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We all share in responsibility for a war that has been waged in our names and with our tax dollars. The fact that fewer U.S. soldiers have died in recent months doesn't change the fact that this war should never have been waged. Our country should end this war, not try to "win" it, and we must help the Iraqi people build a safer and more peaceful country.
And so, in this season of Lent, I believe the time has come for us to repent for the Iraq war. But repentance means more than just being sorry. It means admitting that the course we have been on is wrong and committing to begin walking in a new direction - starting with an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

Support for U.S. wars and foreign policy is still the area where Christians are most "conformed to this world" (Romans 12:2). We must commit to put our love for Christ ahead of obedience to a misguided government and ask our brothers and sisters to join us in working for peace.

That's why we've put together a statement that issues a call to the U.S. church to lament and repent of the sin of this war. We're planning to promote that call widely to Christian audiences of all theological and political stripes.

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El autor de este articulo tuvo el honor de ver el juego entre Atlas y Pumas de UNAM transmitido en vivo por la cadena Telefutura desde el Estado Jalisco en Mexico con fecha de 15 de Marzo 2008.

La Primera Mitad comenzo con los Pumas de UNAM en posesion del juego, una tarjeta roja para Jimenez [de Atlas] [seis minutos], y una tarjeta amarilla para Marioni [tambien de Atlas] debido a su comportamiento anti profesional [ocho minutos]. Considero que los arbitros actuaron bien pues en las grabaciones repetidas, se podia apreciar los comportamientos anti profesional. El drama del juego siguio con el primer gol del juego y para Pumas. El autor del primer gol a los diez minutos fue Solari. Solari anoto el gol con una patada directa a la cancha en el lado derecho sorpendiendo el portero de Atlas. Con el progreso del juego, los arbitros comenazaron con su papel de autor de las injusticias con una tarjeta amarilla para Rubero de Pumas y Centurion de Atlas. A los 27 minutos, Solari anoto un Segundo gol con una patada directa en la cancha izquierda de la cancha de Atlas secundaria a la pena maxima. Otra vez, el portero de Atlas quedo con la boca abierta y las manos vacias. Puma tenia dos puntos y Atlas cero con la clausura de la primera mitad.

La Segunda Mitad comenzo con la revancha de Marioni y Atlas despues de su humillacion en la primera mitad. Atlas retomo la posesion del juego con el primer gol por Omar Flores para Atlas a los 47 minutos. Los hinchas de Atlas sintieron contento con lo que sucedio dando estimulo a los esfuerzos de los jugadores de Atlas. Marioni logro el empate de Atlas a los 93 minutos. Los esfuerzos de los Pumas en lograr una victoria se esfumo pero el juego fue padrisimo.

Atlas 2-2 Pumas

Atlas: 5/10

Pumas: 5/10

Jugador de la Temporada: Marion

The attitude of Geraldine Ferraro reminded me of the time I appeared before the Board of Medicine in Florida for a temporary Physician Assistant License and was told: “When you immigrated from the Dominican Republic”. My response was to say “I was born in Ohio”. Regardless, I received the temporary Physician Assistant License although I did not use it. When I was going to be accepted for a hospital residency training in Akron Ohio of all places, the people said the same thing and my response was: “I do not need your patronizing. I am proud of being born in Ohio and of my ethnicity but I believe that the important thing is to be a professional person. If you do not like this and love to comment about race and ethnicity, take your state and shove it. Also, I am a Libertarian”. I parted ways but with dignity.

I was thinking about Geraldine Ferraro and her demeaning remarks toward Barack Obama. It is because of Geraldine Ferraro and her patronizing attitude that we have the problems that exist. Geraldine Ferraro is just a frustrated woman who could not become a Vice President and was a mediocre candidate for Vice President in the same vein that Walter Mondale was a mediocre candidate for President. I would like to thank Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton [who did not defend Geraldine Ferraro] and all of the Republicans and Democrats for making race and ethnicity an issue. It is because of the Republicans and Democrats of today that I reject the Republicans and Democrats in favour of the Libertarian Party.

I challenge the American People to reject the Anti American Antics of the Republicans and Democrats and vote for a true American Party called the Libertarian Party which accepts people for what they are, encourages people to practice their lifestyle without inhibitions, and to live without government programmes such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security which is a form of slavery in the economic sense. As for the Republicans and Democrats [the leadership including Geraldine Ferraro], they should check themselves into a psychiatric institution and receive one thousand milligrams of Haloperidol Decanaote in each Gluteus Cheek to calm them down since they must be suffering from a psychiatric meltdown.

We must discuss the infrastructure, our health care system, our eduction system, and everything else that has failed in the United States of America including the war on drugs and the war against terrorism which are failures. It is time to replace the Republicans and Democrats with the Libertarians.

The first half started with a red card at six minutes for Jimenez for unprofessional behaviour and a booking at eight minutes for Marioni for the same reasons. Jimenez and Marioni were players of Atlas and the conditions were created for the first goal by Solari for Pumas at ten minutes within the game. It was after this goal that Pumas was in total possession of the game. Solari scored the first goal by doing a direct kick into the right area of the net and surprising Atlas. After the first goal, the referees were starting to behave unprofessionally with arbitrary bookings of Rubero and Canturion. Solari was able to score a second goal at twenty eight minutes by a penalty and via a direct kick into the left area of the net with a surprised Atlas Goalkeeper with his empty hands and open mouth. It was not the way to go with Pumas possessing the game but Atlas had other tricks up its sleeve. The first half ended with Pumas winning Atlas 2 to 0.

The second half of the game was the time for Atlas and Marioni to restore their pride. Atlas recovered the possession of the game with the first goal by Omar Flores at forty seven minutes. Atlas started surprising Pumas with its play by play action as well as its discipline, tenacity, and direction. Marioni received his sweet revenge after his humiliating first half booking by scoring an equalizer at ninety three minutes. Afterwards, attempts by Puma and Atlas to win were unable to reach fruition since the game ended. Regardless, this was a game that was exciting and full of life. Atlas and Puma gave the spectators in Jalisco Mexico as well as the television audience a game of a near lifetime from the Mexican League. It was worth being able to stay up late until almost 1:00 AM in order to enjoy the game and the match analysis. Marioni was able to prove to the public that receiving a booking was not a disappointment but an inconvenience that helped him to go to bigger and better things such as an equalizer for the Atlas Team

Atlas 2-2 Puma

Atlas: 5/10

Puma: 5/10

Player of the Season: Marioni