"The Bush administration is determined to push this Mexican truck project down the throats of the American people and Congress," Spencer stressed.

"Reading the inspector general's report, there are many serious safety concerns that are still far from resolved," he said. "Now we're just supposed to ignore those recommendations and let the Mexican long-haul rigs roll anywhere they want in the United States, regardless whether it's safe or not?"

This is just another example of the intransigence of Bush.  He thinks he's a dictator, so he will ignore Congress, the Teamsters and anyone else.  This arrogant cretin needs to be stopped before he completely destroys our country.  Watch, these will be the next category of jobs "Americans won't do."

However, the Mexican government report, posted in Spanish Aug. 14 on the Mexican government's Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes website, came to a different conclusion.

It said, "The conditions for the beginning of the Cross-Border Truck Demonstration Project have been met."

So now we should believe a report issued by the corrupt Mexican government?  Give me a break!

American truckers should form a line at the border to prevent the Mexican trucks from having access to our roads.  This is a disaster waiting to happen.  Furthermore, our government is well aware that the drug cartels own the majority of the Mexican trucking industry.  It is asinine to offer millions of dollars to the Mexican government to battle the drug cartels while granting these same criminals unfettered access to our roads. 

  I am speechless.

No surprise here.  This is a travesty, and we need to clean house of this greedy traitorous administration.   

Is there any U.S. government agency that is not either inept, corrupt, or both? 

Nothing Nancy Pelosi does surprises me.  I have zero respect for her.

Hopefully this will spread throughout the country.  Thanks to our pandering government and greedy corporations, this has gotten way out of control.

Is there possibly a more anti-Christian organization in this country?  I don't even think atheists loathe Christians to this extent.

And what about the hate the Muslims show everyone else.

I think (know) we are going to be seeing more of this happening.

Interesting how only Christians must acquiesce to the wishes of others, while Muslims are constantly coddled by our government and corporate America.  Had that happened to a Muslim group, the ACLU would had immediately come to their aid.  I'm so sick of this, I could scream!

Talk about making a mockery of justice, this is it..................

I don't think I'll ever visit this town!!

 

This is absolute insanity! 

Greek leader suggests political extremists set fires

ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Fires in southern Greece that have razed dozens of villages and killed at least 44 people may have been deliberately set ahead of next month's national elections, the prime minister suggested Saturday.  A fire burns in the Mesohoria area on Evia Island, northeast of Athens.  Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declared a nationwide state of emergency Saturday night. He also turned to European Union allies, which have promised help.

Emergency crews pulled charred bodies from homes and local media reported death tolls of up to 50 people.  Scores are hospitalized with severe burns and respiratory problems, state-run television reported.  Although the fires were concentrated in the southern Peloponnese region, heavy smoke billowing Saturday afternoon above Mount Hymettus, southeast of Athens, signaled a new fire. It was burning close to Athens International Airport, forcing officials to close a highway.

In a nationally televised address, Karamanlis suggested the blazes might have been set by political extremists, disrupting political campaigning.  "So many fires sparked simultaneously in so many places is no coincidence," Karamanlis said, and vowed to punish those responsible.  Many firefighters told CNN they are suspicious of the fire's source, given several witness reports that the blazes cropped up simultaneously along a 20-kilometer (12-mile) front of lush greenery in southern Greece.

The prime minister described the situation as a "battle that has to be won," and ordered all resources mobilized to fight the fires.  He also announced that a fund has been set up for fire victims and their families, and an assessment of the disaster will be made.

The most devastated area stretches for 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the western towns of the Zaharo, within the highlands of the western Peloponnese, to the southern tip of the peninsula, Mani.  In the past 24 hours, hundreds of firefighters, soldiers, and planes loaded with water have been battling the infernos on a dozen fronts, authorities said. Yet, despite their efforts, officials said the flames had not been tamed.  "Our emergency services are overstretched and it is humanly impossible to battle this force of nature," a top fire official told CNN.

An EU statement said 30 member countries had offered assistance. France on Saturday was slated to send two planes to help quell the fires, and Norway and Germany pledged to send aircraft as well.  A sweltering heat wave in Greece has parched forests and scrubland. With intense winds fanning the flames, authorities call this the country's worst fire season on record.  Since June, more than 3,000 fires have razed thousands of hectares of forests and scrubland across the country -- nearly triple last year's total -- according to officials.

A mother, her child and at least seven other people died fleeing burning woods in the mountainous villages in western Peloponnese, near the town of Zaharo, according to a fire department official.  Farther south, six people -- including two French tourists found by rescue crews in an embrace -- were killed in a forest fire that swept near their hotel in the town of Areopolis, located 190 kilometers (120 miles) southwest of Athens.

Greece's elections are set for September 16. The ruling party has called for a temporary suspension of political campaigning as a sign of respect to those who died in the flames, and flags on government buildings were flying Saturday at half staff.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/25/greece.fires/index.html

With the border being so open it makes one wonder how many have gotten across that haven't been caught.

My thoughts exactly!  I guess we'll find out when they strike.

Lately, they seem to be coming out of the woodwork.  It is astonishing there are so many so-called Christians who have fallen for this deception. 

I can't think of the guys name, but there is someone from Puerto Rico who has a huge following in Miami.  He claims to be Christ, and is nothing but an evil blasphemer.  Some members of his congregation have given him all of their money.  He walks around wearing Rolex watches, diamond rings, drives a Rolls Royce, smokes cigars and cigarettes, drinks liquor, and is a womanizer.  Pure evil destined for hell! 

Utter nonsense!  God is God, and Allah is Allah... light and darkness, respectively.

My God, who is the one and only God, is not Allah.  Considering the violence and hatred espoused by followers of Allah, my guess is he is either Satan or some demonic being.  Clearly, he/it is not God.  Furthermore, I don't recall ever reading in the Bible that God doesn't care what we call him.  Quite the contrary.

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I have never doubted the rapture of the saints because the Bible clearly states it.  It does not mention the word "rapture," however, it is clear to me that Jesus will return, the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we who remain will meet them in the clouds.  Just the thought of it is awesome!  I just can't imagine anything more wonderful.  Look up!