Attack on Christianity

Eva Abdullah, a 17 year old former Muslim, came to Christ about 3 years ago.  Of course, she was disowned by her parents immediately after her conversion.  She then stayed with a Christian pastor until she was later arrested.  Some in her own village had tried to convince her to give up christianity.  At her trial, the judge, who had been bribed by Islamic Militants to find her guilty.  She was then sentenced to a two year imprisonment.  She is know being guarded by two Christian females in prison.

Bluffing with guns

"I DARE you to attack us."  That is basically what Hamas has been saying to Israel.  The leader of Hamas called the mobilization of Israeli Infantry on the border with Gaza a big bluff.  Hamas leader Meshal said, "If you wanted to launch it, you would have done it."  This sounds like taunting to me.  The death toll in Gaza is still low.  But will probably be climbing in the following days.

President Obama spends twice as much as Romney last month

Obama just won't give up will he.  Last September, President Barack Obama went through around 116 million dollars, about half as much as Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney spent last month.  Obama has continued to press against his competitor.  He has spent near $300 million just for television ads.  Romney, on the other hand has accumulated about $166 million in ads so far in this election.  Obama and Romney both saw large income of support.  Obama, the DNC and two joint committees pulled in $181 million.  Romney and his committees on the other hand brought in about $170 million.

Biden, Ryan and Libya

Paul Ryan looked calm, he did not show any outward signs of nervousness.  Biden, on the other hand, just couldn't stop laughing and interrupting.  Ryan attacked Obama saying that the Libya Attack and Obama's response to it as "Becoming more troubled by the day," and "Indicitive of a broader problem...the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy."  Biden protected the Obama administration by saying that "We will get to the bottom of it."  Ryan continued to be aggressive in criticizing the Administration for their first accounts of the Libya attacks.

Forget about TWO minutes

Jim Lehrer sure had a hard time Wednesday night.  Both contenders seemed to just run him over when his mouth opened.  He would strain to tell the candidates when their time was up, but they just kept on talking.  They ran him over.  At one point, Lehrer interrupted Obama and Obama replied by saying, "I had 5 seconds before you interrupted me."  And he kept on talking.  I just thought it was interesting how much both Romney and Obama kept talking even after their time was up and after the moderator had already started talking to change subjects.

Crime Lord Captured

Thursday, the Crime Lord known as 'El Taliban' was displayed by U.S. Marines to the media.  This marks a major achievement for the gang-to-gang violence in Mexico.  Ivan Velasquez's arrest was key in stopping the Zetas cartel, which has plagued so much of Mexico in past years.  http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/09/27/3561103/mexico-nabs-alleged-crime-lord.html

$100,000 Bounty

       A Federal Minister in Pakistan released a bounty Saturday on the filmmaker who created the non-Islam film.  A $100,000 bounty was set on the head of the California filmmaker.  Pakistan backed away from the bounty, distancing itself as far as it could, not wanting to be involved.  This was highly disliked by the Minister's fellow political party members.

            Now, this is completely different from another recent Charlotte Observer article, which I last posted about.  Then again, it is different views.  http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/09/24/3553957/pakistan-disowns-bounty-on-anti.html

Mideast Protests Not About Film

The Mideast riots that have been going on for the past few weeks haven't been about the Anti-Muslim film that was released a few weeks ago.  The Charlotte Observer reports that what the protests are really about is the struggle for power after the Arab Spring Awakening.  It's just old-fashioned power politics.  It's what normally happens in the wake of a revolution.  The U.S. Ambassador was not killed because of the film, but because of a struggle for power.  Now, this could all be wrong, but it's very likely true.  Because think about it, there have been so many revolutions in the middle east recently.  For instance, there was the overthrowing of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya not long ago.  It seems to be just a power struggle.

The Military and Suicide

Today is National Suicide Prevention day.  There have been 154 active-duty soldier suicides this year, one a day.  The Huffington post states that, "The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year far outdistance the U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan - about 50 percent more - according to Pentagon statistics obtained." (Huffington Post)  And the rate is on the rise.  Surgeon General Regina Benjamin says that, "These deaths are especially heartbreaking because we know they are preventable." (USA Today).  And now, the government has come up with a plan to save around 20,000 lives in the coming five years.