Most of my dreams I remember and here are more of my dreams:

One of my brothers was driving a rental car. The pedals look weird and he was driving on the right side. I asked him if it was automatic which he said it was. I noticed that the car did not have a steering wheel. I asked my brother if I could drive it but he said it was dangerous for me becaise I was not familiar driving in our native country. The next scene I was sitting very close to a male stranger. My brother was there, too. When the guy started to get fresh and started to touch my private parts, I smacked his hand. He did it again and I hit his hand harder and I stood up. My brother and I left and I was upset as I was explaining to my brother what this guy did to me. We went to his house and there was a group of people there. A woman was collecting some donation and I told her that I only have dollars with me. I gave her $2.00. She gave the money back as she was not able to convert the dollars. I silently laughed about what this woman said. The next dream was a karaoke entertainment place I opened. My brother and my niece were there waiting their turn to sing. End of dream.

This dream reminded me when my older sister passed away. Since I live in the U.S. I would not have a chance to see her wake. During this time, my niece had irked me for being so narrow minded and self centered that I was so disappointed with her that she did not learn anything from her past trials. At this time also, I emailed my brother that I was going to send him some money to help him and to ease with the burial costs he would encounter.

Another dream was about Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri and Tom Cruise. It was at a beach house. Suri was speaking fluent English at 2 1/2 years old. Her mom suddenly disappeared and I was left alone with Suri. I did not mind as I was entertained by her being precocious. Her dad Tom was inside a projection theatre watching a film. When Tom came out, he started looking for his wife, but she was nowhere to be found. I told him that the last time I saw her she was acting like a child herself. Within the next breath, Katie unexpectedly appeared and her hair was unkempt. She seemed to just wake up from a long sleep. She acted like nothing weird had happened. I told her of what happened to her, but she shrugged off to show indifference and laughed heartily showing she was in a good mood to be bothered by mundane things. End of dream.

This might be because of too much tabloid stories and photos about them that I had this dream.

One of my old friends drove me to work using my present car. After work, our vanpool driver drove me back at the park and ride where supposedly my friend who drove me to work was waiting for me. But she was not there. I called her on her cellphone and the person on the other line said that my friend was not feeling well. After a few minutes, I called again and this time my friend answered sounding like she was sick and hung up. It made me upset but my vanpool driver took me straight home to appease me. The next day, I called my friend and she knew it was me and she sounded good as new. I started thinking that she may have wanted to use the car a little while longer and since she was taking me to work on her time, I guess it was ok for her to use the car after all. I picked up my car at her house and as I drove I realized I was driving in a place I never been before. I got out of the car and walked around. After a while I decided to get back to my car but I forgot where the car was parked. I looked for people I knew. I bumped into two ladies talking outside their houses who engaged me in conversation. I unexpectedly noticed a dollar on the ground and I was about to pick it up when one of the ladies saw it, too, and asked me if it's alright that she could have the dollar. I let her have it and I pretended looking for more money on the ground. Believing that I would not find any money anymore I asked the ladies if they could show the way out to my car. One pointed to a road that would lead me to the main drag. I headed for the road hoping that my car was there waiting for me. End of dream.

The money reminded me of an incident where my hubby and I were getting out of the grocery store at where we used to live. We unexpectedly noticed that some paper money was flying all over the parking lot as it was very windy that day. I picked up some money that had blown my way and others noticed the rest of the paper money on the ground soon after and started grabbing what they saw. At that moment, I thought like money all of a sudden came down pouring from nowhere. And this was not a dream at all. I felt I was in a euphoric state of mind when that happened!

An old male friend was trying to seduce me to go to bed with him. I was wondering why he was able to pay attention and spent time with me when his girlfried at the time was always with him and he seemed to be in love with her. I found out that the girlfriend was in some kind of a retreat seminar and was away for awhile. He was never able to convince me to play around and it frustrated him. EOD

This was sort of a weird dream. Although I avoided thinking of morally degrading thoughts, (not because I am holier than thou, but a desire of having pure thoughts as the Scriptures have instructed humans to maintain to ward off the enemy's many deceptions) I always have these kind of dreams which I think is normal as it is typical of our make up. We are born having sinful nature, as humans' flesh is always longing for temptations of different kinds whether we are mindful of them or not. I've realized through experiences that a life where we entertain temptations of all kinds is a life full of emptiness and depression. It is a life full of guilt and hopelessness. It is a faithless life trying so hard to pretend to be strong and in control of a life on edge. It is a life full of stress that one could actually feel the uneasiness inside, a throbbing feeling of insecurities like a feeling of caffeine overload. There's no real peace within which resembles a "hole" in one's heart, trying to fill it up with all the ways to numb that feeling of hallowness and blankness, but to no avail, no effect and unsuccessful. No long term benefit in sight. Truly a sorrowful life. No amount of wealth nor temporary happiness or inspirational speakers on seminars and books can fill that vacuum of voidness creeping and gnawing inside our hearts.

to be continued with more dreams

Sun May 31, 2009

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel started its biggest emergency drill in the nation's history Sunday to prepare civilians, soldiers and rescue crews for the possibility of war, the defense force said in a statement.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has expressed skepticism that Iran can be persuaded to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

The five-day drill, nicknamed Turning Point 3, comes amid the nation's rising tensions with Iran.

It will be conducted in public facilities, including schools, military bases and government offices. Students, soldiers and other civilians will practice how to gather at protected places during an emergency.

Officials said the drill will include simulated rockets, air raids and other attacks on infrastructure and essential facilities, and use of weapons on civilians.

Everyone is expected to go to a protected place at the sound of sirens, the defense force said, adding that more instructions will be broadcast on a public channel.

"It is of great importance that every civilian, institute and workplace will seriously practice in order to improve our preparedness and national resilience," Maj. Gen. Yair Golan of the Home Front Command said in a news statement.

The move comes amid tension between Israel and Tehran.

The Israeli government considers Iran's nuclear program as the dominant threat facing the country. Israel is publicly supportive of President Barack Obama administration's outreach to the Islamic state.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israeli Army Radio last week that he believes "that the chance the dialogue has of stopping Iran's nuclear efforts is very low."

Barak's views are keeping with the majority of his countrymen.

An Israeli poll released this month found that 74 percent believe that the U.S. policy of engagement with Iran will fail and 81 percent think Iran will develop a nuclear weapon capability.

Israel has conducted emergency drills the past two years, but officials said this is the biggest so far.

  Biden says Israel must back two-state peace deal

Associated Press - 5/5/2009 1:50:00 PM 

WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden challenged Israel to back a two-state peace agreement with the Palestinians and urged the Jewish state's new leadership to demonstrate its commitment to such a solution.

In a speech Tuesday to the leading pro-Israel lobby in the United States, Biden said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government should stop constructing new Jewish settlements and ease restrictions on Palestinians.

"Israel has to work toward a two-state solution," Biden told the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "You're not going to like my saying this, but not build more settlements, dismantle existing outposts and allow Palestinians freedom of movement."

Biden also urged the Palestinians to meet their obligations to the so-called "road map" for peace and said neighboring Arab states need to make "meaningful gestures" toward peace with Israel. He said the U.S. would never abandon its commitment to Israel's security.

"That is not negotiable, that is not a matter of change," he said, adding that the Obama administration's desire to engage with Iran would not compromise Israel's security.

Biden's comments came ahead of a meeting later Tuesday between President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres as well as a visit to Washington this month by Netanyahu.

Speaking to the same conference by satellite from Jerusalem, Netanyahu on Monday said his government is ready to resume peace talks with the Palestinians "the sooner the better" and outlined a "triple track" approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic and security planks to resolve the decades-long conflict.

But he did not mention creation of a Palestinian state during his remarks.

Instead, he proposed his three-track strategy, which he called a fresh approach that would improve the quality of life for Palestinians while preserving Israel's security.

The political track is focused on resuming peace negotiations. The security track would strengthen what he called the "security apparatus" of the Palestinians, Netanyahu said. On the economic track, he said Israel is prepared to remove as many obstacles as possible to advance the Palestinian economy.

He also cautioned that Israel never would compromise its own security as it seeks peace.

Genesis 12:3 (The Message)

Joshua 23 (The Message)

Is Sodomy a crime? http://www.sodomy.org/laws/

Made a felony in the early sixteenth century by statute and thus considered a common law felony in the United States. It was originally only an ecclesiastical offense. Sodomy includes both bestiality and buggery [copulation per anus] and in many jurisdictions has been expanded to cover other acts of unnatural sexual intercourse. See Perkins & Boyce, Criminal Law 465 (3d ed. 1982).

Sodomy can be either consensual, by forcible compulsion, or with a physically helpless person, and includes such acts with underaged persons.

Modern statutes may limit the scope of sodomy such as by defining deviate sexual intercourse as "sexual conduct between persons not married to each other consisting of contact between the penis and anus, the mouth and penis, or the mouth and vulva." New York Penal Law §§130.38, 130.00(2).

The right of privacy is intertwined with challenges to sodomy laws. 270 Ga. 327. Many states still have sodomy laws which criminalize even consensual acts. These laws often have the effect of criminalizing sexual acts between gay people. 478 U.S. 186. Some states, however, have removed sodomy from the category of crime except to the extent that criminal sanctions are needed to protect individuals against forcible acts; young persons from sexual advances by older persons; and the public from open and notorious conduct that flouts accepted standards of morality in the community. Ill. Ann. Stat., ch. 38, para. 11 (Smith-Hurd) 1961; Perkins & Boyce, Criminal Law 468 (3rd ed. 1982). See rape.

from: Answers

http://www.theexaminer.org/volume5/number2/sodomy.htm

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As a Christian, this has been heavy on my heart since I heard about it.

Most Americans were angered by the Miss USA pageant unfairly discriminating against the moral values of Miss California Carrie Prejean. But equally disturbing is the reaction of young, self-proclaimed Christian celebrities who are taking the side of homosexual activist Perez Hilton, who led the attack against Carrie.

The sad fact is, nowadays most of America's youth receives either no Biblical truth or cotton-candy truth disguised as "Christian." Anti-religious government schools and the music that most parents let their kids consume have produced a pagan, go-with-your-feelings youth culture.

Today, the majority of America's daughters - even those in the Church - are being heavily influenced by Hollywood singers such as Miley Cyrus and Heidi Montag, both who say they are Christians, yet hold non-Christian views on marriage. Right now, their pro-homosexual "marriage" values are reaching millions of young people through MTV and other media outlets.

This is something to understand and speak out on. Otherwise, more and more young people in the Church, even those who claim to be strong Christians, will misdefine "love" and "truth" and exchange Biblical truth for their own feelings. Their heart's desire to please themselves and please others will trump any desire to please the God of the Bible.

What follows is not a sordid interest in Hollywood lifestyles; it's a much-needed condemnation of the false gospel and false Biblical standards that are influencing young people. If you're a Christian - and even if your not - please join me in exposing this.

Sixteen-year-old pop star Miley Cyrus, who says she's a Christian and says she loves Jesus, attends the seeker-friendly Montrose Church (part of the Church of the Nazarene), where the pastor believes in easy Christianity, writing "God's truth never changes. He just loves you. It's that simple."

On April 21, Miley wrote this Twitter message expressing her support for homosexual "marriage" to homosexual activist Perez Hilton, who had publicly punished Carrie Prejean for supporting Biblical marriage between a man and a woman:

"God's greatest commandment is to love, and judging is not loving. That's why Christians have such a bad rep. Jesus loves you and your partner and wants you to know how much he cares! That's like a daddy not loving his lil boy cuz he's gay and that is wrong and very sad! Like I said everyone deserves to be happy. I am a Christian and I love you - gay or not. Because you are no different that anyone else! We are all God's children! I am not saying this so would be nice on your site though that would be nice jk;) but because the LORD has spoken 'luv cuz god loves.'"

Meanwhile, another self-proclaimed Christian in Hollywood, MTV's Heidi Montag, age 22, wrote this Twitter message to Perez Hilton: "God says in the bible that we should love our neighbor and he created us all as equals. I know in my heart that gays and lesbians should have the same government rights that Spencer and I will when we get married. So, yes, this blonde Christian believes in gay marriage and I hope to one day go to your wedding, Perez!!!"

This non-Biblical "love fest" kept going. After discovering they both supported homosexual "marriage," Montag twittered Miley, "Let's [meet] up!!!! we should have a bible study!! I love Miley!!!! Jesus loves Miley!" Miley responded, "We should deff. meet up sometime! i think we have alot in common!!!!! JESUS ROCKS! WHOO HOO!"

Now, what does Jesus and the Bible say about homosexuality and same-sex "marriage"? First of all, the definition of a Christian is someone who has confessed her sinful condition with a repentant heart; who trusts Jesus Christ - for His substitutionary death on the cross and His exclusive power to forgive sin and conquer death - as her only savior and master; who submits to Jesus' authority over all parts of her life; seeks to obey His commands and conform herself to Him; and when she fails, asks God's forgiveness with authentic sorrow over her sin.

Do Miley Cyrus and Heidi Montag want to be Biblically-correct like Miss California Carrie Prejean says she wants to be? No, far from it. Despite their claims, Miley Cyrus and Heidi Montag are in stark conflict with Jesus Christ and the Bible. Here's what the Bible says:

Marriage is only between a man and a woman
And He (Jesus) answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,' and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." Matthew 19:4-6 NKJV

Also see Ephesians 5:22-33, Hebrews 13:4, 1 Peter 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-6, Revelation 21:2

The Bible calls Christians to obey God in all sexual matters
God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor-not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways. Never harm or cheat a Christian brother in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before. God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives. Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 NLT

The Bible says homosexuality is a sin
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Romans 1:26-27 NIV

Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people-none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NLT

The Bible says the test of loving Jesus is whether you obey God's commands
"If you love me, you will obey what I command." Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. John 14:15, 23-24 NIV

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:9-14 NIV

We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2:3-6 NIV

The Bible says most people are not children of God, and not all children are obedient
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV

He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. John 1:11-13 NIV

Yes, I am afraid that when I come again, God will humble me in your presence. And I will be grieved because many of you have not given up your old sins. You have not repented of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for lustful pleasure. 2 Corinthians 12:21 NLT

Take action: Please share this information with your children and grandchildren. Share it in your church, if you have one. Email it to your friends. Broadcast it to Christian-format media. Contact Miley Cyrus, her pastor Dave Roberts, and try to contact Heidi Montag to remind them what the Bible says about marriage being only for a man and a woman.

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When Jesus said, "Do not judge, and you will not be judged," was He implying that we should regard everyone's viewpoint equally?

http://www.rbc.org/questionsDetail.aspx?id=45908

Sodomy is a SIN,and GOD is not mocked

Posted by Gloria Poole at 4/3/2009 7:53 AM
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: stop killing innocents Commandments of GOD oppose sodomy

I have been watching Forensic Files on TrueTV, and although it's dealing with the most notorious crimes humans can commit, the reality really hits home for each one of us. Crime does not pay. I believe that God has been leading these forensic scientists to ways of solving crimes that could have turned evil criminal trials to cold cases, forgotten and;  the criminals still walking free on our streets,  if not for forensic science and technologies that have been developed through the years. And forensic science is getting good, improved and advanced.

As I watch the show, it made me really see that God is very active in each of our lives and; we may think that He just left us to our own evil devices and turn His back on us,-- but think again. God is dealing with each one of us in His own powerful ways. Just like what He had done in the ancient Old Testament and New Testament times, God is using people to either punish or discipline humans. We may think He is slow with His punishment and He doesn't act the way we wanted Him to. But He said His ways are not our ways. His thoughts are not the same as our thoughts. He does His work very precisely, but He is slow with anger and wrath. He gives each one of us a chance to change and turn away from our sins. Even to these criminals, God is still kind enough to also give them second chances.

In the ancient Old Testament times, God will hold off His wrath to transgressors for the longest period of time. He used people like prophets to warn of His wrath and judgment to come. Because He cares so much for His creation and He does not want them to go to the lowest of the low in the afterlife- an eternal separation from God, which means our souls burning in the never ending fire of torture and pain.

The true stories in Forensic Files are so gruesome, so shocking that you would think how can these people be as heartless and without regard for human lives. They kill people like they are animals. Some of the criminals are ordinary, everyday people. It could be your neighbor, your teacher, your boyfriend/girlfriend, you husband, your wife, your parent, your brother, your sister, your cousin-the list goes on and on. The motive is either lust, greed, envy, jealousy, pride or covetousness or the combination of all of these sins. These are sins that we all commit, and if our minds are so convuluted and we no longer can tell what is right and what is wrong, our choices would lead to abuse of the other person or persons, verbally or physically which could lead to murder.

Whether you believe that the devil is real or not, one thing is true according to God, humans allow the devil and his adversaries or cohorts to penetrate their human minds and their hearts. Humans think that their evil actions are of their own accord. I remember many years ago, I read an article in the newspaper about a murder case and the defendant said that the devil made him do it. I remember saying, that it is a stupid thing to say and a pure excuse to escape jail by claiming temporary insanity! But the more I learn about God and His Words (commands and instructions), I could see that there's a light of truth to that defendant's claim. 

This quote applies to all of us: Beliefs become thoughts, then thoughts become words, words become actions, actions become habits, then habits become our developed values, and our values lead us to our destiny.

If a person is exposed to those developed values from someone close to them or to a society as a whole, this person will start believing that belief system of a society or groups, whether it's  standard or common beliefs, it could be immoral or moral, this person will adapt the beliefs in his/her thoughts. This person will start talking about it, he/she will even research it and learn more about these beliefs and once convinced, the person will act upon it and it will show in his actions, whether good or bad, evil or godly. His/her learned beliefs become this person's habits--and these habits become this person's values-- it could be resentfulness, bitterness, pridefulness, greediness, covetousness, moral blindness, lustfulness, ungodliness or it could be:

• God said we must not have any other God, but only Him, the God of Israel.
• God said we must not create an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea and we must not bow down to them or worship them. God said He will not tolerate this type of worship. This sin will affect generation after generation of families and, whoever is connected to our families who show affection to their created idols. But God said He will lavish all His unfailing love (this includes blessings, favors and protection from God) to those families and their future generation and generations to come that love Him and OBEY His commands (The Ten Commandments and His Words).
• God said we should not take His name in vain. We should not use His name as a curse nor His Son, Jesus' name. It's a BIG no-no to God when we use Jesus Christ name as a curse. God said He gave His only Son to die for our sins to live again so we, too, can live again in heaven. God sacrificed the life of His Son and we should not take His name in vain, as Jesus is God Incarnate that came down from heaven to be with His people to teach them of God's ways and true nature.
• God said we must keep the Sabbath day holy. It is the day of rest. We should not work on this day, as He rested on the seventh day after He created our world and what's in it, so God declares the seventh day as holy.
• God said that we should honor our mother and our father. God said if we do, He will give us a long, full (fruitful) life here on earth.
• God said we must not MURDER  (the dictionary states that it's the unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice).

• God said we must not commit ADULTERY.
• God said we must not STEAL.
• God said we must not testify falsely against our neighbor (a fellow human).
• God said we must not covet our neighbor’s house. we must not covet our neighbor’s wife, or anything else that belongs to our neighbor.

God said that if we disobeyed one of these commandments, we are already guilty with the rest of these commands. Just as I've said it's the belief system we developed through the years. As we go on with our lives, most of us will disobey most or all of these commands. God declares us sinners and separated from Him. Not that He wanted to separate His love, protection, blessings and favors from us. It's our sins that keep us away from God. God is a holy God and He detest all kinds of sins. And no matter how much we try to get closer to God, it is a lost cause. We don't know Him as really know Him. He is reaching out to us, but the inborn sin we inherited from Adam and Eve is a stopping block between God and us. This inborn sin gives us a free will to do whatever we choose.

And God gives us two choices: Curse or Blessings. Sad to say, we chose Curse and we don't even know we did.

And the only way to remove that inherited sin, the Curse in our life, is getting to know His Son, Jesus Christ and having a relationship with Him by asking forgiveness for all our sins and turning away from them. And to know Him and His sacrifice for us and know His teachings and apply them in our life will lead us to a destiny beyond compare and to God's sanctuary.

 ³⁸ But all sinners will be destroyed;
       the future ^[a] of the wicked will be cut off.

Demonstrating the commitment the far left has to elevating the level of civil discourse in our society, belligerent homosexual Congressman Barney Frank recently resorted to name-calling in an interview with the website 365gay.com.  Answering a question about the Supreme Court potentially overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, Frank dismissed that possibility saying, "I wouldn't want it to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current court."  How classy.
 
In Frank's warped worldview, anyone who opposes the spread of homosexuality in our culture is a homophobe.  This offensive misuse of the term is more than irresponsible.  It is ignorant and slanderous.

Homophobia is defined as a fear or hatred of homosexuals.  To pejoratively label anyone who has moral objections to the practice of homosexuality a homophobe is such a blatant overreach that it effectively strips the term of any real meaning.  There are homophobes in America today.  But who they are just might surprise you.
 
To illustrate this, let me first begin by asking a question.  When someone you care about picks up a loaded revolver to play a game of Russian Roulette, what is the loving response?  To pat them on the back and say, "Well, this wouldn't be my cup of tea, but go for it...it's who you are!"?  Or would it be to rip the gun out of their hand and tell them how dangerous, irresponsible, and deadly their behavior is?  If you're struggling to answer this question, please stop reading and seek counseling.
 
Physically, the consequences of homosexuality are devastatingly apparent.  According to the Omega Journal of Death and Dying, the median age of death for homosexual men is between 40 and 43.  The median age of death for heterosexuals is between 74 and 80.  In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control noted that homosexuals accounted for nearly 65 percent of all new HIV cases (keeping in mind that they make up only 2-3 percent of the entire population), and that cases of Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis A and B, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, and virtually every other sexually transmitted disease disproportionately affected the homosexual community.
 
Psychologically, the effects of homosexuality on an individual are just as deplorable.  According to the well-respected Archives of General Psychiatry in 1999, "homosexual people are at substantially higher risk for some forms of emotional problems, including suicid(e), major depression, anxiety disorder, conduct disorder, and nicotine dependence."  Further, Dr. N.E. Whitehead from the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuals stated, "Studies show homosexuals have a substantially greater risk of suffering from psychiatric problems than do heterosexuals.  We see higher rates of suicide, depression, bulimia, antisocial personality disorder, and substance abuse."  And contrary to the misconceptions advanced by the homosexual lobby, these psychological problems are rarely associated with a stigma they endure from society.
 
Spiritually, an unrepentant practicing homosexual is engaging in an activity that is explicitly and unquestionably condemned by both the Old and New Testaments, and is completely irreconcilable with any biblical understanding of Godly living.
 
In light of these realities, could someone explain to me how knowing these crippling physical, psychological, and spiritual consequences of the homosexual lifestyle -- and then encouraging a person to embrace it -- is loving?  Urging another human being to engage in a risky behavior that will leave them dead at nearly half the age of the general population is an odd definition of love in my book.
 
The truth is that the people who love homosexuals are the ones who have the courage to face the bigotry and slander from hate-peddlers like Barney Frank and stand up for moral truth.  They are the ones who face the mockery and derision of fools in an effort to take the Russian Roulette pistol from the hand of the homosexual.
 
So who is the homophobe, Barney?  The gay rights lobby in this country works unceasingly to advertise and glamorize a deadly lifestyle.  They celebrate behavior that tears families apart, wrecks homes, and sentences people to lifetimes of loneliness, confusion, disease, and heartache.  And politicians like Barney Frank use their positions to make it easier for them to ensnare and attract hurting, confused people in need of love and help.  Quite frankly, I can't think of anything more homophobic than that.

An examination of how the economic stimulus plan will affect Americans.

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Taxes:

The recovery package has tax breaks for families that send a child to college, purchase a new car, buy a first home or make the ones they own more energy efficient.

Millions of workers can expect to see about $13 extra in their weekly paychecks, starting around June, from a new $400 tax credit to be doled out through the rest of the year. Couples would get up to $800. In 2010, the credit would be about $7.70 a week, if it is spread over the entire year.

The $1,000 child tax credit would be extended to more low-income families that don't make enough money to pay income taxes, and poor families with three or more children will get an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit.

Middle-income and wealthy taxpayers will be spared from paying the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was designed 40 years ago to make sure wealthy taxpayers pay at least some tax, but was never indexed for inflation. Congress fixes it each year, usually in the fall.

First-time homebuyers who purchase their homes before Dec. 1 would be eligible for an $8,000 tax credit, and people who buy new cars before the end of the year can write off the sales taxes.

Homeowners who add energy-efficient windows, furnaces and air conditioners can get a tax credit to cover 30 percent of the costs, up to a total of $1,500. College students — or their parents — are eligible for tax credits of up to $2,500 to help pay tuition and related expenses in 2009 and 2010.

Those receiving unemployment benefits this year wouldn't pay any federal income taxes on the first $2,400 they receive.

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Health insurance:

Many workers who lose their health insurance when they lose their jobs will find it cheaper to keep that coverage while they look for work.

Right now, most people working for medium and large employers can continue their coverage for 18 months under the COBRA program when they lose their job. It's expensive, often over $1,000 a month, because they pay the share of premiums once covered by their employer as well as their own share from the old group plan.

Under the stimulus package, the government will pick up 65 percent of the total cost of that premium for the first nine months.

Lawmakers initially proposed to help workers from small companies, too, who don't generally qualify for COBRA coverage. But that fell through. The idea was to have Washington pay to extend Medicaid to them.

COBRA applies to group plans at companies employing at least 20 people. The subsidies will be offered to those who lost their jobs from Sept. 1 to the end of this year.

Those who were put out of work after September but didn't elect to have COBRA coverage at the time will have 60 days to sign up.

The plan offers $87 billion to help states administer Medicaid. That could slow or reverse some of the steps states have taken to cut the program.

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Infrastructure:

Highways repaved for the first time in decades. Century-old waterlines dug up and replaced with new pipes. Aging bridges, stressed under the weight of today's SUVs, reinforced with fresh steel and concrete.

But the $90 billion is a mere down payment on what's needed to repair and improve the country's physical backbone. And not all economists agree it's an effective way to add jobs in the long term, or stimulate the economy.

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Energy:

Homeowners looking to save energy, makers of solar panels and wind turbines and companies hoping to bring the electric grid into the computer age all stand to reap major benefits.

The package contains more than $42 billion in energy-related investments from tax credits to homeowners to loan guarantees for renewable energy projects and direct government grants for makers of wind turbines and next-generation batteries.

There's a 30 percent tax credit of up to $1,500 for the purchase of a highly efficient residential air conditioners, heat pumps or furnaces. The credit also can be used by homeowners to replace leaky windows or put more insulation into the attic. About $300 million would go for rebates to get people to buy efficient appliances.

The package includes $20 billion aimed at "green" jobs to make wind turbines, solar panels and improve energy efficiency in schools and federal buildings. It includes $6 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy projects as well as tax breaks or direct grants covering 30 percent of wind and solar energy investments. Another $5 billion is marked to help low-income homeowners make energy improvements.

About $11 billion goes to modernize and expand the nation's electric power grid and $2 billion to spur research into batteries for future electric cars.

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Schools:

A main goal of education spending in the stimulus bill is to help keep teachers on the job.

Nearly 600,000 jobs in elementary and secondary schools could be eliminated by state budget cuts over the next three years, according to a study released this past week by the University of Washington. Fewer teachers means higher class sizes, something that districts are scrambling to prevent.

The stimulus sets up a $54 billion fund to help prevent or restore state budget cuts, of which $39 billion must go toward kindergarten through 12th grade and higher education. In addition, about $8 billion of the fund could be used for other priorities, including modernization and renovation of schools and colleges, though how much is unclear, because Congress decided not to specify a dollar figure.

The Education Department will distribute the money as quickly as it can over the next couple of years.

And it adds $25 billion extra to No Child Left Behind and special education programs, which help pay teacher salaries, among other things.

This money may go out much more slowly; states have five years to spend the dollars, and they have a history of spending them slowly. In fact, states don't spend all the money; they return nearly $100 million to the federal treasury every year.

The stimulus bill also includes more than $4 billion for the Head Start and Early Head Start early education programs and for child care programs.

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National debt:

One thing about the president's $790 billion stimulus package is certain: It will jack up the federal debt.

Whether or not it succeeds in producing jobs and taming the recession, tomorrow's taxpayers will end up footing the bill.

Forecasters expect the 2009 deficit — for the budget year that began last Oct 1 — to hit $1.6 trillion including new stimulus and bank-bailout spending. That's about three times last year's shortfall.

The torrents of red ink are being fed by rising federal spending and falling tax revenues from hard-hit businesses and individuals.

The national debt — the sum of all annual budget deficits — stands at $10.7 trillion. Or about $36,000 for every man, woman and child in the U.S.

Interest payments alone on the national debt will near $500 billion this year. It's already the fourth-largest federal expenditure, after Medicare-Medicaid, Social Security and defense.

This will affect us all directly for years, as well as our children and possibly grandchildren, in higher taxes and probably reduced government services. It will also force continued government borrowing, increasingly from China, Japan, Britain, Saudi Arabia and other foreign creditors.

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Environment:

The package includes $9.2 billion for environmental projects at the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. The money would be used to shutter abandoned mines on public lands, to help local governments protect drinking water supplies, and to erect energy-efficient visitor centers at wildlife refuges and national parks.

The Interior Department estimates that its portion of the work would generate about 100,000 jobs over the next two years.

Yet the plan will only make a dent in the backlog of cleanups facing the EPA and the long list of chores at the country's national parks, refuges and other public lands. It would be more like a down payment.

When it comes to national parks, the plan sets aside $735 million for road repairs and maintenance. But that's a fraction of the $9 billion worth of work waiting for funding.

At EPA, the payout is $7.2 billion. The bulk of the money will help local communities and states repair and improve drinking water systems and fund projects that protect bays, rivers and other waterways used as sources of drinking water.

The rest of EPA's cut — $800 million — will be used to clean up leaky gasoline storage tanks and the nation's hazardous waste sites.

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Police:

The stimulus bill includes plenty of green for those wearing blue.

The compromise bill doles out more than $3.7 billion for police programs, much of which is set aside for hiring new officers.

The law allocates $2 billion for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, a program that has funded drug task forces and things such as prisoner rehabilitation and after-school programs.

An additional $1 billion is set aside to hire local police under the Community Oriented Policing Services program. The program, known as COPS grants, paid the salaries of many local police officers and was a "modest contributor" to the decline in crime in the 1990s, according to a 2005 government oversight report.

Both programs had all been eliminated during the Bush administration.

The bill also includes $225 million for general criminal justice grants for things such as youth mentoring programs, $225 million for Indian tribe law enforcement, $125 million for police in rural areas, $100 million for victims of crimes, $50 million to fight Internet crimes against children and $40 million in grants for law enforcement along the Mexican border.

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Higher Education:

The maximum Pell Grant, which helps the lowest-income students attend college, would increase from $4,731 currently to $5,350 starting July 1 and $5,550 in 2010-2011. That would cover three-quarters of the average cost of a four-year college. An extra 800,000 students, or about 7 million, would now get Pell funding.

The stimulus also increases the tuition tax credit to $2,500 and makes it 40 percent refundable, so families who don't earn enough to pay income tax could still get up to $1,000 in extra tuition help.

Computer expenses will now be an allowable expense for 529 college savings plans.

The final package cut $6 billion the House wanted to spend to kick-start building projects on college campuses. But parts of the $54 billion state stabilization fund — with $39 billion set aside for education — can be used for modernizing facilities.

There's also an estimated $15 billion for scientific research, much of which will go to universities. Funding for the National Institutes of Health includes $1.5 billion set aside for university research facilities.

Altogether, the package spends an estimated $32 billion on higher education.

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The Poor:

More than 37 million Americans live in poverty, and the vast majority of them are in line for extra help under the giant stimulus package. Millions more could be kept from slipping into poverty by the economic lifeline.

People who get food stamps — 30 million and growing — will get more. People drawing unemployment checks — nearly 5 million and growing — would get an extra $25, and keep those checks coming longer. People who get Supplemental Security Income — 7 million poor Americans who are elderly, blind or disabled — would get one-time extra payments of $250.

Many low-income Americans also are likely to benefit from a trifecta of tax credits: expansions to the existing Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, and a new refundable tax credit for workers. Taken together, the three credits are expected to keep more than 2 million Americans from falling into poverty, including more than 800,000 children, according to the private Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The package also includes a $3 billion emergency fund to provide temporary assistance to needy families. In addition, cash-strapped states will get an infusion of $87 billion for Medicaid, the government health program for poor people, and that should help them avoid cutting off benefits to the needy.

It's nice to have very restrul sleep because my dreams are not scary and exhausting.  And one thing great about dreams, I can meet famous people, like I personally know them. That's so cool!

First dream I remember: I was giving advice to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes about having babies. It seemed like in my dream, they did not have Suri yet. I was telling them that they will have beautiful children and both of them looked very excited. The reason I had this dream was after I read an article on the net about Suri's behavior around paps and their crazy cameras with flashbulbs pointed directly on the poor girl's face. Especially at night, those flashbulbs can really be so annoying. I don't know who to blame-- Suri's parents or those greedy paps. How can someone subect this little child to this agony, I will never know!

Another dream with a popular celeb: I was having a date with a young Patrick Dempsey. The one I remember on Lover Boy, Can't Buy Me Love and With Honors fame. That was a cute dream.  I don't know why I had that dream. Maybe because I recently watched a car racing game where the winner wins a Rolex watch. Patrick Dempsey and his team participated in the car race.

Next dream was about a stolen umbrella. A former co-employee told me to check something in the trunk of her car. It was not clear what I was checking but I saw an umbrella and I grabbed it and placed it in my big purse. After a few days, I did not think of anything when another co-employee told me that she had lost an umbrella. It was a casual conversation and I just brushed off what this employee had told me. Another day, she asked me for something, I guess to use. I directed her to get it out of my bag. She came back sort of pissed because she said the umbrella she was looking for was in my purse. I asked how can she be so sure that it's her umbrella. She said that it was exactly the one she lost. She was harassing me about the umbrella that I finally gave up and told her she can have and take the umbrella from my purse, just for me to have peace. In my dream, I regretted that I allowed myself to be sucked in to a recycled controversies that were going on at work. This dream tells me that I should be very careful in getting involved with ongoing issues in my former job. A former co-employee has been calling me and updating me of the problems they are having at my former job. This former co-worker must only be venting of her work stress, and I am the best person she thought she could talk to about familiar circumstances at work. She said that it helps her a lot talking to me, like she has a free psychologist! 

Last night, I had this funny dream about being aggravated by people I do not know and have not met in life.  My dream started in a room that resembled a class room. Some of the people in the room I've met from work and the rest were strangers. We started having a casual karaoke sing along; until everyone started gearing up to compete and to have a singing contest. I started to practice with some songs. The people that knew me started getting threatened and started to tease me that it was just for fun and I do not have to take it seriously. I told them I was not, and I knew the difference. The next scene in my dream, I was outside the patio of a restaurant. I was seated at a bar, but instead of eating, I had paperworks laid in front of me. Suddenly, a woman sat across me and started to edge her way and kept on pushing the papers I was working on to give her more space at the table. It somehow irritated me so I took my stuff and I switched table not too far from this strange woman. I started listening to a music tape for the song I was going to practice; but I was having problems with the songs on the tape. All of a sudden another woman I did not know pulled the tape out of the tape player to see if she can assist me. The more she pushed the tape player buttons, the more the songs got screwed up. I finally had enough and told her to just leave it alone as she was causing more problems for me.  The strange woman at the bar, now with her boyfriend at the bar, started egging me on just to aggravate me. I told her that I had enough of her, too, especially, after she took over the table I first occupied. She did not say anything but she  just grinned happily of the incident I mentioned. Since nothing was working in my favor, I started packing my stuff to leave and cleaned the table and tossed some things that accumulated at my table.  When I was throwing them in the trash, I accidentally tossed a bag containing things that I may still need. I tried to retrieve them and thought loud that this strange, annoying woman could be after them, too.  The next thing I noticed was she asked her boyfriend (could be her husband) to hand her a pentel mechanical pencil, like a drafting pencil. She headed towards me and started inflicting pain on me by stabbing me with the pencil. I told her to quit or I would call 911 and report her.  She stopped and seemed to get scared of my warning. At this point, I woke up from this dream.  The only explanation of this dream I can think of is before I go to sleep each night, I listen to some relaxing music to help me to sleep. I have lots of CD tapes that I have not played for a long time. I bought years ago some Italian and French music CDs, so I thought the French CD music may lull me to sleep. Unfortunately, the effect was not so pleasant as the music was not for relaxing. It was more for those summertime weather in the afternoons where your intention is not to relax but have a fun time dancing.  I was sort of pissed, so I got up and changed the CD for a much better listening pleasure on late quiet and ready for bed evenings.

More dreams....

When Bo Bice's American Idol run was over in 2005, I had many dreams about him. Nothing in the romance department, but just innocent dreams. Lately I had a dream about the latest Idol winner David Cook. It was surprising to me as he was not my favorite Idol contestant, but rooted for him to win the singing reality show. My dream about him was about a loving relationship. The dream is vague now because I waited to write it down here.

This dream that I remembered is weird. I was sleeping in a room of a house I do not recognized. The bedroom is small. When I woke up, I realized someone got into the house and molested me. I was wondering how could it happen without waking me up. I started checking the house to find out how the person got into the house. I then discovered that the window screws in the bedroom were taken out enabling the person to get inside the room. I checked my purse if the person stole money, but all that was taken was one of my pictures in my wallet. It made me wonder why this person would take my picture.

Another dream recently that is not forgetable is about losing my handbag. I seemed to always have this dream of losing my purse or my wallet. In this dream, I was walking somewhere familiar. I was looking around and was overjoyed seeing the place that seemed to give happy memories to me. I was walking with someone, but I could not tell who this person was. We stopped by to grab something to eat, and for some reason, I forgot to take my handbag with me on our way out. When it dawned on me that I was walking without my handbag, I panicked. I was nerve stricken and beside myself. I started feeling regret for even bothering to have a nice and no care in the world attitude for a day. I was so heartbroken when a man whom I knew from the past appeared in my dream and said that he found my handbag. My first instinct was to check if my cellphone was inside the handbag, and it was.

The way I would interpret as to why I dream about losing something is the fact that I worry sometimes about finances. Would I be able to afford the necessities in life as I grow older? This is in the back burner of my mind. But in reality, I've always able to get by. God has always provided for me. I have this habit of saving for the rainy days, and not to overspend is a conscious effort I pride myself to have. God has always given me a heart to not be just nonchalant about tomorrows and to add the trust and hope in Him that He will always provide for my needs. This combination of attitude has helped me tremendously in life. For the most part, I've always relied on God in everything, but I also have to do my part to be cautious and mindful of the future in managing my finances.