Monday, August 29, 2005

blech! (vlog26)


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Blech! h.264 video (Quicktime 7)

Feelin' kinda blah... could have something to do with the horrible IMPACT our country is suffering right now...

In spite of the confusing appearance of judgements in the earth (not so confusing to students of prophecy), there's still a place of PEACE and SOMEONE'S got food on the table, tho...

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

To the Soul Way (vlog25)


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Soul Way h.264 video (Quicktime 7)

A little comic relief above. SoulWay style.

But my heart is still torn over Gush Katif, Homesh and the others. SEE????

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Shalom, Gush Katif! (vlog24)


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Shalom, Gush Katif! h.264 video (Quicktime 7)

Following is the companion piece for this vlog entry. Please read it! It's by a dear lady, Naomi Ragen. She has written widely popular historic, romantic and dramatic novels and is a true patriot in the nation of Israel.

Thank you for all your heart and soul, Naomi! And shalom, Gush Katif! -

The Good Our Eyes have Seen - Date: August 22, 2005 4:25:27 AM CDT

Friends,

I have been writing about all the difficulties, but now I want to write you about all the truly wonderful things that I have seen and heard in the last few days.

I have seen soldiers sent to tear people from their homes welcomed like brothers. I have seen soldiers act like Jewish brothers and sisters, crying with those they were ordered to evict. I have seen soldiers and those evicted praying together, singing together, hugging each other.

All over the world, everyone has seen how Jews behave even in the worst of circumstances.

Yes, there was violence. Young men who physically fought and attacked the oncoming troops sent to remove them from the roof of their synagogue. But there were no serious injuries on either side. And they were universally condemned for raising their hands to their brothers in uniform.

I have seen dozens of volunteers, maybe hundreds, going to the hotels and other sites where shell-shocked deportees arrived, many with small children, without diapers, or changes of clothing. Meals were organized. My neighbor's boys started day camps for the kids. Toys and snacks were distributed. Shampoos, men's white shirts were piled up for the Sabbath. Laundry was collected by volunteers and washed and returned. Whole communities collected funds and items to contribute. Hot lines were set up for people to volunteer their time, money, supplies, homes, meals...whatever our brothers and sisters from Gush Katif need in this terrible hour.

A reader writes me now: "My 15-year old daughter went to Ashkelon yesterday to help the residents of Ganei Tal rebuild hothouses. The trip was organized by Bnei Akiva and included a bus from Raanana."

[edited for space]

We should have no bad feelings in our hearts towards our fellow Jews, Rabbi Ish Shalom told us. We should not forget what our eyes have seen. All the things our eyes have seen, and from that place we should go forward as one family to build our nation in strength and love and commitment.

Even the Left-leaning television reporters seem suddenly overwhelmed by the strength and love of the settlers as the last settlement, Netzarim, is destroyed. These settlers are right in the middle of Gaza. They need constant army protection, and have become very close with the soldiers assigned to protect them. There will be no violence in Netzarim. Soldiers and settlers will pray together for the last time in the synagogue, whose striking Menorah has already been taken down from the roof, and will be carried out with them, a reminder.

God bless the Jewish people who will care for each other, no matter the incompetence of their politicians and civil servants.

Amen.
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Naomi Ragen copyright 2005
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Naomi Ragen

Please visit my Web page at: http://www.NaomiRagen.com

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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Are you experienced? (vlog23)


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Experience Vlogs! h.264 video (Quicktime 7)

We all owe Shlomo Wollins a great debt of gratitude for his tireless, emotionally transparent and scintillating coverage of this grievous event - the uprooting of Jews by Jews in the Promised Land!

This orange sun - a snap by Wollins himself - speaks volumes to me - as it were a portal from Heaven's Throne whispering...

"It is not over yet, my Beloved."


Do you pioneers of Israel have your online empire?

www.freevlog.org will get you started for absolutely free (courtesy Google and Archive.org).

Please! We need to hear increasingly MORE from all you tsadiks with such great chazak! FREE is the operative word in this equation! Get started speaking out today!

And email me if you have trouble with RSS! I've finally figured it out! Mostly!

Friday, August 19, 2005

Speak out for the Gush Culture... (vlog22)


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GushStock WindowsMedia video by IsraelReporter.com

(click) The above movie (from israelreporter.com) may seem unrelated - but it's not. This BEAUTIFUL CULTURE is who was uprooted and their DIRT-to-PARADISE land handed over to a terrorist culture. See the connection?

My wife's comment when I told her about the planned (and foiled) double suicide bombing attack to the heart of the Gush Katif amputation-process that is now almost complete:

"It just doesn't make sense! And it doesn't make sense that people try and MAKE IT make sense! It's just insanity!" - Michelle Chaffer

And for the religiously minded among you... please don't be like the christians of Germany in in the early and mid '30s - as Hitler was rising to popularity - who said nothing, did nothing and even TALKED DOWN those who hollered about hitler. Just don't. Be proactive instead. You can start by caring for people in the news more... all people... not just the terrorists.

Here's that brief on the attempted suicide-bombing attack (a second article summarizing this insanity follows):

Islamic Jihad Suicide Attack Thwarted in the Gush


A major terror attack was thwarted Wednesday when Israeli security forces found an explosive belt weighing eight kilograms in the Muwassi enclave in Gush Katif, a village of Bedouins originally from Sinai who work in settler greenhouses. The Islamic Jihad plot called for two suicide bombers to dress up as IDF soldiers and detonate in the midst of the evacuations. Ten Palestinians suspected of belonging to the terror cell were arrested, including two who were to act as suicide bombers, army officials said, according to Ynet.


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Can ya freakin' believe it? Palestinian Authority and connected organizations are EXTREME TERRORISTS - admit it - or lose your planet to a growing cancer called Wahhabi-inspired Jihadism).

And here's how George W. Bush, Condy Rice and Ariel Sharon reward people for that kind of heinous terrorism -

Arutz Sheva - Israel National News: "Jubilant Terrorist Groups Celebrate Israeli Retreat
19:53 Aug 17, '05 / 12 Av 5765
By Ezra HaLevi

Terrorist groups are all celebrating the implementation of the Disengagement Plan, insisting that their terror attacks brought about the Israeli retreat and will bring about additional pullbacks.

According to the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S) many celebrations of Israeli retreat are being organized by the Palestinian Authority, but numerous terror organizations are holding their own, separate celebrations.

According to the report, the terror groups are awarding themselves and their terrorist activities the prize for having brought about the evacuation of the Israeli settlements.

The report says that while PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas is speaking about further withdrawals through negotiations, both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad are reiterating that they have no intention of disarming, that their weapons are legal and that they intend to continue armed attacks until the total "liberation" of all Palestine. (translation: until the genocide of the Jews in Israel)

“We have no choice but to prepare for new rounds of the confrontation to liberate our lands and take back our Jerusalem and our rights,” Hamas chief Khaled Mashal said in an interview broadcast by Al-Aalam TV on Monday. Speaking to the London-based al-Hayat newspaper, Mashaal said the withdrawal is “the beginning of the... "

- - - - - end article (cut short, actually)

So what do you do about all this? Freak out?

No.

Speak out.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Scripture for Gush Katif (vlog21)


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I have nothing to say except Zephaniah 2 (click above image). All who have either put in their hand to cause this uprooting of the kind people of Gush Katif or who have hardened their hearts (in ignorance and blind prejudice) towards the blessed people of Gush Katif simply because they strive to observe the ancient laws of Torah.... PLEASE ask for forgiveness from the God of Israel. Perhaps you will be hidden from His anger.

Instead of reading news sources who distort the facts according to a world hatred against these precious people.... get TRUSTWORTHY news from Arutz Sheva.

These are the days to be remembered:



Zephaniah 2 for Gush Katif h.264 video (Quicktime 7)

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Avi Bieber (vlog20)


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Avi Bieber refusing to uproot! WindowsMedia video

Avi is one 19 year old soldier who could not throw his own people out of their land (remember Nadia's example of New Yorkers being thrown out of NY for imminent al Queda occupancy!).

And these are the "settlers" he refused to beat with sticks and throw out!

Monday, August 15, 2005

Report - Gush Katif (vlog19)


:: UPDATE - ! 111605 ! - UPDATE ::
Information comes from the Legal Forum for Eretz Yisrael and from research, based on multiple sources and “right of response” from the relevant official bodies.

FACTS About Israel's Disengagement from the Gaza Strip and Northern Samaria

NUMBER OF SETTLEMENTS EVACUATED:

Gaza Strip: 21
Northern Samaria: 4

NUMBER PERSONS EVACUATED:

Gaza Strip: 8470 individuals from 1812 families

THAT'D BE LIKE ALL THE FAMILIES OF 9-11-2001 BEING
- EVACUATED OUT OF NEW YORK CITY -
AND THEN OUR GREAT CITY BEING
- HANDED OVER TO AL QUEDA -

FOOD FOR THOUGHT!

Northern Samaria: 670 individuals from 170 families

DATES OF SETTLEMENT: 1972-1992

To save bandwidth for these great people, I'm hosting the video, but the original can be found here - IsraelReporter.com. Thanks to all those who speak Truth to power and who do not back down.

The following chronicles some of today's events at Neve Dekalim in Gush Katif, Aza.


Here is a map showing the various "settlements."


Please pray for the shalom (whole - body, mind and spirit - peace) of Jerusalem. They will prosper who do.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Gaza Quiz (vlog18)



Honest Reporting, anyone? Unless, of course, you'd rather listen to Rather-ites on network teevee tell you sweet lies.

This is another Atomsound short film. Dig it.

Gaza Quiz (vlog18)

Atomsound Theme (vlog17)



More of my stuff. I affectionately call this the "atomsound theme" ... it ain't "Shaft," but it'll work.

Atomsound Theme (vlog17)

Monday, August 8, 2005

Some WHYS re: "Disengagement"

Gush Katif "disengagement" is really an "expulsion" of people from their land! Please see an URGENT ALERT I sent out to my friends at "My Right Hand's Skill!"

The following WHYS compiled by Dr. Miriam Adahan from Isralert.com - August 2005

· Why did Ariel Sharon decide to reward Arab terrorists by creating a Palestinian state precisely as Yasser Arafat’s envisioned it – in stages, one community after another falling like dominoes into the hands of murderers?

· Why, after saying “NEVER AGAIN!” are we all saying, “OH NO, NOT AGAIN,” as Jewish police raid homes in the middle of the night, taking young men away from their terrified wives and children?

· Why is there no outrage in the press as they report the new edicts affecting Gush Katif day after day, such as today’s announcement that children between the ages of 2 and 14 will be taken away from their parents who refuse to leave their homes peacefully and placed in institutions, while those younger than 2 can be with their parents in prison, or yesterday’s announcement that air conditioners, bookshelves and other heavy items must be left behind when they leave, or the previous day’s announcement that the containers with their possessions will be sent to one place while the owners will be in another, and that there will be no schools, health services or other social services?

· Why the rush? Why not prepare decent housing and services ahead of time? Even the cows on the milking farms have no where to go!

· Why did the government grant housing permits to residents of Gush Katif up until March, 2005, if they planned to destroy those homes?

· Why has the government ignored military experts who have warned that this move will only whet the appetites of terrorists?

· Why does the world community act as if there is a difference between Fatah and Hamas terrorists when they have the same goals?

· Why has Ariel Sharon been unable to provide even one logical explanation as to why he is destroying 25 productive communities and depriving thousands of people of their homes and means of earning a living?

· Why are huge detention centers being prepared surrounded with barbed wire near Ben Gurion airport? Once Gush Katif is destroyed, with its 10,000 citizens, will it be used to house the 250,000 from the Shromon?

· Why, if Ariel Sharon knew that these communities would be destroyed back in 2003, did he wait until March, 2005, to erect a caravan camp and then humiliate thousands of Jews by forcing them to scramble like desperate ants for the few hundred available units?

· Why such indifference to the pain of children who will lose their best friends, their schools, community centers and homes and the parents who will be deported to places lacking mikvas, shuls and the means to earn a livelihood and elderly grandparents left to struggle alone as they are deprived of loving relationships with their children and grandchildren who will no longer live nearby?

· Why are the designers of this devastating plan, like Shimon Peres, Dov Weisglass and Eival Giladi, all of whom stand to make millions from selling property in Gush Katif, not being indicted for conflict of interest?

· Why, when Sharon said that he would not disengage under fire, is he doing precisely that, despite over 400 terror attacks on Gush Katif in July alone?

· Why is there so little information in the mainstream media about these attacks, while we must turn to Arutz Sheva News for the truth?

· Why is Israel giving the crucial Philadelphi corridor, through which over $1 million dollars in arms is smuggled daily, over to the Egyptians, trusting them to stop the smuggling which they have encouraged so heartily?

· Why are the rights of loyal citizens being trampled, including keeping people in detention merely for planning demonstrations and holding children as young as 12 in jail and pressing false charges against people, like Shimshon Avichai Cytryn, who merely tried to defend themselves?

· Why did the Knesset allocate $7 billion for this fiasco which has left kollel families in terrible poverty, the elderly without medication, the handicapped without services, hospitals overcrowded and the school system in tatters while children roam the streets unattended and the rate of violence has soared 600%?

· Why is Israel, a once proud country known for its dedication to its citizens, which miraculously defeated its enemies in 5 wars and throughout endless years of terror, now bent on its own destruction?

· Why is the world silent?

Dr. Miriam Adahan is a psychologist, therapist, prolific author and founder of EMETT ("Emotional Maturity Established Through Torah") - a network of self-help groups dedicated to personal growth. She lives in Jerusalem, and has recently written on the struggles of life in the terror-beset land

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

"Passion Bucks" (vlog16)



So you wonder whether the Truth can be popular? That's a dangerous concept indeed. But if it's true, it's true. Let the Truth be told!

I captured this vid off of CBN one day a while back and finally am getting it online for y'all to tink upon.

Create movies based on truth. Make a living, too. That ain't a bad proposal.

It's especially needful these days because of the "Michael Moores" of the world out tellin all KINDS of lies and passing them off as truth!

This crew is telling the truth (mostly!), for instance!

I think another great movie to do, for instance, would be a feature-length drama that exposes the whole Newsweek-DickDurbin fiasco!

Or just a movie that tells our future on planet earth when the Melech HaOlam (King of the Universe)... Yeshua the Moshiach (Jesus, the Messiah)... reigns from Zion and our planet finally knows PEACE in His gentle wisdom.

Man, can ya dig THAT? You'd be mental NOT too!

"Passion Bucks" (vlog16)

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Please review the facts, Ma'am.

And please speak out AGAINST terrorism!

This post was definitely one of my more impulsive ones. (In fact, this is my second edit of it!)

My wife and I had just seen this movie (it's WAY worth the 10 minute wait!) about Gush Katif (in Gaza, Israel?... you know, that whole "disengagement" thing?) Bush, Condy Rice and the rest of the world seem to be calling for a "contiguous Palestinian State," too.

But where would that lead us as humans if we allow the only democracy in the Middle East to be cut in half and then (read al-Zahar's comment below) SMASHED INTO OBLIVION by a terrorist entity (albeit with a kind face)?

We'll be hurtin' that's what.

Start by studying a short history of Hamas. And realize these "kind-hearted" terrorists hold a majority of Gaza's seats in the fledgling, wannabe government of the Palestinian Authority? So the "disengagement" could plainly be put - "Hamas wins Gaza by terrorist strategy."


"Oy! Things that make ya go, "Hmmm..." huh?"

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Hamas: "Israel Will Eventually Disappear"
Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar told the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera that Hamas would "definitely not" be prepared for coexistence with Israel should it retreat to its 1967 borders. "It can be a temporary solution, for a maximum of 5 to 10 years. But in the end Palestine must return to become Muslim, and in the long term Israel will disappear from the face of the earth," he said according to Ynet News.
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I'm just asking that anyone who wants to care about what's going on in the Middle East (which DIRECTLY correlates to the worldwide "war on terror") should learn the facts about Hamas and the Jewish "settlers" before they decide to castigate a bunch of flower-growers for turning a bunch of sand dunes into a brilliant oasis (that'd be the Jews of Gush Katif). Please study?

Sunday, July 3, 2005

Emergent (Home) Church! (vlog15)



One thing is needful. Connecting with our AtomHolder. "AtomHolder" is an affectionate name we at AtomSound media have given the Creator of the Universe. If, indeed, all things have sprung out of the declaration of an Intelligent Designer, then we at AtomSound want to know that Person! Plain and simple! We believe we've found that mystical Wonder in the most controversial and distorted (and misread!) book of all time - the Holy Bible of the Judeo-Christian ethic! These people do too!

The "atomsound" is the idea that when God spoke into existance all that is, the very elements of physical existance are composed of the "energy of God"... that "focus" or "heart" of the Creator sustains all that is... and without His Person behind the structure of all matter... the universe would cease to exist. But He holds it because He cannot lie. He is pure light and truth and justice and love (and didn't Stephen Hawking say that in A Brief History of Time?).

Check out our Church (rather, local assembly which expresses that universal Church). It's free. It's live. It's real. C'mown down!

Also, check out some of my other vloggin friends!

Yeshua, My Mana (vlog14)



Just reading tonight from the Internet Evangelism Day site and thinking it coincided well with my latest movie... yes, MOVIE! (Wew hew!!) It's so COOL to be DONE with something you put blood sweat and tears into and be (semi) satisfied with it! It's in Spanish (which I don't really understand yet) but it's still fun (as an english-speaking veiwer) to watch. Check it.

Friday, June 24, 2005

Honing Communications (vlog13)


So now you can broadcast to the whole world...

What I'd like to know is ...

What do you REALLY have to say?

Please don't be shy.

This video is mostly a big shout out to vloggers (like Jay) who are moving to move ya with their movies!

Related links -
freevlog.org - this shows you how to do this stuff! So do it! You're little still camera (with mpeg4 video capture ability) and one o' dese FREE video editing programs will have you SWIMMING in world-wide connections before you can say "jumpin jack flash"!
Jay Dedman - the godfather of vlog. (I said that first - just now, in fact.)
Greg Benz - Muzak for the 18th millenium.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Cry Gush Katif ! (vlog12)


Listen to a viewpoint you will NEVER hear on NPR, CNN, or BBC (and, possibly, not even FOX!) - the viewpoint of the women and men of Aza, Israel... click image to hear her amazing story.

Yesterday another woman brainwashed by the "Palestinian Liberation" suicide cult aspired to the "perfection" of the "shahid" (suicide bomber warrior) but, thankfully, did not succeed. This 7 minute movie (that will chill you to the bone) shows you what makes them want to do it. And we say nothing/do nothing to defeat the freedoms of the PLO death cult.

The reason the story in Israel is so hot is because Jews needed a home after World War II. And no one seems to want to acknowledge their homeland.

Who are the Jews, anyways? And what are they doing in that tiny sliver of land amongst so many hostile Arab neighbors? And although it was a broken-down desert hovel in 1867 (with indigenous Jews present), it didn't become a REALLY desireable place to the so-called arab "palestinians" until the Jews fixed it up a little.

One thing the Jews of Aza (like Naga) are doing, FYI, is growing the world's richest foods out of that SAND!

Well, after the extremely well-documented pograms and attempted genocide of Jews by the world finally cried for them and allowed them to RETURN to their homeland from an extremely hateful europe mostly. This is their ancient homeland - for which they've incessantly prayed "next year in Jerusalem" for 2000 years. There was ALSO a considerable remnnant of Jews who NEVER LEFT ISRAEL - The Mustarabim predate significant Arab occupation by 2400 years! Fo' real.

And "Palestine"? Do the research (please!). There is no legitimate ethnic group called "palestinians" - as a matter of fact, JEWS used to be called "palestinians!" (Ain't that a brain squeeze!?)

Today's so-called arab "palestinians" have - NO historical land and no unique language and no defining culture (except for the death culture of blowing up their own kids for fast cash). So who are they? They are pawns being used by terrorist since 1974 when the Palestinian Liberaton Front (now PLO) committed to "liberate all Palestinian territory" via the total annihilation of the "zionist entity." And don' t believe the hype. Just like his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Abbas.html Abu Mazen (a.k.a. Mahmoud Abbas) and his cronies call for the destruction of Israel.

And why didn't ANY arab nations recieve the so-called refugees into their arms (outside of tiny Israel) after they LOST to the Jews in 1967? Huh? No, they MADE ISRAEL take them... and what of the INDIGENOUS Jews in all those territories around Israel? OUSTED! That's the imbalance MY SITECNN, BBC, ABC won't tell!

Anyways. Please do your homework. Don't be a part of the new world-wide wave of hate against Jews. Don't you think that if the world was BLIND and MUTE to what Hitler was doing in the 40's... that they are capable of doing the same now?

Hear Noga. She's one of those "Zionists" your mother warned you about. And she's tellin' the total truth. Find out more.

Arutz Sheva is a news service that provides one of the most honest coverage of middle east events goin'.

Question for thinking liberals:

Why is it that "Zionism" is cursed worldwide as evil while Wahabbist "Jihadism" is simultaneously swept under the carpet if it isn't taught brashly in our universities? And why are they compared as moral equivalents so often? That's like saying Hitler is just like Einstein! It's insane.

Watch some Palestinian TV , if you're not convinced of the insanity of "Jihadism" and our planet's ignorance of it.

"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

Friday, June 17, 2005

Bye-bye Media Monster

Following is a portion of an article from Men's Daily News: Aiding & Abetting Terrorists: The New Focus of Old Media -J.B. Williams

The old media is on the ropes. Newspaper circulations are at an all time low and still slipping. Network news is having trouble competing with PBS for ratings, having lost many of their viewers to cable news, notably - the much hated and loved Fox. Once respected news journals like Time and Newsweek now share rack space with other sensationalized headline merchants like The Globe and The Enquirer, which sell better because their headlines are more reliable.

Even the household term old media itself describes the fading glory of a once mainstream news establishment turned tabloid rag, now permanently engaged in the perpetual art of sensationalized disinformation.

The impending death of the old media is a completely self inflicted demise. It was only a matter of time before the average American would stop hopelessly waiting for an honest unbiased reporting of simple facts from the old media. After years of endless politically motivated fraudulent stories intended to manipulate public opinion in favor of the editor’s personal views, followed by angry mob-like establishment-wide defenses of the obviously indefensible, the American people simply tuned out.

Why not? We live in the information age where anyone can log onto a computer and access endless unfettered information and view points at their finger tips. We are able to do our own research in minutes, review all sides of any issue and draw our own conclusions. We no longer need an elitist newsroom full of bloated self-aggrandizing windbags shaping our news and views. We can shape our own, thank you very much, and we are.

In an increasingly desperate attempt to reach out and reclaim audience, they use the only tool available in their arsenal, sensational headlines. In their feverish scramble for survival, they rush to print with unchecked unreliable stories from un-named sources, to only in the end, follow almost every story with a redress or full retraction and apology.

Once busted on a story, they scramble to generate a similar headline that they can support in order to justify the one they couldn’t. But it’s too late… The credibility is gone, the story is compromised.

The recent Newsweek blunder concerning an alleged Koran flushing GI at Gitmo is a perfect example. Like Rather-gate, the story turned out to be totally untrue. After it ignited a firestorm of death and destruction in the terror hotbed of the Middle East, Newsweek has worked around the clock to develop a similar headline, in order to justify the bad one. Time Magazine has decided to lend a hand, since all establishment news sources have been equally compromised.

Time has now gone so far as to place in print, the interrogation log books from Gitmo in an attempt to paint a particularly horrifying picture. While it doesn’t confirm any earlier claims, it achieves the goal of raising more unanswered questions concerning interrogation practices. Why? - Because a story like this leads to the desired result. It creates doubt in the mind of the reader, as in “maybe there was something to that original Newsweek story that is being covered up?”

It also causes left-wing half-wits to turn up the volume on their chant for a kinder, gentler interrogation process, shifting the administration, our military and our intelligence community from defending our nation to defending themselves. It isn’t important that any of it be true, only that it create the doubt needed to shift the focus off of the bogus news reporting and onto the brutal treatment of terrorists by an administration with an alleged Gulag mentality.

Now we have half-wit has-beens like Jimmy Carter calling for the closing of the terrorist detention camp in Cuba. Why not full amnesty, US citizenship and reparations too."

- Bye-bye media-muffsters. Let us win the war on terror without your yellow-bellied snivelling and inciteful lies. Nuff Said -

The Itch (vlog11)



WAY back in 1990, I went to a Spike Lee Joint thang... something to do with the Brookly Film Institute (their website is defunct, this is an Internet Archive link.), I think. It was a long time ago... but I do remember what Spike used to always say about "The Itch!"

Get it!

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Deep, Baby. (vlog10)


Hangin' out thinkin about ancient and new stuff. Hm... people will flip for a dead culture (dead religion, too!) like Egyptology, but they won't pay any attention to an ancient and effective (and supremely controversial!) faith such as Judaism/Christianity! Wonder why?

Don't follow the crowd. Truth calls us to say no to sin. People generally don't like to do that. Truth will not only preserve you (and enhance you), it will last throughout your generations and build true wealth in your children.

... now where is that darn stuff...? (truth, that is!)

Deep, Baby (vlog10)

A Thinking Man's Man - Jesus! (vlog09)



Northridge Church got just a few more skeptics to come in and check 'em out.

And I'm another one!

A Thinking Man's Jesus (vlog09)

One thing that impresses me most about these two thinkers' observations is that the reason for church itself - the holy, infinitely wise, scriptures (and, of course, Who they reveal!) - was replaced with "entertainment."

This is what many have come to call "seeker friendly" or "post-modern" churchianity, er, ah... oh yah... Christianity.

Observe.

The first thinking seeker was given the "seeker-friendly" breakdown:

"Before setting out, I'd called the church and asked a few questions… According to the man I spoke with, the weekend service is essentially an intro to Christianity, built for the kinds of people that never thought they’d find themselves in, or, for that matter, be welcomed in, a church. (He kept saying that I could come, even if I’d always thought that I could never step foot inside a church without it crumbling down around me. He said that the church was full of people who had thought the exact same thing. (Which, by the way, caused me to think that the place must be crawling with pedophiles and murderers.)) He called the weekend sermons 'Christianity 101' presentations, and stressed that they were heavy on the entertainment and light on the scripture. He mentioned that there were things taking place at the church every day, however, and that if I wanted a deeper relationship with the Bible, that I might want to come back for one of their weeknight '202' classes." ( from markmaynard's blog )

and from the other fellow thinking being -

"I was hoping for a critical analysis of the Bible with some real-world applications of its more valuable teachings, and I didn’t get it." ( from Jan's blog )

...heavy on the entertainment and light on the scripture...

I, (a little bit) like Daniel, am more worried about what the Maker thinks than any confused product of the National Education Assoc!

"Lord, you are great and deserve respect as the only God. You keep your promise and show mercy to those who love you and obey your commandments. 5 We have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from your commandments and laws. 6 We haven't listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, leaders, ancestors, and all the common people. 7 You, Lord, are righteous. But we -- the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far (Ed. and, now, the non-Jewish Church in America) -- are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to you."

It's all about the words (commandments and laws) of the Most High (whether you think He's there or not). And the Church does a disservice to go "light on the scripture" as if it weren't "relevant" or might offend.

Along these lines, Yeshua said, "The earth and the heavens will disappear, but my words will never disappear." (Luke 21:33)

Important enough to cherish... even to share?

Macromedia (a subsidiary of Adobe?) has said recently, "The most recent trend in rich content is integrating video with the interactive experience."

In that spirit, I offer this latest vlog. Yeshua (the Guy in the Bible) has the words of life... nevermind the seekerfriendly mega-churches!

Friday, May 27, 2005

She'ilah - the Question of Observance (vlog08)


So, here you have it... perhaps the beginning of a vlogging trend... the AtomSound vlog! I SO love this stuff! Go to www.freevlog.org and take some lessons on how to do this yourself - PLEASE! The networks and cable television are LOSIN' IT! Give us some INTERESTING TV!!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEESE!!!! (Especially if your views are rational and conservative!)

Give Jesus (Yeshua) a chance!

She'ilah - the Question of Observance (vlog08)