Pres. Bush reacts to news of bin Laden's death

Former President George W. Bush says he has congratulated President Barack Obama after hearing about the death of Osama bin Laden.

In a statement Sunday night, Bush said Obama called to inform him that U.S. forces had killed bin Laden. Bush said he also congratulated the men and women of our military and intelligence communities who devoted their lives to the mission.


Bush said, "This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001."


He also said the U.S. "has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done. "

Re: JIMMY'S HEADSTONE, contact the DIOCESE OF OXFORD!

PLEASE EMAIL AND CALL THE DIOCESE OF OXFORD AND DEMAND AN EXPLANATION FOR THE DECISION THEY MADE REGARDING JIMMY'S HEADSTONE AND DEMAND THAT THEY CHANGE THEIR DECISION AND APOLIGIZE TO THE FAMILY IMMEDIATELY!

The Parish Office
St. Michael's Pastoral Centre
Lower Church Road
SANDHURST, Berkshire
GU47 8HN

The Rt Revd John Pritchard,
Bishop of Oxford since 2007
Diocese of Oxford
 

Or email: office@stmichaels-sandhurst.org.uk

You can telephone: 01252 873030

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION!

Jimmy Hedges' Headstone Battle

Target: Help stop the church from taken our Son/Brother's headstone down
Sponsored by: Tina Hedges

The parents of Jimmy have been told that their sons headstone has to be taken off in six weeks time or the church will remove it, also if the parents do not remove the headstone then the Oxford Diocese will with draw their right to be buried with there son. Jimmy died at the age of 7 years from terminal Cancer.

This is a petition to stop the Diocese of Oxford from doing so.

For more information on this please click on petition below
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/jimmy-hedges-headstone-battle/

For updates please follow Jimmy's Facebook Page the link below
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002131750028

Also I would like to point out this is not the first petition it is a follow on from the first that made over a thousand.

PETITION LETTER
 Me, my Husband and my Daughter were taking to court in November 2009 because our son/brothers headstone didn't comply with the Diocese of Oxford's regulations. We were not told of the rules before our son/brother was buried in St. Michaels Church yard, Sandhurst in 2004. A Church yard can not have a heart, an angel, a cross or polished granite nor can it have a picture of the person who is buried the list goes on. There was a headstone erected in the same Church yard as Jimmy it is a gates of haven and polished granite it is about 4ft in hight the same a Jimmy's this was also out of the Church yards regulations the priest of St. Michaels said his self they applied for a completely different headstone that was with-in the rules but they erected a gates of haven also adding it is up there now it can stay there yet when young our son/brothers was erected on his grave it was not allowed. One mother has her Husband and Son buried here her son was 4 years old when he died of leukemia, Jimmy went to school with his older sister, her Husband and Son are buried together her sons headstone is a book at the foot of the grave it was pointed out to her that you are not allowed more than one headstone, she has two vase's in the middle which they asked her to remove one, she also has a porcelain picture of her son on his headstone which the Church asked her to chip off. There where letters put on all headstone telling relavties that they had to remove garden plants from graves, toys that had been there a year after the burial and wind charms and other decoration's.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION!

Valve: Condemn the Glorification of School Shootings
Target: Valve Software
Sponsored by: Care2.com

It seems like video games are everywhere these days; even people who don't play themselves almost certainly know someone who does. But as video games' popularity grows, so does their effect on our society and culture. And now a few people have used the medium to create a disturbing and dangerous game that allows the player to play a digital version of a school shooting.

The game in question is an unofficial modification of the game Half Life 2, originally created by the game company Valve. That means people unconnected to the original game have made their own version to play and distribute online which glorifies violence and school shootings.

In the wake of tragedies like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings, this modification, complete with disturbingly realistic details and the ability to kill yourself at the end of a level, is incredibly insensitive and potentially dangerous.

Valve Software and its games are incredibly popular. But with that popularity comes the responsibility to stand up against people using these games to glorify real-world violence. Tell Valve to speak out against this disturbing use of its game and to take a stand in the fight against school violence.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/853/990/793/

PETITION LETTER

Valve,

Video game fans have tremendous creativity and energy, that leads to a wide spectrum of game modifications. Unfortunately, people with bad intentions can and have hijacked this community. Recently, news came out of several people had created a version of your game, Half Life 2, that allowed players to play as a student opening fire in a school.

In the wake of tragedies like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings, this modification, complete with disturbingly realistic details and the ability to kill yourself at the end of a level, is incredibly insensitive and potentially dangerous.

These days people are already far too willing to say video games inspire violence, and blame video game fans for any number of the world's problems. If this irresponsible game modification is allowed to be used unchecked, it will only reenforce those damaging stereotypes.

Please, speak out against this callous and dangerous modification. Put Valve and Half-Life 2's good reputation behind the fight against school violence.