Ivory Coast Talks Urged as Foreigners Flee
(AP) Thursday, November 11, 2004 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Airliners shuttled hundreds of foreigners out of the Ivory Coast on Thursday after a surge in violence that is said to threatened and destabilize West Africa.. The U.S. Embassy, France and other nations launched the evacuations Wednesday.French officials said between 4,000 to 8,000 of its 14,000 citizens in the country wanted to leave, a number that alone would make it one of the largest evacuations of Africa's post-independence era. About 20 American vacuities arrived Wednesday night in Accra, capital of neighboring Ghana.
Jesus Film Celebrates 25th Anniversary
(CBN News) – What is the most watched movie of all time? Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings? No, it is the Jesus film, and it is celebrating a big milestone. This marks the 25th year that the movie has been used to spread the Gospel around the world. Campus Crusade for Christ produced the movie, and has translated it into nearly 1,000 languages. It has been seen by more than five billion people and shown in 228 countries. Campus Crusade estimates that nearly 200 million people have decided to follow Christ as a result of viewing the Jesus film.Quoteworthy:
The time has come to ignore political correctness in this country and win this war. We must make a stand and pray, and, if necessary, fight with all we have. (Zola Levitt, TBN Dallas)Join the Procter & Gamble Boycott
(Focus On The Family-Citizen Link)Dr. James Dobson urges families to not buy Tide or Crest in response to company's tacit support of homosexual marriage. The boycott against Procter & Gamble is working -- generating a great deal of media attention and causing company officials to scramble for excuses.
This momentum must be maintained, and we've added phone numbers below that will help you make your concerns known. You should know going in that the company is almost certain to respond to your concerns by saying that you have your information wrong, that it is not advocating for same-sex marriage.
You might hear that Procter & Gamble is only trying to prevent "discrimination" against homosexuals allowed under Article 12, a city ordinance in Cincinnati. This is not true.
The law the company is actively opposing merely ensures that businesses can operate according to their own moral compasses and cannot be compelled to offer benefits to homosexuals if to do so violates their values.
What Procter & Gamble fails to take into account in defending itself is that the same gay activists they have aligned with have as their No. 1 goal the legalization of homosexual marriage; repealing Cincinnati's Article 12 is only the first step in the process. By helping with efforts to repeal Article 12, Procter & Gamble is helping pave the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage.
P&G Product list includes:Cleaning Supplies
- Bold, Cascade, Cheer, Joy, Comet, Dash, Spic&Span, Tide, Top Job, Oxidol, Ivory, Dreft, Gain, Mr. Clean, Lest Oil & Bounty towels Food - Duncan Hines, Fisher Nuts, Fisher Mints & Fisher Dehydrated Fruits, Jif Peanut Butter Coffee - Folgers & High Point Shortening & Oils - Crisco, Puritan & Fluffo Deodorants - Secret & Sure Diapers - Luvs & Pampers Hair Care - Lilt, Head & Shoulders, Prell, Pert, Vidal Sassoon & Ivory Acne Products - Clearasil Mouthwash & Toothpaste - Scope, Crest & Gleem Personal Hygiene- Always & Attend undergarments Lotions - Oil of Olay & Wondra Soap - Camay, Coast, Ivory, Lava, Safeguard, Zest & Oil of Olay Fabric Softener - Downy, Bounce-Juice Citrus Punch - Sunny Delight Medication - Aleve, Pepto-BismolThe company's phone number is 513-983-1100. The fax number is 513-983-9369.
Hollywood Looking to Cash in on Christian Market (CBN News) - Hollywood is taking the 2004 election as a sign that they are missing out on a big audience -- Christians.
Observers say President Bush's re-election shows that evangelical Christians have a powerful influence in America.
And now Hollywood wants to start targeting that audience. "The big buzz at the film markets two weeks ago {was] the best thing you can have is a film with Christian content, and if you don't have one, write one."
Please Take A Stand Against The Secularization Of America
(Faith And Action)That means we have less than two weeks to rally 100,000 citizens to join our newly formed Concerned Christian Citizens Committee on behalf of the Ten Commandments! The internet address to sign up at is: http://www.grassfire.net/60/petition.asp?RID=7126821
Hate In the Mosques
(Executive Director: Dr. Roy L. McLaughlin-BMAA-Moral Action Committee)A fine organization, the Middle East Media Research Institute, is providing a valuable service. They are monitoring the Friday sermons delivered by leading Imams in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis conveniently post the sermons on the Internet and the Research Institute translates them for the interested reader.
The Western media and our State Department bureaucrats should avail themselves of this service. They would find that in mosques all over Saudi Arabia, there are vicious attacks delivered weekly against Christians and Jews. Here’s just one example from a sermon by Sheikh Mohammed Saleh Al Munajjid, "Muslims must educate their children to Jihad…This is the great benefit of the situation; educating the children to Jihad and to revival of the embers of Jihad in their souls. This is what is needed now." These hate sermons reflect the form of Islam preferred by the Saudi royal family – Wahabism. Remember, the Saudi government is financing this sect all over the world.
This same message is being heard in Pakistan, throughout the Middle East, across northern Africa, in East Asia, as well as here in the U.S. It is this cesspool of hatred that nurtured the September 11th hijackers and breeds Palestinian homicide bombers. Even more murderers are taking root right now in the same soil.
Face The Facts
(Executive Director: Dr. Roy L. McLaughlin-BMAA-Moral Action Committee) Every time there is a new terrorist bombing in Israel, the administration issues a statement saying that we are not going to allow a handful of extremists to frustrate the goal of two peaceful states – Israel and Palestine – living side by side. Sounds nice, but it ignores reality. A new poll by the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center shows why. Forty-three percent of Palestinians say their goal is not a separate state, but rather "liberating all of historic Palestine." That means Palestinian control over Israel! A whopping 64.3% support the homicide bombings.Think about how morally ill a society has to be to support teenagers belting themselves with explosives so they can blow up women and children. Foreign policy can’t be built on a fantasy and it is sheer lunacy to think that the current Palestinian society is prepared to live in peace with it Jewish neighbors.
Marriage Mastery Marshals More Movement
(Washington up date) Emboldened by the tremendous success of the 11 state constitutional amendments that passed on Election Day, at least nine other states are looking to put forth similar amendments to protect marriage.Marriage amendments already are being processed in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Tennessee, where they require a second legislative approval before going to voters. Virginia and Texas have already pre-filed amendments, and Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina, and the state of Washington all plan to follow suit.
Remember six other states [also] acted pre-election to protect marriage. The enemies of marriage have tried to redefine the institution through the courts in an effort to silence the people on this fundamental issue. When the people speak, the message is clear: marriage is defined as the union between one man and one woman.
make the media
Tell the Truth! (Times Watch Tracker)---- The national liberal "news media" are participating in a campaign of partisan viciousness not seen since the days of Ronald Reagan, tossing any pretense of objectivity aside, distorting the truth, and simply refusing to report real news that doesn’t fit their political agenda. This must stop.It’s time to demand that the news media "Tell the Truth!" http://www.mediaresearch.org
A House Divided
(Rare Jewel Insight) * Today there are two Americas, but only one will prevail. Momentum has shifted to the protectors of Mainstream America. Expect promoters of Misrepresented America to turn up the volume of their rhetoric to fever-pitch about the "divided nation" and "the right-wing radicals" who are to blame... and so forth.Watch your TV news, your newspapers, news magazines; it will come from all sides. Clear and consistent communication of the truth--about the REAL Mainstream America and its values--and a firm resolve to take and hold this ground, is essential if Christian Patriots are to win the culture war, and restore our nation’s Christian foundation.
Howard Wilson hwilson@texasmoralaction.org