http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_video



"Bin Laden makes no overt threats and does not directly call for attacks, according to the transcript, which was first posted by ABC News on its Web site.



Instead, he addresses Americans, lecturing them on the failures of their leaders to stop the war in Iraq despite growing public opposition in the U.S.



"There are two solutions to stopping it. One is from our side, and it is to escalate the fighting and killing against you. This is our duty, and our brothers are carrying it out," bin Laden said.



"The second solution is from your side. I invite you to embrace Islam," he said."



EMBRACE ISLAM!! This statement has made me angrier than an old wet hen! Puhleeze, do you not realize who I worship. No, it's not a pedophile, rapist, murderer....



I worship the Lord God Almighty, and my faith is stronger than your retarded advice, Mr. Bin Laden. (whether it actually is him or not, is not yet known, but no matter.) To even suggest I or my family embrace Islam is the most idiotic statement ever.



My God is a loving God, and I don't have to follow a million and one rules to be in his favor. Thanks, friends for letting me blow a little steam off, still not quite deflated. :)





This is how much God loves me.























His arms are always open wide!

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend,



Mr. Common Sense.

Mr. Sense had been with us for many years.


No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.



He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isn't always fair.


Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable Parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge).



His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.


Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.


Mr. Sense declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student; but, could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.



Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses and criminal received better treatment than their victims.



Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled a bit in her lap, and was awarded a huge financial settlement.


Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.


He is survived by two stepbrothers; My Rights and Ima Whiner.



Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.