The Independent Thinker

Between the news of that mother who stabbed her child about 100 times and the  Runaway Bride faking her own kidnapping, all I can say is "What's the World is coming to?" And That bride does not look at all like Julia Roberts.  No more comments!!!   And I hope that all people with some sense will understand. J-F, the Independent Thinker

  LOve Letter  of Napoléon Bonaparte to Joséphine de Beauharnais, written in 1795 I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! Are you angry? Do I see you looking sad? Are you worried? ... My soul aches with sorrow, and there can be no rest for your lover; but is there still more in store for me when, yielding to the profound feelings which overwhelm me, I draw from your lips, from your heart a love which consumes me with fire? Ah! it was last night that I fully realized how false an image of you your portrait gives! You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours. Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire. Bonaparte Source: http://www.links2love.com ____________________________________________________________________ My Thought: Like "De...

This past week-end I took a tour( not planned) of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR... Very much high tech, with push buttons and video screens almost everywhere, bringing up Clinton in his best during his presidency.  Right at the entrance though, a silly cardboard and a blue dress ( maybe a replica of the famous dress of Monica) with  the sentence: Hillary, dump him, and some name calling with the word "evil"... Here we go, an individual or a group, nasty and mean as there are trying , to kick again another guy while he is already down. I wonder if they know anything about forgiveness, repentance, contrition, and so forth.  I bet those people go to church every Sunday. Hillary Clinton has decided to stay with him after that sordid episod. She obviously has forgiven him.. Why you guys out there refuse to understand that and move on, and leave the guy alone?   Some people might say it's free speech.. But why in front ...

Eat grapes regularly and you may never get cancer (Article from Netscape news) A research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has determined that components in grapes, including some that have been newly identified, work together to dramatically inhibit an enzyme crucial to the proliferation of cancer cells. The study, which was done using advanced molecular tools with grape-cell cultures, helps to identify which flavonoids in grapes and red wine are most responsible for anti-cancer qualities. Flavonoids are a group of chemical compounds naturally found in certain fruits, vegetables, teas, wines, nuts, seeds, and roots; they have been shown to prevent or slow the development of some cancers. Flavonoids are more abundant in red grapes than in white grapes.    What is most exciting about this study is that the researchers not only found a dozen new constituents in grape-cell culture extracts, but also identified how some of them work synergistically against ...

Below is what another blogger wrote after the election of Pope Benedict XVI. (Catholic Light) " Accept that this is our faith... The Church isn't here to be constantly changed by the world; rather, she is here to change the world ." As a Catholic I agree with that.  We need to be less egocentric, (less self-centered), less self-serving, less selfish so the world can become a  better place.  If the Church had to follow our ways, we would not need to go to church and follow the teachings of the Church.  It's like wanting to tell Jesus what to teach!!! The Pope was duly elected. Conservatives, liberals,  and others, like it or not, he is the leader of the Church.  If we do not want to accept the teachings of the Church, we need to leave it, and open our own church.    J-F