http://www.myspace.com/shannamoakler

"But I want to explain to the masses, what the TITLE of Miss USA stands for to me, and being a former Miss USA, I feel I have a pretty good sense of it. Miss USA travels the world and she competes at the Miss UNIVERSE pageant as a representation of her country. She is a ambassador, a role model and needs to be able to show diplomacy on all issues. sadly for California THIS is where we lost the crown. Not for her answer or even her beliefs, because again, sadly IN California her beliefs at this point in time are the majority. But she lost the crown because she wasn't able to convey compassion for ALL the people that as MISS USA she would be representing. and if YOU like it or not, gays and lesbians make up this country as well. THIS is why we have judges so they can find the RIGHT woman who obtains these qualities. they are crucial in my eyes when holding a honor and title as big as being Miss USA. The panel of judges was qualified and did their job, they represented all of us, men, woman, black, white, gay and straight."

First off, Shanna writes in such a way that is self-contradictory, the very thing the judges (and their defenders) accuse Miss Cali of doing. She says Carrie did not lose because of her answer, but for lack of compassion in her answer. What? That is double talk. It is in fact saying she did not like the contestant's answer and that is reason why she lost. And on top of now, we have these judges denying she would have won anyway, even if the answer has pleased the judges, on grounds she lost in other rounds. That calls into question credibility of the judges, including Shanna.

Secondly, the standard this judge wants Carrie Prejean to hold up to is truly ridiculous. She stated that the contestant should have stated in  such a way as to represent all people. Does the fact Obama and earlier before him, Clinton, being for the idea of marriage only between man and woman, disqualify those Presidents from being Presidents to these liberals since by that logic they don't represent all people? Does that mean because they say the same thing as Prejean did that they lack compassion for all people? No. It means they stated their opinion that is traditional on what marriage is, and that is viewed the same way by the majorityof people in this country and quite frankly worldwide. There is no way with a question like that she is going to please all Americans with her answer, given the issue is divisive. If she has stated leave it to the states, it would have avoid answering the question completely, the very excuse one of the judges use to say she deserve to lose!

The bottom line is that her answer was not uncompassionate whatsoever. She did not attack any person or group for being gay. She did not make fun of them or even mention them. She simply give an opinion on what marriage is in order to answer the question how the states should define marriage. If folks don't like such an opinion that the majority of Americans do agree with, don't ask! Period!

It is in fact to me the judges are showing lack of tolerance for her views, and lack of compassion for her knowing that she has Christian background, and still ask her that anyway, wanting her to either betray the morals she was brought on, or otherwise be attacked for it.

And yes, she was attacked by three judges for it. Shanna revealed her true agenda when she said she wanted Carrie to visit a gay rights group because she hurt those folks with her remarks and be quiet to the media, while folks like Hilton and his types continue the cheapshots on her. All because she said marriage is between man and woman? And that is hurtful? Sounds more like some folks are making up their own definitions of social grace. It is not lack of social grace to believe and state marriage is between man and woman. How come all these attacks on her for saying that but the Presidents, whose views matter more to the nation, get free passes for saying the same things? And  Carrie is not supposed to say anything to the media but others who disagree with her can?

The person tolerant here on this issue is Miss Cali, Carrie Prejean. It is not the judges.

Tolerance implies different of opinions. It means we can disagree but do so in an agreeable manner. Miss Cali did precisely that. She give an answer where she said marriage is between man and woman but she still is proud that we live in a nation people can choose what they want (though not wholly accurate since most of America still banned gay marriage, it was showing alot of tact).

On the other hand, the judges say she is wrong for bringing in her politics and religion into the pageant, when after all, she was asked a question that strikes into the heart of politics and religion. If you don't want either brought in, don't ask these types of questions.

But when you ask these types of questions and cannot take the answer with descending into namecallings and insults and saying she has no right to state a simple statement that is traditional in view of marriage being between man and woman, the ones who are intolerant and lacking utterly in any form of social grace are the ones attacking her.

Hilton and his defenders cannot disagree in a way that is agreeable.

Carrie, on the other hand, did not respond by calling them names back but show Hilton love by praying for him. She turned the other cheek.

It is simple really.

The fact that we exist is positive proof God exists.

Think for a second why our very existence and our lives are a miracle.

Atheists, or those who deny existence of God, say that it is not reasonable to believe there is some supreme being who can supernaturally create everything out of nothing.

But think of the alternative atheists are suggesting.

They are suggesting we come from nothing, without any divine or any intervening power to guide us into existence.

How reasonable is that?

If atheists object to anything they see as miracles, then they are actually really rejecting their own beliefs that we come into existence by ourselves from nothing.

Think of this scenerio: suppose a baby just one day exists from thin air. Would any atheist believe that if he or she hears the news? The answer would be no.

Then how can atheists believe we come from nothing out of thin air totally uncreated?

If we exist out of nothing and not without any guidance from some intervening higher power, then atheists actually are advocating a much more unreasonable miraculous way we come into existence.

Our existence testifies to the fact God exists and that God created us.

I think these two are examples of our rights and liberties as citizens being violated. Here is why. The fifth and fourteen amendments provided against government encroachment on our right to property without due process of the law. Right to property is listed along with right to life and liberty as rights we are to have unless by our own criminal actions, we forfeit those rights. The founding fathers would have been horrified at how big our government have become.

Basically, with property taxes, the person who owns the house is virtually punished for using his or her own money to buy a house, to own that house, and to keep that house. They are made to paid taxes based on what the government sees as the worth of the house minus whatever laws that allowed for some reduction in the taxes (like in Florida, we have the save our homes amendment). Basically, a property owner has to pay for paying for his or her house.

I think imminent domain is worse. The property owner has no choice when it comes to the government deciding to take the person's property. The now ex-owner also has no choice as to what he or she can be reimbursed with as a result. The government decides that. If it was done by a private citizen to another, it would have been considered theft. Imagine a robber forcibly removing something of value from you then telling you later to take a certain amount of money for it, and you don't have a choice on how much really that property you lost is worth to you. It is theft in pure forms.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm

May 10, 1775 - American forces led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture Fort Ticonderoga in New York. The fort contains a much needed supply of military equipment including cannons which are then hauled to Boston by ox teams.

May 10, 1775 - The Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, with John Hancock elected as its president. On May 15, the Congress places the colonies in a state of defense. On June 15, the Congress unanimously votes to appoint George Washington general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army.


http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/may40/10may40.htm

Friday, May 10, 1940

On the Western Front... The Germans launch Operation Gelb, the offensive in the west. Army Group C (Leeb) holds the German frontier opposite the French Maginot Line while Army Group A (Rundstedt) makes the main attack through the Ardennes and Army Group B (Bock) makes a secondary advance through Belgium and Holland to draw the main British and French forces north. During the day, Army Group A strikes, with three armored corps in the lead, heading for Sedan, Montherme and Dinant. The advance is rapid and the little opposition, mostly French cavalry, is thrown aside. To the north, Army Group B carries out parachute landings deep inside Holland which do much to paralyze Dutch resistance, while German units cross the Maas River near Arnhem and the Belgian fort at Eben Emael is put out of action by a German airborne force which lands its gliders literally on top of it. The fort is meant to cover the crossings of the Albert Canal nearby and this is not achieved. The Luftwaffe gives powerful support. At the end of the day the German advance has gone almost exactly according to plan. Meanwhile, the Allied Plan D provides for the French 1st Army Group ( General Billotte), consisting of the British Expeditionary Force ( General Lord Gort) and the French 7th Army (General Giraud) to advance to the line of the Dyle River and the Meuse River above Namur, to be joined there by the Belgian forces and on the left to link with the Dutch. General Gamelin is the Allied Supreme Commander and General Georges commands the armies on the French Northeast Front. The Allies react quickly to the German attacks as soon as they hear of them from the Belgians. By the evening much of the Dyle line has been occupied but the troops find that there are no fortifications to compare with the positions they have prepared along the Franco-Belgian frontier during the Phony War period. Some of the reserve is therefore committed to strengthen the line. Some of the advance forces of French 7th Army make contact with the Germans in southern Holland and are roughly handled.
In Britain...Churchill visits the King and officially takes office as prime minister.
In Norway... British forces are sent south from Harstad to Mo-i-Rana to join the small units trying to delay the German advance to relieve the Narvik force. Some of these units are now engaged at Mosjoen.
In Iceland... British troops land on the island. They are the advance elements of a force which is to set up a destroyer and scout-plane base to help in the convoy battles in the Atlantic. Equally, they will prevent the Germans using the island to aid their U-boat campaign.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354689,00.html

Members of the anti-war group Code Pink gathered Friday with a cauldron of flowers outside a controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center in Berkeley, Calif., to use witchcraft to rally against the Iraq war.

Code Pink members unfurled a pink banner reading "Troops Home Now" and waved signs as they began the protest, which they promised would include incantations and pointy hats for a "witches, crones and sirens" day.

"Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we're going to end war," Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.

A few women stood outside the recruiting center Friday with signs that read "Peace" and "Warmongers — Eating Our Children for Profit." Many wore pink T-shirts.

Others pulled out a cauldron filled with flowers from a car draped with a pink sheet.

Members of the pro-troops group Move Forward America came armed with packages of salt, which they spread around the recruiting station to keep the Marines safe from spells. The group's Web site implored members to bring brooms to "mock the anti-American witches of Code Pink."

Police kept guard outside the recruiting station to keep the peace.

Code Pink's protest capped a Mother's Day week's worth of themed protests, which included days to galvanize grannies and bring-your-daughter-to-protest. The planned events appear to have done little to boost the protesters' flagging numbers.

A FOX News camera, which has a 24/7 live shot of the recruiting center's front door, recorded little action, and the gatherings have, until this point, been ill-attended.

• Click here to watch the FOX News' Berkeley protest cam.

In February, the Marine Corps Recruiting Center was the site of fierce pro- and anti-war protests. It made national headlines when Berkeley City Council voted to send a letter to the recruiting station advising the Marines they were not welcome. Council members later moderated their position, saying they oppose the war in Iraq but support the troops.

Code Pink — which was given parking and noise permits by the City Council and is allowed to protest during the recruiting center's business hours — has been protesting daily since September.

The group frequently announces bizarre theme weeks in front of the office, but its members' numbers have been dwindling and the events get little media attention.

Now, after three months of continual protest, their actions barely capture the attention of even the Marines at the recruiting center.

Capt. John Paul Wheatcroft said he's unfazed by Code Pink's antics.

"They're always in pink and wear funny things, half-shaved heads, one side with hair and the other one bald," he told FOXNews.com. "Yeah, I'm pretty much used to anything."

Code Pink said that grandmothers did show up for Monday's protest — some more than 90 years old, some in wheelchairs — and began knocking on the door of the recruiting center.

• Click here to see pictures of past protests.

"The grandmothers were here and tried to get recruited," Joi said. "They tried to have conversations with the Marines, but the Marines were too scared to talk."

Wheatcroft, who was the Marine on the other side of the door, said he was not afraid of the grannies. He just didn't open the door.

"Most of the time they are just practicing their right to protest and their freedom of speech or whatever, so it's not usually a problem for us," Wheatcroft told FOXNews.com. "But sometimes it crosses the line, and that happened [Monday] when the grannies were here blocking the entrance and banging on the door."

On Tuesday, Code Pink's theme was "fierce mothers raging against war," Joi said, to talk about all the mothers killed and raped in war. Wednesday's theme was "bring your daughter to the protest," where daughters explained why they don't want their parents fighting the war. Thursday was "sisters don't allow sisters to live in war zones" day, and the week was to wrap up Friday with "witches, crones and sirens" day.

Code Pink isn't the only group that has seen numbers drop amid rallying around the Marine recruiting center.

Kimberly Wagner, Berkeley College Republicans activism chair, who is dating a Marine, said her group has been trying to keep up a presence outside the center since Feb. 13, when Code Pink's parking permit went into effect.

The college Republicans are fighting to acquire the same parking permits that Code Pink has. A resolution to grant the group an equal permit will be entered and voted upon in the May 20 council meeting.

Wagner said showing up to rally is especially hard due to final exams, which begin on Monday, but she said she will be there — this week and every week — "as a reminder to Code Pink that not everybody agrees with them."

When asked if she was planning any special events to counter Code Pink's theme week, Wagner said: "We try not to do anything embarrassing." She added, "We're just going to stick with our regular thing because we have lives and they don't."

But if events this week are an attempt by anti-war protesters to remarket their cause, the Marine recruiters in Berkeley tell FOXNews.com that Code Pink's presence outside their office has helped — not hindered — their mission.

"Ironically, it's actually helped us by putting our name out. We're now well-known. And people know who we are, and where we are, and they come in to talk to us about enlisting. They've gotten us the publicity that we could've never afforded to pay for ourselves," Wheatcroft told FOXNews.com.

"Just in the last three weeks, 10 people came in looking to apply, looking to become Marine officers, and that's much higher than normal," he said.

Wheatcroft could not give exact figures on recruiting numbers, and officials at the Marine Corps' national headquarters did not respond to repeated requests for information.

As for what's brewing outside his recruiting center this week, Wheatcroft responded, "I think witches won't shock me, but it'll be a change of pace, so that's nice.

"Do you think they'll bring their cauldron?"

FOX News' Claudia Cowan and Jana Winter contributed to this report.