TEST POST

All those who thought our support for the “freedom fighters” in Libya was going to result in freedom and democracy for the Libyan people need to wake up to the realities of the Islamic world. So much for the Arab Spring! The downfall of Kaddafi was bankrolled by the United States. The USA gave money and helped rebels with NATO air support. What was not blasted over the airwaves by major news services was that the leaders of the anti-Kaddafi fighters were Al Qaida operatives with their own agenda for a post-Kaddafi Libya. Now the crows come home to roost. In what is clearly a planned and well executed attack on the consulate in Benghazi, 4 Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador were killed.

Children of the Covenant Supplemental I told a visiting friend last month that I believed that US/NATO troops would soon be invading […]

On August 13th, Legacy Institute celebrated the Queen of Thailand’s Birthday. In recognition of this national holiday, classes were cancelled. A former teacher graciously funded a field trip for the students and so, we packed all of the students into our blue Sung Tao (pickup truck) and headed off to the Mae Sa Waterfall.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and once one of the most famous political prisoners in modern history, is now traveling the world on behalf of the government and people of her native Burma (Myanmar). She had been under house arrest for 15 of the last 21 years. Now her political party, called the National League for Democracy, is part of the Myanmar government and recently won 41 of the 43 vacant seats in the lower house of the Myanmar parliament. The military backed party still controls most of parliament, but her election and the inclusion of the NLD in government signals changes to come…