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For The Week Of July 07, 2007

**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

This Week's 66/40 Radio Broadcast

Articles and Commentary

• A Foundation Built on Faith -
• The Death of a Democracy -
• Abortion Trouble From Sea to Shining Sea -

Important News Headlines

Memory Verse of the Week

*** Hot News***

At Roswell Festival, Doubt Is an Alien Concept

By William Booth

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 8, 2007; Page A01

ROSWELL, N.M., July 7 -- Attention, all aliens. Come on down. Because, seriously, this is your crowd. About 50,000 of your closest admirers are expected this weekend for the Roswell UFO Festival, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the nearby crash landing of a flying saucer -- and, naturally, the ensuing government coverup.

A weather balloon? Please. We are not fools.

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**THIS WEEK'S 66/40 RADIO BROADCAST**

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**ARTICLES AND COMMENTARY**

A FOUNDATION BUILT ON FAITH -

This week saw the  4th of July. As our friends in the USA  celebrated Independence Day, we hope you will take a moment to reflect on  their nation's rich history and the principles on which it was founded. On what are our foundations built?

"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed…" -The Declaration of Independence

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." -Alexander Hamilton

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion...Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." -John Adams

"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers." -John Jay, First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

"Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention...The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other." -Alexis de Tocqueville, French Historian

"The religion which has introduced civil liberty, is the religion of Christ and his apostles, which enjoins humility, piety and benevolence; which acknowledges in every person a brother, or a sister, and a citizen with equal rights. This is genuine Christianity, and to this we owe our free constitutions of government." -Noah Webster

"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever." -Thomas Jefferson

"Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." -George Washington

"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." -William Penn

"The Almighty God has blessed our land in many ways. He has given our people stout hearts and strong arms with which to strike mighty blows for freedom and truth. He has given to our country a faith which has become the hope of all peoples in an anguished world." -Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The right to freedom being the gift of the Almighty...The rights of the colonists as Christians...may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institution of The Great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament." -Samuel Adams

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I should do and, with the help of God, I will do!" -Everett Hale, Chaplain of the United States Senate

"Almighty God...I yield thee humble and hearty thanks that thou has preserved me from the danger of the night past, and brought me to the light of the day, and the comforts thereof, a day which is consecrated to thine own service and for thine own honor. Let my heart, therefore, Gracious God, be so affected with the glory and majesty of it, that I may not do mine own works, but wait on thee, and discharge those weighty duties thou requirest of me. Give me grace to hear thee calling on me in thy word, that it may be wisdom, righteousness, reconciliation and peace to the saving of the soul in the day of the Lord Jesus. Grant that I may hear it with reverence, receive it with meekness, mingle it with faith, and that it may accomplish in me, Gracious God, the good work for which thou has sent it. Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and for ever for His sake, who lay down in the Grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen." -From the Prayer Journal of George Washington

On behalf of everyone here at Koinonia House, we hope you have a safe and memorable 4th of July.

Related Links:

 • Strategic Trends: America's Challenge – K-House Africa   What  about Southern Africa.
 • Hosea, Can You See? - MP3 Download – K-House Africa
 • Strategic Perspectives 2007 - DVD Set - Koinonia House

THE DEATH OF A DEMOCRACY -

In recent months Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has silenced critics and tightened his grip on the nation. The socialist leader has also begun a massive military buildup and strengthened ties with his like-minded allies in the Middle East.

This week Iran and Venezuela launched construction of a joint petrochemical plant. The 700 million dollar facility is just part of a broader plan to boost cooperation and trade between the two countries. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to sign at least 20 different agreements with Iran this week for similar joint projects.

Chavez is in the midst of a week-long trip to Russia, Belarus and Iran. In Russia and Belarus Chavez plans to discuss the purchase of anti-aircraft weapons and as many as nine submarines - worth more than 2 billion dollars. This announcement comes on the heels of another controversial arms deal - Venezuela recently completed a purchase of 3 billion dollars of military equipment from Russia, including Sukoi fighter planes, military and transport helicopters and a new series of Kalashnikov rifles.

Venezuela is one of the founding members of OPEC and is strongly aligned with the Islamic oil-producing nations of the Middle East. In recent years it has become a hub for terrorism in the Western Hemisphere. Middle Eastern terrorist groups are operating cells in Venezuela, including support cells for organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Thousands of Venezuelan identity documents are being distributed to foreigners from Middle Eastern nations, including Syria, Pakistan, Egypt, and Lebanon.

Oil-rich Venezuela was once a wealthy nation and one of South America's oldest democracies. However since Hugo Chavez came to power in 1998, he has transformed Venezuela from a free democracy to an oppressive regime. Chavez claims to be leading Venezuelans in a "Bolivarian Revolution." In order to achieve his goals, he has consolidated power, changed the constitution, and aggressively pushed for socialist reforms.

In the past eight years Hugo Chavez has put a chokehold on Venezuela's freedom of speech. Chavez has passed new laws regulating the media as well as a new penal code that criminalizes virtually any expression to which the government objects. The new laws state that "anyone who offends with his words or in writing or in any other way disrespects the President of the Republic" can be thrown into prison. The laws apply to comments made both publicly and privately. Journalists accused of receiving any type of foreign funding can be thrown into prison for up to 30 years and are not entitled to legal due process. Recently Chavez shut down RCTV, the nation's largest television station, and the only station left that was not government controlled.

In recent months Chavez has begun to nationalize many of Venezuela's key industries. Chavez has already imposed state control over the nation's largest telecommunications firm, electricity companies and the oil industry. The nation's steel industry and other "strategic" industries are expected to meet the same fate. On Tuesday Chavez announced plans to nationalize Venezuela's privately owned hospitals and clinics.

When the Berlin Wall fell, the Soviet Union collapsed, and China pursued broad economic reform, many foresaw the end of the threat once posed by the spread of communism. But while America has focused its attention elsewhere, socialism has taken root in South America.

Related Links:

 • Chavez goes Shopping For Arms in Moscow - SFG
 • Chavez's Iranian Visit Wrapped in Blaze of Rhetoric - Taipei Times
 • Iran and Venezuela Form "Axis of Unity" - Daily Mail
 • Venezuela May Nationalize Private Hospitals - IHT

ABORTION TROUBLE FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA -

New Jersey

Two NJ abortion clinics have shut down over the past four months due to health violations, including an incident in which a 20-year-old woman fell into a month-long coma.

Metropolitan Medical Clinic in Englewood was temporarily closed this February after a patient, Rasheedah Dinkins, nearly died at a Newark hospital from abortion complications. Dinkins hemorrhaged severely after her abortion at Metropolitan Medical Clinic and required surgery to remove her uterus. She also suffered a stroke and a collapsed lung, and spent four weeks in a coma.

This shocking case moved the NJ Department of Health to inspect the clinic and shut it down for a time. Health concerns at the clinic included, but were "not limited to infection control, instruments, equipment used for sterilization of patient care use items and the processing of equipment." In other words, the clinic was not using the most sanitary equipment.

The NJ Dept. of Health was prompted to shut down a second clinic at the end of June. Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey, a.k.a. the Atlantic City clinic Alternatives, had not been inspected by the health department since 2001. The Alternatives clinic was shut down after health violations were discovered, "including problems with infection control, documentation and the facility itself."

The fault lies not only with the clinics, but with the NJ Dept. of Health, which has failed to properly monitor abortion clinics in its jurisdiction.

California

A Planned Parenthood clinic in Riverside, California has been sued after failing to properly report the death of a patient. Twenty-one-year-old Edrica Goode died on Valentine's Day of toxic shock syndrome after having had an abortion at the clinic, and Goode's mother has accused Planned Parenthood of negligence.

Aletheia Meloncon argues that her daughter was not properly informed about when to remove cervical dilators used to prepare her cervix for an abortion. The dilators were left in too long, and Meloncon believes the clinic should have been more aggressive in letting Goode know when to take the dilators out. Goode died of toxic shock at Riverside County Regional Medical Center two weeks after having the dilators implanted.

The Department of Health Services is still investigating the situation to determine whether poor treatment led to Goode's death. At the least, the DHS has criticized Planned Parenthood for not reporting Goode's death in a timely manner.

While abortion is promoted as a safe "choice", the poor medical treatment of patients can make abortion a dangerous procedure for the mother (it's always dangerous for the baby). This is especially true in busy urban clinics where abortionists may do their work in a hurry.

Related Links:

 • Second NJ Abortion Clinic Shut Down in Four Months - NJ Right to Life
 • N.J. Failed to Inspect Abortion Clinic - Press of Atlantic City
 • Mother Suing Planned Parenthood for Daughter's Death - Insurance Journal
 • Clinic Sued Over Fatal Abortion Procedure - CBS News
 • Abortion Hurts Women: Part 2 - The Physical Dangers - About.com

**IMPORTANT NEWS HEADLINES**

Hamas's Plans for Temple Mount Foiled - July 03, 2007
Hamas attempts to gain control of the Temple Mount and recruit new Israeli-Arab operatives in east Jerusalem have been foiled by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), a senior security official announced on Monday. Jerusalem Post

North American Aliyah Hits 25-Year High - July 03, 2007
North American Aliyah (immigration to Israel) will reach a 25-year record high this year, with immigrants arriving on twelve flights this summer. The number of Jews moving to Israel from North America has steadily climbed for the past five years, with 3,200 in 2006 and a 5-10% increase expected this year. INN

Iran Establishes Missile Defense Shield in Syria - July 03, 2007
Iran is deploying missiles in Syria in preparation for military action if it is attacked over its nuclear program, UN officials in the region said. NYS

Study shows Australia home for radical Islam - July 03, 2007
Australia has a bigger portion of Muslim youths at risk of turning to radical Islam than any other Western nation, with up to 3,000 in "ideological sleeper cells" in Sydney alone, a government-backed study said on Monday. Reuters

Israel Scraps Jerusalem Walkway - July 03, 2007
Plans for a new walkway to Jerusalem's holiest site have been cancelled amid controversy and concerns about damage to archaeological remains. BBC

**MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK**

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 3:25 KJV

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