Patriots Planet - New England Patriots Forums and Message Boards http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB This is a discussion forum for the New England Patriots. en Sun, 20 May 2012 17:27:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/images/misc/rss.jpg Patriots Planet - New England Patriots Forums and Message Boards http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB Yoshihiru Uchida and the greatest sports dynasty in history http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64233&goto=newpost Sun, 20 May 2012 16:19:36 GMT http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=794...goryid=2378529

At age 92, I've little doubt he can still kick your ass.

As a youth he was drafted into WWII while his family was shipped off to internment.

At age 92 he remains the head Coach of the San Jose State collegiate judo team.

Recently he won his 45th National Championship in the past 51 years.

Amazing and incredibly inspiring.

Cheers to you, :toast: Sensei

BostonTim


* edit: video definately worth a look imo ]]> The Three Ring Circus - Patriots Tailgate! BostonTim http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64233 Which was worse for you? http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64229&goto=newpost Sun, 20 May 2012 02:36:05 GMT All this talk about Wes has got me wondering. Does his drop hurt you more, or the intentional grounding on the first possesion of the game? I have to... All this talk about Wes has got me wondering. Does his drop hurt you more, or the intentional grounding on the first possesion of the game? I have to say the intentional grounding hurt me a lot more than that bad pass. In my heart I knew the game was over at that point. ]]> Patriots Planet Football Forum rivshark86 http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64229 <![CDATA[Don't Bring a Girl to NBA Games]]> http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64228&goto=newpost Sun, 20 May 2012 00:52:20 GMT She will get bored. :coffee: Image: http://www.gagful.com/uploads/2012_5/1337421916_Dont_Bring_A_Girl_To_The_Nba_Games_gag.jpg She will get bored. :coffee:

]]> The Three Ring Circus - Patriots Tailgate! TITAN126 http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64228 <![CDATA[I'll Have Another]]> http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64227&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 22:46:55 GMT :Party: Wow! :Party:

Wow! ]]> Other Sports Talk (Everything but football) grog http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64227 The rights of black and white women in Islam http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64226&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 22:06:15 GMT Normal 0 ...]]> Women's rights in Islam





Islam gave women rights and privileges at a time when only barbaric manners and values dominated.
Yet, some people argue that Islam has alienated women in some domains. In fact, this belief is a misconception. People who say so, may have read about it in a magazine or seen it on TV. A quick examination of the issues judged as unjust to women will certainly correct the misunderstanding.

Man as the head of the household:

Some people believe that a woman in Islam is regarded as inferior to man since the Quran says (what means):"Men have one degree above women." [Quran 2: 228]



In the Quran it also says (what means): "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allaah has given the one more than the other and because men support them from their means." [Quran 4:34]

This verse implies that it is a man's duty to support his wife, and not the reverse, but this, in no way, makes him superior to her.

In fact, the rights and responsibilities of a woman are equal to those of a man but they are not necessarily identical. Since men and women are not created identical, they have different physical and emotional qualities, jobs and privileges. This does not mean that women are inferior.

On the contrary, women are considered crucial members of society in Islam since they are assigned the job of bringing up future generations. People today tend to look down at housewives but, in fact, raising children is one of the most important and difficult tasks. The way a mother brings up her child determines the way he will behave in the future. This duty, which requires patience, love, understanding and wisdom was significantly assigned to women in Islam because her nature suits this job.

Allaah The Exalted, in His Wisdom, has assigned a role for each member of the family so that there would be no arguments concerning who should do what. If a sailboat has two leaders, each will want to follow a path, leading ultimately to chaos and even a crash. In the same manner, how many times have your parents fought over some decision because each had their own point of view and wanted to apply it? This is precisely why it is preferable to have one leader for each household. However, this does not give the leader the right to be a dictator, or to neglect the role of his companion. This does not make him superior to other members of his family. It just gives him a larger duty.

Inheritance:

Some people claim that Islam is unjust towards women because it entitles them to inherit half of what men get. In fact, those people only know one side of the truth.

First, the principle of women inheriting half the money is only applicable in 45 percent of the cases. In the other 55 percent, women inherit the same amount or sometimes even more. For example, a mother and a father each inherit the sixth of their son's property when they are not the only inheritors.

In addition, the laws of inheritance in Islam are proportional to the duties of spending. Indeed, a man in Islam has the responsibility of supporting his family, his brother's children (when his brother dies), his parents (when they retire and do not have an income), his children from his previous marriage (if he has them) and his household, including his wife and children. A woman, on the other hand, does not bear this responsibility. She has the freedom to use the money she collects from her dowry or work as she pleases.

You might object here, saying that women today are working and helping their husbands pay the expenses, which entitles them to share equality with men. In fact, you should know that women's economic assistance to their husbands, which has become the norm today, is only an answer to the females’ wishes. Islam does not oblige women to spend on their households. It is a free choice many women have themselves taken today to feel more liberated, so it does not entitle them to a bigger portion of the inheritance.

Polygyny:

Polygyny is one of the most questioned principles that Islam grants men and women. Indeed, many people wrongfully accuse Islam of injustice because it allows a man to have up to four wives. Nevertheless, like every instruction in the Quran, polygyny has a reason. You see, Islam is a practical religion that acknowledges the needs and temptations of human beings and provides laws that deal with them, thus preserving harmony and morality.

- Polygyny might be the solution for a couple if the wife is barren, the husband wants children of his own and the option of separation does not appeal to both parties.

- If a woman is chronically ill and is unable to perform her marital duties. Polygyny may also be the solution when the couple does not want divorce.

- Polygyny is the religion's answer to cases where some men have excessive sexual needs that cannot be fulfilled by one wife. This in no way means that men should abuse this right and use it whenever they fancy a woman. It is rather a chance Islam has provided to prevent men from committing adultery. Many people who condemn polygyny cheat on their wives, calling this phenomenon a 'swift affair.' Islam, at least, has offered the second woman the option of being called 'a wife' rather than 'a mistress', especially in some countries where women remarkably outnumber men.

- Polygyny may settle the problem of an increased number of unmarried women, especially during wars.

However, polygyny has some limits and conditions to be met. Indeed, the Quran instructs the man to be fair with his wives on all levels, including treatment, money, house, etc. The only level where the man may have an uneven stance is the level of the feelings that he cannot control:

The Quran says (what means): "You will never be able to do perfect justice between wives even if it is your ardent desire, so do not incline too much to one of them [by giving her more of your time and provision] so as to leave the other hanging [i.e. neither divorced nor married]. And if you do justice, and do all that is right and fear Allaah by keeping away from all that is wrong, then Allaah is Ever-Forgiving and All-Merciful." [Quran 4:129]

Finally, it is worth knowing that Islam gives a woman the right to refuse polygyny for her husband by setting it as a condition during the marriage procedures. If this condition is set, then the woman is granted divorce if her husband marries another while he is still married to her.

You might ask, why could not there be polyandry (a woman having more than one husband)? The answer is simple. Islam did not allow it because Allaah is All-Aware that it will create a problem of kinship. This means that the child may not know who is actually his father (it could be anyone of the four husbands). In addition to the psychological damage it may cause, this problem also complicates the issue of inheritance. Even birds and animals do not allow polyandry.



This is the status of women in Islam; where terrestrial systems of systems of Islam just heavenly, Terrestrial systems does not sponsor women's dignity, since disowned the father of his daughter, while the age of eighteen years or less; to go out wandering on her face

Islam has honored women, and make it honorable man unlike systems that prepared the source of sin, and take away their right to ownership and responsibility, and makes them live in humiliation and contempt, and prepared by the unclean creature?.

Islam has honored women on the reverse of making women a commodity trading her body in propaganda and advertising?.
Islam has honored women in contrast to systems that are transmitted to swear allegiance to a deal to marry a wife; to be a property of the husband? Some even held their synagogues; to consider the fact whether it is women and the spirit of human beings or not? !.

Thus we see that Muslim women in worldly terms happy with her family in the confines of her parents, and care for her husband, her children, whether dander in the event of her childhood, or youth, or Hermha, and if their poverty or richness, or her health or her illness.

If there is shortening of the right of women in some Muslim countries, or of some to associate Islam - he is a failure because of ignorance, and distance from the application of the laws of religion, and the burden in on the mistake and religion is unconnected with the consequences of those shortcomings.
The remedy for that error can only be by reference to the guidance of Islam and its teachings; for the treatment of error.

The Western civilization can hardly know anything of such meanings, but look at the women look purely material, you see that hijab and chastity backwardness and reactionary, and it must be a puppet of tampering with every fallen; That is the secret of happiness for them.



Is it the means of education, culture, wear tight clothes and transparent and short?!.
Then any dignity when placed belles images in advertising and promotions?!
Why not promote them, but the beautiful Belle, if exhausted past her beauty and her adornment and threw neglected like any other machine that has expired? !.

And share a few beauty of this civilization? And the share of elderly mother, and grandmother, the old man?.
The share at best be in shelters, and the role of the infirm and the elderly; where visited and ask them.
And may have a share of the pension, or the like, shall devour him until you die; the womb is not there, and no link does not close the Crown.

The women in Islam, the more advanced age of increased respect for, and the greatness of its right, and compete with her children and relatives to honor her - as stated above - it does what is it, and who have remained at their children, and grandchildren, and her family, and society ]]> Politics and Religion Forum eninn http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64226 Happy Birthday, Fitzy! http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64225&goto=newpost Sat, 19 May 2012 11:34:47 GMT Enjoy, wherever you are! :toast: Enjoy, wherever you are! :toast: ]]> The Three Ring Circus - Patriots Tailgate! cka203 http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64225 NDAA Section 1021 struck down!! http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64224&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 18:54:38 GMT Hallelujah!!! http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/16/46550.htm Judge Blocks Controversial NDAA MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge granted a... Hallelujah!!!

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/16/46550.htm

Judge Blocks Controversial NDAA

MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction late Wednesday to block provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow the military to indefinitely detain anyone it accuses of knowingly or unknowingly supporting terrorism.

Signed by President Barack Obama on New Year's Eve, the 565-page NDAA contains a short paragraph, in statute 1021, letting the military detain anyone it suspects "substantially supported" al-Qaida, the Taliban or "associated forces." The indefinite detention would supposedly last until "the end of hostilities."

In a 68-page ruling blocking this statute, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest agreed that the statute failed to "pass constitutional muster" because its broad language could be used to quash political dissent.

"There is a strong public interest in protecting rights guaranteed by the First Amendment," Forrest wrote. "There is also a strong public interest in ensuring that due process rights guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment are protected by ensuring that ordinary citizens are able to understand the scope of conduct that could subject them to indefinite military detention."

Weeks after Obama signed the law, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges filed a lawsuit against its so-called "Homeland Battlefield" provisions.
Several prominent activists, scholars and politicians subsequently joined the suit, including Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg; Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Noam Chomsky; Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir; Kai Wargalla, an organizer from Occupy London; and Alexa O'Brien, an organizer for the New York-based activist group U.S. Day of Rage.

They call themselves the Freedom Seven.

In a signing statement, Obama contended that the language in Section 1021 "breaks no new ground" and merely restates the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF).

Government lawyers whistled the same tune to swat away the lawsuit, but they failed to convince the judge that no changes had been made.
"Section 1021 tries to do too much with too little - it lacks the minimal requirements of definition and scienter that could easily have been added, or could be added, to allow it to pass constitutional muster," Forrest wrote.

Scienter refers to a person's knowledge that a law is being violated.

"For the reasons set forth below, this court finds that § 1021 is not merely an 'affirmation' of the AUMF," Forrest wrote. "To so hold would be contrary to basic principles of legislative interpretation that require Congressional enactments to be given independent meaning. To find that § 1021 is merely an 'affirmation' of the AUMF would require this court to find that § 1021 is a mere redundancy - that is, that it has no independent meaning and adds absolutely nothing to the government's enforcement powers."

Brushing aside that argument, Judge Forrest took aim at government arguments that the NDAA did not affect Hedges and his co-plaintiffs personally.

"Here, the uncontradicted testimony at the evidentiary hearing was that the plaintiffs have in fact lost certain First Amendment freedoms as a result of the enactment of § 1021," Forrest wrote.

At a hearing in March, three of the plaintiffs testified that the possibility of government repression under the NDAA made them reconsider how they approached their journalism and activism.

Guardian journalist Naomi Wolf read testimony from Jonsditir, who prepared a statement saying that she would not visit the U.S. for fear of detention.

Forrest alluded to this testimony in her decision.

"Hedges, Wargalla, and Jonsdottir have changed certain associational conduct, and O'Brien and Jonsdittir have avoided certain expressive conduct, because of their concerns about § 1021. Moreover, since plaintiffs continue to have their associational and expressive conduct chilled, there is both actual and continued threatened irreparable harm," she wrote.

"In addition, it is certainly the case that if plaintiffs were detained as a result of their conduct, they could be detained until the cessation of hostilities - i.e., an indeterminate period of time," Forrest continued. "Being subjected to the risk of such detention, particularly in light of the Government's inability to represent that plaintiffs' conduct does not fall with § 1021, must constitute a threat of irreparable harm. The question then is: Is that harm immediate? Since the Government will not say that the conduct does not fall outside of §1021, one cannot predict immediacy one way or the other. The penalty we know would be severe."

The judge added that she did not make the decision lightly.

"This court is acutely aware that preliminarily enjoining an act of Congress must be done with great caution," she wrote. "However, it is the responsibility of our judicial system to protect the public from acts of Congress which infringe upon constitutional rights. As set forth above, this court has found that plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on the merits regarding their constitutional claim and it therefore has a responsibility to insure that the public's constitutional rights are protected."

In a phone conference, the plaintiffs' attorneys Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer hailed what they called a "complete victory." "America is more free today than it was yesterday due to the courageous and righteous and very sound ruling by Judge Forrest," Mayer said. "I think this is a hugely significant development... I think it's also a testament to the courage of the plaintiffs here."

One of those plaintiffs, O'Brien, was also jubilant in a separate interview.

"I am extremely happy right now, and what I'm most happy about it is that this ruling has given me trust," O'Brien said, "Trust is the foundation of just and stable governments, and this ruling gives me hope that we can restore trust in the foundations of government."

While the U.S. Attorney's office declined comment on the ruling, Mayer urged the Obama administration to "drop it," and forego an appeal.

"They have to come to terms with the fact that it's wholly unconstitutional," Mayer said. ]]> Politics and Religion Forum Baron Samedi http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64224 <![CDATA[LT's ring]]> http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64223&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:24 GMT http://catalog.scpauctions.com/LotDe...AWRENCE-TAYLOR

LT gave it to kid, kid is auctioning it off. Dad says that's ok. I find it sad.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ut-his-son-is/


Cheers, BostonTim ]]> The Three Ring Circus - Patriots Tailgate! BostonTim http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64223 Football Gameplan Needs Your Help Pats Fans! http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64222&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:48:15 GMT Vote for Football Gameplan (https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com/) Good morning Pats fans!! Football Gameplan needs a HUGE favor from you guys!... Vote for Football Gameplan


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Thanks SO much gang! ]]> Patriots Planet Football Forum FootballCEO http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64222 So I was at a party with Plaxico Burress last night... http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64221&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 12:03:02 GMT ...do you think he gets the irony that everyone was buying him shots? To be fair, he was the only quasi celeb at this shindig, so I don't think much of it was deliberate, but I couldn't help but watch as round after round of shots were purchased and consumed. ROFL ]]> The Three Ring Circus - Patriots Tailgate! Grumpy_Bottom http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64221 Vintage warning about socialized medicine! http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64220&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 07:15:08 GMT I thought this was interesting have a listen and tell me what you think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs I thought this was interesting have a listen and tell me what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs ]]> Politics and Religion Forum Chuck.U.Farley http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64220 Precision in Nature: Evidence of God or Accidents? http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64219&goto=newpost Fri, 18 May 2012 04:30:29 GMT ALTER2EGO -to- EVERYONE: *AGRUMENT #1 FOR AN INTELLIGENT CREATOR:* For the average person, precision indicates that an intelligent person... ALTER2EGO -to- EVERYONE:

AGRUMENT #1 FOR AN INTELLIGENT CREATOR:

For the average person, precision indicates that an intelligent person guided the outcome. According to Webster's New World College Dictionary, the word "precision" is defined as follows:

"the quality of being precise; exactness, accuracy"


The reverse of precision is imprecision/inaccuracy/inexactness—which is always the result of an accident aka a spontaneous event that happen by chance with no one guiding the outcome. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines an accident as:

"a nonessential event that happens by chance and has undesirable or unfortunate results"


Scientific evidence shows there is extreme precision in everything around us in the natural world. This precision renders the evolution theory and Big Bang theory mere fiction, for precision leaves no room for error or for accidental events. Take, for example, the first discovered 60 elements on the Periodic Table of the Elements of planet earth. Some of these 60 elements are gases and are therefore invisible to the human eye. The atoms--from which the Earth's elements are made--are specifically related to one another. In turn, the elements--e.g. arsenic, bismuth, chromium, gold, krypton--reflect a distinct, natural numeral order based upon the structure of their atoms. This is a proven LAW.

The precision in the order of the elements made it possible for scientists such as Mendeleyev, Ramsey, Moseley, and Bohr to theorize the existence of unknown elements and their characteristics. These elements were later discovered, just as predicted. Because of the distinct numerical order of the elements, the word LAW is applied to the Periodic Table of the Elements. (Sources: (1) The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, (2) "Periodic Law," from Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. VII, p. 878, copyright 1978, (3) The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography


SIDE NOTE: Laws found in nature, as defined by Webster's New World Dictionary, are:

"a sequence of events that have been observed to occur with UNVARYING UNIFORMITY under the same conditions."


QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. Were it not for the precise relationship among the first 60 discovered elements on the Periodic Table, would scientists have been able to accurately predict the existence of forms of matter that at the time were unknown?

2. Could the precise law within the first 60 discovered elements (on the Periodic Table) have resulted by chance aka spontaneously aka by accident? Or is this evidence for the existence an intelligent Designer/God who guided the outcome?

3. Evolution relies upon things happening by chance aka at random. If evolution were a fact, how does it account for the Periodic Table of the Elements of planet earth in which the first 60 discovered elements are so precise, and so interrelated with one another, that it has been assigned the word "LAW"? ]]> Politics and Religion Forum Alter2Ego http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64219 Holy Guacamole........ http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64218&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 23:50:43 GMT :spock:]]>


:spock: ]]> The Three Ring Circus - Patriots Tailgate! imapig http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64218 <![CDATA[Arrest James O'Keefe]]> http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64217&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 21:52:31 GMT This fraud has gone on long enough. After his ACORN hack jobs, and other Breitbart-fueled fraud, his latest escapade has led him to a number of... This fraud has gone on long enough. After his ACORN hack jobs, and other Breitbart-fueled fraud, his latest escapade has led him to a number of subpeonas.

You see, by trying to expose voter fraud in New Hampshire and North Carolina, O'Keefe himself committed voter fraud.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/2...WS06/705079993

Quote:
Conservative activist James O’Keefe addressed a large contingent of Republicans Sunday in Rye via Skype — not in person as had been advertised — saying that he was avoiding being served a criminal grand jury subpoena.

O’Keefe is being investigated for possible voter fraud during January’s New Hampshire presidential primary. On his Facebook page and in Tweets Sunday night, he claimed he did not appear at the event at Abenaqui Country Club on the advice of his attorney.
In addition, he is harrassing and smearing immigrants, who he claims voted, despite not being citizens.

Except for the part where they ARE.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...econd-citizen/

Quote:
In conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe’s latest video, he features two “non-citizens” who have supposedly committed voter fraud in North Carolina. As ThinkProgress reported yesterday, one of the men, Zbigniew Gorzkowski, has actually been an American citizens for decades.

Now, it turns out that the second “non-citizen,” William Romero, is actually a citizen as well, according to his family.

The video opens with O’Keefe’s cameraman walking up Romero’s driveway and confronting a member of his family about whether he is a citizen. O’Keefe points to court records from 2010 where Romero was excused from jury duty because he was not a citizen at the time. Therefore, as O’Keefe argues, Romero’s voter registration dated December 5, 2011 is fraudulent because Romero “is not a United States citizen.”

In fact, Romero’s family told ThinkProgress he became a naturalized citizen in early 2011.

What’s more, Romero’s family told ThinkProgress that they had began receiving harassing telephone calls two weeks before the incident in the video asking if Romero was a citizen. They confirmed to the caller — it’s unclear whether they were speaking with O’Keefe himself or another individual — that Romero is indeed a citizen. Nevertheless, O’Keefe proceeded to ambush the family at their home and publish this video claiming he’s not a citizen.
Good thing these people aren't just innocent bystanders, like the NATIONAL FINANCE CO-CHAIR of the Romney campaign.

:shake: ]]> Politics and Religion Forum Steve-o http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64217 Need a name... http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64216&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 19:32:51 GMT ...for a coffee shop/self-service laundry for a school project. Unfortunately the obvious choice, Wash & Coffee, already exists but with all those sick perverts and weirdos awesome people posting here there should be a few funny ideas, right?
Seriously, any help would be greatly appreciated. ]]> The Three Ring Circus - Patriots Tailgate! German_Patriot http://www.patriotsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=64216