Same-sex 'marriage' loses support among Americans

It is a piece of good news. The Holy Spirit is bringing revival to USA. When Americans walk in the fear of God, they will prosper again.

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Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/28/2009 4:00:00

A recent poll indicates that Americans are not as supportive of homosexual "marriage" as they once were.


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A CBS-New York Times survey shows that support for redefining marriage to include same-gender couples has declined. Jenny Tyree of Focus on the Family Action tells OneNewsNow that, according to The New York Times, the figure dropped slightly -- but she believes nine percentage points is more than slightly.

"I think that this really digs into what Americans really feel about marriage -- that they like that [marriage is] defined between a man and a woman," she contends. "And also it's a bit of a backlash against the five states whose legislative bodies have redefined marriage very recently within the last several months."

Part of the drop may also relate to the continuing battle to defeat California's Proposition 8, she says, in which voters defined marriage as between a man and a woman.

"I think Americans really saw the intolerance that occurred after the Proposition 8 vote back in November," she recalls. "They saw that many who want to redefine marriage were not happy with really what the people decide, and what the people decided in California was to continue to define marriage the way it has been defined."

After the election, several lawsuits were filed to try to overturn the voters' decision. Another federal lawsuit challenging it was filed just last week. Tyree believes the poll also sends a strong message to the White House, which has stated as a goal to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

中国人笑贫不笑娼？

印尼宣布不允许它们的女性来马来西亚当女佣，依赖惯女佣的国人一时彷徨无助，设法解决“空缺”。以前曾经辩论过关于引进中国女子来我国当女佣的课题，这回各阶层人士再次争论不休。妇女组织反对这政策，同时朝野政党女性代议士也同声一气地反对，此朝野“合作”的情形在我国实在少见！

关于此课题，我询问了一位嫁来我国的中国朋友之看法，她认为中国人不会来
的。什么理由让她如此定断呢？她说：“女佣获得这么少工资，中国人有一句话说「笑贫不笑娼」嘛，她们宁愿做不三不四的工作也不会当女佣的。”她这番话真的一言惊醒梦中人！我思考她说的话，激发我对中国龙女在我国的一些遭遇之看法。

有理，区区500令吉的女佣工资，倒不如留在中国，何须离乡背井挣皮毛般的收入？过去发生在我国的例子，中国人被骗子游说可以在我国挖金，每个月最少两千马币。结果来到，有的做劳工，有的不兴而归，而女的被逼当应召女郎。在过去警方袭击风月场所，逮捕不少的中国龙女。并且国人听到“某某地方有中国龙女服务”的这番话是很平常的。

我不赞成引进中国女佣，一来这对我国华裔不光彩，中国女子何竟要在别人面
前让人看不起？要申请中国人来工作，引进中国老师才让我国华人光彩呢！二来她们在华裔的家庭，基于大家是华人，男主人与她们动情的机会比与其他国家的女佣更大。我不介意被许多男人骂，男家主与印尼女佣偷情的个案其实不少（华裔的弊病就是家丑不宜外扬），那么同种族的中国女佣将发生更多这类事。三来许多中国人偷偷潜入我国淘金，她们是否会通过当合法女佣来逃走，在外面风月场所做工呢？那是一个未知数。

确实中国龙女滥用签证在我国进行不道德活动，令我感到穷人的哀歌真的唱不完。试问如果她们在家乡生活好，何须离乡背井做这些对人欢笑背人愁的工呢？目前全世界都知道中国的经济增长是全世界最高的。中国越来越富有，但仍然有这么多穷人没获得照顾，出尽法宝往外国跳飞机，中国政府不知有何感想？曾经在4年前美国不是控诉中国没有好好地照顾自己的国民，以致出现这类中国人跳飞机的浪潮吗？

要解决淫业，先解决贫穷

到底中国人的观念里，他们是骂娼抑或是颂娼呢？答案是很矛盾的。首先请问
是谁供养这些妓女的呢？就是那些玩世不恭的男性，这些人是骂娼还是颂娼的？这不言而喻！其次请问是谁在当妓女的呢？大家都认定是贫穷人家的女子！那么她们的父母知道后是否会骂她们？正常的父母都会责骂并会感到羞耻，因为女儿是靠着牺牲色相来养活家人。

一些国家曾经有人对多名妓女作个调查，得到的数据显示大部分人是为了生计。所以，一日贫穷问题不获得解决，就一日仍然会有不道德的行业在我们的左右的。中国人并非真的“笑贫不笑娼”，乃是穷人家在逼不得已的情形下走上娼妓之路。一旦她们走上这条路，便是痛苦，疾病和心灵受损的开始。它续而引发更多社会和家庭问题，这对一个国家的发展打击威胁不轻呢！所以，有道德意识的国家领袖和社会人士，务要致力于解决贫穷的问题，也当灌输给那些有金钱需要的女性正面地去学习爱护自己身体。

迈克杰逊巨星陨落

迈克杰逊，那位被举我流行音乐王的巨星陨落了！他6月26日死于位于洛杉矶住宅，享年50岁。初步说他死于心脏病，但还需进一步化验。

以下是我在2005年写的一篇文章，当时我祝福他，希望他能走向光明。但从表面上看来，他并没有成为一个基督徒，可惜。人生就是这样，当我们丰富时，我们没有去想功名财利只能属于我们几十载而已。它们不能给我们永生，只有接受耶稣基督作救主才能得到。

看看这幅图画，这仁兄是一个迈克杰逊的支持者。当迈克正承受一连串的法庭审讯期间，他显得非常焦虑和失望。一身迈克的打扮，在他前面放置两幅匾牌，一个宣示迈克“爱”地球，一个宣示迈克是“无辜的”。

迈克杰逊被控性侵犯少年和儿童的10项罪名的案件，2005年6月13日被判无罪释放。这案件经过4个月的审讯，全世界的媒体都追踪报道。案件下判的法庭审讯，法官还批准通过互联网让全世界收看。宣判结果信息一出，守候在法庭外的麦可歌迷，甚至全世界的歌迷都欢喜若狂，美国报纸出“号外”，可见世人对这位杰出的艺人迈克是何等地支持。

迈克被判无罪释放，都是在我和许多人的预料之下。法官罗得尼也把陪审团的声明当众宣读：“我们这群陪审团感到世人的眼目带来的压力。”这是最明显的提示，那种压力不好受，也等于说压力致使他们应该作怎样的决定。法官继续读说他们要求准许他们回去“我们的私生活，像先前隐姓埋名地来，也要隐姓埋名地回家。”虽然陪审团以“不信孩童的母亲的供词，但他们放过迈克，就只好爪爪脑袋发出会心的微笑感叹一句“这就是美国司法”。

迈克这位一代流行歌曲天王，以陶醉人心的情调风靡全球。基于他有些歌曲插入西方的不良意识，加上他的舞台动作有点不文雅，所以在1990年代来吉隆坡的默迪卡体育场表演时，受到许多保守的国人抗议，但最终还是成功地主办。迈克的性格有点怪僻，例如他在自己身上的过分阵容导致皮肤出现症状，也使不少人士鄙视。但其实他人的心地不错，还有慈善的一面常捐助救济社会事工。

希望这案件能够给迈克很大的启示，他获得了恩典不受牢狱之灾，不等于他没有犯下罪行。所以希望他日后以他的歌艺才干和热心的公德，活出一个新造的迈克杰逊来。诸如迈克的辩护律师彼得说：“公义已经获得伸张，迈克杰逊现在是一个无罪的人。”迈克全世界的歌迷都高兴见到他无罪释放，其他人也该认可在法律面前人人平等，凡在法律下不被定罪的，他就是一个自由的人。相信在这宗案件中，大家也学习到，人更要谨慎地维护道德律。过去4个月大家可看到迈克承受审讯，控方的证人暴露出许多被告的不雅内情，尽受尴尬的折磨，实在可怕。所以华人有句俗语是值得思考的：“生不入官门，死不入地狱。”

7 Ways to Slash Cancer Risk

by Melanie Haiken

Would you change your lifestyle if you could slash your risk of getting cancer by a third or even half? That’s the challenge posed by a huge new report just released by The American Institute for Cancer Research that pulls together and analyzes the most comprehensive data on cancer prevention yet.

Okay, I admit it, you’re not going to like some of this advice, and neither are your family members. I know I don’t. Give up salami, one of my favorite lunch options? Yikes. And alcohol? As native Californians who grew up going wine tasting in the Napa Valley whenever possible, my siblings would be really sad if family dinners were no longer accompanied by a bottle of good zinfandel or pinot. And what’s a burrito without a cold beer and lime to go with it?

But this evidence is so compelling that I think all of us in Cancer World are going to have to look twice at some of our lifestyle choices and may feel newly motivated to make changes, or nag at our loved ones to do so. Imagine, by following these guidelines, we could prevent:

More than 45 percent of colon cancer cases
(Translation: 49,000 people would not get colon cancer)
38 percent of breast cancer cases
(Translation: 70,000 people would not get breast cancer)
One third of all the most common cancers
This report is a big deal because the experts who compiled it looked at every major study and based their recommendations on hard evidence of what really works to reduce cancer risk. “This is the practical application of five years of work sorting through what the science really says,” said panel member Steve Zeisel, MD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1. Be physically active for at least 30 minutes a day. As well as helping prevent weight gain, research shows that activity itself helps prevent cancer by keeping hormone levels healthy, which is important because having high levels of some hormones can increase cancer risk.

2. Lower your weight to the lower end of the body-mass index for your height. Even more important, banish belly fat, which acts like a ‘hormone pump’ releasing estrogen into the bloodstream as well as raising levels of other hormones. This is strongly linked to colon cancer and probably to cancers of the pancreas and endometrium (lining of the uterus), as well as breast cancer, particularly in postmenopausal women.

3. Avoid sugary drinks and high-calorie foods. Cutting out foods made from white flour and sugar, such as candy, pastries, and other baked goods that aren’t whole grain, is one of the fastest ways to lose weight, and is also healthier for blood sugar balance.

4. Eat more fruits and vegetables.

5. Eat less red meat and little or no processed meat. Experts say there’s no longer any doubt that eating beef, pork, and other red meats raises the risk of colorectal cancer. Red meat contains heme iron and other substances that damage the colon lining, making way for tumor growth. Processed meat is even worse. When meat is preserved by smoking, curing or salting, or by the addition of preservatives, cancer-causing substances (carcinogens) are formed that damage cells in the body, leading to cancer. While studies show we can eat up to 18 ounces a week of red meat without raising cancer risk, research shows that cancer risk starts to increase with any portion of processed meat.

6. Limit alcohol to two drinks a day for men, 1 for women–but none is best of all. Unfortunately for all those of us who like a drink now and then, there’s convincing evidence that alcohol increases the risk of cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, and colon. This one got hit with a double-whammy of evidence this week; the National Cancer Institute also reported the results of a huge study detailing the risks of alcohol for women. Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, cancer blogger for the American Cancer Society, spelled it out in black and white: “there is no level of alcohol consumption that could be called safe.” Scientists are still researching how alcohol causes cancer. One theory is that alcohol can directly damage DNA, increasing our risk of cancer. Research shows that alcohol is particularly harmful when combined with smoking.

7. Limit salt intake. Salt and salt-preserved foods are linked to stomach and other digestive cancers; limit salt to 2400 milligrams to be safe.One last thing; this report did not even address smoking, because experts consider that such a no-brainer at this point. Smokers increase their chances of getting almost all kinds of cancer every time they light up. So the only recommendation is, don’t.

分析国阵当今实力

国阵自去年308大选失去三分之二优势至今，当今它的实力是提升了抑或倒退了呢？我们来看看一些现象，让人民断定它的实力：

一、在西马的几场补选，国阵不是惨败就是不敢参选。而国阵在砂拉越的州席乃赢在金钱政治加上选民的资讯不通。

二、前首相阿都拉从一个全国最高身份落泊到成为一个后坐议员，这是全世界只有在大马才看到的政治情况。可想象若美国前总统小布什在卸任后成为一个参议员，那是什么样的体统？全世界的至高领袖在卸职后，都会留给自己尊严辞去议员职位，免得在国会被煎熬得尴尬痛苦。

另一个该辞职的是马华前总会长黄家定。而国大党主席三美威鲁则比较幸运，因他在大选中被淘汰。至于民政党主席许子根本来好像三美的命运，但却靠走后门不光彩地进入国会，肯定需要很厚的脸皮才能够顶得住民联议员的白眼！

然而他们在当今国阵这么弱的时刻，哪里敢辞职？因为对选举成绩心里有数。

三、霹雳州的政变，国阵不敢重新委托州民选择政府。

四、回教党提出与国阵组织联合政府，现在民联宣告没谈判的意思。作为首相的纳吉却却心急，他说回教徒感到失望，这番话让人看到他其实已经落得要去哀求回教党回心转意。作为首相，他又提出“一个马来西亚”治国方针，又要搞种族宗教政治，号召马来人大团结，到底他的立场是什么？过去51年国阵强大的时候，它根本不会看在眼里。

五、马华在华裔的心中，地位越来越衰微。马华在去年大选后的三、四个月里敢怒敢言，甚至敢责怪巫统的嚣张把国阵成员党拖下水。但后来渐渐又恢复大选前的老样子。现在它仍然是受巫统拖拉着鼻子走，巫统几时有尊重过马华在作决定前先咨询后者？如果马华再无法能够令自己与巫统同起同坐的话，对不起，马华，我估计下届大选你们会只剩下赢得少于10个国席。

同时我并不看好蔡细历能够为马华挽救什么实力。他被委任为国阵高官，可能就是他政途的坟墓。蔡细历应该考虑加入民联，因为我预计柔佛是下届变天的州属。所以他应该用3年时间带领支持者为自己铺路，否则享受官位太久要退出时已经太迟了。

Najib was not prepared to let go racial politics

I pitied PM Najib. His 1Malaysia motto for governance is definitely a failure. When Pakatan Rakyat had dismissed the idea of Unity Government between PAS and UMNO, Najib was disappointed.

Najib claimed that many Muslims were disappointed. So he pleaded that PAS would push through the talk. It is clear evidence that Najib was not prepared to let go racial politics!

Najib is pitiful. When the time BN was strong, do you think it will consider such proposal by PAS? No way! BN will not even bother to entertain such thoughts.

Barisan Nasional is now standing on thin ice. By next Gen. Election, BN will face the threat of losing power to govern. So Najib has become so humble to plead. If he couldn't get the support from PAS, he will be the the last and shortest-ruled PM.

Najib played with racial and religious issues. He is still living in the past when the Malays used to call for racial and Islamic unity. BN lost her two-third majority in last year 308 GE. The result showed that people rejected playing race-cards.

Therefore, if Najib is so blur about the mistake BN had made, and still step his feet in the dung-pit, he will be stinked all over.

Growing the AG Way

Bucking the trend of denominational decline, Assemblies of God churches continue to grow in membership, according to the latest report.

For an astounding 19th year in a row, the number of people who consider themselves Assemblies of God (AG) adherents increased—this year to more than 2.8 followers, marking a 1.3 percent rise. The news comes on the heels of a recent nationwide study that found most mainline groups—including Southern Baptists, Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Lutherans—in decline.

"The increase by more than 1 percent is significant," said statistician Sherri Doty, who contributed to the denomination's Annual Church Ministries Report. "The U.S. population grows by about 1 percent a year, [so] this is an indication that we are growing faster than the population. And in light of the steady declines in attendance by other religious organizations over the past years, this is encouraging news."

Weekly church attendance among AG churches grew by 1.6 percent, while baptisms grew 0.5 percent. The report also indicated, however, that fewer non-Christians were committing their lives to Christ at an AG church.

"We are grateful for another year of growth as we continue to focus on prayer, church planting and revitalization, pastoral leadership training and enhanced local ministry resources," states General Secretary James Bradford. "Some of our hardest work is yet ahead of us, but we are encouraged and aiming at accelerated growth in the future." [AG News, 6/17/09]

Sleep more, weigh less

by Deborah Kesten

Lots of weight loss products promise miracles. One in particular that I recall says a magic pill lets you lose weight while you sleep. Now, groundbreaking new studies are revealing that you don’t even need a mystical (and questionable) potion to lose weight while sleeping; what women in particular need is sleep itself for effortless weight loss. (Do you know of an easier way to lose weight than indulging in lots of restful sleep?) There’s one caveat though: women need to sleep enough hours to reap the rewards; skimp on sleep and the converse occurs–you’re more likely to put on pounds.

Counting Zzzzzz’s

Are women really more prone to put on pounds when they don’t get enough sleep? Absolutely, says Sanjay Patel, M.D., the lead investigator of the study that revealed the link. To come to this unexpected conclusion, Dr. Patel and his team conducted the largest study of its kind. Starting in 1986, they began to track the sleep habits of almost 70,000 middle-aged women; at the same time, they linked the number of hours each slept each night to weight gain. The sleep-less, weigh-more link was there at the start of the study: women who slept 5 hours or less nightly already weighed about 5.4 pounds more than those who managed seven hours or more each night. Over the next 10 years, the more sleep-deprived women gained an average of 1.6 pounds yearly. While this may not seem like much, over a period of 10 years, this could mean 16 added pounds, or 32 pounds over a 20-year period.

Over the course of the 16-year study, the researchers found that about 33% of women who sleep five hours or less per night are at greatest risk for weight gain. Specifically, these women gained 33 pounds or more over time, while 15% of them gained even more weight and became obese. In comparison, 12% of the women who sleep just one hour more each night for an average of six hours are likely to gain weight, with 6% becoming obese; those who typically manage 7 hours or more nightly gained the least weight.

Womens’ Sleepless World

If you’re a woman and you find it difficult to get to sleep or stay asleep, you have a lot of company. When the National Sleep Foundation conducted a national poll, they found that 67 percent of women experience some kind of sleep problem. There can be lots of reasons for this, but a key culprit seems to be the hormonal mix that occurs between first pregnancy through menopause (which is generally between our twenties into our fifties). During this time, hormone shifts can lead to changes in mood that range from calmness to high-pitched anxiety. The hormone link? Naturally occurring low levels of progesterone can especially lead to a sense of “being on edge.” Add a “you-can-have-it-all” sensibility that permeates our culture, and you have a recipe for sleeplessness.

Fight Fat with Sleep

Luckily, there are ways to work with too little sleep, and in the process, lower the odds of weight gain. First, put “worry mode” on pause. If ruminating on problems is causing sleep deprivation, write your worries on a piece of paper and decide on a specific time–the next day–when you’ll give them some attention. Other suggestions: sip some soothing chamomile tea, or read a relaxing book before going to sleep. Discover what works best for you, then commit to sleeping 7 hours nightly, the number of hours experts suggest for women to ward off weight gain.

PAS must prove herself that she is capable of forming government

by Steve Oh

As for the PAS call to ban civic group Sisters in Islam many Malaysian civic groups, eminent persons and politicians and individuals have remonstrated against the PAS proposal. Rightly so.

As for PAS wanting to ban Sisters-in-Islam, if PAS wants to retain its image as a progressive political party capable of forming government, then it has to show us it is capable of distinguishing between freedom and coercion.

It would help its cause if it does not resort to calling for the ban of a group of women whose only wrong appears to be their challenging of our false ideas about many things.

This PAS proposal is downright dictatorial. There is something for them to learn from the present political situation in Iran. You need foresight and flexibility to run a diverse and mature urbanized country such as Malaysia.

So far PAS, has shown it has a hard time catching up and may be its own worst enemy in trying to win a Pyrrhic battle against Sisters in Islam and their supporters, amidst growing public support.

If political parties whose modus operandi in debate is unable to win our hearts and minds through rational dialogue, and have to resort to strong-arm measures such as bans and censorship, then they prove they are unsuitable politicians and unworthy of our support. Who wants the semblance of a Taliban administration?

Trafficking charge a shame for the whole country

by Steve Oh

I refer to the Malaysiakini report Malaysia blacklisted for human trafficking.

This report is yet another reason why the government has to crack down on corruption within its enforcement agencies.

For a long time now Malaysians have been aware of the immigration rot and its involvement in human trafficking and the public has been informed through media reports and blogs. Even Rela has been implicated yet the government seems reluctant to arrest the problem with the same gusto it sends its police to crack down on dissidents.

Human trafficking is an assault on human dignity, on humanity itself, and can't be condoned in a country that makes loud noises about morality but seems to be blind and deaf to the plight of the victims.

I recall reading accounts of refugees being abused, and females raped by Malaysian enforcement personnel. Such news is on public record. Yet the authorities have not stopped the illegal and inhumane activity.

Malaysia often prides itself as being a head above the rest of its neighbours in many things. But this latest indictment by the Americans who have the evidence to support their allegations cannot be ignored. It is a crime against humanity and a betrayal of all that the country stands for and the perpetrators must be brought to account.

Go after those who collude with the criminals and who grab a share in the proceeds of a crime against humanity. Confiscate the proceeds of the crime and establish a fund for the victims.

The proper response is an immediate task force formed of the police and other non-immigration personnel and respected community leaders to urgently crack down on this despicable and treacherous activity that has tarnished the country's image at home and abroad.

It is a shameful crime that no decent Malaysian should ever have to live with in their own backyard. I shall be pleased to be a member of this task force, however dangerous, if it sees the light of day.

But how serious is the government in restoring the country's seriously tainted image abroad? This blacklisting will put the country on the moral back foot and make it lose its moral authority to comment or act on other moral issues. Is this what the government wants?

Let's hope we see real moral leadership and a government response to arrest those evil people and dishonest immigration officials who make the lives of others hell on earth.

Civic groups should not relent in sending the message to the government that corruption involving the loss of public funds is one thing but corruption among government officials resulting in the victimization, even deaths of refugees and foreigners must not be tolerated.

Any government response short of an immediate crackdown will be seen as abetting the perpetrators. After all, the blacklist is not something new to Malaysians but a confirmation that human trafficking exists in their country and brings shame on all our heads.

Malaysia blacklisted for human trafficking

Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/106614

The United States has put Malaysia back on the blacklist of countries trafficking in people after removing the country from the list last year.

The State Department annual ‘Trafficking in Persons Report 2009′, which examined efforts in more than 173 countries to combat trafficking for forced labour, prostitution, military service and other purposes, has Malaysia sharing the blacklist with 16 other countries.

Among the 17 countries on the blacklist are Burma, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Sudan and Saudi Arabia. “Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a source and transit country for women and children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation, and for men, women, and children trafficked for the purpose of forced labour,” said the report, which was released by the US State Department today.

Malaysia was elevated from the blacklist in 2008 to the ‘Tier 2′ watch list after plunging into the dreaded ‘Tier 3′ two years ago. The country was first blacklisted in 2001 but its ranking improved to ‘Tier 2′ in subsequent years until 2007. In that year, it was relegated to ‘Tier 3′ but last year, the report said “significant efforts being made to comply with minimum standards of combating human trafficking” which resulted in Malaysia being removed from the blacklist.

“Malaysia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, despite some progress in enforcing the country’s new anti-trafficking law,” said the 2009 report.

It said that while the government took initial actions under the 2007 anti-trafficking law against sex trafficking, it has yet to fully address issues of human trafficking.

Refugees ‘sold’ by Immigration Officials

The report referred to another report by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee two months ago which found the involvement of Immigration Department officials in trafficking Burmese refugees. According to the report, Malaysian immigration officials sold refugees for approximately US$200 (RM700) per person to traffickers operating along Thailand’s southern border.

In turn, the traffickers demanded ransom – ranging from US$300 (RM1,000) for children to US$575 (RM2,000) for adults – in exchange for their freedom. “Informed sources estimated 20 percent of the victims were unable to pay the ransom, and were sold for the purpose of labour and commercial sexual exploitation.” It said that so far little action has been taken since the release of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee report in April.

“The Malaysian police is investigating the allegations with the cooperation of the Immigration Department, as publicly confirmed by the prime minister but no officials were arrested, prosecuted, or convicted for involvement in trafficking during the reporting period,” it lamented.

Migrant workers victimised

The report is also scathing in describing the country’s treatment of migrant labourers. “Some migrant workers are victimised by their employers, employment agents, or traffickers who supply migrant labourers and victims of sex trafficking. Some victims suffer conditions including physical and sexual abuse, forced drug use, debt bondage, non-payment of wages, threats, confinement, and withholding of travel documents to restrict their freedom of movement.”

The report pointed out that the government continue to condone the confiscation of passports by employers, while employers passed the government’s ‘immigration levy’ on to the low-skilled migrant workers, which facilitated debt bondage.

It also said that women from Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, Mongolia, and China are forced into prostitution after being lured to Malaysia with promises of legitimate employment.

The report concluded that the government had made only “limited efforts” to prevent trafficking in persons over the last year.“As a regional economic leader approaching developed nation status, Malaysia has the resources and government infrastructure to do more in addressing trafficking in persons,” said the report.

Malaysia could face sanctions

Countries on the blacklist could face sanctions, including the withholding by US of non-humanitarian, non-trade related foreign aid. They would also be subject to withholding of funding for government officials to participate in educational and cultural exchange programmes.

On a bright note, the report named Malaysia’s Alice Nah as one of its nine 2009 ‘heroes’. Nah, who is from the Migration Working Group, has raised government and public awareness through online articles describing the plight of trafficking victims, refugees, and migrant workers.

“In January 2009, Nah wrote about the trafficking of Burmese refugees along the Malaysia-Thailand border. Her article increased local and international attention to the issue and raised public awareness within Malaysia,” it said.

父亲节感言

每年母亲节和父亲节，教会出席人数总比平常的礼拜聚会更踊跃。儿女们都带着父母亲来领受牧师的祝福祷告。

身为一个牧师，每年这两个节期讲道都感触良多。尤其是父亲节，基于父亲都忙碌于在外“找吃”，所以平常做礼拜的群众比较少父亲的。父亲也往往比母亲接触孩子的时间少，能够邀请到父亲参加教会并不容易，因为不少孩子受到母亲的影响力和亲切感比父亲的来得大。

感触良多也因为每个家庭都有一本难念的经，无论你是作孩子还是父母的，若不是靠一个“包容”的形态非能够建造美满家庭的。我想到一个父亲，他的太太得着怪病几年行动不方便，但他不离不弃悉心照顾他。他对两个不是亲生儿子也照顾有嘉，如同己出，在我心目中他是一个伟大的丈夫和父亲，今年我打算表扬他。

节期扮演缔造家庭和社会和谐的角色本意是好的，但在一个资本主义充斥的社会之大前提下，商业化掩盖了实质的意义。“双亲节又到了，我买了Gintel；阿爸我爱你，送你部Gintel。”几千块钱的礼物，不是要买就能买的。诸如这类趁节期抢一羹市场的广告，在这竞争时代已屡见不鲜。我在幻想着一个谐音：“阿爸我爱你，送你部Gen 2。”其实真正的孝心并非等到什么节期才来行动的，也未必要以名贵的物质来表达的。若真的是如此，一个收入仅仅够用的孩子岂不是不能行孝？

孝心是心态的问题，一个平常日子懂得向父母感恩的孩子，比一个在节期才想到感恩的更强。华人也喜欢给父母亲风光的葬礼，若平常都好好对待父母亲还可接受，若不，那只是做给人看而已。华人有句俗语：“生前请我吃粒豆，好过死后请我吃猪头！”

但愿天下父母们把孩子抚养成为社会英才，也但愿天下孩子们常常向父母感恩。

为什么人生气时，说话用喊的？ Why do people shout instead of talking when they are angry?

One day, a professor asked his students 'Why do we SHOUT instead of speaking when we are ANGRY?'


All the students thought for a while. One answered, 'Because we lost our cool. That's why we SHOUT.'


The professor asked again, 'But the person is just right next to you, why can't we talk softly instead of SHOUTING?'


Almost all gave their opinions but none made the professor satisfy.


Finally the professor explained, 'When we are ANGRY, our hearts drift apart. In order to cover up the DISTANCE, we instinctively SHOUTED instead of speaking so as to make the other party hear us.'


'But as we SHOUTED, we got ANGRIER. And subsequently our hearts drifted further apart. So we had to SHOUT even louder...'


'It is the reverse when we were in love. Not only we didn't shout, we whispered into each other's ears. Why?'


'Because our hearts were very closed to each other, were almost never been apart. As our love deepened, we reached a state of mutual communication when words were not even needed.'


'We had mutual understanding just by exchanging of sight,' concluded the professor.


'Therefore, when we are quarreling, DON'T speak words that will make our hearts drift apart. WAIT for a few days. When you feel that your heart is no longer far apart, communicate nicely from thence..

Tee Keat asked, and 3 out of 4 answer: Get MCA out of BN

by Edward Cheah

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 – It seems like an odd poll to have on an MCA leader’s website but there it is: “Should MCA leave BN?”

After all, MCA is a senior partner in the ruling coalition.

And what did Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat find out from that survey? Well, 75 per cent of those who responded say MCA should leave BN.

The already-battered MCA has been hit by the Port Klang Free Trade Zone scandal and has yet to find a way to recover from their dismal outing at last year’s general elections.

Asked if he was worried about the survey result, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said: “As far as I am concerned, MCA has no interest in leaving. It is only an academic exercise but the political position of MCA is to be a senior partner in the BN.”

Of course, the real question is: just what does Ong Tee Keat plan to do now that he knows.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/29228-tee-keat-asked-and-3-out-of-4-tell-mca-to-leave-bn-
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Allen: After last year's 308 General Election, the Chinese found that UMNO remained adamant that they had done nothing wrong. UMNO had been dominating BN. Though MCA was a senior partner, she had suffered much setback when pleads were turned down. If MCA is a partner on par with UMNO, MCA shouldn't have pleaded.

避免洗腎的秘方

以下是部落格主人收到的電郵，有沒有效不能保證。

各位親朋好友：

這秘方如果早25年收到，也許我家孩子現在就不會怨歎：人皆有母我獨無! 我家種荔枝50餘年，取得荔枝核何其容易，居然不知是寶，連自己的枕邊人也枉費14年歲月洗腎，最終還是不支奉召回歸西天。

台灣洗腎的病友很多，也許您身邊周圍就有人在洗腎，如同作者所言死馬當活馬醫，可能有願意試試的人，拜託您把此方傳出，度一人就等於救了一個家庭，功德無量!

謝謝傳出此秘方的所有有關人士，謝謝!

各大醫院差不多設有「血液透析室」，裡頭布滿了各種大小粗細不一的管子，這就是洗腎的場所，將人體的血液經由靜脈通往機器，將身體血液中的廢物、有害物質清除，第一次被推進「血液透析室」。那種心情是複雜中帶些恐慌與無奈。

會走到洗腎這條路，主要是腎功能已經無法發揮，導致尿液無法排除，經過一段時間的導尿之後，仍然未見起色，不得不改採洗腎的方式解。

我腎功能之所以失效，主要是由於長期糖尿病所造成的，二十年的糖尿病史使得我對人生了無生趣，有幾次真的想自我了斷，然想到萬一我走了，幾個小孩子未成家立業，又想到如果我以自殺了此一生，我的親人、朋友情何以，自己患病雖然痛苦，但如果我的逃避會帶給家人更大的痛苦，那麼，我還是病魔纏身而勇敢的走下去。

對於秘方，我有強烈的排斥感，二十年來，我只聽從西醫的話，期間雖有很多的親友提供偏方、秘方，我一概敬謝不敏，直到進了「洗腎室」似乎跟死神搏鬥，我突然想通了，與其坐以待斃，不如死馬當活馬醫，說不定真的有一絲希望。

第二次洗腎之後，小嬸的娘家來看我，問我要不要服用秘方，保證一定可以不用再洗腎了。我當場表示願意試試看。

當天中午小嬸拎著一鍋腰子 湯要我吃，我分成二次把湯喝完，第二天再喝一鍋（約一碗半）同時吃了半個豬腰，當天排尿就有了改善，第三天原本還要洗腎，醫生看了之後，表示暫時可以不必洗。大約喝了一週左右的腰子湯，結果醫生很驚訝地說，腎功能已漸恢復，可以辦出院。

小嬸娘家的偏方是：

新鮮荔枝的種子七粒、打碎後用紗布包紮，再買一副豬腰，切成薄片、切除白筋洗靜後，與荔枝種子同時放在大碗公內，加上第二次洗米水兩婉，一起放在電鍋中蒸，大約蒸半小時，然後一次把湯喝完，就能奏效。

我個人洗腎拜此秘方才能提早免疫，真是功德無量，但願對同病相憐者有幫助。

天界傳下此秘方 救人一命好心腸
簡單有效免花銀普告天下廣傳揚

国阵回教党联合政府的梦想

回教党两个最高党鞭建议与国阵组织联合政府的计划。这造成向来引起非马来人不满的巫统喉舌《马来西亚前锋报》趁机肆意炒作此课题，召唤回教党归队，缔造所谓马来人大团结。如此搞种族和宗教主义只能制造回教徒和非回教徒之间的互相仇恨，把两者分清“楚河汉界”的隔开式政治，已经不适合独立了51年的大马了！

回教党和巫统组织联合政府，这如同圣经形容的“半铁半泥”的政权，因为铁和泥是不能长久黏得住的。回教党自1950年代即发动成立回教国斗争，至今掌权丹、吉两州，去年大选也剧增国和州议席。回教党攻的选区，以马来人为主，这是否意味马来人越来越倾向极端回教主义呢？

这届大选让人民联盟大胜，回教党诠释人民开始接受回教党的斗争。其实不然，而是人民厌倦国阵的种族政治。

回教党能左右政局

大选后，有些巫统领袖在分析败选原因时，认为既然行动党和公正党能够跟回教党合作，国阵也应该可跟回教党合作的。回教党曾在1973年应巫统之邀加入国阵，但在1977年11月因它秉持神权政治理念而遭开除。回教党主席哈迪一再提出回教党与国阵组织联合政府课题，我认为回教党乃是能够左右我国政坛的关键政党。

国阵失去三分之二国会优势，会否为了巩固势力而妥协回教国课题以拉拢回教党呢？看来回教党手中拿着一张王牌，行动党和公正党未必永远抓得稳它的。行动党和公正党在容忍与回教党结盟，因为是为了迈向执政中央的目标。而回教党也在容忍与前两者结盟，因为是为了扩张回教的影响力，以祈有朝一日能够实施回教国。双方彼此利用，后果就是决裂！至于回教党和巫统合作呢？前者讲回教法，而后者讲世俗。同时，回教党想在政府里作头，巫统哪里肯放弃主导政权的这块肥肉呢？那么后果也是决裂！

马来人是否接受民主改变？

回教党目前不可能一党独大，所以回教国议程或许可跟巫统合作。所以千变万化的政治，下届大选是国阵还是民联执政，成也回教党，败也回教党也！总之，搞马来人大团结这类的政治，非但不能统一各大民族，反而会引起社会不安。

我认为下届大选决定国家命运，马来人的动向最关键，因为他们占了大部分的人口。到底马来人要改变吗？那些离开甘榜迁居城市的马来人，开始过着时尚生活，新潮年轻女性不裹头巾又染发。而受教育不深的青少年则喜欢飚车，因为在回教党执政的地方没机会玩这刺激游戏。

城市化的马来人成为知识分子，他们接触互联网，所以不易受到政客言行摆布，并接受回教国理念的可能性也已经弱化了。目前公正党大力推动民主形式，要改变国家先从自己的党开始。一些在我国新的政治形式包括：党员直接选党主席等中央领袖；党主席最多三届，即9年任期；青年限定在35岁以下...等等。这种政治形式开创了大马的政治格局，有利于进一步推动两线制。

所以，下届大选起码有两个可能性：一、民联三党继续合作成为一个阵线对垒国阵。二、回教党与国阵合作（并不是加入国阵）。情况会是一对一的竞选（除非有独立候选人），国阵和回教党合作的安排大有可能是有回教党的选区，国阵就不竞选。如果马来人认同国家民主改革的话，公正党和行动党组成的民联会成功执政，因为在马来人选区，公正党会强碰国阵和回教党的。如果马来人不愿改变，坚持马来人种族主义的话，国阵仍然会在下届大选执政的。

感激马哈迪

纵使前首相敦马哈迪在卸下首相职后，退而不休，常常为了各种课题而发表评论，但现在起码听到他讲正确的话了！老马老年自己开设部落格，真的越老越可爱。

老实讲，如果没有他，去年308大选可能没有变天。虽然他讲的话会令人讨厌，但说句公道话，它们不是所有的都是歪理的。

最近回教党的两个最高党鞭因为提出民联与国阵组织联合政府概念，才发觉到老马有正义的一面。他认为“联合政府”这概念很模糊，并且不认为是好主义，因为国家需要反对党作为执政党的镜子。

老马也抨击回教党查禁“回教姐妹”的建议。维护正义的大马公民，请给老马一个该得的掌声。希望老马为公义讲话以挽回他为自己造成的劣势。

回教党的狐狸尾巴已经露出来了，它们的极权主义是不会改的，所以就要选民改它们。回教党里头有中庸的党员。看看公正党现在改革成为一个民主的政党，若它能够招揽这些回教党中庸人士加入的话，支持民主的人民快摆脱回教党。所以就让回教党加入国阵吧！让它在下届大选被国阵拖下水吧！

Underground Church Growing in Muslim-Dominated Indonesia

Monday, 08 June 2009 13:05
by Julian Lukins

Pentecostals on the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia are experiencing a wave of conversions and healings.

In the strongly Muslim Aceh province of northern Sumatra—where 167,000 people died in the 2004 tsunami—the underground church movement is growing, with Pentecostal congregations thriving.

Indonesia has an official policy of religious tolerance, but in Muslim-dominated areas Christians face open hostility and persecution. In Aceh province, churches must register with the authorities and are not permitted to evangelize. Many Christians choose to meet in unregistered—or underground—churches.

Sumatra is one of the least evangelized places on earth, according to Operation World. But since the tsunami—which wiped out 15 percent of the population of Aceh's provincial capital Banda Aceh—numerous underground churches have put down roots.

Pastor Nico (full name withheld for security reasons) started an underground Pentecostal church four years ago with only six members. Today 90 people from the neighborhood make up the Spirit-filled congregation. They endure persecution for their faith. One church family had rocks thrown through the windows of their home, and another family was forced to relocate because of threats.

"It's very difficult for the Muslims to accept us here," the 34-year-old pastor told Charisma. "If the authorities knew where we meet, they would close us down."
Despite the risks, the congregation is mission minded. "We'd like to go to the homes in this area, to the marketplace, to share about Jesus and start another church," Pastor Nico explained. "We love God, but we also have to love people—even those who don't love us."

One of the church members, Novi (full name withheld), grew up in a Buddhist home, burning offerings of money and incense at her family shrine. Two years ago, a traumatic experience set the 24-year-old Novi on a spiritual quest that led to healing and faith in Christ.

Whenever Novi was close to her husband, she felt a peculiar sensation, which she described as worms wriggling under her skin. "You could actually see something moving under the skin," recalled her husband Fumin.

Deeply distressed, the couple sought help from various sources, including witchdoctors, traditional healers and their Buddhist idols. But Novi's condition worsened, leaving her on the verge of a breakdown. "I thought: 'I'm going to go crazy and die,"' she recalled. "I couldn't sleep. ... I felt an overwhelming sense of fear."

Novi became convinced the affliction was a spiritual attack. A relative suggested the couple cross the sea in order to "leave the evil behind." In desperation, they flew to another island, but the attacks intensified.

At her wit's end, Novi listened to her sister who had become a Christian. "My sister told me that I should go to the Highest Power for healing—that is, Jesus," Novi told Charisma. "I thought: If Jesus can heal me, I will follow Him forever."

As they prayed together in Jesus' name, Novi felt a "cleansing surge" through her body. A few days later, she felt another attack and cried out to Jesus. Since then, she has never suffered a recurrence. Now her husband is a leader in the church, and their testimony has drawn others to Christ, including his parents, brother and sister-in-law.

The new converts in Aceh's growing underground church include former Muslims like Ernawati (full name withheld). As a little girl growing up in a devoutly Muslim home, Ernawati visited the mosque with her parents and knelt to pray five times a day.

However, she often asked herself: Who is God? Does He really hear my prayers? Her curiosity grew when she saw the crucifixion scene on The Jesus Film, an evangelistic movie produced by Campus Crusade for Christ. "I wanted to know more about this Jesus," she said.

Shortly before Christmas 2004, 30-year-old Ernawati was at home when a man wearing a white robe appeared and said to her: "Do not be afraid."
"Naturally, I was very afraid," Ernawati recalled. "I didn't know who he was ... and then he disappeared."

Just days later, the tsunami struck. Submerged by the wave, Ernawati cried out: "Jesus ... save me!" Although she could not swim, she suddenly found herself above water and scrambled to safety.

Thousands drowned that day but she was one of the miraculous survivors. Ernawati gave her life to Jesus and joined the underground church. "Now I know the Truth, and the Truth has set me free," she testifies. -Julian Lukins in Sumatra, Indonesia

Source: http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/news/22219-underground-church-growing-in-muslim-dominated-indonesia?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Charisma+News+Online+06-09-09

就让回教党分裂吧！

回教党原任主席哈迪阿旺不战而胜，原任署理主席纳沙鲁丁击败两个对手蝉联。他俩都是有意跟国阵合作的人士。

回教党的中央委员会，亲国阵和亲民联的参半。

两个至高领袖和亲国阵领袖，根本对去年308大选获得人民支持回教党朦查查！他们以为是党斗争成功，获得非回教徒支持。他们乃何等的错！

因为人民已经为国阵50年统治彻底失望，才选择作个改革。向来华裔都很怕回教党的回教国议程的，但为了教训国阵而别无选择支持回教党。

所以，亲国阵的回教党领袖要知道，308支持回教党的选民，同样也可以在下届大选唾弃它们的。华裔会让回教党永远在大马国会成为反对党的。

我看就让回教党分裂吧！用3年时间清理民联门户也好。民联应该现在栽培公正党和行动党更强大，不必靠回教党。尽可能放更多这两个政党的候选人上阵，减少回教党的候选人。那些在回教党里头要改革的领袖，民联应该建议他们退出回教党，加入这两个党上阵。

卡维斯，谁是主席已不再重要了

国阵成员党之一的进步党，一度闹“双胞主席”问题。现任首相暑副部长慕鲁基亚获得党员支持成为主席，但原任主席卡维斯辩驳说慕鲁基亚先前已经被开除党籍。

首相纳吉将会在6月7日为党大会主持开幕。

我认为谁出任进步党主席已经不再重要，因为该党已经在人民心中是一个破产政党了。卡维斯在去年308大选前作部长时，鲜少得民心。很简单，国阵的政策，向来都是用派钱给选区来维持支持度的。而不晓得为何偏偏卡维斯没有钱派给人，所以拿惯钱的人就唾弃他。

308大选，卡维斯坚持在原区太平上阵，但陈莲花却要争取在该区上阵，卡维斯不妥协。结果因为平常没钱派，再加上西马吹反风，卡维斯输得很难看。而陈莲花被派去霹州宜力上阵，因祸得福，结果出任副部长。她感谢卡维斯得五体投地！

现在问题是，进步党在国阵已经没势力了，我看不见它在下届大选有何作为。所以，为何要争一个已经不受人民欢迎的政党里当主席呢？说白一点，谁当主席已经不再重要了！

慕鲁基亚是基于冲入停尸房检察古干（在警局扣留期间暴毙）的尸体这义举而被逼迫，看来在大马要做好人不会有好报的。现在慕鲁基亚可能要被丢官了。不过，一个为正义做事的慕鲁基亚，加入民联为未来大马前途斗争吧，如何？

8 Health Benefits of Laughter

by Melissa Breyer Jun 4, 2009 9:00 am
Source: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/8-health-benefits-of-laughter.html

Is there anything better than a contagious giggle that you absolutely can’t control? (Ok, maybe not so good in school or church.) Laughter works so wonderfully well in the moment, but it has some surprising long-term health benefits as well. In the book A Better Brain at Any Age: The Holistic Way to Improve Your Memory, Reduce Stress, and Sharpen Your Wits (Conari Press, 2009), author Sondra Kornblatt explores how laughter can truly make you feel better.

She writes that the new field of gelotology is exploring the benefits of laughter. It was brought to the public’s awareness in Norman Cousins’ memoir Anatomy of an Illness. Cousins found that comedies, like those of the Marx Brothers, helped him feel better and get some pain-free sleep. That’s because laughter helps the pituitary gland release its own pain-suppressing opiates.

What can laughter do?:

* Lower blood pressure
* Increase vascular blood flow and oxygenation of the blood
* Give a workout to the diaphragm and abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg, and back muscles
* Reduce certain stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline
* Increase the response of tumor- and disease-killing cells such as Gamma-interferon and T-cells
* Defend against respiratory infections–even reducing the frequency of colds–by immunoglobulon in saliva.
* Increase memory and learning; in a study at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, humor during instruction led to increased test scores

* Improve alertness, creativity, and memory

Humor and creativity work in similar ways, says humor guru William Fry, M.D., of Stanford University–by creating relationships between two disconnected items, you engage the whole brain.

Humor works quickly. Less than a half-second after exposure to something funny, and electrical wave moves through the higher brain functions of the cerebral cortex. The left hemisphere analyzes the words and structures of the joke; the right hemisphere “gets” the joke; the visual sensory area of the occipital lobe creates images; the limbic (emotional) system makes you happier; and the motor sections make you smile or laugh.

So let’s laugh. What makes you laugh? Tell us your favorite funny movie, or how about a good joke?
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Allen: We cannot laugh because we carry the baggage of materialism. We cannot bring anything away when we leave this world. Relax, take a coffee and enjoy the music.

Najib denies any links with Altantuya

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak meeting the Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing today. - Reuters pic

BEIJING, June 4 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak has again said he “had nothing to do with” Altantuya Shaariibuu, laughing off the federal opposition’s attempts to link him to the murdered Mongolian model whose killers now face the gallows.

“There’s no evidence,” Najib told the Associated Press in Beijing where he is visiting in the footsteps of his father, second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein who opened ties with communist China.

“They’ve not offered any evidence at all ... I have sworn in the name of God, of Allah, that I had nothing to do with her and I can’t go beyond that.”

The prime minister added what he described as a “tongue in cheek comment,” saying the fact that Shaariibuu was staying at “a two-star run down hotel” at the time of her death was further indication that he had not been involved with her.

“If she was my girlfriend, she will be totally insulted if I put her (there),” he said with a laugh.

Opposition leaders have repeatedly tried to link Najib to Shaariibuu’s death. The 28-year-old Mongolian model and translator was having an affair with his close friend and aide Abdul Razak Baginda when she was shot on Oct. 19, 2006. Her body was then blown up in a forest outside Kuala Lumpur, and only fragments were found.

The opposition had claimed in various election campaigns and in cyberspace that his close association with Abdul Razak makes him suspect.

Abdul Razak has acknowledged the affair but was acquitted last October of abetting the slaying. Elite special services policemen Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar were sentenced to death in April for her murder, though the trial never established what their motive was.

They have appealed.

Controversial blogger and Malaysia Today news portal editor Raja Petra Kamarudin is on the run and a fugitive after skipping bail in several cases incluidng criminal defamation, sedition and Internal Security Act (ISA) related to his postings linking Najib and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to the murder.

Police had also banned any mention of Altantuya in several recent by-elections.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/28568-najib-denies-any-links-with-altantuya
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Everything in his trip was enjoying except this issue. It haunts him again.

The murderer-martyr syndrome

Allie Martin - OneNewsNow - 6/3/2009 7:30:00


The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., says the murder of late-term abortionist George Tiller must be strongly condemned by those in the pro-life movement.

Scott Roeder has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Tiller in a Wichita, Kansas, church Sunday morning. The 51-year-old Roeder was charged Tuesday and appeared in court via video from jail. He is accused of killing Tiller as the doctor served as an usher at Reformation Lutheran church.

The president of the Kansas Coalition for Life, Mark Gietzen, says Roeder was "incredibly stupid" if he thought killing Tiller would be "a pro-life act." Geitzen says the slaying has instead turned Tiller "into a martyr" while doing nothing to stop abortion.

Dr. Alveda King, pastoral associate of Priests for Life, could not agree more. She says pro-life supporters must never answer violence with violence.

Dr. Alveda King (King for America)"I'm hoping that people will remember that little babies are being murdered in America by the thousands -- and that has not been called a hate crime," she shares. "While it is hateful to gun someone down in a church -- and yes it is; it really, really is -- it is also hateful for us to stand by and approve the murder of our little babies."

King says she was able to attend a peaceful demonstration outside Tiller's clinic two years ago.

"I went to his clinic, and I was asked to excuse myself and not to stay," she recalls. "When Dr. Tiller got there, he drove right past me; they gave him the letter that I had written to him. And he nodded at me, I nodded at him, and he sent me out a message saying, 'We both care about women. We just have different ways of showing that.'"

King says she is saddened by the fact, that as far as she knows, Tiller did not repent and trust Christ as Savior and Lord.

Tiller's funeral is to be held Saturday at College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita.

Allen comments:

Killing Tiller doesn't make Roeder a hero. If violence can solve a problem, one might as well go and finish off all tyrant statesmen.

What shocked me was not Tiller being murdered, but rather the fact on why was Tiller still allowed to serve God when the Church knew about his wrong deeds? It showed that the Pastor condoned the job of Tiller! God will hold the Church responsible.

I believed Tiller went to the wrong Church. If he was in a good Church, he would have given up his wicked job of performing abortions.

前锋报是巫统的祸星

《马来西亚前锋报》乃是巫统控制的，所以它护主的呈现方式，不要感到惊讶。这样的狭隘报纸，国际早已列它为甘榜小报，名不见经传。

5月31日，它的一篇“马来人被背叛？”（http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=0531&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Rencana&pg=re_05.htm&arc=hive），重复华裔和印裔是外来人，好不威风。

华裔要感谢国大党主席三美，因为那两个所谓代表华裔的政党头目一句声也不出。虽然和丰的无牙老狮子现在看到了为歪理咆哮的重要性，却对他的党的帮助无济于事。

前锋报为马来人议程大吹大擂，处处促使马来人憎恨非马来人，肯定不会受到中央政府对付。它对于国阵的讯息报喜不报忧，而对于国阵以外的政党则一概从负面报道。其实巫统还是没有从去年308大选发觉许多马来人已经不支持它们了。巫统以为玩马来人特权会使到自己咸鱼翻生！

耶稣的名言在这里可恰当形容巫统，他说：“人都说你们好的时候，你们就有祸了！”（路加福音6：26）。不是吗？前锋报的护主行动，处处说巫统好，这样，它不是巫统的救星，反而是巫统的祸星。

有正义感的人士目前应该稍安勿躁，却应该感谢前锋报继续它的歪理。马来人知识分子越来越多，根本就唾弃前锋报。并且民联掌权的州属官方已经停止订阅前锋报了。再等三年，国家就有前途了。

不过，前锋报的编辑们因着都是马来人，看来可能他们也读不懂我这篇以中文书写的文章，所以对它们的规劝也不能帮助它们悔改的了。

我的一个朋友告诉我，前锋报重金礼聘的华裔高层就是市场经理，为报社推销报份，因为华人最本领做生意。前锋报鼓吹马来人权利，不惜侮辱华裔。看来它们只有在为报社挣钱的事上，才认为华裔很重要。

前首相马哈迪曾说，我国纳税最多的是华裔。这意味着什么呢？就是，如果大马不是因为有华裔，这国家现在还很落伍呢！