It was the same hesitancy and vagueness from the EU and NATO that gave the green light to Russia in the first place (as I noted in my first post on the issue). And you can tell by reading the stories, and how the media is trying to protect Obama by nitpicking McCain on some nonsense about not politicizing foreign policy (anyone remember Iraq?). They can see Obamas deer-in-the-headlights-syndrome, and they are trying to tap down McCains actions as too aggressive - as if wilting like an opossum will stop aggression.
The American people are not going to be impressed by the liberal medias fainting cries of reigniting the cold war - that is what the SurrenderMedias response to terrorism has been for years now - try detente with our enemies! These people make things up so often they cant keep their stories straight, and since they have no convictions outside everyone else is wrong but me they dont even care if they are talking outside both sides of their mouths. If the cold war was back in place with Georgia free and Russia angrily fuming across the border what the hell would be wrong with that! At least there would not be innocent Georgian civilians being killed by true military terrorism.
This Russian invasion was about oil (not our invasion of Iraq). This Russian invasion used ethnic/tribal divisions to create a militancy inside another country - where the minority must live in peace and deal with grievances through legal channels. I sometimes wonder if the Walter Mitty fantasies of the liberal left, where they would love to ignite a revolution against the evil conservatives (if they werent so damn scared to fight in the first place) is being played out now? Even Russia invading Georgia (a US ally fostered under Bush) is seen as poking evil America in the eye.
Is Bush Derangement Syndrome going to push the left over the edge where they support Russias actions? We shall see.

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SINCE I HAVE STARTED PSYCHE OF THE SINGLE PARENT, SO MANY PEOPLE AND WOMEN HAVE COME UNDONE WITH THEIR EMOTIONS AND RAW FEELINGS ON THIS ISSUE. I HAVE SADLY REALIZED THAT SOME WOMEN BLAME THEMSELVES FOR A MAN WALKING OUT ON HIS CHILDREN OR NEVER PARENTING AT ALL. IT HAS COME TO LIGHT THAT SOME PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT WORTH CHILD SUPPORT, AND DOES NOT DESERVE TWO PARENTS, AND THAT FATHERS ARE UNNECESSARY. IT IS MY MISSION TO HELP YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT YOURSELF, SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FREELY PROMOTE MALE RESPONSIBILTY TO THE NEXT GENERATION. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE SHARING SHOW, A PARENTS NETWORK, WHERE PEOPLE CAN SHARE IDEAS OF HOW TO MAKE A STRONG FAMILY. THIS SHOW PROMOTES CO-PARENTING, EQUAL PARENTING, KIDS DESERVE CHILD SUPPORT. JOIN ME IN THE MOVEMENT. THIS SHOW WILL NOT TOLERATE OR CONDONE ABSENTEE FATHERS, DEADBEATS, OR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT PROMOTE FATHER RESPONSIBLITY. IF YOU ARE ANTI-MALE, YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR FORUM ON THE MALE MISOGYNY SHOWS AND THE FEMINISM SHOWS. TAKE THE TIME TO READ MY BLOGS ON MYSPACE, TO REALIZE THAT I AM THE ONE WHO IS PATIENT, FORGIVING, AND SUPPORTIVE, OF MY CHILD'S FATHER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARENT. YOU LABEL ME BITTER AND ANGRY, AND JUDGE HIM,...IS THAT REALLY THE CASE? OR IS THIS SHOW SO CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE YOU ARE BITTER AND ANGRY? I FEEL GREAT TALKING ABOUT IT. I WILL KNOW I HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE WHEN I START HEARING MORE WOMEN TELLING MEN TO PARENT THEIR CHILDREN, TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR WHO THEY CHOOSE TO IMPREGNATE, AND FOR MEN TO INCREASE THEIR USE OF BIRTH CONTROL. TAKE MY HAND, AND LET'S WALK INTO A NEW ERA. George Foreman: Tips on being a good father.

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It is a familiar story to most church-going people in Kansas City and around the world. But even familiar stories can still bless, inspire, and challenge us. Sometimes, they are so familiar that we overlook important details and miss their real power. We can forget what it really meant to the people who first heard them. Such is the case with Jesus' story about a Good Samaritan. It's important to help others, but what was Jesus really saying? What would first century ears have heard that ours miss?
The story began in response to a lawyer's question. This lawyer was testing the orthodoxy of Jesus' theology by asking him about the qualifications to receive eternal life. Many believers and seekers ask a similar question today such as, "How do I know if I am saved?"
Jesus answered the lawyer's question with a question of his own, "What does the Bible say?" The lawyer's response was something you might hear in an Introduction to theology 101 class -- the most basic catechism for all candidates to Judaism. "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." Jesus heaped praise on him and congratulated him on providing the obvious answer. He then dismissed him like lowly student in discipleship class.
The lawyer reacted as you or I probably would, feeling embarrassed by Jesus' apparently condescending attitude. Wanting to justify himself by establishing his own theological credibility, he posed the theological question of the day: "Who is my neighbor?" He was telling Jesus to show him the boundaries, the limits, of neighborly responsibility. He might just as easily have said, "What do I really have to do and how will I know when I have done enough?"
"You know the answer. Just do it." That was the essence of Jesus' answer both before and after telling the famous parable of a good Samaritan. Our theology is much the same. We know what Bible says. It tells us to love one another, help the least of these, lay down your life for a friend, do justice, love mercy, walk with God, and embrace peace. Love God with all your emotional capacity, mental capacity, physical capacity, and your capacity of will. It's really common sense. There no way around it. Live and act as Jesus would. Love yourself as God loves you. Love your neighbor as yourself.
The lawyer, however, was not looking for an honest answer to a genuine question. He was trying to best Jesus in a theological debate. "But Jesus," he argued, "you haven't told me who my neighbor is and who my neighbor is not!" Finally, Jesus told his story about a traveler who was attacked by thieves and savagely beaten. The outlook was bleak, but then good fortune appeared. A priest was coming down that road, approaching the injured man, but the priest" passed by on the other side." There seems to be a legal loophole at this point. The law does seem to indicate that a priest is required to bury a corpse if he should come upon one. The problem is that, in order to stay ritually pure, which is crucial for his job as a priest, he cannot touch a corpse. Otherwise he can't enter the temple do the work of a priest. So, the priest walked on by. In the same way, a Levite, who was also a priest and the same constraints, passed by in the same way.
Were the priests' reactions totally unjustified? It seemed that Jesus was getting people's anger and frustration stirred up toward the religious establishment in order to set them up for the story's unlikely hero. A traveling Samaritan came by, stopped, and rendered extraordinary aid to the man. "So, Mr. Lawyer," Jesus asked, "Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" The answer was clear and unavoidable, the no-brainer of all time. Even though lawyer could not bring himself to say 'Samaritan,' he said, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Jesus must have smiled as he said to lawyer what he already had said before the story was ever told: "You 'go and do the same thing.'"
Jesus' story was called a parable. To find the truth of a parable, you must find yourself in the parable -- "In whom do you see yourself?" Are you the Samaritan? He is definitely the hero of the story. Many people see themselves there and that is a sign of good self-esteem. The Samaritan came through at the critical time as needed.
You may, if you are honest, see yourself as the priest or Levite. These two are very unpopular characters, yet sometimes they are me. When a homeless person comes begging money at the church house or on the street corner, most often, I tell them, "We don't give money". The truth is that not giving money is usually the better response. I have only occasionally taken the person to a restaurant, bought them food, stayed, talked with then, then continued to help with their recovery. This is a huge investment! If you are willing to invest yourself that way, I suggest you go through any of a number of organizations and ministry groups that offer opportunities to invest yourself in the lives of others.
Perhaps you see yourself as one of the robbers? Almost no one chooses to identify with the robbers, but upon honest reflection, we do sometimes cooperate to rob people of their dignity, independence, and self-respect. We do this by supporting unjust laws and dehumanizing policies. This is true whether you are liberal or conservative. Such laws and policies contribute to the economic deprivation of many people in our world, nation, city, community, and neighborhood. These are people left lying by the side of the road in a ditch.
The central character of Jesus' story was the traveler who was attacked. He is every man, every person. In the context of Jesus' culture, this is as non-descript as he can possibly get. Jesus invites us, first and last, to see ourselves living life and then, suddenly, lying by the side of a road robbed, beaten, and half dead. Have you found yourself this way, emotionally or spiritually if not physically? In that context, the "Who is my neighbor?" question has a distinctly different flavor and great sense of urgency. When we find ourselves by the side of the road, the truth of our theology, the idea of a God who meets us in our brokenness, is more than just a nice idea.
Isn't it just too much to consider doing what the Samaritan did? Sometimes I think I just can't do it. It is too hard and, besides, I usually have other plans. When we feel that way, it's important to remember that there are just two options to how we read this story. One is that it is you (or me) in the ditch, by the side of road and desperately in need. I'm sure you had no plans to get mugged, no plans to get fired, no plans to get sick, no plans to get pregnant, or no plans to lose your spouse. How badly do you want someone else to stop and help? How badly do you want to be healed?
The other option is that it is Jesus in ditch, by side of road, wondering if you'll stop. Mother Teresa is famous for the way she saw the face of Jesus in each dying person she helped. Indeed, Jesus is there, in someone's skin; someone who is desperately in need. Jesus is there in someone who had no plans to get mugged, no plans to get fired, no plans to get sick, no plans to get lost in life, no plans to lose someone, and no plans to be depressed or lonely. How badly do they want you to stop and help and heal? Again, how badly do you want to be healed?
There are lots of Jericho roads in life. There are lots of challenges to stop and help and heal. There are lots of chances to fall, as well. There are lots of robbers and lots of ditches.
The lawyer told Jesus that the way to eternal life was to love God and neighbor. How are we to love? The kind of love the Samaritan exhibited was agap love - self-giving love. Such love is always a matter of choice, a matter of will. It is to desire the health of the other. It is to respect differences with others and listen to them. It is to treat others as important to you, to notice them and regard them worthy of your attention. To love another is to look for the good in them, to affirm their strengths. To love others is to help them build bridges to health and by working within them to build bridges to community. This is true for individuals. It is also true for societies.
Is it too hard? Stop and consider who is healed and who heals. Those in need, who are touched, are healed. Those who reach out and touch in love are healed.
The great commandments of the Mosaic tradition are to love God with all the heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. These two commandments are inseparable. It is a matter of faith, this practice of loving God with intellect, emotion, will, and body. To love like this is an act of faith. It includes embracing your authentic self - to know who you are. Who do I say that I am? Who does God say that I am? To come to know is basic to answering the original question, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?". Perhaps the answer, at least in part, can be found in the words of Maya Angelou's poem I am a Christian:
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention

of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,

But rather to skid in roadside, thoroughly used up,

totally worn out, and loudly proclaim,

"WOW, WHAT A RIDE!"
Life is not about being careful. It is about stopping to help. It is in the ditch where we find Jesus, battered. It is in the same ditch, along the side of road, where Jesus finds us. When we confess our need, at the place of our desperation, healing comes. "Lord, who do you say I am?" God says, "You are mine. You are beloved." In knowing, in remembering, and in connecting we are healed. In our brokenness, we are healed and we heal. In stopping to help, we too are healed.
Do you have questions about your religious faith? Are you confused? Do you suspect that there is more to life than you are getting? When people ask me what I do for a living, and I know they won't listen to me more than about 30 seconds, this is what I tell them: I work with people who are on a journey. Many struggle with finding answers to their deepest questions. Some had given up ever finding these answers - even stopped asking the questions until they came to Crossroads. Someone told me recently that they had "never conceived of church as a place that actually encouraged you to think for yourself [before Crossroads]." That's what we do and that's what I do. I've been a pastor for 30 years and currently am the senior pastor for Crossroads Church of Kansas City. I have earned a doctorate degree from Princeton, two master's degree (one in theology and one in music). I've worked as a musician, a church musician, a drama coach and actor, as well as a pastor. I'm married with two children, three dogs, and two cats.

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Criminal justice is perhaps one of the the most broad reaching fields of study in education today. It incorporates not only the topics that immediately come to mind such as law enforcement, corrections and the courts, but also political history, social issues, psychology and civil liberties among many others. This diversity of issues makes criminal justice dynamic but it also makes it dizzyingly complex for someone trying to educate themselves in justice issues. Consequently, we have compiled this list to help anyone involved in the criminal justice field including academics, practitioners and students find information and resources about their niche, as well as any other aspect of criminal justice.

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A crime is anything that is illegal. Common crimes include street fights, drug use, and other such acts. The state government, through the public prosecutor, would file a criminal lawsuit. Criminals would either be fined, incarcerated or sometimes both, depending on the severity of the crime.
The state of Georgia, like other states, has some common criminal laws. However, the state itself has also established some laws that are to be followed when arresting a person for any form of criminal act. Any act of defiance that might breach the public laws or completely neglect the same can be construed as an act of crime, and the state can file a lawsuit against the individual.
Since criminal laws vary significantly in specific areas, criminals in the state of Georgia would require the services of a local criminal lawyer to help their cases. Hence, it is very important that the lawyer is well acquainted with the current laws that exist in the state at the time of arrest. A criminal lawyer would be able to fight the case in court if the individual is indeed innocent and being charged without undue reason. For guilty parties, getting the fine or incarceration lessened can be done with the help of a good attorney.
Finding a lawyer from a specific area or county in Georgia is a good choice when charged with a crime. They would be able to keep up with the latest updates in the laws of that county or state. Even though an experienced and qualified lawyer is considered a boon, one who is from the same state is better than an experienced lawyer from any other state. A Georgian criminal defense or appeal lawyer would be able to provide excellent advice in all matters relating to legal and criminal procedures that need to be faced when an individual is charged with criminal acts in the state of Georgia.
Available online are many websites belonging to legal companies housing hundreds of qualified and experienced lawyers in the state of Georgia. Also available online are a list of a persons rights when first arrested, such as keeping silent until a lawyer arrives. Contacting a lawyer at the earliest opportunity is a good option when arrested for a crime. Arranging for bail in a Georgia court is easier with a lawyer around to take care of the deed.
Getting arrested can be a traumatic experience. A criminal lawyer, for both prosecution and defense, would be a necessity, due to the complicated laws and procedures that can be understood only by an attorney. A criminal attorney would be able to take care of all the tasks that are involved in getting bail or being released without any penalty or imprisonment.

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