Linking the 2006 Olympic games to NAMBLA

The 2006 Olympic games in Torino, Italy are happening right now, and it seems most of America doesn’t care. I can understand since I have tried to watch the games a few nights in a row, but the coverage and the games seem to be very boring. Unfortunately, the only part that seems to be a little interesting is the curling. But the only fun part about watching curling is making fun of Canadians with my friends while we laugh about how funny the entire sport is. The only plus side to the Olympics happening right now is that the cable news network MSNBC is tied up from disseminating left-wing garbage. After seeing Joe Scarborough call for the impeachment of Vice-President Dick Cheney over his hunting accident, I promised myself never to watch the network again. His comments were so repulsive to me I had to rank them equally with the ACLU defending NAMBLA allowing the organization to molest little boys.

Brief Masonic history

The Masons are a secret society that dubs itself the world’s oldest and largest fraternity. Masons rise in rank by performing degree-work.

Prince Hall Masons, made up primarily of black men, began in Massachusetts about 200 years ago as an offshoot of the early Masonic lodges in America. The African Lodge was organized on July 3, 1776, with Prince Hall as the worshipful master.

The African Lodge grew and prospered to such a degree that Prince Hall was appointed a provincial grand master in 1791. Out of this grew the first Black Provincial Grand Lodge.

In 1847, out of respect for their founding father and first grand master, Prince Hall, the three existing African lodges changed their name to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, the name it carries today.

Today, some 5,000 lodges and 47 grand lodges exist that trace their lineage to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Jurisdiction of Massachusetts.

The Prince Hall lodge to which Spc. Donald Anthony Wilder belonged in Mannheim, Germany, falls under the purview of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Washington and Jurisdiction. Prince Hall lodges under the state of Washington grand lodge can be found in Germany, Iceland, Japan, Okinawa, South Korea, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The office of the Prince Hall in Kuwait is listed at Camp Arifjan.

The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland has jurisdiction over several lodges in Germany that have their meetings on military installations. Installation commanders determine if private groups — such as the Masons — can meet on military facilities, said Air Force Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, a Department of Defense spokeswoman.

Most scholars believe Masonry arose from the guilds of stonemasons who built castles and cathedrals of the middle ages. In 1717, Masonry created a formal organization when four lodges in London joined to form England’s first Grand Lodge.

The Masons perform charitable services as well. The Shrine Masons (Shriners) operate the largest network of hospitals for burned and orthopedically impaired children in the country, and there is never a fee for treatment. The Scottish Rite Masons maintain a nationwide network of more than 150 Childhood Language Disorder Clinics, Centers, and Programs.

Imam is a synonym for hate

In late December, a young Danish man flew to Beirut. In his suitcase was a package of spiral-bound booklets in green covers, neatly compiled using a colour photocopier. Their contents consisted mainly of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Ahmed Akkari, a young Islamic scholar and Danish activist, was on a mission. Having failed to get the Prime Minister to take action over the cartoons' perceived slight to Islam, he had sought reaction from hateful figures in the Muslim world, he says. The riots, he acknowledged, have placed his fellow European Muslims in a far worse position than they had previously known.

Over the next few weeks, he would hand copies of his green booklet to the grand mufti of Egypt, the chief cleric of the Sunni faith, leaders of the Arab League, the top official of the Lebanese Christian church and others. While the Koran does not forbid depictions of Mohammed, the prohibition stems from concerns the Prophet expressed that even well-intentioned images could lead to idolatry or show disrespect for Islam's founder. For his booklet contained not only the 12 depictions of the Prophet Mohammed that had appeared in the newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September. He also filled it with hideous, amateur images of the Prophet as a pig, a dog, a woman and a child-sodomizing madman.

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From Senator Mel Martinez

Thank you for contacting me regarding the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to respond to your concerns.

The position of Supreme Court justice is one of the highest and most respected in the land. The decisions of this Court resonate at the very foundations of the beliefs upon which our nation is built. In Judge Alito, I believe President Bush chose an individual with impeccable academic credentials, an extensive background as a lawyer and jurist, and seasoned experienced in handling arguments before the United States Supreme Court.

Judge Alito has been well received by my predecessors in the Senate on each of his previous confirmations. He was unanimously confirmed in both of his prior appearances before the United States Senate, both as a nominee for United States Attorney for New Jersey and as a nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. During his 15 years as a United States Circuit Judge, Judge Alito demonstrated the intelligence and judicial temperament required of this important office.
The American Bar Association unanimously gave Judge Alito its highest possible rating, calling him “well qualified” for the position of associate justice. The evaluation of "well qualified" is reserved for only those found to merit the Standing Committee's strongest affirmative endorsement.

The president has the right to select a nominee of his choosing for Supreme Court openings, and the role of the Senate is to advise and consent on the nomination. In this role, we have a great constitutional responsibility to ensure a strong and qualified judiciary. We must guarantee, insomuch as is possible, that the nominee picked to fill this vacancy is of the highest intellect, integrity, and character and that he or she comes to the process with no personal ideological agenda.

After meeting with Judge Alito and after listening to his testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, I know that Judge Alito is a humble and dispassionate judge with a deep understanding of the law and a modest view of his judicial role in the governance of our nation. I am persuaded that Judge Alito will look to established precedents, be respectful of the doctrine of stare decisis, and use the Constitution and the law as his guideposts – as opposed to any personal or political agenda.

There are those that are troubled by what they perceive as Judge Alito not siding with the "little guy" when judging cases. As someone who fought in court for 25 years – usually for the "little guy," I understand the importance of having an impartial judge who will look at the facts and the law to reach a fair and just verdict, not a judge who will have a predetermined leaning for one side or another of a case. If the law and the facts happen to be on the side of the "little guy," the "little guy" should prevail. If the law and the facts happen to be on the side of the "big guy," then our system of justice demands that the "big guy" should prevail.

I love the analogy that Chief Justice Roberts used. In selecting a justice to the Supreme Court, he said we were looking for an umpire. We are not looking for a pitcher or a batter – we're looking for the umpire – the guy who will call the balls and strikes fairly and impartially to all litigants before the court.

Judge Alito fulfills all of these requirements, and I am confident that he will make an exceptional justice. On January 31, 2006, I proudly joined 57 of my senate colleagues in supporting the confirmation of Samuel Alito to be Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was sworn into office later that day.

Again, thank you for sharing your views with me. If you have any additional questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me. In addition, for more information about issues and activities important to Florida, please sign up for my weekly newsletter at http://martinez.senate.gov.

Sincerely,
Mel MartinezUnited States Senator