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Church plans Quran-burning event

In protest of what it calls a religion “of the devil,” a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

I can’t even BEGIN to tell you how angry this makes me.  What happened on 9/11 was a terrible, horrific tragedy, but that does NOT make it right to go and desecrate that which is considered holy and spiritual.  All this will do is stir more bad blood, add more fuel to the terrorists’ fire, so to speak.

Would you want YOUR bible burned?  Your flag?  A crucifix?  Think about it, folks.  If we wouldn’t like it done to us, what makes you think it’s ok to do it to someone else?  It won’t erase what happened.  It won’t bring all those people back to life. 

And, this bears shouting from the rooftops:

MOST MUSLIMS DID NOT SUPPORT THE ATTACKS!

I sure hope that the people behind this asinine “event” are unable to breed. 

Time to chlorinate the gene pool.

~watergirl~

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Weiner enraged on House floor

Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner was raging Thursday night on the House floor after it became clear that Republicans had enough votes to defeat a bill that provided health care to 9/11 first responders.

I don’t discuss politics.  The headline was what caught me.

Woman declared dead seen alive?

A California woman missing for nearly a year and declared dead by a court may still be alive and living in the Las Vegas, Nevada, area, detectives from Los Angeles said Thursday.

Well, hell.  If Elvis can do it…

On a more serious note, this is NOT a “verified” sighting of Ms. Mitrice Richardson.  As “happy endings” in a missing persons’ case are few and far between, I’m hopeful that this turns out to be Ms. Richardson, for the sake of her family.

Parents shouldn’t have to bury their children.

~watergirl~

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French couple held over 8 newborns’ deaths

What the f’k???

~watergirl~

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Michael Jackson’s estate upset by moonwalking zombie

Idiots.  They’re irritated that a MJ zombie, dressed in Thriller attire, is moonwalking his happy ass across games screens.  Something about the fact that he looks TOO much like The King of Pop.

Hello?  Thriller…zombies… 

Someone needs a check-up from the neck up.   This was an AWESOME part of the game, and *I* will NOT be running the patch.

~watergirl~

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I’ve been sick and icky for a good bit.  Slowly feeling better but still have a bad cough, sore throat and fever.

Yay’ness.

~watergirl~

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ESRB unintentionally exposes email addresses of people who filed complaints over Blizzard’s Real ID systemby

Having worked in a corporate office, the sad truth is that this DOES happen sometimes.  The sender doesn’t realize that they’ve copied the email recipients in the TO: field instead of the CC: field.

Shit happens.

Since WoW uses your email address as your account name, and  if you’re sending in complaints about privacy, should you really use your MAIN email address ?  Instead of, oh – say, GMAIL? 

~watergirl~

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I’m a legal American citizen and I must show my ID when:

  1. Pulled over by the police.
  2. Making purchases on my department store credit card.  
  3. When I show up for a doctor’s appointment.
  4. When filling out a credit card or loan application.
  5. When applying for or renewing a driver’s license or passport.
  6. When applying for any kind of insurance.
  7. When filling out college applications.
  8. When donating blood.
  9. When obtaining certain prescription drugs.
  10. When making some debit purchases, especially if I’m out of state.
  11. When collecting a boarding pass for airline or train travel.

I’m sure there are more instances, but the point is that we citizens of the U.S.A. are required to prove who we are nearly every day.

Why should people in this country illegally, be exempt?

For that matter, perhaps the liberals can answer the question: Why shouldn’t we guard our borders as closely as every other country in the world does?

And while I’m at it…

It is said that 86% of Americans believe in a God of SOME kind.  Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having ‘In G-d We Trust’ on our money and having ‘G-d’ in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under G-d, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!

For the record, I am not a member of any “organized” religion, and I support having G-d in both the Pledge of Allegiance AND on our money.

Ohmm.  Ohmm.  Ohmm.

~watergirl~

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Quran doesn’t call for stoning, experts insist

and

Iran to review woman’s stoning sentence

My original post here.

Quick rundown: woman lashed 99 times for alleged adultery.  She confessed to being an adulteress to stop the lashing.  She later recants and claims she did it to stop the pain/punishment.  Court doesn’t care, sentences her to death by stoning.  HUGE public relations nightmare ensues.  Court agrees to review the case.

She is only one of a number of women accused of adultery, sentenced to stoning.  There were six women stoned since 2006.

One article mentions that the stoning may be changed to hanging.

I’m still against it.  She didn’t take a life.  She does not deserve to die.  She’s been in jail since 2006. I feel four years for an alleged horizontal dance is beyond enough.

~watergirl~

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Lindsay Lohan in Court Live … and Jail’s an Option (TMZ)

Witness: Lohan missed 9 weekly counseling sessions (CNN)

Oh shut UP, with the fake tears.

You screwed up.  Admit it.  Take your lumps.

Note to Judge RevelPLEASE send her arse to jail.  Teach her that disobeying the law so she can party, travel and drink will NOT fly.

~watergirl~

UPDATE: 90 days jailtime

Additionally, 90-day inpatient rehab immediately following jailtimem and she must meet with a physician to determine alcohol or drug consumption as detrimental.

The judge originally ordered her to surrender today, 07/06/10 for jail processing but she caved to letting LiLo fly until July 20, 2010 (two weeks).

Well, it was ALMOST a good day.  Celebs are NOT immune and Judge Revel did a passing job at letting LiLo know it.

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Activist: Iranian mother of two to be stoned to death

She was accused of adultery by her husband (a common accusation by men wishing to get out of a marriage).  She was lashed 99 times, and admitted guilt to stop the lashing.  She has since recanted her admission, but the “supreme court” refuses to discuss the matter.  There were no witnesses to prove adultery.

She can be stoned to death at any time, according to the law.

Unbelievable.  The only words that come to mind right now are vicious enough that posting them here is more vitriolic than I can tolerate at the moment.

~watergirl~

After the click: The Islamic Penal Code of Iran, so no one can claim there are no facts to back up my belief that this barbaric practice is inhuman.

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