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Subway sandwich contest: Homeschoolers not wanted
Spelling-challenged promotion offers gift 'bastket' to winners
By Jay Baggett
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Subway, the sandwich restaurant, wants to hear your child's story – unless he or she is homeschooled.

The national chain's "Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest" offers prizes and a chance to be published on the Subway website and in Scholastic's "Parent & Child" magazine but specifically excludes homeschoolers:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Contest is open only to legal residents of the Untied (sic) States who are currently over the age of 18 and have children who attend elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. No home schools will be accepted.

CLICK HERE for the Subway Official Contest site.

Subway's website promotion not only misspells "United" States, but offers the grand prize winner a "Scholastic Gift Bastket (sic) for your home."

The 2007 winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee was Evan O'Dorney, a 13-year old homeschool student from Danville, Calif.

Contestants are urged to write, in 500 words or less, a story that has a beginning, middle, and end using one of four provided story starters:

The Mysterious Meatball
When the invitation to the Meatball came in the mail...

Turkey Doesn't Live Here Anymore
There was a loud knock on the door, but when Salami Sam opened it ...

The Race to Red Onion Ranch
Everyone gathered in the center of town for the start of the race except ...

Nothing Better
The smell of fresh baked bread coming from the store was so good that ...

The contest, launched in January, has a deadline of June 30, 2008. A grand prize winner and 6 runners-up will be selected on July 15 and announced approximately a week later.
Subway contest

The company's website promotion encourages submitters to describe in their essays "random acts of fitness," such as eating right, exercising, playing sports and living a healthy lifestyle.

Subway has marketed itself for several years as a healthy alternative to fast food, featuring spokesman Jared Fogle who went from 425 pounds to 190 pounds on a daily diet of the chain's lower-calorie sandwiches.

The exclusion of homeschoolers, presumably because the grand prize includes $5,000 worth of athletic equipment for the winning child's school, has caught the attention of bloggers who educate their children.

Valerie Bonham Moon, writing for HomeEdMag, referred to the exclusion as "Subway's P.R. gaffe."

"By now, the Subway sandwich shop marketing division must know how bad of a decision it was on the part of whichever wonk who decided to expressly exclude homeschoolers from their latest contest. E-mail lists may not be utterly aflame over the exclusion, but there is more than one p---ed-off homeschool mom spreading the word. I've been reading their e-mails."

Moon notes Subway, with a bit of forethought, could have easily included homeschoolers:

"One of the more obvious work-arounds that the developers of the Subway contest could have included for homeschooling parents who entered on their children’s behalf, was for the equipment to be donated to a local park, or to a school of the winner's choice. Problem solved – good will all around. Too bad that it didn't play out that way.

"I look forward to seeing how the Subway wonks handle their self-inflicted wound."

The blogger at Capturing Today, a homeschooling mother, isn't waiting for the self-inflicted wound, suggesting homeschool families "act now!"

"Excuse me, but there are MILLIONS of homeschool students in this nation and this is just discrimination. A homeschool student could easily donate the athletic equipment to their homeschool athletic association, local park, athletic center, neighborhood center or the like. I realize they are doing this to have a mass-marketing effect, but they could have just as great a media response from a charitable homeschool student donating the prize.

"I believe this is a wonderful opportunity for us to make our voices heard that we as homeschool families are tired of being cast in a negative light.

Jim and Cathy Peschke, blogging at Croydoncraft, expressed their displeasure by entering an essay on behalf of their 3-year-old homeschooled daughter who, while visiting a Subway restaurant, breaks into tears upon learning she's not eligible to enter the contest.

"I cried and cried, and asked Daddy if we could leave. He said 'Certainly. Not only will we never visit a mean old Subway store again, we'll organize a B-O-Y-C-O-T-T of Subway stores by all your homeschooling friends!'

'I sure hope Subway changes their silly policy so Mommy and Daddy can take me back for more sandwiches.'"

The Charlemagne Prize and Bible Prophecy

The Charlemagne Prize and Bible Prophecy

Thursday, German chancellor Angela Merkel received the Charlemagne Prize, an award given each year to the European who does the most to unite Europe. Learn more HERE. The award is named after Charlemagne – an eighth century ruler who led Europe’s first attempt at reviving the fallen Roman Empire.

Merkel was selected for her work chairing the European Union’s rotating presidency during the successful adoption of the Lisbon Treaty in December.

The Charlemagne Prize failed to capture the notice of most Christians, but it shouldn’t have. Why? It represents the current fulfillment of an ancient Bible prophecy.

The award is another demonstration that the European Union – geographically and socio-politically – sees itself as a revival of the Roman Empire. EU leaders make frequent Roman allusions in their institutions, art and documents. In a speech in 2005, EU high representative Javier Solana said that 1957 – when the Treaty of Rome was signed — marked the date when the “Europeans rekindled the sacred fire” that was extinguished when the Roman Empire was conquered in 410. Read the speech HERE.

What’s fascinating about this is that, millennia ago, the Bible prophesied that the final world kingdom would be a revival of the Roman Empire (Daniel 2:40-43).

Yet, since prophecy isn’t taught in most churches and seminaries today, most Christians won’t see it.

— Holly Pivec

From fullfilledprophecy.com... The Reform Treaty and the Beast From the Sea

The Reform Treaty and the Beast From the Sea

Besides creating a more powerful foreign minister, the EU Reform Treaty does something else that seems to be significant to the end-times scenario we've been reporting here at FP. The treaty will keep the EU military under the rule of a 10-nation military alliance -- until 2014.

As my father, Herb Peters, reported in his book Recommendation 666, the 10 Western European Union nations -- a.k.a. the Brussels Treaty Powers -- have secured a military monopoly in Europe. Not only are these 10 nations the core of Europe's emerging military, but they also hold sway in the Council of the European Union -- the center of power in the EU -- since, under the weighted voting system, they hold the majority of votes.

The weighted voting system was introduced by the Treaty of Nice in 2000, but, ever since the EU enlargement, the other nations have been trying to abolish it. And, that's exactly what the Reform Treaty plans to do. It plans to replace it with a more democratic majority voting system. But, this isn't scheduled to take place until 2014. Read about this here.

Why is this date significant? If you've been following the news reported here at FP, then you know that the 70th week of Daniel may have begun Jan. 1, 2007. Since the 70th week is understood to be a period of seven years, then that means all the events prophesied to take place in Daniel's 70th week -- the last seven years of world history-- will be completed by 2014. In the meantime, it appears that the 10 nations will retain their military rule, under a powerful foreign minister.

And, according to Bible prophecy, a 10-nation military alliance will appear in a revived Roman Empire (the European Union) and support the Antichrist's foreign policy. This empire and its evil leader are depicted symbolically as a beast rising from the sea. It seems the Reform Treaty may play a key role in their emergence.

Staying tuned!

Keep an eye on Russia

Keep an EYE on Russia

Check out past posts on Gog and Magog.

If You Died Tomorrow, Where Would You Go?

This was an email I wrote to my cousin, who's young husband had a heart attack yesterday. Although this was a personal and heartfelt letter, I realized that as creations of God, we are all in the same family. God's wish is my own wish; that none should perish but have everlasting life...

Don’t things like this remind us how fragile life can be? It reminds us of our mortality. It reminds us that we really can’t control anything. We are caused to stop, reflect and think about what happens when we die.

The society we are a part of teaches us to do what feels right, when we want and that morality is based on personal preference and experience. If our time on earth is limited, then we should enjoy all of its pleasures. I mean, after all, what else is there? These are the same people who choose to ignore a Designer or a Creator. By admitting there is a Creator we are admitting that there is a standard of ethics and morality in which we must judge our decisions. If we admit that, we admit the Truth of God’s Word and by making that claim, we hold ourselves accountable.

Most of us don’t want to be accountable. Most of us believe that we control our own lives completely. Most of us believe that our standard of “good” comes from within ourselves. If we are nice to enough people, if we try not to lie, if we try to be givers…This is hopeless.

Let’s say for a minute that when we die, we will be held accountable for our actions. Not in the sense that some may think, but according to our beliefs not our deeds. Let’s use the Ten Commandments as a standard, remembering that God gave these to the Nation of Israel as a reference to judge morality or really, to serve as a mirror to their sin.

~ Have you ever told a lie? Come on now, answer truthfully. ;) Then what does that make you? A liar, right?
~ Have you ever taken the Lord’s name in vain? Meaning, have you use His name to show disgust? According to God, that makes you a blasphemer.
~ Have you ever worshiped a false idol? Meaning, has anything ever taken priority over God? Or have you ever prayed to anyone besides God? Or have you created your own idea of God?
~ Have you ever stolen anything? Now don’t forget how you answered the first question! What does that make you? No, not a “stealer”, but a thief.
~ Have you ever looked at a woman or a man with lust? Jesus says that he who looks upon a woman with lust is guilty of committing adultery in his heart.
~ Have you ever murdered someone? Jesus says that he who Hates a man has committed murder is his heart.

How many of those have you broken? That was six out of ten. Personally, I’ve broken those six and the other four. So let’s say for as minute that you are judged according to God’s Law. Would you be guilty or innocent? You may say guilty which would be correct or you may say innocent, “I am good most of the time and God is a just and loving God. Surely he won’t punish me.”

Well God is just and loving. Imagine that you are standing in a courtroom awaiting the judge’s sentence. You have committed an unimaginable crime. You say to the judge, “Judge, I have been mostly good all my life. I have only really messed up this one time.” Based on your argument, would the judge set you free or would the judge, required to uphold the law, sentence you to jail or worse?

Now let’s say that right before the judge passes his ruling, a stranger walks into the courtroom and says, “Wait, Judge! Before you sentence this man, I want to take his punishment. I will pay his fine with my money or my life.” This stranger is willing to take your punishment so that you may be set free.

We have broken God’s Law and for that the judgment we deserve is eternity separated from God, an eternity in Hell. BUT---There was such a man that was willing to take on the punishment of the world to set them free. “For God SO loved the world that he sent his one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.”

Salvation is not something to be earned. “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.” To God, our good deeds without Jesus as our covering are “like filthy rags.”

You are my family and I love each of you so much that I am willing to speak God’s truth and risk alienating myself. That's okay though. It is not me who offends you, it is God’s Word. Some of you may know Jesus as a person, as your Lord and your Savior. One day, when we are all in Heaven, we will rejoice together. But some of you may not and before those of us will be able to rejoice we will weep for you. I ask you today to consider your life. Consider a life without hope, a life without meaning. Now consider Jesus. He is alive and willing to take away your sins if you confess them to Him. His gift is free. He paid your penalty 2,000 years ago before you were born. His payment covers your sins in your past and your sins in your future. Receive it.

Ask yourself, “If I died tomorrow, where would I go?”

Lucis Trust aka. Lucifer Trust is the UN's Publishing Company

The UN seeks to control the world. The UN claims to have no religious agenda. I would argue otherwise and I'd be mindful of anyone pushing a "One World" agenda.

Read the following and follow these links if you want to blow your mind! Yes, this stuff is really being taught!

Magical WORK OF THE SOUL
TRIANGLES
WORLD GOODWILL (Ahhh, sounds warm and fuzzy right? Think again!)

"The Lucis Trust is the Publishing House which prints and disseminates United Nations material. It is a devastating indictment of the New Age and Pagan nature of the UN. Lucis Trust was established in 1922 as Lucifer Trust by Alice Bailey as the publishing company to disseminate the books of Bailey and Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. The title page of Alice Bailey's book, 'Initiation, Human and Solar' was originally printed in 1922, and clearly shows the publishing house as 'Lucifer Publishing CoIn 1923. Bailey changed the name to Lucis Trust, because Lucifer Trust revealed the true nature of the New Age Movement too clearly. (Constance Cumbey, The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow, p. 49). A quick trip to any New Age bookstore will reveal that many of the hard-core New Age books are published by Lucis Trust.

At one time, the Lucis Trust office in New York was located at 666 United Nations Plaza and is a member of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations under a slick program called "World Goodwill". In an Alice Bailey book called "Education for a New Age"; she suggests that in the new age "World Citizenship should be the goal of the enlightened, with a world federation and a world brain." In other words - a One World Government New World Order.

Luci's Trust is sponsored by among others Robert McNamara, former minister of Defence in the USA, president of the World Bank, member of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Thomas Watson (IBM, former ambassador in Moscow). Luci's Trust sponsors among others the following organizations: UN, Greenpeace Int., Greenpeace USA, Amnesty Int. and UNICEF.

The United Nations has long been one of the foremost world harbingers for the "New Spirituality" and the gathering "New World Order" based on ancient occult and freemasonic principles. Seven years after the birth of the UN, a book was published by the theosophist and founder of the Lucis Trust, Alice Bailey, claiming that "Evidence of the growth of the human intellect along the needed receptive lines [for the preparation of the New Age] can be seen in the "planning" of various nations and in the efforts of the United Nations to formulate a world plan... From the very start of this unfoldment, three occult factors have governed the development of all these plans". [Alice B. Bailey, Discipleship in the New Age (Lucis Press, 1955), Vol. II, p.35.]"

- http://freemasonrywatch.org/lucistrust.html

Here is their "Great Invocation"

A Mantram for the New Age and for all Humanity

From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of men.
Let Light descend on Earth.

From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.
May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of men –
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.

PS...I think I'm going to be sick now!