Christian 'American Idol' Prepares to Air
'Gifted' airs it's first week on Friday on TBN
The Christian reality TV show “Gifted” will air this week on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).
Commonly compared with “American Idol,” the show will feature 16,000 contestants, 8 finalists, 3 judges, and 1 winner.
The two-hour prime time TBN television special, which will launch Friday, culminates months of nationwide searching to find and present the brightest new talent in Christian music, according to a media release.
According to the release, those tuning in that evening "will share the excitement of ’reality based TV’ with the nationwide viewing audience witnessing one contestant being awarded the top prize of a major recording contract with the EMI Christian Music Group."
For the debut telecast itself, the field of more than 16,000 contestants will be already narrowed for viewers to the eight top finalists, whose performances range from praise & worship, gospel and contemporary Christian music’s top hits of today.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Young Christians taking testimonies to the web
Allie Martin and Jody Brown
OneNewsNow.com
January 23, 2007
To counter an Internet-based attack against the Holy Spirit, a Christian website is encouraging young believers to post to the web a video message that affirms their faith in Christ.
Recently, a group calling itself the "Rational Response Squad" launched a website asking people to post video clips on YouTube.com blaspheming the Holy Spirit. The group's website says it is "fighting to free humanity from the mind disorder known as theism." In promoting its movement, the website is giving away 1001 DVDs of the documentary The God Who Wasn't There to individuals who are successful in getting their video clip on YouTube -- provided the clip includes the phrase: "I deny the Holy Spirit." Otherwise, says the website, "You may d--- yourself to hell however you would like."
To counter that call for blasphemous video postings, Michael Mickey, a Christian from Virginia, has started a website that lets Christian teenagers make a public statement about their faith in Christ. Mickey says ChallengeBlasphemy.com allows young people to witness for Christ through one of the most popular websites.
"Blasphemy Challenge has seemed to reached a lot of young people, so our hope is we can get youth leaders and pastors ... to try to get young people [particularly] to reach out to that young audience that visits YouTube and demonstrate their faith in the Lord Jesus," explains Mickey.
Joining ChallengeBlasphemy.com in the call for online video testimonies is another website -- RaptureAlert.com. According to Mickey, the project has received widespread response, along with media attention from around the country. He believes the project can send a strong message that Christian faith among America's youth is strong -- contrary to what the Rational Response Team might want to portray.
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OneNewsNow.com
January 23, 2007
To counter an Internet-based attack against the Holy Spirit, a Christian website is encouraging young believers to post to the web a video message that affirms their faith in Christ.
Recently, a group calling itself the "Rational Response Squad" launched a website asking people to post video clips on YouTube.com blaspheming the Holy Spirit. The group's website says it is "fighting to free humanity from the mind disorder known as theism." In promoting its movement, the website is giving away 1001 DVDs of the documentary The God Who Wasn't There to individuals who are successful in getting their video clip on YouTube -- provided the clip includes the phrase: "I deny the Holy Spirit." Otherwise, says the website, "You may d--- yourself to hell however you would like."
To counter that call for blasphemous video postings, Michael Mickey, a Christian from Virginia, has started a website that lets Christian teenagers make a public statement about their faith in Christ. Mickey says ChallengeBlasphemy.com allows young people to witness for Christ through one of the most popular websites.
"Blasphemy Challenge has seemed to reached a lot of young people, so our hope is we can get youth leaders and pastors ... to try to get young people [particularly] to reach out to that young audience that visits YouTube and demonstrate their faith in the Lord Jesus," explains Mickey.
Joining ChallengeBlasphemy.com in the call for online video testimonies is another website -- RaptureAlert.com. According to Mickey, the project has received widespread response, along with media attention from around the country. He believes the project can send a strong message that Christian faith among America's youth is strong -- contrary to what the Rational Response Team might want to portray.
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Hindu Learns to Love Christians
Hindu Learns to Love Christians
By Tim Branson
CWNews
CWNews.com – Christians make up only about 2.5 percent of India's population and believers often face persecution from Hindus.
Mahendra Prathab used to hate Christians. But his attitude changed after a visit from CBN’s World Reach ministry.
“Every Tuesday, I would go to the temple and say prayers to the god called Hanuman,” Prathab said. “I was a great believer of Hanuman. I believed that he was the one who gave me wisdom and knowledge.”
Prathab lives in the North Indian village of Burwa. He was a staunch defender of one of the most popular Hindu gods, Hanuman. But one man challenged all he believed.
“Whenever the Christian pastor preached in my village, his messages were always against idol worship,” Prathab said. “He would say that the only real God and Saviour is Jesus Christ. This really annoyed me.
Prathab tried to scare off pastor Vikram. But Vikram didn't back down.
With the help of CBN, a local ministry brought the message of Jesus Christ to Prathab’s village in a way they had never seen. Using a DVD player, a projector, and speakers provided by CBN, the ministry showed "The Jesus Film" to the entire village. Prathab was outraged.
“I was so angry I couldn't concentrate all day,” he said. “I was going to chase them out of my village.
Prathab wanted to cause trouble for the Christians, so he went to where the film was being played. But as he watched, the teachings of Jesus that he had fought against for so long entered his heart.
“I realized that Jesus Christ willingly died for me,” he said “He sacrificed his life for my sins. He loves me immensely.”
Prathab gave his life to Christ.
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By Tim Branson
CWNews
CWNews.com – Christians make up only about 2.5 percent of India's population and believers often face persecution from Hindus.
Mahendra Prathab used to hate Christians. But his attitude changed after a visit from CBN’s World Reach ministry.
“Every Tuesday, I would go to the temple and say prayers to the god called Hanuman,” Prathab said. “I was a great believer of Hanuman. I believed that he was the one who gave me wisdom and knowledge.”
Prathab lives in the North Indian village of Burwa. He was a staunch defender of one of the most popular Hindu gods, Hanuman. But one man challenged all he believed.
“Whenever the Christian pastor preached in my village, his messages were always against idol worship,” Prathab said. “He would say that the only real God and Saviour is Jesus Christ. This really annoyed me.
Prathab tried to scare off pastor Vikram. But Vikram didn't back down.
With the help of CBN, a local ministry brought the message of Jesus Christ to Prathab’s village in a way they had never seen. Using a DVD player, a projector, and speakers provided by CBN, the ministry showed "The Jesus Film" to the entire village. Prathab was outraged.
“I was so angry I couldn't concentrate all day,” he said. “I was going to chase them out of my village.
Prathab wanted to cause trouble for the Christians, so he went to where the film was being played. But as he watched, the teachings of Jesus that he had fought against for so long entered his heart.
“I realized that Jesus Christ willingly died for me,” he said “He sacrificed his life for my sins. He loves me immensely.”
Prathab gave his life to Christ.
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Iran: Israel, US will soon die
Iran: Israel, US will soon die
Ahmadinejad: Be assured that the US and Israel will soon end lives
Yaakov Lappin
Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report.
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad… assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives," the Iranian president was quoted as saying.
"Sparking discord among Muslims, especially between the Shiites and Sunnis, is a plot hatched by the Zionists and the US for dominating regional nations and looting their resources," Ahmadinejad added, according to the report.
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Ahmadinejad: Be assured that the US and Israel will soon end lives
Yaakov Lappin
Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report.
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad… assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives," the Iranian president was quoted as saying.
"Sparking discord among Muslims, especially between the Shiites and Sunnis, is a plot hatched by the Zionists and the US for dominating regional nations and looting their resources," Ahmadinejad added, according to the report.
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N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing
N Korea helping Iran with nuclear testing
By Con Coughlin
Last Updated: 2:29am GMT 24/01/2007
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out last year.
Under the terms of a new understanding between the two countries, the North Koreans have agreed to share all the data and information they received from their successful test last October with Teheran's nuclear scientists.
North Korea provoked an international outcry when it successfully fired a bomb at a secret underground location and Western intelligence officials are convinced that Iran is working on its own weapons programme.
A senior European defence official told The Daily Telegraph that North Korea had invited a team of Iranian nuclear scientists to study the results of last October's underground test to assist Teheran's preparations to conduct its own — possibly by the end of this year.
There were unconfirmed reports at the time of the Korean firing that an Iranian team was present. Iranian military advisers regularly visit North Korea to participate in missile tests.
Now the long-standing military co-operation between the countries has been extended to nuclear issues.
As a result, senior western military officials are deeply concerned that the North Koreans' technical superiority will allow the Iranians to accelerate development of their own nuclear weapon.
"The Iranians are working closely with the North Koreans to study the results of last year's North Korean nuclear bomb test," said the European defence official.
"We have identified increased activity at all of Iran's nuclear facilities since the turn of the year," he said.
"All the indications are that the Iranians are working hard to prepare for their own underground nuclear test."
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By Con Coughlin
Last Updated: 2:29am GMT 24/01/2007
North Korea is helping Iran to prepare an underground nuclear test similar to the one Pyongyang carried out last year.
Under the terms of a new understanding between the two countries, the North Koreans have agreed to share all the data and information they received from their successful test last October with Teheran's nuclear scientists.
North Korea provoked an international outcry when it successfully fired a bomb at a secret underground location and Western intelligence officials are convinced that Iran is working on its own weapons programme.
A senior European defence official told The Daily Telegraph that North Korea had invited a team of Iranian nuclear scientists to study the results of last October's underground test to assist Teheran's preparations to conduct its own — possibly by the end of this year.
There were unconfirmed reports at the time of the Korean firing that an Iranian team was present. Iranian military advisers regularly visit North Korea to participate in missile tests.
Now the long-standing military co-operation between the countries has been extended to nuclear issues.
As a result, senior western military officials are deeply concerned that the North Koreans' technical superiority will allow the Iranians to accelerate development of their own nuclear weapon.
"The Iranians are working closely with the North Koreans to study the results of last year's North Korean nuclear bomb test," said the European defence official.
"We have identified increased activity at all of Iran's nuclear facilities since the turn of the year," he said.
"All the indications are that the Iranians are working hard to prepare for their own underground nuclear test."
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Mexican Migration Officials Arrest 11 Iraqis With Fake Passports In Northern Mexico
Mexican Migration Officials Arrest 11 Iraqis With Fake Passports In Northern Mexico
MONTERREY, Mexico, January 23, 2007 - Eleven Iraqis carrying false passports and heading to California were arrested at Monterrey's airport, immigration officials said Monday.
Nine men, a woman and a two-year-old girl traveled from Madrid, Spain, to Monterrey, where they were detained Saturday, an immigration official said on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly about the arrests.
None of the Iraqi citizens appear on terrorist watch lists and they told authorities they were Chaldean Christians trying to get to California were they would request asylum, the official said.
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MONTERREY, Mexico, January 23, 2007 - Eleven Iraqis carrying false passports and heading to California were arrested at Monterrey's airport, immigration officials said Monday.
Nine men, a woman and a two-year-old girl traveled from Madrid, Spain, to Monterrey, where they were detained Saturday, an immigration official said on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly about the arrests.
None of the Iraqi citizens appear on terrorist watch lists and they told authorities they were Chaldean Christians trying to get to California were they would request asylum, the official said.
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Bush's pro-life message marks 'Roe' anniversary
Bush's pro-life message marks 'Roe' anniversary
But spokesman says he won't philosophize over church policies
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
President Bush believes the Declaration of Independence states that "every person has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," but on the day when the United States marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade abortion decision, which has cost at estimated 50 million lives, the president isn't going to philosophize on the application of individual church beliefs.
The comment came from Tony Snow, presidential spokesman, in response to a question from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House.
"With regard to today's March for Life, does the president believe that the positions of Catholic Sens. (Ted) Kennedy, (Susan) Collins, (Christopher) Dodd, (Joseph) Biden, (John) Kerry, (Barbara) Mikulsi and (Patrick) Leahy and Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi on this issue, and their not being ex-communicated, means that Catholic Church opposition to all but partial-birth abortion is now as absent as the one-time voluble church opposition to contraception?" he asked.
"The president is not going to sit around and engage in the chin-pulling exercise of trying to determine how people, may, in fact, interpret Catholic dogma. His belief on the sanctity of life is well known," Snow said.
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But spokesman says he won't philosophize over church policies
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
President Bush believes the Declaration of Independence states that "every person has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," but on the day when the United States marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade abortion decision, which has cost at estimated 50 million lives, the president isn't going to philosophize on the application of individual church beliefs.
The comment came from Tony Snow, presidential spokesman, in response to a question from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House.
"With regard to today's March for Life, does the president believe that the positions of Catholic Sens. (Ted) Kennedy, (Susan) Collins, (Christopher) Dodd, (Joseph) Biden, (John) Kerry, (Barbara) Mikulsi and (Patrick) Leahy and Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi on this issue, and their not being ex-communicated, means that Catholic Church opposition to all but partial-birth abortion is now as absent as the one-time voluble church opposition to contraception?" he asked.
"The president is not going to sit around and engage in the chin-pulling exercise of trying to determine how people, may, in fact, interpret Catholic dogma. His belief on the sanctity of life is well known," Snow said.
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Olmert's office denies WND report
Olmert's office denies WND report
Top diplomatic sources say secret talks held on handing territory to Abbas
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Posted: January 23, 2007
5:43 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office today denied a WND report quoting top Egyptian and European diplomatic sources stating Israel and the Palestinians have been conducting behind-the-scenes negotiations regarding handing over most of the West Bank to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The diplomatic sources said they were directly involved in the negotiations, which they said were mediated by Egypt and the European Union, with U.S. input. The sources said major changes in Israeli-Palestinian affairs are expected within a few weeks to two months.
"There were no negotiations regarding a West Bank withdrawal. This would go contrary to other things we have said in the recent past," said Olmert's spokesperson, Miri Eisin.
"Perhaps the officials talking to WorldNetDaily were referring to general expectations for movement in the Israeli-Palestinian arena," Eisin said.
But the European and Egyptian sources today stood by their statements that Israel agreed in principal to transfer security control to Abbas of most of the West Bank. The territory borders Jerusalem and is within rocket-firing range of Tel Aviv and Israel's international airport.
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Top diplomatic sources say secret talks held on handing territory to Abbas
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Posted: January 23, 2007
5:43 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office today denied a WND report quoting top Egyptian and European diplomatic sources stating Israel and the Palestinians have been conducting behind-the-scenes negotiations regarding handing over most of the West Bank to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The diplomatic sources said they were directly involved in the negotiations, which they said were mediated by Egypt and the European Union, with U.S. input. The sources said major changes in Israeli-Palestinian affairs are expected within a few weeks to two months.
"There were no negotiations regarding a West Bank withdrawal. This would go contrary to other things we have said in the recent past," said Olmert's spokesperson, Miri Eisin.
"Perhaps the officials talking to WorldNetDaily were referring to general expectations for movement in the Israeli-Palestinian arena," Eisin said.
But the European and Egyptian sources today stood by their statements that Israel agreed in principal to transfer security control to Abbas of most of the West Bank. The territory borders Jerusalem and is within rocket-firing range of Tel Aviv and Israel's international airport.
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Feds arrest 761 in illegals sweep
Feds arrest 761 in illegals sweep
Authorities tout series of raids as among biggest in history
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Posted: January 23, 2007
5:00 p.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Describing it as one of the biggest illegal immigrations sweeps in U.S. history, authorities arrested 761 in the Los Angeles area in a week-long series of raids.
The raids targeted illegal immigrants who previously had been deported for crimes or had ignored final deportation orders, the Associated Press reported.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told AP 338 illegals were arrested in their homes and another 423 were identified in local jails. The jailed illegals will be transferred to federal custody after serving their state sentences, said Virginia Kice.
The raids were part of a major crackdown called Operation Return to Sender, which has resulted in 13,000 arrests nationwide since June. Another 3,000 illegals identified in state and local jails will be deported.
Last June, federal authorities announced the arrest of 2,100 in a two-week sweep nationwide. Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for the immigration section of the Department of Homeland Security, said at the time the agency was "watching the country's borders from the inside."
In June, officials estimated there were more than 500,000 "fugitive aliens" who had been deported by judges and either returned to the country or never left.
However, that number apparently has jumped, with Kice estimating now 600,000 illegal immigrants who have ignored deportation orders are still at large.
The Southern California sweep this week netted illegal immigrants from 14 countries, including Mexico, Honduras, Ukraine, India, Japan, Poland and Trinidad, AP said.
As WND reported, more than 9,000 sex offenders have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials through a series of stings called Operation Predator in three years of operation, a 2006 Department of Homeland Security Report says. But some experts are wondering if the efforts are enough to protect innocent American children from being preyed on by returning criminal alien sex offenders.
Foreign nationals account for roughly 85 percent of child sex offenders arrested by the operation, which was launched by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge in July 2003, officials say. And as WND previously has reported, authorities also have linked illegal aliens to a wave of gang-rapes across the U.S.
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Authorities tout series of raids as among biggest in history
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Posted: January 23, 2007
5:00 p.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Describing it as one of the biggest illegal immigrations sweeps in U.S. history, authorities arrested 761 in the Los Angeles area in a week-long series of raids.
The raids targeted illegal immigrants who previously had been deported for crimes or had ignored final deportation orders, the Associated Press reported.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told AP 338 illegals were arrested in their homes and another 423 were identified in local jails. The jailed illegals will be transferred to federal custody after serving their state sentences, said Virginia Kice.
The raids were part of a major crackdown called Operation Return to Sender, which has resulted in 13,000 arrests nationwide since June. Another 3,000 illegals identified in state and local jails will be deported.
Last June, federal authorities announced the arrest of 2,100 in a two-week sweep nationwide. Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for the immigration section of the Department of Homeland Security, said at the time the agency was "watching the country's borders from the inside."
In June, officials estimated there were more than 500,000 "fugitive aliens" who had been deported by judges and either returned to the country or never left.
However, that number apparently has jumped, with Kice estimating now 600,000 illegal immigrants who have ignored deportation orders are still at large.
The Southern California sweep this week netted illegal immigrants from 14 countries, including Mexico, Honduras, Ukraine, India, Japan, Poland and Trinidad, AP said.
As WND reported, more than 9,000 sex offenders have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials through a series of stings called Operation Predator in three years of operation, a 2006 Department of Homeland Security Report says. But some experts are wondering if the efforts are enough to protect innocent American children from being preyed on by returning criminal alien sex offenders.
Foreign nationals account for roughly 85 percent of child sex offenders arrested by the operation, which was launched by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge in July 2003, officials say. And as WND previously has reported, authorities also have linked illegal aliens to a wave of gang-rapes across the U.S.
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Sex assaults by teachers on students an 'epidemic'
Sex assaults by teachers on students an 'epidemic'
Organization fights uphill battle in system that protects predators
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
Editor's note: At this link, WND has documented an alarming list of female teachers who have assaulted male students, part of the problem of teacher-on-student assaults estimated to include millions of victims.
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
An estimated 5 million students in United States schools have been assaulted sexually by teachers, according to a congressional report. But no one is calling for investigations or law enforcement crackdowns, there have been no campaigns to ban the offenders from schools, and in many states there aren't even any requirements such predator attacks be reported to education licensing agencies.
"We have approximately 5 million children suffering and no one is calling for an investigation, for any kind of data to be collected to find out why that many children are being hurt by teachers," said Terri Miller, who runs probably the only organization in the nation that focuses specifically on assaults by educators on students. "This is an epidemic."
In fact, in many cases, especially where the attacker is a woman and the student a male, such assaults are treated as a joke, with a hand-slap for the teacher, and some ribald locker room humor directed at the student.
WND has documented in recent months an alarming string of dozens of cases of female teacher-on-male student sexual assaults, but those are just part of the overall problem, Miller said.
Her volunteer group, called Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation, often feels overwhelmed by the dearth of information, injuries to students, and obstacles posed by opponents such as the National Education Association.
But she says it's a do-or-die battle.
"I won't give up trying. I have vowed to keep trying until we have good strong legislation to hold the perpetrators criminally responsible," she told WND.
She said the problem easily could be many times larger than the scandals involving Catholic Church priests molesting children, and the hundreds of millions of dollars in civil liabilities already determined in those cases.
"You are not mandated to send your children to church, but you are mandated by law to send your children to school," she said. "And, by God, schools better be mandated to keep them safe."
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Organization fights uphill battle in system that protects predators
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
Editor's note: At this link, WND has documented an alarming list of female teachers who have assaulted male students, part of the problem of teacher-on-student assaults estimated to include millions of victims.
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
An estimated 5 million students in United States schools have been assaulted sexually by teachers, according to a congressional report. But no one is calling for investigations or law enforcement crackdowns, there have been no campaigns to ban the offenders from schools, and in many states there aren't even any requirements such predator attacks be reported to education licensing agencies.
"We have approximately 5 million children suffering and no one is calling for an investigation, for any kind of data to be collected to find out why that many children are being hurt by teachers," said Terri Miller, who runs probably the only organization in the nation that focuses specifically on assaults by educators on students. "This is an epidemic."
In fact, in many cases, especially where the attacker is a woman and the student a male, such assaults are treated as a joke, with a hand-slap for the teacher, and some ribald locker room humor directed at the student.
WND has documented in recent months an alarming string of dozens of cases of female teacher-on-male student sexual assaults, but those are just part of the overall problem, Miller said.
Her volunteer group, called Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation, often feels overwhelmed by the dearth of information, injuries to students, and obstacles posed by opponents such as the National Education Association.
But she says it's a do-or-die battle.
"I won't give up trying. I have vowed to keep trying until we have good strong legislation to hold the perpetrators criminally responsible," she told WND.
She said the problem easily could be many times larger than the scandals involving Catholic Church priests molesting children, and the hundreds of millions of dollars in civil liabilities already determined in those cases.
"You are not mandated to send your children to church, but you are mandated by law to send your children to school," she said. "And, by God, schools better be mandated to keep them safe."
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'Boys as victims' don't fit expectations
'Boys as victims' don't fit expectations
But experts say they are hurt by attacks, just like girls
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
WND has documented dozens of recent cases of women teachers assaulting underage male students, probably the least documented type of educator sexual misconduct even though almost no comprehensive statistics are kept on any category of such attacks.
The few experts on such conduct say that males can be assaulted and victimized as well as females, only for young boys society's treatment is different.
Terri Miller, who runs Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation, said she does hear from men who were victims of female teachers. One man was 53, and never had been able to establish a normal relationship since he was assaulted by a female teacher at age 12.
She said the second generation of crime even could be blamed on female assailants. "Because they are not able to report with the expectation they're going to receive justice like a girl would … what ends up happening in many cases with boys [they] overcompensate and end up becoming domestically violent abusers, rapists – because of the fact a woman dominated them," she said.
Steve Braveman, a therapist who has posted an article on the SESAME website, noted that about one in six of all American boys is molested by the time he reaches 18.
Since statistics are virtually unavailable, he noted, it's not clear exactly who is molesting them every time, but he said the vast majority appear to have been victimized by someone they know. "Someone they trust very much. Someone in a position of authority."
"So, if boys are being molested by all of these kinds of people, why doesn't the public hear more about this? Part of the answer may lie in the fact than an estimated 50 percent of all molests, males and females combined, are never reported. It is also estimated that only 10 percent of molested boys ever make such reports. … Many of these unreported molestations of boys are suspected to be at the hands of a teacher, educator and/or other person in position of authority."
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But experts say they are hurt by attacks, just like girls
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
WND has documented dozens of recent cases of women teachers assaulting underage male students, probably the least documented type of educator sexual misconduct even though almost no comprehensive statistics are kept on any category of such attacks.
The few experts on such conduct say that males can be assaulted and victimized as well as females, only for young boys society's treatment is different.
Terri Miller, who runs Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation, said she does hear from men who were victims of female teachers. One man was 53, and never had been able to establish a normal relationship since he was assaulted by a female teacher at age 12.
She said the second generation of crime even could be blamed on female assailants. "Because they are not able to report with the expectation they're going to receive justice like a girl would … what ends up happening in many cases with boys [they] overcompensate and end up becoming domestically violent abusers, rapists – because of the fact a woman dominated them," she said.
Steve Braveman, a therapist who has posted an article on the SESAME website, noted that about one in six of all American boys is molested by the time he reaches 18.
Since statistics are virtually unavailable, he noted, it's not clear exactly who is molesting them every time, but he said the vast majority appear to have been victimized by someone they know. "Someone they trust very much. Someone in a position of authority."
"So, if boys are being molested by all of these kinds of people, why doesn't the public hear more about this? Part of the answer may lie in the fact than an estimated 50 percent of all molests, males and females combined, are never reported. It is also estimated that only 10 percent of molested boys ever make such reports. … Many of these unreported molestations of boys are suspected to be at the hands of a teacher, educator and/or other person in position of authority."
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Republican revolt builds over border agents
Republican revolt builds over border agents
House resolution calls for tossing Ramos, Compean convictions
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
At least 70 Republican Congress members are co-sponsoring a House resolution ordering that the convictions and sentences of Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean be vacated and that they be released from custody immediately.
Even after suggestions last week that President Bush plans to review the Ramos and Compean case, the White House has continued reaching out for support to several prominent conservatives who, so far, are rebuffing administration requests to back the Justice Department on this case.
The resolution, H.R. 563, is being introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination.
Despite public suggestions to the contrary, the White House on background has continued indicating to prominent national conservative leaders that their heels are dug in on this case, denying at this point any plan to pardon the agents. Some critics contend the Bush administration's open border policy is behind its unwillingness to defend Ramos and Compean.
White House talking points continue to stress themes articulated by prosecuting U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton in El Paso, who in an exclusive interview last week with WND claimed the two agents "shot 15 times at an unarmed, fleeing man," after which the agents "decided to lie about it, cover it up, destroy the evidence, pick up all the shell casings and throw them away where we couldn't find them, destroy the crime scene and then file a false report."
In a series of briefings with conservative leaders prior to the State of the Union message scheduled for this evening, the White House indicated that while the issue of immigration will be mentioned, it will not be a major theme. The president is expected to repeat his support of a "comprehensive immigration reform" plan that would include a guest worker program, prefacing re-introduction of legislation similar to the bill co-sponsored in the previous Congress by Sens. Edward Kennedy D-Mass., and John McCain R-Ariz.
While the speech is expected to sound the theme of border security, the president is not expected to give a commitment that the administration will press Congress to appropriate all the funds needed to build the full 770-mile double-layered fence Congress approved in a Sept. 29 vote just prior to the mid-term elections. Instead, the president is expected to emphasis electronic means to secure a virtual border and what the White House believes has been recent success slowing the number of "OTMs," or "Other Than Mexicans," who illegally cross the southern border.
President Bush has no plans to mention the Ramos and Compean case in the State of the Union speech.
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House resolution calls for tossing Ramos, Compean convictions
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
At least 70 Republican Congress members are co-sponsoring a House resolution ordering that the convictions and sentences of Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean be vacated and that they be released from custody immediately.
Even after suggestions last week that President Bush plans to review the Ramos and Compean case, the White House has continued reaching out for support to several prominent conservatives who, so far, are rebuffing administration requests to back the Justice Department on this case.
The resolution, H.R. 563, is being introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination.
Despite public suggestions to the contrary, the White House on background has continued indicating to prominent national conservative leaders that their heels are dug in on this case, denying at this point any plan to pardon the agents. Some critics contend the Bush administration's open border policy is behind its unwillingness to defend Ramos and Compean.
White House talking points continue to stress themes articulated by prosecuting U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton in El Paso, who in an exclusive interview last week with WND claimed the two agents "shot 15 times at an unarmed, fleeing man," after which the agents "decided to lie about it, cover it up, destroy the evidence, pick up all the shell casings and throw them away where we couldn't find them, destroy the crime scene and then file a false report."
In a series of briefings with conservative leaders prior to the State of the Union message scheduled for this evening, the White House indicated that while the issue of immigration will be mentioned, it will not be a major theme. The president is expected to repeat his support of a "comprehensive immigration reform" plan that would include a guest worker program, prefacing re-introduction of legislation similar to the bill co-sponsored in the previous Congress by Sens. Edward Kennedy D-Mass., and John McCain R-Ariz.
While the speech is expected to sound the theme of border security, the president is not expected to give a commitment that the administration will press Congress to appropriate all the funds needed to build the full 770-mile double-layered fence Congress approved in a Sept. 29 vote just prior to the mid-term elections. Instead, the president is expected to emphasis electronic means to secure a virtual border and what the White House believes has been recent success slowing the number of "OTMs," or "Other Than Mexicans," who illegally cross the southern border.
President Bush has no plans to mention the Ramos and Compean case in the State of the Union speech.
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Border Patrol agent held in solitary confinement
Border Patrol agent held in solitary confinement
'They act like he's Charles Manson,' father-in-law tells WND
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Imprisoned former Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos not only is being held in prison for trying to halt a fleeing drug smuggler, he's being held in solitary confinement treated as if he were Charles Manson, a relative told WND in an exclusive interview.
Joe Loya, Ramos' father-in-law, told WND that Ramos is being held in conditions usually reserved for extraordinarily dangerous or trouble-making inmates.
"They have Ignacio in a 6 foot by 12 foot cell," Loya told WND in a telephone interview from El Paso. "There are no bars, just a steel door, and no window. He has no television and nothing to do. He is fed in his cell and let out only for one hour after 23 hours in the cell. He is then taken to a room with a television where he is allowed to watch the TV for an hour before he is returned to solitary confinement."
Loya said his daughter met with her husband for an hour on Friday.
"Ignacio was heavily shackled," Loya said, "and he could barely hold the telephone to speak."
Loya explained that his daughter met with her husband in the prison in a room where they were separated by a glass barrier.
"It was just like Ignacio was Charlie Manson," Loya explained. "My daughter couldn't believe how her husband was being treated."
Loya told WND that the family believes that the federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, introduced into the trial inaccurate or incomplete testimony provided by the drug dealer, Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, as well as from other Border Patrol agents who the federal prosecutors had pressured prior to the trial.
"I can't believe how Ignacio is being treated," Loya told WND. "He has been a federal agent for years and he has been involved in many drug busts. I am convinced that the U.S. attorney has a grudge against my son-in-law and I cannot believe how mean and determined Johnny Sutton has been to see my son imprisoned for doing nothing more than trying to stop a drug smuggler he and Jose Compean believed was armed and dangerous."
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'They act like he's Charles Manson,' father-in-law tells WND
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Posted: January 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Imprisoned former Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos not only is being held in prison for trying to halt a fleeing drug smuggler, he's being held in solitary confinement treated as if he were Charles Manson, a relative told WND in an exclusive interview.
Joe Loya, Ramos' father-in-law, told WND that Ramos is being held in conditions usually reserved for extraordinarily dangerous or trouble-making inmates.
"They have Ignacio in a 6 foot by 12 foot cell," Loya told WND in a telephone interview from El Paso. "There are no bars, just a steel door, and no window. He has no television and nothing to do. He is fed in his cell and let out only for one hour after 23 hours in the cell. He is then taken to a room with a television where he is allowed to watch the TV for an hour before he is returned to solitary confinement."
Loya said his daughter met with her husband for an hour on Friday.
"Ignacio was heavily shackled," Loya said, "and he could barely hold the telephone to speak."
Loya explained that his daughter met with her husband in the prison in a room where they were separated by a glass barrier.
"It was just like Ignacio was Charlie Manson," Loya explained. "My daughter couldn't believe how her husband was being treated."
Loya told WND that the family believes that the federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, introduced into the trial inaccurate or incomplete testimony provided by the drug dealer, Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila, as well as from other Border Patrol agents who the federal prosecutors had pressured prior to the trial.
"I can't believe how Ignacio is being treated," Loya told WND. "He has been a federal agent for years and he has been involved in many drug busts. I am convinced that the U.S. attorney has a grudge against my son-in-law and I cannot believe how mean and determined Johnny Sutton has been to see my son imprisoned for doing nothing more than trying to stop a drug smuggler he and Jose Compean believed was armed and dangerous."
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Cruise 'is Christ' of Scientology
Cruise 'is Christ' of Scientology
By EMILY SMITH
US Editor
January 23, 2007
TOM Cruise is the new “Christ” of Scientology, according to leaders of the cult-like religion.
The Mission: Impossible star has been told he has been “chosen” to spread the word of his faith throughout the world.
And leader David Miscavige believes that in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped like Jesus for his work to raise awareness of the religion.
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By EMILY SMITH
US Editor
January 23, 2007
TOM Cruise is the new “Christ” of Scientology, according to leaders of the cult-like religion.
The Mission: Impossible star has been told he has been “chosen” to spread the word of his faith throughout the world.
And leader David Miscavige believes that in future, Cruise, 44, will be worshipped like Jesus for his work to raise awareness of the religion.
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