Early Socialism in America

From Gary DeMar:

"One of the first attempts at a socialistic economy took place in colonial America at Jamestown (1607), hundreds of years before Karl Marx wrote the definitive work on socialistic economics, Das Kapital. For the first four years, all property was held in common. There were no individual property rights. The work was communal. All of what was harvested was put in a centralized storehouse. Since everybody got an equal share no matter how much work any individual performed, there was no incentive to work any harder than the next person. Historians record that after four years, no crops were planted, houses were falling apart, and the prime occupation of the men was bowling in the streets. The Jamestown Colony ultimately failed because the necessary incentives to work were taken away. Socialism begins with “interventionism,” the gradual manipulation of the economy through governmental decree. Again, it’s always with the promise that things will be better if the State steps in to “fix” things.

The history of the Plymouth Colony (1620) is a study in contrasts. Early attempts at a common storehouse were quickly abandoned. Every member of the colony was given his own plot of land to cultivate as he pleased. In just one year, even after losing half their members to death, the Pilgrims of Plymouth were so prosperous that they were able to celebrate a bountiful thanksgiving feast. In 1621, Edward Winslow wrote the following to those back in England: “I never in my life remember a more seasonable year than we have here enjoyed. We are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty. You might, on our behalf, give God thanks, who hath dealt so favorably with us.”

Chimps not "Man's Best Friend"

Much less are they related...

BBC NEWS | Africa | Police hunt Leone 'killer chimps'

Palm Sunday, A.D. 30: Cue the donkey ... Action!

«When thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world this weekend
take up palm branches and together descend the Mount of Olives into the
Kidron Valley to re-enact Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, they celebrate
with full knowledge of the crucifixion and resurrection that followed.
Not so the throngs joining and welcoming the procession in A.D. 30.

Jesus did not just "enter Jerusalem" – he paraded. Like the presidential
candidate who goes to Mt. Vernon to announce his intention to seek
office, Jesus linked himself – historically and geographically – to a
particular event and place in Israel's past that would resonate with the
tens of thousands of Jews who had come to Jerusalem from throughout the
Roman world to celebrate this Passover.»

WorldNetDaily: Palm Sunday, A.D. 30: Cue the donkey ... Action!
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49649

The abomination of power: federal judges

«On Thursday, William Schramm of West Bloomfield reported to the Detroit federal courthouse, sat all day on a hallway bench and stared at the wall.
It's the same way the 31-year-old retirement planner has spent his Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays every other week since the end of January.
Schramm is charged with no crime but is serving an unusual and indefinite sentence for allegedly lying to a federal judge.

When Schramm, who is self-employed, balked at sitting on a grand jury, Chief U.S. District Judge Bernard A. Friedman told him he wouldn't have to serve. He would, however, have to sit on the first-floor bench every day the jury sits. He wouldn't be allowed to read. And he wouldn't receive the $40-a-day pay or the mileage reimbursement jurors get for trips to the Detroit courthouse.

Legal experts say Friedman's order -- which was not put in writing and did not result from finding Schramm in contempt of court -- is highly unusual and of questionable legality.

"My initial impression is this is an incredible abuse on the part of the judge," said Ralph Lindeman, a lawyer and justice reporter with legal publisher BNA Inc. in Washington, D.C., who spent 15 years as a Department of Justice trial attorney. Schramm "is effectively being imprisoned and there has been no process to determine whether the judge has made the right kind of call."

Friedman said he has inherent authority to administer justice that is not spelled out in any specific statute.

Irk judge, get time-out chair - 04/10/06 - The Detroit News:
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060410/METRO/604100334

How Perversion Won the West?

Another reason to thank God we're in Louisiana and not California....

«California school textbooks would highlight the role homosexuals have played in the history of the nation's most populous state if a new proposal that has angered conservatives passes the state Legislature.

History books record contributions by homosexuals but their "sexual orientation" is often ignored, a situation sodomite activists say is inexcusable in California, home to a large homosexual population in San Francisco, a city that briefly made history in 2004 by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex pairs.

The proposed bill would require school textbooks to include lessons on how gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons have helped California develop.

Conservative groups say the proposal before lawmakers goes too far and promise a hard fight in California's ideologically divided Legislature. They say it is another bold political move by perversion-rights advocates who last year lobbied the Democrat-led Legislature to pass a bill to allow "same-sex marriages"»

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Milestone Moment

On Wednesday of this week,

at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning,

the time and date will be

01:02:03 04/05/06.

It'll happen also in the afternoon of that same day,

but after that ... it will never happen again.

Surprising Source

"Our enemies are guided...by unholy contempt for the human race...We are fighting...to uphold the doctrine that all men are equal in the sight of God." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jan 6, 1942