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Hamburger

2007-12-19T01:36:05Z

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'''Hamburgers''' have their origin with emigrants coming to [[America]] from [[Germany]] in the 1850s. [[Hamburg]] is the name of a city in Germany. Hamburg beef, either salted or smoked, was brought on the ocean crossing as it kept through the long sea voyage. It was minced and sometimes combined with [[onion]]s or breadcrumbs. It was not until 1921 that White Castle Hamburger was founded. Modern hamburgers are served at a number of [[fast food]] [[restaurant]]s. Hamburgers nowadays are typically served on a [[bread roll|bun]] and may come with a number of toppings:
*[[Cheese]]
*[[Onion]]
*[[Pickle]]
*[[Lettuce]]
*[[Tomato]]
*[[Mayonnaise]] or ''Special Sauce''
*[[Ketchup]]
*[[Mustard]]
*[[Bacon]]
*[[Ham]]
*[[Cucumbers]]
*[[Olives]]
*[[Sun Dried Tomatoes]]
*[[Roasted Red Peppers]]
*[[Barbecue Sauce]]
*[[Steak Sauce]]
*[[Hot Sauce]]
*[[Hot Peppers]]
*[[Mushroom]]
*[[Spices]]

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[[Category:Fast foods]]

Hot dog

2007-12-19T01:31:27Z

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A '''hot dog''' or Frankfurter, is a sausage made from [[beef]] or [[pork]] or both; many tinned and readily available types contain [[chicken]] and mechanically-recovered meat of various unspecified kinds. The Hot Dog in a bun was first invented at the [[Chicago]] [[World Fair]] of 1893. Hot dogs contain seasonings and are cured and cooked. Hot dogs are among [[America]]'s favorite foods. Hot dogs are usually served with [[condiment]]s:
*[[Ketchup]]
*[[Mustard]]
*[[Mayonnaise]]
*[[Relish]]
*[[Chili]]
*[[Onions]]
*[[Hot Peppers]]
*[[Hot Sauce]]
*[[Pickles]]
*[[Cheese]]
*[[Spices]]
*[[Tomatoes]]

==References==
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[[Category:Meat]]
[[Category:Fast foods]]

Cheese

2007-12-19T01:28:51Z

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[[Image:Cheese.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Blue Stilton, a fine traditional English cheese.]]

'''Cheese''' is a solidified dairy product. Cheese making starts with the solidification of milk proteins, usually by the addition of [[rennet]] (a mixture of [[enzyme]]s) or an edible acid, which produces [[curds]]. For most types of cheese the [[curds]] is separated from the liquid, the [[whey]], and then [[aging|aged]], sometimes for many years. Salt is also often an ingredient in cheese recipes.

==Sources Used to Make Cheese==

Most cheese is made from [[cow]]'s [[milk]], although technically, any large [[mammal]]'s milk can be used. Some common sources of milk for making cheese other than cows include:

*[[Goat]] milk (e.g. Chevre cheese)
*[[Sheep]] milk (e.g. Roquefort)
*[[Yak]] milk.
*[[Buffalo]] milk

==Cheese History==

[[France]] is especially renowned as a cheese producer, and their president [[Charles de Gaulle]] famously said : "How can a country with 300 different kinds of cheese agree on anything?". However, many French cheeses are made from unpasteurised milk and their transport across international borders is therefore forbidden for health reasons owing to potentially toxic bacterium ''listeria''. Physicians recommend that the cheeses should not be coumsed by [[pregnancy|pregnant]] women or young children. Certain French cheeses (such as Epoisses) are so smelly to keep up the urban legend that their carriage is banned even on French [[public transport]].

It is most likely that the invention of cheesemaking was a way of preserving excess milk for leaner times.

==Varieties==

There are literally thousands of varieties of cheese made in the world today. The best selection with more than thousand varieties is offered in the Kaufhaus des Westen, Berlin, Germany [http://www.kadewe-berlin.de/kaese_engl.php]. Some well known varieties are:

===Hard cheeses===
*Cheddar (A hard red or white cheese, originally from the [[England|English]] West country, but also now made worldwide in countries including [[Ireland]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Scotland]])
*Parmesan ([[Italy|Italian]] very hard cheese.)
*Romano (Another Italian hard cheese)
*Gouda ([[Netherlands|Dutch]] cheese, with a yellow wax rind.)
*Monterey Jack ([[America]]n.)
*Pepper Jack
*Emmenthal (A [[Switzerland|Swiss]] cheese, characterised by large holes.)
*Cheshire (A hard red or white cheese, more crumbly than Cheddar with a salty taste. Made in Cheshire or North Shropshire. Mrs Appleby's Cheshire has won international renown.)
*Provolone Cheese
*Swiss Cheese

===Blue cheeses===
*Blue Stilton (English crumbly blue cheese, a non-blue variety also exists.)
*Roquefort (The [[France|French]] king of blue cheeses, made from sheep's milk in a cave.)
*Cheshire Blue (Mild blue cheese with a salty flavour)

===Soft cheeses===
*Feta (Soft and crumbly [[Greece|Greek]] sheep's or mixture of sheep's and goat's milk cheese)
*Brie (a French soft cheese, not particularly smelly.)
*Camembert (a French soft cheese, fairly smelly.)
*Muenster (a French soft cheese)
*Cottage cheese (a very runny soft curd cheese).
*Cream cheese
*Mozzarella (A very soft white cheese from Italy, traditionally made with buffalo's milk.)
*Goat cheese

===Synthetic cheeses===
*American or processed cheese, a very mild [[ersatz]] cheddar with a smooth texture, often delivered by unusual methods, such as in cans, as strings, or as a spray. Though considered by many connoisseurs to have an unpleasantly chemical or plasticy taste and no significent texture, its very low cost had lead to its use as a 'generic' cheese for snacks, fast-food, burgers, or any meal in which a cheese is used to enhance another element of a meal rather than form a more significent taste.

==Non-cheese cheeses==

Head cheese, known as brawn in the UK and by other names in other parts of the world, is made from meat taken from the head of an animal - pigs, calves and cows are used - that might otherwise remain uneaten for aesthetic reasons. It sometimes includes meat from other normally unappetising areas such as the feet or organs. The meat is chopped or shredded and set in [[gelatine]]. It is usually eaten cold or at room temperature as a luncheon meat. In the southern states of the US this is sometimes also known as sousemeat and pickled in vinegar.

[[Lemon]] cheese is another name for lemon curd in the UK. Fruit cheeses are sometimes made with other citrus fruit.

==Cheese in Culture==

In [[England]], the traditional sport of [[cheese-rolling]] remains locally popular. [http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/]

[[James McIntyre]], a [[Canadian]] poet, was fond of writing [[poems]] and [[ode]]s to cheese. This is not because he thought the subject was funny, or ironic. Rather, McIntyre saw cheese production in [[Canada]] as a [[symbol]] of the strong growth in the Canadian [[economy]]. Many people today find his works quite humorous, but McIntyre's "[[Ode on the Mammoth Cheese]]" is considered by most poetry [[scholars]] not only his best work, but his ultimate achievement.

The original family name of comedian [[John Cleese]] was Cheese, but was changed to Cleese by his father. Cleese is famous, of course, for playing the frustrated customer in the Cheese Shop sketch on the ''[[Monty Python|Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' television show.

Cheese is considered by some as a palliative for various internal diseases.

In the animated series ''Wallace & Gromit'', cheese plays an important role. Not only is Wensleydale cheese their favorite variety but in ''A Grand Day Out'' they visit the moon because it is made of cheese.

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[[Category:Cheese]]

Horse

2007-12-19T01:24:25Z

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{{Taxonomy|image = Blackstallion.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Perissodactyla|suborder = Hippomorpha |family = Equidae|genus = Equus|species = E. caballus (Domestic Horse) E. ferus caballus (Wild Horse)}}
'''Horses''' are large mammals known for their beauty and usefulness to humans. They provide a source of rapid transportation for hunting and travel and can pull wagons and carts. Before the invention of the tractor, horses were invaluable to farmers who used them to plough fields and haul heavy loads.

Horses have been bred since antiquity. Their use for transportation was curtailed in the early 1900s as [[automobile]]s (then called "horseless carriages") replaced them.

==Evolutionary view of origins==

Evolutionary biologists believe that the modern horse has slowly evolved into its present form over the course of about 60 million years. From Eohippus (60 million years ago) to our "modern-day horse," Equus (1 million years ago). This claim is based on various pieces of evidence for the gradual "change" of the leg bones from the toes of Eohippus to the hoofs of Equus. The skull also shows an evolutionary trend from fossil to fossil.

==Young Earth Creationist view of origins==

[[Young Earth Creationism|Creationary]] biologists believe that the horse baramin is one of the kinds taken by [[Noah]] aboard the Ark. Therefore all horse-like animals (including zebras and donkeys) are descended from the fourteen horses taken on board by Noah.<ref>Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/595/ How did all the animals fit on Noah's Ark?], Creation 19(2):16–19, March 1997.</ref>

Horses are from the same [[baramin]] as [[donkeys]], [[asses]], [[ponys]], and [[zebras]].

==References==
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[[Category:Livestock]]
[[Category:Equestrianism]]
[[Category:Biblical animals]]

Whale

2007-12-19T01:22:05Z

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[[Image:800px-Baleen Whale Physical Characteristics svg.png|right|thumb|400px]]
'''Whales''' are marine mammals of the order the [[Cetacea|Cetacea]].

Living whales are separated into the toothed whales (which includes [[dolphin]]s, [[porpoise]]s, [[narwhal]]s, [[beaked whale]]s and [[sperm whale]]s) and the whalebone whales; those (mostly very large) cetaceans which have teeth replaced by baleen (whalebone) to filter small prey from the water, which are what people generally think of when the word whale is used. The whalebone whales include the rorquals - the [[blue whale]], fin whale, sei whale, Bryde's whale, [[minke whale]], [[grey whale]]; the [[humpback whale]]; and the various [[right whale]]s.

Although whales are famed for the massive size reached by some species, such as the blue whale (the largest animal to ever live), others are relatively small like the pygmy right whale which grows to about 20 feet <ref> [http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/PygmyRightWhale.htm]American Cetacean Society website</ref>. Though whales have many traits in common with fish (including fins and tails) they are [[classification system|classified]] as [[mammal|mammals]] under the [[Linnaean taxonomy]] classification system because they breath air and lactate. Whales have a number of remarkable features including:

* they decide when to breathe, rather than breathing unconsciously
* they sleep 8 hours a day, yet need to be conscious to breathe
* they can communicate with each other by making remarkably loud noises
* these extraordinary noises can travel for miles under water
* the females nurse their calves while swimming underwater
* the males have a unique cooling system for their internal reproductive organs
* some have two blow-holes, but others only have one
* the blow-holes pass air above water, yet resist intense pressure underwater
* they have massive brains, much larger than the brains of other mammals
* Whales along with humans and horses are some of the few mammal species that do not possess [[baculum]] (penile bone)

== Evolution and taxonomy ==
The question of how whales and their relatives could have evolved from terrestrial [[mammal]]s has taxed evolutionary biologists since [[Charles Darwin|Darwin's]] suggestion that they may have evolved from ancient bears.
In more recent times molecular and fossil evidence has been used to suggest that modern whales and their relatives arose from ancient [[Artiodactyla|artiodactyls]] (even-toed ungulates) with the closest living relative of all whales being [[hippopotamus|hippopotami]].<ref>[http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/41080/molecular_clock_divergence_estimates_and_the_fossil_record_of_cetartiodactyla/index.html] Theodore, JM (2004) Molecular Clock Divergence Estimates And The Fossil Record Of Cetartiodactyla The Journal Of Paleontology 78:39-44</ref>
This kinship has been termed the whippo hypothesis.
Evolutionary biologists estimate the last ancestor of whales and hippos lived about 25 million years ago,<ref> [http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/IAtransitional.shtml] UCLA Berkley Understanding Evolution for Teachers website</ref> which contrasts with the [[Young earth creationism|young earth creationist]] position that whales were [[creation|created]] about 6000 years ago when [[God]] created the [[earth]].<ref>Sarfati, Jonathan [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3834/106/ Whale evolution?] ''Refuting Evolution'', Chapter 5.</ref><ref>Batten, Don, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1776 A whale of a tale?] ''Journal of Creation'' 8(1):2–3, April 1994.</ref><ref>Williams, Alexander, and Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1862 Not at all like a whale], ''Creation'' 27(2):20–22, March 2005.</ref>

There are six kinds of whales:

* Killer Whales
* Sperm Whales
* Blue Whales
* Gray Whales
* Narwhales
* Humpback Whales

== Whales in the Bible ==

The great fish that swallowed [[Jonah (prophet)|Jonah]],
<blockquote>
''Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.'' Jonah 1:17
</blockquote>
is often thought of as being a whale, although the actual creature is unknown and may have been something unknown to science, having been specially prepared by [[God]].

== Whales in literature ==

Arguably the most famous book about whales is [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[Moby-Dick|Moby Dick]]'', about a whaling-ship captain obsessed with hunting down the sperm whale (Moby Dick) which had bitten off one of his legs.

== References ==

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[[Category:Cetaceans]]

Bear

2007-12-19T01:14:03Z

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[[Image:polarbear4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A polar bear.]]

[[Image:panda2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A giant panda.]]

A '''bear''' is a large furry mammal. All bears are [[omnivores]], even those which eat a mostly meat diet (polar bears) or a mostly plant diet (pandas). There are nine generally recognized [[extant]] species of bears:

* [[Polar Bear]] - lives in the Arctic maritime region and hunts (primarily) seals.
* [[Brown Bear]] - also known as the grizzly bear. Subspecies include the Kodiak bear and the European brown bear. Lives in temperate forested regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
* [[American Black Bear]] - smaller than the grizzly, and lives in North America. Subspecies include the Kermode bear which lives in British Columbia.
* [[Asiatic Black Bear]] - a brown bear species lives in Asia.
* [[Giant Panda]] - lives in China and eats a plant diet of bamboo.
* [[Spectacled Bear]] - a small bear which lives in South America.
* [[Sloth Bear]] - lives in South Asia and eats termites.
* [[Sun Bear]] - a small bear which lives in Southeast Asia.
* [[Koala Bear]] - a small bear from [[Australia]] that eats [[eucalyptus]]

Bears are frequent mascots for schools and sports teams, including the Chicago Bears (football), the Chicago Cubs (baseball), the UCLA Bruins, and the Brown University Bears.

Two she-bears make an appearance in II Kings 2:23-24, verses concerning the prophet Elisha frequently cited by atheists and nonbelievers.

"And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them."

Though the two verses seem on the surface incompatible with modern Christian values, it should be noted that "little children" is most likely a mistranslation, and should probably be interpreted as "youths", possibly a gang of juvenile delinquents. Also, God cannot and should not allow his prophets to be mocked without reproach.

[[Category:Bears]]
[[Category:Dangerous animals]]

Lead

2007-12-19T01:08:12Z

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'''Lead''' is a chemical [[element]]. It is a dense metal which has been used for pipes, hence its symbol 'Pb', short for the [[Latin]] 'plumbum', or pipe.
{{element | name=Lead | symbol=Pb}}

Lead is toxic and in [[2007]], many [[Chinese]] [[toys]] were discovered to have lead. There is a controversary over whether there should more be [[government regulation]] to reduce the lead in toys, or if the [[free market]] should regulate the problem.

[[Category:Elements]]

Creed

2007-12-19T01:04:41Z

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Creed is the name of a [[Christian Rock]] band that made songs like "My Own Prison". They broke up in [[2004]].

Breakfast

2007-12-19T00:59:50Z

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Breakfast is the first meal of the day. Most [[Americans]] eat [[cereal]], [[bacon]], [[sausage]], [[eggs]], [[pancakes]], [[toast]] or [[ham]] for breakfast.

Gravy

2007-12-19T00:56:06Z

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'''Gravy''' is a [[meat]] sauce made from leftover juices from meat and thickened with [[flour]]. Sometimes it is thickened with [[corn starch]] too.

[[Category:Food and drink]]

Red

2007-12-19T00:54:12Z

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'''Red''' may be any of a number of similar [[color]]s at the lowest frequencies of [[light]] discernible by the [[human]] [[eye]]. Red is one of three [[primary colors]] of light{{fact}}, along with [[green]] and [[blue]]. Red light has a wavelength range of roughly 625-760 nm. Lower frequencies are called [[infrared]], or below red and cannot be seen by human eyes, although some infrared frequencies can be felt as heat.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/lensop/sets/72157594342268252/</ref>

Red is supposedly the first color perceived by Man.{{fact}} Brain-injured persons suffering from temporary [[color-blindness]] start to perceive red before they are able to discern any other colors.{{fact}} [[Neolithic]] hunter peoples considered red to be the most important color endowed with life-giving powers and thus placed red [[ocher]] into graves of their deceased.{{fact}} This explains funds of [[skeleton]]s embedded in up to 10 kg of red powdered ocher.{{fact}} Neolithic cave painters ascribed [[magic]] powers to the color red.{{fact}} The word "magic" ("Zauber" in [[German]]) translates to "taufr" in [[Old Norse]] and is related to the [[Anglo-Saxon]] "teafor" meaning "red ocher".{{fact}} It can be stipulated that they painted [[animal]]s in red ocher or [[iron oxide]] to conjure their fertility.{{fact}}

Red is the color of [[Republicans]].

Protective powers of the color red against evil influence were common belief. Objects, animals and trees were covered in red paint, warriors painted their axes and spear-catapults red to endow the weapons with magic powers. Some of the Australian aborigines abide by this custom up to the present times. Neolithic hunters and germanic warriors used to paint their weapons and even themselves in blood of slain animals. Roman gladiators drank blood of their dying adversaries to take over their strength. In other cultures, the newly born were bathed in blood of particularly strong and good looking animals.[[image:VanEyck.jpg‎|'''''Arnolfini Wedding'' by Jan Van Eyck 1434'''|center|300px]]Red painted amulets or red gems, such as ruby or garnet, were used as charms against the "evil eye". Wearing a red ruby was supposed to bring about invincibility. Red bed-clothes were customary in Germany up to the Middle Ages as protection against the "red illnesses", such as fever, rashes or even miscarriages (famous example is the painting Arnolfini Wedding by Jan Van Eyck, dated 1434).<ref>http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/color/reds2.html</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Colors]]

Blue

2007-12-19T00:53:42Z

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Blue is one of the three primary pigments along with [[red]] and [[yellow]], and one of the three main colors of light along with red and [[green]].

Blue is the color of the [[Democrats]].

In [[pigment]], such as with paint, blue is combined with yellow to make [[green]], or with red to make [[purple]].
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Squid

2007-12-19T00:51:12Z

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An aquatic [[cephalopod]] [[mollusc]] with ten tentacles known for its abilities at [[camouflage]], accomplished using special skin cells called [[chromatophores]], and producing ink clouds. There are a large number of species spread across the oceans of the globe. The largest type, the Colossal Squid, can grow to upwards of 46 feet in length from the tip of the caudal fin the the end of the two longer tentacles, while a number of species are only a few inches in length.

Some [[creation scientists]] believe that all of the [[cephalopods]] such as [[squid]] and [[octopusses]] are from the same [[baramin]].

In recent years, the popularity of calamari and other squid dishes have caused their numbers to dwindle.

Squid, though short-lived, are highly intelligent. Most are active [[predator]]s.

[[Category:Molluscs]]
[[Category:Seafood]]

Fly

2007-12-19T00:49:24Z

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"Fly" can be used to describe many types of flying insects (probably from the same [[baramin]]), though it is more likely used to mean [[house fly]] a household pest that lays [[eggs]] in [[garbage]] resulting in [[maggots]].

Dragonfly

2007-12-19T00:47:07Z

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A dragonfly is a [[insect]] that lives in the [[swamp]]. It has four wings and can dart very quickly.

Tiger

2007-12-19T00:45:09Z

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[[Image:bengaltiger.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
The '''Tiger''' is a large, striped [[feline]], formerly found across much of [[Asia]], but now much restricted in its range and endangered; the Javan, Balinese and Caspian varieties of tiger are now [[extinction|extinct]]. Most [[baraminologists]] believe that all of the "cats", such as [[lions]] and tigers came from the same [[baramin]], though there is some disagreement about whether [[house cats]] and [[pumas]] are in the same group.

== Habits ==

Tigers are solitary [[predator]]s, capable of easily killing prey as large as a [[buffalo]], and frequently killing domestic livestock.

They are fond of swimming. Though not as arboreal as the [[leopard]], they can climb trees.

== Man-eating tigers ==

There have been numerous historical cases of man-eating tigers; sometimes claiming hundreds of victims. However, the animals involved were often found to have been injured, frequently by [[porcupine]]s or [[gun]]shot wounds, and healthy tigers do not in general eat people.

== Famous tigers in literature ==

*Tigger - in [[Winnie the Pooh]].

*Shere Khan - in [[the Jungle Book]].

*Hobbes - in the comic [[Calvin and Hobbes]].

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[[Category:Felines]]
[[Category:Dangerous animals]]

Rat

2007-12-19T00:43:09Z

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A '''rat''' is a small [[rodent]] found on all [[continent]]s except [[Antarctica]]. Rats are often considered to be [[pest]]s. They are also often known to carry disease; notably, the spread of the [[Bubonic plague]] is attributed to rats. Rats are from the same [[baramin]] as [[mice]] and [[shrews]].

== Habitat ==
Rats are capable of surviving in a wide range of different environments ranging from grasslands, forests, urban settlements, ships, and the unforgiving [[arctic]]. They tend to thrive around [[human beings]].

== Diet ==
Rats can survive off an extremely diverse diet, including seeds, fruits, small birds and mammals, scraps and even garbage.

== Pets ==
Rats can make good pets. They are usually kept in a [[cage]] or a [[terrarium]], sometimes with other rats or [[mice]].

== See also ==
[[Mouse]]

[[category:Rodents]]

Rat

2007-12-19T00:42:58Z

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A '''rat''' is a small [[rodent]] found on all [[continent]]s except [[Antarctica]]. Rats are often considered to be [[pest]]s. They are also often known to carry disease; notably, the spread of the [[Bubonic plague]] is attributed to rats. Rats are from the same [[baramin]] as mice and [[shrews]].

== Habitat ==
Rats are capable of surviving in a wide range of different environments ranging from grasslands, forests, urban settlements, ships, and the unforgiving [[arctic]]. They tend to thrive around [[human beings]].

== Diet ==
Rats can survive off an extremely diverse diet, including seeds, fruits, small birds and mammals, scraps and even garbage.

== Pets ==
Rats can make good pets. They are usually kept in a [[cage]] or a [[terrarium]], sometimes with other rats or [[mice]].

== See also ==
[[Mouse]]

[[category:Rodents]]

Mammoth

2007-12-19T00:41:58Z

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Woolly '''Mammoths''' were a family of [[extinction|extinct]] furred [[elephant]]s that roamed the [[Northern Hemisphere]] up until the last [[Ice Age]]. The mammoth is believed to have used its enormous tusks to root for vegetation beneath the snow.

The frozen corpses of several mammoths have been found in the [[Siberia]]n [[permafrost]]; in medieval times there was a substantial trade in mammoth [[ivory]] from the region.

Most creation scientists believe that mammoths are from the same [[baramin]] as [[elephants]], [[mastodons]], and [[hippopotamuses]].

[[Category:Mammals]]
[[Category:Extinct animals]]

Mammoth

2007-12-19T00:41:50Z

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Woolly '''Mammoths''' were a family of [[extinction|extinct]] furred [[elephant]]s that roamed the [[Northern Hemisphere]] up until the last [[Ice Age]]. The mammoth is believed to have used its enormous tusks to root for vegetation beneath the snow.

The frozen corpses of several mammoths have been found in the [[Siberia]]n [[permafrost]]; in medieval times there was a substantial trade in mammoth [[ivory]] from the region.

Most creation scientists believe that mammoths are from the same [[baramin]] as [[elephants]], [[mastodons]], and [hippopotamuses]].

[[Category:Mammals]]
[[Category:Extinct animals]]

Rubber Band

2007-12-19T00:38:11Z

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Since about [[1965]] rubber bands have most often been made from [[synthetic rubber]].

Pimento

2007-12-19T00:35:56Z

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A pimento is made from the bark of a tree in the [[Palm]] family and is often used pickled and used to stuff [[olives]]. The pimento is named for [[Samuel Pimento]], a [[Portugese]] chef who popularized the food.[1]

== References ==

[1] F. Malcolm Germain, "The History of the Humble Olive". Mars Press, 1996.

[[Category:Food]]

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*[[User:Smile]] ([http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:Contributions/Smile contribs]) looks like nonsense; [[Michael Moore]] in Category:Mammels; [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Michael_Moore&diff=prev&oldid=52386] numerous random people in [[:Category:Evolutionists]]. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 23:42, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
:I've warned him. Please alert me if he does it again.--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 23:46, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
::There's no evidence the dozen or so people he calls Evolutionists are Evolutionists; to me it looks like trolling. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 00:00, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

::Sorry - I meant to put Michael Moore as an Evolutionist, but I was too fast on the copy and paste. I was trying to add an evolutionist tag as appropriate, and I don't know a better way than to just browse random articles - so they are random, sort-of. [[User:Smile|Smile]] 00:03, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

*[[User:Deus rex caelum]]--Is making parody/mocking edits/entries.

: I almost blocked him last night, but thought perhaps it best to give more of an opportunity to be constructive. His edits have not been clear vandalism, though I agree at least one seems silly. Maybe he'll get serious.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 15:23, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

*[[User:Scalito1776]] - has made numerous vandalizing edits --[[User:Dave3172|Dave3172]] 01:40, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

: REPLY: blocked for infinite duration, and his vandalism has been rolled back. We also have his IP address and ISP.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:56, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

*[[User:Sisyphus]], [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Microscope&direction=next&oldid=41608 Microscope], prank/parody article: "Microscopes are ''purportedly'' instruments that enable the user to view objects smaller than the eye is capable of visualizing... Microscopes are frequently used by scientists, such as those arguing in favor of human cloning, stem cell research, and evolution... little investigation has been done into the possibility that microscopes may cause the existence of the very microbes they purport to offer us a glimpse at. It is also possible that the scientific method may itself be at fault." [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 19:21, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

: REPLY: blocked for one week for his one edit, which was inappropriate. Good decision here by another SYSOP (Geo). Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:56, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

*[[User:Scriabin]] and [[User:Familyman]], for subtle vandalism in their creation of the original articles on [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Johann_Sebastian_Bach&oldid=33939 Johann Sebastian Bach] and [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Bach%2C_johann_sebastian&oldid=40072 Bach, johann sebastian] (now a redirect). They highlight a problem that concerns me: both of these articles, as created, are poisonous mixes of valid information with misinformation that is subtle enough to escape notice by people who don't know the subject, while ludicrous enough to arouse the derision of those who do. [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Johann_Sebastian_Bach&oldid=33939 Johann Sebastian Bach] said that Bach composed "a C Minor Mass." If he did, it's obscure, whereas his '''B''' Minor Mass is celebrated; ''Mozart'' wrote a famous C Minor Mass. That could be a typo. Saying Bach composed ''The Diabelli Variations'' (which are by Beethoven) can't be. The original version of [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Bach%2C_johann_sebastian&oldid=40072 Bach, johann sebastian] goes over the top when it says "The title of his collection Bach's Great Organ Works is attributed, according to legend, to his wife Anna Magdalena Bach upon the delivery of their umpteenth child." OK, maybe not-so-subtle vandalism. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:49, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

:Familyman has been blocked, and upon Dpbsmith's comments above I also blocked Scriabin. But upon further extensive investigation I couldn't find evidence justifying a block of Scriabin, so I have unblocked him. I have an open mind about this and welcome comments by others. I'm particularly reluctant to disagree with Dpbsmith, who has almost always been right here and has been with us since nearly the beginning. Thanks, Dpbsmith!--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 10:21, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
::(You're welcome!) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 20:20, 17 March 2007 (EDT) P. S. Since it wasn't at all obvious (and still isn't) that Scriabin's edit represented abuse, and since he wasn't making rapid edits, I should have asked him about this on his Talk page instead of going here. I've now done so now. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 06:35, 18 March 2007 (EDT) Scriabin and I have exchanged mutual apologies. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 08:45, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

I am reporting [[user: Conservative]] He was involved in a dispute with AmesG and then unilaterally decided to ban him for a week, using a power he possessed and AmesG does not. That is a blatant abuse of SysOp authority - the proper course of action would have been to bring in another SysOp as a neutral third party to decide the matter. I am asking that AmesG be re-instated and Conservative be given a warning for his abuse of authority. This kind of ham-handed banning will give this site a bad reputation that will be hard to shake.--[[User:Dave3172|Dave3172]] 16:43, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

*[[Eric Mukherjee]]. Suspect harmless undergraduate prankster hi-jinks. No sources provided. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 11:43, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
:'''(removed names - these people may not be involved. Unfair to publically name and shame them if they are not)'''--[[User:AustinM|AustinM]] 12:10, 15 March 2007 (EDT) You're right, I shouldn't have done that. Thanks for removing them. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 20:46, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

[[user: JC]] is a suspected vandal. Could some one revert his edits I have done some but I don't thave time right now to search through everything. ([[User:AustinM|AustinM]])

:What is going on?
:[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] gets granted exclusive rights to put the [[creationist]] view on the [[Theory of evolution]] article. [[User:AustinM|AustinM]] banns [[User:JC|JC]] for putting the creationist view on other articles, claiming it is vandalism. [[User:AustinM|AustinM]] then goes and vandalizes the [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[John Major]] and [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] articles. Are Conservatives fighting amongst each other in order to decide whose version of reality gets to be the definitive one? Can't wait for the SYSOPs banning SYSOPs melee.
:This site is an endless source of surreal entertainment. I can't really see anyone taking it seriously as an encyclopedia.
:I assume I'll get banned for pointing that out.
:[[User:WhatIsGoingOn|WhatIsGoingOn]] 15:04, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
::Handy jargon: on Wikipedia, this is known as a "wheel war." [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 19:22, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
:::Interesting, I always idly wondered about that term means (and always forgot to look it up), so thanks for the info! --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 19:35, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

===Christianity===
The page has been blocked to prevent editing, which I would normally commend had the content been accurate, except that the existing definition of Christianity is a weak rendition of the actual Biblical revelation. It should not be defined by a Harris poll! If you are to be any better than Wikipedia, you must want truth to be objectively stated. For something as important as one's eternal relationship with God Himself, the information better be accurate!

In Wikipedia, when Christians try to edit, say to some cult's page, the cult members merely come and erase it and edit it out. Truth doesn't matter to the site, and they allow the false claims to continue. That should be different here! Truth is objective, and can be known by anyone, believer or unbeliever in Christianity. Facts are still facts. But we can only write articles to the level of our knowledge. Whoever wrote, wrote what he could, but it can be improved, and should be allowed to be improved.

I would suggest a respected editorial Board for Christian issues. All Christian denominations surprisingly agree on the basics such as are in the Apostle's and Nicene Creeds of the Church. There is one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Jesus is fully God and flly man; He died and rose physically from the dead; He offers salvation solely on account of His grace, His works on our behalf, as our Substitute, taking the wrath of God due us. God calls us to repent and believe, and that faith is a "gift, that no man may boast."(Eph.2:8,9). Our salvation is because of the works of Christ alone, and we have this knowledge from inspired Scripture alone, etc.

All three major branches of Christianity, Protestantism, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy would agree that Mormonism or Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian denominations, but rather non-Christian cults or religions. But in order to show the truth of various claims, there must be accuracy in reporting the facts -- objectivity. As it is right now, the definition of Christianity is far too limited.

Who do we talk to in order to submit changes for its editing?
Thank you,

PD Popejoy

:''All three major branches of Christianity, Protestantism, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy would agree that Mormonism or Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian denominations, but rather non-Christian cults or religions.''
:They, on the other hand would disagree. Are we going with [[Truth By Headcount]], now? If so, the Christians were Wrong(tm) back when the Roman Empire was using them for lion chow. --[[User:Scrap|Scrap]] 06:33, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

:: I'm not sure where this stands now, and I apologize for being late on this discussion. But I wanted to say this: let's avoid using the word "cult" to describe any group. It seems overly pejorative and not encyclopedic. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:32, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

*Mr. Schlafly is correct. Too many words are bandied about all over the Net. Jim Jones, of Jonestown--Peoples Temple infamy, he ran a "Cult". So think of him, and his tragedy, before applying that word. Last I checked, neither the JW's or LDS people were telling their people to drink Kool-aid laced with poison, so they could cross over and meet Jesus.

Blocked [[user:JesusSaves]] for three days. Reason for it was in repeated inclusion of a nonsensical line in the article [[Genesis]], and his decision to begin and escalate an argument about it. When given a last warning to stop, he continued. It's documented on the [[Genesis]] talk page. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 20:13, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
:I have to tell you, this is a mirror image of when Conservative blocked AmesG. Karajou, you were involved in a personal dispute with the user and should probably get a fellow sysop to sign off on that.

:From [[Talk:Genesis]] "If you intend to continue this fight, then I'm going to boot you from the site. Last warning. Karajou 19:41, 18 March 2007 (EDT)"

:The fight was with you... get a neutral sysop to go with you... you probably had a case but booting him yourself removes your moral authority. [[User:Myk|Myk]] 20:47, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

:: I reviewed this debate betwen Karajou and JesusSaves at length. While blocking is always a last resort, it is appropriate when someone is repeatedly interfering with productive work. Karajou could have locked the page, but that would have prevented others from contributing to this work-in-progress.

:: JesusSaves should have deferred to the person doing the most work on the entry (Karajou). It's not right for a bystander to come along and repeatedly insist on placing a dot somewhere in the Mona Lisa as Da Vinci paints it. Karajou warned JesusSaves repeatedly, and even then blocked him for only 3 days.

:: Put another way, we don't allow a heckler's veto here. Some professional courtesy and deference is appropriate, and Karajou need not divert his efforts to track down other SYSOPs in this situation. I hope JesusSaves will return and not insist on his same edit yet again.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:16, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

:::Personaly, I did not like the thought of having him, or anyone else for that matter, removed from the site. I think a better preference for myself at least would be to contact another sysop or Aschlafly for arbitration should another incident happen. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 13:16, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

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I responded on your talk page. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 02:15, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

==Current Alerts==
*Dunno about [[Breast Exam]], initial text by [[User:NewGuy2]], image added by [[User:EditGenius2]]. Sincere article about an important and nonsexual topic, or deliberate attempt to push at the borderlines? Image appears to have been copied from http://www.iparenting.com/resources/articles/cancerpregnancy.htm by the way. Image is not obscene in context but I would have thought it was hot stuff when I was thirteen. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 12:38, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
*[[User:EditGenius2]] also uploaded [:Image:SelfExam.jpg] but no pages link to it. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 12:47, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
*Seems to be an edit war in progress over the same image at [[Self Breast Exam]]. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 12:52, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
::Could people at least reply on the talk page for the breast exam page for WHY they keep deleting the non offensive image? If that's offensive, then this is going to end up being an amazingly tiny encyclopedia. It doesn't show anything rude, as I said on the talk page, yet it's gone once again. --[[User:ALFa|ALFa]] 14:50, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
:::This is going to be a very tiny encyclopedia. That's sort of the point, unfortunately. --[[User:Scrap|Scrap]] 22:45, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

: Folks, I deleted that stuff about breast exams. Go look in your Encyclopedia Britannica and see if you find voyeurism like that. You won't, and it shouldn't be here either.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 18:38, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
:: Due respect, Andy, but you will... you will find anatomical pictures of breasts, etc. But then again, in an EB, you'll also not find outright censorship of material on evolution.-[[User:AmesG|AmesG]] 20:58, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

::: The desire by so many (present company excluded) to teach about sex has really been an eye-opener for me. There appear to be millions of people wanting to teach about sex! Virtually none of them become doctors, or even go into health professions. Virtually none want to become real teachers. But it's amazing how many want to be teachers of sex-related topics!--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:09, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
::::Woot! Sign me up!--[[User:Raytrotter|Raytrotter]] 21:12, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
:::::Can't say I understood that. Sorry. But, first, breast exams are not sex. They're cancer prevention. Second, teaching about safe sex prevents unwanted pregnancy, prevents abortion.-[[User:AmesG|AmesG]] 21:13, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

==Long-term tasks==
I made a "short" list of redirects that still exist after the "on wheels" move vandalism. I believe they should be cleaned up... But instead of actually editing fifty redirect pages to include them in the "Speedy Delete" category, I just compiled a list at [[User:Sid 3050/Deletion List]]. I also included the Delete links AND lined them up in a nifty column so you can just click away if you like. (Yes, I've been having far too much fun with regular expression replacements there. I'm weird like that.) =P --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 23:17, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

: Did someone beat me to it? I tried and there was nothing to delete for everything I clicked. Thanks for your superb list!!!--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:48, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

::Yeah, whatever. MountainDew reacted to the call within minutes, so you should praise him. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 21:24, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

== Hitler article ==
The Hitler article is locked to prevent vandalism, but the most recent changes by [[User:RobS | RobS]] and [[User:Geo.plrd|Geo.plrd]] are nothing short of vandalism. --[[User:Order|Order]] 19 March, 14:00 (AEST
:I fail to see how I vandalized this page by adding information. I have unprotected it to allow work. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geo.]] 01:34, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
::It looked like subtle vandalism, by inserting many red herrings and factual erros. Thanks for unprotecting it, although I am not sure where to begin first. The article bebfore the ''improvment drive'' was maybe short, and a bit simplistic, but at least fairly correct.--[[User:Order |Order]] 19 March 20:00 (AEST)

*I posted over there at the Hitler talk page. Let's hope cooler heads will manage the rather simple task of informing users what Hitler was, and what it was he ordered, without getting bogged down in nitpicks and petty arguments. When examining '''true Evil''', and trying to explain it, we simply don't have time for that kind of crap. --[[User:TK|TK]] 06:47, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Can somebody stop [[User:RobS | RobS]] from editing the Hitler article. Every entry he adds contains at least two factual errors, and he presents legends on Hitler as facts. He doesn't do any research before an edit, and probabaly just relies on his recollections from either history class or his grandmother. Locking this page to prevent vandalism doesn't help, if there is a not-so-subtle vandal among the sysops. --[[User:Order|Order]] 20 March, 12:30 (AEST)

: And [[User:TK|TK]] is posted copyrighted material. As a sysop. --[[User:Order|Order]] 20 March, 12:30 (AEST)
:There is no subtle vandalism going on, it is a good faith effort to improve this article. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geo.]] 02:28, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
:How do you distinguish? If they weren't sysops, they would or should have gotten a warning. --[[User:Order|Order]] 20 March, 17:55 (AEST)
::Intent [[User:Geo.plrd|Geo.]] 02:57, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
:::They have been told a few times, especially [[User:RobS | RobS]] that the edits conatin many factual errors. That didn't keep him from introducing more. I assume he did it with intend, since I assume that he is able to google for actual information, rather relying on myths, legends, or made up stuff. If he is not able do that, I wouldn't blame him of course. --[[User:Order|Order]] 20 March, 14:00 (AEST).
*You distingush by reading the history. :p The attribution was in one of my drafts, and in all the moving and re-arranging, wasn't there when I finished in the middle of the night. Is this place always such a tempest in a teapot? I posted material that is in the public domain, not copyrighted, and attributed. If you see something like what I did, and know the attribution, it is your duty and right to add it in. If you don't know it, rather than running like a baby to abuse, you should contact the person who edited it. My email is listed here, my IM is listed. Does that not sound fair? The page was a freakin' mess. The page is supposed to be about Hitler...they were all over the map. The focus is now back where it should have been all along. I think far too many of you isolate yourselves, rather than communicating, and the last few posts are a good example.

*I assumed that you had just dumped some material for further improvement. That why I said that I was looking forward to the final version. The material that you posted was at least mostly factual. The strom in the teapot, is because the article as it was, was nothing more than a Miffy version of History. "Hitler planned a putsch in a beer hall. The army storms the room. Hitler trips and falls. Look, Hitler is unharmed. Hitler escapes." That has nothing to do with a serious entry on this guy. Thats why I was glad that you at least infused some factual material, even if it's from another site. [[User:Order|Order]] 20 March 21:10 (AEST)

:*Then the purpose of posting here, before you ascertained any of the facts, was what, exactly? I am not looking to beat this horse, but I think my comments were valid, and my solution, quoting one of the foremost experts on the "Final Solution" and Adolf Hitler was better than what was going on. Sometimes one can and should copy. Only this wasn't even that, just my dumb mistake to leave the attribution off the final compilation, even though the quotes and link are on my Word copy of it. The point is, it explains who and what Hitler was. As for the rest of the page, if you all could stop sniping at one another, and hammer it all out on the talk page, it would be even better. I almost removed all the rest of the crap there, and perhaps I should have, and only transfered over what was posted and cited on the talk page. Do you think that would have been a better solution? I just get a bit riled when people run around shouting "dishonest" without ever looking at the facts present, or at least having the decency to ask. Now, why don't you get in touch, and together perhaps, since you have the interest in the topic, we can do what we can to make the page even more informative? --~ [[User:TK|Terry]] [[User_talk:TK|Talk2Me!]] 06:42, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

:: Didn't I say that I was actually pleased that you put the Wiesel speech into the article. I'm happy to say it again. I was glad about your material, and I was looking forward for it to be intergrated with the rest, or even replace the rest, where possible. [[User:Order|Order]] 20 March 21:10 (AEST)

Please feel free to make a new header on the talk page, and give me your thoughts. :-) --~ [[User:TK|Terry]] [[User_talk:TK|Talk2Me!]] 09:43, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

[[Category:Conservapedia maintenance]]

Talk:Answers in Genesis

2007-03-21T03:30:15Z

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I think we all need to agree that AiG doesn't count as a valid source to cite for Conservapedia. Having read through its site pretty thoroughly, I can say that it's an extremely biased and opinionated organization with little to no actual scientific value.-[[User:AmesG|AmesG]] 22:45, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

:Yes we should use it! And of course it is biased - it has a conservative Christian bias! {{unsigned|Smile}}
::Andy has yet to admit that the site is biased. He's still pretending it's neutral. Until he does otherwise, we should keep the "dream" alive.-[[User:AmesG|AmesG]] 23:06, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

Nobody has to "admit" anything. This is a conservative Christian wiki project - it is in the name! [[User:Smile|Smile]] 23:30, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

== Does AIG want removal of evo material from schools or present both views ==

Does AIG want removal of evo material from schools or present both views? Is the article correct? There is no citation. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:04, 20 March 2007 (EDT)conservative
: Only Genesis. No evil-ution. They're that nuts.-[[User:AmesG|AmesG]] 23:06, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

Thomas Hendricks

2007-03-21T03:17:40Z

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Thomas Hendricks was mayor of New York and Vice President under William H. Taft. For three days in October of 1892 AD, he was the acting president of the United States when Taft underwent [[vas deferens]] alignment surgery.

Gerald Ford

2007-03-21T03:10:01Z

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'''Gerald Rudolph Ford''' (1913-2006), considered by many to be one of the greatest American Presidents, was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to January 1977. He was the only American president who was not elected to the position and was not elected Vice-President. A Republican, Ford also served as U.S. Representative, 1948-73, and was the House Minority Leader in 1964. He major decision was to pardon former President [[Richard Nixon]] of any crimes for the good of the nation. Nixon had appointed Ford to become Vice President and ultimately succeed Nixon.

Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but did not live there long, as his mother fled with Gerald within a month due to domestic abuse. He was raised in Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan, where he was a football star. After this, he attended graduate school at Yale, then served in the Navy during [[World War II]]. <ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html</ref>

Gerald Ford in his own words:

Upon assuming the presidency afer President Nixon's resignation:

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, and so I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers. And I hope that such prayers will also be the first of many ....

Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a Government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule. But there is a Higher Power, by whatever name we honor Him, who ordains not only righteousness but love, not only justice but mercy.

As we bind up the internal wounds ... let us restore the Golden Rule to our political process, and let brotherly love purge our hearts of suspicion and of hate. In the beginning, I asked you to pray for me. Before closing, I ask again your prayers, for Richard Nixon and his family. May our former President, who brought peace to millions, find it for himself. May God bless and comfort his wonderful wife and daughters, whose love and loyalty will forever be a shining legacy to all who bear the lonely burdens of the White House ...

I now solemnly reaffirm my promise I made to you last December 6; to uphold the Constitution, to do what is right as God gives me to see the right, and to do the very best I can for America. God helping me, I will not let you down.

Upon announcing his decision to pardon Richard Nixon:

To procrastinate, to agonize, and to wait for a more favorable turn of events that may never come or more compelling external pressures that may as well be wrong as right, is itself a decision of sorts and a weak and potentially dangerous course for a President to follow. I have promised to uphold the Constitution, to do what is right as God gives me to see the right, and to do the very best that I can for America. I have asked your help and your prayers, not only when I became President but many times since.

The Constitution is the supreme law of our land and it governs our actions as citizens. Only the laws of God, which govern our consciences, are superior to it. As we are a Nation under God, so I am sworn to uphold our laws with the help of God. And I have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to determine the right thing for me to do ....

I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President, but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

A Christmas message delivered by President Ford:

As our Bicentennial Year comes to a close, it is especially appropriate to gather once more around the traditional symbol of family ties and friendly reunions, our Nation's Christmas tree. In doing so, we combine our year-long celebration of historical events with a personal rededication to timeless values.

The message of Christmas has not changed over the course of 20 centuries. Peace on Earth, good will towards men-that message is as inspiring today as it was when it was first proclaimed to the shepherds near Bethlehem. It was first proclaimed, as we all know, then. In 1976 America has been blessed with peace and a significant restoration of domestic harmony.

But true peace is more than an absence of battle. It is also the absence of prejudice and the triumph of understanding. Brotherhood among all peoples must be the solid cornerstone of lasting peace. It has been a sustaining force for our Nation, and it remains a guiding light for our future.

The celebration of the birth of Jesus is observed on every continent. The customs and traditions are not always the same, but feelings that are generated between friends and family members are equally strong and equally warm.

In a few moments I will turn the switch that lights up our national Christmas tree. As beautiful as that tree is, it will be only a symbol if its light is not matched by the glow of love in our hearts. It is my personal prayer on this Christmas of 1976 that the tree which I light tonight is only the beginning, that each of you will also light a flame of love-love that is reflected in the eyes of all our brothers and sisters across the Nation and around the world. Now, Betty joins me in wishing you all a very, very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you, and God bless you.

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Bill Clinton

2007-03-21T03:09:18Z

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[[Image:billclinton.jpg|thumb|right|300px|United States President Bill Clinton]]
'''William''' "Bill" '''Jefferson Clinton''' served as the 42nd [[President of the United States of America]] from 1993-2001, following [[George H. W. Bush]] and preceding [[George W. Bush]].

== Early Life ==

Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946 AD in Hope, Arkansas. His father, William Jefferson Blythe Jr. died in a car accident while his mother was pregnant with him. Clinton's mother later married Roger Clinton, and the four year-old William was given his stepfather's name.[http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html]

Clinton was active in high school, participating in various student government organizations as well as playing the saxophone. Roger Clinton, however, made Bill's family life unpleasant by repeatedly abusing Clinton's mother and her children.'''(sources needed)''' Bill Clinton would eventually stand up to his stepfather in high school, forcing him to stop beating his mother and kicking him out of the house. '''(sources needed)''' After Roger Clinton underwent alcohol rehabiliation, he would eventually rejoin the family.

Clinton attended [[Georgetown University]], then [[Oxford University]] after winning a [[Rhodes Scholarship]], and finally earned a Juris Doctorate from [[Yale University]] in 1973 ADE. At Yale he met [[Hillary Rodham]], whom he would later marry [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html].

== Early Political Career and Whitewater Scandal ==

After returning to live in Arkansas, Clinton was elected [[Attorney General]] of Arkansas in 1976 AD. Two years later, he was elected Governor of Arkansas, becoming the youngest governor in the country as a 32 year-old. Though defeated in 1980 AD, Clinton won back the governorship in 1982 AD and held it until becoming President in 1992 AD. Some business transactions he while made were extensively investigated for years (the [[Whitewater]] scandal).

== Presidency and Impeachment==

Despite never winning a majority of the popular vote during either of his elections, President Clinton was a very popular president, particularly during his second term.[http://www.pollingreport.com/clinton-.htm] Clinton won in 1992 with 43% of the popular vote versus President [[George H. W. Bush's]] 37%, capitalizing on public discontent with a weak economy and public displeasure with Bush's proposed tax increases, and Ross Perot, a popular third candidate. In his first two years in office, 1993 through 1994, Clinton was unable to "reform" health-care in the United States by some sort of government-backed universal health-care insurance, which many conservatives felt would result in effective government control of the health care system. '''(sources needed)''' His approach consisted of appointing a planning committee with secret members to reshape this important sector of the economy. '''(sources needed)''' The [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] successfully sued to force disclosure of the committee members, and Clinton ultimately failed to pass the program.'''(sources needed)'''

In 1994, voters expressed their high disapproval of Clinton by giving a victory to Republicans in Congress, where Republicans won 49.9% of the popular vote (compared to the Democrat's 44%). This event was tagged the "Republican Revolution," and began a series of showdowns with the Republican-led Congress.'''(sources needed)''' These showdowns were epitomized by the budget conflict with then-Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]] in 1995. Gingrich refused to pass Clinton's budget proposal, and the latter threatened to shut down the government if he did not have his way. '''(sources needed)'''When Clinton called his bluff, Gingrich caused the federal government to shut down for several days.'''(sources needed)''' Clinton did not cave, however, and eventually had his budget passed [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/commentprint082800d.html]. This showdown backfired for the Republicans, as it reinvigorated Clinton's flagging approval ratings, which would remain above 60% for most of his presidency[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Clinton_approval_rating.JPG].

Clinton was reelected in 1996 with 49.2% of the popular vote against Republican candidate ([[Robert Dole | Bob Dole]]), who won 41%, and "populist" candidate, [[H. Ross Perot]], who won 8%. Clinton spent a lot of the remainder of his presidency combating scandals. '''(sources needed)''' A special prosecutor was named to investigate Clinton for allegations of impropriety in the Whitewater real-estate scandal, an investment of Clinton's in a failed real estate venture. '''(sources needed)''' Although no charges against Clinton came out of this investigation, and it turned out that Clinton actually lost money on his investment, one of the results of the investigation was that the special prosecutor turned to investigating other Clinton activities, one of which (the [[Monica Lewinsky]] scandal) resulted in his impeachment and eventual loss of his license to practice law for a period of 5 years.'''(sources needed)''' The main charge was that he lied about a sexual relationship with an employee in an attempt to avoid paying damages to another employee for sexual harassment. After a brief trial, the Senate acquitted Clinton of all charges.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/impeachment/</ref>

Clinton became just the second sitting president to be impeached by the US House of Representatives during his second term for lying in grand jury testimony connected to the Paula Jones lawsuit.'''(sources needed)''' However, the US Senate voted not to remove him from office, although he later lost his law license in Arkansas. His term also saw an increase in terrorism directed at the United States. '''(sources needed)''' These incidents included the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the Alfred P. Murrah building bombing in Oklahoma City in 1995, the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 and the attack on the USS Cole in 2000. '''(sources needed)''' Clinton responded by striking back at [[al Qaeda]], the organization responsible for the attacks. '''(sources needed)''' He launched cruise missile strikes aimed to kill al Qaeda's leader [[Osama bin Laden]] [http://www.cnn.com/US/9808/20/us.strikes.01/], and began planning to invade [[Afghanistan]] in order to capture bin Laden and overthrow the [[Taliban]] government[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/afgh-n20.shtml].

Clinton also signed into law the [[Violence Against Women Act]], which opened the federal courts to claims of domestic disputes between men and women, which had always been handled under state rather than federal law. '''(sources needed)''' A key provision of this law was later ruled unconstitutional in [[United States v. Morrison]].<ref>http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-5.ZS.html</ref>

Clinton devoted much time during his two terms to the peace process in Northern Ireland. '''(sources needed)''' He made interventions including 3 trips to Ireland during periods of stagnation in negotiations which coincided in major breakthroughs which ensured the province didn't slide back to the violence of the 70's and 80's. '''(sources needed)'''

== After the Presidency ==

Clinton has spent much of time since leaving office working for charitable causes such as support and fundraising for the victims of AIDS and the Asian tsunami.

Bill Clinton's wife, [[Hillary_Rodham_Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], was elected Senator to New York in 2000. Reelected in 2006, she is now running for president in 2008.

Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff was John Podesta between 1998-2001.

== References ==
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Marcus Garvey

2007-03-21T03:08:24Z

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{{stub}}Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Born in Jamaica, Garvey became famous as a proponent of the Back-to-Africa movement, encouraging African Americans to return to Africa.

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Michael New

2007-03-21T03:07:26Z

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Michael G. New<ref>http://www.mikenew.com/</ref> was an American soldier who objected to wearing [[United Nations]] insignia as part of his military uniform during a deployment in 1995 to the Republic of [[Macedonia]] as part of the [[United Nations Preventive Deployment Force]]. Michael New objected to changing his allegiance from the United States to the United Nations ("U.N."). When Michael New enlisted in the U.S. Army in February 1993, he took an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution and no recruiter or officer mentioned serving under U.N. command.

But on May 3, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed Presidential Decision Directive 25 (PDD-25). This ordered submission of American troops to multilateral peace operations. In July, Michael New was assigned to Germany, 3rd Infantry Division, and his company was told it would be sent to Macedonia as part of a "peacekeeping" mission. In August 1995 Michael New was informed that his unit must wear part of the U.N. uniform.

This new uniform included a blue U.N. cap and a U.N. armband or patch sewn on one shoulder and a blue U.N. beret, in addition to an ordinary United States army outfit. New reported for his formation without these U.N. uniform features, and he was removed by his superiors and eventually court-martialed for disobedience under 10 U.S.C. § 892(2) (any person who, "having knowledge of any ... lawful order issued by a member of the armed forces, which it is his duty to obey, fails to obey the order ... shall be punished as a court-martial may direct"). New argued in his defense that the order was unlawful and unconstitutional. Specifically, U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 9 prohibits any person's acceptance of any emolument from a foreign state without congressional consent. New also argued that the entire deployment as part of a United Nations force was unlawful.

The military judge and American courts all rejected New's arguments and held that the legality of the deployment was a nonjusticiable political question. New received a bad-conduct discharge. New has continued to challenge this in the court system.<ref>http://www.mikenew.com/thecase.html</ref>

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Virginius Frank Coe

2007-03-21T03:07:03Z

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[[Image:FrankCoegroup.jpg|frame|right|'''CCP Chairman [[Mao Zedong]] with Israel Epstein (first left), [[Anna Louise Strong]] (third left), Frank Coe (second right), and [[Solomon Adler]] (first right). ]]
'''Virginius Frank Coe''' (1907-1980) worked in the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] and later became the Director of Monetary Research in the United States [[Department of the Treasury]]. Coe also worked in the [[Board of Economic Warfare]] and the [[Foreign Economic Administration]]. Coe was technical secretary at the [[Bretton Woods Conference]] in 1944.

After [[World War II]] Coe was a leading official of the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) from 1946 to 1952. Coe was a member of the Soviet spy group known as the [[Greg Silvermaster|Silvermaster ring]].

When testifying before the [[Senate Internal Security Subcommittee]] on 1 December 1952, Coe interrupted his testimony by invoking the Fifth Amendment when asked if he knew [[Philip Jessup]], who at the time was being considered for the [[World Court]]. 3 days after his testimony the IMF requested his resignation.

Coe denied under oath having ever been a member of the CPUSA before a [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] (HUAC) hearing in 1948 chaired by Congressman [[Karl Mundt]]; after [[Alger Hiss]]'s conviction for perjury, when asked the same question in a 1953 hearing of the McCarthy [[Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations]] (PSI), that day being chaired by then Senator Karl Mundt, Coe declined to answer on Fifth Amendment grounds. Coe, on advice of councel, could not answer whether he knew [[William Taylor]], Coe's assistant for many years at the IMF, under protection of the Fifth Amendment. The (PSI) heard prior testimony from Economic Cooperation officials that the high rate for Austrian currency in 1949 worked against Austria's financial stability and in favor of [[History_of_Austria#Allied_occupation|Soviet occupation forces]]. The IMF, where Coe was secretary, objected to efforts to devalue the currency.

In 1958 Coe moved permanently to China to work for the [[Maoism|Maoist]] regime during the [[Great Leap Forward]], culminating in what Chinese history recalls as the [[Three_Years_of_Natural_Disasters#Background|Three Years of Disasters]]. By 1959, Coe was writing articles justifying the [[Cheng Feng|Rectification campaign]], which the ''[[Epoch Times]]'' characterized in December 2004 as "darkest and most ferocious power game ever played out in the human world".

Coe died in China in 1980.

==Source==
Haynes, John Earl & Klehr, Harvey, ''Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America'', Yale University Press, (2000). ISBN 0300084625

==External link==
*[http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/mccarthy/hearingsvol2.pdf Frank Coe Testimony before McCarthy Committee, 3 June 1953 p.444] (pgs. 1349-1372 in original)

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John Howard

2007-03-21T03:06:12Z

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'''John Howard''' is the current prime minister of [[Australia]]. He is a member of the Labor Party and was elected in 1990 after defeating Gough Whitlam of the Liberal Party by a small margin. John Howard is a devout Catholic who is noted for wearing large crosses in parliament. He was born on 30th of April 1945 in the outback town of Bankstown NSW the seventh and youngest child of Peter and Rose Howard. He was educated at Bankstown primary school and then attended Concord high school for his secondary education. Upon graduation from School Howard went to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) where he received his bachelor of sociology. During his time and UNSW Howard became heavily involved in a student group who dedicated their free time on campus discussing [[Marx]]. Upon leaving university Howard joined the Unions where he used his knowledge of the political system to demand better conditions for workers. He was heavily opposed to the IR laws introduced by then [[Australian]] Prime minister [[John Curtin]] in 1966.

== Early Career ==

John Howard's early political career started in 1967 when he joined the ACP (Australian Communist Party). He rose quickly through the ranks, attending anti-government protests and rallies. In 1960 he engineered a coalition between the local anarchist/communist/socialist/unionist groups, to lobby the government, and stage large disruptive protests. He continued this anti-authoritarian stance, until in 1974 when he met his mentor Peter Garret, a musician and activist, whose mild ways, swayed John towards the center of politics and towards the labour party. John Howard joined the labour party in 1976 and was elected leader in 1985.

== Recent Polical Career ==

When a short extra-curricular liaison with Kevin Rudd, a then little-known politician from the conservative Liberal Party of Australia became public knowledge in 2006 resulting from the illegal release of federal police wire-taps and videos, John Howard was threatened with excommunication by the [[Catholic]] Archbishop of Sydney, [[Cardinal]] George Pell. The landmark speech John Howard subsequently made in federal parliament, which became known as the "Renunciation of Ideals Speech", staved off the threat of excommunication and heightened his electoral popularity - particularly amongst the burgeoning alternative lifestyle sector of the Australian population. Recent polls have shown Howard as enjoying the highest level of popularity of any prime minister for almost two decades, with the two-party-preferred basis in favour of Howard's administration by 61% to 39%.

Howard currently resides in Sydney with his wife Grace and his three children Ken, Benjamin, and Linda and their two pet kangaroos Kylie and Dannii.

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Eugene Wigner

2007-03-21T03:04:29Z

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'''Eugene Wigner''' (1902-1995) was an Hungarian-born theoretical physicist who immigrated to the United States. He worked on the Manhattan Project in Chicago (University of Chicago) during World War II. Wigner won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles."

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Howard Stern

2007-03-21T03:03:43Z

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'''Howard Stern''' is an [[United States of America|American]] satellite radio personality, notable for his crude humor. He is often referred to as a "shock jock" due to his use of shocking or unorthodox content as a promotional draw.

He is best-known for his national radio show, which for many years was syndicated on FM radio stations (and a few AM stations) throughout the United States until his last broadcast via terrestrial radio on December 16, 2005. After a brief hiatus, he began broadcasting via the subscription-based Sirius satellite radio service on January 9, 2006. Although Stern had a weekly audience of more than 10 when on terrestrial radio, on satellite Stern's audience is only in the 3 million range.

Stern's show often has such guests as strippers, litte people, pornography actors, regular actors, musicians and comedians. Some of the more unorthodox topics of the Stern show include details of homosexual practices, and talking or trying to talk female guests into disrobing, and of course constant flatulence jokes.

Howard Stern divorced his wife Allison in 1998 and recently became engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, who is 19 years younger than him.

Although raised Jewish, Stern is a militant atheist. Stern and his staff often mock religion and the show is widely considered inappropriate for children, due to inappropriate content (both related to religion and not).

Stern's shows have also featured political commentary. Although Stern used to be a self-proclaimed libertarian, in recent years he has abandoned that philosophy and embraced positions that are in direct opposition to libertarian ideology, such as government regulation of corporations, radical environmentalism, gun control, income redistribution through higher taxation, and government funding for abortion and embryonic stem cell research that involves the killing and cloning of human embryos. He also considers Ralph Nader to be one of his heroes. He is also a supporter of Michael Moore and was very vocal in his endorsement of Moore's propaganda filmed that was released in June of 2004. Moore was even a guest on Stern's show the week of the film's release and called into the show a day before the 2004 Election. Stern is now considered by many conservatives, libertarians, and moderates/centrists to represent the far-left of the political spectrum.

During a week vacation in February of 2004 he read [[Al Franken]]'s anti-Bush book, ''Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right''. He told his listeners "If you read this book, you will never vote for [[George W. Bush]]. I think this guy is a religious fanatic and a Jesus freak, and he is just hell-bent on getting some sort of bizzaro agenda through -- like a country-club agenda -- so that his father will finally be proud of him ... I don't know much about Kerry, but I think I'm one of those 'Anybody but Bush' guys now. I don't think G.W. is going to win. What do you think about that?"

On July 25, 2006 Stern launched into a tirade against [[Connecticut]] Senator [[Joe Lieberman]]. He attacked Lieberman's past support of indecency laws and his current support of the War on Terror [http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/07/26/9212/]. In February of 2007, Stern announced on his radio show that he is supporting Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] for president.

On February 25, 2004, Clear Channel Communications "indefinitely suspended" him from six markets because of indecency involving sexual and racist dialogue during his show. The show in question featured Rick Salomon, whose claims to fame include a publicly released home video showing him having sex with heiress Paris Hilton. During this broadcast Stern held a sexually-provocative and racially insensitive interview with Saloman, asking him graphic questions about anal sex and making light of a caller's use of the word "nigger". Clear Channel president John Hogan said, "Clear Channel drew a line in the sand today with regard to protecting our listeners from indecent content, and Howard Stern's show blew right through it...it was vulgar, offensive and insulting, not just to women and African-Americans but to anyone with a sense of common decency." Because some of Clear Channel's employees have donated money to the Republican Party, Stern claims the company was trying to penalize him for his harsh verbal attacks on President Bush.

==Trivia==
* Stern share the same birthday as Rush Limbaugh (January 12).
* Stern is 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) in height.

==External Links==
*[http://www.howardstern.com Howard Stern.com]

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George S. Patton, Jr.

2007-03-21T03:03:23Z

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[[Image:Patton.jpg|thumb|300px|George Patton]]American General George Patton (1885–1945) was born on a ranch in San Gabriel, California.He perfected the art of lightning-fast tank maneuvers and unrestrained aggression. He was first given control over the 3rd Cavarly which was transfered into a tank division. Once Patton led his men in war games in Atlanta that were supposed to last for many days. Patton's aggression and the enthusiasm of his men enabled him to win the games in just a day or two. Patton inspired a unique loyalty and spirit in his men that enabled his troops to win quicker and with few casualties than everyone else. A german profile once said he could swear like a stable boy, but be as complimentary as a king. Patton had no part of the [[D-Day]] landings because he was in temporary disgrace, having physically assaulted a number of shell-shocked US soldiers while visiting a military hospital during the Sicily campaign.

==The 1970 movie==

The 1970 movie, ''Patton,'' won seven academy awards including "Best Picture." It is a biographical film, based factually on Ladislas Farago's book ''Patton: Ordeal and Triumph,'' and General Omar Bradley's ''A Soldier's Story.'' It starred [[George C. Scott]], and critic Roger Ebert called it "one of those sublime performances in which the personalities of the actor and the character are fulfilled in one another."

The movie conveys many facts about Patton's career, but highlights his colorful personality and his controversial role in the public eye.

The opening of the film has become famous, and is frequently alluded to or parodied. A gigantic American flag fills the screen, and Patton addresses his (unseen) troops with frankness and brutality; the screenplay was inspired by a real speech Patton actually gave. His most famous line in that scene was "I want you to remember that no bastard has ever won a war by dying for his country. We won by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!" "We will not only kill our enemies, but cut his liver out and shine the tracks of ours tanks with it!".

[[Image:George_C._Scott.jpg]]

The movie was originally filmed and presented on 70mm wide-screen film, and had a dimension of spectacle which cannot be fully appreciated in home video. The film was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and originally distributed by 20th Century Fox.

The movie has been interpreted as both anti-war and pro-military; Ebert judges the movie to be "a hard-line glorification of the military ethic, personified by a man whose flaws and eccentricities marginalized him in peacetime, but found the ideal theater in battle."

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Bernie Sanders

2007-03-21T03:02:34Z

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'''Bernie Sanders''' is the only [[socialist]] in the [[United States Congress]], and in 2006 became the first socialist elected to the U.S. Senate to represent [[Vermont]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms. He usually caucuses with [[Democrats]].

He said this to [[Alan Greenspan]], Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]], during a Financial Services Committee hearing in 2003: "The country club and the cocktail parties are not real America. You have defended over the years the abolition of the minimum wage and giving huge tax breaks to billionaires. But today you reached a new low, I think, by suggesting that manufacturing in America doesn't matter."

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Keith Ellison

2007-03-21T03:01:56Z

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Democrat Keith Ellison is the first Muslim to serve in the United States Congress. He represents the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota. Born in Detroit, he converted to Islam while in college.

During his swearing in ceremony in early January 2007, Ellison replaced the Bible with a the [[Quran]] and then took his oath of duty with one hand placed on the [[Quran]].

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Andrew Carnegie

2007-03-21T03:01:21Z

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[[Image:Andrew carnegie.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Andrew Carnegie]]

Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company (which later became U.S. Steel) and one of the wealthiest men in the world in the late 1800s. A Scottish-American, Carnegie is famous for amassing enormous wealth while paying low wages to his workers, and then giving away his fortune to libraries, universities, and the arts, and to projects such as world peace.

Carnegie was the author of "The Gospel of Wealth." Though a Christian for much of his life, he became an [[atheism|atheist]] in his elder years. He suppported the "League of Nations" <ref>http://www.carnegie.org/results/13/index.html</ref> and was
an advocate of the inheritance tax.

==References==
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Daniel arap Moi

2007-03-21T03:00:23Z

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Daniel arap Moi (born 1924) served as the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.

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Charles Darwin

2007-03-21T02:59:57Z

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[[Image:darwin.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Charles Darwin]]
Charles Darwin was a famous naturalist born in [[England]] to a Christian family on February 12, [[1809]]. He is best known for the [[Theory of Natural Selection|theory of natural selection]] which has since been generally accepted by biologists as the major mechanism for [[Theory of Evolution|evolution]]. The concept is that biological species develop over time via natural selection, branching from common origins. Outside of evolution in particular, he was regarded as an expert on barnacles as well as credited with discovering how coral atolls were formed.

the big bearded bastard who finally proved us wrong. and we cant be having that, people will stop enslaving themselves to us. the horror!

==Religious Beliefs==

Charles Darwin was a Christian up and through his famous five year voyage on the ''HMS Beagle''. But in the ensuing two years after returning to England (1836 to 1839; and in his late twenties) Darwin abandoned Christianity (1) and [sic] "had become a 'materialist' (more or less equivalent to an atheist" (2). About twenty years later in 1859 (at the age of fifty) Darwin published his famous book ''The Origin of Species''. "In order not to hurt the feelings of his friends and wife, Darwin often used deistic language in his publications" (3). According to Darwin, the "manifestly false history of the world" (4) as recorded in the Old Testament and New Testament miracles led him to reject Biblical veracity (5). Eminent Darwin biographer, Professor Janet Browne, sums up Darwin's views concerning religion: Darwin "mapped out a comparitive evolution of the religious sense, proposing that religious belief was ultimately nothing more than a primitive urge to bestow a cause on otherwise inexplicable natural events...In short, he made no secret of his view that he did not believe religion to have any rational foundation at all" (6). Yet, in spite of these views, when he died in 1882 at the age of seventy-three, Darwin was buried at Westminster Abbey next to Sir [[Isaac Newton]].

When investigating transmutation of species he knew that his naturalist friends thought this a bestial heresy undermining miraculous justifications for the social order, the kind of radical argument then being used by Dissenters and atheists to attack the Church of England's privileged position as the established church. Though Darwin wrote of religion as a tribal survival strategy, he still believed that God was the ultimate lawgiver. His belief dwindled, and with the death of his daughter Annie in 1851, Darwin finally lost all faith in Christianity. He continued to help the local church with parish work, but on Sundays would go for a walk while his family attended church. He now thought it better to look at pain and suffering as the result of general laws rather than direct intervention by God. When asked about his religious views, he wrote that he had never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God, and that generally "an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind."

== Darwin's Illness ==
Charles Darwin's work set off a great deal of controversy. And Darwin closely watched the public's response to his ideas while his allies [[Thomas Huxley]] and [[Joseph Hooker]] advocated his ideas within the scientific community. For example, [[Richard Milner]] wrote regarding Darwin in the 2002 issue of Scientific American in a article entitled [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000B62D6-7E63-1D7E-90FB809EC5880000# "Putting Darwin in his Place"], that Darwin ''"clipped, catalogued and indexed hundreds of offprints, about 350 reviews and 1,600 articles, as well as satires, parodies and Punch caricatures, with which he filled hefty scrapbooks..."'' And it appears as if the criticism of his work may have troubled Darwin. Milner in the aforementioned article, wrote that after [[Charles Lyell]] published a very weak endorsement of Darwin's Antiquity of Man, ''"Darwin's disappointment brought on 10 days of vomiting, faintness and stomach distress". Also when anatomist St. George Mivart made a strong attack on The Descent of Man, Milner wrote it "triggered two months of "giddiness" and inability to work..." ''

Charles Darwin's illness afflicted him for most of his working life. [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v17/i4/darwins_illness.asp] Most medical experts believe that [http://www.conservapedia.com/Darwin%27s_illness Darwin's illness was psychobiological or psychological in origin.]

== References ==
# Mayr, Ernst ''Growth of Biological Thought'' (1982:402).
# Mayr, Ernst ''One Long Argument'' (1991:75).
# Ibid. (1991:75).
# Barlow, Nora (editor) ''The Autobiography of Charles Darin'' (1958:85).
# Ibid. (1958:85-87).
# Browne, Janet ''Charles Darwin The Power of Place'' (2002:341)

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Dick Morris

2007-03-21T02:58:56Z

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Dick Morris (born November 28, 1948) is currently a political author, columnist and commentator. He previously made a career as a pollster and political campaign consultant.

Morris managed [[Bill Clinton]]'s re-election campaign up until two months before the election, when it was learned Morris had an affair with a prostitute.

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John Paul Stevens

2007-03-21T02:57:20Z

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John Paul Stevens is an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (1975-).

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Talk:Answers in Genesis

2007-03-21T02:51:39Z

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Food

2007-03-21T02:12:02Z

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Food is what you eat.

Debate:If the universe is young and it takes light millions of years to reach us from far off stars, how can we see them?

2007-03-21T00:24:19Z

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==Theory 1==

Well, I would venture to say that we have not seen the far off ones yet. We can only see the light that has reached the Earth so far. This means that the currently-visible stars are "only" several thousand lightyears away. --[[User:David R|<<-David R->>]] 17:16, 10 March 2007 (EST)

: Empircally false. Basic parallax data gets us that there are stars at least 7000 years away and more sophisticated techniques force other stars to be even farther away. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 18:59, 10 March 2007 (EST)

==Theory 2==
When God created the universe, he also created a complete ray of light extending between the star and the Earth. The light that we see ''now'' was created only a few thousand years ago. It looks as if it came from the star, but it really didn't; it was created in mid-air, or mid-space as it were, a few thousand light-years away. The light that started travelling from the star itself at its instant of creation will not reach us for millions of years (or perhaps never if the Earth does not last that long).

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* = star
- = ray of light
O = Earth
> = where the light we see today was when the Universe was created

BEFORE CREATION:
[Void]
AFTER CREATION of star, Earth, ''and'' complete ray of light all at the same instant
*------------------------------------------------->----O

A few thousand years after Creation (today)
*----------------------------------------------------->O

As opposed to:
AFTER CREATION:
* O

Millions of years later (still can't see star)
*--------------------- O

Millions and millions of years later (still can't see star)
*--------------------------------------------- O

Millions and millions and millions of years later (finally can see star)
*------------------------------------------------------O

The language of the Bible, "Let there be light," even can be read as supporting this.

This theory is absolutely ridiculous. The stars we see in the sky are millions of light years away, and we can see them because the earth has existed for far longer than a few thousand years. Astronomers can tell roughly how old a star is, and they know that the ones you see at night are older than a few thousand years.

No, I do not believe this. (But I can't prove it's not true.) [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 18:27, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Dpbsmith: This is the essence of why this is religion not science, it can't be proven/disproven... [[User:Jesput|Jespur]]

: Jesput, the same is true for science. Science cannot prove anything at all. [[User:PhilipB|PhilipB]] 13:15, 17 March 2007 (EDT)

: This is a variant of omphalism and essentially asserts that God has deliberately deceived humans. I don't think most people would want to believe in a deceptive deity and in any event, it would contradict the verse in Isaiah that says that God is truth. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 19:01, 10 March 2007 (EST)

If God is trying to fake us out, He certainly did His best to make it a CONVINCING fake. Just check out those scientists who've been fooled into thinking an entire galaxy was ripped in two several billion years ago. <ref> [http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070302_galaxy_rip.html Galaxy Ripped to Shreds]</ref>{{Unsigned|Fullmetajacket}}

== Theory 3 ==

C is not actually constant. All measurements on Earth indicate that it is, but beyond our Solar System it could easily be faster, slower, moving through wormholes to appear faster, etc. Hubble's Law says that the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it moves away due to universal expansion, so why couldn't light be similarly expanded with distance? So many of our assumptions about the universe rely on our belief that things happen the same way everywhere - a huge leap of faith for a scientist. --[[User:Daniel B. Douglas|Daniel B. Douglas]] 13:05, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
:I don't know whether you knew, but the official definition of the [[meter]] now assumes that C is constant. The meter is defined in terms of C! Someone needs to set up some periodic re-measurements of the orange-red line from the spectrum of [[krypton]]-86 that provided the most recent definition of the meter: 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of this radiation. If that number starts to rise, then we know that C is slowing, as [[Barry Setterfield]] has stated.

:I have another variation on this theory, however: what if C were originally much faster, is now the speed at which we now find it, and is not going to change anymore? Except that I have an [[Occam's razor]] problem with that.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]] 14:31, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
:I don't dispute at all that the meter is based upon C, but it hardly matters whether it is or not. Either C is constant or it isn't, no matter what units you use. Rather than C slowing since time began, I was thinking more the velocity of C being a function of its distance away from us. Also, your theory satisfies Occam's razor equally well or better than the Big Bang does, so I see no problem with it logically. --[[User:Daniel B. Douglas|Daniel B. Douglas]] 03:28, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

This hypothosis sounds awkwardly non-falsifyable. It is proposed that light used to travel faster than it does today, but conveniently stoped slowing down before measurement became possible. How can it be determined either way? Also, this would not be a slight slowdown... its going to require light travel a lot faster. The most distant objects known are ten billion light-years away<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1432321.stm</ref>. So, even assuming light slowed from its super-speed to todays speed in a single instant as soon as civilisation emerged, thats going to require it used to travel about 1.67 million times as fast as today to achieve the 6000-year target figure. Im not a physicist, but I dont think thats even remotely possible. A little variation, perhaps, but a factor that huge... it would require adjusting too many other figures to keep the formulae valid. Permiativity of free space, planks constant, a lot of very fundamental things. -- Suricou

:The basic problem with any variable-c model is that the entire observational record is exactly consistent with constant c. So we're left with two types of model; the one Terry mentions, where c changed in an unobservable way in the distant past, and the one Daniel mentions, where c is different in other parts of the Universe, but these differences manage to leave every observation we make exactly as we would expect if no such change had happened. That essentially leaves us with two different ways of saying "sure, the Universe ''looks'' old, but because of an unobservable, untestable effect, it really isn't." Which may be ''true'', but it'll never be good science. May as well propose that we all live in the Matrix and be done with it. [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 05:30, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

== Theory 4 ==
The book of Genesis is actually a collection of ancient mythology written down centuries ago by Hebrew tribesmen with little or no understanding of scientific principals! [[User:Base-o-bases|Base-o-bases]] 19:28, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

== Theory 5 ==

God created the universe 5 minutes ago with light en route and our memories pre-built to make it seem like the universe were more than 5 minutes old. God is a tricky trickster. He probably also put those bone-shaped rocks all over the place to trick us too! We all know that the most reliable way to figure the age of the universe is to total up the "begats" in the Bible!

== White-hole Cosmology ==
The universe began as a white hole. Initially, as matter expanded into it, time did not flow--because the very space-time continuum had four dimensions of space and none of time. Eventually, time began to flow at the outer fringes of the expanding ball of matter, and this region of timeliness worked its way back to the center. So the earth really is six thousand or so years old--by clocks on the earth, which are the only clocks that need to matter to us. By any clock on the outer fringes, the cosmos might well be twenty billion years old. The light impinges on us now because it was always impinging on the border of the region of timelessness until that region shrank away to nothing.<ref>[http://creationwiki.org/White_hole_cosmology White hole cosmology] by [[CreationWiki]]</ref>--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]] 19:15, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Not bad, what about the four-day simultaneous harmonic Time Cube?<ref>[http://timecube.com/ Time Cube] by Doctor Gene Ray</ref> {{Unsigned|Fullmetajacket}}

:Cute. Very cute. And incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]] 21:36, 10 March 2007 (EST)

:Falsified by the distinct absence of massive blueshifting of distant light sources. I highly doubt anybody's even attempted to formalize this as a solution to Einstein's field equations, either, which would be a prerequisite for it to be considered a coherent proposition at all. [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 14:25, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

::I dug out a few of Humphrey's papers defending this model and reached two basic conclusions. One, as I suspected, there ''is'' no model, merely handwaving. Two, he doesn't actually understand GR. [[User:Tsumetai|Tsumetai]] 05:39, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

== Silliness ==
Physics has had for many years more-than-adequate explanations. All of these verbal acrobatics into non-falsifiable theories to try to get around physical fact are humorus. Wouldn't it be easier for those who deny physics to just say "I accept physics, and God is mysterious and powerful enough to make it happen."?
[[User:Palmd001|Palmd001]] 16:17, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

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Chuck Norris

2007-03-20T21:35:33Z

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[[Image:chuck_norris.jpg|right|Chuck Norris publicity shot from official website.]]

Chuck Norris is a popular martial artist, star of the television series ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', book author, columnist at [[WorldNetDaily.com]], and critic of [[evolution]]<ref>[http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52567 "On Chuck Norris 'mania' sweeping the Net"], by Chuck Norris</ref>.

Norris is active in many Christian causes, including the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] and [[Feed the Children]]<ref>[http://www.chucknorris.com/html/christian.aspx Chuck Norris Official Website: Christian]</ref>. He is also the spokesperson for the [[National Council on Bible Curriculum]], which seeks to bring state certified [[Bible]] courses to public high schools nationwide<ref>[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/21073870.html "Actor Chuck Norris and Wife Gena Join National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools Board of Directors"], ''Christian Newswire''</ref>.

==Links==
[http://www.chucknorris.com/ Chuck Norris Official Website] 
[http://www.chucknorrisjokes.net/ Chuck Norris Jokes]

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Chuck Norris

2007-03-20T21:35:18Z

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[[Image:chuck_norris.jpg|right|Chuck Norris publicity shot from official website.]]

Chuck Norris is a popular martial artist, star of the television series ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', book author, columnist at [[WorldNetDaily.com]], and critic of [[evolution]]<ref>[http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52567 "On Chuck Norris 'mania' sweeping the Net"], by Chuck Norris</ref>.

Norris is active in many Christian causes, including the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] and [[Feed the Children]]<ref>[http://www.chucknorris.com/html/christian.aspx Chuck Norris Official Website: Christian]</ref>. He is also the spokesperson for the [[National Council on Bible Curriculum]], which seeks to bring state certified [[Bible]] courses to public high schools nationwide<ref>[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/21073870.html "Actor Chuck Norris and Wife Gena Join National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools Board of Directors"], ''Christian Newswire''</ref>.

==Links==
[http://www.chucknorris.com/ Chuck Norris Official Website]
[http://www.chucknorrisjokes.net/ Chuck Norris Jokes]

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Chuck Norris

2007-03-20T21:19:29Z

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[[Image:chuck_norris.jpg|right|Chuck Norris publicity shot from official website.]]

Chuck Norris is a popular martial artist, star of the television series ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', book author, columnist at [[WorldNetDaily.com]], and critic of [[evolution]]<ref>[http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52567 "On Chuck Norris 'mania' sweeping the Net"], by Chuck Norris</ref>.

Norris is active in many Christian causes, including the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] and [[Feed the Children]]<ref>[http://www.chucknorris.com/html/christian.aspx Chuck Norris Official Website: Christian]</ref>. He is also the spokesperson for the [[National Council on Bible Curriculum]], which seeks to bring state certified [[Bible]] courses to public high schools nationwide<ref>[http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/21073870.html "Actor Chuck Norris and Wife Gena Join National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools Board of Directors"], ''Christian Newswire''</ref>.

==Links==
[http://www.chucknorris.com/ Chuck Norris Official Website]

==References==
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Bear

2007-03-20T21:18:59Z

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A '''bear''' is a large furry mammal. All bears are [[omnivores]], even those which eat a mostly meat diet (polar bears) or a mostly plant diet (pandas). There are eight species of bears:

* Polar Bear - lives in the Arctic maritime region and hunts (primarily) seals.
* Brown Bear - also known as the grizzly bear. Subspecies include the Kodiak bear and the European brown bear. Lives in temperate forested regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
* American Black Bear - smaller than the grizzly, and lives in North America. Subspecies include the Kermode bear which lives in British Columbia.
* Asian Black Bear - lives in Asia.
* Panda Bear - lives in China and eats a plant diet of bamboo.
* Spectacled Bear - a small bear which lives in South America.
* Sloth Bear - lives in South Asia and eats termites.
* Sun Bear - a small bear which lives in Southeast Asia.

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Blue Whales

2007-03-20T21:18:36Z

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The largest living animal on earth, which lives in the largest ecosystem of our planet: the oceans.

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Michael Moore

2007-03-20T21:17:23Z

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Michael Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an [[Academy Award]] winning filmmaker and bestselling author who presents [[liberal|left wing]] views in a polemical way.

Before producing "Bowling for Colmubine," Moore was the producer and host of the television series "The Awful Truth," which was typified by a type of sketch-comedy activism that was often directed against large corporations and government agencies.

He is well-known as a practicing Catholic who tithes 10% of his income to the Church, a [[socialist]] and a member of the [[National Rifle Association]] (who joined it hoping to eventually dismantle the organization). He has been an outspoken critic of the administration of President [[George W Bush]].

Some of his work includes the documentary films ''Farenheit 9/11'', ''Roger and Me'', and ''Bowling for Columbine'', and the books ''Dude, Where's my Country'', ''Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American''. and ''Stupid White Men''.

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