To be shown in Cowboys Stadium just before kickoff
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Patrick Haddon Running for SC GOP Chairman
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| Patrick Haddon |
Greenville County Republican Chairman, Patrick Haddon, today announced he will seek the chairmanship of the South Carolina Republican Party. Haddon, who is also the First Vice Chairman of the South Carolina GOP, is the immediate past State Chairman of the South Carolina Federation of Young Republicans.
I’m Patrick Haddon, and I’m running for Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. This is a pivotal time in our state and nation as more and more people are paying attention to how the government affects their daily lives. We must come together as a party to harness that energy of discontentment to bring about conservative change. Each and every voice truly does matter and can make a difference. The Republican Party is the party of the people.
The Republican brand has value. Protecting what it means to be a Republican and educating our voters on why conservatism makes sense is vital to our organization. We must be bold in standing up for what is right and be a resource to our officials in office who are fighting the good fight. This will start at home, building our grassroots involvement from each individual precinct on up. Many of you have done this. You have worked faithfully towards the 2010 victories nationally, state-wide, and locally. Thank you for your work. We must continue your efforts to put conservatives in office and build the Republican brand to coincide with that goal.
Presidential hopefuls are already visiting South Carolina on a weekly basis. As Chairman I will fight to protect South Carolina’s First in the South primary. Having a strong organization is central to keeping our primary first. We must have the operational funding to do this. I can lead us in that effort and am on-track to have raised over $100,000 by my term’s end as Chairman of the Greenville County Republican Party. Also, the Southern Republican Leadership Conference is coming to South Carolina. Republicans and conservatives from all over the country will be coming to our state to learn, network, and plan for a 2012 victory. This is a chance to bring activists from all over our state together with conservative leaders to ignite our plan for Victory in 2012. As Chairman, I will work tirelessly to promote and protect what it means to be a Republican in South Carolina as we grow our organization and keep South Carolina’s importance on the national scale.
Let’s seize this window of opportunity to build a more conservative, unified GOP in South Carolina.
Ronald Reagan Schools Obama on the Egypt Crisis...31 Years Ago
Great wisdom from one of our greatest Presidents, 31 years ago -- and as relevant and true today as it was at that time.
Hirbet Madras Mosaic Discovered at Site of Zecharia's Tomb
From Arutz Sheva
By Chana Ya'arArchaeologists have uncovered an especially large and beautiful mosaic floor as well as numerous artifacts in excavations at Hirbet Madras, in the Judean coastal plain.
The site and its secrets are in the process of being carefully preserved by Israel Antiquities Authority specialists for conservation and future presentation to the public.
The site and its secrets are in the process of being carefully preserved by Israel Antiquities Authority specialists for conservation and future presentation to the public.
According to a release issued by the Authority, the site, identified by scholars as the residence and tomb of the prophet Zecharia, has been included in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's national heritage project.
The excavations were conducted under the aegis of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the wake of an antiquities theft during which robbers attempted to plunder an ancient underground complex.
Hirbet Madras was known as the site of a large, important Jewish community from the Second Temple period. The city was destroyed during the Bar Kochba Revolt in 135 CE.
Also uncovered were the remains of a church, as well as other buildings, caves, agricultural installations and extensive underground hiding tunnels. The site has been identified by scholars as the location of a major community.
The excavations were conducted under the aegis of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the wake of an antiquities theft during which robbers attempted to plunder an ancient underground complex.
Hirbet Madras was known as the site of a large, important Jewish community from the Second Temple period. The city was destroyed during the Bar Kochba Revolt in 135 CE.
Also uncovered were the remains of a church, as well as other buildings, caves, agricultural installations and extensive underground hiding tunnels. The site has been identified by scholars as the location of a major community.
(Israel news photo: courtesy of Israel Antiquities Authority)
In the 1980s, a lintel bearing a unique decoration discovered at the site was found to be identical to a lintel from the Hirbet Nevoraya synagogue in the north of Israel. At the time, Professor Amos Kloner and the late Dr. Zvi Ilan theorized that an ancient Jewish synagogue was located nearby.
In the wake of the illicit excavations by antiquities robbers, the lintel was rediscovered by inspectors from the Israel Antiquities Authority Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Theft. A legitimate excavation of the site soon followed, with the aim of revealing the secrets of the monumental building to which the lintel belonged.
Based on the results of the excavation, a church dating to the Byzantine period was apparently built inside a large public compound from the Second Temple period and the Bar Kochba Revolt. Eight marble columns bearing capitals especially imported from Turkey graced the nave of the basilica.
All of the floors in the building were adorned with spectacular mosaics decorated with fauna and floral patterns and geometric designs, many of which were extraordinarily well preserved, officials said.
Numerous artifacts were discovered in a subterranean hiding complex beneath the entire structure that featured rooms, water installations, store rooms and traps.
Among the items found in the rooms were coins from the time of the Great Revolt (66-70 CE) and the Bar Kochba Revolt (132 - 135 CE), stone vessels, lamps and various Jewish pottery vessels from the period.
In the wake of the illicit excavations by antiquities robbers, the lintel was rediscovered by inspectors from the Israel Antiquities Authority Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Theft. A legitimate excavation of the site soon followed, with the aim of revealing the secrets of the monumental building to which the lintel belonged.
Based on the results of the excavation, a church dating to the Byzantine period was apparently built inside a large public compound from the Second Temple period and the Bar Kochba Revolt. Eight marble columns bearing capitals especially imported from Turkey graced the nave of the basilica.
All of the floors in the building were adorned with spectacular mosaics decorated with fauna and floral patterns and geometric designs, many of which were extraordinarily well preserved, officials said.
Numerous artifacts were discovered in a subterranean hiding complex beneath the entire structure that featured rooms, water installations, store rooms and traps.
Among the items found in the rooms were coins from the time of the Great Revolt (66-70 CE) and the Bar Kochba Revolt (132 - 135 CE), stone vessels, lamps and various Jewish pottery vessels from the period.
NFIB Remembers President Ronald Reagan and His Support of Free Enterprise
In the above video, the National Federation of Independent Business remembers when America had a President who worked to unshackle the dynamism of American free enterprise. President Reagan joined in celebrating NFIB's 40th anniversary on June 22, 1983.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The Fundamental Path to Peace
Pope Benedict XVI’s defense of religious freedom
Catholic World Report Editorial
By George Neumayr
The pagans of Rome cast the early Christians as bad citizens, a charge which reappears today in both the West and East: secularists in the Americas and Europe gradually move to marginalize a Christian presence in public life while Islamic extremists and totalitarian regimes use starker measures to purge Christians from society altogether.
Pope Benedict XVI drew attention to these violations of religious freedom in his January address to members of the world diplomatic corps stationed at the Vatican. He began his survey by remembering the plight of Christians in Iraq, the terrorism in Egypt that “brutally struck Christians as they prayed in church,” Pakistan’s anti-Christian blasphemy law, the attacks on Christians in Nigeria during Christmas, and the trials and difficulties Christians still face in Communist China.
Turning to the West, he noted that its violations of religious freedom assume a more subtle character, often appearing in countries “which accord great importance to pluralism and tolerance.” He said that Christian doctors, nurses, and legal professionals have seen their right to conscientious objection wither. He decried “the banning of religious feasts and symbols from civic life under the guise of respect for the members of other religions or those who are not believers.” And he expressed dismay at the tendency of Western societies to harass Christian social, educational, and charitable agencies even when they “contribute to society as a whole.”
Pope Benedict XVI drew attention to these violations of religious freedom in his January address to members of the world diplomatic corps stationed at the Vatican. He began his survey by remembering the plight of Christians in Iraq, the terrorism in Egypt that “brutally struck Christians as they prayed in church,” Pakistan’s anti-Christian blasphemy law, the attacks on Christians in Nigeria during Christmas, and the trials and difficulties Christians still face in Communist China.
Turning to the West, he noted that its violations of religious freedom assume a more subtle character, often appearing in countries “which accord great importance to pluralism and tolerance.” He said that Christian doctors, nurses, and legal professionals have seen their right to conscientious objection wither. He decried “the banning of religious feasts and symbols from civic life under the guise of respect for the members of other religions or those who are not believers.” And he expressed dismay at the tendency of Western societies to harass Christian social, educational, and charitable agencies even when they “contribute to society as a whole.”
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