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Newt Gingrich, a recent Catholic convert, and his wife Callista just recently created a documentary called "Nine Days That Changed The World" with previously unseen footage of the Pope's historic visit to Poland. The more I learn about this 1979 event, the more I'm amazed at the victory that was achieved in the heavenlies. The communists asked, "How many brigades does the Pope command?" and yet they were in stark terror of this man. Pope JPII didn't go to Poland to protest communism, he went to declare victory; a victory that would become obvious 10 years later. "Be not afraid" was a death knell to communism and a harbinger of its great fall. It was a call for the faithful to look to the skies from whence comes our deliverance. Like the unarmed Israelites marching around Jericho struck terror into the defenders of the well fortified city, the nonviolent resistance of Polish Christians had the communists with their tanks, planes, missiles, and infantry quaking in their government made boots. It was a sign that marching armies and rolling tanks prevail not against our God. Alleluia!!

Greetings everyone, I'm very new here and I joined because I'm a friend of Kurt's. As you can see from my profile, I'm Roman Catholic but I do have a deep and abiding respect for the LDS faith. To enter with a splash, I decided to re-publish an online eulogy I posted shortly after the passing of the beloved apostle and president, Gordon Hinckley. I hope this conveys that in spite of my disagreement in LDS doctrines, I do love my Mormon brothers and sisters. Gordon B. Hinckley, Man of God I felt compelled to share in the mourning of the LDS church for their beloved president, Gordon Hinckley, who recently passed away. Even though I have strong disagreements with LDS doctrine, I see no problem with being inspired by the example of this godly man. Gordon Hinckley was born in 1910 and has devoted his entire life to service in the Mormon church. He felt a strong calling upon him to become an Apostle and has taken part in overseas missions and various other ministries. In 1995, he took over the presidency of the LDS church after serving as counsel to several of his predecessors. His major accomplishments as president include an aggressive effort to build more temples. Temples in the LDS faith are not the churches that you see all over town. They are special places where certain ceremonies, such as being baptized for one's geneological ancestors and eternalizing marriages are exclusively performed. This, of course, has been a great service to Mormons who have often had to travel far to get to the nearest temple. Gordon Hinckley was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President G.W. Bush for his support of soldiers at home and overseas among many other rewards for various accomplishments. But he is best known for his godly example and his call to holy living in an unrighteous age. He believed that what we do here has eternal consequence and lived his life according to this principle. It's sometimes appropriate to set our differences aside and acknowledge this great and godly man who showed true leadership in his respective faith. I set about this eulogy as the Lord impressed upon my heart that great men of God ought to be honored. Lord, thank you for this wonderful man who inspired Mormons to become more than they thought they could be and to live lives of purpose and principle. May You raise up many more like him. Amen. Now, be faithful, be true, go forward, be ambitious. Don't short-circuit yourself. Don't stop now. Keep growing. Keep going. Educate your minds and your spirits and never lose sight of the fact that you are a child of God with a divine destiny and capability of doing great and good and wonderful things. Don't sell yourselves short. Don't cheapen yourselves. You know who you are. Each of you knows that you are a child of God and that your Heavenly Father expects something great and noble and good of you. --Gordon B. Hinckley Link to eulogy: Gordon B. Hinckley, Man of God

This debate goes back 50 years. The reason the Soviets wanted to place missiles in Cuba was to level the playing field. We had a knife at their throat with our missile defense positions in Germany and they wanted the same. Our policy is sound, I believe, to acquire for ourselves every strategic advantage while denying them any advantage. I don't believe in "fair play" when it comes to American cities being threatened. But ever since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Russians have been lobbying for a mitigation of the U.S. advantage. And now we are finding that our benevolent president may have done just that with this treaty.

I don't think Americans fully appreciate what true censorship is. We have no version of the Pravda or any other government controlled media outlet. Any bias or spin by Foxnews, CNN, MSNBC, newspapers, or any other media source is entirely voluntary. What's remarkable about the American media is how quickly misinformation is rectified through a plurality of alternate news sources. We should count our blessings.