First, the vicious and animalistic IDF went in to my house by exploding a grenade in our stairwell. The moved into it and tore it apart in their vicious hate crime frenzy. They destroyed all of our furniture, ripped out appliances and to make it clear who was in our home, they left their FECES all over the bathroom. Unclean. They are not only unclean people but they are hateful murderers who have not only lost a war but have changed the way the world thinks about terrorism. We will be documenting the war crimes perpetrated against our family and may pursue a lawsuit against the IsUNreal State because lucky for me, I have dual rights according to US laws that changed in terms of recognition of the rights of foreigners because it was discovered that Clinton's cabinet was chock full of Israeli Nationals who NEEDED this right. Oh well. But read this from Har'etz and then, read something else from Allah.
Oh, and I left out the best part....the Zionists WIRED my home with a very big bomb, the size of a BATHTUB and no doubt planned to murder my family as they re-entered....luckily however, they had to run away like Little Bo Peep before they got the chance to really display their TRUE HATRED of all Non Jews. Wow. My poor in laws are truly homeless and al'ham'du'lillah, I left my house for them up in Beirut to live in. They are devastated because what was destroyed was not just a house but an entire family that was split apart. A home that had become a beacon of hope for all my husband's IMPOVERISHED aunts, uncles, cousins, dogs and yes, stray cats. My mother in law loves stray cats.
You be the judge and for crying out loud....wake up.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/750990.html
The Day After / How we suffered a knockout
By Reuven Pedatzur
The United States' defeat in the Vietnam war started becoming evident when Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of the U.S. forces in Vietnam, started using body counts as an alternative to military victories. When he could not point to achievements on the battlefield, Westmoreland would send a daily report to Washington of the number of Vietcong soldiers his forces had killed. In the past few weeks, the Israel Defense Forces has also adopted the body count approach. When the largest and strongest army in the Middle East clashes for more than two weeks with 50 Hezbollah fighters in Bint Jbail and does not bring them to their knees, the commanders are left with no choice but to point to the number of dead fighters the enemy has left behind. It can be assumed that Bint Jbail will turn into a symbol of the second Lebanon war. For the Hezbollah fighters it will be remembered as their Stalingrad, and for us it will be a painful reminder of the IDF's defeat.
Ze'ev Schiff wrote in Haaretz on August 11 that we had "gotten a slap." It seems that "knockout" would be a more appropriate description.
And what does the Quran say about the Zionists?
Sura 2 verse 17:
Their parable is like the parable of one who kindled a fire, but when it illumined all around him, Allah took away their light, and left them in utter darkness.
Deaf, dumb and blind so they will not turn back.
Iran...well...Peres just said in a televised press conference that he prefers that the US and Europe fight those guys so the Jews don't have to.
Don't let your sons die for these people. If you do, you have no one but yourselves to blame.
"The right of freedom of speech consists in speaking the truth."
16.8.06
HOW INNOCENT AMERICANS PAY FOR ZIONIST WAR CRIMES
From Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A Bright Movie*
The saris go by me from the embassies.
-The Woman at the Washington Zoo
by Randall Jarrell
Beirut is a city of gold and fatique -Mahmoud Darwish
Whilst gadding about and on the way back
this long story started to end as it should
in the middle. Stopped on a corner,
the same one-legged old man there
sitting on the curb. In a country like this
no one has a sign: Will Work For Food
because that would be just too
crowded. It used to be that he'd stand
on his leg in the middle of the road
to collect alms for himself
but now times are tough he has to wait
to be called over. Not like the guy
in the wheelchair on the East Side who gets
onto the macadam between twelve
chaotic lanes, God Only Knows How
(probably dropped off by a taxi, must be).
Not like the kid up by the Phoenicia
whose hands were burnt clean off,
who smiles and earns so much for that smile.
His job is easy. But a one-legged man
has a different problem in a bad economy.
Standing on one leg for hours isn't what you'd call
without problems. You don't do it for nothing.
So I stopped and called him over.
I'd passed by him at least five times in three months
to avoid pissing off the guy in the rear view mirror.
This time though I called him over to hand him a fiver.
Five times one thousand equals roughly five thousand.
It was good and I noticed the girl behind me
doing the same, dragging coins out of the purse
that must have been in her lap. It felt good.
I knew that if I hadn't stopped she wouldn't have either.
I lost her near the airport tunnel. You know
how it is in the subterranean tunnel that
goes right under the Hariri International tarmac.
I was just about to enter when I saw everyone
coming out the other way, HCE. Turn around.
Lucky today it seems because once you get in
that tunnel and there is an accident, you
are in there. Full of exhaust and exhaustion,
pushing and shoving until two lanes turn into four.
You smoke three cigarettes that you didn't need.
You get tired of listening to the Eagles sing
on a corner in Winslow Arizona ONE MORE TIME.
You get out and head back up the wrong way
on an exit ramp but that's okay, in Lebanon
everyone knows what you're doing. They
would do the same. Like yesterday's fender
bender in the Ouzai. Not paying attention
and wham! Right into the back of a taxi.
The driver gets out and he's mad. I'm ready
to fight it, to say he is a taxi driver and a cheat.
I'm ready to do that when a thirty kg kid squeezes
between me and the city bus.
"What are you doing there kid? Move away,
you are going to get hit." He was just trying
to help. In Lebanon the kids settle disasters
too, they've seen so much and damn if they
don't have the audacity to tell you how to
handle a fender bender. The boy did what I
told him to do and seemed rather pleased
that I'd thought enough of him to tell him
to get out from between me and the bus.
The taxi driver is there at my window.
I just ask him, instead of fighting it all,
"What do you want from me? Is twenty
bucks okay?" Sure is. I know once I drive
away he would have settled for ten and he
knows too, he could have asked for thirty.
A deal is a deal though and we drive away
pleased. Some poor man leans in my window
and says, "Hamdu'la sah'lahme" which to me
sounds an awful lot like Thanks for the salami.
But it means, Thank God you weren't hurt.
I agree and the man reminds me, "Haram, he is
a taxi driver." Means that twenty bucks is like
thirty customers and worth a bit of bent chrome.
I left the scene of the accident feeling pretty good.
Today as I avoided the tunnel wondering
about the bodies that might have been there,
the ones I could have seen had I had the time
for the Eagles and three more cancer sticks,
I cruised through the old airport road that starts
right by Fadallah's Mobil station, a station
that gives everything to orphans
(reminded myself to go there next time to buy gas) .
I saw the following:
carcasses of sheeps and goats and cows
still bleeding into the gutters plastic balls
in net bags voluptuous Shia girls some
covered and some not taxis stopping every
few meters letting out little old men and haggard
old women muffler shops and bread stores until
finally I saw what it was I was after. A sign that read:
The School of Opulent Knowledge,
a little run down and right on time.
**This poem suffered under a horrible name. This weekend while in South Lebanon I watched the movie Syriana with old what's his name...from Ocean's Seven....and boy! What a bunch of plotless bullshit. And the parts about Beirut...so out of context. Since the movie takes place now...post 9/11 and in the Era of so-called "Oil Wars" how is it that in Beirut the stage is set with Freedom Fighters on buildings with machine guns? Now...back in the early to mid eighties there were a few of those but mid to late 90's? Nope. But that is the point of propaganda......to make you confused. Never was there a more beautiful depiction of confusion. But the great part is the hero (in the end) just goes home like Bilbo Baggins with some kind of 'knowledge' ring...you, the movie going public are supposed to believe and that knowledge is that there is no POINT to these things that people do in the Middle East to each other. It's just sort of a crazy game played by oil tycoons. Like Steven STEALBERG (Terminal starring Tom Hanks) who stole a movie plot from a REAL IRANIAN who REALLY WAS stranded in CDG AIRPORT for NINE YEARS and isntead, made the main character into one from a 'fictionalized' EASTERN BLOCK country, er, like the kind of people who have "returned" to the Promised Land called IsUNreal which is labelied by the Iranian president a "Fictional State" imposed by the Zionists on the Palestinians and the world (US contributes 4B USD every year to the Zionist regime and has been doing so for a very long time folks) and hence, justifies absolutely his motto of driving the Zionists into the sea. Well, Steven Stealberg is another case in point and donated a whole bunch of money LAST WEEK to the war criminals in order to protect his own fictions. Wow. BOYCOTT HIM. BOYCOTT LIARS THAT CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO DELIVER CLUSTER BOMBS TO THE NEEDY AND USE YOUR TICKET PRICES TO DO SO.
Was ZIONISM mentioned in the plot of the movie called Syriana? Oh sure...I guess you could call it that "protocols of zion" type of thing and they flash on some old newsreel of the Rockafellers.....right in the beginning. And that's it. Nary a mention of the single most IMPORTANT cause of the crisis in the MIDDLE EAST. Just like the politically non savvy and flabby poets at Silliman in their former discussions of the ME conflicts...those old spittle busting conversations in which flabby poets share amylase with the rest of the blathering that goes on in the Language School and elsewhere.
A type of racism and bigotry and all out HATRED of a large number of people called:
ZIONISM. There you have it. And yes...see the movie. It is worth a scratch on the head and perhaps one in the crotch. (You know Arab men are always scratching their crotches and thank the Lord this is never portrayed in movies...God only knows what devastation that might provoke in the 'civilized' nations...you know the ones...like American that support Zionism and Christian Zionism to the tune of several billions of dollars yearly).
Addendum: Shi'ism is the MIDDLE ROAD of Islamic Politics. The Shi'i have supported Bush's war on terror by handing over several Osama type folks from the region involved in the US Occupation, Iraq. What has baffled some is that the Shi'i could support such a man. Well, it is because the Shi'i are OBLIGATED to avoid things that split Islam like those involved in the WTC which divided not only Islam but divided the people of the United States into two diametrically opposed groups. Those that HATE BUSH and those that don't. Now though, it is a further 'sorting' of those who not only hate Bush but admire the Middle Road of Shi'i politics and the actual putting ones' money where ones' mouth is i.e. fighting and dying for one's country or one's conviction that hypocrisy and oppression are ALWAYS bad, regardless of the color of one's skin or one's passport or one's religion. And yet, there are still those who KNOW the truth of this story but fail to stand up for justice. They still bow to an imposed ideology that has used the Jewish religion to promote hatred of Muslims.
It is funny to watch the media now turn on its back again and do things like label the Gulf States as moderates. They were never moderates. They were simply Kings in love with their thrones and in love with American briberies. Not Hezbollah though. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah has vowed to pay the rent of every homeless victim of Israeli Brutality for a FULL YEAR. The Iranian president, a former commander of the army in the Iran/Iraq war (a war promoted by the US(who sponsored the terrorist Saddam Hussein)/funded by Saudi/Israel selling weapons to the Iranians) who holds a PhD....has also vowed his support. Not to the Zionists though and for this, he is made into a new dragon. These idiots who work hand in hand to deliver cluster bombs to 'the needy' specialize in creating dragons which they can in turn, slay for the American Populace. Amusing to hear about the slaying of a high ranking commander of Hezbollah a short time before the 'cease fire' and watch how the media couldn't drum up anything other than a 'so what' because they were unable to label the dragon before they slew him. That is because he wasn't a dragon, he was a dragon slayer. The real kind. An honorable resistance fighter of south Lebanon.
And please note, Sayyed Nasrallah already lost ONE SON to Zionist brutality while fighting the illegal occupation of Southern Lebanon by the Zionists almost a decade ago. And this time, during this latest Zionist brutality, his other son was....you know where? FIGHTING for the Freedom of Lebanon from Israeli/US/Zionist oppression. In the trenches. Don't find many leaders who will put their own sons in the line of fire now do you? Think again about those dragons. And don't ask me to apologize to the dragon makers...they are just illusionists.
From Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A Bright Movie*
The saris go by me from the embassies.
-The Woman at the Washington Zoo
by Randall Jarrell
Beirut is a city of gold and fatique -Mahmoud Darwish
Whilst gadding about and on the way back
this long story started to end as it should
in the middle. Stopped on a corner,
the same one-legged old man there
sitting on the curb. In a country like this
no one has a sign: Will Work For Food
because that would be just too
crowded. It used to be that he'd stand
on his leg in the middle of the road
to collect alms for himself
but now times are tough he has to wait
to be called over. Not like the guy
in the wheelchair on the East Side who gets
onto the macadam between twelve
chaotic lanes, God Only Knows How
(probably dropped off by a taxi, must be).
Not like the kid up by the Phoenicia
whose hands were burnt clean off,
who smiles and earns so much for that smile.
His job is easy. But a one-legged man
has a different problem in a bad economy.
Standing on one leg for hours isn't what you'd call
without problems. You don't do it for nothing.
So I stopped and called him over.
I'd passed by him at least five times in three months
to avoid pissing off the guy in the rear view mirror.
This time though I called him over to hand him a fiver.
Five times one thousand equals roughly five thousand.
It was good and I noticed the girl behind me
doing the same, dragging coins out of the purse
that must have been in her lap. It felt good.
I knew that if I hadn't stopped she wouldn't have either.
I lost her near the airport tunnel. You know
how it is in the subterranean tunnel that
goes right under the Hariri International tarmac.
I was just about to enter when I saw everyone
coming out the other way, HCE. Turn around.
Lucky today it seems because once you get in
that tunnel and there is an accident, you
are in there. Full of exhaust and exhaustion,
pushing and shoving until two lanes turn into four.
You smoke three cigarettes that you didn't need.
You get tired of listening to the Eagles sing
on a corner in Winslow Arizona ONE MORE TIME.
You get out and head back up the wrong way
on an exit ramp but that's okay, in Lebanon
everyone knows what you're doing. They
would do the same. Like yesterday's fender
bender in the Ouzai. Not paying attention
and wham! Right into the back of a taxi.
The driver gets out and he's mad. I'm ready
to fight it, to say he is a taxi driver and a cheat.
I'm ready to do that when a thirty kg kid squeezes
between me and the city bus.
"What are you doing there kid? Move away,
you are going to get hit." He was just trying
to help. In Lebanon the kids settle disasters
too, they've seen so much and damn if they
don't have the audacity to tell you how to
handle a fender bender. The boy did what I
told him to do and seemed rather pleased
that I'd thought enough of him to tell him
to get out from between me and the bus.
The taxi driver is there at my window.
I just ask him, instead of fighting it all,
"What do you want from me? Is twenty
bucks okay?" Sure is. I know once I drive
away he would have settled for ten and he
knows too, he could have asked for thirty.
A deal is a deal though and we drive away
pleased. Some poor man leans in my window
and says, "Hamdu'la sah'lahme" which to me
sounds an awful lot like Thanks for the salami.
But it means, Thank God you weren't hurt.
I agree and the man reminds me, "Haram, he is
a taxi driver." Means that twenty bucks is like
thirty customers and worth a bit of bent chrome.
I left the scene of the accident feeling pretty good.
Today as I avoided the tunnel wondering
about the bodies that might have been there,
the ones I could have seen had I had the time
for the Eagles and three more cancer sticks,
I cruised through the old airport road that starts
right by Fadallah's Mobil station, a station
that gives everything to orphans
(reminded myself to go there next time to buy gas) .
I saw the following:
carcasses of sheeps and goats and cows
still bleeding into the gutters plastic balls
in net bags voluptuous Shia girls some
covered and some not taxis stopping every
few meters letting out little old men and haggard
old women muffler shops and bread stores until
finally I saw what it was I was after. A sign that read:
The School of Opulent Knowledge,
a little run down and right on time.
**This poem suffered under a horrible name. This weekend while in South Lebanon I watched the movie Syriana with old what's his name...from Ocean's Seven....and boy! What a bunch of plotless bullshit. And the parts about Beirut...so out of context. Since the movie takes place now...post 9/11 and in the Era of so-called "Oil Wars" how is it that in Beirut the stage is set with Freedom Fighters on buildings with machine guns? Now...back in the early to mid eighties there were a few of those but mid to late 90's? Nope. But that is the point of propaganda......to make you confused. Never was there a more beautiful depiction of confusion. But the great part is the hero (in the end) just goes home like Bilbo Baggins with some kind of 'knowledge' ring...you, the movie going public are supposed to believe and that knowledge is that there is no POINT to these things that people do in the Middle East to each other. It's just sort of a crazy game played by oil tycoons. Like Steven STEALBERG (Terminal starring Tom Hanks) who stole a movie plot from a REAL IRANIAN who REALLY WAS stranded in CDG AIRPORT for NINE YEARS and isntead, made the main character into one from a 'fictionalized' EASTERN BLOCK country, er, like the kind of people who have "returned" to the Promised Land called IsUNreal which is labelied by the Iranian president a "Fictional State" imposed by the Zionists on the Palestinians and the world (US contributes 4B USD every year to the Zionist regime and has been doing so for a very long time folks) and hence, justifies absolutely his motto of driving the Zionists into the sea. Well, Steven Stealberg is another case in point and donated a whole bunch of money LAST WEEK to the war criminals in order to protect his own fictions. Wow. BOYCOTT HIM. BOYCOTT LIARS THAT CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO DELIVER CLUSTER BOMBS TO THE NEEDY AND USE YOUR TICKET PRICES TO DO SO.
Was ZIONISM mentioned in the plot of the movie called Syriana? Oh sure...I guess you could call it that "protocols of zion" type of thing and they flash on some old newsreel of the Rockafellers.....right in the beginning. And that's it. Nary a mention of the single most IMPORTANT cause of the crisis in the MIDDLE EAST. Just like the politically non savvy and flabby poets at Silliman in their former discussions of the ME conflicts...those old spittle busting conversations in which flabby poets share amylase with the rest of the blathering that goes on in the Language School and elsewhere.
A type of racism and bigotry and all out HATRED of a large number of people called:
ZIONISM. There you have it. And yes...see the movie. It is worth a scratch on the head and perhaps one in the crotch. (You know Arab men are always scratching their crotches and thank the Lord this is never portrayed in movies...God only knows what devastation that might provoke in the 'civilized' nations...you know the ones...like American that support Zionism and Christian Zionism to the tune of several billions of dollars yearly).
Addendum: Shi'ism is the MIDDLE ROAD of Islamic Politics. The Shi'i have supported Bush's war on terror by handing over several Osama type folks from the region involved in the US Occupation, Iraq. What has baffled some is that the Shi'i could support such a man. Well, it is because the Shi'i are OBLIGATED to avoid things that split Islam like those involved in the WTC which divided not only Islam but divided the people of the United States into two diametrically opposed groups. Those that HATE BUSH and those that don't. Now though, it is a further 'sorting' of those who not only hate Bush but admire the Middle Road of Shi'i politics and the actual putting ones' money where ones' mouth is i.e. fighting and dying for one's country or one's conviction that hypocrisy and oppression are ALWAYS bad, regardless of the color of one's skin or one's passport or one's religion. And yet, there are still those who KNOW the truth of this story but fail to stand up for justice. They still bow to an imposed ideology that has used the Jewish religion to promote hatred of Muslims.
It is funny to watch the media now turn on its back again and do things like label the Gulf States as moderates. They were never moderates. They were simply Kings in love with their thrones and in love with American briberies. Not Hezbollah though. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah has vowed to pay the rent of every homeless victim of Israeli Brutality for a FULL YEAR. The Iranian president, a former commander of the army in the Iran/Iraq war (a war promoted by the US(who sponsored the terrorist Saddam Hussein)/funded by Saudi/Israel selling weapons to the Iranians) who holds a PhD....has also vowed his support. Not to the Zionists though and for this, he is made into a new dragon. These idiots who work hand in hand to deliver cluster bombs to 'the needy' specialize in creating dragons which they can in turn, slay for the American Populace. Amusing to hear about the slaying of a high ranking commander of Hezbollah a short time before the 'cease fire' and watch how the media couldn't drum up anything other than a 'so what' because they were unable to label the dragon before they slew him. That is because he wasn't a dragon, he was a dragon slayer. The real kind. An honorable resistance fighter of south Lebanon.
And please note, Sayyed Nasrallah already lost ONE SON to Zionist brutality while fighting the illegal occupation of Southern Lebanon by the Zionists almost a decade ago. And this time, during this latest Zionist brutality, his other son was....you know where? FIGHTING for the Freedom of Lebanon from Israeli/US/Zionist oppression. In the trenches. Don't find many leaders who will put their own sons in the line of fire now do you? Think again about those dragons. And don't ask me to apologize to the dragon makers...they are just illusionists.
15.8.06
Hymn For Mohamed Al Dura
(Written a short time before 9/11)
A weeping man and his boy
at salvation's door,
at gunpoint.
The gaze of the deadly IDF,
a photographer and the world.
Surely it will win the Pulitzer,
some say
lolling on Friday afternoon
before another dinner
and the stretch of time
stolen from a mere
ten year-old boy.
So easily forgotten,
who is it that sheds
crocodile tears.
Some forget Goliath
that largeness, what it meant.
The great heaving machine
plunders and rapes
with the rapture of a criminal.
I once saw a baby
murdered at C'anaa,
his scalp peeled forward
from his pillaged cranial vault
as the UN peacekeeper wept.
A whole family shredded
like coconuts, opened wide
at their table
and the father still
with his legs stretched
in post prandial grace.
You want me to paint sunflowers,
write hymns?
We drive through the South
past a village marked
by the bones of houses
and a rusty sign
knowing treason
galloped before us,
taking with her all
the flesh and secrets.
I arrive at the border,
declare myself dangerous
armed with small stones,
praying for the desecration
of the giant
like a Moses in Sinai.
I will use my mouth
as a bomb,
my heart a plane.
Launch rockets from my womb
if that is what is left me.
Emily Dickenson is not my mother.
Do what you want with my clothes,
burn them, bury them.
*The truth behind the Al Dura murder scene is that the IDF went in 24 hours later and bull dozed the evidence, erasing their own tracks. Then they blamed the Palestinian 'gunmen' whom they always blame (victim blaming). The photographer that took the Shot Heard Round The World was awarded a prize by the French Press and Israel denied the Palestinian Photog to travel there to receive the much deserved award for his bravery in documenting the murder of a boy who was being shielded by his father.
I knew then that something 'big' would happen in order that Israel 'redeem' itself from the international attention showered on the truth of the situation...it was then that the US and Zionists allowed the WTC to be attacked and yes, I believe the Saudis were aided and the event was what is called a 'false flag' operation used to take America to war. Just like Amiri Baraka said and was dethroned from his seat as Poet Laureate of ? New Jersey for openly stating that a 'two hour warning' had been sent to Israelis employed in the WTC (not Jews mind you). The Ha'retz (which is now calling for the resignation of the war criminal Ehud Olmert) reported this story regarding the warning.
My awareness of the Palestinian Crisis has never ended and it is exactly that (I was pointing out the way in which the media twists semantics to support the imposed dictatorship called Israel) which one man responded to with a stupid question: What is Zionism. Then he changed it, edited it and was noted as saying: Israel has had such a hard time defending itself. Yeah right buddy. To the tune of 4 billion US Taxpayer dollars per year (an unending river of taxpayer money has poured into Israel since its inception) and as well, an unending stream of powerful weapons, nuclear warheads and triggers, surveillance equipment plus a variety of guided missile systems. Unabated.
Some people are just too happy to bury their heads in the sand.
(Written a short time before 9/11)
A weeping man and his boy
at salvation's door,
at gunpoint.
The gaze of the deadly IDF,
a photographer and the world.
Surely it will win the Pulitzer,
some say
lolling on Friday afternoon
before another dinner
and the stretch of time
stolen from a mere
ten year-old boy.
So easily forgotten,
who is it that sheds
crocodile tears.
Some forget Goliath
that largeness, what it meant.
The great heaving machine
plunders and rapes
with the rapture of a criminal.
I once saw a baby
murdered at C'anaa,
his scalp peeled forward
from his pillaged cranial vault
as the UN peacekeeper wept.
A whole family shredded
like coconuts, opened wide
at their table
and the father still
with his legs stretched
in post prandial grace.
You want me to paint sunflowers,
write hymns?
We drive through the South
past a village marked
by the bones of houses
and a rusty sign
knowing treason
galloped before us,
taking with her all
the flesh and secrets.
I arrive at the border,
declare myself dangerous
armed with small stones,
praying for the desecration
of the giant
like a Moses in Sinai.
I will use my mouth
as a bomb,
my heart a plane.
Launch rockets from my womb
if that is what is left me.
Emily Dickenson is not my mother.
Do what you want with my clothes,
burn them, bury them.
*The truth behind the Al Dura murder scene is that the IDF went in 24 hours later and bull dozed the evidence, erasing their own tracks. Then they blamed the Palestinian 'gunmen' whom they always blame (victim blaming). The photographer that took the Shot Heard Round The World was awarded a prize by the French Press and Israel denied the Palestinian Photog to travel there to receive the much deserved award for his bravery in documenting the murder of a boy who was being shielded by his father.
I knew then that something 'big' would happen in order that Israel 'redeem' itself from the international attention showered on the truth of the situation...it was then that the US and Zionists allowed the WTC to be attacked and yes, I believe the Saudis were aided and the event was what is called a 'false flag' operation used to take America to war. Just like Amiri Baraka said and was dethroned from his seat as Poet Laureate of ? New Jersey for openly stating that a 'two hour warning' had been sent to Israelis employed in the WTC (not Jews mind you). The Ha'retz (which is now calling for the resignation of the war criminal Ehud Olmert) reported this story regarding the warning.
My awareness of the Palestinian Crisis has never ended and it is exactly that (I was pointing out the way in which the media twists semantics to support the imposed dictatorship called Israel) which one man responded to with a stupid question: What is Zionism. Then he changed it, edited it and was noted as saying: Israel has had such a hard time defending itself. Yeah right buddy. To the tune of 4 billion US Taxpayer dollars per year (an unending river of taxpayer money has poured into Israel since its inception) and as well, an unending stream of powerful weapons, nuclear warheads and triggers, surveillance equipment plus a variety of guided missile systems. Unabated.
Some people are just too happy to bury their heads in the sand.
14.8.06
Titled The End
As I walk through the valley in the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil.
Well, not exactly. I do fear lightning, thunder and centipedes. My grandmother cautioned my mother to place the legs of the crib in cans of water to prevent their ascent. Just this morning, my daughter woke me up and guided me out of the 'guest house' where I was sleeping and into the cabin's kitchen. My eyes weren't completely open and she shoved a cup under my nose to show me the limp, hundred-legged orange and black snake which she captured early in the morning hours, managing to overcome her own fear of bugs and things that can sting a person even after they lay limp and lifeless.
I managed a sleepy shriek and looked her dead in the eye and said what every parent should say to their child in respect to things like that. "Be careful. Those things can ruin your life even after they are dead!"
The myth of the centipedes grasp is an oft told story at our house. The fact that you have to slice them into pieces with a pocket knife even as they climb up your legs and dig into your flesh with their soiled and horned feet. It is well known amongst us but nowdays, stories like that are seldom told to our children and their importance is hardly noticed. Stories of neglect and confusion. The stories of St. Patrick's cathedral where once I stood in the choir loft to sing hymns over the passing of once alive parishioners, the central aisle still covered in the same lawn-colored astroturf where my own mother's coffin lay on expandable metal saw-horses so many years ago. The same church where Lisa and I used to scrape wax off the hard wood floors near the apse for Father Padilla so that he'd give us each a dime for a coke up at the Artic Circle. Now though, one just inserts a bit of silver and the flickering prayer lights just come on, coin-op votives. Is it any wonder about the Catholic Church -why even the smoke and mirrors people have sold out to technologies in which coins teach children to gamble in the arcades in the cities.
I begged my husband yesterday to attend the 9:30. We were walking past St. Pat's and finally, after years and years of hoping to get in the now "mostly locked doors", I got in. It used to be open 24/7 but now it is banker's hours and funerals only, for well-scheduled masses. No more children stopping by at noon on Saturday just to see, "what is up with God today?" No more of that!
The same woman greeted us at the door. She has been greeting Catholics in Bisbee at those same gigantic, bilateral chunks of wood ever since I was a wax-scraping, choir loft-cherishing kid. She never dies. She never gets old and she never tires of smoke and mirrors. The Holy Water sprinkled through the pews by the priests always reaches her. When the attendants respond to the priest as he says, "Peace upon you all," she not only responds but she thrusts her hand out and points her finger at Him as if she is throwing Him a line. The people in the front pews follow her lead and she is the reason they select the front row seats in the first place. I know that is why I chose the fourth pew by the center aisle because I knew she would be close by. I think her name must be Irma.
I pointed out to my Shi'i husband who was unshaved and and had not yet brushed his teeth, the cistern from which I was baptized as an infant. I explained each thing to him as I did a whispery inventory regarding the cash value of all those figurines, some of them life sized! The Virgin and Joseph (whom the priest called the "step father of Lord Jesus) and Jesus himself, perched high on the immense gothic alabaster tabernacle. Priceless to a collector of artifacts and it is no wonder the Church is operated as if the priest is there to curate a museum. And like all museums, it is never open when you need a bit of off-hours inspiration.
It was no surprise to me to see a young woman slide into the pew in front of us dolled up in a halter top which displayed her grapefruit sized breasts and bare back leaving little to the imagination. Anyway, the church goers were mostly women and a few impotent old men, members of the funereal guard called the Knights of Columbus. The altar boy indeed looked almost 70!
We opened our workbooks to August 13, 2006 and I noted with some little surprise that I was finally in church and it was the "19th Week of Ordinary Time," and thought to myself how religious pursuits are mostly a string of bread crumbs distributed by Hansel and Gretel and one has only to follow the trail. The Catholics now refer to Ordinary Time and I suppose it has something to do with Easter and Orders. But there I was thinking, "Ah, Nineteen! I've got your number!"
Then the priest named Larry started talking and although I can do without that sort of thing anymore, captain of my own ship so to speak, I began to listen intently. What were the first words out of his mouth? That 'some people think St. Paul smoked pot'. I had to wonder, does he, Father Larry smoke pot? He sure sounded like he was on some kind of trip and when he poured the wine into the chalice which the elderly altar-assistant had provided to him with such a sense of the sacred, I noticed that the pouring of wine had been amplified by a mike so that every single person all the way to the back pews, could hear the drip-drops of Christ.
As Larry blessed the Eucharist (this man somehow in charge of the safekeeping of secrets that change water into wine and bread into flesh), the first peal of thunder poured through the beautiful transoms of stained-glass, without amplification, during the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time and I thought, al ham'du'lillah.
That was just for me and I watched as Larry lifted his sacred objects halfway over head almost with a sense of trepidation regarding his powers. I disguised my smile with a look of deep consternation and thought to myself how old this house of God really is. How much had happened there to me and the other believers in attendance - housefires to the occassional murder, the burial of my own brother's molester complete with high honors only a year or so ago. I let it pass but cannot let it pass here in this silly story.
At long last everyone, well, almost everyone, got in line for Communion. The whole time I'd been battling the stock responses to the Liturgy that are engraved in the minds of Catholics from a very early age. H'sanna in the Highest, Lamb of God, etc. My husband made as if to get up and get a taste of the wafer but I nudged his knee with my own and told him, mum'nuaaa. Forbidden. You see, he grew up and attended mostly Catholic schools and had played along his entire life so as not to 'stick out' as the only muslim kid in church. Now though, things are different. He was afraid somehow we'd be noticed but I assured him that not everyone takes communion. Those who have not turned over their secrets to the priests in confessions are ostracized. They must wait until another day because they know that they have erred against God or the Church. Yet how many know they've erred against themselves out of ignorance. Who knows because those types don't attend church anymore and most of them don't believe in God either. I almost got in line myself and who wouldn't! The taste of those pressed wafers melting between the roof of the mouth and the tongue, dried breasts of flesh soaked in wine, is mighty tempting. I almost partook of the cheap thrill myself in order to avoid ostracism because most of the believers yesterday in St. Pat's know I am a muslim. They've known me since catechism. Some of us even shared a row in front of Sister Josepha. I'm famous, Bisbee famous which is a special kind of famous.
When the mass was completed, Father Larry did what priests have been taught to do for nearly two millinea and walked down the center aisle like a brideless groom towards the exit. I filed by and stopped in front of Larry as he stood just inside those two great doors saying good bye to his flock, to whomever got close enough or bothered to take the time and I said:
Salaam wa alaikum.
He didn't even hear me or perhaps, he failed to know the proper answer outside the context of his well worn rituals:
Allaiku'wa'salaam.
The End.
As I walk through the valley in the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil.
Well, not exactly. I do fear lightning, thunder and centipedes. My grandmother cautioned my mother to place the legs of the crib in cans of water to prevent their ascent. Just this morning, my daughter woke me up and guided me out of the 'guest house' where I was sleeping and into the cabin's kitchen. My eyes weren't completely open and she shoved a cup under my nose to show me the limp, hundred-legged orange and black snake which she captured early in the morning hours, managing to overcome her own fear of bugs and things that can sting a person even after they lay limp and lifeless.
I managed a sleepy shriek and looked her dead in the eye and said what every parent should say to their child in respect to things like that. "Be careful. Those things can ruin your life even after they are dead!"
The myth of the centipedes grasp is an oft told story at our house. The fact that you have to slice them into pieces with a pocket knife even as they climb up your legs and dig into your flesh with their soiled and horned feet. It is well known amongst us but nowdays, stories like that are seldom told to our children and their importance is hardly noticed. Stories of neglect and confusion. The stories of St. Patrick's cathedral where once I stood in the choir loft to sing hymns over the passing of once alive parishioners, the central aisle still covered in the same lawn-colored astroturf where my own mother's coffin lay on expandable metal saw-horses so many years ago. The same church where Lisa and I used to scrape wax off the hard wood floors near the apse for Father Padilla so that he'd give us each a dime for a coke up at the Artic Circle. Now though, one just inserts a bit of silver and the flickering prayer lights just come on, coin-op votives. Is it any wonder about the Catholic Church -why even the smoke and mirrors people have sold out to technologies in which coins teach children to gamble in the arcades in the cities.
I begged my husband yesterday to attend the 9:30. We were walking past St. Pat's and finally, after years and years of hoping to get in the now "mostly locked doors", I got in. It used to be open 24/7 but now it is banker's hours and funerals only, for well-scheduled masses. No more children stopping by at noon on Saturday just to see, "what is up with God today?" No more of that!
The same woman greeted us at the door. She has been greeting Catholics in Bisbee at those same gigantic, bilateral chunks of wood ever since I was a wax-scraping, choir loft-cherishing kid. She never dies. She never gets old and she never tires of smoke and mirrors. The Holy Water sprinkled through the pews by the priests always reaches her. When the attendants respond to the priest as he says, "Peace upon you all," she not only responds but she thrusts her hand out and points her finger at Him as if she is throwing Him a line. The people in the front pews follow her lead and she is the reason they select the front row seats in the first place. I know that is why I chose the fourth pew by the center aisle because I knew she would be close by. I think her name must be Irma.
I pointed out to my Shi'i husband who was unshaved and and had not yet brushed his teeth, the cistern from which I was baptized as an infant. I explained each thing to him as I did a whispery inventory regarding the cash value of all those figurines, some of them life sized! The Virgin and Joseph (whom the priest called the "step father of Lord Jesus) and Jesus himself, perched high on the immense gothic alabaster tabernacle. Priceless to a collector of artifacts and it is no wonder the Church is operated as if the priest is there to curate a museum. And like all museums, it is never open when you need a bit of off-hours inspiration.
It was no surprise to me to see a young woman slide into the pew in front of us dolled up in a halter top which displayed her grapefruit sized breasts and bare back leaving little to the imagination. Anyway, the church goers were mostly women and a few impotent old men, members of the funereal guard called the Knights of Columbus. The altar boy indeed looked almost 70!
We opened our workbooks to August 13, 2006 and I noted with some little surprise that I was finally in church and it was the "19th Week of Ordinary Time," and thought to myself how religious pursuits are mostly a string of bread crumbs distributed by Hansel and Gretel and one has only to follow the trail. The Catholics now refer to Ordinary Time and I suppose it has something to do with Easter and Orders. But there I was thinking, "Ah, Nineteen! I've got your number!"
Then the priest named Larry started talking and although I can do without that sort of thing anymore, captain of my own ship so to speak, I began to listen intently. What were the first words out of his mouth? That 'some people think St. Paul smoked pot'. I had to wonder, does he, Father Larry smoke pot? He sure sounded like he was on some kind of trip and when he poured the wine into the chalice which the elderly altar-assistant had provided to him with such a sense of the sacred, I noticed that the pouring of wine had been amplified by a mike so that every single person all the way to the back pews, could hear the drip-drops of Christ.
As Larry blessed the Eucharist (this man somehow in charge of the safekeeping of secrets that change water into wine and bread into flesh), the first peal of thunder poured through the beautiful transoms of stained-glass, without amplification, during the Nineteenth Week of Ordinary Time and I thought, al ham'du'lillah.
That was just for me and I watched as Larry lifted his sacred objects halfway over head almost with a sense of trepidation regarding his powers. I disguised my smile with a look of deep consternation and thought to myself how old this house of God really is. How much had happened there to me and the other believers in attendance - housefires to the occassional murder, the burial of my own brother's molester complete with high honors only a year or so ago. I let it pass but cannot let it pass here in this silly story.
At long last everyone, well, almost everyone, got in line for Communion. The whole time I'd been battling the stock responses to the Liturgy that are engraved in the minds of Catholics from a very early age. H'sanna in the Highest, Lamb of God, etc. My husband made as if to get up and get a taste of the wafer but I nudged his knee with my own and told him, mum'nuaaa. Forbidden. You see, he grew up and attended mostly Catholic schools and had played along his entire life so as not to 'stick out' as the only muslim kid in church. Now though, things are different. He was afraid somehow we'd be noticed but I assured him that not everyone takes communion. Those who have not turned over their secrets to the priests in confessions are ostracized. They must wait until another day because they know that they have erred against God or the Church. Yet how many know they've erred against themselves out of ignorance. Who knows because those types don't attend church anymore and most of them don't believe in God either. I almost got in line myself and who wouldn't! The taste of those pressed wafers melting between the roof of the mouth and the tongue, dried breasts of flesh soaked in wine, is mighty tempting. I almost partook of the cheap thrill myself in order to avoid ostracism because most of the believers yesterday in St. Pat's know I am a muslim. They've known me since catechism. Some of us even shared a row in front of Sister Josepha. I'm famous, Bisbee famous which is a special kind of famous.
When the mass was completed, Father Larry did what priests have been taught to do for nearly two millinea and walked down the center aisle like a brideless groom towards the exit. I filed by and stopped in front of Larry as he stood just inside those two great doors saying good bye to his flock, to whomever got close enough or bothered to take the time and I said:
Salaam wa alaikum.
He didn't even hear me or perhaps, he failed to know the proper answer outside the context of his well worn rituals:
Allaiku'wa'salaam.
The End.
From the War Zone Called
The United States of America
United? Hmm. Not really. The journalist who interviewed us the other day is actually a reservist in the Air Force. He has been to Iraq in just the past year. An older man, well traveled and apparently, a Christian. As you can see, even he is willing to provide some of the truths as long as he remains faithful to this Patriotic Code that has been used to divide Americans amongst themselves.
In Ramstein Germany, at that AF base, I had the opportunity to meet with several members of that branch of the military. Nice guys, the cream of the crop. We sat outside the community center where they had set up a station to receive the refugees fleeing Israeli War Crimes in Lebanon. Fine people. All except one young man who was obviously just a jerk regardless of whose side of a war he was or will be fighting on. Jerks are the same regardless of what uniform they wear. Anyway, I had the opportunity to speak candidly with some of these fine young people about things...you know..things. They listened intently but especially two black guys. They were my real audience. There was also a Christian Maronite man, a moderate (yes, the Maronites also have their XENOPHOBES which is a better word to describe those who label all muslims as terrorists etc.).
We discussed both politics and Islam. There was also a young girl with us and her beautiful baby named Lilly.
The young girl was unmarried and had been staying with her muslim family from her father's side in Beirut. She was unmarried and copped to having left the neglectful father of the child in Phoenix, AZ. Oh...she was a cutie and the AF guys thought so too. I knew better though as she had been with us all the way from Beirut and I'd had the opportunity to watch as she demonstrated neglectful patterns of parenting. She had abandoned the tot on the USS Trent for over three hours leaving the people around where she had left the tot sleeping on a cot very worried and concerned. I think she is typical of many young women in America today (like the two girls in my daughter's senior class here)....helpless and with a child to care for. Anyway...the talk amongst the cadets turned to beer and the need to 'get some' because this young mother decided suddenly, at three in the morning GMT +1 that it would be a fine idea to get drunk with a bunch of strangers.
I stepped in and said, much to the surprise of those around me, "No, you don't need beer right now. You have a job to do and take care of Lilly." There was a bit of shock and the jerk looked daggers at me. A real Shaitan in him you see....but the black guys? They were amazed. When we ambled out to the bus that was to carry us to yet another AF cargo plane the two of them ran out onto the tarmac and shook my hand and asked where they could buy my book. I laughed about those Odes and the other, The Book of Warnings and told them...it isn't published yet but when you see it, my face will be there and you'll recognize it. You see, Islam is particularly valuable to blacks who have suffered and continue to suffer racial bigotry. In Islam there isn't such a thing as 'color' in terms of discrimination. All there is is discrimination against belief and non belief. And even then, non believers are treated with all due respect. All due respect until they violate us or our treaties with the Creator. Then they are treated like open enemies. The Shaitan you see, is the OPEN ENEMY of the believer....says so in the Quran. Easy to see for a believer. Very.
That however isn't what I wanted to relate here. At some point during the conversation, the AF cadets or whatever you call them, said to us, "Well at least you are going to a place where there isn't any war."
I said, "To the contrary. Americans are at war in their MINDS."
As we strapped ourselves into the jump seats in the cargo plane I happened to look across the aisle and notice the moderate Maronite Christian (and I say moderate in the sense that he has lived in the US for years and years and hasn't seen the inside of a church in about as long)...I saw him staring at me, his chin low to his chest so that his eyes were aimed up from under half closed lids...I saw him make a quick sign of the Cross as if to show me he wouldn't give up.
Yes, there is a long road ahead for Lebanon and for Islam. Islam wasn't over when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. That, my dear readers, was only the tiny beginning. And hopefully, the middle part will be much more pleasant now that some people on the planet have their thinking caps on.
"Hope the car starts. Hope is all there is." -The Book of Warnings, Darla Whitehead
The United States of America
United? Hmm. Not really. The journalist who interviewed us the other day is actually a reservist in the Air Force. He has been to Iraq in just the past year. An older man, well traveled and apparently, a Christian. As you can see, even he is willing to provide some of the truths as long as he remains faithful to this Patriotic Code that has been used to divide Americans amongst themselves.
In Ramstein Germany, at that AF base, I had the opportunity to meet with several members of that branch of the military. Nice guys, the cream of the crop. We sat outside the community center where they had set up a station to receive the refugees fleeing Israeli War Crimes in Lebanon. Fine people. All except one young man who was obviously just a jerk regardless of whose side of a war he was or will be fighting on. Jerks are the same regardless of what uniform they wear. Anyway, I had the opportunity to speak candidly with some of these fine young people about things...you know..things. They listened intently but especially two black guys. They were my real audience. There was also a Christian Maronite man, a moderate (yes, the Maronites also have their XENOPHOBES which is a better word to describe those who label all muslims as terrorists etc.).
We discussed both politics and Islam. There was also a young girl with us and her beautiful baby named Lilly.
The young girl was unmarried and had been staying with her muslim family from her father's side in Beirut. She was unmarried and copped to having left the neglectful father of the child in Phoenix, AZ. Oh...she was a cutie and the AF guys thought so too. I knew better though as she had been with us all the way from Beirut and I'd had the opportunity to watch as she demonstrated neglectful patterns of parenting. She had abandoned the tot on the USS Trent for over three hours leaving the people around where she had left the tot sleeping on a cot very worried and concerned. I think she is typical of many young women in America today (like the two girls in my daughter's senior class here)....helpless and with a child to care for. Anyway...the talk amongst the cadets turned to beer and the need to 'get some' because this young mother decided suddenly, at three in the morning GMT +1 that it would be a fine idea to get drunk with a bunch of strangers.
I stepped in and said, much to the surprise of those around me, "No, you don't need beer right now. You have a job to do and take care of Lilly." There was a bit of shock and the jerk looked daggers at me. A real Shaitan in him you see....but the black guys? They were amazed. When we ambled out to the bus that was to carry us to yet another AF cargo plane the two of them ran out onto the tarmac and shook my hand and asked where they could buy my book. I laughed about those Odes and the other, The Book of Warnings and told them...it isn't published yet but when you see it, my face will be there and you'll recognize it. You see, Islam is particularly valuable to blacks who have suffered and continue to suffer racial bigotry. In Islam there isn't such a thing as 'color' in terms of discrimination. All there is is discrimination against belief and non belief. And even then, non believers are treated with all due respect. All due respect until they violate us or our treaties with the Creator. Then they are treated like open enemies. The Shaitan you see, is the OPEN ENEMY of the believer....says so in the Quran. Easy to see for a believer. Very.
That however isn't what I wanted to relate here. At some point during the conversation, the AF cadets or whatever you call them, said to us, "Well at least you are going to a place where there isn't any war."
I said, "To the contrary. Americans are at war in their MINDS."
As we strapped ourselves into the jump seats in the cargo plane I happened to look across the aisle and notice the moderate Maronite Christian (and I say moderate in the sense that he has lived in the US for years and years and hasn't seen the inside of a church in about as long)...I saw him staring at me, his chin low to his chest so that his eyes were aimed up from under half closed lids...I saw him make a quick sign of the Cross as if to show me he wouldn't give up.
Yes, there is a long road ahead for Lebanon and for Islam. Islam wasn't over when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. That, my dear readers, was only the tiny beginning. And hopefully, the middle part will be much more pleasant now that some people on the planet have their thinking caps on.
"Hope the car starts. Hope is all there is." -The Book of Warnings, Darla Whitehead
13.8.06
What About Armageddon?
Hmm. Is the moon really all that old? Some say it isn't as old as we think and that the dust layers on its surface hold the clues to the notion that it may be just a passing fancy of the solar system. A meteor trap.
I don't know enough about it yet to go into detail but I do know a bit about the Islamic Armageddon principle.
One can open just about any Sura in the Quran and find reference to the End of Times or what is called "The Hour" . Here is one Sura however that discusses it a whole bunch:
http://www.islam101.com/quran/QTP/QTP025.htm
I choose Pickthal as that is one of the more universally 'non Shi'i' /non 'Sunni' translations by a relatively objective outsider. All Qurans are IDENTICAL and CANONICAL in ARABIC. In English however there are vast differences in semantics and syntax. Words like KHALIFA in a Sunni translated English version are translated as "Humanity" whereas in a pure Shi'i translation that word is left simply as KHALIFA. A Khalifa is the same as a Caliph or, Ruler/Emperor but one whose main focus is regarding the safekeeping of Islam regardless of which country it is that utilizes the Islamic Code of Jurisprudence as its guide to better management of human issues be they spiritual or political or legal. The system of Khalifa seems to have died out with the Ottoman Empire did it not? Well, that is because they weren't the Khalifas mentioned in the Quran. The Khalifa mentioned in the Quran is none other than the first muslim who was born INSIDE the Kaaba, raised near the prophet (literally BY the prophet as he was younger), married the prophet's only daughter, buried the prophet and whose texts are called: Nahj al Balagha (phonetic spelling). The notion of a "Mahdi" is reflected in the continuation of his 'line' of inheritance all the way up to the twelvth "Imam" who is considered to be in "occultation" and is the Messiah whom both Xtians and Jews refer to as either Jesus or some unknown and unborn Israeli. This is really, the essence of Twelver Shi'i Islam, that they follow the 12 Khalifs who inherited the safekeeping of the Quran itself and its application. I think we can all see how horrible Islam can be when it is misapplied and we can all see now how productive it is when it is applied down to the last letter. The reason Nasrallah has been so successful in Southern Lebanon in preventing deaths of Israeli civilians while simultaneously causing massive damage to the Israeli War Machine is that he follows the Law as it is recorded and TAUGHT by the twelve Imams. It is said that Islam is the City of Knowledge and Ali Mu'mineen is the DOOR (the first Imam, the first actual muslim who was never anything else i.e. pagan, Jew, Xtian or otherwise). And it must be noted and ACCEPTED that Islam is a continuation and reflection of the other two systems (and all others headed by prophets including Zorastrianism and Buddhism).
Sura 25 discusses both The Hour and The Day. These are separate issues. The Hour is held to be a time, literally a moment in time, in which the earth will be rent asunder. Violent geophysical details are clearly described such as the utter destruction of all geological landmarks. It is also treated metaphorically in the sense that one could say the Hour is similar to the Hour of one's own death. Sudden, uncontrollable and FINAL. Everyone has their own personal Armageddon it seems and that is their own death. It marks an end to an individuals 'case study'. Like death, no one person, prophet or otherwise, knows the secret of the Hour, be it their own demise or the demise of the entire planet. NO ONE. This is reflected in ALL references to the Hour within the Quran, not just Sura 25 which is called The Criterion.
The Day, on the other hand, is not an earth bound time constrained event. It happens at the same time for all individuals whether they died seven centuries ago or seven minutes ago or, have yet to die. The constraint of TIME is discarded and all beings wake up simultaneousy and feel as if they'd but tarried an hour. To a muslim, it is best described to non muslims as Judgement Day. Many faiths including Islam confuse the two concepts, the Hour and the Day. They are not the same. This has resulted in a bit of confusion and a bit of mudslinging amongst various types of believers worldwide. It has been used to frighten people and they say crazy things regarding interpersonal and international 'judgements' of one person or people upon another. According to Islam, Judgement Day is unavoidable regardless of what faith you aspire to believe in and it is irrevocable.
If you are familiar with Spengler or any other number of modern secular theologians (philosophers), you will notice remnants of this idea of 'cycling' or impermanence versus impermanence of reality as it is evidenced by the cultures in which each of us live. What you will also notice is a failure to discuss Islam until recently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spengler
This type of 'renewal' of Ideals and belief patterns is common to all things save for Islam because it has either escaped detection, been ignored or maybe, isn't OLD ENOUGH to have been applied by enough critical thinkers (in English not in other languages because I assure you, Islamic scholars study all types of man made ideologies including Marxism and Captitalism). Islam is to be (as per the Quran) the final chapter, recited by the final prophet (no more warnings) and is considered to be a book that applies to All Times, past and present. It is concrete evidence of an even higher concept and that is called The Mother of All Books which is inaccessible to human beings limited to five senses plus those of instinct, free will and inspiration (and perhaps more but those are the major influences I see to be at work in most humans AND those three things are used to spread what is called "Propaganda").
Allah relates a sense of Tough Love. There has to be an end to all the warnings found in the immature (not in the offensive sense but the pure definition of the word meaning something 'not fully formed') religions preceeding Islam. The Quran addresses all immature systems and leaves not one of them out including Atheism. Wow, imagine Allah discussing his own "non existence". Don't find that in most common prayer books do you!
One of the very serious consequences of the failure to understand both the Hour and the Day has been that many people (Jerry Falwell for instance) use it to misconstrue violent events of weather or events like the WTC in order to cast judgement on other people because of their failure to be "moral" individuals according to various immature standards. The Quran however states that the Hour is not selective. It plays no favorites:
025.014 Pray not that day for one destruction, but pray for many destructions!
See there? No one escapes it whether it (the Hour) refers to the cessation of all life on this planet (due to whatever extremes of environment at the time like Polar Shift or Asteroid Bombardments from above) or to the death of a single individual. I think we can all agree on that and call it a Truth. No?
For me, that one verse is one of the most powerful wordings in the Quran: thabooran katheeran.
Lots of Beatings, Defeats, Disasters, Destructions.
Not just one, that of an Islamic State or a city like New York (that crazy Babylon that crazy people refer to as an extrapolation from what is known as Revelations in the Bible). The End is for all people, either via our own deaths or via the death of the entire planet. A final irrevocable death.
I used to believe it was the End of the World too. After that crazy 9/11 even secular people began to itch a bit and no doubt about it, governments capitalized using that FEAR. They still are. There are many victims of this Armageddon Skittishness. How did I get over it? Easy. I asked Uncle Jaffer. I said, "Jaffar, do you believe that it is almost the Hour?" He looked at me and laughed and said, "No one knows the Hour you silly girl. No one."
And Peace isn't used for Peace anymore. It is an Ideal that is abused in order to cause war and ceasefire, to enrich oppressors. Peace my friends, isn't achieved via governments, it is achieved through individuals. Not as easy as it ought to be but definitely possible if one tries and refuses to accept propaganda and instead, uses their imagination and their reason. How sad it is that some folks think my "imagination" ought to be obliterated or the imagination of a group of people in South Lebanon who truly believe and truly act to fight hypocrisy risking their reputation, their property, and their lives.
Hmm. Is the moon really all that old? Some say it isn't as old as we think and that the dust layers on its surface hold the clues to the notion that it may be just a passing fancy of the solar system. A meteor trap.
I don't know enough about it yet to go into detail but I do know a bit about the Islamic Armageddon principle.
One can open just about any Sura in the Quran and find reference to the End of Times or what is called "The Hour" . Here is one Sura however that discusses it a whole bunch:
http://www.islam101.com/quran/QTP/QTP025.htm
I choose Pickthal as that is one of the more universally 'non Shi'i' /non 'Sunni' translations by a relatively objective outsider. All Qurans are IDENTICAL and CANONICAL in ARABIC. In English however there are vast differences in semantics and syntax. Words like KHALIFA in a Sunni translated English version are translated as "Humanity" whereas in a pure Shi'i translation that word is left simply as KHALIFA. A Khalifa is the same as a Caliph or, Ruler/Emperor but one whose main focus is regarding the safekeeping of Islam regardless of which country it is that utilizes the Islamic Code of Jurisprudence as its guide to better management of human issues be they spiritual or political or legal. The system of Khalifa seems to have died out with the Ottoman Empire did it not? Well, that is because they weren't the Khalifas mentioned in the Quran. The Khalifa mentioned in the Quran is none other than the first muslim who was born INSIDE the Kaaba, raised near the prophet (literally BY the prophet as he was younger), married the prophet's only daughter, buried the prophet and whose texts are called: Nahj al Balagha (phonetic spelling). The notion of a "Mahdi" is reflected in the continuation of his 'line' of inheritance all the way up to the twelvth "Imam" who is considered to be in "occultation" and is the Messiah whom both Xtians and Jews refer to as either Jesus or some unknown and unborn Israeli. This is really, the essence of Twelver Shi'i Islam, that they follow the 12 Khalifs who inherited the safekeeping of the Quran itself and its application. I think we can all see how horrible Islam can be when it is misapplied and we can all see now how productive it is when it is applied down to the last letter. The reason Nasrallah has been so successful in Southern Lebanon in preventing deaths of Israeli civilians while simultaneously causing massive damage to the Israeli War Machine is that he follows the Law as it is recorded and TAUGHT by the twelve Imams. It is said that Islam is the City of Knowledge and Ali Mu'mineen is the DOOR (the first Imam, the first actual muslim who was never anything else i.e. pagan, Jew, Xtian or otherwise). And it must be noted and ACCEPTED that Islam is a continuation and reflection of the other two systems (and all others headed by prophets including Zorastrianism and Buddhism).
Sura 25 discusses both The Hour and The Day. These are separate issues. The Hour is held to be a time, literally a moment in time, in which the earth will be rent asunder. Violent geophysical details are clearly described such as the utter destruction of all geological landmarks. It is also treated metaphorically in the sense that one could say the Hour is similar to the Hour of one's own death. Sudden, uncontrollable and FINAL. Everyone has their own personal Armageddon it seems and that is their own death. It marks an end to an individuals 'case study'. Like death, no one person, prophet or otherwise, knows the secret of the Hour, be it their own demise or the demise of the entire planet. NO ONE. This is reflected in ALL references to the Hour within the Quran, not just Sura 25 which is called The Criterion.
The Day, on the other hand, is not an earth bound time constrained event. It happens at the same time for all individuals whether they died seven centuries ago or seven minutes ago or, have yet to die. The constraint of TIME is discarded and all beings wake up simultaneousy and feel as if they'd but tarried an hour. To a muslim, it is best described to non muslims as Judgement Day. Many faiths including Islam confuse the two concepts, the Hour and the Day. They are not the same. This has resulted in a bit of confusion and a bit of mudslinging amongst various types of believers worldwide. It has been used to frighten people and they say crazy things regarding interpersonal and international 'judgements' of one person or people upon another. According to Islam, Judgement Day is unavoidable regardless of what faith you aspire to believe in and it is irrevocable.
If you are familiar with Spengler or any other number of modern secular theologians (philosophers), you will notice remnants of this idea of 'cycling' or impermanence versus impermanence of reality as it is evidenced by the cultures in which each of us live. What you will also notice is a failure to discuss Islam until recently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spengler
This type of 'renewal' of Ideals and belief patterns is common to all things save for Islam because it has either escaped detection, been ignored or maybe, isn't OLD ENOUGH to have been applied by enough critical thinkers (in English not in other languages because I assure you, Islamic scholars study all types of man made ideologies including Marxism and Captitalism). Islam is to be (as per the Quran) the final chapter, recited by the final prophet (no more warnings) and is considered to be a book that applies to All Times, past and present. It is concrete evidence of an even higher concept and that is called The Mother of All Books which is inaccessible to human beings limited to five senses plus those of instinct, free will and inspiration (and perhaps more but those are the major influences I see to be at work in most humans AND those three things are used to spread what is called "Propaganda").
Allah relates a sense of Tough Love. There has to be an end to all the warnings found in the immature (not in the offensive sense but the pure definition of the word meaning something 'not fully formed') religions preceeding Islam. The Quran addresses all immature systems and leaves not one of them out including Atheism. Wow, imagine Allah discussing his own "non existence". Don't find that in most common prayer books do you!
One of the very serious consequences of the failure to understand both the Hour and the Day has been that many people (Jerry Falwell for instance) use it to misconstrue violent events of weather or events like the WTC in order to cast judgement on other people because of their failure to be "moral" individuals according to various immature standards. The Quran however states that the Hour is not selective. It plays no favorites:
025.014 Pray not that day for one destruction, but pray for many destructions!
See there? No one escapes it whether it (the Hour) refers to the cessation of all life on this planet (due to whatever extremes of environment at the time like Polar Shift or Asteroid Bombardments from above) or to the death of a single individual. I think we can all agree on that and call it a Truth. No?
For me, that one verse is one of the most powerful wordings in the Quran: thabooran katheeran.
Lots of Beatings, Defeats, Disasters, Destructions.
Not just one, that of an Islamic State or a city like New York (that crazy Babylon that crazy people refer to as an extrapolation from what is known as Revelations in the Bible). The End is for all people, either via our own deaths or via the death of the entire planet. A final irrevocable death.
I used to believe it was the End of the World too. After that crazy 9/11 even secular people began to itch a bit and no doubt about it, governments capitalized using that FEAR. They still are. There are many victims of this Armageddon Skittishness. How did I get over it? Easy. I asked Uncle Jaffer. I said, "Jaffar, do you believe that it is almost the Hour?" He looked at me and laughed and said, "No one knows the Hour you silly girl. No one."
And Peace isn't used for Peace anymore. It is an Ideal that is abused in order to cause war and ceasefire, to enrich oppressors. Peace my friends, isn't achieved via governments, it is achieved through individuals. Not as easy as it ought to be but definitely possible if one tries and refuses to accept propaganda and instead, uses their imagination and their reason. How sad it is that some folks think my "imagination" ought to be obliterated or the imagination of a group of people in South Lebanon who truly believe and truly act to fight hypocrisy risking their reputation, their property, and their lives.
12.8.06
Weather Report
No Armageddon today. Tomorrow. Talk about the moon and moon dust and Hubble telescopes.
Today is for shopping. My daughter, who has plagued me with plans to return to the Gulf (or thereabouts) in order to hang out with someone she hopes to marry....oh...I didn't want her to go alone into that war.
I realized three days ago that it is impossible to convince a young woman of the dangers when she is in love.
Impossible. So I let it go to the Creator, as we did in Turkey once many years ago.... we had become lost one afternoon in the rain while trying to get out of the maze called Constantinople and back then, all at once, when we let it go we bumped into a man who took us out of that city and took us to a point where he stated, "You'll have no problems after this point." And we didn't, we made it to Izmir during a violent rain at three a.m......I just let it go and we decided to let her go back into the war and seek her destiny regardless of what the risks are to a good young woman's soul and her body. We didn't inform her (my husband and I) of our decision to turn her loose to destiny, single and vulnerable as she is....
And whaddya know!
Within twelve hours she came to us and informed us that she was going to get married to Sami. Sami. Poor young man. He was imprisoned for four days during this itty bitty ordeal Israel has foist upon the Free Country to their north called Lebanon. He was imprisoned and beaten, blindfolded and handcuffed. The best part though is that he reported that his interrogators forced him to "pick up soggy potatoes". Why was he imprisoned for four days? Easy. The citizens of Lebanon were rounding up Mossad agents and they thought he was one. Nice story, nice ending. The best part is the part when I told her that we were going to set her free anyway to seek what it is a person must find all by themself.
So we are going to Tucson to buy her trousseau. And, a nice trunk. Samsonite or maybe something even more fine.
No Armageddon today. Tomorrow. Talk about the moon and moon dust and Hubble telescopes.
Today is for shopping. My daughter, who has plagued me with plans to return to the Gulf (or thereabouts) in order to hang out with someone she hopes to marry....oh...I didn't want her to go alone into that war.
I realized three days ago that it is impossible to convince a young woman of the dangers when she is in love.
Impossible. So I let it go to the Creator, as we did in Turkey once many years ago.... we had become lost one afternoon in the rain while trying to get out of the maze called Constantinople and back then, all at once, when we let it go we bumped into a man who took us out of that city and took us to a point where he stated, "You'll have no problems after this point." And we didn't, we made it to Izmir during a violent rain at three a.m......I just let it go and we decided to let her go back into the war and seek her destiny regardless of what the risks are to a good young woman's soul and her body. We didn't inform her (my husband and I) of our decision to turn her loose to destiny, single and vulnerable as she is....
And whaddya know!
Within twelve hours she came to us and informed us that she was going to get married to Sami. Sami. Poor young man. He was imprisoned for four days during this itty bitty ordeal Israel has foist upon the Free Country to their north called Lebanon. He was imprisoned and beaten, blindfolded and handcuffed. The best part though is that he reported that his interrogators forced him to "pick up soggy potatoes". Why was he imprisoned for four days? Easy. The citizens of Lebanon were rounding up Mossad agents and they thought he was one. Nice story, nice ending. The best part is the part when I told her that we were going to set her free anyway to seek what it is a person must find all by themself.
So we are going to Tucson to buy her trousseau. And, a nice trunk. Samsonite or maybe something even more fine.
THE WEATHER REPORT
Israel says it will rain Tuesday so it will.
Here, the weather-girls are more about glamour,
because in Lebanon we know it will rain
sooner or later just don't know when
and want to look good when it does.
But Israel knows! They have balloons
up in the sky and yesterday, at the school
for retarded kids an F-16 signed
the bright, blue warm-front sky,
the surf was still a pretty mirror;
the waves hadn't conducted a weather report
of lapping generously at the kiln-y rocks
the ones DISplaced there without reason,
the disjointed buildings still disrepairing
to the sea and the sea wrecks
that must be there.The rebar girders
jut out of ocean front property of lichen
splotched war rubble, the smooth stones and trash,
all the salty modern shrapnel.
All of it there in a calm loaminess.
Tuesday, it will rain. We all agree on that one.
Tomorrow though, Armageddon or rather, just talking about that democrazy idea.
Boy am I tired. Like, if Armageddon came tomorrow I'd have to take a RAIN CHECK.
The Israeli kind.
Israel says it will rain Tuesday so it will.
Here, the weather-girls are more about glamour,
because in Lebanon we know it will rain
sooner or later just don't know when
and want to look good when it does.
But Israel knows! They have balloons
up in the sky and yesterday, at the school
for retarded kids an F-16 signed
the bright, blue warm-front sky,
the surf was still a pretty mirror;
the waves hadn't conducted a weather report
of lapping generously at the kiln-y rocks
the ones DISplaced there without reason,
the disjointed buildings still disrepairing
to the sea and the sea wrecks
that must be there.The rebar girders
jut out of ocean front property of lichen
splotched war rubble, the smooth stones and trash,
all the salty modern shrapnel.
All of it there in a calm loaminess.
Tuesday, it will rain. We all agree on that one.
Tomorrow though, Armageddon or rather, just talking about that democrazy idea.
Boy am I tired. Like, if Armageddon came tomorrow I'd have to take a RAIN CHECK.
The Israeli kind.
11.8.06
Ideals Called Peace and Called Armageddon
I'm relatively certain we all understand the notion of an "ideal". A Nietschze based euphemism for a pagan idol. Therefore, I won't delve into further definition of that truth exposed by that truly great 'philosopher' which is best described by me to anyone who reads here as a 'secular theologian' as opposed to Hawking who is a 'scientific theologian'.
Poets in general, are and ought to be concerned with both Peace and Armageddon as ideals that they address in their work, absolutely. Other concepts which are not ideals are also of importance or ought to be, to poets and theologians, are those of Time and Death. What many people don't know is that most modern Shi'i theologians are also poets. One of my favorite Shi'i theologians and poet is Sheihk Fadallah, a Lebanese Shi'i. Mr. Fadallah was the target of a Mossad assassination attempt in the 1980s due to the depth of his understanding of the problem revolving around the idea of Judaism versus Zionism and his willingness to address it publicly. In that assassination attempt, the Mossad managed to kill nearly or perhaps it was more than, eighty innocent bystanders, completely missing their target. We can all see how impotent they are when it comes to the Shi'i.
http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id453/pg1/
"The Church Committee in 1975 uncovered many instances whereby the CIA had either planned an assassination, or backed one, doing away with such luminaries as president Patrice Lumumba, (Congo) president Salvador Allende (Chile) Che Guevara, president Rafael Trujillo, (Dominican Republic) and many attempts on president Fidel Castro. In the case of Lumumba, US President Eisenhower had ordered his assassination, but according to the CIA, Lumumba's domestic enemies got to him before the CIA's hit-men could kill him.
William Blum lists 42 successful and not-so-successful assassinations by the CIA and other US agencies in his outstanding expose Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II (Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1995). In one US assassination attempt, on Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadallah, a Lebanese Shiite leader, eighty people were killed."
Time and Death are not ideals, they are constraints imposed on this existence by the creator. They are not ideals, they are 'relative' facts.
Peace, on the other hand, is not a constraint nor a fact nor a 'constant' even. Peace is an Ideal. Peace, as in Pacifism, is a notion thrust upon us by those who wish to oppress us by exploiting the innate goodness in almost all individuals. Perhaps there are some individuals who lack this variable, that of 'goodness' i.e. the psychopathic killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Peace, in a world composed of how many billions of weapons weilding and selling individuals, is impossible however, it is imposed on humans as if they ought to be able to achieve it when in fact, those imposing it upon them are the same individuals who profit from the techniques of war and by deduction, the 'peacetimes' that are the inevitable outcome of things such as ceasefires and treaties. By extension, in this generation of humanity, Democracy is used to impose constraints on the freedom of indigenous populations by the dominant culture, the Western and it is called Peace. Statistics favorable to the support of such ideals are sought after and all other indications that it is a failed human strategy and ideology are neglected. As it most recently has been in Palestine when the 'democratically' elected leaders were forced into prison and exile.
From Sura Al Baqra or The Cow:
2.9 They (who profess belief with the tongue only) pretend to Allah and to the believers the contrary of what they have in their minds; (By doing so) they deceive none but themselves but they perceive it not.
2.10 Their mental faculties are distempered and disordered. Allah worsened their pathological condition (according to His Laws) and they will suffer a distressful retribution because of the chronic conflict between what they assert and what is deep down in their minds.
2.11 And when it is said to them, “Do not cause corruption or disorder in the land [or do not make mischief and disrupt peace, order and balance of the society and the world]”, they say, “We are but reformers [redressing the systems and setting things right.
For a muslim, peace isn't about the absence of WAR. Peace is the notion of submission to the laws of Allah and by extension, Allah's creation, the universe. Peace is the willingness to face judgement on Judgement Day regarding one's actions and those do include actions associated with war times. Where non muslims refer to the failed Geneva Conventions, muslims refer to the Quran.
Armageddon. Now what exactly is that myth! Is it a myth? No one knows really but it has been used to exploit the above concepts to convince so many people worldwide that they are engaged in various modern conflicts tailor made by the creator to end life as we know it.
(to be continued)
I'm relatively certain we all understand the notion of an "ideal". A Nietschze based euphemism for a pagan idol. Therefore, I won't delve into further definition of that truth exposed by that truly great 'philosopher' which is best described by me to anyone who reads here as a 'secular theologian' as opposed to Hawking who is a 'scientific theologian'.
Poets in general, are and ought to be concerned with both Peace and Armageddon as ideals that they address in their work, absolutely. Other concepts which are not ideals are also of importance or ought to be, to poets and theologians, are those of Time and Death. What many people don't know is that most modern Shi'i theologians are also poets. One of my favorite Shi'i theologians and poet is Sheihk Fadallah, a Lebanese Shi'i. Mr. Fadallah was the target of a Mossad assassination attempt in the 1980s due to the depth of his understanding of the problem revolving around the idea of Judaism versus Zionism and his willingness to address it publicly. In that assassination attempt, the Mossad managed to kill nearly or perhaps it was more than, eighty innocent bystanders, completely missing their target. We can all see how impotent they are when it comes to the Shi'i.
http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id453/pg1/
"The Church Committee in 1975 uncovered many instances whereby the CIA had either planned an assassination, or backed one, doing away with such luminaries as president Patrice Lumumba, (Congo) president Salvador Allende (Chile) Che Guevara, president Rafael Trujillo, (Dominican Republic) and many attempts on president Fidel Castro. In the case of Lumumba, US President Eisenhower had ordered his assassination, but according to the CIA, Lumumba's domestic enemies got to him before the CIA's hit-men could kill him.
William Blum lists 42 successful and not-so-successful assassinations by the CIA and other US agencies in his outstanding expose Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II (Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1995). In one US assassination attempt, on Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadallah, a Lebanese Shiite leader, eighty people were killed."
Time and Death are not ideals, they are constraints imposed on this existence by the creator. They are not ideals, they are 'relative' facts.
Peace, on the other hand, is not a constraint nor a fact nor a 'constant' even. Peace is an Ideal. Peace, as in Pacifism, is a notion thrust upon us by those who wish to oppress us by exploiting the innate goodness in almost all individuals. Perhaps there are some individuals who lack this variable, that of 'goodness' i.e. the psychopathic killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Peace, in a world composed of how many billions of weapons weilding and selling individuals, is impossible however, it is imposed on humans as if they ought to be able to achieve it when in fact, those imposing it upon them are the same individuals who profit from the techniques of war and by deduction, the 'peacetimes' that are the inevitable outcome of things such as ceasefires and treaties. By extension, in this generation of humanity, Democracy is used to impose constraints on the freedom of indigenous populations by the dominant culture, the Western and it is called Peace. Statistics favorable to the support of such ideals are sought after and all other indications that it is a failed human strategy and ideology are neglected. As it most recently has been in Palestine when the 'democratically' elected leaders were forced into prison and exile.
From Sura Al Baqra or The Cow:
2.9 They (who profess belief with the tongue only) pretend to Allah and to the believers the contrary of what they have in their minds; (By doing so) they deceive none but themselves but they perceive it not.
2.10 Their mental faculties are distempered and disordered. Allah worsened their pathological condition (according to His Laws) and they will suffer a distressful retribution because of the chronic conflict between what they assert and what is deep down in their minds.
2.11 And when it is said to them, “Do not cause corruption or disorder in the land [or do not make mischief and disrupt peace, order and balance of the society and the world]”, they say, “We are but reformers [redressing the systems and setting things right.
For a muslim, peace isn't about the absence of WAR. Peace is the notion of submission to the laws of Allah and by extension, Allah's creation, the universe. Peace is the willingness to face judgement on Judgement Day regarding one's actions and those do include actions associated with war times. Where non muslims refer to the failed Geneva Conventions, muslims refer to the Quran.
Armageddon. Now what exactly is that myth! Is it a myth? No one knows really but it has been used to exploit the above concepts to convince so many people worldwide that they are engaged in various modern conflicts tailor made by the creator to end life as we know it.
(to be continued)
10.8.06
Kirby Olson's Brilliant Question
What about the rights of Palestinians in Lebanon.
Nice job Kirby. Sorry for the attacks. You don't deserve them, you are naive.
A euphemism dear Ron Silliman for ignorance. As a Language centered poet, one who thinks exotic is an extension of my personal bigotry, you must appreciate that!
As I have pointed out in the comments section, Lebanon is a floundering state recovering from the last Zionist oppression in which the Zionists literally PAID the Christian minority here to imprison and torture muslims. Khiam prison it is called and Kirby, I urge you to study the exotic flair of that joint. Three million US dollars a month (dollars likely given personally by every tax paying American) to run a prison under the umbrella of the Zionist Oppressors in which men had their penises electrocuted. Nevermind about naked Corso in the shower with my old acquaintances (rather, my sister's acquaintences) Orlovsky and Ginsberg.
EDIT: The CHRISTIAN Palestinians WERE given citizenship Kirby by the Oppressing Christian Minority in Lebanon. Did you not know that? Why were THEY preferred over others? Hopefully you can at least do that part of the argument by yourself. And no Kirby, not all Sufis are dead.
Now, if you are suggesting that Lebanon might be able to address the needs of muslims by becoming an Islamic State...well then we can talk. But I know that due to your personal bigotry against muslims, that idea is as distasteful to you as the notion of a Jewish state, based on ethocentric genetic bigotry is, to me as a muslim.
In fact, a state based on genetic details of "Jewishness" ought to be distasteful to everyone who has a brain.
Why isn't it? Well Kirby, why don't you tell me. Then we can address the rights of muslims within free muslim states.
And btw Kirby, Lebanon just might convert to an Islamic state if the Zionists keep up their murderous ethnic cleansing in south Lebanon. Please don't be alarmed though. I assure you, they would see you as naive just as I do.
God bless the ignorant.
What about the rights of Palestinians in Lebanon.
Nice job Kirby. Sorry for the attacks. You don't deserve them, you are naive.
A euphemism dear Ron Silliman for ignorance. As a Language centered poet, one who thinks exotic is an extension of my personal bigotry, you must appreciate that!
As I have pointed out in the comments section, Lebanon is a floundering state recovering from the last Zionist oppression in which the Zionists literally PAID the Christian minority here to imprison and torture muslims. Khiam prison it is called and Kirby, I urge you to study the exotic flair of that joint. Three million US dollars a month (dollars likely given personally by every tax paying American) to run a prison under the umbrella of the Zionist Oppressors in which men had their penises electrocuted. Nevermind about naked Corso in the shower with my old acquaintances (rather, my sister's acquaintences) Orlovsky and Ginsberg.
EDIT: The CHRISTIAN Palestinians WERE given citizenship Kirby by the Oppressing Christian Minority in Lebanon. Did you not know that? Why were THEY preferred over others? Hopefully you can at least do that part of the argument by yourself. And no Kirby, not all Sufis are dead.
Now, if you are suggesting that Lebanon might be able to address the needs of muslims by becoming an Islamic State...well then we can talk. But I know that due to your personal bigotry against muslims, that idea is as distasteful to you as the notion of a Jewish state, based on ethocentric genetic bigotry is, to me as a muslim.
In fact, a state based on genetic details of "Jewishness" ought to be distasteful to everyone who has a brain.
Why isn't it? Well Kirby, why don't you tell me. Then we can address the rights of muslims within free muslim states.
And btw Kirby, Lebanon just might convert to an Islamic state if the Zionists keep up their murderous ethnic cleansing in south Lebanon. Please don't be alarmed though. I assure you, they would see you as naive just as I do.
God bless the ignorant.
THE STORY OF ISRAELI DUNGEONS AND THE NAMELESS
PALESTINIAN VICTIMS OF ISRAELI HATREDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWeHmdWyPw
Hezbollah, regardless of WHAT CNN is telling you, is now more popular with the WORLD than any single group currently fighting world wide "democratic" style OPPRESSION and HYPOCRISY.
TS, the reason your comments were so inflammatory to me, as a muslim, is because you betrayed something not only of your ignorance but of your innate bigotry and indoctrination and obvious loyalty to the Zionist Controlled Media.
The FACT is, CNN CANNOT report the truth to the US viewing public. In fact, today, I literally heard Wolf Blitzer calling Hezbollah INSURGENTS.
Wha?
In their OWN country? Man. Furthermore, another commentator stated that IRAN ENGINEERED THIS SHI'I MUSLIM GENOCIDE. Now, that is not only crazy but DEMOCRAZY.
Another personal perception I have had of late is that the same media that is lying to you about this monumental Israeli defeat and now, this heinous Israeli HATE CRIME, is that previous to this, that media hoped to introduce the populations of the world to Islam gradually. And hence, take credit for its arrival.
Islam is more powerful than that you see. More powerful than the muslims themselves. Islam defeats an individual without pointing a gun by implementing a logic that is without one flaw. Just like the universe which the Quran describes as having been created without "any gaps in it" and sheesh...go ask any astrophysicist about that! Ever hear of a Black Hole? Well, that whole idea emanates from the fact that the universe has far more 'space' in it and unity than can be attributed to the dinky amount of matter in it. Actually, the universe, technically, should have collapsed a long time ago or evaporated into a nefarious cloud of gas. I didn't say so. Stephen Hawking did.
And by the way, Hezbollah IS in the government of Lebanon. ELECTED.
Therefore, Israel has managed to twist almost every report of violence in the Middle East to associate every single act with Hezbollah AND MISREPRESENT THEM AS TERRORIST. Listen up, Hezbollah represents the people of south Lebanon in government and now, on the world stage. Nasrallah has CHANGED THE WORLD by implementing legitimate warfare agains ta scheming population of Fascists.. The ONLY thing Hezbollah is GUILTY of, is beating the Fascist Israeli Government the FIRST time. And that was the very first time the Fasciist Israeli BULLIES took on the Shi'i. This is the second.time and it will be the second defeat. You see, in the past, Israel took on the Sunni and then bought the Sunni after defeating the Sunni (Jordan, Egypt and Syria).
And after these monsters finish with their unbelievable HATE CRIME, the Crime Scene will demonstrate the level of Israeli hatred towards all Arabs. The only problem that I see is that now that these monsters are cornered, they will stop at nothing. Iran? One hopes not. One truly hopes not but we muslims accept this plan not of human origin that is tailor made by Israel's own hands to betray their true character to the world.
PALESTINIAN VICTIMS OF ISRAELI HATREDS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mWeHmdWyPw
Hezbollah, regardless of WHAT CNN is telling you, is now more popular with the WORLD than any single group currently fighting world wide "democratic" style OPPRESSION and HYPOCRISY.
TS, the reason your comments were so inflammatory to me, as a muslim, is because you betrayed something not only of your ignorance but of your innate bigotry and indoctrination and obvious loyalty to the Zionist Controlled Media.
The FACT is, CNN CANNOT report the truth to the US viewing public. In fact, today, I literally heard Wolf Blitzer calling Hezbollah INSURGENTS.
Wha?
In their OWN country? Man. Furthermore, another commentator stated that IRAN ENGINEERED THIS SHI'I MUSLIM GENOCIDE. Now, that is not only crazy but DEMOCRAZY.
Another personal perception I have had of late is that the same media that is lying to you about this monumental Israeli defeat and now, this heinous Israeli HATE CRIME, is that previous to this, that media hoped to introduce the populations of the world to Islam gradually. And hence, take credit for its arrival.
Islam is more powerful than that you see. More powerful than the muslims themselves. Islam defeats an individual without pointing a gun by implementing a logic that is without one flaw. Just like the universe which the Quran describes as having been created without "any gaps in it" and sheesh...go ask any astrophysicist about that! Ever hear of a Black Hole? Well, that whole idea emanates from the fact that the universe has far more 'space' in it and unity than can be attributed to the dinky amount of matter in it. Actually, the universe, technically, should have collapsed a long time ago or evaporated into a nefarious cloud of gas. I didn't say so. Stephen Hawking did.
And by the way, Hezbollah IS in the government of Lebanon. ELECTED.
Therefore, Israel has managed to twist almost every report of violence in the Middle East to associate every single act with Hezbollah AND MISREPRESENT THEM AS TERRORIST. Listen up, Hezbollah represents the people of south Lebanon in government and now, on the world stage. Nasrallah has CHANGED THE WORLD by implementing legitimate warfare agains ta scheming population of Fascists.. The ONLY thing Hezbollah is GUILTY of, is beating the Fascist Israeli Government the FIRST time. And that was the very first time the Fasciist Israeli BULLIES took on the Shi'i. This is the second.time and it will be the second defeat. You see, in the past, Israel took on the Sunni and then bought the Sunni after defeating the Sunni (Jordan, Egypt and Syria).
And after these monsters finish with their unbelievable HATE CRIME, the Crime Scene will demonstrate the level of Israeli hatred towards all Arabs. The only problem that I see is that now that these monsters are cornered, they will stop at nothing. Iran? One hopes not. One truly hopes not but we muslims accept this plan not of human origin that is tailor made by Israel's own hands to betray their true character to the world.
9.8.06
Silliman Cannot Print My Words Due To His Own Embarrassment
And no, I don't hate anyone. I am only DISGUSTED at their hypocrisy and bigotry towards muslims for no other reason than we actually DO believe in Allah and have proof of Allah's existence. Disgusted.
I evacuated because I do not have the right to decide for my children in terms of dying for what I believe in. Otherwise, I'd prefer to be there.
America is not only messed up guys, it is COLLAPSING. My daughter in her two days of school here noticed:
2 unmarried teenage mothers in her homeroom
the majority of high school teenagers either using drugs and alcohol openly or talking about using them
2 young boys playing the choking game out in the open by one of the facility's buildings
Man. America isn't only collapsing, it has already collapsed.
America is no better than Africa.
Welcome to the THIRD WORLD America.
Hope you like it. You created it.
And no, I don't hate anyone. I am only DISGUSTED at their hypocrisy and bigotry towards muslims for no other reason than we actually DO believe in Allah and have proof of Allah's existence. Disgusted.
I evacuated because I do not have the right to decide for my children in terms of dying for what I believe in. Otherwise, I'd prefer to be there.
America is not only messed up guys, it is COLLAPSING. My daughter in her two days of school here noticed:
2 unmarried teenage mothers in her homeroom
the majority of high school teenagers either using drugs and alcohol openly or talking about using them
2 young boys playing the choking game out in the open by one of the facility's buildings
Man. America isn't only collapsing, it has already collapsed.
America is no better than Africa.
Welcome to the THIRD WORLD America.
Hope you like it. You created it.
Thanks Kirby Olson for remembering me to your flabby poet pals over at Sillimania.
And that's okay, I never held it against you that you said I was like "Osama Bin Laden"...I figured you were just dumb and nice.
I'm married to a Lebanese. A Shi'i. From the south. My home there may not be standing now. No one knows. It is roughly a five minute drive over a hill to the worst of the fighting. I am also a fairly knowledgeable observer of politics. It is a hobby of mine and has been for a long time. While you guys were busy reading Paris Match, I was reading Ha'retz. Imagine that!
But honestly, could you for ONCE get a few details right?
Curtis,First she backed the intervention in Iraq and then she didn't.She's married to a man from Africa (I think he's from a sub-Saharan country so is unlikely to be Arabic, but he IS Muslim).She got out of Beirut Lebanon because the place is being strafed by Israeli warplanes and all kinds of people are being hit from the air. It's kind of hard to check passports when you're flying at a thousand miles an hour and dropping bombs willy nilly.I think it's likely that Americans are going to be captured and beheaded by the other side soon, and they too won't care whether or not she's a Muslim. Especially since she can't speak Arabic. At any rate, I think she made a wise decision to hop on board the USS Trent.At any rate, I think her perceptions are shifting. Read her blog! I don't know if she's ready for St. Elizabeth's yet, but she's well on her way.
Hmm. So I'm crazy for crying RAPE here Kirby? You sure about that? Um, well...lets take a look at this HOLOCAUST in a month or so shall we? When the dust settles and all the children can be dug out of their shallow graves or from under their homes where they were murdered by Zionist TERRORISTS.
I mean, you are not only dumb but you support genocide. Wow. What a surprise.
More flabby poets than you can shake a stick at on the internet. Worried about getting published I suppose.
And yes, I did support democracy in Iraq because I have a THOROUGH understanding of the original problem within Islam. THOROUGH. Not like yours, superficial and wan. You see Kirbs, the original problem is about the word of God versus the conspiracies of Men. The Shi'i of course, are on the side of God...ask any Sunni and they'l l tell you. But in Iraq, it was pretty clear that the Sunni/Shi'i conflict could not be resolved by either party (via a religious agreement to 'disagree') so democrazy was the next best thing (and isn't democrazy the next best thing?...even Iran's constitution reflects the notion of democrazy and guarantees Jews seats in the legislative areas).
But if you might rewind your tapes for a minute...did I not tell you that when that Shi'i mosque was bombed in Iraq, that it CHANGED the war?
Or weren't you listening?
I'm sure it is quite a shock to most of you. Rather, ALL of you, including Joe and Co....but hey.....the Shi'i have such a FINE understanding of religious history that we can practically tell the future. I wish it wasn't so of course because the future I would reveal to you now is not very nice.
That is why I'll keep it to myself for now.
And that is why you ought to do better research when discussing my hahahaha "African" husband. Do you realize how bigoted you are? I guess the idea of an African is just the most EXOTIC thing you could substitute in your simple mind for FACTS.
And that's okay, I never held it against you that you said I was like "Osama Bin Laden"...I figured you were just dumb and nice.
I'm married to a Lebanese. A Shi'i. From the south. My home there may not be standing now. No one knows. It is roughly a five minute drive over a hill to the worst of the fighting. I am also a fairly knowledgeable observer of politics. It is a hobby of mine and has been for a long time. While you guys were busy reading Paris Match, I was reading Ha'retz. Imagine that!
But honestly, could you for ONCE get a few details right?
Curtis,First she backed the intervention in Iraq and then she didn't.She's married to a man from Africa (I think he's from a sub-Saharan country so is unlikely to be Arabic, but he IS Muslim).She got out of Beirut Lebanon because the place is being strafed by Israeli warplanes and all kinds of people are being hit from the air. It's kind of hard to check passports when you're flying at a thousand miles an hour and dropping bombs willy nilly.I think it's likely that Americans are going to be captured and beheaded by the other side soon, and they too won't care whether or not she's a Muslim. Especially since she can't speak Arabic. At any rate, I think she made a wise decision to hop on board the USS Trent.At any rate, I think her perceptions are shifting. Read her blog! I don't know if she's ready for St. Elizabeth's yet, but she's well on her way.
Hmm. So I'm crazy for crying RAPE here Kirby? You sure about that? Um, well...lets take a look at this HOLOCAUST in a month or so shall we? When the dust settles and all the children can be dug out of their shallow graves or from under their homes where they were murdered by Zionist TERRORISTS.
I mean, you are not only dumb but you support genocide. Wow. What a surprise.
More flabby poets than you can shake a stick at on the internet. Worried about getting published I suppose.
And yes, I did support democracy in Iraq because I have a THOROUGH understanding of the original problem within Islam. THOROUGH. Not like yours, superficial and wan. You see Kirbs, the original problem is about the word of God versus the conspiracies of Men. The Shi'i of course, are on the side of God...ask any Sunni and they'l l tell you. But in Iraq, it was pretty clear that the Sunni/Shi'i conflict could not be resolved by either party (via a religious agreement to 'disagree') so democrazy was the next best thing (and isn't democrazy the next best thing?...even Iran's constitution reflects the notion of democrazy and guarantees Jews seats in the legislative areas).
But if you might rewind your tapes for a minute...did I not tell you that when that Shi'i mosque was bombed in Iraq, that it CHANGED the war?
Or weren't you listening?
I'm sure it is quite a shock to most of you. Rather, ALL of you, including Joe and Co....but hey.....the Shi'i have such a FINE understanding of religious history that we can practically tell the future. I wish it wasn't so of course because the future I would reveal to you now is not very nice.
That is why I'll keep it to myself for now.
And that is why you ought to do better research when discussing my hahahaha "African" husband. Do you realize how bigoted you are? I guess the idea of an African is just the most EXOTIC thing you could substitute in your simple mind for FACTS.
The Buttoning Of The Coats
Listen to this
nothing
outside
not even a dog barking
planes not flying
off the tarmac
some kind of hum
from the freeway
not much really
but so incessant
honk
listless unimportant
as we all are
on the couches
the crematoriums.
Aleutians
where are they again?
Listen
to the buttoning
of the coats.
I think it so humorous to read that some people think Allah can only be spoken about in secret places like their homes (and those quoted as saying that do not likely speak about religion in their home and leave their daughters unguided and children vulnerable to all sorts of things in the world). You have no understanding. Blinded so to speak. At first JG, this troubled me but now, after witnessing your sheer hatefulness....I'm rather glad that you are not only blind but mentally handicapped as well.
Too bad for your children though. Truly, it is a shame how many people leave their children to grow up to follow society's rules "like cattle and sheep". All the while, they accuse everyone else of being part of a "herd".
Well, guess what. You are Grade A Mutton.
Listen to this
nothing
outside
not even a dog barking
planes not flying
off the tarmac
some kind of hum
from the freeway
not much really
but so incessant
honk
listless unimportant
as we all are
on the couches
the crematoriums.
Aleutians
where are they again?
Listen
to the buttoning
of the coats.
I think it so humorous to read that some people think Allah can only be spoken about in secret places like their homes (and those quoted as saying that do not likely speak about religion in their home and leave their daughters unguided and children vulnerable to all sorts of things in the world). You have no understanding. Blinded so to speak. At first JG, this troubled me but now, after witnessing your sheer hatefulness....I'm rather glad that you are not only blind but mentally handicapped as well.
Too bad for your children though. Truly, it is a shame how many people leave their children to grow up to follow society's rules "like cattle and sheep". All the while, they accuse everyone else of being part of a "herd".
Well, guess what. You are Grade A Mutton.
7.8.06
What About Mars?
No more problems says the package
the cure came in, no more
warning labels and the price tag
no longer legible. It began
with flashy children and fast cars
then people started talking
about the leftover stuff
after the move out,
wondered what would happen
to the crystal ball and Japanese flag.
Where to put Mars now?
Whose house next?
Well, I guess we know the answer to this one!
No more problems says the package
the cure came in, no more
warning labels and the price tag
no longer legible. It began
with flashy children and fast cars
then people started talking
about the leftover stuff
after the move out,
wondered what would happen
to the crystal ball and Japanese flag.
Where to put Mars now?
Whose house next?
Well, I guess we know the answer to this one!
6.8.06
Well, excuse me. I must get ready for the Wick Poetry Center Reading this evening. I guess you must know that I will be making a political statement.
It is only too sad that the Jewish community in the United States has failed to produce a statement of condemnation in regards to the massive War Crime being carried out by the rabid dog Olmert of Israel with the aid of the senile "dove" and perpetrator of the King David Hotel bombings, Shimon Peres
And when we reconnoiter with the US Marine Barracks, let us also reconnoiter with the fact that at the time, US warships were bombarding Palestinian and Shi'i neighborhoods in the SAME neighborhoods that Israel has completely destroyed in the past two weeks. The Americans SHOT first even though they were present in Lebanon to supposedly facilitate the transport of Arafat and the PLO from Beirut. The US at that time helped the genocidalist Christian president to oppress and suppress the muslims then and the Marines, as they are now, were unwilling participants in a vile plot the Zionists concocted a very long time ago to create a Christian State to the north in order to protect the security of the greatest oppressor since Hitler, the Israeli core Zionist government.
But let us not discuss the Israeli bombing of the USS Liberty, oh dear no! Let us not discuss the murder of those soldiers by Israel. The USS Liberty was an observation point which was recording the torture of Arabs by Israel. So Israel just bombed it...how about that!
And let us not discuss Sabra and Shatilla. Oh dear no. Let us not discuss Elie Hobeika, the first assassinated member of the group responsible for overseeing the Israeli/US massacre of those impoverished people, nearly two thousand of them, at POINT BLANK RANGE.
No, let us discuss instead the fact that I noticed Tim Smith covering up his notoriously insensitive question because for some reason or other, with a BS in philosophy under his belt, he failed to know the meaning of the word ZIONISM.
Let us not discuss the downing of the Iranian civilian airliner nor the Libyan civilian airliners...no! That would be just too much!
Let us not discuss Khiam prison in Southern Lebanon where Israel paid 3 million dollars a month to employ mostly Christian Lebanese to TORTURE Shi'i women, men and yes, children.
Let us not discuss at that prison the devices used to electrocute men in their PENISES.
That would be just too unfair when in fact, this war is all about how poets LIE.
How lucky am I to have pledged to my Creator to tell the truth. You see, when punishment is meted out, it shall fit the crime.
Apparently ISRAEL and the MAJORITY OF JEWS WORLDWIDE believe in COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AND TORTURE. THEY EVEN CONVINCED THE AMERICANS TO INDULGE IN TORTURE AND ILLEGAL IMPRISONMENTS TOO! IN FACT, THEY ARE MAKING AMERICANS TOO DUMB TO RESEARCH THE QUESTION INTO NAZIS SYMPATHIZERS.
Allah also believes in collective punishment. How about that. In the Quran it is said that they will all be gathered together, those that remain silent and those that support Zionism and its long standing crimes against those descended from their own prophet Abraham, Ismael, the first born son. Cain and Abel anyone?
Well, Hitler did it too. Bush and his Mein Kampfian rhetoric.....and that stuttering. Did you know that the Quran talks about liars and their inability to communicate? Notice the choking going on. Interesting.
As for Dale. Sad to say I ever met you or allowed you to ask about the Quran. I'm very sorry that you read it and only got out of it Anger at your creator. That is truly sad.
It is only too sad that the Jewish community in the United States has failed to produce a statement of condemnation in regards to the massive War Crime being carried out by the rabid dog Olmert of Israel with the aid of the senile "dove" and perpetrator of the King David Hotel bombings, Shimon Peres
And when we reconnoiter with the US Marine Barracks, let us also reconnoiter with the fact that at the time, US warships were bombarding Palestinian and Shi'i neighborhoods in the SAME neighborhoods that Israel has completely destroyed in the past two weeks. The Americans SHOT first even though they were present in Lebanon to supposedly facilitate the transport of Arafat and the PLO from Beirut. The US at that time helped the genocidalist Christian president to oppress and suppress the muslims then and the Marines, as they are now, were unwilling participants in a vile plot the Zionists concocted a very long time ago to create a Christian State to the north in order to protect the security of the greatest oppressor since Hitler, the Israeli core Zionist government.
But let us not discuss the Israeli bombing of the USS Liberty, oh dear no! Let us not discuss the murder of those soldiers by Israel. The USS Liberty was an observation point which was recording the torture of Arabs by Israel. So Israel just bombed it...how about that!
And let us not discuss Sabra and Shatilla. Oh dear no. Let us not discuss Elie Hobeika, the first assassinated member of the group responsible for overseeing the Israeli/US massacre of those impoverished people, nearly two thousand of them, at POINT BLANK RANGE.
No, let us discuss instead the fact that I noticed Tim Smith covering up his notoriously insensitive question because for some reason or other, with a BS in philosophy under his belt, he failed to know the meaning of the word ZIONISM.
Let us not discuss the downing of the Iranian civilian airliner nor the Libyan civilian airliners...no! That would be just too much!
Let us not discuss Khiam prison in Southern Lebanon where Israel paid 3 million dollars a month to employ mostly Christian Lebanese to TORTURE Shi'i women, men and yes, children.
Let us not discuss at that prison the devices used to electrocute men in their PENISES.
That would be just too unfair when in fact, this war is all about how poets LIE.
How lucky am I to have pledged to my Creator to tell the truth. You see, when punishment is meted out, it shall fit the crime.
Apparently ISRAEL and the MAJORITY OF JEWS WORLDWIDE believe in COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AND TORTURE. THEY EVEN CONVINCED THE AMERICANS TO INDULGE IN TORTURE AND ILLEGAL IMPRISONMENTS TOO! IN FACT, THEY ARE MAKING AMERICANS TOO DUMB TO RESEARCH THE QUESTION INTO NAZIS SYMPATHIZERS.
Allah also believes in collective punishment. How about that. In the Quran it is said that they will all be gathered together, those that remain silent and those that support Zionism and its long standing crimes against those descended from their own prophet Abraham, Ismael, the first born son. Cain and Abel anyone?
Well, Hitler did it too. Bush and his Mein Kampfian rhetoric.....and that stuttering. Did you know that the Quran talks about liars and their inability to communicate? Notice the choking going on. Interesting.
As for Dale. Sad to say I ever met you or allowed you to ask about the Quran. I'm very sorry that you read it and only got out of it Anger at your creator. That is truly sad.
4.8.06
Ode To Rocks
In pockets and gardens, under
our beds for miners who carry
a heavy share in the long gray
pails with jugs of soup
next to chunks of canned flesh
and crusts of bread plus those
stored in the chests.
The spare parts of the world
cast about pose a craving
as deep as the ocean is long
as the rivers are wide records
in perennial harvests hauled
on ladders of iron, even that!
Beloved fountains of slag
pour into banks of remains
where genuflection pays
paper for gold, time with loss.
Poor men fair well in shifts,
forever on the way in or out
with dirt clinging already in love
with the heroic skin, part
ancient shroud part, let me in.
Back to business here. I miss my family. I don't fear for them except that they not be permanently disabled by the Zionist War Machine. If they die...I can take it and soon, the Druze will be targetted and hence, my home in Beirut.
I am an optimist however and know that I was carried like a seed on the USS Trent. I spent a whole night with the sailors whose only hope was to do something they didn't have to question the ethics of. One of the main reasons I supported Bush early on was the video tapes of the soldiers captured in Iraq in the first days and who displayed a fear born out of not understanding that in which they were engaged. If America had not been PURPOSELY torn apart by grass roots democrats (face it, this is the Zionist party folks), the push toward democracy in Iraq would have been successful. SOMEONE didn't want that and split people apart in America using the media and their soft spoken lies. I knew this long ago. You see, Arabs LOVE America and American culture, inventiveness and our caring, pluralistic attitude (used to be that way anyway). IF America had remained staunchly behind the push towards democracy in Iraq, there would not have resulted this horrendous civil war because they Iraqis would have emulated US popular opinion and a popular American president. But that wasn't the plan and I knew exactly that when the Shi'i mosque was demolished by 'mercenaries' in Iraq. I knew then that the war and the world had changed. I told many people that and they are my good witnesses. Kirby Olson at Ron Silliman's.....well...it must have scared you to hear the TRUTH about it. And surprised you seeing as how you believe me to be a 'blind' supporter of Bush. I was never a blind supporter. I based support, as all Shi'i did, out of a sense of "you are with us or against us" but never EVER was I blind to Bush and Co. injustices or history. In fact, I'm an expert researcher of Bush family demons. I used to look him up as a hobby. Then you throw in their knowing culprits and that crazy Food for Oil Rip Off at the UN....we Shi'i had no choice but to go with the lesser of all evils and the potential for some third party solving the relatively unsolvable Sunni/Shi'i split.
Well, guess what. The two groups will gradually close the gap because of the latest Zionist/Israeli pogrom against believers. They hate believers. They think they own God or at least they want everyone to bow to Israel prior to saying GRACE.
Well, nope. I found GRACE without having to bow to their heinous intentions. Cautiously and always FULLY AWARE.
You see, I exposed the Hinkley connection LONG before anyone on the internet started crowing about it. I used to have a good connection to special news clips. A good teacher in the art of online research. I'm so glad to have saved our mysterious correspondences. They are the real deal. No one can take that from me and no one but Lanny knows what I know.
Iddn't that right Lan? And you never did like Joe. I knew that but failed to take your cautions seriously. Oh well. Hind sight is 20/20. There are only so many people one ought to trust with one's soul in this life. Only a handful.
In pockets and gardens, under
our beds for miners who carry
a heavy share in the long gray
pails with jugs of soup
next to chunks of canned flesh
and crusts of bread plus those
stored in the chests.
The spare parts of the world
cast about pose a craving
as deep as the ocean is long
as the rivers are wide records
in perennial harvests hauled
on ladders of iron, even that!
Beloved fountains of slag
pour into banks of remains
where genuflection pays
paper for gold, time with loss.
Poor men fair well in shifts,
forever on the way in or out
with dirt clinging already in love
with the heroic skin, part
ancient shroud part, let me in.
Back to business here. I miss my family. I don't fear for them except that they not be permanently disabled by the Zionist War Machine. If they die...I can take it and soon, the Druze will be targetted and hence, my home in Beirut.
I am an optimist however and know that I was carried like a seed on the USS Trent. I spent a whole night with the sailors whose only hope was to do something they didn't have to question the ethics of. One of the main reasons I supported Bush early on was the video tapes of the soldiers captured in Iraq in the first days and who displayed a fear born out of not understanding that in which they were engaged. If America had not been PURPOSELY torn apart by grass roots democrats (face it, this is the Zionist party folks), the push toward democracy in Iraq would have been successful. SOMEONE didn't want that and split people apart in America using the media and their soft spoken lies. I knew this long ago. You see, Arabs LOVE America and American culture, inventiveness and our caring, pluralistic attitude (used to be that way anyway). IF America had remained staunchly behind the push towards democracy in Iraq, there would not have resulted this horrendous civil war because they Iraqis would have emulated US popular opinion and a popular American president. But that wasn't the plan and I knew exactly that when the Shi'i mosque was demolished by 'mercenaries' in Iraq. I knew then that the war and the world had changed. I told many people that and they are my good witnesses. Kirby Olson at Ron Silliman's.....well...it must have scared you to hear the TRUTH about it. And surprised you seeing as how you believe me to be a 'blind' supporter of Bush. I was never a blind supporter. I based support, as all Shi'i did, out of a sense of "you are with us or against us" but never EVER was I blind to Bush and Co. injustices or history. In fact, I'm an expert researcher of Bush family demons. I used to look him up as a hobby. Then you throw in their knowing culprits and that crazy Food for Oil Rip Off at the UN....we Shi'i had no choice but to go with the lesser of all evils and the potential for some third party solving the relatively unsolvable Sunni/Shi'i split.
Well, guess what. The two groups will gradually close the gap because of the latest Zionist/Israeli pogrom against believers. They hate believers. They think they own God or at least they want everyone to bow to Israel prior to saying GRACE.
Well, nope. I found GRACE without having to bow to their heinous intentions. Cautiously and always FULLY AWARE.
You see, I exposed the Hinkley connection LONG before anyone on the internet started crowing about it. I used to have a good connection to special news clips. A good teacher in the art of online research. I'm so glad to have saved our mysterious correspondences. They are the real deal. No one can take that from me and no one but Lanny knows what I know.
Iddn't that right Lan? And you never did like Joe. I knew that but failed to take your cautions seriously. Oh well. Hind sight is 20/20. There are only so many people one ought to trust with one's soul in this life. Only a handful.
2.8.06
http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_ronsilliman_archive.html
Ah, poets who either SUPPORT or SYMPATHIZE with the Nazi cause of exterminating muslims and here is one who has completely ignored political analysis over the Israeli Pogroms. I'm so glad I warned those folks over there. So glad.
Who wants to be famous! I prefer to be RIGHT.
Make sure to read around the dates of March 15. Then look at the horrendous thing about a pseudo French Lebanese actor that was meant to harrass yours truly. Why?
Because I dared to ask the question, Ron Silliman, are you Jewish?
Wow. Did that ever upset some people! I mean, why would such a question upset some people?My history at Silliman's is no secret. I never HID a thing. Those that HIDE things, erase and edit things (like the Tim Smiths of the world) are all of a type. When Silliman launched his personal tirade against me, for some reason it started into all sorts of online harrassment of him. So much so that he literally had to close his comments section down for a month. Wow. Imagine my surprise.
Some confused and some, simply the type of vague, experimental poets who have made poetry into nonsense. The Quran dedicates a whole Sura to all poets...the good and the bad.
Guess which side I'm on? Oh, I told those yahoos that I only answer to one critic and no, that isn't Joe Green. That critic is Allah.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060802/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_fighting_hezbollah_1
You see folks, no human being could heal the problem between the Sunni and the Shi'i. NONE.
God works in mysterious ways and we must wonder about the mysterious weathers and such shouldn't we? Oh, we should.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm
The real genocide of muslims more or less (excluding the Jewish pogrom against Palestinians in the 1940s) began here, in Iran/Iraq. It ended with victory. All Shi'i battles do, one way or another. The victory that has been granted to all muslims now cannot be measured. The years ahead will plague each and every decent person on the planet and WHO CARES ABOUT the others! You can keep them on your side and in your armies. We don't need people who are insane, drunk, confused or hostile to people simply because they believe in God.
All Muslim eyes are now fully open. Those that aren't weren't true faithful believers in Allah and the will of Allah in the first place. Did I not warn just about everyone I knew that this would be the case when 'mercenaries' blew up the Shi'i mosque in Iraq? You know, my husband's young niece viewed this atrocity in a dream. Wow. As soon as I heard her dream, I knew what it was...and so did her mother. You see, we muslims are given special dreams. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. My first one was in front of a cave and a huge fireball descended upon me and the only thing I could do was bow down and submit to Allah. That was long ago before I ever entertained the idea of praying or real faith. So long ago. And last night...I had a bad dream which I cannot relate. I am not allowed to. I don't even understand it but when I do...I'll let you know. Heralds and warners....well....we don't get information about the Ghaib or, world of the unseen save for a few bits and pieces and most of the time, they are only retroactive in nature. Not prophetic until the time comes when we understand what we have been shown. Save for that dream in which I was told to awaken in order to save some children that were about to die and woke to find we were all suffering from gaz (propane) asphyxiation. Now that one was prophetic and life saving...the others....symbolic. Anyway...off on my usual metaphysical tangents. Happens all the time. ALL the time folks.
You people are witnessing a HOLOCAUST close up. Very. And, if you sympathize with the Zionists, you are a NAZI. No more and no less. They taught you what one looked like...now look again! Obsessed with killing in cowardly ways from the sky and not face to face.
What is Israel's plan? Oh easy. One just has to look at their other pogrom against the Palestinians in the 1940s. THEY ARE GOING TO DESTROY EVERY DOMICILE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, INCLUDING MINE SO THAT THE PEOPLE CANNOT RETURN TO LIVE THERE. Wow, you'd have to be a moron to miss this one!
But people will. People in the world are generally bigots. Ask any African American. They will tell you and if only Malcolm X was alive. If only.
When you watch your TV now, if you are a decent person, a believer, you will be horrified at the lies. What will it make a person do? Oh, probably nothing. Because Americans have been mentally poisoned, brainwashed and terrorized by their own murderous government. EVEN the Anti Bush crowd whose real reason to hate Bush isn't at all about the real deal. It is because most of them are secularists who hate God. No more and no less. They too, will be mute, blind and paralysed. Sad.
But anyway. I hope and PRAY that they take my house and handle all my possessions. Get their fingerprints all over everything. All over it. I'm saying al'ham'du'lillah. Thank you Allah for forcing me to give a loan to the cause that has been repeated throughout time.
So....in other news...Mel Gibson. Oh really? Like no one knew he was a raging antisemitic arse?
I mean come on folks...his father is WELL known. Vehement bigot against JEWS. Made that movie and now, for some curious reason, he is tailed by a Jewish cop. Imagine my surprise. Imagine my complete surprise.
Nope.
You see folks, no human being could heal the problem between the Sunni and the Shi'i. NONE.
God works in mysterious ways and we must wonder about the mysterious weathers and such shouldn't we? Oh, we should.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm
The real genocide of muslims more or less (excluding the Jewish pogrom against Palestinians in the 1940s) began here, in Iran/Iraq. It ended with victory. All Shi'i battles do, one way or another. The victory that has been granted to all muslims now cannot be measured. The years ahead will plague each and every decent person on the planet and WHO CARES ABOUT the others! You can keep them on your side and in your armies. We don't need people who are insane, drunk, confused or hostile to people simply because they believe in God.
All Muslim eyes are now fully open. Those that aren't weren't true faithful believers in Allah and the will of Allah in the first place. Did I not warn just about everyone I knew that this would be the case when 'mercenaries' blew up the Shi'i mosque in Iraq? You know, my husband's young niece viewed this atrocity in a dream. Wow. As soon as I heard her dream, I knew what it was...and so did her mother. You see, we muslims are given special dreams. Sometimes good and sometimes bad. My first one was in front of a cave and a huge fireball descended upon me and the only thing I could do was bow down and submit to Allah. That was long ago before I ever entertained the idea of praying or real faith. So long ago. And last night...I had a bad dream which I cannot relate. I am not allowed to. I don't even understand it but when I do...I'll let you know. Heralds and warners....well....we don't get information about the Ghaib or, world of the unseen save for a few bits and pieces and most of the time, they are only retroactive in nature. Not prophetic until the time comes when we understand what we have been shown. Save for that dream in which I was told to awaken in order to save some children that were about to die and woke to find we were all suffering from gaz (propane) asphyxiation. Now that one was prophetic and life saving...the others....symbolic. Anyway...off on my usual metaphysical tangents. Happens all the time. ALL the time folks.
You people are witnessing a HOLOCAUST close up. Very. And, if you sympathize with the Zionists, you are a NAZI. No more and no less. They taught you what one looked like...now look again! Obsessed with killing in cowardly ways from the sky and not face to face.
What is Israel's plan? Oh easy. One just has to look at their other pogrom against the Palestinians in the 1940s. THEY ARE GOING TO DESTROY EVERY DOMICILE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, INCLUDING MINE SO THAT THE PEOPLE CANNOT RETURN TO LIVE THERE. Wow, you'd have to be a moron to miss this one!
But people will. People in the world are generally bigots. Ask any African American. They will tell you and if only Malcolm X was alive. If only.
When you watch your TV now, if you are a decent person, a believer, you will be horrified at the lies. What will it make a person do? Oh, probably nothing. Because Americans have been mentally poisoned, brainwashed and terrorized by their own murderous government. EVEN the Anti Bush crowd whose real reason to hate Bush isn't at all about the real deal. It is because most of them are secularists who hate God. No more and no less. They too, will be mute, blind and paralysed. Sad.
But anyway. I hope and PRAY that they take my house and handle all my possessions. Get their fingerprints all over everything. All over it. I'm saying al'ham'du'lillah. Thank you Allah for forcing me to give a loan to the cause that has been repeated throughout time.
So....in other news...Mel Gibson. Oh really? Like no one knew he was a raging antisemitic arse?
I mean come on folks...his father is WELL known. Vehement bigot against JEWS. Made that movie and now, for some curious reason, he is tailed by a Jewish cop. Imagine my surprise. Imagine my complete surprise.
Nope.
One Big Muslim Kristallnacht!
Look familiar?
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht_02/
When I left Beirut, it was on its way there. The Zionists repeat their own injustices. How it is I suppose, the abused turns into the biggest abuser on the block. And then some.
Not only indecent but I warn you, those who support this action on Israel's part are worse than Nazis because let's face it, we all know that history! It's been shoved down our throats ad nauseum.
Look familiar?
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht_02/
When I left Beirut, it was on its way there. The Zionists repeat their own injustices. How it is I suppose, the abused turns into the biggest abuser on the block. And then some.
Not only indecent but I warn you, those who support this action on Israel's part are worse than Nazis because let's face it, we all know that history! It's been shoved down our throats ad nauseum.
Ode to the Fight
We invented kickboxing, the ethical kind
where if you came home bloodier than the other guy
you weren't treated as well as the Athenians.
You took off your glasses and handed them over
to a brother or a best friend (if they weren't
your opponent), then the lions leapt
out of their cage and hair scattered
in the air while the crowd
was already thumb upping, not in your direction.
I'm reminded that if I were born a boy
they would have named me Daniel.
Sometimes I wish it had been the case
but usually, I won anyway.
Ephesus a far away shore, the Bosphorus Blue.
*Ah, so much of what I've written now makes sense to those who weren't paying attention or who were merely patronizing.
As before though, it will most likely never see the light of day until after I am dead. Sometimes, as I witness the Lying Israeli Security Council Spokeman speak, I wish I was already dead. Watching that snake is like seeing Hell up close.
Heat waves as well strike me as reminders of the feeling of fire. Heat waves all over right now.....hope people like it well enough or hate it enough to escape it and head to Nepal where the Sherpa was followed only by one individual. The climbers, oh the climbers......talking about their own nests that they spoiled by being spuriously candid and then concealing their inner intentions....well, what can I say? You missed the boat BIG time on this one. I always knew you were a bit out of step with what I knew to be true but took it for granted that you would recognize the truth in time to save yourselves the heartache of having to sympathize with the butchers in order to defamate my character.
Let it be known though that the JD is currently operating on my tab. And, the three hundred dollars I gave them should be used to pay for any outstanding debt thought to be owed those two creatures by one Fred Tarr. Since Joe Green asked if I wanted my money back, it is my right to insist that the money be used to prevent Joe Green from bullying a poet who is actively engaged in writing some of the most memorable poetry on the internet.
Sad case Joe. You are one sad case. But so is Silliman! Cat has his tongue too and he even has to screen his comments now. Wonder why that happened. Birds of a feather behave similarly you know. Like magnets you types, just like magnets.
http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/
And in other news, my online Jihad at one of my longtime haunts is taking root. You know, I was once mistreated by so many there that I almost had to check into a mental hospital. Joe, you are in good company now! One thing however, many of them have finally awakened from their long standing stupor over Israel's war crimes and indecencies on this planet, mostly towards God fearing muslims. You see boys, people who hate God generally tend to hate me.
It is only too sad about your cases. About your sturdy friendships. And about the fact that when you meet your maker, you'll have no helpers. Not each other and certainly not me. We don't entertain that idea regarding intercession. Each person is accountable only for their own crimes and that would include thought crimes. You see, God is closer than you think...closer than your own jugular vein as is stated in the Quran.
Just burns you up doesn't it!
Go here to register and have some interesting debates with my even older friends at Utne:
http://www.newcafe.org/
And you see, Tim Smiths of the world, you beg for me to stop now? Well, where was your conscience a few weeks ago? When you should have been accountable for your harrassments?
And gee, was that my name I saw on your pitiful header...cast into the lowest rings of hell? And gee whiz, aren't you Tim Smiths of the world the same Tim Smiths who so HATE internet poetry wars? Man, you two sure know how "not" to fight! Hypocrits are usually blind to their own belligerence towards the truth and say ridiculous things about pooing in their own nest. Well, you filled your nest with all these histories but I tolerated it. Tolerated you accusing me of bringing trouble towards your hallowed sanctuary. Alas, you failed to see people for what they truly are and failed to see yourselves as pandering to whatever cause might get you onto the "A" list and that would be the list of those who hate Bush because he is a Christian. I like the fact that he is a Christian but HATE the fact that he is JUST LIKE YOU TWO. Just a mumbling old fool.
Haven't the Tim Smiths of the world heard of an Eye for an Eye? It is only too bad that I have to trade the seeing EYE for the blind one owned by people all over the planet named accordingly, Tim Smith.
We invented kickboxing, the ethical kind
where if you came home bloodier than the other guy
you weren't treated as well as the Athenians.
You took off your glasses and handed them over
to a brother or a best friend (if they weren't
your opponent), then the lions leapt
out of their cage and hair scattered
in the air while the crowd
was already thumb upping, not in your direction.
I'm reminded that if I were born a boy
they would have named me Daniel.
Sometimes I wish it had been the case
but usually, I won anyway.
Ephesus a far away shore, the Bosphorus Blue.
*Ah, so much of what I've written now makes sense to those who weren't paying attention or who were merely patronizing.
As before though, it will most likely never see the light of day until after I am dead. Sometimes, as I witness the Lying Israeli Security Council Spokeman speak, I wish I was already dead. Watching that snake is like seeing Hell up close.
Heat waves as well strike me as reminders of the feeling of fire. Heat waves all over right now.....hope people like it well enough or hate it enough to escape it and head to Nepal where the Sherpa was followed only by one individual. The climbers, oh the climbers......talking about their own nests that they spoiled by being spuriously candid and then concealing their inner intentions....well, what can I say? You missed the boat BIG time on this one. I always knew you were a bit out of step with what I knew to be true but took it for granted that you would recognize the truth in time to save yourselves the heartache of having to sympathize with the butchers in order to defamate my character.
Let it be known though that the JD is currently operating on my tab. And, the three hundred dollars I gave them should be used to pay for any outstanding debt thought to be owed those two creatures by one Fred Tarr. Since Joe Green asked if I wanted my money back, it is my right to insist that the money be used to prevent Joe Green from bullying a poet who is actively engaged in writing some of the most memorable poetry on the internet.
Sad case Joe. You are one sad case. But so is Silliman! Cat has his tongue too and he even has to screen his comments now. Wonder why that happened. Birds of a feather behave similarly you know. Like magnets you types, just like magnets.
http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/
And in other news, my online Jihad at one of my longtime haunts is taking root. You know, I was once mistreated by so many there that I almost had to check into a mental hospital. Joe, you are in good company now! One thing however, many of them have finally awakened from their long standing stupor over Israel's war crimes and indecencies on this planet, mostly towards God fearing muslims. You see boys, people who hate God generally tend to hate me.
It is only too sad about your cases. About your sturdy friendships. And about the fact that when you meet your maker, you'll have no helpers. Not each other and certainly not me. We don't entertain that idea regarding intercession. Each person is accountable only for their own crimes and that would include thought crimes. You see, God is closer than you think...closer than your own jugular vein as is stated in the Quran.
Just burns you up doesn't it!
Go here to register and have some interesting debates with my even older friends at Utne:
http://www.newcafe.org/
And you see, Tim Smiths of the world, you beg for me to stop now? Well, where was your conscience a few weeks ago? When you should have been accountable for your harrassments?
And gee, was that my name I saw on your pitiful header...cast into the lowest rings of hell? And gee whiz, aren't you Tim Smiths of the world the same Tim Smiths who so HATE internet poetry wars? Man, you two sure know how "not" to fight! Hypocrits are usually blind to their own belligerence towards the truth and say ridiculous things about pooing in their own nest. Well, you filled your nest with all these histories but I tolerated it. Tolerated you accusing me of bringing trouble towards your hallowed sanctuary. Alas, you failed to see people for what they truly are and failed to see yourselves as pandering to whatever cause might get you onto the "A" list and that would be the list of those who hate Bush because he is a Christian. I like the fact that he is a Christian but HATE the fact that he is JUST LIKE YOU TWO. Just a mumbling old fool.
Haven't the Tim Smiths of the world heard of an Eye for an Eye? It is only too bad that I have to trade the seeing EYE for the blind one owned by people all over the planet named accordingly, Tim Smith.
1.8.06
Israel's Special Valentine
Let's talk about something here non religious. Lets talk politics for a change. I know my faith but I know those without faith are bothered by talk of a Creator. Not surprising. You know, I met a man a few months ago (the poem We Saw the World, Stayed in the Best Hotels) who didn't believe in God until a month later when his wife was diagnosed with lung cancer. She has since died in England. When I reminded him of his words just a month before (he believed in Scientology pre-lung CA) he became quite upset. I mean, if you can't ask God for help then who can you ask when the governments of the world are hypocrits and public liars? This war would have killed her (Liz) anyway because she was IN LOVE with Lebanon and the Lebanese people and culture which is so rich, so passionate and wow, so pluralistic.
The country which has been murdered, maimed and will be paralysed for at least a decade. This ethnic cleansing is the long term kind that the US and Zionists specialize in...devastating homes and not just infrastructure. Laying down bombs made of depleted uranium KNOWN to cause serious birth defects and testicular cancers. Ask any Gulf War vet...ask my friend Steve who served there and got the dreaded and sperm killing disease.
Is it any wonder our good Israeli neighbors might be jealous of a country to the north that has proved to be a survivor? Christians, Muslims, Druze and even a number of missionary evangelists and several ethnic Jews who long ago married into the Lebanese population. All getting along and yes, thriving within Lebanese borders....
......DESPITE THE ATTEMPTED COUP ON LEBANON'S SOVEREIGNITY!
And what was that coup? The Assassination on February 14, 2004 (the Lebanese LOVE Valentine's Day and what exactly was the symbolism implied in the selection of that date?)...the assassination of Rafik Hariri. Mr. Hariri supposedly 'single handedly' rebuilt Lebanon. What he did was not only incredible but it is not matched in any country including war torn Kosovo or Vietnam. BUT. A very big BUT here. Hariri could not have managed that immense project without first having Lebanon FREE FROM ISRAELI OCCUPATION. The Israeli Occupation ended by our man of the hour, Sayyed Nasrallah a few years back via man to man combat with IDF UNIFORMED militia and terrorists (the IDF is a UNIFORMED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION). Hariri would have been unable to elicit the foreign investment or loans in a country already sinking under the weight of so much foreign debt that the government could barely keep the electricity on even in the best of times if it weren't for Nasrallah's victory over Israel. Nor could they rebuild the infrastructure damaged by so many years of Civil War which was a DIRECT RESULT of Israel's brutal campaign against the Palestinians whom they chased into other territories during the French/British mandates. Some of those people who tried to escape the horrors of the 1947 campaigns of Israeli terror didn't make it and were shot as they ran but thousands upon thousands made it into Lebanese territory only to find that they couldn't return to their homes that Israel terrorized them out of. And now Israel terrorizes the Southern Lebanese in the EXACT SAME PATTERN. They were shot as they exited mosques (the Lebanese are shot in ambulances and when in their beds and when they are running and Israel calls them "mistakes" and "accidents" and "human shields" and "terrorists". There were also eye witness reports of Israeli war crimes then (the 400 villages, see Acre http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/Chapter11_2of7.htm) including the rape of women and children. All true but denied by Israel ad nauseum. It is pointless to keep covering this history up. The Arabs have a reason for despising Israel. Israel is a country filled with people who torture, who imprison non Jews without charging them and expect the people that they oppress to RESPECT them and PROTECT JEWISH DIGNITY.
Back to Hariri and who exactly investigated the assassination? The UN. The same UN that is standing by lamely as Israel goes on an insane killing spree. Insane isn't even the word for it anymore. It is intentional. It is partial ethnic cleansing and even if this stops now there will be more. Israel ALWAYS comes back for more blood. They come back to steal more land. They are shocked that they couldn't get in now nor could they, since the mysterious Valentine's Day murder of Rafic Hariri, provoke the pluralistic Lebanese to attack each other.
So who killed Hariri and why? I'll tell you what I think. It wasn't Syria. Syria had nothing to gain and was heavily invested in Lebanon plus, they were ALREADY moving out. I ought to know as they used to be in my neighborhood and had already mobilized into the Bekaa and were on their way home, their occupation was at its end. And please, the world needs to stop pretending that the Zionists do not hold the lion's share of influence in the United States of America. They've frightened people from telling the truth. The hypocrisy of telling the Syrians that they used "undo influence" on Lebanon is ridiculous. Lebanon SURVIVES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT. Afterall, tomatoes are not traded on Wall Street.
Why was Hariri killed? Easy. It was to overthrow Nasrallah, the true popular leader of Lebanon who is now more popular than ever and will remain so until they also manage to kill him. He has already informed them however that he has a chain of advisors and that no one should mourn too long over his eventual and very likely demise by assassination via Israel and it's minions, the US and all the rest who have helped these monsters kill innocents for over half a century.
Hariri was killed to overthrow a popular leader PSYCHOLOGICALLY.
Guess what? It didn't work and Israel is now throwing the biggest temper tantrum on record.
Olmert must be stopped even if it means via assassination. Please someone shoot him. Do yourselves a favor.
Let's talk about something here non religious. Lets talk politics for a change. I know my faith but I know those without faith are bothered by talk of a Creator. Not surprising. You know, I met a man a few months ago (the poem We Saw the World, Stayed in the Best Hotels) who didn't believe in God until a month later when his wife was diagnosed with lung cancer. She has since died in England. When I reminded him of his words just a month before (he believed in Scientology pre-lung CA) he became quite upset. I mean, if you can't ask God for help then who can you ask when the governments of the world are hypocrits and public liars? This war would have killed her (Liz) anyway because she was IN LOVE with Lebanon and the Lebanese people and culture which is so rich, so passionate and wow, so pluralistic.
The country which has been murdered, maimed and will be paralysed for at least a decade. This ethnic cleansing is the long term kind that the US and Zionists specialize in...devastating homes and not just infrastructure. Laying down bombs made of depleted uranium KNOWN to cause serious birth defects and testicular cancers. Ask any Gulf War vet...ask my friend Steve who served there and got the dreaded and sperm killing disease.
Is it any wonder our good Israeli neighbors might be jealous of a country to the north that has proved to be a survivor? Christians, Muslims, Druze and even a number of missionary evangelists and several ethnic Jews who long ago married into the Lebanese population. All getting along and yes, thriving within Lebanese borders....
......DESPITE THE ATTEMPTED COUP ON LEBANON'S SOVEREIGNITY!
And what was that coup? The Assassination on February 14, 2004 (the Lebanese LOVE Valentine's Day and what exactly was the symbolism implied in the selection of that date?)...the assassination of Rafik Hariri. Mr. Hariri supposedly 'single handedly' rebuilt Lebanon. What he did was not only incredible but it is not matched in any country including war torn Kosovo or Vietnam. BUT. A very big BUT here. Hariri could not have managed that immense project without first having Lebanon FREE FROM ISRAELI OCCUPATION. The Israeli Occupation ended by our man of the hour, Sayyed Nasrallah a few years back via man to man combat with IDF UNIFORMED militia and terrorists (the IDF is a UNIFORMED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION). Hariri would have been unable to elicit the foreign investment or loans in a country already sinking under the weight of so much foreign debt that the government could barely keep the electricity on even in the best of times if it weren't for Nasrallah's victory over Israel. Nor could they rebuild the infrastructure damaged by so many years of Civil War which was a DIRECT RESULT of Israel's brutal campaign against the Palestinians whom they chased into other territories during the French/British mandates. Some of those people who tried to escape the horrors of the 1947 campaigns of Israeli terror didn't make it and were shot as they ran but thousands upon thousands made it into Lebanese territory only to find that they couldn't return to their homes that Israel terrorized them out of. And now Israel terrorizes the Southern Lebanese in the EXACT SAME PATTERN. They were shot as they exited mosques (the Lebanese are shot in ambulances and when in their beds and when they are running and Israel calls them "mistakes" and "accidents" and "human shields" and "terrorists". There were also eye witness reports of Israeli war crimes then (the 400 villages, see Acre http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/Chapter11_2of7.htm) including the rape of women and children. All true but denied by Israel ad nauseum. It is pointless to keep covering this history up. The Arabs have a reason for despising Israel. Israel is a country filled with people who torture, who imprison non Jews without charging them and expect the people that they oppress to RESPECT them and PROTECT JEWISH DIGNITY.
Back to Hariri and who exactly investigated the assassination? The UN. The same UN that is standing by lamely as Israel goes on an insane killing spree. Insane isn't even the word for it anymore. It is intentional. It is partial ethnic cleansing and even if this stops now there will be more. Israel ALWAYS comes back for more blood. They come back to steal more land. They are shocked that they couldn't get in now nor could they, since the mysterious Valentine's Day murder of Rafic Hariri, provoke the pluralistic Lebanese to attack each other.
So who killed Hariri and why? I'll tell you what I think. It wasn't Syria. Syria had nothing to gain and was heavily invested in Lebanon plus, they were ALREADY moving out. I ought to know as they used to be in my neighborhood and had already mobilized into the Bekaa and were on their way home, their occupation was at its end. And please, the world needs to stop pretending that the Zionists do not hold the lion's share of influence in the United States of America. They've frightened people from telling the truth. The hypocrisy of telling the Syrians that they used "undo influence" on Lebanon is ridiculous. Lebanon SURVIVES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT. Afterall, tomatoes are not traded on Wall Street.
Why was Hariri killed? Easy. It was to overthrow Nasrallah, the true popular leader of Lebanon who is now more popular than ever and will remain so until they also manage to kill him. He has already informed them however that he has a chain of advisors and that no one should mourn too long over his eventual and very likely demise by assassination via Israel and it's minions, the US and all the rest who have helped these monsters kill innocents for over half a century.
Hariri was killed to overthrow a popular leader PSYCHOLOGICALLY.
Guess what? It didn't work and Israel is now throwing the biggest temper tantrum on record.
Olmert must be stopped even if it means via assassination. Please someone shoot him. Do yourselves a favor.
30.7.06
Everything you say and do is recorded.
That is all.
Write what you want to be remembered by.
Israel is recording its own butchery and its own lie. I am so grateful for their technology. We could have never done such a thorough job without them in terms of providing the Creator with evidence of their evil crimes.
C'anaa, is the place where it is said, Jesus (Isa, pbuh) turned water into wine. The cave there is ancient and outside of it are carved mysterious figures. Some believe them to be angels but I believe them to be the sleepers of the cave who resided there for an undetermined amount of time accompanied by one dog. When they rose up from their cave, they saw how the world had changed.
It is, The Cave, one of the most beautiful Suras in the Glorious Quran.
That is all.
Write what you want to be remembered by.
Israel is recording its own butchery and its own lie. I am so grateful for their technology. We could have never done such a thorough job without them in terms of providing the Creator with evidence of their evil crimes.
C'anaa, is the place where it is said, Jesus (Isa, pbuh) turned water into wine. The cave there is ancient and outside of it are carved mysterious figures. Some believe them to be angels but I believe them to be the sleepers of the cave who resided there for an undetermined amount of time accompanied by one dog. When they rose up from their cave, they saw how the world had changed.
It is, The Cave, one of the most beautiful Suras in the Glorious Quran.
29.7.06
When Moths Visit
The moths and bees know the history
of the planets and high pitched voices
carry the most ancient stories
in subtle sounds of mating and destructions.
They understand violence and capture
as well as they've taught the secrets
of Solomon, his staff and the termites
who gnawed at the fictions.
The bugs scurry away to their tunnels
secreting the taste of what rots
with the odor and maps of footprints
of those who left the bodies to waste.
Ground waters carry the dead scents
into the cavernous aqueducts or toward
the sky to be carried along with the seeds
of all blessings and injustice.
Poetry is easy if you know the languages.
The moths and bees know the history
of the planets and high pitched voices
carry the most ancient stories
in subtle sounds of mating and destructions.
They understand violence and capture
as well as they've taught the secrets
of Solomon, his staff and the termites
who gnawed at the fictions.
The bugs scurry away to their tunnels
secreting the taste of what rots
with the odor and maps of footprints
of those who left the bodies to waste.
Ground waters carry the dead scents
into the cavernous aqueducts or toward
the sky to be carried along with the seeds
of all blessings and injustice.
Poetry is easy if you know the languages.
28.7.06
The only NEGOTIATION available to the West and their Zionist Owners at this point, as I see it, is the RELEASE OF LEBANESE PRISONERS IN ISRAELI JAILS.
You see, the Department of Idiotic Ministers of the United States of America think that the negotiation ought to be:
Nasrallah stops his resistance to oppression and Israel stops murdering innocent people.
Boy. Have you ever heard of such individual criminals and serial killers in movies and on TV?
Are you not horrified by their ideas of ransoms? And have you not been taught by 'their' movies that the criminal keeps coming back to life and trying again and again and again until finally, he is vanquished?
Signs. All around us and the Betrayal of Their Very Own Lies is everywhere...in the movies they sell to the world, in the video games they push on children, in their music.......it has been a worldwide and thorough brainwashing of the ignorant.
So. This will not end until those prisoners are released, regardless of who dies. How it is. And as Nasrallah has stated, the war is now at a new level.
Well, I'll say. He has exposed the USA, he has exposed the Zionists as Nazis in sheep's clothing and he has exposed every single person who is witness to it all that the time has come for many people to face their OPPRESSORS head on. In Africa and in Hoboken. In Illinois and in China. I've no doubt that everyone is a participant in this war now. And everyone has a choice to make. Time doesn't wait for you.....as my very fine mother in law always advised me.
I went fishing
and hooked some fish.
I kept a few
and threw some back.
Some were not mine to catch.
You see, the Department of Idiotic Ministers of the United States of America think that the negotiation ought to be:
Nasrallah stops his resistance to oppression and Israel stops murdering innocent people.
Boy. Have you ever heard of such individual criminals and serial killers in movies and on TV?
Are you not horrified by their ideas of ransoms? And have you not been taught by 'their' movies that the criminal keeps coming back to life and trying again and again and again until finally, he is vanquished?
Signs. All around us and the Betrayal of Their Very Own Lies is everywhere...in the movies they sell to the world, in the video games they push on children, in their music.......it has been a worldwide and thorough brainwashing of the ignorant.
So. This will not end until those prisoners are released, regardless of who dies. How it is. And as Nasrallah has stated, the war is now at a new level.
Well, I'll say. He has exposed the USA, he has exposed the Zionists as Nazis in sheep's clothing and he has exposed every single person who is witness to it all that the time has come for many people to face their OPPRESSORS head on. In Africa and in Hoboken. In Illinois and in China. I've no doubt that everyone is a participant in this war now. And everyone has a choice to make. Time doesn't wait for you.....as my very fine mother in law always advised me.
I went fishing
and hooked some fish.
I kept a few
and threw some back.
Some were not mine to catch.
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