Grim News From Iraq

Bush has polarized and divided two nations.

Greg Djerejian followed the election intently:

Quote of the Day

Sunni Turnout Higher Than Expected Too

Arab Press Watch

And he had a pre-game Iraqi Elections Special.

Today was a great day for freedom.

Comments

[Jim Glass]

As Quote of the Day...

"A hundred names on the ballot are better than one, because it means that we are free."

... is pretty good, yes, but I prefer...

"I am a suicide voter", as in:

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Written on the walls of the polling station were guerrilla graffiti threatening voters: "We will kill anyone who goes to the elections. We will kill you for treason and spying."

Sunni residents claimed they were not swayed by these threats, even though their fingers would be dyed with indelible ink that would mark them as voters for several days to come.

"I am a suicide voter," said unemployed Ameriya resident Saad Ahmed, "We need to have steadfastness as a people, because our country needs a future."

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8056436a-732d-11d9-86a0-00000e2511c8.html

[Jim Baxter]

IRAQ: WELCOME GENERATION-CHOICEMAKER !

The HUMAN PARADIGM - Intro

Consider:
The way we define 'human' determines our view of self,
others, relationships, institutions, life, and future.
Important? Only the Creator who made us in His own image
is qualified to define us accurately. Choose wisely...
there are results.

The human is earth's Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature
and nature's God a creature of Choice - and of Criteria.
Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive characteristic
is, and of Right ought to be, the natural foundation of
his environments, institutions, and respectful relations
to his fellow-man. Thus, he is oriented to a Freedom
whose roots are in the Order of the universe.

See the complete article at Homesite:
"Human Defined: Earth's Choicemaker"
http://www.choicemaker.net/