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Saturday, February 5, 2011

HAARP ... Scary Stuff



Get educated on this, follow the links, and prepare to be shocked when the ramifications of this really hit home.

Most people still haven't heard about HAARP, or if they have, they don't realize fully what it is, what it can do, and what it may have already done.

How many disasters have taken place that really weren't natural, but were a direct result of the actions of HAARP? 

This nightmare technology can do so much more than you can dream of, it is like watching a sci fi flick in real life, where technology has advanced so far beyond common sense that the human race destroys itself in using it. 

HAARP can do exactly that. 

Watch the video.  Then think about what this means.

Mubarak Losing Face, Protests Continue

I think we Americans need to understand a basic concept, expressed as honor in the Middle East and as 'face' in the Far East, as in 'saving face' or 'losing face'.  We Americans have no definitive cultural expression for this, just a general knowledge on whether someone is respected or not.

But for these other countries, it is so deeply embedded in their culture that it can cause someone to go to great extremes that are even self destructive, just to preserve their honor or save face, even at the expense of a whole people.  By our standards, it is expressly stupid, yet by their standards, it can even be expected.

A good example is the second original Karate Kid movie,,,if you recall that one, there was a great emphasis placed on Myagi's friend losing face just because he did not face him in a battle.  We don't truly understand the depth of the importance of that, because it simply does not apply in our culture. But it does apply in the cultures of other countries, even to the point of death.

This is where real diplomacy comes into play, understanding what motivates others based upon their beliefs, not yours, and trying to work with those others in respect of their culture, because we cannot force the world to act according to our own cultural beliefs. 

Mubarak has lost face.  He is humiliated.  If you watched the reaction of the protestors the night he aired his speech stating he would leave in September, and saw them take off their shoes and wave the bottom of their shoes at that screen in anger, you were watching him being dishonored to a level we cannot really understand unless you step outside of American culture and view from their cultural view.

It was the equivalent, I'd say, of a million plus Americans dropping their drawers and mooning an American president. 

It did not help that his own goon squads that included a large number of criminals along with police out of uniform that were set loose on the protestors to disrupt the protests also attacked the journalists, something that was documented for the whole world to see and that turned a lot of people against Mubarak.

I think they may have expected that the attacks would scatter the protestors and end the protests, but it backfired on them, in a huge way.  If anything, it strengthened their resolve to keep taking their stand for democracy and for Mubarak to leave.

At least the violence has died down, limited more to skirmishes on the side streets, and the military is trying with a bit more effort to limit the confrontations.  But it is still up in the air on how this will end, how long it will go on, and how strong the resolve is of the protestors to stick it out.

I Hate Colds

Cold, the flu, whatever, it is never fun.

I've been battling this chest cold for a week, and it is backwards from every other one I've ever had. Normally, I get a head cold that evolves into a chest cold. This time, I got the chest cold first, and NOW am having the head cold.

Weird.

But still miserable.

At least I'm not alone in my misery, and misery does love company, they say...my daughter in law is dealing with it now! lol!  Ahh, the joys of being human!  :D

Obama At Prayer Breakfast


I'm posting this here because there have been arguments raging for a long time regarding whether or not Obama is a closet Muslim, who might be seeking to move America into the ranks of Muslim countries.

Now, I cannot say whether or not the man is lying or not.  I'm not God, and I cannot see into his soul to determine the depth of truth he is speaking. But he is stating here definitively that he accepted Jesus Christ as his lord and savior, and goes into some detail with a bit of humor on his dependence on his faith in God and in prayer.

And I will say this, that his statement of faith is far more convincing to me than any line of generic BS that Bush Junior spewed.  There is a legitimacy to what Obama is saying about his apparently real faith that was always, always lacking in any reference Bush made to praying and being a Christian.

I still have serious questions about this man's legality of being president due to the questions of whether or not he is an American citizen by birth or not.  But I will leave it to others and to God to determine the truth of what he says here regarding his faith.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Mubarak's Rent-A-Mobs Strike

In spite of the efforts of the Egyptian people to maintain a peaceful protest for democracy, Mubarak has resorted to enlisting the services of his rent-a-mobs to fight back against them.

In spite of pleas from other countries to exercise restraint, this dictator is so determined to maintain his stranglehold on Egypt that he is apparently willing to burn Cairo down around the heads of his people.

It's the rent-a-mobs who are attacking CNN reporters, throwing molatov cocktails into the crowds of peaceful protestors, ganging up on individuals and beating them with clubs and machetes, and in general turning a peaceful protest into a destructing, living nightmare, all on behalf of the Mubarak regime. No one has any doubt whatsoever who is behind this.

Only time will tell if the protestors back down, or if this will escalate into a full blown war between the people of Egypt against the Mubarak regime.  And I wonder if any democratic nation will stand with the people against the tyrannical actions of this dictator, who is obviously determined to hold onto power until his last breath.

If we don't, then the door will be open for extremists to leap in and fill this void.

President Obama needs to take a hard stand, now.  Mubarak has made his choice clear, to hold onto power at all costs, regardless of the will of the Egyptian people to be free from tyranny and the requests of allies to exercise restraint.  He has pretty much flipped a bird at his own people and the world.

Will our U.S. government take this stand? I doubt it. But we will see.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

....8 Months?

So today Mubarak says he will finish out his term and not run for re-election in September, eight months from now.

Does he seriously think the Egyptians will give him eight more months? That any of them trust him to establish a fair election process?  Or that they would believe anyone he put into office would treat them any different?

At least Obama finally came out with some support for the citizens of Egypt, though it wasn't as strong a statement of support as they would have liked.  I don't envy his position, trying to find that middle road of honoring a thirty year ally while also honoring the people of a country that has also allied with us for so long. Still, Mubarak has been warned for decades to change, and he refused, so in all fairness he only has himself to blame.

The problem is that there are a lot of people who have a lot invested in this regime, from an abusive police force to crooked politicians who were happy to ride the gravy train to any number of government officials who enabled the system to continue functioning at the cost of human rights.  These people will not only lose their positions of power over others, they must also deeply fear eventual repercussions should the people of Egypt seek to pursue investigations and prosecution for the offenses against them they have endured.

It's also fearful to think of what might happen should Mubarak stay in for another eight months, namely retaliation against the Egyptian people themselves by him and his regime. This is something I have not heard ANY talking heads on network news address, the possibility that, instead of working to set up a transition government, he might work overtime to prevent any future protests, conduct retaliation attacks on those who dared to protest, and tighten his grip even more.

What guarantee would the people have that he would even leave in September? Shutting down the internet and phones, attempting to isolate the citizens, is not a good sign, is it? 

So I can well understand the desire of the Egyptian people for Mubarak to leave, NOW, not in eight months, not in eight weeks, but NOW. 

The concern of the western world is legitimate, in fearing the takeover of an extremist faction that would only add to the problems we have dealt with in the Middle East. Hopefully, the nations of the west will be able to work with the Egyptian people in crafting and establishing a more democratic form of government, giving them the voice that is their God given right.  And hopefully, Mubarak will finally face facts and realize it is time to bow to reality, step down, and let democracy spring forth from the people of this ancient and great nation.

The world watches, and waits.

Taking A Stand

It seems to me that Americans of all political persuasions have far more courage than our own government does.  As a whole, Americans recognize and respect the stand Egyptians are taking against their dictator in favor of democracy, and stand with them, at least in spirit.

Why can't our own president do the same thing? Surely he can find the politically correct way of phrasing it. but the bottom line is that he. of all people, should be making it clear that we support anyone who seeks a more democratic way of life.

He can't even say the word democracy, instead using phrases like 'reform' and 'restraint'! 

Rather than dance around the issue, making America look even more weak and hypocritical, we should, instead, be embracing this move, and helping Egyptians realize their dream of establishing a democratic form of government.  Because if we DON'T stand with them and help them, anyone with a brain knows there are those with ties to terrorist groups who will be more than happy to usurp this movement to establish yet another repressive Islamic government.

Enough with supporting regimes that abuse their citizens.  Take a stand for democracy and human rights.  Yes, it will complicate our dealings with other countries, as a dictator is easier to manipulate for our own ends, but it is past time that our country started doing the right thing, instead of the convenient thing.

Because, if we don't, the end result is going to be worse for all of us. Mubarak is no longer accepted by Egyptians, human rights abuses are not going to be tolerated, as well they should not be, and it is time to bid this dictator farewell and embrace the birth of a new democracy. 

Sadly, I will not be holding my breath for our leaders to do the right thing.  I fear that we will see this incredible movement derailled, just as it was in Iran, while our politicians stumble around like morons playing their political games.