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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (122454)	5/5/2010 1:59:57 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I didn't say it wasn't a crime. I said it was caused by homos not pedos. This is why the boy scouts don't want homos are scout leaders but the libs are forcing them. why would libs do this ?? Gee libs hate the catholic church yet they want the same thing to happen to the Boy Scouts

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (122454)	5/5/2010 3:05:07 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

By Lou Pritchett, Procter & Gamble A LETTER FROM A PROCTER AND GAMBLE EXECUTIVE TO THE PRESIDENT* THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE MOST CHILLING Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America 's true living legends- an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world's highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management.. Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as "partnering." Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history. AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA Dear President Obama: You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me. You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you. You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support. You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American. You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll. You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core. You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others. You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.. You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad. You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector. You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one. You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves. You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world. You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations. You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals. You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people. You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient. You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do. You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaugh's, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view. You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing. Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years. Lou Pritchett * * This letter was sent to the NY Times but they never acknowledged it. Big surprise. Since it hit the internet, however, it has had over 500,000 hits. Keep it going. All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.. It's happening right now.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (122454)	5/5/2010 3:34:09 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 132070

GOP Uses Video of Shirtless Ohio Democrat in New Attack Ad breitbart.tv

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (122454)	5/5/2010 8:20:06 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

skeeter, >>so, according to Freedom Fighter, there were no crimes committed against those under 18. funny, i heard a guy on the radio today say he was abused as a 16 year old. he made a play out of the experience.<< There were some cases that were pedophilia and some that were homosexual (way more of the latter), but the mainstream reporting ALWAYS uses the term pedophilia. I object to that kind of reporting because the goal is clearly to either maximize the damage to the church or minimize the damage to homosexual community (most likely both). It's hard for me to believe the NY times (for example) doesn't know the difference considering half the editorial board is probably gay. lol This is significant because the idea of an adult having sex with a physically mature teenager is frowned upon and sometimes even illegal depending on the age. But it's not nearly as horrific as an adult having sex with a child. So you can see how calling them all pedophilia served to create a picture that wildly distorted the reality and hid a major cause of the problem from the discussion. I totally agree with you about those that covered up cases. When they did something illegal they should be prosecuted. When they used poor judgment they should be removed from power. The one thing I have tried to point out is that some of these priests did extremely foolish things with the best of intentions because decades ago the psychiatric community did not understand pedophilia or homosexuality. Experts thought it was safe to treat and reassign priests. Sadly they were very wrong. But you have to separate the naive priest that was following the best available advice and the scumbag that knew he was dealing with a repeat offender, covered it up, and sent the priest elsewhere knowing full well he was endangering others. The former is some old schmuck that didn't know better. The latter is the guy you and I want to send to hell.