Survey on UFO's and Religion

I am conducting an informal survey on UFO's and religion to help determine if there are any connections between religious/spiritual observance and experiences with UFO's and other such phenomenon. However, this is not a formal or scientific survey, only a preliminary information-gathering tool.

Please take the survey here:
http://www.polldaddy.com/s/5081D43BBE47370C/

Thank you, and please pass this link on to others. Once the survey closes (at 1000 responses), I'll compile the results and post them here.

It is my hypothesis that those who are very religious or spiritual have FEWER experiences with UFO's and other such phenomena. However, it is just a hunch, so I am seeking some kind of evidence one way or another.

And, stay tuned, I might create another survey to include other strange phenomena, like Bigfoot sightings, etc.

The Difficulty of Being a Border Patrol Agent

A new article on MSNBC states that U.S. Border Patrol agents are being pelted with rocks, bottles and bricks in order to distract them while smugglers work. The agents respond with tear gas and other non-lethal means, but the Mexicans that live in the area near the border complain that they are caught in the middle.

If U.S. Border Patrol agents are being attacked, then that is an act of war, and the agents have a right and duty to respond. If the Mexicans in the area don't want to be involved, then they need to move away from the border, or they need to get involved, complain to their government to get illegal immigration and smuggling under control, or they need to take matters into their own hands. I am not advocating vigilantism (although, if that's the only way, it's a good last resort), but some grassroots activism, political activity, and some good old-fashioned neighborliness.

There was a time when neighbors helped to take care of each other and to prevent anything illegal from occurring in the neighborhood. But, now, people depend too much on the government to solve everything and don't take the initiative to help defend the law. The Mexicans in the border area have an opportunity here to help improve their country and neighborhoods, but they just complain and look for someone else to solve the problem. And that's what's wrong with Mexico.

There is corruption and lawlessness in Mexico because the people allow it. They don't stand up for what's good and right, they just let the government and the upper-class elites do what they want. Now is the time for every good Mexican to come to the aid of his country.

Now, I'm also hearing about the U.S. Congress cutting funding for the border fence. If nothing is done about the illegal immigration and smuggling situation along our southern border (particularly), then I can see a time when this situation will escalate in to full-scale war. I'm not threatening, just predicting.

Source:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22300821/

The UN is at it again. Ban Ban

Now I am reading of the new UN U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, exhorting us to act on global warming, or face "oblivion." (Whatever that means.) He says:

"The situation is so desperately serious that any delay could push us past the tipping point, beyond which the ecological, financial and human costs would increase dramatically," Ban said in a speech to delegates. We are at a crossroad. One path leads to a comprehensive climate change agreement, the other to oblivion. The choice is clear."

Whatever. . . What about the "ecological, financial and human costs" of the Kyoto Protocol and those other cap-and-trade schemes that Al Gore and company (and I use that word on purpose) are promoting? They would set us back to the Stone Age.

My previous post of Friday, October 5, 2007 should be sufficient to answer his statement. Apparently the "oblivion" that he's so concerned about would be his bank account without the grundle-loads of money that the elite are set to make from their cap-and-trade schemes.

My request to my readers is this: Use your own mind, apply some critical thinking skills to this issue, seek out the information for yourself (from primary sources), apply a little logic, and make a your own decision. (This applies not only to global warming, but to most of the issues that face us today.)

On the other hand, if he means Oblivion, the game, then by all means, let's play! ;)

Sometimes, when the UN speaks, people laugh, but most of the time, they die.