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By Barbara Starr at the Pentagon and Masoud Popalzai in Afghanistan
Two children have been rearrested in southern Afghanistan for being prospective suicide bombers, the International Security Assistance Force said.
The two "young male" would-be bombers were detained in the past week, the ISAF said in a written statement.
The two kids, both ten years old, were arrested along with three adults, according to the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security (NDS).
Last summer, Afghan President Hamid Karzai pardoned a group of would-be child suicide attackers ranging in age from 8 to 17. Some of the 20 youngsters told Karzai they had been recruited by the Taliban, strapped with vests and ordered to detonate them near foreigners, the president's office said in a statement last August. Militants told the youngsters that the blasts would spare them but kill the foreigners, it said.
The two arrested in Kandahar recently were from that group of pardoned children, according to the NDS statement, and had gone to Quetta, Pakistan to get more training before being sent back to Afghanistan for suicide attacks.
One of the children, from southeastern Afghanistan, said he was told by Mullahs at a madrasa in Pakistan that he would survice the suicide attack and it would not harm him, the NDS statement said. The other child, originally from Pakistan, said he was cheated by armed men and he asked to be pardoned again.
"The cold tactic of using any human being - especially children - to conduct suicide attacks is utterly despicable, and I denounce these tactics," Gen. John Allen, commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in the ISAF statement.
The children are "instructed" in suicide bomb vests and indoctrinated, according to a senior ISAF official.
Depending on "how impressionable they are based on their age, they are told they will survive the attack" and "they are told they will be fine," the official explained.
The advantage is no one suspects them, noted the official, and "that plays a big role. The Taliban will do anything to get through the outer perimeter of security."
The official said the Kandahar group tends to target local or provincial officials, sometimes Afghan or coalition forces. The source did not know of any incident in which a child suicide bomber had been used against U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
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Cold stories like these relating those bastard Mullahs of Taliban make my blood boil, to join the pak army and blast these morons out of existence. Using children to create blasts....scumbags. Mullah Umar and the like should be waged war against by all humanity. Theses scum bags used suicide attacks even implicating the great Musharraf to be the belligerant infact they themselves were the killers. Bravo to Pak Army, and LONG Live the Army.
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Stuck in the Middle, I think you got my post wrong. Well, maybe I didn't explain it right. Either way, I was saying that he wants acceptance and seems to have zero tolorance for anyone who disagrees with him. That to me is wrong. I will defend his right to love whomever he wants, but I won't stand behind him if he can't accept that some people will never agree with him.
And as to the my "Joking" comment, Does that person really think the kids are going to go to some kind of counseling. What part of the world do they think this happened in, Detroit? This is Afghanistan, there are no social programs like that. These kids can't be removed from the situation, or we'd be removing every child in almost every middle eastern country. Where are we going to put them...Detroit?
Im not saying to lock them up, but they are not as innocent as us westerners think.
I hope that clears up a few things, have a great day.
I know why Rock is not around....his mommy called him to dinner.
What's the matter rock, give up already. This is just getting to be fun. It's the most fun I've had in a while being here.
I suspect "The Rock" had to go get ready for school....
Sounds about right. Most of the bozo's that psot tough talk, stop when the school bus shows up.
Too bad, I was really having a good day.
Oh well. Back to work.
Oh Neil, I'm sorry. Please stick it in my ass. I want to release the inner woman in me..........
Why is it always to guys using the word fag that end up begging for a sausage fest?
you got some serious issues here, seek professional help.
I'm sorry Rock. Please don't come after me. I'm sorry, really.
Wow.......you make me laugh.
O so now the little Neil speaks. First of all , learn to spell. What the fuck is tolorance? Some kind of drug you take? Here you are preaching this and that and you descend into the world of insult. Methinks it is you whois the dipshit and e who is the person you don't want to meet, the person who will seekout your ISP and come to say hello. Call me whatever you want but as with all people I draw the line somewhere. Just because you were born that way doesn't mean you have to stay that way. I',m gald you ranout of money. My mom said you had the smallest dick she had ever seen and she just laughed and laughed. Some people are funny with wit. You are crass with a stupidity born of insult and prejudice. So watch out mothafucker. This big guy's comin' looking for you. Sleep well!
What makes you so affraid of homosexuality?
Is it your backwoods childhood. Someone told you they were bad people and you this hate in your heart.
And, yes, I have a smaller then normal member. But if I stick it in your ass, you will still enjoy it. It will remind you of your prison days.
I bet you're kind of guy who thinks if you rape a guy in jail, he's the one who is gay. Admit it, you're so affraid of people thinking you might be soft, you over compansate for it with anger.
and if you want to come over, I'm in Afghanistan at the moment. Stationed in Kabul. I'll meet you at the airport. What time is your flight.
You are funny speaking check your spelling you should talk mouahahaha. oh and good luck finding any info on the whereabouts from an ip address. hahaha people like you make me laugh.
The only thing more pathetic than being powerless is pretending to be dangerous when everyone know you're impotent. The big talkers online are usually the one who weep and run when a fast food cashier looks at them sideways. I've got five bucks that says you live in your parent's basement and have a poster of Brittany Spears on your wall.
Yo Neil, shut the fuck up! You go on about the fags and you sound like one yourself. Dick.
When you speak, you should try to be a bit more infomative. I'm not sure what you're trying to say.........I think you're saying that you have very little education and have no idea what the Constitution of U.S. says. I'm sure you have never read it and if you did, don't understand it.
You must be a real strong man, can you bend metal bars with your bare hands.
Tolorance is something you need.
And just for the record, you dipshit, I like woman, like I liked your Mom the other night. She begged for more, but I ran out of money.
All these people complaining about my coming out. Tough! I will say what I want when I want. As well, the reason that I am talking here is the same as all of you. I am talking about the two youths who were used by the taliban. I personally think that these boys should be used for nothing. Let them develop into fine young men. Fine! So for all of you weirdos out there, stay away from the downtown areas, because that is where I rule, where me andmy friends rule, where the "real men" are.
Please go live your life and leave me the hell out of it. If you wanna be gay, go do it but I don't need details and I don't care. got it?
That is seriously screwed up. Those poor kids, I hope they can get the help they will surely need to grow into kind and compassionate adults.
Please tell me you're joking.
What would you advocate Neil? Put a ten year old in prison? These kids need help and need to be removed from the situation that put them there in the first place.
Kids are salvageable.
Neil isn't.
Yep. Save their souls, send them straight to heaven.
"the kids need money to support their families". CNN had to put their spin on it lol
The kids are made to believe that killing non muslims is rewarded by Allah. Both old and young Muslims know what the Quran [specifically Sharia is all about].
Wow, that last post was really something. I want my e-bible/ I will carry it in my helmet as I kill those turbanshits one by twenty! Ha!. I actually do belong to a new order. It is the order of Killing Ragheads and I invite all of you to join, except for that queer, who I suppose knows how to fuck himself.
you gus are funny try to be a bit more funnier when you type this is getting good morons. trynot to fight over who has a bigger dick the rock an niel idiots
This has been the most interesting, disturbing, amusing, bias (some of the comments) posts I've read period. Definitely kept my attention-100%! By the end though, the responses were getting so outrageous, the intelligent posts that actually invoked meaning to what the article was about was 'lost in translation.' My only question what is going on with all these Orders-New alien order and membership etc? Regardless of what you believe in or lack of, thats definitely your opinion, no foul there. But for real people to take you seriously in this world and your comments carry the weight you feel they deserve, you lost most of your creditability when you go telling others about your membership and new order mess! You sound like you are trying to start your own religion. Then i'm guessing you are going to some set of rules but since you dont believe in the bible, you are going make up some sort of 'e-bible' for us to download to view! LOL GEEZ
See I knew it. I knew you were a pederast!
Just because I'm of a different sexual orientation than most men ( hopefully this will change) doesn't give you the right to criticize me or others of my stripe. The crusades were full of "men" and men and I am one of those who would probably be killed just because I am "different". So all of you mean folks just go on being mean. I love you all, especially if you're male and single, please contact me through this site. Somehow we'll work it out, if you know what I mean. Just so you know, I am all for the coaltion......the Rainbow Coalition.
"hopefully this will change"
you sick bastard
Well that depends upon your definition of sick. Sick to me is folk like you, who refuse to accept the way things are going. I know that the main reason you are here is beause we're talking ten year olds. Am I right? Then it is you who are sick and not me, because I just like men, whereas you.....
You say we're mean. Well, why do you feel the need to keep reminding everyone you like men. Nobody on this post would have known had you not said so. You ask for tolorance, but give none in return when you don't like what is said.
You sleep with wohmever you want, but don't get upset when you are told by someone they think your life style is wrong.
Try tolorating the fact that every time you scream and put in the face of all your life style, you're going to get a negative reaction. If this is what your going for, then you are getting exactly what you want. Honestly, no one cares. What we care about is you telling us we have to accept it. Why don't you accept the fact we don't want to.
Have a great life and stay safe.
That makes you a bigot and wrong. YUou claim to have searved in the military but don't seem to understand what you were fighting for. Sad... You can't claim mto fight for freedom then claim all don't deserve it. It's a real shame you missed the boat on that one.
Forgot to ask, what does your life style have to do with the story.
I wasn't expecting to hear about homosexuals and pervertisms in this blog. I think I just threw up. America is doomed by it's own stupidity.
Wow, what a collection of ignorant, stupid and just plain vicious folks.
Where to start?
Phearis: those killings were in Norway. I assume by "Sweetish" you meant "Swedish"? What, no maps or globes in your trailer? Sorry that the 7th grade was so rough, but maybe you should give it another try?
GaryB: spare us the whining about the Crusades. The Crusades were in response to hundreds of years of Muslim aggression against the Christian populations of the middle east, north Africa, Anatolia and Iberia. All of those lands were Christian until they were invaded and their people forcibly converted by Muslims. And let's be honest: the Crusades ended centuries ago. Muslim aggression against non-Muslims is occurring today, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Thailand, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, the Philippines, Ossetia, Egypt...
Maria: the Taliban are responsible for over 90% of the civilian deaths in Afghanistan. They aren't "defending" anyone; their attacks on Afghan schoolchildren make it clear that they are more concerned with imposing their islam on Afghans than they are in "defending" Afghan children.
Thannak: name a single "Christian suicide bombing" in Ireland. Just one, m'kay? Here's a hint from an Irishman: the Troubles in the north of Ireland weren't about religion, they were about ethnicity and political power. No one in the IRA ever strapped a bomb on their body and blew up a school or grocery in the name of the Pope.
Lord Haw-Haw: just shut the fuck up. You're a contemptible vile person.
Religious wars are always about power and never about religion. Religion is just the most effective tool that the powerful use to convince the weak minded to die for a cause that isn't theirs. And yes, the IRA were no better than the Taliban. Christians murdered others for centuries in the name of god and only stopped recently because secular governmentns denied tham the power to do so. Just check out Real Catholic TV and you'll see a guy who would just love to bring back the inquisition.
Thank goodness being a Christian has nothing to do with that corrupted, manipulative HUMAN invention called religion...Christ if you read in the Gospels was angered by the hypocritical "religious" leaders duing his ministry and vehmently spoke out against them more that the most vile "sinner"...in addition, this "religion" has nothing to with what Christ intended for the "Church"...unfortunately HUMANS with all their faults have on many occasions, made THEIR church into a "religious" institution...fortunately not all churches are like that and those churches keep true to Christ's teachings and attitude and these churches are the TRUE representation and definition of Christianity. You had us worried there that this whole Christian or being "Christlike" thing was garbage...
Earnan: spot on.
It doesn't matter if they are being completely honest. They are being exploited either way.
War is all about exploitation, sadly the youth see the worst if it.
Correct. But if we continue to feel sorry for them, they will continue to be exploited. It is only when we remove the leverage it contains that we will be able to remove the exploitation it brings.
If we allow them to use the fact they are children against us, we will continue to see children being used against us. See my point.
The trainers of these children are sick, & have no morals whatsoever. Pure evil.
Here in Israel we have used young kids on a regular basis. They make great decoys when you want to fool those ragheads.
aahhh! At tenn yeers old eye wass alreddy keeling ameerikans!! Death too all ameerikans. Eye ate U.
Sometimes i wondeer exacly why this website allows this people to post this messeges, honestly to me thats is worst than having someone come on here and curse up a storm really need to rethink this. for you mamoud please forget our language, which i have no idea why you trying to learn it if you dont like us, and get out of our country which you are most likely living in. you are a coward just like evryone of those terrorists and have not yet figured out that you could never take our country down no matter how hard you tried or how many you brought. you would not dare stand in any city in the U.S and say anything like that i gurantee it.
Satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
Hope that helps.
10 years old? I guess they are running out of adolescent volunteers.
HOW do you tell someone they will survive a suicide attack?
THAT is a convincing sales pitch.
Whoever thought that one up must've been running Mr. Obama's campaign ...
They're just uneducated kids and they live and breathe religion – a mullah tells them they'll miraculous survive and the infidels won't it's just that simple, it's got to be true.
More accurately, the GOP lies about how high taxes are ruining America – look at the tax rates of the 1950's (google it) and you will see that the 'Golden Years' were built upon high taxes funding the development of infrastructure and schools.
Still but thurt because Obama is getting more terrorist than Bush ever could?
The bit about the campaign is also a cheap shot. Give it a rest for a bit, and research what you preach.
Alive they are terrorists.
Dead they are innocents.
There is nothing worse than the lieing decietful nature of the Tribal personality that permeates the Middle East.
So true.
This begs the question: "What is a 10 year old going to do with 72 virgins?"
Funny, but just a thought, maybe he's one of them.....and thats what they didn't tell him.
Doh! Should have read the fine print...
Actually all too true. Islam is permeated with pedophilia, from Mohammed's 9-year-old "wife" to the pre-teen boys Afghan mujahids use to satisfy their sexual urges.
What do 12-year-olds do with virgins in elementary school here?
What th' heck ... they have an eternity to figure it out.
The actual question is what is anyone going to do with 72 virgins in a place devoid of sin? Sounds more like hell to me....
Having been in the jaws of the tiger more than once, I can tell you the boys are not being completely honest. They are taught to "deceive thy enemies" and they consider anyone not a follower as an enemy. I know they knew they would be blown up. However, in most, but not all, of the cases I've been privy to, the young ones were either paying off a debt for the family, or being forced to martyr themselves.
Most of them do not do this willingly, but out of a demented sense of loyalty to the family, tribe or worse, the faith. They are trained and told they will be honoring their family name and their family will enjoy a path of prosperity, both financial and spiritually.
They are taught that the non followers are weak and will believe the words of a child. If discovered and caught, they are instructed on what to say and how to make the non believer feel pity and sorrow for them. The first thing they are told to say is they were forced to do it.
I spent 5 years working in this field. I lived in their villages, I ate at the homes of true believers thinking all the time, if they knew what my missions were, I would never see the U.S. and my family again. I have listened to their teachings and seen the requests made of the children. I have slept in the jaws of the tiger and awoke to find myself still alive.
For those of you about to bash my post and lump me in with some of the nut jobs, remember, I am a US Soldier, I am a non believer.
I believe you hit the nail on the head. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.
Thanks for all you did, soldier. People like you risk their lives every minute for idiots who have no idea about what we're up against.
What's the difference if they die trying to expel the foreigners (us), or die via our drones? Does any American have any IDEA how many children and babies have been killed in our drone attacks?
Why are we there? Why are we killing children with *your* tax dollars, in *your* name?
Having actually been in Afghanistan, unlike "Joe," I'm well aware that the vast overwhelming majority of children killed in Afghanistan have died at the hands of the Taliban and their campaign of bombing markets, setting off IEDs to destroy buses and trucks carrying civilians, murder of clan and village elders-and their families-who refuse to support the Taliban.
Joe wants us to believe that the same Taliban that throws acid in the faces of pre-teen schoolgirls and straps bombs to their pre-teen brothers is somehow the victim here and that they care about the children of Afghanistan.
Joe is a fool or a traitor. More likely, both.
Joe is an armchair quaterback.....
When U.S. forces find out who these mullahs are and at which madrasas in Pakistan, they should immediately make them the targets of drones. These mullahs of Islam are the embodiment of evil.
once again the 99 percent of radical muslims are giveing the 1 percent of peaceful muslims a bad name
hahaha... you think you are so funny? these are kids, not something to be made fun of. Poor kids brainwashed since they were born by people who are only after power and following their own political agenda. These people are not muslims they shouldn't even be considered as human beings.Animals at best, to get an innocent child to become a suicide bomber..... What annoys me most is people like you who come from supposedly civilized and educated countries believe the first word coming out of the mouth of any madman on the street. These people are not muslims and will never be, educate yourself on the subject first before posting any though that goes through your mind.
K Maloud: if they're not "real" muslims why aren't the "real" muslims denouncing them and fighting their evil?
Fact is, all we see the "real" muslims like you doing is complaining about the US doing your job for you.
It is probably a good thing to make this public knowledge. I think most people are just ignorant to the methods these scum use. Ignorance in this case is not their fault but yours for not making more noise about this stuff so people can understand the tactics when they see dead kids in syria and abroad. They need to be able to comprehend that it is reasonable to think they would do such things intentionally.
And the liberals will continue to coddle the muslims and claim there isn't a muslim problem in the world.
We have to vote for them for that to matter.
Yeah, Osama and family were coddled. You're delusional and stupidly divisive. "W" & Co. did plenty to fuel their fires of hatred. Best long-term plan is to turn them into allies/friends. You know, like with Britain, Germany, etc.
So, grow up, you really can't kill everybody.
There's not a muslim problem. There's a stupid problem. The world suffers from too much stupid.
CTYank wants to pretend we didn't make the Germans and Japanese into allies and friends by first crushing their armies, destroying their cities and putting our boots on their soil.
some of you idiots think he grow up the same way we(americans) did.had a good education and all that good stuff....he wasraised to hate, so dont blame the kid. blame his religion, his parents or whoever else but not him, because hes not to blame. he didnt know any better.obviously those who are quick to judge are pretty stupid.
WHAT THE DOODLE? "united alien order", "moslums", these r ppl alot of u r in agreement with? really? uao is ramblin on to show off all the words he/she knows n maria, babe, please, it's M-u-s-l-i-m. how sad it is that this article lost all meaning to u to the point where these 2 lil boys r being ridiculed. u bash on their upbringing, but ur lack of true compassion and/or common decency makes me question ur upbringing. so freaking glad i do not believe nor follow your so-called religion. have a good day! 🙂
Are you having stroke or perhaps typing with your elbows?
Ten-year-old suicide bombers arrested by Barbara Starr at the Pentagon and Masoud Popalzai in Afghanistan.
But Karzai is "outraged" over the accidental killing of children by NATO.
Religion is NOT the issue. It's people that kill in the name of religion. Religion doesn't support murder by suicide bombers, ied's, beheadings, etc. Yet somehow because someone says they are doing it in the name of such and such religion everyone believes that's the way it is. If a mass murderer goes through DC and claims he is doing it in the name of Christianity, or Islam does it make any difference than it happening over in the Middle East? Those that claim they are doing it for religion truly are not. They are doing it for profit or for their own interests.
That all being said, I hate religion as a concept. I do believe that Jesus died on the cross to save us from eternal suffering. This doesn't mean I'm religious, it just means I have beliefs and things that I stand for in life.
I understand why religion gets a bad name. It's all man made and there is no perfect man on earth. Everyone is a hypocrite (yes even myself) a number of times throughout their life. You can pick apart ANY religion based on how it's people act at their worst possible time.
Beliefs work, religion doesn't...
What is the role of established religions in the arising of the new consciousness? Many people are already aware of the difference between spirituality and religion. They realize that having a belief system—a set of thoughts that you regard as the absolute truth—does not make you spiritual no matter what the nature of those beliefs is. In fact, the more you make your thoughts (beliefs) into an identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself. Many "religious" people are stuck at that level. The equate truth with thought, and as they are completely identified with their thoughts (their mind), they claim to be in sole possession of the truth in an unconscious attempt to protect their identity. They don't realize the limitations of thought. Unless you believe (think) exactly as they do, you are wrong in their eyes, and in the not-too-distant past, they would have felt justified in killing you for that. And some still do, even now. — Eckhart Tolle
Believing in things that do not exist is dangerous, in and of itself. Religion would not exist if people like you stopped believing in the Invisible Sky Jew. You cannot seperate the religion from the god. In for a penny, in for a pound...
And you have every right to believe this if you like. I fight every day (literally fight) so that Americans (and I do not speak for others) have the rights to believe what they want and say whatever they want without repercussion. I don't push my beliefs (notice I didn't say religion, and I don't believe they have to be the same) on anyone (though many do) and I certainly don't agree with anyone trying to push their beliefs or religion on me. If you want to belittle my beliefs that is your right, and I will defend it with my life (literally) each and every day I am here. By you doing so, however it shows ignorance and spite which is far more dangerous than any of my beliefs.
I am not a gullible person, and I have not been duped or brainwashed into my beliefs. I have them by choice and nobody is making me think the way I do. Any belief or religion that tells people to kill in the name of this or that is leading people in the wrong direction of that I am certain.
I don't persecute people of different beliefs than myself, and the ones that do the persecution are far more dangerous than I ever am.
Anyone that fools themselves into thinking that freedom comes at no cost is simply a fool. The cost of freedom (and I speak for those in America) has NEVER been free. People die daily for those freedoms that people trample and take advantage of.
first of all, religion is man made.....im no atheist, i believe in god and all but i dont like how churches take money(donations), how other religions dont allow believers to do/eat certain things, its all pretty stupid if you ask me....people who believe in a book that for all we know...could be fake..who wrote the bible?? i believe in god......not your gods though!
Don't kid yourself. You're no more intelligent than anyone else who believes in fairy tales. Get this through your head: YOUR god, like everyone else's, IS A MYTH! It's NOT REAL! Your "god" only exists in your head! ALL believers have the potential to be dangerous, as they have already proven that they can be easily manipulated. THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!
Colt: Why are you so concerned with what others "believe"? To just bring them down into your "reality" that offers NOTHING once you pass from this earth and to give validation to yourself so you can get through the day? Put it this way, if I as a believer turn out to be wrong and you're right and you believe we (not your physical body, but YOU) just cease to "exist" (when our physical body ceases to function) then neither you or I will be able to say "I told you so" and "prove the other wrong". In this case, you whole argument of trying to validate your own belief (you do believe, because you don't know) is pointless because ultimately who are you going to be able to say "I'm right and you're wrong" to? On the other hand if I'm right and you're wrong, your rejection of an entity that I and BILLIONS of others believe exists and created us, what would you have HIM do with you and your "choice" to reject HIS existence? Yes, all of us believe in what we think is the "truth"...if you're definition of this truth is "knowing" defined by "physical proof" (ie: we have witnessed with our own eyes what happens after our physical bodies cease to function; which is impossible correct?) that is absolutely impossible...that is why people have faith...which goes beyond our physical capabilities (see, hear etc)... Bottom line, is that you have no reason to argue because you have nothing to argue for that is of any lasting eternal value...your belief in unbelief does nothing but destroy someone else's hope.
re: Religion is NOT the issue. It's people that kill in the name of religion.
But what if that religion teaches it is the duty of its followers to kill?
How about this, everyone? Accept the fact that all people differentiate in every aspect, including thought process(es), and learn to tolerate, if not respect, others and their beliefs no matter what those may or may not be. Also, it should be mentioned that both labeling and stereotyping is often, perhaps always, misleading and counter-productive by all means. Now, if you please, go on your merry way as you think about what you've said and read.
We face this, beheadings, etc., etc. ..... And you still have a problem with waterboarding...... IDIOTS!
How the hell did you manage to post that without being automatically flagged?
STFU already and calm down.
Sorry troll, but I'm not a sheep. Perhaps you should go back on your psychotropic medications such as lithium for schizophrenia. It's blindingly obvious that you're either medically retarded or just a white trash hoosier who's lost a few too many hours of sleep.
I hate basketball. Think I'll take your advice on the sleep thing, though.
Nighty-night, Phil. Sweet Imperialistic dreams, my friend.
How's spending the rest of your useless life locked in a small metal cage working out for you, Brad?
The first victims in this are those emotionally/psychologically abused children.
I am certain, 'dc', that you personally face nothing of that magnitude.
There's a special place in HELL for those idiots who set those children up as suicide bom-bers and then tell them it won't harm them.
These kids have to learn the importance of Youtube when doing this. The video of them blowing up people should garner several million Youtube hits.
Have you actually seen footage of suicides? Beheadings? People blowing themselves up or being shot and killed? Run over by trucks, trains, tanks?
I have. But it won't phase these kids. They've been lied to since the beginning and will always see us as the terrorists...after all - we're the ones who have invaded their country and have been at war with them since their birth...they know no different.
Now i want to hear the end of "Americans are killing women and children" Children have been recruited for the whole war, it just so happens the media got to these kids before they killed someone. Pardoned? try to kill again young Ahmed. And they try to paint the US as messed up.....
Our 10 year old's run drugs and carry out hits on behalf of their gangster bosses.
Same sh!t – different pile.
We can only accept that you're an expert on shit and child abuse.
Religion is one of the scourge's of mankind Islam is the epotime of the scourge, not to mention mankind itself
That's not a religion. It's murder in the name of a man who wrote a book to glorify his own insane thinking. The unfortunate thing is that it is a book which a whole lot of people in this world buy into.
And that's called "religion". Catholics and Christians did the same thing not too long ago - except explosives didn't exist just yet.
My view, as an atheist, is that religion is not necessary anymore. I can live a life of happiness and joy without believing in any gods. Why continue to indoctrinate children? Why lie to them? There has never been...and never will be any proof that there is or was a god at any point in time.
And yeah, I was a Catholic. I was baptized. I received communion and went to confession. But as I got older, I started to see religion for what it really was. A crock.
DAWN – Get a clue – it is religion, pure and simple. How can you say it's not religion. What it is then?
They start teaching this junk to their kids as soon as they are born.
It is religion and it has been religion all along that has caused uncountable millions of deaths.
The entire human race is stuck in it's evolution by religion. We can not move forward until we get over the alien in the sky coming to rescue us and launch ourselves into space and take our own destiny in hand.
I have been reading a lot of awful comments in here from atheists and I'm usually one to side with them, but what if groups arise in the name of Atheism and start terrorizing people of faith ? Shall we outlaw Atheism, due to such acts ? Will you Atheists rejoice when people of religion are hurt by such attacks ? ( You might say, such will never happen, but what if a group of psychotics decided to do such an act in the name of atheism ? Your point of outlawing religion due to psychotic extremists are not valid, nor are they line with peace. I'm all for this Unity and Peace stuff these Unite people have been talking about, because their views, goofy and new age, hold much more water, than pointless acts of finger pointing.
I can only say this atheist would be horrified.
The problem isn't the faith, it's the person.
Specifically, people. As in: there's always that one guy in every group, and when a bunch of those one guys get together...
We are just tired of all the religious idiots getting the attention and funding after all the centuries of corruption, violence, and more or less blatant hypocrisy in the name of a "god". I mean when are people going to wake up? Organized religion was invented to keep the uneducated masses sedated and from all out anarchy. I think we have moved past that now havent we? I mean, you CAN read right? Why do you need a religious organization to influence what in the long run is a personal decision and nothing else. No two people see religion exactly the same so why do you need someone to tell you what they think about it? We dont want pious people to die, we just want to stop hearing about it,. OKAY?
You're missing the point. People, especially atheists, are simply sick of the turmoil in the world caused by religion. You indicate these are extremists and they certainly fit the description. But these extreme actions are becoming the norm and those of us who don't share your faith share your misery. Here in the U.S. Evangelicals are openly campaigning for their view of the "most Christian" candidate. Atheists have no evidence to indicate these people won't attack the rights of those of different beliefs. Look around the world and you'll see far more examples of religious zeolots trying to impose their will on others. Here in Texas Evangelicals have changed textbooks are revised science to include religious dogma. You claim persecution but in reality you are the persecutors.
Atheism is not a religion, it is the lack of religion. Atheism is not a belief, it is the truth.
Atheism is B.S. a religion of simpletons who are incapable of appreciacion of the GREATNESS of the CREATION and the enormous perfection of the Universe.
Al – atheism is NOT a religion.
Please pull your head out of your ass before you post.
My apologies – must've meant to respond to a different post. As such, you have the Mulligan to call me every name in the book.
Fairs, fair, and all.
Such groups have already "arisen". Both Communists and Nazis were virulently anti-religious. Church attendance i Communist Russia resulted in an arrest, followed either by excecution, or hard labor in Siberia. Nazies were pagans, followers of pre-Christian Nordic paganism. To both, human life and dignity had no value – only the benefit of the GROUP or society was important. Atheism begins with disregard of a human life. Judeo-Christian religion treats human life as Holy – given by the Creator.
Your "Creator"...stood idly by while Lenin, Stalin and Hitler murdered tens of millions.
"He" doesn't exist.
Really? Atheism begins with disregard for human life? You are clueless. And neither the Nazis nor the Soviets killed anyone in the name of atheism. Read a book.
Marxism-as its name makes clear-was a religion, based on the unquestioning (faithful) acceptance of a bizarre set of reality-defying rules.
The Soviet Union sent heretics to the Gulag or put a bullet in the back of their necks.
Just as the Christians did for hundreds of years with swords and gallows and the auto-de-fe.
And just as Muslims did for hundreds of years with swords and are doing today with suicide vests and car bombs.
Come to think about it, the kids will die anyway:from suicide bombing, to growing up to become terrorists and getting pwnd by the U.S.'s beastly military powr.
*Azian Powr* BOI!
The problem is there are too many "have nots" in this world who have nothing to lose. At least with the muslims having so little respect for women they do not use little girls for cannon fodder.
They do, they threw women and children in front of our Humvees and APCs to try so stop us for RPG shots in Iraq
Prove it.
Perhaps in a very isolated incident. Word would have gotten out if that was happening. I caught a fish thiiiiiiisssss big
These atheists in here seem to be extremists and seem dangerous. They are not for Unity. One World Order is about peace, tolerance and unity. UNITE- I read all your comments and although I don't agree with all of them, you make valid points. These atheists in here are trolls hon, don't waste your time. Real Atheists can be tolerant to all religion, but will speak out about what they don't approve of and that is their right.
Why should any rational being have respect fro people who believe in myth? If you are not a child, than your belief in deities is the sign of a mental disorder or deficiency.
@ Unity Alien I would say Tolerance before Unity, or it sounds a bit coerced. Otherwise your points make some sense. I think people have the right to state what they like and what they don't, but you seem to think that we won't have that option to be free thinkers. That comes off a bit socialistic to me. Don't ya think so ?
Children over there are not like children here, learn this and you wont give a damn about them, they are dogs.
Um, that's the point... they SHOULD be like children over here... they're not dogs, they have dogs training them.
...And exactly what would that make you, to make such a vile comment?
We all need to give Peace a chance without attacking the good people that are in these different faiths.
All in the name of peace.... I hate this publicity that Islam gets from this fake media outlet spewing propaganda... And Christianity is the hateful and ancient religion... just read a CNN article about Muslims and how it is a myth there are not gay Muslims... lmfao they would be killed if they were. No forgiveness just death. My true God believes in forgiveness.
and that's why there's a hell – because god is forgiving? Hmm....
your god doesnt sound loving let me guess you are a muslim right?
We all just need to get along, this is supposed to be the New age yall. I agree with you alien, but you are coming off a little robotic.
Islam: The worlds largest organized hate group.
Need I mention barbaric and medieval as well.
We have spent so much time correcting the attitudes of violence within religion. Now we are also focusing
on those who are not religious, and we will not tolerate forms of violence or attacks on religious groups either.
Atheists who choose to attack good peaceful religious people will not be tolerated in our One World Order.
Yes, but there are some problems with Islam hon.
We the citizens of planet Earth seek out to unify, bless, love, bring peace and report to our government those who choose to hurt or scatter the unity among the peoples, whether they be of any race, nation, creed, religion, non-religion or sexual origin. Unification will be our law and those people who are for unity, our those who are for peace. Violence and hate shall not be tolerated, as we move forward in our Unite Earth Order.
Taken straight from a Taliban handbook I assume.
Oh give it up. You're just wondering who we are & why were doing the characters better than you. Islam is not for OUR NEW AGE MOVEMENT, SO GUESS AGAIN. You people believe the plan is in order-what you fail to realize is that WE ARE THE SECRET PLAN THAT INFILTRATED YOUR PLAN 16 YEARS AGO-WE ARE MORE NEW AGE THAN YOUR SYSTEM- AND UNITE EARTH ORDER IS SHIFTING THE PLAN OF HEIR OF THE THRONE TO A MAN IN THE USA, WHO IS A DESCENDENT OF KING GEORGE IV
Whoa there, I agree with alien a little coz Taliban is not Islamic. Smart people know that. You have an agenda against islamic people, you need to get your facts straight.
What a dreamer............
Peace unity and love is dreaming, I'd rather be on alien side
A man that uses a child to protect himself is little more than an old goat .
Are these kids shielded from the news in their country when people around them a blowing up themselves? Don't these kids wonder what happened to the people? This is such a shame that grown people are using children like this. Maybe Afghan should put the mothers in jail of any kid who is caught doing this. Maybe then these mothers would keep a closer eye on their kids and the grown men they are hanging around. And throw the fathers in jail also.
Freedom of the press and the ability to read is something most of us in America take for granted . In other countries people are shielded from the news and the ability to read just like African Americans us to be in the U.S.
By sending our soldiers into this savage land, we are doing the same thing to our "children" as the Taliban Pakistani Afghans do. And we think we're so sophisticated. Bring our military home!! And for you reigious folk... the Bible outlawed child sacrifice thousands of years ago. Bring our troops home!!
Yuri would prefer that we see OUR children slain in OUR country by muslim fanatics.
Explain this "Unity" thing to me.
Is it like being "Equal" and "The Same" as everyone else. Because if you're looking for peace and "We can all get along" in the land of milk and honey, you have to stay stoned for that.
Everyone is your friend when you're stoned.
Religion – Fighting or Standing Peaceful
Atheism – Fighting or Standing Peaceful
( Both Love, Both Kill ) No difference.
Both are of the human race.
So, if we outlaw or destroy anything-
It will be the human race.
There's the answer to fighting Religious & fighting Atheists.
Point= If you're gonna blame one group-you're gonna go with them bye bye.
Put down the crack pipe. BTW...the opposite of religion is not atheistm. Theism and religion are two separate things. One can believe in a deity and not follow one of the man made cults/religions.
Okay... I've decided this is a wierd joke. You actually had me going for awhile. That "circle of membership" was a nice touch. Don't "bogart that love" as you pass it around the circle!
I wonder if the "Circle of Membership" is like the circle of trust.......
UAO, You've been watching way too many conspiracy theory documentaries.
Atheists do not have a circle of membership, so their works are done for selfish purpose. They are the complete opposite of religion, but do not differ in hypocrisy.
That is pure idiocy. Atheists are not the opposite of anything except irrationality. There are no 10 year old suicide bombers in the world of Atheists who are acting on behalf of phantom gods ...
And you know this how ? Sure there are. They are people like you. You have murder in your heart for gathering up ALL religious people as being the very same unfit terrorists that this article describes. You are angry, vile and are seeking out any form of news that involves Abrahamic cults, religions, or organizations that use these religious labels for propaganda or psychotic association. Hate is never the answer. So if you do not believe in a deity or force of life beyond the external that is your choice, until you violate and tread upon the peace of people who do not conform to the same activities described in this article. UNITY will be the Law someday. And you will conform to unification, because it will be the law. If you do not, you will not be tolerated as a pleasant peaceful citizen of planet Earth. We the people of this nation of Earth, love, cherish, respect, honor all those religious or not and will do our best to get along with our fellow man and woman. There is no other way of living.
Mr Order, have you ever met an Atheist? It sounds like yo've been trapped in the Westboro Baptist Church for all your life, OR you are their leader. Which is it?
To Unite Alien Order – I'm hoping this is a joke because if you're serious you've been chanting, flogging yourself and praying waaaay too long. Unity will be the law? Agree or not be "tolerated"? You couldn't try to make the point atheists are suggesting and do a better job!
The world would be at relative peace without Islam . It's obvious now. Even those afflicted with political correctness are opening their eyes and in some few cases their minds.
There are two diversions running the system on the propaganda of Islam. Islam in its original form is not being practiced. Modern Islam has been infiltrated by the agenda of the anti-One World System that Unity Alien was speaking about. Even I know that and I can't stand Islam, but I tolerate the good Muslims.
As long as Pakistan allows these brain washing madras schools to operate this will continue to happen. 49% of Pakistan's populace is illiterate. Easy pickings for the mentally deficient terrorist.
The Taliban have no moral compass at all. Their apparent goal is degrade Islam to such a degree that the ordinary people will be easier to manage for their own profit. What a poor excuse for manhood they are, strapping bombs on children in order to avoid facing the enemy on their own. Beyond pitiful.
ADULT TERRORIST: Here, put this vest on, young man. Don't worry, when it explodes, the vest will protect you from the blast and it will only go outwards away from you. KID: Uh, yeah right.... then you put it on and show me how it works. I will stand over there, away from you, while you demonstrate how safe it is.
Atheists wanting special treatment ? Lol. If mono-theistic religion is going to be outlawed, then Hindu-raping children in the temples, Buddhist hellfire and brimstone reincarnation teachings, and basically all human nature will be too. Religion is full of Psychotics, and Atheism is full of Psychopaths. There is a scientific difference between the two, but the world would be a much better place without people who start wars about or for religion, politics, or personal agendas on insecurity of ones own personality disorder or mental issues.
I'm an atheist, you're an idiot... If you despise so much the human race, than why don't you start bringing it down starting with yourself?
Alien made a good point, I could have made it much clearer for it her or him or whatever he is, but basically saying that if you're going to attack people how does that make you any different than the religions that do.
thankfully a few of you are actually smart enough to know the difference between muslims and the taliban. there's a reason why taliban and al qaeda are called EXTREMISTS. they take their religion to the EXTREME. no difference between them or hitler (who justified mass killings of jews or jewish "looking" people or homosexuals). what about what's been goin on in places like the congo? those men that rape and kill actually label themselves "christian." does that mean all christians are that way? no. these certain people are just brainwashed. taliban i basically a cult claiming to be real muslims. how is that different from the idiots that drank poison kool aid? they identified themselves as christians. what about westborough baptist idiots that joyously claim our soldiers died cuz we allow homosexuality and are so happy these people have died? so because a small group get brainwashed that speaks for an entire religion right? get out of here. my brother stood along muslim afghans when he was deployed and guess what? he's been back in the states completely safe for a year.
I am lucky I got to travel to the middle east . I was born Catholic and actually sat next to a Muslim in a Mosque . I made it back . I am not a religion , I am not a skin color ! I am me and only I should have to pay for my actions . Its all about education . War is about greed and man beating their chest like apes . Too bad the children have to suffer from mans ignorance .
God bless the world we live in that God created ! But I will never understand why God would put such a creature like man on it just so man could destroy himself , his offspring , and the very planet that keeps him alive . We are the dumbest mammals out there ! Money does you no good if you die from destroying your own environment .
God created man in his image...
How can there actually be any religion when the very people that pray kill one another ? How can there be any God when children are allowed to be mutilated and killed ?
Equal rights means equal blame, plenty of women throughout history have had powerful roles controlling the mightiest of armies and empires, you can't tell me they ran a clean bill of health
More from the religion of peace..............pitooey!
Where is Spencer Tracey when you need him?
Atheists murder people in their minds, then go out, do it, and give no religion credit, nor Atheism credit, cause obviously Atheism is not a religion. So, yes Atheists murder people everyday. If you're going to have an attitude against fairy tales, non-fiction, fiction, beliefs, science, personal psychotic views, then you deserved to be outlawed too, cause your attitude sucks and some people believe that it would be beautiful for angry Atheists to be slaughtered as well. The entire human race is guilty of evil, so the entire race should be destroyed. That will take care of everything.
"So, yes Atheists murder people everyday."
Where ? Sweetheart, they don't tell you when they do. That's where ! lol. Cause they are doing it for their own agenda, not a religious cult or order. Duh!!
"Sweetheart, they don't tell you when they do."
Then how do you know?...Duh...
"Cause they are doing it for their own agenda"
And that agenda would be? Do you really know what an atheist is....sweetheart?
You responded to a question based on an 'absolute" which you stated. You failed to answer the question, but instead responded with another...strange...absolute.
Frankly, sweetheart, I question your intellect.
Before you try being condescending and arrogant, you should at LEAST be able to cite some facts to accompany your statements. Otherwise, nothing you say is valid.
I don't owe you anything. If you believe I am being condescending, you are part of the system that needs mental purification and that will come with the Unite Earth Order. Common sense tells you – That all mankind has done equal evil. I don't have to prove that to you. You are choosing to be unfit for the coming age and I feel sorry for you. The coming age is all about UNITY and my intention was not to make you feel inferior, but to enlighten upon you, the facts of your attitude against good people in religion. ALL RELIGIONS & ANTI-RELIGIONS will have their say. But when they choose to attack and plot violence, they will not be tolerated for the coming system.
Liberal atheists are the most hateful people in the world. The other day I said I did not approve of gay marriage and all these liberals started verbally and physically attacking me. I refuse to believe you people stand for peace in any way shape or form.
"Atheism is not a religion."
True! Congratulations!
Sounds like you're the extremist...
Not all humans are evil... There is goodness somewhere in everyone. Some people never get the chance to develop that goodness and so in its place hatred grows where love should have been. I believe that everyone at one time wanted to be good or act good but sometimes bad things happen and hate is born. I believe that if a person is raised with love they will love...
Are you quoting a pledge ? lol ! I love it ! The Unity stuff sounds a little hippy-ish but cool
And to think we can all thank our man made God for the better world we will live in we are told if we do it in the name of whatever god someone came o one really believes in any god up with . There is only hell ! And like our gods man made . In Gold we trust ! Not life ! The only god man believes in was just a misspelling of the word gold . They just decided to leave the L out and come up with a good fairytail story that everyone would belive . To kill a child is as close to going to hell that you will ever get . And there are a lot of people that would be more than happy to send a child killer on their way !
The thing about religion is they all take their guidance from a book only they believe. This self-justification has given the world thousands of years of death, hatred, and grief. Makes you wonder huh???
LOL, the kids would not believe that they would go to Allah, but they would believe that somehow they would live through the explosion of a bomb that would kill others.
Taliban are very dishonorable excuses for Muslims. I know many Muslims who spit at the mention of them.
This really has nothing to do with Islam, it's an excuse the Taliban uses. It's about power. Not a lot different really than churches here in the US in that sense. I agree though, I know a number of Muslims who also spit at the taliban and terrorists.
Time out from the soccer game, Here Abdul strap on this vest and go stand by those U.S. solders over, you will get a bang out of it....
Its Abdullah, if your going to kill the kid at least get his name right.....so insensitive.
This is why we have air port security even for kids. So people stop whining that your kids had to be searched at the air port security. Unfortunately, because of evil people in the world, we all have to be inconvenienced with passing through security. If someone were to slip through security and blow a plane up everyone would complain that the government should have been more strict with screening. Elderly people, children, and women are not exempt from being exploited by terrorists. They don't care who they blow up and they don't play by the rules.
Merely because they don't play by the rules doens't mean we have to give up our rights. If we do they they have already won because they have removed our freedom. I have less problem with the airport gestapo looking for weapons and explosives than I do with them looking for drugs which to a very large extent is what they are looking for, hence drug sniffing dogs and equipment. Weapons and explosives are explainable in terms of "security" but drugs are not.
Yes, kids are even in on it, too. I don't want to hear about all the dead "kids" in Syria.
These kids are not making the decisions on their own. They are being used and forced to be a part of war.
Kids will believe almost anything adults tell them. We don't need to say how base, horrible, shameless and evil these terrorists are in light of this situation. And to think, the international community is considering "peace talks" or re-integration talks with these barbaric animals. At least leave the kids out of their stupid fighting.
Religious belief justifies absolutely any evil. Just ask any extreme US Christian. There are no non-extremists in Foxholes.
Every religion has their immoral 'Mullahs' indoctrinating their children. After all, aren't the US Catholic bishops are trying to convince their followers that life occurs before conception?
Life DOES begin at conception. To believe anything else shows your own self worth, and is a basic extension of all of the bad things in our society. I am not a religious person. I am smart enough to know that once the chemicals mix, life begins.
Yes life begins at conception but certainly not a human life. A potential human life yes, but not yet.
Have yet to hear about any altar boys strapping bombs on themselves trying to blow up people. Have yet to hear of any Priest during mass telling it's congregation to go out and blow up hospitals, schools, and marketplaces. Your correlation is laughable at best.
Focus people. Teddy said BEFORE conception.
OK, now carry on.
They felt cheated because they were lied about not surviving. But it didn't seem to bother them to kill foreigners so off with their heads.
Why should they feel bad about killing foreigners? After all WE did invade their country. Maybe there was a good reason for the invastion but is there really a good reason for us to be there 10 years later? We're now an occupying force and I have no doubt that were we invaded and occupied we too would fight back.
They are just following the no child left behind.
Tragically funny.
Kill them. They will always be terrorists.
WOW Rambo....ill tell you what, ill buy your plane ticket and pay for your uzi machine gun so you can go kill....but we all know chances are that 10 year old will send your balls in a fedex box packed with a bow tie back to your mommy and daddy....at least youll be right at home with your mind like killers (dont forget...these afgans have been killing Russians, Brits, Americans and anything that breaths for the past 50 years)
hillbilly..or whatever your name is..please see Marc's reference above, or better yet try to read:
Any absolute is absolutely dangerous. Know what you are talking about before expressing an opinion. Better be silent and thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Proof that you dont know what your talking about absolutely:
Be gone.
I'd love to know how any member of the Taliban can justify themselves for sending children to do their dirty work for them – surely there's some mantra a la "I have given him a chance at paradise" that they must repeat to themselves to sleep at night.
I'm betting they say they get their own 72 virgins plus those belonging to the kid.
10 year old kids. Right, and westerners are the cowards. If you are wondering if you might be following an effed up ideology, check to see if anyone is strapping bombs to kids. That would certainly be a good clue.
Oh these kids! They blow up so soon!
"Midranger: Oh these kids! They blow up so soon!"
Well done. sir...sad & horrible.. but well done.
I don't blame the Marines for wissing on these Taliban nutcases.
"The other child, originally from Pakistan, said he was cheated by armed men and he asked to be pardoned again."
Sounds like this one is already getting the hang of it.
Sounds like they should just execute him. Or, if he really is this stupid, lock him up.
Why aren't we sending these boys back to their leaders and having them ask what "this button" was for as they push it? Seems like it would only take a few mishaps like that and they would stick with the people who understood what they were being asked to do.
you're just as bad as the guys who strapped explosives to them. heartless loser
I was of course speaking to Bob.
Has it ever been more apparent that hatred and bigotry are instilled in people by their parents and caretakers? I mean come on. What the heck does this kid know? The answer is nothing except for what his parents and elders have taught him. And those teachings have been nothing but hatred. Don't punish this kid, punish his family. Take this kid away from them and put him with some respectable people.
This is sad however any war is sad but the reality is that having child worriers is nothing new . The human becomes a product of their environment . We adults create that environment . Kids today many times learn how to be violent by way of video games that we consider harmless .
These kids have never seen a video game. What warps their minds is not TV/video games, it is RELIGION! Religious fanatics use religion as their tool to turn these children into robots.
10 year olds know what bomb does. Surprise that some of those "officials" believe them.
start 'em young ... do they still get the 72 virgins when you are 10?
10 year old doesnt want virgins, they want experience...they get 72 white trash HOORREESSS!!
Getting a ten year old to blow themselves up must be so easy a cave man could do it.
Don't insult the cave man.
You know if we just left we could ignore stories about how messed up Afghanistan was. We should ban trade and travel to the entire Pakistan Afghanistan region.
So now the Taliban is in real trouble with President Hamid Karzai for violating the Afghanistan Child Labor Laws. Bring our troops home because as soon as one of our trroops kills one of these "INNOCENT CHILDREN" in self defense, people here in the US and people in Afghanistan will be screaming to put them on trial for killing a child. They are not going to be the least bit concerned in the fact that the child was trying to blow them all up so bring them home now.
This already happened with Russia when the Russian soldiers fired at a child carrying a vest towards their tank. I don't remember the whole story but remember the noise that story made.
Taliban is straight up Pussy for doing this
The Taliban throws sulfuric acid in the faces of pre-teen schoolgirls to discourage them from going to elementary school. They poisoned dozens of schoolgirls with insecticide bombs; kidnapped, tortured and murdered female schoolteachers, kidnapped and murdered unarmed civilian medical-aid workers who were in Afghanistan to provide free medical care to women and children, murdered all the non-muslim members of a volunteer eye-surgery mission...
Yeah, they're pussies. They run from Americans and Afghan Army and allied forces because we can fight them. They prefer to murder unarmed civilians, and let their sympathizers and dupes in the US and Europe do their fighting for them with demands for the US and NATO to leave Afghanistan to the mercies of the Taliban.
This expressive how distorted peoples values have become. Children at this age barely know what it means to be alive and now they are opting to end it for a cause that they don't even understand. Some sadly do it to get money for there family( not that I condone this reason) but others don't it because it's become the norm for kids growing up.It's so sad.
This is why Islam is pure evil!
Way to stereotype an entire third of the world on the actions of a small group. By your logic, the KKK is Christian, so all Christians are racist, bigoted whites with ego problems.
Any absolute is absolutely dangerous. Know what you are talking about before expressing an opinion. Better be silent and thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
You're the enemy of progress. Was this kid BORN Muslim? I don't think so. Not anymore than you were BORN as a member of your faith. It's something taught and learned. This kid isn't screwed up b/c he's Muslim. He's screwed up b/c of his family. Now, you can (and you probably would) argue that "yea, it's b/c his family follows Islam, this is what they teach". To answer this all you need to do is go to the cities around this country and around the world with a high Muslim population, and ask yourself: are those people THAT DONT do these acts the norm, or the exception? You'd be ridiculous to suggest they are the exception
Bob kindly allow me to introduce you to your new daddy who totally owned your A-S-S a few minutes ago: Daddy MARC. Please feel free to address him as "my pimp daddy with the heavy right hand". By by now.
Bob, I have to agree 100%... For those who differ or who take the liberal approach to defend Islam, check this out... How many suicide bombers (of any age in any land) have been identified/caught and/or taught by their religious leaders and religious doctrines to do so by any of the following world-religions:
1- Christianity
2- Judaism
3- Hinduism
4- Sikhism
5- Buddhism
6- Paganism
7- Wicca
8- Satanism
9- Westboro Baptist Church
Answer, NONE! Kissing Islams ass for fear of Islamic retribution just enables them to become more militant and violent. I do not prescribe or follow any religion which makes it pretty clear to who the "bully" is here...
Have you ever met a Muslim?
Believe it or not, they're people too. And almost every religion you have on there has had some subculture that does horrific things. Being Atheist does not give you some grand, unbiased point of view (coming from one)
Yeah, Christians don't Suicide Bomb, they just get a gun and commit genocide on children at a Sweetish Camp Ground, then demand a metal. Or start 2 Oil Wars in the name of Freedom.
Phearis, please don't lump us Americans in with the Sweetish.
That's why I'm an atheist
I take it you've never heard of the Children's Crusade in the 13th century? Christianity has its own dark past in regards to the manipulation of children. Islam is about the same age now as Christianity was then, so perhaps this is part of the growing pains that all religions go through.
Have you ever met a Muslim?
Believe it or not, they're people too. And almost every religion you have on there has had some subculture that does horrific things. Being Atheist does not give you some grand, unbiased point of view (coming from one)
I have met Muslims, funny thing about them, they say they don't care if you are christian or american or not, but at their first opportunity they try to kill you.
Make no mistake about it, there are only 3 kinds of muslims, terrorists, terrorists in training, and terrorist supporters. The majority of Islam falls under the last one, but they do also end up being trained as terrorists as well. If not there would be none alive today with all the suicide bombs and deaths from other causes (ie war on terror, Israeli Mossad, etc)
there has never been a case of a xtian killing anyone as there are not bible verses that tell xtians to kill...in fact everything jesus taught was the opposite of killing. moehamhead told his followers to rape and kill
good for you... well said
Despite being anti-Moslem, I know why moslems are doing what they are, these self blowing people are only defending their people and country, they have no military that can destroy the US, and so this is their way of defending themselves.
There's a lot of Christian suicide bombers, they're all just mostly in Ireland.
In that conflict in fact, it's Christian flavor A VS Christian flavor B.
@gigoe – you are a complete and utter fucking moron. It truly is a shame that you weren't employed in either tower when 9/11 occurred – carried out by our Saudi "allies".


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Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Gimenez and Lillian Rivera, administrator of the Miami-Dade County Health Department will all be in attendance for the ceremony.
the Downtown Farmers' Market is a joint effort between the Miami-Dade County Health Department, Make Healthy Happen Miami and the Consortium For A Healthier Miami-Dade that aims to promote healthier lifestyle choices
Entrance to the farmers market is free of charge and provides local, sustainable and organic foods that include fresh fruit and vegetables, baked goods and artisan products like honey, kettle corn, smoothies and even stone crabs.
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Do you want to make a big difference in your health in one simple step?
Yes you say!
Then take better care of your liver!! (Yes, TWO exclamation points)
Ok, I get that liver health may not be the most exciting topic, but it is one of the BEST ways to boost your overall health.
This is because the liver not only metabolizes all the toxins we encounter on a daily basis, but it also regulates or contributes to a number of critical functions.
Want better skin? Take care of your liver!
Want to boost your metabolism? Take care of your liver!
Want better blood sugar regulation? Take care of your liver!
Did you know that there are over 500 biological functions tied to the liver (source), including:
- Production of bile, which helps carry away waste and break down fats in the small intestine during digestion
- Production of certain proteins for blood plasma
- Production of cholesterol and special proteins to help carry fats through the body
- Conversion of excess glucose into glycogen for storage. (This glycogen can later be converted back to glucose for energy.)
- Balancing and production of glucose as needed.
- Regulation of blood levels of amino acids, which form the building blocks of proteins
- Processing of hemoglobin for distribution of its iron content. (The liver stores iron.)
- Conversion of poisonous ammonia to urea. (Urea is one of the end products of protein metabolism that is excreted in the urine.)
- Clearing the blood of drugs and other toxic substances
- Regulating blood clotting
- Resisting infections by producing immune factors and removing certain bacteria from the bloodstream
Yep! The liver is that important!
Unfortunately, our modern world is LOADED with toxins. Holy mole it's bad out there!
These harmful toxins come at us through our air, our products, and our diet,and that means that our livers have a much higher workload than ever before.
Because of all this I truly believe that liver care needs to be on everyone's radar. Because if the liver is sluggish, inefficient, or damaged then your health will take a serious nosedive.
Basically you can't thrive with a sluggish liver.
So while I'm about to cover some amazing supplements to give your liver some serious love, it's important that FIRST you cover the basics including:
#1: Eating a toxin-free/toxin reduced diet
That means avoiding conventional pesticide-laden toxin-loaded packaged/processed foods in favor of organic whole foods. Think fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, spices, and fresh pressed juices and teas.
This also means drinking safe toxin-free water.
Your best bet here is an under the sink reverse osmosis water filtration system that also filters out fluoride. You can also buy a countertop system like the Berkey. But avoid most countertop pitchers and bottled water as they typically do NOT get most of the toxins out.
If you need to learn more read my post, The Beginner's Guide to Clean Eating or join my premium course Detox Your Diet for all the details and step-by-step guidance to thrive with your toxin-free diet.
#2: Avoiding toxic body products
This can be done in one fell swoop BUT the hardest part is typically knowing WHICH products are the safest alternatives.
I've made this as easy as I can for you by creating the Filtered Living Beauty & Body Shop, full of links to vetted products that are safe alternatives to the toxic conventional formulas.
From shampoo to deodorant to toothpaste, check out the Filtered Living Beauty & Body Shop for better options.
#3: Avoiding toxins in your home
This is a tricky one to tackle because household toxins are EVERYWHERE.
Whether you are renting a studio or remodeling your dream home, toxins are found in everything from flooring to paint, to furniture to cleaners. Most homes really are toxin soups.
But for those who need a solution right now, my best recommendation is to get a high quality air purifier. Now each situation is different but in general my favorite brands are Air Doctor, Austin Air, and Blue Air. But do avoid any of the new Wi-Fi based systems, and make sure your air purifier is designed for the square footage of your chosen room.
Now that you know HOW to best avoid the toxins in the first place, it's time to look at the specific supplements that can make a big difference in your health.
Milk Thistle
Milk thistle is THE liver protecting herb. If there was just one supplement to add in for liver protection it would be milk thistle. It's that impressive!
Milk thistle is so effective it has been clinically shown to have a therapeutic effect in hepatitis C patients (source 1) (source 2). Hepatitis C is a virus that often causes liver damage in patients.
The active components in milk thistle have also been shown to be anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, and radioprotective (protects against radiation). (source)
Anecdotally I recommended milk thistle to my father who had liver cirrhosis and was being referred for the liver transplant list. After only two months on milk thistle his liver function had improved enough to be taken off the transplant referral list!
I was in the room when his doctor showed a pleasant shock at seeing the liver function improve.
Now just to clarify my dad wasn't "cured" of liver cirrhosis (and frankly he managed to do everything wrong in terms of his liver health) but his liver function test did show enough improvement to have their recommendation for a liver transplant rescinded. Not too shabby for a little plant!
As with all supplements quality is key. Avoid any supplements with additives, and in general you get what you pay for.
I personally avoid super cheap (and chain store) supplements as they are likely to be of low quality, contain additives, and be contaminated with heavy metals.
Personally I buy the Herb Pharm brand of milk thistle capsules, you can get them here. You can also get tincture and tea. But personally I prefer the capsules.
One note, while milk thistle is considered safe and well-tolerated milk thistle does interfere with iron absorption (source). Sometimes this is a good thing (excessive iron is problematic and carcinogenic in some cases) but if you have anemia because of low iron levels, then you may consider avoiding milk thistle.
Also, those who are allergic to members of the Asteraceae plant family (daisies, sunflowers, ragweed..) may react to milk thistle.
Lastly, according to the Herbal Academy of New England milk thistle may activate the cytochrome p450 pathway in the liver which may interfere with levels of certain pharmaceuticals which are metabolized via this process.
Dandelion Root
Dandelion root is another great herb to add to your liver love regimen.
Dandelion root is hepatoprotective (liver protecting) and specifically has shown promise is reducing chemically induced liver damage as well as being highly antioxidant and anti-inflammatory (source 1) (source 2) (source 3).
Most noticeably dandelion root is a great diuretic, so if you need to flush excessive water retention, a cup of dandelion tea is a good way to do it. And also for this reason avoid drinking or taking it just before bed, unless you want to up all night.
Even more exciting is that dandelion root shows promise as an anti-carcinogenic substance. In particular inducing selective apoptosis (programmed cell death or cell "suicide") and autophagy (controlled digestion of damaged organelles within a cell) in human pancreatic cancer cells (source).
So my favorite way of getting my dose of dandelion root is by brewing a steaming cup of dandelion root tea. You can but pre-made tea bags from Traditional Medicinials or buy bulk herb and brew your own in a french press.
In general dandelion is a safe tonic herb however according to the Herbal Academy of New England dandelion is not recommended for people who have obstruction of the bile ducts, gall bladder empyema, and ileus.
Dandelion is not recommended in the case of acute gastric inflammation because it stimulates stomach acid. It is also not recommended for those on blood thinners or diuretics.
Finally, those who are allergic to members of the Asteraceae plant family (daisies, sunflowers, ragweed..) should may react to dandelion.
Turmeric is one of those plants I truly consider a gift to humanity. It is a highly researched natural substance that is credited with everything from being anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and you guessed it, liver protective.
Specifically, it turns out turmeric has been shown to heal and protect the damaged and diseased liver.
A clinical trial published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine showed that 3.0 grams per day of fermented turmeric powder was able to reduce three significant markers indicative of liver damage (ALT, AST, and GGT) (source1).
Another study published in the Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand indicated turmeric's potential to protect and regenerate the diabetic liver (source).
As if that wasn't impressive enough, there are over two dozen preclinical studies showing turmeric or its active components ability to kill liver cancer cells and tumors.
Green Med Info cites one case study involving a 6-month old infant with a life-threatening liver vascular tumor (hemangioendothelioma) who was reported treated successfully with a dietary supplement of curcumin, with 6-year follow-up (source). That's quite impressive!
I think I've made the case as to why you should incorporate this gorgeous golden spice into your routine.
There are several ways to get turmeric into your diet. You can take a liquid glycerin of whole turmeric extract, you can take capsules of the potent and patented BCM-95 (often recommended for those battling cancer or with severe inflammation, as in the case for arthritis) or you can simply cook with it using the organic whole spice.
Personally I recommend rotating through all three methods for optimum health and cancer prevention.
But regardless of which method you choose make sure your turmeric is of a high quality, preferably organic, and ideally 3rd party tested for heavy metals and contaminates.
This is a necessary step because turmeric is often sourced from contaminated areas in India and China.
I personally use and recommend the following
- Glycerin Whole Turmeric (3rd party tested)
- Whole turmeric spice (3rd party tested)
According to the Herbal Academy of New England, turmeric should not be used medicinally by those with congestive heart failure.
Additionally those prone to kidney stones, gallstones, bile duct obstruction, or certain GI disorders should not use turmeric.
Finally it's important to note turmeric is a blood thinner and as such it should not be used by those who have bleeding disorders, are on blood thinners, or who are within two weeks of scheduled surgery.
Now the three supplements above are hands down the best options for boosting liver function, protecting the liver, and in some cases even reversing liver damage, however adding a few liver protective foods can add an important extra layer of liver protection.
The first food to consider is artichoke. It's important to note that artichoke is actually a relative of the milk thistle I talked about earlier. So no surprise this other thistle has also been shown to be liver protective.
In particular one in vivo study done on rats indicated that artichoke extract may be useful for the prevention of oxidative stress-induced hepatotoxicity (source).
Additionally, artichoke has also been shown to benefit other areas including improving gut health, possibly preventing cadmium toxicity, and the ability to reduce heartburn (source).
My favorite way to get artichoke is to simply steam the artichoke and dip the leaves and heart in a little herb infused (rosemary and thyme anyone) grassfed dairy butter (like Kerrygold). Easy and delicious!
The rule in my house is whomever cooks the artichoke (usually me) gets the first heart!
Asparagus is another food to include in your liver protective rotation.
In particular asparagus has unique compounds (including asaparin A) that have been shown to be anti-carcinogenic.
A 2009 study found that one of these active components, asparanin A, was able to induce apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma (cell "suicide" in liver cancer) (source). That's pretty impressive for a simple vegetable.
Since asparagus is grown in the ground it's extra important to choose organic whenever possible. Buying thinner stalks will yield the most tender asparagus vs the thicker tougher woody stalks. Go thin or go home!
My favorite way to eat asparagus is after a light roast with olive oil, pink salt, pepper, and a touch of crushed red pepper. Om-nom-nom!
Sometimes I whip up a quick dip of grassfed full fat yogurt mixed with a touch of Dijon mustard for an extra tangy dip. (Insert image of Homer Simpson drooling! Yeah it's like that!)
So basically…
Keeping your liver in tip top shape should be at the top of everyone's list. Seriously who wants a beat up liver?
Make the obvious good choices by avoiding excess alcohol (I know, I know, it's for the best), staying away from unnecessary pharmaceuticals, and trying to avoid as many toxins as possible.
And remember, while the supplements listed above are all generally considered safe, they each have contraindications (even water is dangerous if you have too much) so always use common sense, check for contraindications unique to you, and remember to listen to your body. If something doesn't feel right, skip it. When in doubt talk to your trusted healthcare professional.
I hope you enjoyed this list of the best supplements for liver health! Don't forget Filtered family is full of resources to help you avoid unnecessary toxin exposure if your food, water, products, and home (have we met). So have a look around and start your journey toward better health. No really, go eat some asparagus!
Stay healthy out there!
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Ceramic Dog Bowl - Sand Dunes At Dawn
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This beautiful, ceramic bowl has been graced with the 'Sand Dunes At Dawn' artwork by Pauline Napangardi Gallagher from the Warlukurlangu Artist Aboriginal Corporation in the Central Desert region of Australia.
Available in large or small sizes you can mix and match the artwork with your food and water bowl to create an eclectic look or match the patterns for food and water.
Small 14.4cm (perfect for food)
Large - 17.8cm (great for water)
About the artwork: Sand Dunes At Dawn by Pauline Napangardi Gallagher - The ancestral Napangardi women performed ceremonies as they travelled, dancing and singing a landscape of rolling red sand dunes.


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About Me
Caroline Lucas EFT Coach
You Deserve to Feel Great. I'm Here to Help.
Do you feel it is important to work with someone who really 'gets' you?
Do you ever feel like you've learned to be fearful of your emotions, at least the strong emotions? Do you feel that if you go there and allow yourself to feel sadness, for example, it can feel as though you are spiralling down and down feeling stuck in it like it's a big black hole you may never get out of? Are you afraid of being out of control of intense feelings such as anxiety, panic attacks, or anger even rage that frightens others as well as yourself? Do you find yourself doing whatever you can to keep various emotions under control, so you don't have to feel them and others don't have to see them?
I am an EFT life coach. You are experiencing more downs than ups and overwhelming emotions such as anxiety, anger, and sadness. I can help you experience your emotions differently. You will feel more confident, self-assured, optimistic, more in control and calmer. Free to live your life fully and be the best version of yourself you can be.
My emotions had taken charge of my life for several years
The day my battle with my emotions began was around a traumatic and sad incident.
My brother died, he was eighteen months old, and I was four. My memories of him were of a mass of golden curly hair and a beaming smile. I used to play with him often, push him in his peddle car. On the morning I found him dead in his cot, by my bed, all our lives changed forever. I tried to wake him up, but he was cold and didn't move.
I didn't and couldn't understand what was going on. All I knew was that something really bad and scary had happened.
I remember seeing the teenager, she was seventeen, that had come that morning to look after us, as usual, and my mum who had come into the house from somewhere outside, implode with grief, shock, and other emotions. I sat and watched confused and afraid.
That scene, the feelings of shock, confusion, fear and later anger and grief, had been etched in my memory for a very long time. I didn't know it then, but much, much later I realize that I had suffered from a post-traumatic stress disorder.
What made things worse
My parent's emotions were all-consuming and they buried them, with a smile for the world outside and pride that they were "walking on" getting on with life, keeping busy, in order to avoid feeling, fully, the deep pain and guilt.
As a four-year-old, I made that difficult. I screamed. I got angry. I kicked and hit my mother in an effort to keep her away, I wouldn't let her touch me or feed me. My mother was not in a place to understand and both my parents took my behaviour personally and considered me a naughty difficult child.
No one in the immediate or extended family talked about it, to me it felt like a big secret. I grew up confused, with deep grief I couldn't' express or feel at the time, masked by anger and then ever-increasing numbness, as I realized that I was not allowed to express my feelings, it just was not safe.
I shut down and distanced myself from my parents feeling, as time went on, less and less able to trust them. I felt like I was a ghost child, the forgotten child. There was no real safe space or solid ground.
Growing up – my childhood was not how it seemed on the outside
On the outside, we seemed like an ordinary family, getting on with life. Behind the scenes the family was dysfunctional. Emotionally, as a child and teenager, I felt I had also lost my mother, father, and sister who was born a year after my brother died – we just didn't connect. This felt lonely, unsafe and confusing.
However, luckily for me that I connected to two very kind family friends and my gran. I loved them and learned a lot from them. When I left home at sixteen I lost touch with a lot of people from my hometown and my gran died, fairly young, when I was nineteen. This was another major loss for me and I was not able to fully grieve, for the loss of her, until several years later.
Stuck in a turmoil of emotions
As I got older, it became more difficult to contain my emotions and hide. I started experiencing panic attacks, anger, or freezing and body sensations that would stop me in my tracks.
The triggers that pushed my buttons, growing up, would be things like being shouted at; seeing someone in a rage; being overly judged; constantly criticized; hit at school and at home, which was both a trigger and a traumatic experience. Often I didn't know what I had done wrong. I felt rejected, scared of saying the wrong thing, of upsetting others and became wary and mistrustful of others.
I couldn't recognize what I wanted, let alone be able to voice it or be allowed to express any emotion.
It took me a long time to be able to access my anger, and I was angry, and under that, I was deeply sad, full of grief for many losses over the years. I just couldn't make my life work and this took a toll on my relationships, my health, how I made decisions and most areas of my life actually.
I didn't feel good enough. I felt that I couldn't get anything right, that there must be something wrong with me. I didn't fit anywhere, there was a feeling of looking in from the outside. I felt lonely even amongst groups of people.
Wake up call
The real wake up call came when my daughter, aged seven, was pushing my trigger buttons. I closed down. I didn't want to respond in the same way as my parents but didn't know another way.
My daughter, shouted at me "you are just like an ice maiden". I don't really know why, but it kind of broke through the ice and I could recognize myself in her words.
At that moment, I realized I needed help to heal the wounds from my past, not only for me but for my daughter, my second husband, and others.
Needing help to get me back
I had to face up to the fact that I had become a problem in my life. Whenever I tried to challenge myself I experienced fear and repeated habitual and automatic patterns behaviour that felt familiar but kept me stuck.
Somehow I knew I needed to heal the wounded parts and find the parts of me that I was too scared to allow to be visible.
I started with counselling and even trained as a counsellor, but knew I needed more so I kept searching, experiencing and learning. Step by step the wall I had built around myself softened, brick by brick, and dissolved as I delved deeper and allowed myself to safely express the stuck emotions, feel the pain of grief and shed the tears. I became able to see things more clearly, without the fog of emotion, from the past, clouding my judgment.
I learned how to handle my feelings, I am no longer afraid of intense feelings, and my emotions, when they come, are appropriate to what is happening at that moment. I allow my emotions to flow through me, Instead of getting lost in my feelings and stuck in the backstories and whatever emotion is uppermost. So things that used to bother me don't anymore. I know myself better and I am now able to love and value myself.
It's like my journey has been about making sense out of confusion and learning to experience emotions, differently, adopting a different mindset and healing the trauma to be in the world, fully experiencing the light and dark without fear. To keep expanding my comfort zone, be able to fully function and grow as a person, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. To know who I really am and not be afraid to be authentic and visible in that way.
I made it through to the other side experiencing my life differently
Today my life has changed beyond recognition. I am confident, assertive, happy and feel inner freedom I had never felt before. I feel more in control, responding to situations and people rather than reacting. I am able to experience being stretched without the debilitating stress and anxiety and know what to do, should I need to, to get back on track. I am able to effectively communicate and connect with others having and maintaining loving supportive relationships.
Being able to be me, authentic and visible has helped me forge deep meaningful friendships that are full of fun, laughter, and joy, but where we are able to discuss the difficult issues, without fear or judgement. My relationships with others, my mother and especially my husband, daughter, and grandchildren are based on loyalty, compassion, trust, non-judgement, love, and fun. I never imagined things could be this good.
I feel immensely grateful for how I am able to experience life now and to be in a place to be able to help others move through their pain and experience their life differently.
I have been working as a Transformational Life Coach for over ten years. In that time I have helped clients, get to the root of their problem, feel in control, more confident and at peace with themselves. Every time a client experiences a breakthrough, I feel happy and joyful that they have found a way to live their life, feeling more empowered and free and the way they want to.
I bring all of my training and experience with me when working with my clients in a very intuitive way. That means each session is tailored to what the client needs, so it is bespoke for that client.
My training has been in Life Coaching, Hypnotherapy, Human Givens Therapy, Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP, Advanced Emotional Freedom Technique, Healing, Mindset, and Meditation.
When a client is feeling intense emotions or trying to push them down, and a part of her mind is overthinking it or running backstories, I help her to allow the emotions without getting lost in those stories and past experiences and become aware of what is really going on for her. I help her gain insight and find her own answers, by helping her release intense emotion and let go of old beliefs that can cloud her perception of things and keep her stuck, so she can see her way forward.
I am sharing my story here because I believe life can be good for you too and to inspire you to change your situation. It is possible to change how you feel and think about yourself and your life – I am proof of that.
Even though we can't control what happens to us, we always have the opportunity to choose how we respond. When we make conscious decisions about our responses, we can influence the outcome and how our lives look for the better.
If you are ready to take back control, I encourage you to get in contact to see how I can help.
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Merry Christmas! Even when my immediate family doesn't have to host our extended family, Christmas is a busy day in the Piehl household. Between celebrating Mama Piehl's birthday (she's a Christmas baby), dad cooking a big breakfast, and everyone rushing out the door to go see my mom's side of the family, we're all on the move… or trying to avoid the work. : )
Three Christmas traditions we celebrate every year are putting baby Jesus in the Nativity scene, putting the angel on top of the tree and celebrating Mama Piehl's birthday before we open our Christmas gifts. I hope you enjoy the fourth tradition I started in college, a ridiculous card staring yours truly.
Do you have any fun traditions, trips, or special events that you do every December?
p.s. A Christmas note from my favorite show 30 Rock: Happy Holidays… is what terrorists say. Merry Christmas – Avery and Jack (View the full episode here.)