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As the NFL demands more political correctness -- refusing to play Tim Tebow and having "moments of silence" rather than prayer -- its television ratings decline. [1] Why bother watching its liberal style playoffs?
It was predicted people would be fascinated by the science supporting biblical creation - especially if it was done in a compelling way. It happened![2]
By the way evolutionists, why are people so bored with evolutionary propaganda? [3]
"Becoming anti-abortion: a personal odyssey" by Bishop Bert [4]
A reply to the gun control agenda. [5]
Pro-life movement continues to advance: Texas court rejects attempt to block Texas law defunding Planned Parenthood. [6]
A troubling disdain for success: "The left in this country — aided by the old-guard press — is peddling the fallacy that all our economic woes are the result of the wealthy not paying their fair share of taxes. Financially successful people are vilified as the new enemy of the middle class. We were a happier people when as a nation we admired success and emulated the successful. Striving for something better was an equal-opportunity aspiration. The political right can't seem to overcome its crippling public relations deficiency and rekindle our national ethos. Merely surviving is not a way to live and certainly not the American way of life." [7]
A family-owned American company takes the same stand that Saint Peter, and Saint Paul after him, had to take. [8] While a Tea Party activist writes a legal analysis that the lawyers for this company might use. [9]
Time, eternity and the beginning of the universe. [10]
As the fiscal cliff negotiations stall, "Obama governs 'like a visitor from a morally superior civilization,'" observes the New York Times columnist David Brooks. [11]
The Obama-supported change in Egypt has resulted in a collapse of the value of its currency: "Egypt pound hits record low under new currency regime." [12]
Conquering Darwinism with the help of a key Christian organization and through collaborative efforts.[13]
7 reasons why the Question evolution! campaign will be a boon to single women and a bane to homosexual activists. [14]
Also, the ladies love the Question evolution! campaign.[15][16]
An activist with experience in setting up a Christian school shows you how government schools poison their pupils' minds—and how to stop them. [17]
A leftist lawyer who represents Occupy Wall Street intends to cash-in on the Sandy Hook tragedy. [18]
Despite liberal claims and bad science, oil doesn't come from dead animals: "Astronomical techniques have thus produced clear and indisputable evidence that hydrocarbons are major constituents of bodies great and small within our solar system." [19]
The Tea Party activists who filed the most comprehensive challenge to Obamacare now predicts: Obamacare is dead-on-arrival in 2013. The decisio by Hobby Lobby to perform an Acts Chapter Four act of defiance might be the trigger. [20]
A new study confirms the obvious, despite the liberal denials of truth: "The more that people play violent video games, the greater their levels of aggressive behavior." [21]
Were dinosaurs created on day six of God's creation?[22]
The most popular Wikipedia article of the year 2012 was the one on Facebook.[23] No, users were not really trying to read an encyclopedia article on Facebook. They were searching for Facebook, and stumbled on a Wikipedia article by mistake.
Why the YouTube creationist Djw0071 is excited about the Question evolution! campaign and how he is going to help advance the campaign. [24] The video is available at: Question Evolution!?
Evolutionists, watch the video and learn how real science works.
Russia, fed up with how liberals export their homosexual agenda, bans adoption by Americans and prohibits political activity in Russia by American groups. [25] And the lamestream media are still clueless about the underlying conflict.
China's atheist leaders and intellectuals are panicking about the rapid growth of Christianity in China.[26]
Conservapedia is proven right again. Atheists are timid little bunnies with no backbone: Atheism and cowardice
Gender gap and feminism in American politics: "a welfare state that provides an unmarried young woman with the possibility of having kids without a husband is not going to last very long."[27]
What is the biblical view of women?[28]
True vs. false humility. [29]
Also, Thomas Sowell on the vulgar pride of intellectuals.[30]
The atheist and evolutionist PZ Myers falls deeper into the abyss of obscurity. Global Christianity and creationism see explosive growth.[31]
Imagine how obscure PZ Myers will be after he dies. Like the atheist Paul Kurtz, it doesn't appear as if he will leave a legacy.[32]
Atheist Sam Harris, it doesn't pay to be naughty during Christmas! Jesus smites you again! Repent and be saved![33]
"I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up . . . they have no holidays." - Henny Youngman
Liberal hypocrisy abounds after the Newtown Incident. Liberals are hypocrites in three separate ways. [34]
The smiling face of liberal hate: An Austrian professor wants the death penalty for global warming deniers.[35] [36]
Putin plans to sign into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian children. [37] Is this punishment for how the Obama Administration pushes the homosexual agenda on Russia? (The lamestream media would never admit that.)
The Tea Party and the Republican establishment are at all-out war. That war broke out last week, when members of the Tea Party in the House of Representatives refused to pass a corrupt bargain. Now prominent people on both sides have drawn their knives. [38]
The first volley of the second and much larger wave of Question evolution! campaign videos to come has been fired and it is spectacular! [39]
Evolutionists, are you ready for an onslaught of new creationist YouTube video makers such as Shockofgod and PPsimmons that are approaching on the horizon? Djw0071 is going to train them!
The liberals who want gun control can't handle the truth: [40]
NBC flaunts a gun ammunition magazine in order to engage in demagoguery for gun control, and now it is being investigated for violating gun control for possessing it in D.C.! But expect the liberal double standard to allow NBC executives to avoid gun-control punishment inflicted on ordinary citizens.
Richard Dawkins, it doesn't pay to be naughty during Christmas! Jesus smites you again! Repent and be saved![41]
With Dems running the country, the "U.S. to hit debt ceiling on Monday." [42]
Virginia plans to nominate three movement conservatives for its statewide elections in 2013, with conservative Ken Cuccinelli leading the ticket - and the liberal media fear they will win. [43]
"The Gates of Hell: the Assault on the Enemy Kingdom," by Bishop Bert: [44]
The BIGGEST LIE of 2012. It's not the media's reporting of Mitt Romney's number 47, as they love to claim; it's the media's mis-reporting - and Obama's distortions of - the attack in Benghazi, in which four Americans were killed: [45]
The liberal war on Christmas has a new victim: Santa Claus: [46]
Sam Donaldson thinks it's not OK to be a conservative Republican; thinks it's not OK to be a Tea Partier. [47][48]. But he thinks it's OK to drive drunk: [49][50]
Best of the public triumphs again: "Wis. man's Little Free Library copied worldwide." [51]
A liberal newspaper removes some common sense, tosses the Second Amendment in the trash, throws in some hate, and stirs the pot to make it easier to be a criminal: they publish the names and addresses of law-abiding gun owners in two New York counties. [52] And they might have laid themselves wide-open for lawsuits. [53]
Christmas celebrations begin in Europe, but the liberal media criticize the Pope even at this special time by saying he is "elderly" and "frail". [54] Funny, the media do not use those terms to describe the aged liberals in Congress.
Aside from who should guard a school, Wayne LaPierre got it right when he said,[55]
|The one thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.
"Ron Paul no fan of NRA gun plan ... 'Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens' lives,'" Ron Paul observed. [56] For an in-depth analysis: [57]
Is the forced-removal of God from public schools the real reason behind the Sandy Hook tragedy? [58] "The Founders believed that religion and morality were necessary for a government of limited authority, which provides a lot of freedoms," said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. "Without religion and morality as the base, they knew the government would devolve into chaos. We have to be a self-restrained people with morals. And the way people would be moral is through the teaching of Judeo-Christian values and beliefs and that there is a God to whom they are accountable."
Young earth creationists are happier than atheists during Christmas. Darwinism never has inspired joyous songs, but has merely inspired misery.[59]
Downward spiral continues for labor unions: the "twinkie" company folded due to a union, then Michigan voted against compulsory union membership, and now 97% of NHL players vote for allowing the dissolution of their union. [60]
2012 has been a very BAD year for Richard Dawkins's website according to Quantcast.[61][62]
Will 2013 prove to be even a bigger disaster for Richard Dawkins, Darwinism and global atheism/agnosticism?[63]
Physics vs. the evolutionary hypothesis - Physics wins![64]
First there was PPsimmons, Shockofgod, MultiArchangel, PiltdownSuperman, Onceforgivennowfree and the 13 year old Cecil B. DeMille of creationism.
They were forerunners to the Question evolution! campaign video making machine Djw0071 and the pack of Question Evolution! video makers to come![65]
Socialized medical care in Britain: "Hospital apologises to 38 families for appalling care that saw a patient starve to death." [66]
Another pro-life victory: Planned Parenthood drops its challenge to South Dakota's 3-day waiting period prior to an abortion. [67] Many choose life if given time to think about it.
Club for Growth helped sink the RINOs' "unacceptable combination of tax increases and phony spending cuts" known as Plan B, and the group is not making any apologies for its principled stance. [68] It's up to liberals now to show some leadership for a change.
The fictional Big Bang today relies on a growing number of hypothetical entities, things that we have never observed — inflation, dark matter and dark energy are the most prominent examples.[69]
What new fiction will Bing Bang propagandists dream up to keep their fantasy alive? Leprechauns popped the universe into existence? Fairies caused the Big Bang?
Six out of ten universities can't figure out the First Amendment. It isn't conservatives who are running these centers of higher "learning"; it's liberals. [70][71]
The end of that Mayan Calendar "doomsday" myth. [72]
They bungled Benghazi in more ways than one. [73]
The warped thinking of liberals dictates that the way to end gun violence is to shoot everyone supporting the NRA: [74] Talk about hate speech!
The secret Soviet air and naval missions to Moneron Island and to KAL 007: The Russian ruse: [75]
Conservatives defeat the RINO leadership in the House by rejecting the "Plan B" tax increases, and the House adjourns for Christmas. [76] Now it's entirely up to the liberals who control the White House and U.S. Senate if they want to avert the fiscal cliff.
Passing out Question evolution! campaign tracts in front of British Free schools in 2013 and asking creationist schoolchildren in these schools to pass them out to their friends.[77]
Apparently, British evolutionists and atheists are not familiar with Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion. To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction.
Unable to win creation vs. evolution debates, UK evolutionists and atheists are taking desperate measures and attempting to indoctrinate British Free School children into believing evolutionary pseudoscience.[78]
A new version of the Bible alters the passages critical of homosexuality. [79] Fortunately, the Conservative Bible Project rejects any such departures from the Bible's original meaning.
Republican Scott Brown has a big lead to win John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat in the Democrat stronghold of Massachusetts, reports the left-leaning Politico.
"Video game lobby silent" now; it spent "$4.4 million lobbying Congress" in 2011, allowing video games to continue to desensitize kids to extreme violence like that inflicted by the young mass murderer in Connecticut. [80]
Fast and Furious just added another twist to the scandal. Ex-ATF agent buys gun - illegally - and this gun ends up at the murder scene of a Mexican beauty queen. [81]
When it comes to guns [82] or Robert Bork [83], Democrats and liberals just have to "tweet" as much hate as possible.
Adam Lanza had a basement lair, to which he would retreat to play violent video games every day: [84] Are his favorite games on this list? [85]
A public school district in Texas has "allowed staff members and teachers to carry concealed weapons" since 2008, and never had a problem. Some other school districts do likewise, yet liberals won't allow it where it is needed most - where neighborhood kids play video games all day. [86]
A veteran Tea Party activist offers a sobering perspective on gun control as certain Representatives and Senators pursue it. [87]
American Christians: Inoculate your church's young people against atheism/agnosticism and doubt! Have your church invite Dr. Jonathan Sarfati to your church for his Christianity for Skeptics tour in the United States.[88]
Invite all your village atheists acquaintances to your church when he speaks there! Remind them that atheism has no proof and evidence supporting it.
The rise of teavangelicals in American politics. Teavangelicals may play a bigger role in the 2016 or 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio: Democrats Worst Nightmare. [89]
"Give me liberty," said Patrick Henry. It's worth remembering why he said that. [90]
Against the raw emotional appeal of the liberals to gun control, some facts to remember about mass killings and how to stop them. [91]
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) joins the Shameless Squad of gun control promoters. Of course, he shed not a tear for the victims of Operation Fast and Furious. [92]
Your liberal radio host Ed Schultz, and the lack of respect he has for the nation's founders. "The idea that we need to be stuck in the mud of a different generation because some dead people think that's the way we oughta live 200 and some odd years later, I'm not there." [93]
Are you a wise man? Are you seeking Him?[94]
Yes, you can legitimately blame liberals for the Connecticut school shooting. Why? Months before Adam Lanza played with guns for the last time, the liberal ACLU STOPPED Connecticut Senate Bill 452, which they claimed would have infringed on the rights of the mentally ill without their consent. [95] So, we have a liberal organization saying you can't forcibly medicate someone who's nuts without their consent. As opposed to killing children without their consent?
The usual suspects scream for gun control. We really need evil control. [96]
"US school gunman was 'obsessed' with violent video games" - an India news headline tells the truth that the lamestream media fail to admit. [97]
A message from Gary Bates the CEO of Creation Ministries International USA (CMI-USA) about the Question evolution! campaign and the year 2012.[98]
The evolutionists have become so angry about not being able to answer the 15 questions for evolutionists, they have even threatened to disrupt CMI meetings in churches!
Creationists laugh at the threats of evolutionists! Expect the Question Evolution! Campaign to expand considerably in 2013.[99]
A gun incident ignored by the major media: A concealed gun permit holder prevented a larger tragedy at a shopping mall. [100]
This Christmas season, let's remember that Jesus Christ is the Lord of time and creation. [101]
The Rt. Rev. Stanley Ntagali was yesterday enthroned as the eighth Archbishop of the province of the Church of Uganda, at a function where President Museveni urged leaders and the public to desist from promoting homosexuality.[102]
Liberal denial: instead of admitting that violent video games probably incited the unspeakable rampage by the young mass murderer, the authorities plan "to interview the youngest survivors of the school shooting as they try to determine the motive of the gunman." [103]
The meme of atheism and obesity is spreading WIDELY across the internet. Google USA estimates that there are 126,000 search results for "atheism and obesity".[104]
A Christian apologetics article at Beacon Apologetics mentions "atheism and obesity".[105] At Yahoo Answers India someone wrote that people are starving in the world because obese atheists are consuming too much food.[106]
"KAL 007's After-attack Escape from Destruction:" [107]
"Exit polls: Conservative party wins Japan election." [108]
The Christian apologist Mariano Grinbank reviews the movie IndoctriNation: Public schools and the decline of Christianity in America.[109]
When Christian private schooling and homeschooling was predominant in America, there wasn't a significant problem with children killing children. Don't send your kids to the ungodly public schools.
Alex Jones has a show on the documentary IndocriNation which demonstrates that American public schools are not only unsafe in terms of violence, but they have significant problems in terms of molestation and indoctrination into filth/leftism/anti-Christian rhetoric/evolutionism.[110][111][112]
Dynasty Warriors: that was the violent video game preferred by the young mass murderer several years ago. [113] Why won't authorities say what he was doing on his computer in the days leading up to his Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren?
Dems "open to relaxing federal marijuana laws." [114]
Rampage in another school leaves 23 injured, but this time it involves a knife: [115] And why is the liberal media largely silent on this story? Is it because there's no guns involved?
Officials withhold from the public the evidence they seized from the killer's computer. [116] Authorities and the lamestream media may never disclose what the young mass murderer was really doing leading up to his rampage.
Labor unions were once champions of liberty. Today many of them act like instruments of tyranny. And the United States government is taking a mis-cue from them. [117]
Liberal claptrap for gun control begins within hours of today's tragic murders, which would not have happened if laws banning guns for self defense in public school were repealed.
Why do liberal politicians, who ban the most common foods and drinks, press so hard to legalize marijuana? Could it be because this drug destroys initiative in the user? [118]
Incredible: Barack Hussein Obama gets his own portrait bust, commissioned by a big-city mayor, specifically of Trenton, New Jersey. Does he now think he is Julius Caesar? [119][120]
Pennsylvania becomes the 28th state to reject the ObamaCare exchanges. [121] Is ObamaCare the biggest legislative failure in history?
Among the targets of the union violence of December 11: a hot dog seller. Happily, the local community has rallied to him. And shame on the goons who wrecked his business. [122]
Atheism drops England lower on the European standard of living ranking, as the UK falls below the less atheistic Germany and Austria. [123] "Atheism" = "stop trying," which is why there are almost no atheistic sports stars.
Roots are important. Your ancestry affects your life now. Unless your past is rooted with dignity, being made in the image of God, then what difference does it matter what happens to you?[124]
"Taxation without representation!" A battle cry during the American Revolution. And is it relevant again today? [125]
Poll: Obama support mirrors Bush after reelection. [126] And then it declined, and declined, and declined.
Two years ago, a Tea Party group in New Jersey tried to recall their Senator. So why didn't they work actively against his re-election? Because his suggested replacement would have been his near-clone. The head of Recall NJ explains. [127]
Is union violence the real face of organized labor? The reaction to Michigan's new right to work laws makes that plain. You can also play the incriminating footage of the incidents. [128]
The quid pro quo in Michigan: [129]
A Tea Party/third party activist accuses Democrats and Republicans of hypocrisy about the "fiscal cliff." Included: a shocking video to illustrate the US debt ceiling, which Congress will raise again. [130]
"A right to carry firearms in public may promote self-defense" -- with those words the Seventh Circuit invalidates Illinois' ban on carrying weapons in public. [131] The federal appellate court recognizes the right to use weapons for self defense in public.
A Question evolution! campaign blog has now received over 275,000 views. This is merely the beginning of things to come. Wait until the all-out assault on evolutionism arrives![132]
Shoot down of Korean Airlines Flight 007: the transcripts [133]
The GOP-led Michigan legislature passes right to work, which ends compulsory union dues; many public school teachers walked off the job to protest at the capital. [134] Unions don't support real "freedom to choose."
"The Ruling of the Baby Killers." [135]
Woman could face up to a year in jail for faking victimization by an anti-gay hate crime. [136]
Federal court rules that Choose Life license plates are unconstitutional unless North Carolina also offers pro-abortion-rights plates. [137]
RINOs are worried that conservative Tom Price may challenge the weak John Boehner for Speaker of the House. [138] One congressman nominated Newt Gingrich to return as Speaker, which is allowed by the rules.
One thing you can be very sure of: The world is approximately 6,000 years old.[139]
Hosing the influence of evolutionist rats out of Britain before more British college women enter the sex trade! Also, news update: Gentlemen, if you want to marry a nice girl, marry a lady where biblical creationism is prevalent or growing![140]
"Cuba stays silent about deadly cholera outbreak." [141] Leftist regimes are not known for telling the truth.
The liberal media continue to prefer failure rather than support playing the conservative Tim Tebow. Today the Jets barely squeaked by the 2-11 Jaguars. [142] There will be no playoffs for the Jets if they continue to play this poorly without Tebow.
Unchivalrous and evolution loving British liberal elites are looking the other way while British young women are being used as exploited sex workers. In the last year, sexually related work has doubled for college students in the down British economy - an economy no doubt oppressed by failed liberal economic policies. [143]
2010 research suggest that one in four British students know someone who had worked in the sex industry to fund their college studies – up from three per cent in 1990. British women working in dangerous conditions reported physical/verbal harassment from customers.[144]
British college women are paying their way through college by being whores, pole-dancers, strippers, lap-dancers and escorts.[145] The UK brought us evolutionism which has been linked to a loss of morality.[146]
New research conducted by Professor Ron Roberts at the Kingston University found that six percent of students are obtaining jobs in sexually related sector of the British economy and universities are receiving between £600,000 and £3 million from the sex industry.
China, Russia, and France, which are countries with a recent past of secularism and/or have current secularistic societies, have lunatics panicking over the supposed end of the world according to the Mayan calendar.[147]
In addition, there are Americans buying survival shelters (no doubt Barack Obama supporters and/or American evolutionists!). See: Irreligion and superstition
"Two killed at alleged Washington pot house on first day of legal weed." [148] Didn't Democrats claim that legalizing pot would reduce crime?
The harmful impact of ObamaCare is beginning to be felt: at the Cleveland Clinic, considered one of the better facilities, a doctor sees ten patients at the same time to save money. [149]
Atheist serial killer from Alaska did not repent of his atheism and committed suicide in jail.[150]
See also: Atheism and mass murder and Atheism and suicide
Self-worship by liberals has no limits: "Obama to take corporate cash for inauguration." [151] Teleprompters are expensive!
The Russians give a big NYET to homosexuality.[152][153]
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, it's the only word that can describe FEMA under the Obama Administration: [154]
"Armageddon's terrorist prison: home to the earliest known church," essay by Bishop Bert [155]
Conservative African American Tim Scott is the front-runner to replace Jim DeMint in the U.S. Senate for South Carolina, but GOP governor Nikki Haley will make the appointment. [156] DeMint becomes president of the Heritage Foundation. [157]
The Great Tea Party Purge just had another consequence: the Fire Boehner campaign, to remove Representative John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker of the House. [158]
Human beings in the evolutionary scheme are reduced to the status of mere animals, at the mercy of their various lusts and appetites. Yet leading theistic evolutionists, such as Kenneth Miller, downplay or altogether ignore these points in their teachings.[159]
The Great Tea Party Purge from the House of Representatives might have given House Speaker John Boehner more than he bargained for. He pulled four men from key committees, for voting conservative when he didn't want them to. And he's not fooling anyone. [160]
Not even $42 million -- the most of any congressional candidate -- was enough for Democrat Elizabeth Warren to defeat Republican Scott Brown in liberal Massachusetts; Warren begs with donors to help her pay down the additional debt she incurred. [161] And Warren is a bankruptcy law professor!
Conservatives save American sovereignty by defeating a U.N. Treaty that would regulate disability. [162]
Record early sales for Black Friday fell flat the following week, just as the liberal gimmick of early voting decreases overall turnout in elections. [163]
Liberal consequences: "Manufacturing Declines to Weakest Level Since July 2009." [164]
A sports announcer parrots the old logical fallacy about gun control, after an NFL linebacker killed his girlfriend, then himself, with a gun. His remarks were as disgraceful as they were absurd. [165]
Broadcasters who make millions from the NFL blame others for the harm it causes.
"Peace-making, God-style, in Alexandria, Egypt", by Bishop Bert. [166]
The 4-7 Jets were losing to one of the worst teams in the league when the coach finally replaced their quarterback, but still refused to play the conservative Tim Tebow. [167] This time the excuse was a minor rib injury, but the reality is that the liberal media want to exclude the pro-life Tebow.
A leading African American conservative, J.C. Watts, considers running against RINO Backer Reince Priebus for the chairmanship of the RNC. [168]
The Mercury ice could not have stayed on Mercury for 4.5 billion years, or even 3.2 million years. The meteors and dust that bombard Mercury constantly should have blown it away. It did not. So it got there recently—thousands, not billions, of years ago. [169][170][171]
Does Barack Hussein Obama want to go over the fiscal cliff? Maybe. Maybe he wants a rerun of the Cloward and Piven Strategy. [172]
It appears the lamestream media may succeed in driving conservative Tim Tebow out of the New York City media market. "Tebow, likely along with much of the current Jets roster and coaching staff, is almost certainly gone this offseason," writes a prior supporter. [173] The Jets would rather lose than play a conservative who would win.
"Obama's Now Borrowed More Than All Presidents from Washington to W." [174]
The goofy atheist Stephen Hawking goes off the deep end with his "little green men" fantasies.[175]
The ice on Mercury, found by NASA's MESSENGER probe, has provoked a lot of controversy. Specifically, a creation-oriented correspondent asserts that the Mercury ice confirms the Hydroplate Theory of the Great Flood. Here's why no other theory can account for the Mercury Ice. [176][177][178]
Ronald Reagan proposed to "starve the beast." Now a Tea Party activist proposes to slay the beast. That beast is larger than government, which is only part of it. [179]
The United Nations votes to call Palestine a "State." But what does that really mean? Does it do anyone any favors? [180]
"The Message and its Music: a marriage that sticks," by Bishop Bert [181]
NASA's MESSENGER probe today found ice on the planet Mercury. Enough ice, in fact, to bury Washington, DC in two and a half miles of ice. But where did it come from? The best answer is that it came from Earth during the Great Flood. [182]
The Eighth Circuit issues an injunction against a key ObamaCare mandate. [183] One possible reason: the mandated drugs could harm the women who take them! [184]
Warren Buffett is not only a hypocrite, but he also spouts total nonsense about how people invest. [185]
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer rejects ObamaCare by declining to set up a health insurance exchange there. [186]
An atheist who loses a debate admits that "most homosexuals are atheists".[187][188]
No wonder why so many young earth creationists are better in sports that atheists! More Olympic gold medals will be coming to America and the UK!
Fifteen questions the Mainstream Media should ask of Barack Obama, but won't, this as Obama uses a woman (United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice) to shield him, while pretending to defend her: [189]
Those foolish enough to buy a Powerball lottery ticket will be better off if they lose than if they win. "A West Virginia man who won $315 million a decade ago on Christmas later said the windfall was to blame for his granddaughter's fatal drug overdose, his divorce, hundreds of lawsuits and an absence of true friends." [190]
A British ex-atheist/evolutionist writes to Creation Ministries International: "I am overwhelmed by the quality of information you guys put out and overjoyed to have discovered what a fraud the unbiblical theory of evolution is."[191]
An example of liberal hate on the air: Mike Malloy goes on the air to "pray" for the execution of anyone in the Tea Party. [192]
Conservative Rand Paul affirms that he'll honor his anti-tax pledge, asks why liberals plan to break the pledge they made to the American people. [193]
Just who is it that really wants to execute homosexuals? [194]
Millions fall for the fool's gold of the Powerball jackpot, now that it reaches $500M in payout. [195] The lottery losers are mostly Obama supporters.
RINO Backers Fox News Channel and John McCain strike again: Folks "like me" should leave the abortion issue alone, McCain declares on Fox. [196] Jesus didn't keep quiet in standing up for life.
Religious makeup of the chambers of the 113th U.S Congress. Atheists still mistrusted by many.[197]
Are you an American atheist? Maybe you should start off small and run for dog catcher!
The 19-year-old star of the "Two and a Half Men" comedy calls the show "filth", and he begs people to stop watching the show. [198] Teenagers are increasingly repudiating the garbage pushed on them by the Left.
The U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for a new challenge to ObamaCare, by Liberty University with respect to the mandate imposed on employers to buy insurance. [199]
Liberalism: is it psychosis, evil, or based in ignorance? [200]
"Millions Struggle With High College Debt and No Degree." [201] The Worst College Majors pushed by liberal colleges can leave students with misinformation and massive debt.
Uganda's president begs forgiveness for his sins, his country's sins, and dedicates his nation to Jesus Christ: [202] "This incident is also important as a contrast to the picture being painted of Uganda by the godless left of a backwards, violent and savage culture intent on murdering homosexuals," Rev. Scott Lively said. "On the contrary, Museveni is calmly and confidently setting the course of his nation by the guidance of the Bible, in a way that also shows great courage and resolve."
"Abortions Down 5%, Biggest Decline in a Decade." [203]
How evolutionary belief has harmed science and society.[204]
A shrill evolutionist was clearly rattled by the scientists at Creation Ministries International.
An unholy trinity has replaced the system of checks and balances of our Constitution. A Tea Party activist reminds us of what comes of that, and what to do about it. [205]
The gimmick of early shopping for Black Friday is as senseless as the liberal stunt of early voting for elections: "Low Black Friday turnout at big-box stores in" a Pennsylvania town. [206]
My two dads and my two mommies have one thing in common: their kids ain't so happy and gay. [207]
Ahhh, Planned Parenthood. Want that abortion? Fine. Want the "doctor" to mess up your innards? Fine. Want the staff to call 911? Fine. Want the staff to say you're "fine" at the same time? [208]
More than 4 times as many Americans would like to have pro-life Tim Tebow as a Thanksgiving dinner guest than Barack Obama. Only 5% want Obama to join them today for dinner. [209]
Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill was officially added to their Parliament's schedule on November 21, 2012.
The Uganda speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga was greeted with a hero's welcome at Entebbe International Aiport for her staunch support of the proposed anti-homosexuality bill. VIDEO
Why didn't the Republicans challenge the rampant voter fraud in the 2012 Presidential election? Because 31 years ago, they signed away their right to do so! A Tea Party activist explains, and vows to take up the challenge. [210]
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Gridlock Destroyed Rome. Is America Next?
The Republic succumbed to political dysfunction. Can Washington avoid the same fate?
What does decline sound like? I imagine equal parts self-pity and self-flagellation, moral outrage and exhaustion. Once we could have heard it from the original Capitol Hill, the seat of the failing Roman Republic. As Caesar told Rome's Senate, "Certainly there was greater merit and wisdom in those who raised so mighty an empire from humble means, than in us, who can scarcely preserve what they so honorably acquired." His enemy Cato responded, "There were other things that made them great, which we lack: industriousness at home; fair government abroad; minds impartial in council." They lived in an era of decline, and they both knew it.
Do we? That exchange resonates as we look again over last year's bruising budget battles—which, thankfully, appear to have reached their wearying apotheosis. In unsteady times, we're compelled to look back: Tea Partiers imagine themselves as revolutionary Americans; revolutionary Americans (churning out pamphlets under names like "Publius," "Brutus," and "Cato") imagined themselves as republican Romans; and those Romans measured themselves against the generations that bequeathed them an empire. We live in a nation modeled on Rome, founded by men who modeled themselves on Romans—and having traced Rome's history in outline, from backwater republic to imperial power, it's natural to wonder if the next step is ours as well.
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It's a fair worry. Across time and place, the breakdowns of republican governments share eerie similarities, as political conflicts spill beyond the bounds of the norms designed to hold them in check. Rome's example warns us that a cycle of crisis politics, once entered into, grows increasingly difficult to escape. There is reason to believe that we've entered into just such a cycle. But there is also reason to hope that we can respond with a rededication to political norms—not with the panicked cries of tyranny and self-fulfilling predictions of collapse that doomed Rome.
Brinksmanship, "nuclear options" and shutdowns are not unique to American politics. The Roman Republic's final years were increasingly prone to political conflicts so intractable that they left the government paralyzed. In 60 bce, Cato, the leader of Rome's traditionalist optimas faction, ground the Senate to a halt for months through unprecedented use of the filibuster. His prime target was a program of land reform that would distribute public farms to Rome's veterans, a measure that the optimates feared would create the constituency for a military tyrant.
For the following year, Rome elected a government headed by Caesar, who promised to carry out the land reform, and Cato's son-in-law Bibulus, who pledged to stop it (proving that we aren't the first to struggle with divided government). Cato, a man of great personal courage but the politics of a brick wall, again blocked a Senate vote on the land bill. Bibulus attempted to halt public business by declaring every remaining day on the legislative calendar a religious holiday; as he announced to the public, "You shall not have this law this year, not even if you all want it!" Caesar answered with a constitutionally questionable step of his own, bypassing the Senate and pushing land reform directly through the Roman people's assembly. Bibulus retaliated by barricading himself in his home, boycotting the government and postponing the next election for three months.
Though the victory was Caesar's, the episode left a deep legacy of bitterness. Three years later, the optimates went on legislative strike again, in renewed protest against Caesar's political faction. Rome's hardline senators shut down the chamber, dressed in black mourning clothes, and, in the words of the ancient historian Cassius Dio, "spent the rest of the year as if they were in bondage and possessed no authority to choose officials or carry on any other public business." Most significantly, they refused to schedule elections. The Republic faced the prospect of a new year with no elected government at all, until the senators backed down and allowed a vote on the calendar's final day. By this point, stalemated government and manipulation of elections had become routine: Over the Republic's last decade, elections were postponed in five consecutive years. And in the midst of the squabbling, the Forum heard louder and louder cries for a strongman to save Rome from the muck of self-government.
History has been called "a distant mirror" for good reason. We can see our own features reflected in the past, but only vaguely. A distance of 2,000 years means that there are no easy reflections between this shutdown story and ours. But at the same time, history would be worthless to us if we didn't try to translate truths from one age to another. And one truth that does seem to translate is this: In republican government, norms matter profoundly.
Political elites aren't simply bound by written rules; they're bound as well by unwritten rules that are developed and refined in practice. We wouldn't want to write the entire code of political behavior into law. Instead, we prize freedom of action and flexibility; we understand that a code of written rules that tried to anticipate every situation would be an oppressive failure. Perhaps, as a political community, we also value systems that depend on a degree of mutual trust in order to function. And yet our reliance on unwritten rules leaves us vulnerable. Built over generations of conflict, compromise and accommodation, norms can be discarded in an instant. They are far easier to break than to build—and breaking them only takes the defection of one side.
The Roman Republic was nearly five centuries old when it collapsed. In that time, it had developed norms against permanent filibuster campaigns, boycotts of government, bypassing the Senate to enact policy and postponement of elections. All of the steps I've described were legal. They were also disastrous. Collectively, layered one on the other, they normalized a state of crisis politics.

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Our entrepreneurial adventure started six days ago in a brick building in Pioneer Square. It was an appropriate setting to kick off GeekWire, since hundreds (if not thousands) of startup companies have launched their new businesses from this historic Seattle neighborhood.
But this time, it was different. We were taking the plunge.
We've decided to provide an occasional inside look at what's going on behind the scenes at GeekWire, detailing the high and low points that we encounter as newbie entrepreneurs building an upstart media company.
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Our entrepreneurial submersion officially started at 9 a.m. Monday, March 7, in the offices of Foundry Interactive, our very capable Web development shop. Foundry's Bill Nordwall and the rest of the crew had spent the weekend prepping the site, making sure that the back-end plumbing was in place to handle a mid-morning launch.
It ended up being an important decision to get the new site — built on WordPress — launched quickly. But that wasn't the original game plan.
We had intended to start with a pretty rudimentary splash page, allowing readers to sign up for our email newsletter, Twitter account and the GeekWire Facebook page.
But we scrapped that idea as we saw the actual GeekWire.com come together quickly over the weekend — realizing it would be better to come out of the gate with a fully baked Web site where we could share our story, engage with the community and immediately start covering the tech news of the day. ("There's just one chance to latch onto readers…" was the sage advice we got from more than one of our friends).
This strategy took more development horsepower, and some critical coordination on the back-end between Foundry and our hosting provider, Blue Box Group, over the weekend. Essentially we had to build a professional site in 72 hours, something that would have been impossible just five or 10 years ago. Todd and I also had to hustle to get some editorial content to fill the new site, including stories from the Emerald City Comicon convention. It was a busy weekend to say the least.
In retrospect, I'd say this was the most important decision we made in launching GeekWire.
Entrepreneurial lesson #1: Be nimble. Be quick. And don't be afraid to change course at the last minute.
Oh Crap, We Just Launched, Now What?
With the WordPress installation complete and the site ready to go, all we had to do was push a button and GeekWire was born. I sat at Bill Nordwall's computer, waiting for the green light. Our first setback was averted as Bill told me which button to push.
"Alright, go for it," he said.
The site went live at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, but we decided to wait a little bit to tell the world about GeekWire.
The reason? We technically weren't a business yet.
We had received our certificate of formation, but there were still some loose ends to tie up related to the business, including a legal document known as the LLC operating agreement.
From the depths of Pioneer Square, we voyaged to the tallest skyscraper in Seattle to huddle with our attorneys at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for a 10 a.m. meeting.
Now, I am a fast walker (Todd is often pleading with me to slow down). But, even by my standards, I flew up the hill. By the time I arrived at the Columbia Tower, I was winded and sweating. I decided to take a breath, grab a glass of water and wait for our attorneys to arrive.
I logged onto the WiFi and started to make a purchase of a domain name that we'd forgotten to secure, GeekWireNews.com (corresponding to our Twitter handle; more on that later). Realizing that I wasn't going to have enough time to make the purchase, I e-mailed Bill Nordwall at Foundry and asked if he could buy it for me.
"Done," he said.
The signing took about 20 minutes, and went off without a hitch. (This part of the day is kind of a blur).
We returned to the Foundry Offices to start our social media and PR campaign. (I actually jumped out of Todd's car at a stop light on the way there, thinking I could walk faster than the vehicle could move).
I did beat Todd to the office, but my hyperactive mentality was not doing anyone any good. I cursed my new computer when I couldn't log into bit.ly (Why didn't I load up all of my new passwords beforehand for the services I'd be using?)
Half-crazed, I ran around the office looking for the best spot to pick up the Wi-Fi signal.
Simultaneously, I caught Todd's glance — and, because we've worked together long enough — I immediately knew I'd stepped over the freak line. (My wife encountered this earlier in the morning when I melted down because I couldn't find two matching socks to wear.)
I needed to slow down. Breathe. Think. Plan.
We had created a list of things to accomplish on launch day, and I turned to that in order to make sure everything was getting done. Thankfully, the site was performing well, and there were only a few minor glitches that Bill quickly fixed.
Nonetheless, there were times during that first day when I felt like a deer in the headlights. There was so much coming at us (media requests, business formation questions, Web development issues, editorial decisions, advertising inquiries) that an uncomfortable paralysis hit. (It didn't help that I forgot to turn off the email alert in Twitter, which notified me every time a new follower joined @geekwirenews).
The paralysis was not unlike that horrible feeling of writer's block, something any journalist has encountered during his or her career. Thankfully, I've dealt with this before.
I fell back on some advice that my mom — a former journalist herself — once gave me: "Just get something down on paper."
We had to do the equivalent, just knocking off task after task.
This paralysis has hit a few times during the week, and it's something I am sure most entrepreneurs have dealt with at some point. How do you prioritize when you're juggling 100 things? (I'd love to hear your tips.)
Entrepreneurial lesson #2: Relax. Think. Execute. And rely on a trusted co-founder to help identify and root out unproductive behavior.
It's All About the Community
As the day continued, we were humbled, emboldened and energized by the reaction from the technology community. That's you, our readers.
More than 100 people commented on the initial launch post, most wishing us well in the new venture. Our Facebook page exceeded our wildest expectations, finishing the week at more than 1,000 followers. And we got our first stories picked up on TechMeme and Slashdot, the massive technology news aggregation sites. (Here are the stores in case you missed them: "Microsoft idea: Dating service for people with a 'source of shame' … like comic books."; and "Microsoft seeks to toss Apple 'App Store' brief, says font too small".)
This is just the start.
Todd and I are in our best form when we can focus on journalism, delivering hard-hitting or fun stories that we think the community will want to read. And by mid-week we were starting to hit our groove again, with a critical look at the new "King of the Web" venture; news of a Seattle techie's involvement in an Ashton Kutcher-backed startup; and our "person on the street" interviews with Apple fanboys and gals waiting in line to buy the iPad 2.
The platform was humming and our editorial juices were flowing. It felt good to be in business, with only ourselves to blame if things went wrong.
Entrepreneurial lesson #3: Tap existing communities and networks to help spread the word, and quickly get back to the core part of the business that you love.
Setbacks and Disappointments
All things considered, we couldn't have been more happy with our first week. But there were some disappointments, too. In addition to the entrepreneurial paralysis that I mentioned above, one of the most notable issues involved Twitter, the platform we use to help spread content to the masses.
Despite applying for a trademark for the GeekWire name, we've been unsuccessful so far in obtaining the @geekwire Twitter account. (The user of the account has never posted a message, that we can tell, and our attempts to get in touch with her haven't yet worked). We're still hoping we can secure that, but at this point — despite our attempts — it is looking like a dead end.
I am perfectly happy using @geekwirenews, but from a branding perspective it would have been nice to nail down the other account.
We've also missed some pretty nice marketing and branding opportunities, an important factor for any new media business. The biggest occurred on Friday as we were covering the launch of the iPad 2.
Basically, we need business cards. That might sound silly in this high-tech age.
But with hundreds of geeks lined up around the Apple store at the University Village, most just sitting there with nothing better to do, we could have started to spread the gospel of GeekWire and given them a physical reminder to check the site when they got home.
We considered running over to Kinko's at the last minute to print off some flyers, but decided it was better to just focus on the story. There will be other branding opportunities to come, and we're not going to miss out on those.
Entrepreneurial lesson #4: Mistakes and setbacks happen. Learn from them, and move on, quickly.
We've been working hard over the weekend to catch up with email and line up stories for the week ahead. We're focusing, as well, on advertising and sponsorship for the site. And we've got some exciting news of our own in store. It all should make for an interesting story for GeekWire Week #2.
Thanks again to everyone for tuning in, and for joining the GeekWire community.
John Cook is co-founder of GeekWire. This is an occasional look at what's going on behind the scenes at the new technology news site. You can follow us on Twitter: @geekwirenews.


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Delhi (Hindi: दिल्ली, Urdu: دلّی, Punjabi: ਦਿੱਲੀ) [14] is northern India's largest city. One part of it, known as New Delhi (Hindi: नई दिल्ली Naï Dillî), is officially designated the capital of India, but the names are often used interchangeably.
Delhi is said to be one of the oldest existing cities in the world, along with Damascus and Varanasi. Legend estimates it to be over 5000 years old. Over the millennia, Delhi is said to have been built and destroyed 11 times. The oldest alleged incarnation of the city shows up in the Indian mythological epic Mahabharata as Indraprastha. The earliest historically recognized version of the city is:
Like the rest of the Gangetic Plains, Delhi is as flat as a pancake. The only geographical features of any significance are the river Yamuna, which flows down the eastern side of the city, and the Aravalli Hills, which form a wide but low arc across the west. On the west bank are crowded and congested Old (Central) Delhi and, to the south, the broad, tree-lined avenues of New Delhi, built by the British to rule their empire. The rest is an endless low-rise sprawl of suburbia and slums, with southern Delhi (nearer to New Delhi) generally somewhat wealthier and the western reaches rather poorer.
Delhi's climate is, sad to say, infamously bad, combining the scorching aridity of Rajasthan's deserts with the frigid cold of the Himalayas. From April to October, temperatures are scorchingly hot (over 40°C is common), and the monsoon rains deluge the city in July and August. With every air-conditioner running at full blast, the city's creaky infrastructure is often stretched beyond the breaking point, with power and water outages common. In winter, especially December and January, temperatures can dip to near-zero and the city is blanketed in thick fog, causing numerous flight cancellations. The shoulder seasons (Feb-Apr and Sep-Nov) are comparatively pleasant, with temperatures in the 20-30°C range, but short.
Get in
By plane
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI, IATA: DEL) [15] is the arrival point for many visitors into Delhi. The airport has a terrible reputation, long well-deserved, but it has improved considerably since it was taken over by an international consortium. Most terminals have basic facilities like money changing and restaurants, but the major problem remains overcrowding — during the peak hours (middle of the night for int'l flights, early morning for domestic), it can be tough to find a patch of floor to sit on, never mind a seat.
The airport is split into three terminals, with the domestic terminals 1A and 1B commonly known as Palam Airport.
Terminals 1A and 1B are fairly close (around 0.5kms), but both are a long way from Terminal 2 and you should reserve at least three hours to connect. If you are making connections, it can take between 15 and 30 minutes once you exit one terminal to get to the other one by car, depending on time of day and traffic. There is supposed to be a free shuttle bus between T1 and T2, but it runs only once per hour. (On the upside, it crosses through the airport, and can be much faster than detouring on the congested roads outside like taxis do.)
Security at the airport is tight, so you should show up at least two hours before your flight is scheduled.
In Terminal 2, carry-on is limited to one (1) bag and all hold baggage must be X-rayed and sealed before check-in. Note that all lounges and tax-free shops are between immigration and the final security check: once you pass the final check, there is no way back and nothing to do, so plan accordingly.
The easiest and safest way to get from the airport to the city is to arrange transport ahead of time from your hotel (some hotels provide this service for free). Alternatively, pay for a taxi at the prepaid taxi booths in the international terminal (it is advised to to check your change). The number of the taxi assigned to you will be on the receipt. Then, go straight through the airport and turn right immediately outside the front doors and someone will help you find your taxi. There are several options, but the booth operated by the "Delhi Police" is considered the best, with non-A/C taxis to most points in the city Rs.200-300. Some good-humored visitors find that being shortchanged by the police is actually an excellent introduction to what they can expect during the rest of their visit to Delhi. If you don't view it this way, however, try to appear familiar with the currency, carefully count out your payment and your change, and do not use a large bill.
Do not give the receipt to the driver until you get to the destination as this is what they are paid on. Also, ignore any explanation the driver offers at the destination to explain why he requires additional payment. Take your baggage first, then give the driver the receipt and walk away without further discussion.
It is also possible to take a city bus during the day, or a private one run 24 hours a day. As everywhere in India, ignore taxi touts!
During the winter (Dec-Jan), Delhi often experiences dense fog and visibility is reduced considerably, making it difficult for flights to land and take off. Both international and domestic flights are often diverted or cancelled, so plan accordingly and allow for 1-2 days of possible delays.
By bus
Buses arrive from Kathmandu and Chitwan in Nepal (36+ hours) and virtually every city in India. Not as comfortable as the trains, buses are the only choice for some destinations, mainly those in the mountains.
Delhi has a confusing slew of inter-state bus termini (ISBT), which all have two names to boot. The Delhi Transport Corporation [16] is the major operator, but every state also runs its own buses and there are some private operators too.
By train
Trains arrive at one of three main stations: Delhi Junction, also called Old Delhi or Purani Dilli, the second at New Delhi which lies in Central Delhi, and one at Hazrat Nizamuddin a few kilometers to the south. (A very few trains also use Delhi Sarai Rohilla or Delhi Cantt stations.) Delhi Junction and New Delhi Railway Station are now conveniently connected by Metro Line 2, just minutes apart. It will take around 40 minutes to an hour to travel from the New Delhi Railway Station to the airport by car, depending on traffic.
A ticket office open to all is on the road to Connaught Place with longer hours and often has waiting times not much longer than at the tourist booking office, you will need to know the number or name of the train you want to take. Easiest of all, though, is to book on-line through the Indian Railways booking website.
New Delhi Railway Station
The main entrance to New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS) is located just outside of Paharganj, the backpacker ghetto. The Delhi Metro now connects directly here, but the metro exits are on the "wrong" (Ajmeri Gate) side near platform 12. You can also take prepaid rickshaws and taxis from the plaza outside the main entrance.
The station is large, crowded, confusing and packed with touts, so allow one hour (yes, really) to find your train the first time you visit. Don't trust the electronic display boards, which often show incorrect information, instead listen to the announcements and ask multiple people in uniform until you find your train. However, anyone, in uniform or not, who approaches you spontaneously should be ignored.
A tourist ticket office called the International Tourist Bureau is open during office hours, upstairs of the main New Delhi railway station. Ignore touts who will try to convince you that it has moved or is closed. Note that it is only for foreign tourists, so you must have a tourist visa (i.e. student and working visas are not acceptable). Non-resident Indians can also book their tickets through this office. Bring your passport and cash or traveller's cheques in US dollars, British Pounds or Euros. If you wish to pay in Indian rupees you must show an official exchange certificate (from India, not valid if you changed in another country) or an ATM receipt. To get a ticket, first get a form from the centre of the room, and fill it out. Then go to the information desk near the entrance. There, have the clerk check the availability of the train(s) you desire, and fill out your form accordingly. Then line up at one of the two u-shaped lines of chairs for the reservation desks.
Delhi Railway Station
Formally Delhi Junction (DLI), but best referred to as "Old" Delhi Station for clarity. Like New Delhi RS, this station is huge and confusing: the platforms are not in linear order, with some hidden in the west and east wings of the stations. The railway station is served by Metro Line 2 Chandni Chowk station.
Hazrat Nizamuddin
Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM) is the departure point of many trains heading south. Practically speaking, the only way to get here is by taxi or auto. It's the least chaotic of the Big Three, but still pretty big and poorly signposted — listen to the announcements to figure out your train. The station has a pretty good Comesum food court that also sells cheap, hygienic takeaway snacks (sandwiches, samosas, etc).
If you have some time to kill, pay a visit to Humayun's Tomb, which is so close to the station that you can hear the announcements from inside — although it's a long, circuitous walk from the station to the entrance.
Get around
Getting around Delhi is always an adventure. Traffic is, by and large, horribly congested and many drivers will think nothing of quoting ten times the going price to a tourist. Use the prices below as broad guidelines, agree on prices before setting off, and don't get too hot under the collar over a rupee or two — they mean a lot more to the cycle rickshaw-wallah earning Rs. 50 on a good day than they do to you.
By metro
Three lines of the new Delhi Metro [17] are now open and provide a cheap, quick, hassle-free and air-conditioned way of zipping around the city. Unfortunately, the network is still limited and does not cover southern Delhi or neighboring areas like Gurgaon or Noida, but ambitious expansion plans are under way. As of 2006, the following lines are open:
Line 2, in particular, is useful for getting to the Old Delhi (Chandni Chowk, Jama Masjid) and New Delhi railway stations, the ISBT bus terminal and the backpacker ghetto of Paharganj. Fares range from Rs. 6 to 22. Take the token till the final destination and change lines if required. If you're planning on sticking around for a while, you can buy a "Smart Card" for Rs. 200, which is worth Rs. 110 and includes a Rs. 100 deposit. There is also a "Tourist Card" allowing unlimited use for Rs. 70/day, but it's highly unlikely that you'll travel enough to make this pay off.
Line 3 is useful for reaching Karol Bagh, a large shopping area. The Karol Bagh metro station is located in the crossing of Pusa Rd and Ajmal Khan Rd. The RK Ashram Marg station is very useful for reaching the western parts of Paharganj (and the station is located on the same side of the railroad tracks, which is not the case with the New Delhi station on line 2). Unfortunately the line 3 stations are not marked on most tourist maps as the line has only recently been opened.
Note that Metro stations all use the new Indianized names, so Connaught Place is "Rajiv Chowk", Old Delhi Railway Station is "Chandni Chowk" and ISBT is "Kashmere Gate".
By train
There are limited commuter services on Delhi's railways, but the facilities are a far cry from the user-friendly Metro and stations are for most part inconveniently located. There is no passenger service at all on the Delhi Ring Railroad outside rush hour.
By bus
All parts of Delhi are well connected by buses and with tickets ranging from Rs.2 to 10 they're very cheap, but they're also the least comfortable means of transport and the hardest to use. Delhi's buses are quite crowded, rarely air-conditioned and drivers often drive rashly. Bus routes are often written only in Hindi and bus stops don't have any route lists, so it can be difficult to find your way — asking other people at the bus stop is often the best way to find out about bus routes to your destination. Buses are pretty frequent, running every 15-20 min or so on most routes. There are two kinds of buses in Delhi:
If you have a choice, go for a DTC bus: they will stop less frequently and will generally be less crowded too. Note that many buses, DTC ones too, will stop pretty much anywhere if there are enough people getting on or off.
Board buses at the back and pay the ticket seller sitting right next to the door; be sure to hang onto your tickets, as ticket checks are fairly frequent. Some seats on the left side of the bus may be reserved for women and the handicapped. When it's time to disembark, move to the front of the bus and hop out from the door near the driver. As you might expect, all these guidelines are regularly ignored when buses are very crowded.
By taxi
A taxi or hired car (usually with driver) is required to see many of the far-flung sites around and just outside Delhi. To get a taxi or a hired car, you have to go to a taxi stand; they are not usually flagged from the street. Alternatively, you can call for a cab at 1090.
Most Delhi taxis are old but reliable Ambassadors in distinctive black-and-yellow livery. While all are equipped with meters and should cost Rs. 6 to start plus Rs. 7/km, they are often rigged and it's better to agree on the price in advance. Most trips around the city should be Rs. 50-100, while a trip to the airport would be around Rs. 200. An eight-hour charter should cost around Rs. 500, and a tip is expected if the driver is helpful. Note that most Ambassadors are not air-conditioned.
The death toll of the Ambassador was rung in December 2006, when a modern radio taxi service was launched. At Rs.15/km, they're twice the list price of the competition, but they use modern vehicles with air-conditioning and can be dialed up 24 hours/day at 123. The fleet starts off with a rather modest 15 vehicles, but this is expected to increase to 500 by March 2007 and 10,000 by 2010.
You shouldn't take non-official taxis, sometimes they take you to a wrong hotel, or to a "tourist information center", and try to sell you overpriced things.
By auto rickshaws
Auto rickshaws (also called three-wheeled scooters or simply autos) are good for shorter trips. Always in a distinctive yellow-and-green livery, auto rickshaws are three-wheeled partially enclosed contraptions (no doors!) that run on CNG and can seat three people in the back. In general, they are much cheaper than taxis and can be hailed from the street. Although by law the rickshaw drivers should charge according to the meter in their vehicle (Rs. 8 for the first km, Rs. 3.50/km after), they will almost always try to haggle for price. (If they don't, the meter is probably rigged!) Even the shortest journey will cost around Rs. 20, and a trip across town would be around Rs. 50.
If you have any trouble with them, go to any of the numerous tourist police stations in the city center and they will give you a complaint slip which will result in a 500 rupee fine for the auto driver. There should also be a telephone number written on the vehicle to call in case of any complaint.
By cycle rickshaws
Cycle rickshaws are three-wheeled pedal powered rickshaws with seats in the back to seat passengers and a driver in the front. They are good for short distances, or places which are too far to walk but too short for taking a bus/taxi/auto rickshaw. Cycle rickshaws don't use meters, so establish a price before getting on. Rs. 20 is reasonable for most journeys of a kilometer or two, although many Delhiites will haggle if the driver dares to suggest Rs. 10.
Cycle rickshaws are best to use in Old Delhi to visit the intricate galis (walkways) and to enjoy the smells and sounds of the city.
On foot
Much of Delhi is quite pedestrian-hostile. Distances are long, road signage is poor, and you'll be constantly accosted by beggars and touts. Crossing roads often involves wading across multiple lanes of heavy traffic: try your best to move in a predictable straight line, so vehicles can weave around you. (Better yet, latch onto a group of locals and cross in their shadow.) If you really want to walk around, these places would be good:
The staff at the Delhi tourist office are very helpful and have lots of free information: The Government of India Tourist Office 88 Janpath , Connaught Place. Tel:2332 0005, 23320008, 23320109, 23320266. Please note that there are various private 'tourist information' offices around Connaught Place openly claiming to be the official government tourist office. These offices are selling their own travel packages and have nothing to do with The Government of India. The local police can always be reached at 100 (much like the 911 in US) and in case of foreign tourists they do act swiftly!
Red Fort
The Red Fort (Lal Qila) is one of Delhi's top tourist sights. A brilliant red sandstone fort built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (who also built Agra's Taj Mahal) as his ruling palace. Completed in 1648, the years since have not treated the buildings kindly: the rooms have long since been stripped of all objects, the marble inlays are long gone and quite a few buildings are off limits. Still, the scale remains imposing and the gardens are kept lush and green even in midwinter. Major buildings within include:
The only open entrance is Lahore Gate, on the west side. Security in and around the Fort is very heavy, as it was the scene of a terrorist attack in 2000 that killed three people; bags are allowed, but they'll be X-rayed and you'll be patted down. Tickets cost Rs 10/100 for Indians/foreigners, photography free, video cameras Rs. 25 extra. Open sunrise to sunset daily except Monday. Allow for 3-4 hours in your schedule in case of long weekends and national holidays as lot of tourists flock around there. The most scenic way of reaching the fort is to take the Metro to Chawri Bazaar and then a cycle-rickshaw through the incredibly packed bazaar to the Fort (price negotiable, aim for Rs. 20).
The fort has a light and sound show (Rs.30) in the evenings between 7:30 and 9 PM depending on the season.
Be careful buying tickets at the booth, as the ticket sellers here often attempt to shortchange tourists.
Humayun's Tomb
Humayun's Tomb in south Delhi, near Hazrat Nizamuddin station, is one of Delhi's two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Open daily from sunrise to sunset, entry is Rs.10/250 Indians/foreigners.
The tomb is located in large, immaculately maintained gardens in the Persian Char Bagh (four corners) style that were thoroughly renovated in 2003 with the Aga Khan's help and are consequently probably the best in Delhi. As you enter the complex, the first major structure on your right is the bulbous, octagonal tomb of Iza Khan, a court noble who built it in his own lifetime, some 20 years before Humayun's tomb. As you pass through the first gate, you will glimpse the dome of the tomb and enter a floral path leading to the second (West) gate, which now acts as the entrance to the giant central garden.
The centerpiece is the eponymous tomb of Humayun, the second Mughal emperor. Built starting in 1562, it was the first major Mughal structure in the city and has been described as a predecessor or prototype of Agra's Taj Mahal. The structures are, indeed, stylistically similar, although Humayun's Tomb is built from red sandstone, not white marble, and was built by a wife grieving for her husband, not the other way around. You can climb up to the second level (the stairs on the west side are very steep, those on the south side less so), and on the south side you will find the entrance into the main crypt where Humayun is buried.
Before you leave, be sure to visit the South Gate, the original royal entrance, from where you can get picture-postcard views without too many tourists in the way. In the southeast corner is the Barber's Tomb, also built in the same style, but regarding which very little is known.
Qutb Complex
This complex in Mehrauli, south Delhi, houses structures dating from the Slave Dynasty (1206-1290) and is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The gardens are kept in excellent shape, making this a popular relaxation and picnic spot. Open daily from sunrise to sunset, entry is Rs.20/250 Indians/foreigners. Light-and-sound show held most nights after sunset.
Parks and Gardens
Religious buildings
Delhi is a shopper's haven, but only if you're not afraid to haggle and bump elbows in bazaars. Western-style malls and shopping emporia are creeping in on the outskirts (esp. Gurgaon, NOIDA), but there's little Indian about these sanitized shopping experiences, or the goods in them. Until a few years back, all shops closed on Sunday; while rules have been relaxed, many districts (eg. Connaught Place) are still mostly shuttered. Saturday is thus the main shopping day and hence also the most crowded.
Start your shopping tour of Delhi with a visit to Connaught Place [26], a rather unique cross between a European shopping arcade, an Indian bazaar and an upmarket shopping mall. At the intersection of the Yellow and Blue Lines of the Delhi Metro[27], it's easy to get to, and with all shops laid out in two circles it's easy to get around and explore. Do watch out for the infamous shoe shit boys, who flick bits of poop onto your shoes and then try to get you to pay inflated prices for a shoeshine — make them clean it, but make it clear that you will not pay them a single paise.
Note that shops outside the enclosures are mostly wholesalers, who are less interested in bargaining with you.
The Indian book industry is huge, producing annually about 15,000 books in English, and obviously far more in Hindi and other native languages. Delhi is hub of this industry, and so small, specialist bookstores abound. Locally produced books can be very cheap, and many popular titles available in the West are published here under license and sold at a fraction of their original cost.
Delhiites complain about many things in their city, but the food will satisfy even the most demanding gourmet. Not only can you find some of the best Indian food on the subcontinent, but there are an increasing number of excellent (if often pricy) international restaurants offering cuisine from around the world. When ordering, do remember that Delhi is about 1000 km from the nearest ocean, so vegetarian, chicken and mutton dishes are the way to go.
You will find McDonalds, KFC, and Pizza Hut scattered at various locations (in malls and otherwise) throughout the city, and the heavily Indianized menus (no beef, lots of veggie options) can be interesting even if you would otherwise steer clear. Figure on Rs. 100 for a full serve.
Delhiites have eagerly adopted Thai food into their culinary pantheon, although the recipes and ingredients are often rather Indianized.
Delhi's nightlife scene has undergone a total transformation in the last decade, and there are plenty of modern, cosmopolitan joints out to separate you from your rupees. In a desperate attempt to keep the sex ratio vaguely equitable, many lounges and clubs have couples only policies (that is, no single men or men-only groups), enforced with varying degrees of strictness. While everything is theoretically supposed to shut down by 1 AM, quite a few keep going much longer.
Indian bar food, hookah and an amazing lounge experience. The crowd that frequents these two places is young, hip and trendy.
This street, also referred to as Main Bazaar, opposite New Delhi railway station, has many cheap hotels and is very popular with travelers, with a double room with attached bathroom costing between 200-300Rs, or less. Note that the Metro's exits are on the wrong side of the station, so you'll need to cross over the railway station (no ticket needed) to find Paharganj. Main road is very noisy during day time. Below is a list of a few of the more popular places:
Majnu ka Tilla
Majnu ka Tilla is a compact Tibetan settlement and the place of departure and arrival for Dharamsala, the home of the Tibetan Government in Exile and the Dalai Lama. Stay here if you have an interest in Tibetan culture, politics and religion, or if you need something quieter (and just slightly more expensive) than Paharganj.
An auto-rickshaw from New Delhi train station should cost around Rs50 (use the prepaid stand). The Vidhan Sabha metro station is also nearby and popular - from there cycle-rickshaws charge Rs 15 and take about 5 minutes.
Other Areas
Connaught Place
West Delhi
At the high end of the scale, demand far outstrips supply and it's not unusual to be asked US$400 for a very ordinary room. Getting any on the list below for under $200 will require good luck or timing. Beware that by law taxes in high-end Delhi hotels are charged on the rack rate, so 12.5% on a $400 room discounted to $200 will still cost $50! Hotels in neighboring cities, including Gurgaon and NOIDA just across the border, do not do this.
Stay healthy
Dust and pollution make Delhi an asthmatic's worst nightmare for most of the year, with only the rainy season bringing a brief respite. In April through June, temperatures regularly top 40°C, meaning that proper hydration is a major concern. In winter, seasonal fog added to the mix creates dense smog and, on a bad day, it can be difficult to see across the street. Rather unbelievably, the situation was even worse before all autorickshaws and buses were forced to convert to CNG!
Tap water in Delhi is completely and totally unsafe — do not even wash your teeth with it. Better restaurants will use purified water, but at cheaper ones you're better off sticking to the bottled stuff and avoiding the usual culprits (leafy vegetables, ice, etc). Always check seals on bottled water carefully.
Stay safe
Many first time travelers to India find themselves falling victim to scams and touts, and unfortunately Delhi has lots of both. Be on guard for anybody trying to help you by giving you unsolicited directions or travel advice, and take any advice from taxi and auto drivers with a grain of salt, especially if they tell you the place you want to go to is closed, dangerous, etc. If this is your first time to India do not admit it, as this will make you a mark for the scam artists.
Delhi is an increasingly unsafe place for women. It is not uncommon to receive lewd remarks or even physical touching. If you are coming into Delhi at night, stay in the airport lounge, or well lit areas until daybreak. Try to avoid walking around alone or hiring cabs alone, dress conservatively, learn to shout, and consider carrying mace/pepper spray. Police vehicles (called PCR vans) are parked almost on every major intersection. Dial 100 in case of emergencies.
Carry your cash, passport, and cards in a secure money belt, with only enough cash for a few hours at a time in your wallet or other acccessible place. Some travelers recommend carrying an expendable wallet with a few ten rupee bills in it in an obvious place such as your hip pocket as a decoy to Delhi's ubiquitous pickpockets.
As a general rule, expect anyone handling your cash in Delhi to attempt to shortchange you; you may be favorably surprised once or twice during your visit. Learn the currency, count out your payment and change carefully, and be insistent in any dispute.
Power outages and water shortages happen not just every day, but often several times on the same day, with summers especially bad. Better places have water tanks and generators to alleviate the pain, but keep a flashlight handy at night and do your part by not wasting too much water.
Embassies and High Commissions
Public call offices (PCO) line all major streets in Delhi.
Internet cafes can be found in places where backpackers congregate, notably Paharganj.
Get out
Delhi is a major transit hub for trains, planes and buses for all of India and internationally.


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The Office of the Secretary provides administrative services and tools for ELCA leaders who are serving this church in their congregations, synods and the churchwide organization, especially those given responsibility for governance of the ELCA.
The secretary interprets the constitutions and other governing documents of this church and is responsible for maintaining its rosters, the ELCA archives, and the minutes and records of certain meetings. The Office of the Secretary receives the annual report of the congregations, provides travel and physical arrangements for meetings of the churchwide organization, compiles information for the online ELCA Directory, staffs the nominating processes of this church and coordinates the use of legal counsel.
The Rev. Wm Chris Boerger was elected to serve a six-year term as ELCA secretary by the 2013 Churchwide Assembly in Pittsburgh. Previously, Secretary Boerger served as bishop of the ELCA's Northwest Washington Synod based in Seattle for two six-year terms beginning in 2001.