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Posted November 2009
Some funny some challenging some we may not neccessarily agree
with but we felt worthy of adding to the Mailroom.
Have a grin - smile a while - Mybe Challenged - God created this
wonderful World for Us. Enjoy
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Poison the People to save the Planet
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To:
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:00 AM
Subject: Why don't we just send all our old fluoro bulbs to Al Gore
or Time Flannery when they die?
Don't poison people to save the planet
Andrew Bolt - Wednesday, October 14, 09 (12:05 am)
Shops
will be banned from next month from selling incandescent lights
globes, so why isn't the Rudd Government now running an ad campaign
warning consumers of the dangers of switching to low-energy compact
fluorescent lamps instead?
Surely it doesn't want to save the planet by poisoning
people?
Tens of thousands of Australians will next month be forced to buy
these new greenhouse-friendly CFLs without the Government warning
them that, unlike normal light bulbs, they contain mercury and are
dangerous when broken. What's more, they shouldn't just be thrown
out with the rubbish.
How many consumers know this?
How many of them have looked up the Environment Department's
website to find what its bureaucrats falsely describe as the
"simple and straightforward" precautions to take against poisoning
should one of these lamps smash:
- Open nearby windows and doors to allow the room to ventilate for
15 minutes before cleaning up the broken lamp. Do not leave on any
air conditioning or heating equipment which could recirculate
mercury vapours back into the room.
- Do not use a vacuum cleaner or broom on hard surfaces because
this can spread the contents of the lamp and contaminate the
cleaner. Instead scoop up broken material (e.g. using stiff paper
or cardboard), if possible into a glass container which can be
sealed with a metal lid.
- Use disposable rubber gloves rather than bare hands.
- Use a disposable brush to carefully sweep up the pieces.
- Use sticky tape and/or a damp cloth to wipe up any remaining
glass fragments and/or powders.
- On carpets or fabrics, carefully remove as much glass and/or
powdered material using a scoop and sticky tape; if vacuuming of
the surface is needed to remove residual material, ensure that the
vacuum bag is discarded or the canister is wiped thoroughly
clean.
- Dispose of cleanup equipment (i.e. gloves, brush, damp paper)
and sealed containers containing pieces of the broken lamp in your
outside rubbish bin - never in your recycling bin.
- While not all of the recommended cleanup and disposal equipment
described above may be available (particularly a suitably sealed
glass container), it is important to emphasise that the transfer of
the broken CFL and clean-up materials to an outside rubbish bin
(preferably sealed) as soon as possible is the most effective way
of reducing potential contamination of the indoor
environment.
"Simple and straightforward"? Peter Garrett's department not only
deceives you about global warming, but about the ease of this
useful "fix".
Surely this is safety information the Rudd Government should be
publicising widely, on radio and television, before next month's
switch. Is the fact that there's been no such campaign, at least to
date, because the Government is scared of a consumer backlash?
Already people are rushing stores to stock up on the
soon-to-be-banned incandescents.
And where is the publicity campaign to warn householders that the
millions of CFLs they'll soon be buying cannot all be thrown into
the bin when they've stopped working?
Again, here is the official procedure, as recommended by the Rudd
Government - but not widely advertised:
At present, CFLs can generally be disposed of in regular garbage
bins - where the garbage goes to landfill. You should check with
your local authority, responsible for garbage collection, as to its
advice on disposal of CFLs as different local authorities may have
different arrangements. For example, some garbage is sent to waste
processors and this may change the arrangements for disposal.
Should you choose to dispose of your CFLs this way then it's best
to wrap them in newspaper to prevent them from breaking.
You should not place CFLs in your kerbside recycling collection
because they can break during transport and contaminate recyclable
items.
How smart is it to force Australians to use an inferior product so
apparently dangerous, and so difficult to dispose of when broken?
How responsible is it not to mount a campaign to warn them how to
protect themselves?
Articles are available in pdf format
Poison the
People"
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The Quarter
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To
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:07 AM
Subject: Fw: Fw: Being a Christian
Dont know if this little story is true but it makes you
think..
A Christian
Several years ago, a preacher from out-of-state accepted a call to
a church in Houston, Texas.
Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus
from his home to the downtown area.
When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally
given him a quarter too much change.
As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, 'You'd better
give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it.' Then he
thought, 'Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter. Who would worry about
this little amount? Anyway, the bus company gets too much fare;
they will never miss it. Accept it as a 'gift from God' and keep
quiet.'
When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, and then he
handed the quarter to the driver and said, 'Here, you gave me too
much change.'
The driver, with a smile, replied, 'Aren't you the new preacher in
town?'
'Yes' he replied.
'Well, I have been thinking a lot lately about going somewhere to
worship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too
much change. I'll see you at church on Sunday.'
When the preacher stepped off of the bus, he literally grabbed the
nearest light pole, held on, and said, 'Oh God, I almost sold your
Son for a quarter.' Our lives are the only Bible some people will
ever read. This is a really scary example of how much people watch
us as Christians, and will put us to the test! Always be on guard
-- and remember - You carry the name of Christ on your shoulders
when you call yourself 'Christian.'
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
I'm glad a friend forwarded this to me as a reminder.
If you don't pass this on to anybody, nothing bad will happen;
but, if you do, you will have ministered to someone.
The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will
not PROTECT you...
Stay FAITHFUL and Be GRATEFUL
Articles are available in pdf format
The Quarter"
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More Mail
Posted on 25th October 2008
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From:
To:
Cc:
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 7:02 AM
Subject: A couple of good quotes
THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... Why
don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really
smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using
it anymore.
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THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in
a courthouse or Congress is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shall Not
Steal' 'Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in
a building full of lawyers, judges and Politicians ..... It creates
a hostile work environment.
________________________________________
Articles are available in pdf format
Couple of
Quotes"
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu
----- Original Message -----
From:
ToSent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:04 AM
Subject: food for thought
(A friend sent me this the other day and it offers several
important insights into the Israel/Palestine conflict.
I noticed at least one error, in point 7, in that David did not
found the city of Jerusalem. He was the first Jewish king to make
it his capital city, but it was an old city already.
You may find other mistakes, but it is still a good article. Bro.
Buddy
Netanyahu at His Best
Even those who aren't particularly sympathetic to Israel's Benjamin
Netanyahu, could get a good measure of satisfaction from this
interview with British Television during the retaliation against
Hamas' shelling of Israel.
The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Palestinians have
been killed in this conflict than Israelis?" (A nasty question if
there ever was one!)
Netanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that
direction?"
Interviewer: (Falling into the trap) Why not?
Netanyahu: "Because in World War II more Germans were killed than
British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's
mind that the war was caused by Germany's aggression.
And in response to the German blitz on London, the British wiped
out the entire city of Dresden, burning to death more German
civilians than the number of people killed in Hiroshima.
Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to
bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, some of the bombs
missed their target and fell on a Danish children's hospital,
killing 83 little children. Perhaps you have another
question?"
Apparently, Benjamin Netanyahu gave another interview and was asked
about Israel's occupation of Arab lands.
His response was, "It's our land".
The reporter (CNN or the like) was stunned!
Read below, "It's our land..." It's important information since we
don't get fair and accurate reporting from the media and facts tend
to get lost in the jumble of daily events.
"Crash Course on the Arab-Israeli Conflict."
Here are overlooked facts in the current and past Middle East
situation.
These were compiled by a Christian university professor:
BRIEF FACTS ON THE ISRAELI CONFLICT TODAY... (It takes just 1.5
minutes to read!)
It makes sense and it's not slanted. Jew and non-Jew -- it doesn't
matter.
1. Nationhood and Jerusalem: Israel became a nation in 1312 BC, two
thousand (2000) years before the rise of Islam.
2. Arab refugees in Israel began identifying themselves as part of
a Palestinian people in 1967, two decades after the establishment
of the modern State of Israel.
3. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 BC, the Jews have had dominion
over the land for one thousand (1000) years with a continuous
presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
4. The only Arab dominion since the conquest in 635 lasted no more
than 22 years.
5. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital.
Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity.
Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to
make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to
visit.
6. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy
Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.
7. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to
Jerusalem.
8. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward
Jerusalem.
9. Arab and Jewish Refugees: In 1948 the Arab refugees were
encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders promising to purge the
land of Jews. Sixty-eight percent left (many in fear of retaliation
by their own brethren, the Arabs), without ever seeing an Israeli
soldier. The ones who stayed were afforded the same peace,
civility, and citizenship rights as everyone else.
10. The Jewish refugees were forced to flee from Arab lands due to
Arab brutality, persecution and pogroms.
11. The number of Arab refugees who left Israel in 1948 is
estimated to be around 630,000. The number of Jewish refugees from
Arab lands is estimated to be the same.
12. Arab refugees were INTENTIONALLY not absorbed or integrated
into the Arab lands to which they fled, despite the vast Arab
territory. Out of the 100,000,000 refugees since World War II,
theirs is the only refugee group in the world that has never been
absorbed or integrated into their own people's lands. Jewish
refugees were completely absorbed into Israel, a country no larger
than the state of New Jersey.
13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: the Arabs are represented by eight
separate nations, not including the Palestinians. There is only one
Jewish nation. The Arab nations initiated all five wars and lost.
Israel defended itself each time and won.
14. The PLO's Charter still calls for the destruction of the State
of Israel. Israel has given the Palestinians most of the West Bank
land, autonomy under the Palestinian Authority, and has supplied
them.
15. Under Jordanian rule, Jewish holy sites were desecrated and the
Jews were denied access to places of worship. Under Israeli rule,
all Muslim and Christian sites have been preserved and made
accessible to people of all faiths.
16. The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: of the 175 Security
Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against
Israel.
17. Of the 690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990,
429 were directed against Israel.
18. The UN was silent while 58 Jerusalem synagogues were destroyed
by the Jordanians.
19. The UN was silent while the Jordanians systematically
desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of
Olives.
20. The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an
apartheid-like a policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple
Mount and the Western Wall.
Articles are available in pdf format
Israel's Benjamin
Natanyahu"
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