutely perfect!
Benny Hinn then gets into the act of speaking astonishing things against the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, attempting to deny the complete Perfection of Jesus.
Benny Hinn: "Jesus Christ destroyed the power of Satan on earth, but destroyed
Satan in the underworld, the Holy Ghost wasn't there. Think about that."
Paul Crouch: "That's when His divinity returned."
To suggest that there was ever a time when Jesus was not Divine is Antichrist heresy, but it fully fits in with Copeland's remarks, above. Now that both Copeland and Hinn have soiled the absolute "Perfections" of Jesus Christ, let us briefly study what the Bible has to say:
Perfections of Jesus
Matthew 27:3-4; Luke 23:41; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 2:10; Isaiah 53:9; 2 Timothy 2:13
Copeland speaks outrageous and astonishing things against the Lord of the Lords and King of Kings -- Jesus Christ. You cannot deny this, with him called Jesus an "emaciated (poured out) little wormy spirit" who is suffering at Satan's hand "down in the bottom of that thing (the pit of hell)." Then, he compounds this blasphemy by saying that Jesus took on the nature of Satan! This is the kind of astonishing blasphemy of which the Bible foretells, as it warns of the coming Antichrist! Listen:
"And the king shall do according to his will; he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished..." [Daniel 11:36; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]
Notice that Jesus will not immediately strike such a person dead when he speaks astonishing things against Him, but will actually allow him to "prosper" until "the indignation be accomplished". Today, Copeland, Hagan, Hinn and Crouch of TBN are all prospering, as the money continues to flow in to the organization in copious quantities; but do not be misled into believing that the very presence of the wealth of TBN means that God is present and pleased. No, He is simply allowing the "indignation be accomplished". Then, judgment will flow at the proper time, the time of God's own choosing.
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Networks Praise The Lord Show: Yet
More Blasphemy
The Deity Of Man And The Teaching That We Are "Little
Let's go straight to several statements by Paul Crouch, Benny Hinn, and Kenneth
Copeland on this crucial subject. After seeing the denial of Jesus Christ's
eternal divinity, it is amazing to hear them elevate man unto a "god"
status. From Praise The Lord Show:
Paul Crouch: "He doesn't ever draw a distinction between himself." (Jan Crouch agrees in the background.)
Kenneth Copeland: "Never, never. You never can do that in a covenant relationship."
Paul Crouch: "You know what else that settles then tonight. This hue and cry and controversy that has been spawned by the devil to try and bring dissent within the body of Christ that we are gods. I am a little god."
Kenneth Copeland: "Yes, yes!"
Paul Crouch: "I have His name. I'm one with Him. I'm in a covenant relationship. I am a little god."
Kenneth Copeland: "Critic, you are anything that He is."
Paul Crouch (heard under the worth of Kenneth Copeland): "Critic, be gone."
Paul Crouch: "Yes!" [Emphasis added]
Until reading this quote, I thought only Satanists and New Age adherents believed that all people are "little gods" within. The reason for the occult path is to make it possible for the adherent to steadily and through many steps, "realize his own godhood" that has been with him for all this time. Of course, since the Preacher has told us there is "nothing new under the Sun" [Ecclesiastes 1:9], we must realize this "little gods" belief goes straight back to Satan's original lie to Eve in the Garden of Eden, when he told her --
"For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods..." [Gen 3:5]
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Networks Praise The Lord Show.
Benny Hinn: "Adam was a superbeing when God created Him. I don't know
whether people even know this, but he was the first superman that ever lived.
(Jan Crouch is heard laughing on the set.) First of all, the Scriptures declare
clearly that he had dominion over the fowls of the air, the fish of the sea,
which means he used to fly."
Jan Crouch: "Wow!"
Benny Hinn: "Of course, how can you have dominion over the birds and not be able to do what they do?"
Jan Crouch: "Whoa, I mean, wait a minute. Benny, wait a minute."
Benny Hinn: "I'll prove it to you. The word 'dominion' in the Hebrew clearly declares that, if you have dominion over a subject, you can do everything that subject does. In other words, that subject, if it does something that you cannot do, you don't have dominion over it. I'll prove it further. Adam not only flew, he flew to space. He used to be...He,He,He,He,He,He... with one thought He'd be on the moon."
Benny Hinn may have uttered this complete nonsense, content with the knowledge that his listeners did not even know their Bibles, not to mention know how to do a word study using Strongs and other study resources. Let us review Strong's Concordance on the Hebrew meaning of the word, 'dominion', found in Genesis 1:26.
Dominion -- Strong's Number 7287 -- Transliteration: radah -- Phonetic Pronunciation: raw-daw'
Meaning: to rule, have dominion, dominate, tread down -- 1a) (Qal) to have dominion, rule, subjugate -- 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to dominate -- 2) to scrape out as honey out of a hive --2a) (Qal) to scrape, scrape out
The ways in which this word is used in the Bible: rule 13 -- dominion 9 -- take 2 -- prevaileth 1 -- reign 1 -- ruler 1 -- [Total Count: 27]
Now, let us turn to the Key Word Hebrew/Greek Study Bible. Listen to what they say about the meaning of "dominion -- radah: To tread down as a winepress, with the feet; to subdue, subjugate, to crumble, oppress, to walk on a person, to rule, cause to rule, to prevail against, to take possession of honey from a hive, to scrape out. [Page 1659]
Can you see any definition of "radah" that suggests that the person exercising the control over the birds "can do everything that subject does"? What sheer nonsense Benny Hinn is shoveling out to his gullible crowd of followers! He pretends to know Hebrew just because he claims to be Jewish. That is about as logical as a person claiming to speak German just because he is of German descent.
Adam Was A Reproduction of God Himself?
Copeland: "God's reason for creating Adam was His desire to reproduce Himself and in the Garden of Eden, He did that, He was not a little like God, He was not almost like God, he was subordinate to God, even. And Adam was as much like God as you can get ... And I want you to know something. Adam in the Garden of Eden was Cod manifested In the flesh."
Once again, this "new revelation" is sheer nonsense, and totally unbiblical! God simply said, "Let us make man in our image..." [Genesis 1:26] This word, "image" is "tselem", which literally means likeness, resemblance, illusion, a phantom, nothingness." {Key Study Bible, Hebrew/Greek, p. 1653]
In other words, God made man as a faint phantom of His true Self. While God granted unto man the intellectual ability to know right from wrong and to solve problems, He never made man exactly like He was; man was never, ever a "little god", and never, ever a "reproduction" of God.
Does The Scripture Teach The "Little God"
The answer is obviously, "No!" There are many great truths of Scripture
that show our humanity and the hope of a future glorification.
- Presently, We Are Tempted - "My brethren, count It all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience." (James 1:2-3).
- Our Outward Man Perisheth - "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man] is renewed day by day." (II Corinthians 4:16).
- Our Hope Is At The Completion Of Our Earthly Journey - "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 1:13).
It is certainly clear that this entire TBN concept is a cheap path to riches and earthly glory. To look for some spiritual benefit in this false doctrine is a total waste of time. The purpose of this false teaching is to create a whole class of "swinging saints living the good life", something akin to the "Beverly Hillbillies". You would think this crowd has been watching too much television. When you look at the real Jesus of Scripture, the prophets and apostles in their suffering and sacrifice, and then return to see Paul and Jan and their fellow travelers in their materialism, it all becomes a flimsy fantasy world of deception. However, flimsy though this deception is to a person thoroughly familiar with Biblical Doctrine, many millions of people worldwide are falling for this spiritual deception, a deception that will lead them directly into an eternal Hell.
Is God Both Male And Female? Androgynous?
The pagan roots of this whole deception are manifest as TBN creates a God who
becomes more like Zeus and the pantheon of ancient gods. I have been aware for
some time that this entire theological confusion was headed back to its pagan
roots. These men and women are clever, but they will eventually become so deluded
that their error will show through. Listen as Kenneth Copeland clearly states
God is both male and female. Next, listen to Benny Hinn state that women were
first created to bear children out of their side; then, he somehow compares
this to Jesus and the spear print in His side.
Copeland: "Then, he created Eve out of Adam. Now, actually God didn't name her Eve, Adam named her Eve later. That wasn't her name, her name was Adam-Adam. When God said Adam, they both came. Their authority was one and the same together. They did everything together. They had always been together. Even when she was still part of him, he was as much female as he was male, LIKE GOD IS. And God separated the female part of him and then put them back together. And she was Adam, they were Adam. He was the man, she was the woman. She was the man with the womb."
In one brief few moment, Kenneth Copeland took TBN directly into very dangerous pagan waters, as he teaches that God created Adam and Eve as androgynous beings,. i.e., having both male and female characteristics. Remember our earlier assertion that the theology of TBN and the Crouch's are Greek in nature? In the first paragraph of this section, we mentioned that the 'God' of TBN was more like Zeus of the Greek pantheon. This teaching is straight out of Zeus. Did you know that, in the Zeus mythology, many beings were androgynous? Listen to one author explain:
"In closing I will quote from Plato on what humans once were. It is not actually a belief in origins but in the origins of loneliness and love.
Here is the edited speech at the Banquet by Aristophanes (189e-193b of Plato's Symposium):
"Anciently....the androgynous sex existed...coupled back to back...till jealous Jupiter divided then vertically ...as people cut eggs with hairs...after then, these divided and imperfect folk ran about over the earth ever seeking their lost halves to be joined to them again...and the reason being that human nature was originally one, and the desire and pursuit of the whole is called love....." [http://www.mythome.org/greekorigins.html]
Therefore, Copeland is simply offering a slightly modified version of Plato's lie that Adam and Eve were androgynous originally and were separated by Jupiter, creating an "imperfect race". Copeland modified this teaching simply by saying that Adam and Eve were independently androgynous. Let us examine another source to get yet another aspect of Greek mythology relating to Zeus and androgynous humans.
"Hermaphroditus) Greek androgynous deity. The cult of Hermaphroditos appeared first in Cyprus ... Originally the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. The Naiad Salmakis (associated with a fountain of the same name in Caria, a region of Anatolia) fell so passionately in love with him that their bodies merged into one. In some versions, it was her entreaties to the gods that finally resulted in their becoming one being." [http://mrugala.free.fr/Religions/Divers/Anglais/Gofhe.htm]
This next quote tells you why the Greeks held the androgynous deity in the highest esteem:
"Athena is an odd mixture of both the male and female, yet she is widely loved and accepted by the Greeks ... Her aspect as the goddess of wisdom and Zeus' counselor also shows her androgynous position, as she represents both the male and female, impartial in her justice, resolute in her support ... Athena is an icon, an ideal of virgin perfection; she is a fusion of the martial and intellectual that exemplifies the best of the ancient Greek civilization." [http://www.titan.spaceports.com/~neogeo/athena.html]
Greeks viewed the male/female ideal -- androgyny -- as representing the best characteristics possible because such a union represents the "fusion of the martial and intellectual". As we stated in the top of this article, TBN is "Christian in name without being Christian in theology"; now, we can see that TBN is actually Greek in theology! That is serious, because the greatest Greek leader of all time was Alexander the Great, a type of Antichrist.
Now, let us examine yet one more instance of pagan philosophy as Benny Hinn
continues to expound:
"Holy Spirit said something to me and I had to go like a mad man and looking in the Word. He says, 'God's original plan is that the woman was to bring forth children out her other side.' What? You know that there is nowhere in the Bible but where God gives birth out of His side? Jesus gives birth to the church out of His side. Adam gives birth to his wife out of his side. It was sin that turned the thing around. And it was sin that transformed her flesh and her body."
Such an idea is certainly blasphemous. It is exactly the same foolishness that elevates Mary, the mother of Jesus to the state of "The Mother of God." Many writers are beginning to suggest, as Copeland, that God has a dual nature of male and female. The entire new headquarters of Trinity Broadcasting Network is feminine in design. There are female angels guarding the entrance to the television studio. The ceilings are filled with frolicking, mostly nude children. Two pictures of the mother/child deception and one with a feminine face, with two nude young bodies hovering above, line the short hallway leading past the female angels to the studio. The appearance is mythological and pagan, and most definitely not Christian!
The Bible is absolutely clear that God is our Heavenly Father. His nature is divine and eternal and sexual distinctions are non-existent. He created man in His image and then created woman. There are no female angels because the angelic host were created in the image of God before women were created. Women are a unique creation out of man to supply him a help-meet and have absolutely nothing to do with the nature and appearance of God. This false concept of God being both male and female is clearly descending into rank paganism.
God As 'Mother Nature'
As TBN moves to the pagan concept of a dual nature, male and female, supposedly
manifest in the Heavenly Father, the results can only lead to more disgusting
ideas. The new additional studio of Trinity Broadcasting Network in Hendersonville,
TN, is the scene of the following quotes. Jan Crouch appears to be the host
of these events, with preachers like Phil Munsey and Kim Clement. On one occasion
Phil is preaching and appears to be speaking more from "fertility rites
of ancient paganism" than the Bible itself. He states:
Phil Munsey: "There is going to be a paradigm shift in philosophies of
men. Mother Earth is 'groaning in travail', laboring pain, ready to give birth
to something big and something mighty and wonderful... God is moving -- connect
with Him."
As he preaches, he mentions the Buddhists and directs his remarks to them. "Buddhists, I love you much, I'm honored that you are willing to get out of yourself and take a risk and go for something that people used to laugh at. I'm honored that you have enough passion for God to try to connect with something."
This teaching is extremely New Age, so much so that it merges effortlessly and seamlessly into the occult teaching that is preparing the hearts and minds of hundreds of millions of people today for Antichrist. New Age teachers began to preach a "paradigm shift" back in the mid-1970's, by which they meant that a sudden, mighty shift in attitudes and values was about to occur that would allow the New Age "Christ" to appear. Likewise, the word "connect" is very common with the occult as it represents the union of man and the 'gods', i.e., demonic gods.
TBN is leading its followers directly into the arms of the coming Antichrist!
Phil Munsey: "In the Throne Zone, time past, present, and future cease
to exist. We move into a frame without the limitation of humanity in the natural."
In the course of these several nights of so-called revival, he apparently tried
to show that people in the heathen world have learned how to connect with the
principles of "God" without being Christians. I presume this is why
he spoke so kindly of the Buddhist. Listen:
Phil Munsey: "People learn how to work the principles of God, they learn how to operate in the charisma of God without the character of God and that makes good people mad."
This pagan teaching will get you right into Hell, for if you strive to "operate in the charisma of God" while consciously eschewing the "character of God", you are going straight to the Abyss, because no one, but no one, ever enters into the Kingdom of Heaven without the character of God being imputed to him or her from Jesus Christ. That is the symbolism of wearing the white robes; Jesus said no one would enter Heaven without His white robe, His white and shining and pure wedding dress. Listen:
"... when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." [Matt 22:11-13]
The phrase, "weeping and gnashing of teeth" is clearly Hell. No one
enters Heaven without the imputed character, righteousness, of Jesus God.
Phil Munsey: "Get your ears to hear what the Spirit says now, Get your
ear to hear what the Spirit says now. (Supposedly, the Spirit is speaking through
him.) I tell you that the kingdom of God is so due and overdue. I tell you that
Mother Nature and I don't mind using that word. . . It is now time for the New
Jerusalem to come down out of heaven and kiss the earth until all that God is
shall be made known and His glory fills the earth.. . I tell you what God is
going to, has to do. He's either going to shut some mouths up that are aborting
the purpose of God and bring some marriages... If you are a virgin and you are
telling people you are pregnant, you could get stoned."
Phil Munsey: "God is looking for a womb to bring forth Rhenna upon the earth. The Bible says in Isaiah, chapter 34:16, and I love the Amplified Version, that "everything in nature has a mate of which they bring forth from their seed . . . Every Word of God has a mate..."
What a terrible twisting of Scripture! The Amplified Bible Commentary does NOT say that "everything in nature has a mate ... Every Word of God has a mate". What the verse does say is that each Prophecy of God will receive a mate in the fulfillment of that prophecy! Listen:
"Seek out of the book of the Lord and read: not one of these [details of prophecy] shall fail, none shall want and lack her mate [in fulfillment]. For the mouth [of the Lord] has commanded, and His Spirit has gathered them."
Let God's Word be true and every false prophet like Munsey be found a liar!
Can Truth Of Scripture Be Blended With Pagan Doctrines?
The answer is obviously a resounding, "No!" When God the Father becomes
"mother god" as much as "father god", anything becomes possible
in the pulpit. The term Mother Earth, as used by Munsey on these TBN Broadcasts
suggests that the occultic paradigm shift has reached an intense level of change
within this so-called Christian movement. These doctrines will be preached very
carefully for awhile and then the speakers will grow blatant and arrogant.
Notice that Munsey says that the Spirit was saying, "the kingdom of God is so due and overdue?" The wording of this statement implies that God's plan is late, and may be approaching the failure stage. Is God ever late? Does He have to apologize for the "failure" of His plan? Copeland has already answered that on an earlier 'Praise The Lord; telecast. "God," says Copeland, "was the biggest Failure ever in history."
Antichrist paganism has arrived at the pulpits of these churches.
Standing On The Infallible, Eternal, Unchanging Word
Of God -- The Eternal Anchor of Your Soul
My dear friends, get back to the truth of God's Eternal Word with all of your heart. Israel was experiencing much of this type of pagan revival, and had gone spiritually lusting after pagan idols rather than the Eternal God whom their forefathers had seen work mightily in their midst. Just before God sent physical destructive judgment that destroyed Israel, He pleaded:
"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." [Jer 6:16]
Whenever you hear a person ridicule the "old paths" of God's Word,
or tell you not to allow "traditions" to stand in your way, get up
and leave that church so quickly the door will not hit you on the way out! That
person is a false prophet.
Biblical Truth will set you free. Do not allow these "New Wave" preachers force you to deny the beautiful ministry of the Holy Spirit in your life. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Father as the Spirit of truth. His living presence in the church will cause the Word of God to come alive in your heart, full of power and bringing joy. My heart is set on a reformation in the Body of Christ. The church world has a multitude of sincere believers who love the eternal Son of Cod, but many of them have been influenced by these pagan ideas. Pray earnestly for the "Word of God to prevail." Let's be sure that each one of us gets back into total Biblical truth and prays for a revival of genuine New Testament Christianity.
Pray earnestly for the Crouches, and others, that truth will prevail in their lives. Millions are being led into deeper and deeper error and everyone of us has an obligation to help them learn the truth. Share this information with everybody in your sphere of influence. As you survey this entire Charismatic Confusion, led by Kenneth Hagin, Benny Hinn, Paul and Jan Crouch, Kenneth Copeland, and others within the TBN network, you can appreciate the huge height, depth, and width of the unprecedented spiritual and political deception running rampant in the churches of today [Matthew 24:24]
While the world is at least 1,000 years away from the New Jerusalem coming
down out of heaven, we seem to be getting close to the appearance of Antichrist.
And, the "Christian church" is opening the door to him!
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By Elise Labott and Michael Schwartz
Iran is in an "open war" with Israel, President Shimon Peres said Monday, as he pointed the finger at Iran and Hezbollah for last week's bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis.
In an exclusive interview with CNN, Peres said Israel will act to prevent further attacks.
Peres said Israel has "enough" hard intelligence to link the Bulgaria attack to Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, and believes more attacks are being planned as part of what he called an "open war against Israel."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Iran and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah movement were responsible for a number of attacks and attempted attacks against Israeli targets in Thailand, Georgia, India, Greece, Cyprus and other countries.
Asked whether the Bulgaria bombing and the other attempted attacks were revenge for the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, which Iran blames on Israel, Peres said that Israel has never claimed responsibility for the killings. But he noted that Israel has a right to prevent the killing of its citizens.
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We don't have an initiative of terror," Peres said. "We don't do it. But self-defense is the right and the must of every people."
He said Israel's policy is one of "prevention," rather than "retaliation."
"If you have enough information about a certain person which is a ticking clock that can explode a bomb that can endanger civilian life, clearly you have to prevent him from doing so," Peres said. He cited reports that the United States has killed as many as 3,000 people in drone strikes aimed at terrorist enclaves.
With neighboring Syria in a spiral of violence, Peres said Israel will be forced to seize Syria's chemical weapons if there is a risk President Bashar al-Assad would use them against Israel or that the arsenal could fall into terrorist hands.
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Over the weekend, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he ordered the military to prepare contingency plans to attack Syria's chemical weapons arsenals, should the need arise.
"The use of chemical weapons is internationally forbidden ... and what do you do when somebody violates the law? You fight against it," Peres said. "You stop them. We shall not remain indifferent and tell them, 'Do what you want.'"
Asked how far Israel would go to secure Syria's chemical arsenal, Peres simply said: "Until it will stop being a danger."
The conflict in Syria has already led to nearly 80,000 Syrians fleeing to neighboring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, according to U.N. relief agencies. So far, none have sought refuge in Israel - and Peres said Israel wants to keep control of its borders amid the crisis wracking its longtime foe.
"What will happen if Syrian refugees try to cross the Israeli border? Will you help them?" CNN asked Peres.
"No," he replied.
"Will you shoot them?"
"We will prevent them. I mean, you don't go straight to the rifle. There are other means to prevent them. We should prevent it. Because it will be a double tragedy for them and for us. They will become homeless and we shall become defenseless."
"If the Syrians start to come over the border, will you stop them by force?"
"First of all, until now none of them asked to come in," Peres said. "If they will come by force, we shall stop them by force. If they shall come in without force, we shall stop them the way any country defended her border with civilian means."
When CNN noted that the potential refugees are trying to escape bloodshed in their own country, not invade Israel, Peres said, "If they want to escape, they first of all have to appeal, ask for permission. None of them did it."
With Israel facing a potential influx of refugees, Peres said although no Syrians have tried to enter the country, Israel would not help any refugees who want to cross the border and would use force against any armed individuals.
"If they will come by force, we shall stop them by force," Peres said. "If they shall come in without force, we shall stop them the way any country defended her border with civilian means."
Peres spoke a day after Israel marked the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed.
While he wouldn't go into details, Peres said Israel was taking precautions to ensure Israeli athletes would not be targeted at the London Olympic Games, which start later this week. He argued, however, that if Israeli intelligence services been at Munich, they would probably have been able to prevent the attack.
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Pete Souza: A soldier hugs President Barack Obama following his remarks at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, May 25
President Obama steps off Air Force One after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit
President Obama greets US Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham and General Joseph Dunfore, Commander of ISAF and US Forces Afghanistan, after disembarking from Air Force One upon arrival at Bagram Air Field
President Obama and Brigadier General Erik Kurilla view photos of fallen military personnel at Camp Alpha, Bagram
'Our War Dead' by Jacqueline O'Boomer
We woke up this morning
Each bowing our head
For the wounded, the missing
And "our war dead"
"Our war dead"
Has such a hollow sound
Until we acknowledge it's flesh and blood
In our sacred ground
We know for the missing souls
Who never came back
The graves on the hill
Are what grieving families lack
Many brave warriors
Left limbs behind
Lucky to come back home
But with mountains to climb
Many came back to loving arms
Waiting at the crowded dock
But they had lost their innocence
To war trauma and shell shock
A moment of remembrance
An image of sorrow
We share in their grief
On each tomorrow …
President Obama attends a military briefing with General Joseph Dunfore at Bagram Air Field
President Obama makes remarks during a military briefing just after arriving at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/6FQmt8VcnI
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) May 25, 2014
President Obama awards medals to U.S. troops
President Obama thanks Country Singer Brad Paisley for his performance during a visit to Afghanistan. #bradpaisley pic.twitter.com/LONhBAsXxj
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) May 25, 2014
President Obama does a Hawaiian "shaka" as he greets US troops
President Obama and General Joseph F. Dunford take the stage to address the U.S. Troops


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Few things are as satisfying as seeing your name in print.
But if you're about to sign a book contract or hope to one day, there's a lot to consider.
Fortunately, the workshop Contracts, copyright and confusion: How to make sense of your book publishing contract is being held Monday to help prepare prospective authors for the publishing process.
The workshop will cover the terms you can expect to see in a book publishing contract and what surprises may occur. It will also answer common questions about control over cover art, copyright permissions for third party materials and what happens when a book goes out of print.
The free session is open to faculty and students and will feature guest speaker Lisa Quinn, the acquisitions editor at Wilfrid Laurier University Press. In her role, Quinn acquires and develops manuscripts in the humanities and social sciences. She has also taught courses in publishing and media, and is a member of the Library Relations Committee for the American Association of University Presses.
The workshop runs from noon to 1:30 p.m. in TH253 and registration is required online or by email.
A workshop on how to get published is also planned for Tuesday, Dec. 4.
The session, which will feature a panel discussion with editors and publishers from the University of Toronto and Oxford University presses, will cover submitting a proposal, the peer review process, revisions, the difference between a thesis and book, and publishing timelines, among other topics.
Whether you're a graduate student just beginning your professional career or a seasoned academic, this workshop will provide invaluable insights into publishing both scholarly works and textbooks.
How to get published: Insights from leading university press publishers runs from 11:40 to 1 p.m. in TH 253.
For more information on either workshop, email Chabriol Colebatch or call her at ext. 3232.


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Happy Halloween! 🎃 I can't believe November is already upon us and we're now approaching the end of the year. October was a pretty decent reading month; I read quite a few books that I really enjoyed! I leave for my two week vacation next week and I cannot wait. I have so many books that I plan to read. Speaking of which, I have a poll at the end of this post for you guys to vote on! Help me decide which long-overdue trilogy I should read while I'm on vacation!
THE DARK DESCENT OF ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN: This was the perfect read for October. It's a spectacular retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, told from the point of view of Elizabeth. Kiersten White has reimagined a classic with a unique perspective, while maintaining the story's dark, twisted, gothic tone. The way in which the author wrote this book is brilliant. She manages to both keep true to the original, and yet elaborate on some parts to create a new tale. Elizabeth Lavenza was an absolutely fascinating character to read about. She is transformed from a secondary character, into a strong, manipulative, intelligent protagonist. [review] ★★★★
THIS MORTAL COIL: I'm so mad at myself for sleeping on this book for a year, especially with all the rave reviews I had seen for it. It had everything I love in a Dystopian novel, and reminded me why that genre used to dominate my bookshelves. The entire concept is extremely intriguing. I'm the first person to admit that anything involving coding and hacking goes way over my head, but even with all the science terminology and technical jargon, I never found myself overly confused and could (for the most part) follow along with what the characters were talking about. A spectacular debut perfect for fans of science-fiction, dystopian settings, and compelling characters. [review] ★★★★½
THIS CRUEL DESIGN: I started this immediately after finishing This Mortal Coil, and finished it within a day, so that should tell you all you need to know about my feelings about this book. It picks up right where the first leaves off, and was just as fast-paced, well-written, and absolutely addicting as its predecessor. Readers have no cause to worry as there's no second book syndrome here! I could hardly put it down and there are plenty more plot twists and reveals that kept me hooked. As with the previous book, the science and technology elements continue to be really intriguing and unique. I had no problem following along with all of the terminology and jargon. I was under the impression that this was a duology (it's not), so the last couple of chapters really had me nervous! The ending is a total cliff-hanger and I have so many questions! ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley. [review] ★★★★
GRIM LOVELIES: I think expected to enjoy this a lot more than I did. I loved the concept and the basic plot, but I wasn't a fan of the execution and I think it ended up lacking a lot of things that I was looking for. I don't know. I wasn't that into it but I'm still really curious about the sequel, so I may or may not continue with the series. ★★½
THE BONELESS MERCIES: I loved (almost) everything about this book. What I liked: the amazing characters and sisterhood/friendships between the girls, the really neat retelling of Beowulf, and the awesome setting based on Norse mythology. What I didn't like: the romance seriously confused the crap out of me. It's hardly present, but the entire book continually hinted towards feelings between Frey and another character, and then by the end it seemed to abruptly go in another direction. I felt very annoyed; like I was being led on only to be given something else entirely at the end. ★★★★
THE DEVIL'S THIEF: Have you seen this book? It's massive. But it was 700 pages of pure fun, action, and magic. It picked up right where The Last Magician ended and I was instantly pulled back into this world and ready to be with these characters. It did drag a bit in the middle, but I think that was mostly due to my belief that this was only a duology and wanting Esta and Harte to get on with their quest already. The angst between those two went up a few notches and it was both the best thing and the worst. I'm really excited this was extended into a trilogy (I don't believe it was originally) because there is so much more left to this story and I can't wait to continue, especially after that cliffhanger! ★★★★
THE WITCH OF WILLOW HALL: If I'm being completely honest, I ended up enjoying this tremendously more than I had anticipated I would. This was a gothic, historical novel that enchanted me from the beginning. There was a lot to enjoy about this book, but my favorite thing was its atmospheric setting. It reads like a Jane Austen book with some witchcraft and eerie paranormal activity mixed in. The period drama aspects were so charming! The romance that develops between two characters was really cute and I couldn't get enough of it. Hester Fox does a fantastic job of blending the drama with suspense. Although the story is more of a gothic romance, there are still some spooky encounters and mysterious elements that make this a wonderful read for October. ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley. [review] ★★★★
THE CAGED QUEEN: After I finished this, all I felt was overwhelmingly conflicted. I was initially disappointed that I wouldn't be following more of Asha and her story, but since I found Roa's backstory and relationship with Dax to be intriguing, I attempted to go into this book with an open mind. Unfortunately, it still didn't stand up to my enjoyment of The Last Namsara. I really love the world that Kristen Ciccarelli has created here, and even though I appreciated being back with these characters, I spent a majority of this book extremely frustrated. Probably 99% of the issues and conflicts that happen could have been solved if Dax and Roa had simply talked. The lack of communication between them caused so many unnecessary understandings and after a while I began to get both annoyed at Roa and at the plot. [review] ★★★
A FEAST FOR CROWS: I FINALLY FINISHED THIS. Seriously though, it took me a little over six months to read this damn book. While appreciate that GRRM split the book so that we wouldn't be reading 2,000 pages, there was so little going on in this one that I got bored so easily. The only chapters that I really cared for were Alayne's (obviously; she's my favorite character), Cersei's (she's batshit crazy and I love reading from her mind), and the conflict in the Iron Islands. I'm really looking forward to A Dance With Dragons and being back with my boy, Jon. ★★★★
EAST: East of the Sun and West of the Moon has always been one of my favorite fairytales, and yet I don't have an answer as to why it has taken me so long to read this book. The pacing and flow of the story is so well-crafted. Even with all the different POVs present, each character had a distinct voice and every chapter added to the plot. The writing was whimsical and helped maintain the fairytale aspects of the original tale the story draws from. I absolutely adored Rose. I loved her intellect, her perseverance, her kind nature, and her strength. This was a beautiful, fast-paced, magical story. I'm sad that it took the sequel's release for me to finally pick this up, but I'm so glad that I did. [review] ★★★★
WEST: If East is a whimsical, magical fairytale, then this is it's darker, more mature sister novel about what happens after the happily ever after, and how things don't always remain that way. All the fairytale-esque elements that were present in the first book are also present here, but the book also has some grimmer aspects and our beloved characters go through some really tough times – and they don't always end well. And even though this wasn't as whimsical and light-hearted as East, I still absolutely loved it. ARC provided by the publisher. ★★★★½
EMPIRE OF SAND: This was a really unique southeast Asian adult fantasy with elements inspired by the Mughal empire. The writing was wonderful and really pulled you into the story. I also really liked the protagonist, Mehr, and enjoyed following her on her journey and rooting for her throughout the story. The only small complaint I had was that some of the magical aspects were a bit confusing, and to be honest, I didn't fully understand everything that was going on. ARC provided by the publisher. ★★★½
THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD: If you like books such as Spinning Silver and The Bear and the Nightingale, then this is definitely a book for you! I love stories that are rich with fairytale elements and yet blend seamlessly with historical aspects. I also really liked how both Liba and Laya were given distinct voices; Liba's chapters were told narratively and Laya's were in verse. This was a very magical, atmospheric story and I adored everything about it! ★★★★
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Most of us have no need for Panasonic's Toughbook-30: Its specs are unremarkable and the 13.3-inch laptop weighs over 8 pounds. But then, our mortal laptops could never survive the ridiculous, almost cartoony beating Forbes gave it.
Forbes's intrepid testers used the Toughbook to crush soda cans, used the screen as a dartboard, ran over it with a Volkswagen, gave it to a tiger as a chew toy, had an elephant stomp on it multiple times, and then the to top it all off, shot it with a .22 pistol. And the damage?
The only things that managed to do any lasting damage were the elephant and the gun; the elephant put two cracks in the case (purely cosmetic, however), and the gun did actually pierce the screen. But! The damn thing was still usable even after being shot! It never once ceased to boot and Forbes claims they were able to log into Windows even with a hole in the screen.
We ourselves have absolutely no use for the Toughbook-30, but we're tempted to get one in case we ever get that pet elephant we've always wanted. [Forbes]


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Teaching parts of speech can get pretty boring and redundant after a while. So why not make it more fun?!
For every unit that I teach, I include a "Farmer in the Dell" sentence patterning chart. Farmer in the Dell is from GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition and Design.) These are charts that include separate columns for adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. The teacher and students combine words from the charts to make sentences and "sing" the sentences to the tune of Farmer in the Dell.
It's easy to make and it does wonders in teaching parts of speech in the present, future, and past tense and more! Try it!
As you can see from the photos above, once you write down the student responses, you can manipulate the prepositional phrase column by cutting it and placing it at the beginning of the chart. This allows students to see how a sentence can be written in different ways.
For the holidays, (or any holiday) you and your students can create a sentence patterning chart for any noun!
Topics, for example can be: Santa, elf, gift, tree, reindeer, candy cane, stocking, etc. Have fun with it! I'm sure your students will get a kick out or singing, "Huge and furry candy canes
Huge and furry candy canes
Huge and furry candy canes
run across the yard!"
Then they can draw it! How cool is that?! :)
I can't wait to do it in the month of December. I'm sure Grammar time will be much more fun when their working in partners giggling over "Large and bumpy elves swimming in the beach." Ha!
For a free Farmer in the Dell template (Spanish & English) click


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Man successfully checks single can of beer on flight, gains internet fame
The can exceeded the maximum liquid limit enforced for carry-on items
The can exceeded the maximum liquid limit enforced for carry-on items
A man has gained internet fame for successfully checking a single can of beer while traveling across Australia.
While flying from Melbourne to Perth, Dean Stinson treated his can of Emu Export as a piece of luggage. One of his friends captioned the beginning of the beer's journey: "Greatest moment of my life."
Stinson captured the beer's glorious arrival.
While the lager was surprisingly unharmed, Stinson admitted to the Daily Mail that he had some help with his mission.
"My mate works at the airport and we hatched the plan as a laugh — I half didn't expect it to come out the other end," he said. "But when it did it was sent out well in front of all the other luggage, so the baggage handlers obviously appreciated it."
Some readers may question Stinson's decision to pay to check such a small item, even for an impressive viral stunt. However, he and his friends flew Qantas Airways, which does not charge passengers for their first piece of checked luggage.
He wrote on Facebook that he will be keeping the can as a trophy rather than drinking it.


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First it was a federal judge who threw out Piyush Jindal's voucher plan in Tangipahoa Parish because it posed a major setback to the parish's current desegregation consent decree.
Then, last Friday, a state district judge, Tim Kelley, whose wife once worked for Piyush, said the method of appropriations to fund the statewide voucher program is unconstitutional.
Fast on the heels of Kelley's ruling, fellow Baton Rouge District Judge William Morvant refused to throw out a lawsuit challenging the only part of Piyush's far-reaching retirement reform proposals that survived the legislative session earlier this year.
In case you're counting, that's oh-for-three—not a good batting average for the governor who would be president.
Keep in mind that Piyush is the incoming chairman of the National Republican Governors' Association.
Remember, too, that he thought he would be moving into that position in the hope that it would be the launching pad for his presidential aspirations. To do so, he needed to bring something substantial to the table.
That something was to be sweeping education reform. That was to be the centerpiece of his list of grand accomplishments, the bold-face type on his curriculum vitae.
Now, the status of both education and retirement reform are suddenly in jeopardy.
Suddenly the star of the errand boy of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) doesn't shine quite so brightly.
What to do?
The obvious answer would be to teague someone. That practice, after all, has served him well in the past. No college president, attorney, doctor, agency head, legislator or rank-and-file state employee will dare rebuke Piyush lest he or she be shown the door.
There was a time when we would have run a recap of those teagued by this peevish little man, but the list has grown so long that it would take up far too much space.
On reflection, however, one must ask just what are Piyush's alternatives?
Well, normally he could campaign against the re-election of judges Kelley and Morvant—except he already did the anti-judge campaign thingy in Iowa.
He can't teague the federal judge; he was appointed by the president.
He can't teague either of the state judges—Kelley or Morvant—because they were elected by voters of the 19th Judicial District.
He can't teague Jimmy Faircloth, the attorney who so expertly represented the interests of the state in arguing on behalf of the voucher program because Faircloth was working under a contract that ends when all appeals are exhausted—about $100,000 or so down the road.
He can't teague Angéle Davis, wife of Judge Kelley because she already resigned her position as Commissioner of Administration.
He can't teague the legislator who introduced the education bills because they were not written by any Louisiana elected official but by the corporate honchos at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
He might consider teaguing Superintendent of Education John White since there are already unconfirmed rumors floating around that he is leaving soon.
But there is a far better option open to Piyush:
He could take a page from the playbook of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
It's such a simple solution we're surprised no one has thought of it before.
All he has to do is first invoke that obscure nullification clause which several states unhappy with last month's presidential election are bantering about—the one that says states can unilaterally ignore a federal law they don't like. Or even opt out of the union itself. Some in Texas are talking about splitting off and breaking the state into five separate states (pure lunacy, but a philosophy that dovetails nicely with that of the Tea Party).
Then, like Morsi, Jindal can unilaterally decree greater authority for himself, including issuing a declaration that the wrong-headed courts are henceforth barred from challenging his decisions.
(Come to think of it, such a move is not exactly unprecedented. President Andrew Jackson said of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that the state of Georgia could not impose its laws on Cherokee tribal lands, "(Chief Justice) John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.")
After that, he could even take it a step further and, like North Korea's late Kim Jong-il, bestow upon himself the title of "Dear Leader," and, again like Kim Jong-il, commission a song of the same name in his honor.
Think about it. If he were to take that action, he could sell prisons, the old insurance building property, hospitals, roads, universities, the Saints and the Zephyrs, not to mention a few state-owned golf courses and state parks.
That water from Toledo Bend Reservoir? Sold. Gone to Texas and a few select political cronies are even richer than before.
And you only think you've seen a lot of corporate tax breaks, incentives and exemptions. Once he issues his decree, corporate taxes would disappear into that sink hole in Assumption Parish.
All state employees who aren't fired outright (to be replaced by telecommuting administrative types from Florida, California, Alabama and elsewhere) would immediately forfeit all health and retirement benefits—except for friendly former legislators who, of course, would be elevated to six-figure salaries with full benefits.
The Department of Civil Service, public schools and the State Ethics Board would become distant memories for the nostalgic among us.
Of course, were he to take such action, he could always say his decision was predicated "by three things: one, to protect needed reform packages; two, to streamline government so at the end of the day, we can do more with less, and three, I have the job I want."
Opponents could be expected to condemn his decrees as heavy-handed and dictatorial but what else would you expect from those who represent the coalition of the status quo?


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Penn State launches new research effort to help abused kids
The Center for Healthy Children will be established at the main campus of Penn State, supported by funding from both the university and the National Institutes for Health.
The Center for Healthy Children will be established at the main campus of Penn State, supported by funding from both the university and the National Institutes for Health.
A new research program at Penn State aims to improve the health of neglected and abused children and test an innovative approach to screen kids for head injuries.
Penn State said Tuesday it will establish the Center for Healthy Children at its main campus, supported by nearly $8 million from the National Institutes for Health. The university is putting in more than $3 million.
The program will supplement the university's Child Maltreatment Solutions Network , established in response to the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. The network will continue its work in education and outreach, while the new money will be purely for research.
Penn State said that besides trying to improve children's health, the center will advocate changes to law and government policies and expand research in the field.
"If we don't prevent child maltreatment, we're going to see these kids in all kinds of systems, like juvenile justice or Medicaid, where these health disparities lead these kids to," said Jennie Noll, a human development and family studies professor at Penn State who heads the network and is the federal grant's principle investigator.
Abused children as a group tend to have more problems with a range of health issues, Noll said, including obesity, sexually transmitted disease, teen pregnancy, depression and anxiety.
Over four years, Penn State will bring 1,200 children ages 8-13 and their families to a facility overlooking the Old Main lawn in the center of campus. The children will be evaluated, provided referrals for untreated issues and given information on diet, exercise and other health strategies. They will return every two years for follow-up research.
Stress and maltreatment in childhood clearly have a negative impact on behavioral and physical health, so researchers hope to learn more about why some children are more negatively affected while others show remarkable resistance to abusive conditions, Noll said.
"That's going to help us design novel interventions that can improve the health and well-being of kids in the child welfare system," she said.
Another research project will test a new screening method for abusive head trauma at eight pediatric intensive care facilities across the country. It will be led by Dr. Kent Hymel, a child abuse pediatrician at Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey.
"I think it's a great day for the children of Pennsylvania," said Angela Liddle, chief executive of the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance , which works to prevent child abuse. "What I hope happens with this is that it also moves into stronger training and education for those individuals who work with families in prevention ways, in preventative measures."
Penn State made battling child abuse an institutional priority after Sandusky's arrest and 2012 conviction on charges he abused 10 boys, some on campus. As the university's retired longtime football defensive coach, Sandusky used his connection with the university's storied football program to impress and groom some of his victims, authorities said.
University President Eric Barron said the grant is "a statement that we went from a tragedy to being the national center to address child maltreatment research and training."
Sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years in prison but maintains he's innocent and is pursuing appeals.
Three men who held high-ranking jobs at the university are awaiting sentencing for child endangerment because of how they responded to a 2001 complaint about Sandusky. Former President Graham Spanier, former Vice President Gary Schultz and former Athletic Director Tim Curley all denied they were told that an encounter between Sandusky and a boy in a shower was sexual in nature.


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Woman raped 19 years ago in Abington to testify in support of strengthening rape laws
On Tuesday, Elizabeth Holmes will testify before the state House Judiciary Review Committee on behalf of House Bill 1523 that would eliminate the 27-year statute of limitations on rape for victims under the age of 18.
"I believe only a victim can truly impress upon the committee the context from which the bill must be considered and voted upon," Holmes said. "By allowing me to speak, I believe I can speak for all of the victims out there. In the end, we want our voices to be heard."
On Aug. 10, 1990, Holmes, then 16, was taking a shortcut through a wooded area near Mount Vernon Cemetery in Abington when an unidentified man in jogging clothes attacked and raped her in broad daylight.
Holmes, now 34, married and a mother of three, plans to tell her story of that tragic day at the hands of a stranger.
"This day altered the course of my life, warped my view of humanity and the world around me, and unwillingly thrust me, an innocent young girl, into a world of unexplained darkness," Holmes said. "Despite my many attempts to forget this man and that day, it invades my memories and haunts my dreams to this day.
Holmes said she would like to speak to the committee about her personal journey of healing and pursuit of justice.
"I would like the opportunity to share my story in an effort to explain why victims require time in coming forward," she said.
Holmes said she thinks the proposed legislation is a leap forward, but still falls short with the age limitation of 18 for victims of rape and sexual assault.
Passage of the bill may lead to the ultimate goal of abolishing the statute altogether, she said.
Meanwhile, Holmes said she plans to keep pushing the issue "any way (she) can."
She is currently volunteering with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and is a medical advocate.
She is also state-certified to respond on behalf of BARCC to victims in a rape crisis.
She also maintains a Web site, www.voicebychoice.org, that reaches out to victims of sex crimes.
Key supporters of Holmes' efforts include state Sen. Michael Morrissey and the Abington and Brockton police departments.
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