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Victim Mentality is a modern day epidemic!

2010-12-14T16:18:00.000-08:00

Its lawsuits like this where I want to scream. Some judge gets to allow the testimony of a boss that had no minding reading ability, didn't know that in the childhood of a woman was a mindset that she couldnt stand up for herself or say how she felt and her boss should have known better, ha! She was completely at fault and its so sad that she has such a tough time dealing with that. If she wins, I am moving to Mars.

TSA Patdowns Go Under Fire

2010-11-20T22:27:00.000-08:00

If the lady in this video had it her way, all future patdowns would not include touching private parts. For the sake of obvious future predictions, I could only imagine what the next bomber would say, "Place it between your boobs. They won't check."

Hypothetical- I wonder if she would have a hard time with her comments about how she hurts for them and those who are subject to this violating experience if it was her kid would died on the airplane.

Ah-Hah Moment- Unfortunately, wisdom isn't a common character trait.

Why Atheism has an eternal miracle as its true start for the universe

2010-11-20T20:20:00.000-08:00

bb - big bang
Bbb - Before big Bang

Number line

3 realities exist for each point on the number line.
1) Something new was created
2) A combination of different forces create a different universe
3) Something Eternal existed. (light, energy, force)

Before the big bang BANGED, something was changing space. Something existed, and Time existed. Just because we cant find a formula to relate to that time because that universe no longer exist doesnt mean that time didnt exist. Time was relative or a product of "something" because space was changing to such an extent that it BANGED at a specific time in the universe existence.

If you analize the timeline, and keep going back in time, you will eventually be left with one truth, that something in the universe just existed, escaped birth, had no beginning.

This is the true start of a universe without a God; A Miracle!

Can an atheist debate logically that energy or light or something has always been with a theist that says a God has always been?

RebukeTheWorld Vblog: The Hypocrisy of Science

2007-08-08T14:06:00.000-07:00

I was enjoying Pauls blog last week and after having a discussion with a few of his subscribers, I decided to do a video. I feel that science and how it defines a no-God start for all life, deserves a true and accurate telling of its roots. If religion is irrational by some who do not except a God belief, I do feel that in how one decides to define what's rational or irrational, science is also a good starting place. Its a good starting place because both boxes hold AWE logic.

(I was in a silly mood this day so warning: Video has a goof ball in its start, lol. )

If you have a Youtube account, you can view it there as well: The Hypocrisy of Science

My Disclaimer~ We can disagree and this will not effect my respect for you or mankind. Lets hope that one day, man grows up and understands the hands of differences and to remain kind towards one another.

Tags: Science, Big Bang, Evolution, God, Jesus, Atheist, Agnostic, Skeptic, logic, Youtube, Youtubers, vblog, vblogging, news, life, daily life, universe, planets, starts, eternity, eternal, Something can just exist

Rebuketheworld BREAKING news: The Killing of Fouad Kaady

2007-04-23T05:16:00.000-07:00

Scenario~ If you were a police officer and encountered a young man who was badly injured from a car accident how do you think you would handle it? What if he was badly burned, covered in blood and running around naked? You might question why he is naked but charred skin leads you to think that this young man must have taken off his clothes from the shear pain of fire on his body. Now, here is the question? Would you have the brain power to expect that a man whose in utter pain probably won't respond as normal as someone who isn't? What if you were badly burned and you were running around in pain, would you expect police officers to understand your physiological state?

A young woman called Cat produced this riveting video through Indy Pdx Productions. This new evidence sheds some serious light on a popular Oregon case involving a young man called Fouad Kaady. I attended a meeting last Saturday 21, 2007 at the Portland Watershed to watch this video. I wanted to interview the family but they weren't there. The practicing attorney whose handling the case had left before I could talk to him but I did tape a copy of the video that was shown. I will tell you this, the video is shocking! The police officers dropped the ball so many times that its hard to believe that they are back at work and without consequences.

Fouad Kaady's parents have filed a lawsuit and I am hoping that they win. Fouad Kaady died that night. His last moments were full of shear pain and he was surrounded by two ignorant men who not only didn't think on their toes but their story just doesn't add up. Listen to their testimony. It took 28 seconds from the time that the police arrived at the scene to when Fouad was killed. In my opinion, the time crunch factor doesn't make it possible for all that they said to have happened, to be possible.

Do think on this as well, if another person gets in a accident and is badly burned, we don't want those police officers to expect a burning victim to be calm and able to follow directions when in shear pain.

Like I said in my sarcastic article that I wrote out of shear frustration because of the stupid things that police officers do BUT any police officer whose deathly afraid of a naked, badly burned man whose running around screaming doesn't have what it takes to do his job.

Videos~ The following police testimonies weren't open to the media or public until now!

Part 1~ The Killer of Fouad Kaady

Photo source~ Indymedia

I do plan on interviewing Portlanders and posting more videos this weekend.

Tags: Fouad Kaady, police, Oregon, crime, rebuketheworld, news, Youtube, The Killing of Fouad Kaady

RebukeTheWorld News Briefing 4/17/07:The N-word, Hillary Clinton, soldiers in Afghanistan

2007-04-17T22:14:00.000-07:00

Soldiers teasing children in Afghanistan

At livelink.com, they have posted a video of a few American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. I have no idea if their behavior was done with sarcasm or seriousness but either way, plan on being offended. Note~ Strong Language

The N-word

The N-word was a topic of discussion for the Benson High School students and somewhere in the mix of bringing attention to why some use the N-word and what's appropriate, principle Lisa Dale of Benson High School in Oregon was sent out on administrative leave. All the details are not known but I hope this punishment isn't about putting a censorship on ignorance. The N-word and its usage in our nation needs to be discussed and not put out by fear.

Stanely Crouch on Oprah

I do enjoy blonde sagacity wit and brain power but her recent article where Stanley Crouch discussed the recent Imus offensive comments, she concluded that he too perpetuated stereotypes with his arguments. I would have to disagree with her.

She wrote, "What if white people started saying, 'I wanna say nigger too." Now here's the thing...when he said it he "impersonated" a white person and used a dorky anal voice (you know, the one Eddie Murphy made famous). No one called him on it."

Crouch impersonation is a stereotype but certainty not a negative one.

Hillary Clinton verbal slip ups

Don't ask me if National Enquirer was responsible for Hillary Clintons' cussing quotes cause I don't know. I wouldn't knock any politician down for a few slips ups since we're all human and imperfect but I must say this, the below quote is one that I would have to say was handled quite well.

Quote~ The second assault occurred on August 13, 1999, after Bill’s confession of the Monica Lewinsky affair. According to author Christopher Andersen, “Hillary rose to her feet and slapped him across the face--hard enough to leave a red mark that would be clearly visible to Secret Service agents when he left the room.

Steal when desperate

Sometimes real life is just funnier than anything else. I can't imagine waiting in line with my poop monitor medicine and within seconds, saving the day means stealing whatever it takes. I am not sure if she was shopping for Depends but I cracked up.

A fish out of water

This new gadget takes the lazy out of the lazychair. With remote ability enabling our couch potato lives, even our fish get the heads up with a chair click abroad. I am not sure how much Nemo would enjoy this but if anyone you meet has one of these, you might reconsider their desire for adventure.

Pregnant men humor

Humor on the net knows no bounds. Its leaps ahead of nature, not bounded by gene pools of possibilities and laughing is just part of the game. Women's labor is no longer about just women, its about the pregnant man too and its possibilities.

Judge, misjudged

One of the best conscious test is to imagine yourself in a given situation and then ask yourself what would be fair. The ongoing Oregon lawsuit where OHSU accidentally did a sperm mix up is a good one. If my sperm hit the womb of another and begot bambino, I certainty would want a paternity test. This Judge, misjudged.

Great debate on African American culture

If you have about fifteen minutes, this is an excellent article where two African American men debate the role of rap music in African American culture, they touch on the black family, language, corporate greed and much more. Its an interesting read and well worth your time. I stop by this blog at least every few months. This is an informative and never dull website.

Mackie Questions Rudy Quote~ I do not think I use the words "Negro" and "black" any differently than Frederick Douglass or Ralph Ellison or Albert Murray or Stokely Carmichael or Rap Brown. Condemning backwardness is not sufficient. Your class of blacks condemned the spirituals. Condemned the blues. Condemned honky-tonks. Condemned those of us who make corn liquor to subsidize our lack of income. Condemn us for running numbers when we couldn't find a job. Condemned our speech. Condemned the clothes we wore. Condemned our manners and our way of walking. All that condemnation of yesterday seems so much similar to the condemnations muttered today about black youth and the masses of black folk. I fail to condemn because I have an ardent love for my people. And thus I stand ready to defend them from those who do not wish to look below the surface or above the curtains.

Mr. Khaled Abdelwahhab

Mr. Khaled Abdelwahhab was a man who participated in helping the Jewish people during WWII. What is interesting is the Holocaust Remembrance Committee is considering honoring Abdelwahhab and if this happens, Abdelwahhab will be the first Arab to receive this award. Considering the mind state of some of the emptied headed walking humans who possess prejudice's against the people of the Middle East this award does have great timing. I applaud the Holocaust Remembrance Committee for considering Mr. Khalded Abdelwahab.

Triphala

Triphala is a popular herbal preparation that is showing great promise to reducing the risk of Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreatic Cancer is the firth-leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

Men who dare to babysitt

Was does a single man whose without children do for a weekend? He becomes a babysitter and writes a funny article. “Josh, I know this is just a psychological trick,” he reminded me. “I’m not going to bed until we do something fun.” I wonder if single mothers could show him some compassion? I am trying.

Bigfib.com

Bigfib.com should be on everyone's morning calendar for a chuckle a day. Their fall down absurd deliberate lies fall into every article and its one of the most hysterical website's on the net. They are politically incorrect and definitely not a website for the easily offended. Their latest article Defiant Iran Boasts Nuke Progress is too funny. Blame my humor on my dad. I grew up with a Richard Pryor father. I laugh, un-offended.

Brandon's road trip

I don't quite get the allure of fame but Brandon is willing to be a Youtube corporate head stalker to achieve it. Brandon goes on a long distance drive from New York to California to make himself known to the Youtube big boys. I do respect his attempt but if more folks try this, Youtube may have to relocate to a high security location.

Top ten Grammar errors

If they only knew mine, lol. Quote from send2press.com~ Five of the top ten are categories of spelling errors, accounting for over half of the top-ten errors (53.2%). The remaining non-spelling categories are: prepositions (16.2%), double negatives (15.3%), slang / non-standard usage (9%), word choice (3.6%) and verb form (2.7%).

Enviga

I just tried this today and I am hooked. Watch out Red Bull, I think Enviga has what it takes to take over the energy drink market. 100 mgs of caffeine, 90mgs of Green Tea, and the taste is great. Green Tea is the one of the best herbs out there. This product is a hit and the price is half the cost of Red Bull.

Tags: news, Afghanistan, Enviga, humor, funny, comedy, rebuketheworld, Lumus, Stanley Crouch, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, N word, African American, rap

RebukeTheWorld News Briefing 4/08/07: Strange fast moving clouds in SE Portland, Or.

2007-04-09T00:22:00.000-07:00

Weird night~

I was sitting outside tonight, around 10:00 pm and the night sky completely blew my mind. In my entire 42 years of life on this crazy planet, I've never seen clouds move so fast!

I moved my chair to the grass and sat outside for about thirty minutes. It was strange and mind boggling. I asked my mother, father and brother to come outside and see. My mother had never seen clouds move so fast either. My brother was spooked and my father admitted that the clouds were moving fast but then with that look of Are you nuts Raven, he went inside. I called a few friends of mine and asked them to go outside and look at the night sky. They both responded that the clouds were still and not noticeably moving where they lived. They live in NE Portland which is about a fifteen minute drive from where I live. I even went a step further and called Channel 2 KATU news and asked them if anyone else had called about the fast moving low clouds and they responded, no. I went outside and continued to observe before finally retreating inside to watch the 11:00 evening news. When the program began to broadcast some of the Easter celebrations around Portland then it dawned on me, today is Easter. I knew it was Easter but I had forgotten about it by the evening. So, what does this all mean? I have no idea. All I know is I saw the fastest moving clouds today. They moved faster than an airplane or helicopter. These clouds crossed over my house in less than thirty seconds from my eye view that spanned a large portion of the night sky. All of this would make more sense to me if it was windy but it wasn't. The air around me barely moved.

It was a weird night. I guess nature can baffle us at times and sometimes even within my Christian belief system, answers aren't always given. I had thought for a second that tonight I was witnessing the Rapture. I know its laughable for many but that is what I thought.

I do know one thing, I have never seen clouds move so fast than I did tonight. It was pretty amazing.

Happy Easter

~Raven

Update: It's 12:20 am and I went outside to count the time from the farthest distance my eye can see. It wasn't thirty seconds. That is too long. The time would be closest to about 7-10 seconds for the clouds to pass over. I know I sound anal with this update but when first of firsts come one's way, you want to be as accurate as possible. As far as the airplane and helicopter example, what I meant was if an airplane or helicopter was at to the altitude of the clouds, I couldn't imagine them moving as fast. Maybe an airplane but definitely not a helicopter.

Tags: weather, Rapture, news, rebuketheworld, strange, weird, odd, Portland, Oregon, clouds

RebukeTheWorld News Briefing 4/07/07: Bill O'Reilley/Geraldo Rivero, Green Tea, Google

2007-04-07T20:14:00.000-07:00

Great song lyrics~ When lovin you is wrong, I dont wanna be right.

The Bill O'Reilley and Geraldo Rivero debate was hysterical. Two intelligent men arguing and yet both of them were correct. Obviously, if the illegal immigrant wasn't in America there would have been no drunk driver, no car crash and a young woman would be alive today. Obviously, the core of the argument has more to do with drunk driving than illegal immigration which was Geraldo's position. So, the question is why did they both get so angry? They just needed a woman to mediate.

Google, I love you

The best kept secret. Why pay for directory assistance? Let Google do the work!

Dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.

The wrong place for a rat

Can you imagine suffering through Alzheimers and then end up with a rat in your mouth which actually goes unnoticed? The rat is dead thanks to the patients mouth and an Oregon company is being sued. The story gets better but those darn press rights leaves me emptied handed. Read more.

Cameron Federline

Kevin Federline received his bad wrap for marrying Britney Spears and his brother Cameron is looming in the media background just a hop, skip and jump from me in Pendleton Oregon. A few days in jail for giving liquor to minors isn't quite headline material but at least Cameron Federline can rap his way out. I should go interview the guy. Maybe he can learn to beat another drum.

What does 81 and 18 have in common?

Yes, she was only 81 years old and probably had no idea what murder was AND yes, she took him to the grave with her own hands AND yes her punishment was just 18 months. What is Oregon running into? Easy lane I suppose.

One blood size fits all

As blood knowledge goes, A and B divorce and then kill each other off when mixed. Blood type 0 will do the good mixing deed no matter one's type but another alternative maybe in the future. Thanks to a news company Zymequest, sugar-cleaving enzymes will do the trick, Henrik Clausen of the University of Copenhagen and his discovery of two enzymes efficiently chop the A and B sugars off. What does that mean? If you have an A or B blood type, these newly studied enzymers will help make it possible for you to receive blood that is not your type. Good news folks.

Generic prescriptions

At Freakonomics.com, exposing the Walgreens hype where a good deal isn’t always a good deal. Can I would be more than slightly upset if I paid over 100 bucks only to find Cosco only charged 17. Generic prescriptions deserve your time. Call around first but start here. This article gives you the word up.

The Green Teain of America

I’m a Green Tea Guru. Love it! Love it! So good for yah. I don’t think its better than the Olive tree but it’s a great start. According to some folks, if serial killers had a daily dose of Green Tea, maybe some of us innocent bystanders might live out a long life. Well, maybe I am exaggerating or maybe I am not.

Slate quote~ The implicit bargain in buying these products is that green tea will make you not just spiritually complete, but morally superior. This is partly because green tea had the good sense to have the word green as part of its name.

Don't hold your pee

Don't hold your pee. I am not sure of the time constraints to where death knocks on ones door but one radio station is up for lawsuits. They should have investigated.

Veil or no veil, that is the question.

This is a year old story with a new story update. Isupport cultural differences and feel if yah belong to a religion that says, thou shall not reveal thy face, then go for it but and a bit BUT comes to my brain cells. Facial structure is a good test to witness sincerity or test honesty. Not everyone on the planet is a Sociopath so when it comes to hearing court testimonies, the face deserves its unveiling. Judge Paruk agrees and Hezbollah supporter Nabjg Ayad is going after Judge Paruk in Federal court.

Judge Paruk wrote that: Ultimately, however, my concern has to be, not with what Islamic law requires, but with the laws of the United States and Michigan. I would not permit any other witness to testify with a covered face. I cannot have one law for the community and another for Ms. Muhammad.

Ms. Muhammad is upset that she lost her case because the Judge through out her testimony veiled. I say, “Your in America. We want to see your face in court.”

Another stupid lawsuit

I love stupid, ridiculous lawsuits brought up by stupid ridiculous arguments by stupid ridiculous ???. Fine. I will be nice. Its sad that not only did people die but someone on this planet thinks that where you work should be held accountable even if where you worked wasn’t driving the car. I know, as if that is possible. Who knows. Maybe moving objects like buildings will begotten a conscious in our courts one day. Station KATV surely is.

Semantic Web

Semantic Web is the Internet phase to be. Listen to Tim Berners-Lee explain.

Diagram a Blog

The New York Times put out this diagram of a blog. I thought it was comical and after having looked it over I've come to one conclusion, no-one who wrote this has read my blog. Starting off with a bomb of logic that "vehemently disagrees" and then ends up with the devils advocate is just not my style. I would rather agree angelically(not a word), remove all grammar laws and end up confused. (laughing)

Tags: Google, Green Tea, Lawsuits, Bill O'Reilley, Geraldo Rivero, news, rebuketheworld, life, politics, immigrants

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to provoke the world.

2007-03-29T19:53:00.000-07:00

When you want war with a passion similar to ones' thirst for water in the desert, delusions and irrational thinking become the water mirage that you think you see and crave and yet doesn't even exist. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad desires to start a war with the United States, Israel and Britain through his grand water mirage. He thinks he can win and slowly he is gaining some support throughout the Middle East. Truth is, any leader who voices his so-called ability to overthrow the world can gain hero points quickly within the Middle East. I wrote about Ahmadinejad motives before and why I believe he throws his bone. He wags his own tail with lies and deception, truly hoping we will bite.

The British sailors being held in Iran is just one bone for him to delight his appetite to seduce our leadership for another war and sadly, Britain and the United States will probably bite.

We underestimated Saddam Husseins control in Iraq. I wonder if we will underestimate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad true motives? Wouldn't it be surprising if the fourteen British men and one women aren't released because the real plan is to bring them to trial in Iran? Then comes the guilty verdict and they're sentenced to death or life in prison. I wouldn't be surprised. Would you?

The United Nations would see Iran's reaction to the British sailors as wrong but they're a divided group in itself with only words of concern, hopes for a compromise and UN sanctions.

The question is, do you see any patterns?

1) Gun fire in Iraq between Iranian solider's and American solider's where one side says they fired first and the other says they did. This has already happened and I mentioned this prior on my blog. Don't you think its only fair to say that if it happened once, it will happen again?

2) More Iranians are coming into Iraq with the perfect timing that says we are your buddies now.

3) More blood money is coming from Iran to Iraq in hopes of buying the Iraqis sympathy.

4) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has passionately spoken out for an united Middle Eastern front to annihilate the United States, Britain and Israel.

I could list far more than four points but I figure if one can't get it with those, whats the point in writing more.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to provoke the world and he is going to do it carefully. He doesn't want to loose favor with those that he's slowly gaining support from so he will handle the captured British sailors legally but through a legal process that is called, the Iran way.

The question is will we go to war if those fourteen men and one woman are executed or held in prison?

We shall see.

Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iraq, Britain, Tony Blair, Bush, WWIII, news, politics, terrosists, Saddam Hussein, rebuketheworld

Frappers Map: Briefly describe your State

2007-03-28T23:22:00.000-07:00

Join my Frappers map!

Please offer a few descriptive words about the state or country where you live.

LINK~ Ravens Map

Tags: Frappers, state, city, comedy, rebuketheworld

Marketing Ad: The ignorant award goes to Nutri-System.

2007-03-28T17:47:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that just this Sunday, March 25, 2007, Nutri-System put out an ignorant male directed advertisement in the Parade section. Whoever said "Yeah" to this ad campaign lacked more than common sense and sensitivities.

Imagine the below ad with a before and after shot of a female, and with her husband quotes. If that was the case, Nutri-system would have made big news.

The word "as" in quotes, makes it clear that this wife is still not pleased with her man or Nutri-System. Her man hasn't risen above her criticism even with the visual of a skinnier hubby. Nutri-system needs a modern day boost of an intelligent and appropiate campaign to motivate men to loose weight.

Tags: Nutrisystem, news, marketing, stereotypes, fat, weight, rebuketheworld

Music News: Youtuber AnnieCanada puts out another #1 hit.

2007-03-26T11:59:00.000-07:00

Annie from Canada does it again. This is another #1 hit waiting at Youtube for a recording agency to snag her up. She is my all time favorite musician on Youtube and hopefully it won't be much longer before she gets the deserving recognition due to her shear talent. Her newest song Bask is mesmerizing and beautiful. My recent replay moments can not go into overload because it's a hit song that I will never tire from. Annie does slightly remind me of the singer Dido but she has her own unique style. In my opinion, her song writing abilities will prove her to be a singer with many top ten hits and not some quick fizzle singer with a one hit song. Annie is a delight to hear and is growing a fan base on Youtube. My fingers aren't crossed because her talent is too obvious to say it's a matter of luck. For Annie, it's just a matter of time.

Annie's song link ~ Bask

Tags: AnnieCanada, Youtuber, Youtube, vblogging, livevideo, Canada, Victoria BC, news, music, entertainment, Dido, Alanis Morissette, rock, pop, folk, country

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A potential stalker at Youtube.

2007-03-22T15:28:00.000-07:00

Throughout my life, I've personally met three people that fit into that missing link category for a potential stalker. Most of us have met someone where we instinctively know, something is missing and we call that, a conscious.

I watched a Youtube video on March 13, where a man called Casey, whose youtube name is Thatubedrama had expressed his outrage that Renetto hadn't contacted him about joining his venture for charity. He went from 0 to 10 quickly, and my gut sunk. This wasn't a guy whose looking to entertain some folks with emotional attention getting dialogue, Casey had a trigger and one to be aware of. Casey's behavior reminded me of the song Stan. Rapper Eminem raps about a fan whose upset with him because he hadn't written him back and in the end, the fan killed his girlfriend.

Immediately after watching Casey's video, I sent an email to Youtuber Renetto whose real name is Paul. Paul happens to be the most popular Youtuber and he is used to getting hate mail and has even received threats in the past. I wrote Paul expressing how I felt that Casey was a psycho in the works. I also mentioned that I would avoid a person like Casey and not give him any vblogging attention because I believe that when your dealing with a potential whacko, less communication is best. Well, here's the scoop.

It seems just some time later, Casey goes into some disturbed investigative work of his own. Casey is able to get Paul's house number and address but he didn't stop there. He also looked for the phone numbers and addresses to Paul's neighbors. Casey calls up Paul's wife and tells her that he received an email from a guy who said that he was planning to kidnap her and harm their family. Casey felt he should tell her about it AND he didn't stop there. Casey called a few of Paul's neighbors and told them too which caused a great deal of concern and worry as Paul began to hear back from his neighbors.

Paul has contacted the FBI and he is taking this seriously. As Paul mentioned in his recent video, when you do videos about your personal life you leave yourself open. It is a risk to divulge your personal experiences. There are people on this earth who lack a conscious and will use that information to prey on you. One thing I have learned is when we have gut instinct about someone, we usually have it for a reason. We should respond rationally, think and then once we've come to our conclusions, honor them. I felt it was important to post this entry for many reasons. Some of us don't always get it in terms of discerning the crazies out there and some of us do. Real life isn't always easy but being informed is always good.

The video of Casey ~ Warning: Strong Language

Update 3/22/2006~ Youtube has banned Casey so Casey is now posting videos at livevideo.com.

A trump card for Donald Trump and his "almost" accurate criticism of Bush.

2007-03-19T18:55:00.000-07:00

Donald Trump shared his opinions on the Iraq war and I agreed with much of what he had to say. I was very impressed that he gets that what's going on in Iraq is not about happy endings circling around whether or not we stay in Iraq. I wish a pull-out meant no war but that's not the case. Pulling out is simply our only option and I have no smiles behind that conclusion.

The only criticism I have for Trump is this, go watch some videos on history. Many people have been wrongly executed and persecuted throughout mans history. We should be ashamed to judge anyone without the necessary facts and be at a place, as a nation to hold justice with honor. Many innocent human lives breathed their last breath because courts didn't recognize them as human nor did they want to hear the truth. Bush gets "el stupido" rank for his mistakes in launching this war but at this point in the game, he doesn't get points for deliberating starting a war for oil or power. Why? We have no proof of that!

If one doesn't stay connected to "innocent until proven guilty" emotions will run wild on lies or insticts that don't hold water. One intellectual, Michelle Malkin has no proof of deliberate Bush deception's. She runs with it in blog haven, gaining popularity and without enough solid proof that could stand up in any court where a judgment of guilty would pass. Here say, and ones crystal ball gut instincts is all the critics have. I get frustrated when I hear psychic phenomenon projected as real, I know Bush deliberately started this war although I can't prove it when in real time, we do not know. As evidence presents itself, I will quickly support accountability by our just system and I do look forward to the future and how this all pans out. Some of us will be wrong and some of us will be right.

Just for the hell of it, here are three facts that do support honest criticism of Bush: 1) The Bush administration was mislead. 2) The Bush administration started a war without enough evidence. 3) The Bush administration started a war without the intelligence to look at history, the nature of man and the nature of the political dynamics surrounding the Iraqi people under Saddams rule.

America is in more jeopardy than ever before. America is less safe than ever before and the Middle East situation is going to grow into a war that history will agree on as one of the biggest wars in mans history and America threw the ball.

I decided to post Trumps response below. In my opinion, most of what he said was accurate and support my feelings at the onset of this war. I am not a Trump fan but Mr. Donald Trump needed to be trumped by an integrity card called innocent until proven guilty.

Tags: Michelle Malkin, Bush, Donald Trump, Trump, Bush, Iraq, news, politics, rebuketheworld, Iran, Hussein, Saddam

Raven's Audio Commentary: Wiretapping

2007-03-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

I have written a few articles on the wiretapping controversy and today, I decided to try something different; an audio commetary. I've been playing around with Windows Movie Maker and with still with much to learn, I am looking forward to another hobby. I had to edit this dialogue in order to upload this in ten minute sections so please throw me some grace. Time constraints did cause me to feel a bit rushed and I didn't want this to be long but guess what? This commentary ended up being thirty minutes long so there goes my original intent, lol.

Talking to yourself isn't the easiest thing to do but I enjoyed this and plan on doing more of this soon as I venture into video blogging the news, coming this June. My little world needs a good does of adventure these days or maybe another definition for it. (smile)

note~ AOL Uncut is still a Beta product. I noticed a few pauses during the clippings of the TV show The View but the video will keep going and audio commentary worked out fine.

Link~ Raven's audio commentary Part 1

Link~ Raven's audio commentray Part 2

Link~ Raven's audio commentary Part 3

Tags: Bush, News, politics, wiretapping, rebuketheworld, terrorists, Iraq, Iran, The Patriot Act, The View, Rosie O'Donnell, Elisabeth

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2007-03-06T12:22:00.000-08:00

I received an email from some staff member at Ontoplist.com. I went to check it out and this is a pretty good idea for bloggers. Just as technorati is a wonderful place to get your opinions heard and move up the search engine list, OnToplist is also a credible website. Most of us don't blog to hit some popular milestones but we do like to share our opinions and be heard.

Sited from Ontoplist.com~ With OnToplist.com you get a fully customizable, free toplist or blog ranking. You manage the service on your own: you can change design, you decide whether to accept or deny new websites, you can optimize your toplist for search engines. And, there's no need to know any programming languages, not even HTML.

Go sign up. Next to the pick your domain(upper right hand corner) choose a word to represent your blog and then they will send you an email to confirm your address. After this, you can then type in your blog URL and get your blog listed. Its that easy. This site has some interesting perks so give it a shot.

Tags: Optoplist, technorati, news, blogs, bloggers, search engines, rebuketheworld

Sunriver Oregon: No Road Rules, RULES!

2007-03-05T18:21:00.000-08:00

Its only a five mile piece of country road but its got it all goin on and with major road perks. What one gets away with on this five mile road that is pretty cool. Can you imagine that you can speed, swerve on the road, not stop at stop signs, no tickets for tail lights or seat belts, etc., and the cops can't do nothin? I know the folks who live on that five mile stretch in Sunriver, Oregon are happy campers. I can see it all now~

There we are in the plush snow packed mountains of Sunriver, Oregon. Some teenagers are just blocks away from the end of the breaking no driving rules road. Cops are waiting, biting their nails, dealing with spilled Starbucks coffee on their lap's because they just heard over the intercom, "Some crazy driver almost hit a cow, almost hit some kid on THEIR narrow country road and ran into the octagon red GO Stop sign just a few miles back." Cops respond, "Don't worry. We got him. Over and out." And, just one foot from the edge of this unreal full of radical perks country road, the teenager drives by slowly. Yaaaaaaaaah Baby!

Tags: news, cops, Sunriver, Oregon, driving, rebuketheworld

Youtuber Renetto and HellionExciter fight it out in the boxing ring.

2007-02-28T20:27:00.000-08:00

As some of you know, I am an addict whose slowly going through withdrawals as I seek to regain a thing called, Get a real life but the new twist to the drama of Youtube will be popular news soon. How do I know that? I don't. Just those instincts of mine but I am betting that Fox news, Google and maybe even AOL will pick up on it. Here is whats going on ~

A boxing/kickboxing match is going to happen in either March or April 2007 between the most popular Youtuber Renetto and a drama queen Youtuber HellionExciter. HellionExciter insults everyone and he has no qualms about it. Hellion has insulted Renettos children and thrown out plenty of rated X over the top insults at Renetto. Renetto has called Hellion's bluff to be and with a few UFC boxing rules this fight will get loads of media air time.

Renetto is willing to delete all of his videos and step away from Youtube for a whole year if he looses the fight. Youtuber HellionExciter gets a few hundred to a thousand hits and has agreed to Renettos terms. HellionExciter has little to loose outside of male ego and Renetto has much to loose including male ego. I don't know who will win but I am siding with Renetto. The guy is smart, sarcastically funny, a little bit annoying at times and from what I can gather, he has more heart substance than HellionExciter. I was going to shake Renetto's tree recently because of his sarcastic convo with this Orthodox Jew that I thought was unnecessary but I have watched enough of Renettos videos to figure out that he provokes to stir alittle harmless drama, then settles the score with apologies and then starts all over again. The difference between Renetto and HellionExciter is both are drama queens but Renetto has a classy approach, and he isn't nearly as offensive as HellionExciter.

Renetto has plenty of media perks with his ongoing reign as the man to be on Youtube so for him to be willing to delete all of his videos and walk away from Youtube for a year really only means this, Renetto is MAD! I wouldn't doubt if your news station near you is talking about this boxing match to be. It's surely going to break all Youtube records and I wouldn't be surprised if this boxing match received live TV coverage too. I 'll be watching.

Recap Funny Videos to watch~ Video 1 and Video 2

Renetto's UFC rules

March 20th - April 5th in Las Vegas.

1. UFC fighting rules with NO TIME LIMIT... the fight is over when someone SUBMITS

2. We do not fight for MONEY... I will only fight for JUSTICE and RIGHTNESS

3. The WINNER stays on YouTube and the LOSER removes ALL their videos, DELETES their account and doesn't return for ONE YEAR

LET'S GET IT ON...

Tags: Youtube, Youtubers, vblogging, news, Renetto, Hellion, boxing match, Las Vegas, HellionExciter

The doctor's judgement call is on you and about your child.

2007-02-28T16:21:00.000-08:00

I remember the day as clear as yesterday. I walked into the emergency room with my 4 year old son Austin and when it was time for his appointment, I sat nervously awaiting for the doctor to enter. I had called my mother and asked her to come with me because I knew accusations would come and I needed her emotional support. I took off Austin's shirt so the doctor could examine him. Austin had bruises on his arms, back, legs, stomach basically his entire body was covered with them. The doctor walked out with a look on his face where I knew what he was thinking, this child is a victim of child abuse. Inside, I am worried for my child, worried for me, worried that they may not know what is wrong with him and hoping, someone will believe me. They informed me that they were calling the authorities while my mother was consoling me with, they will find out what is wrong with Austin.

My son had recently returned from a trip to see his dad in New Mexico. When Austin returned he had diarrhea for about a week but because he had no temperature and was running around behaving normally, I assumed he was eating too much fruit. I am one of those mothers, where fruit is a free for all, have as much as you like and no, you don't need to ask. My kids did get diarrhea at times but none of them had it for a week. My kids had been back from their trip for about a week and one day, later in the evening, I noticed these bruises all over Austin. I took off his shirt and there were bruises. I took off his pants and there were bruises. Austin was smiling and being his hyper self but immediately, I called my mother and took Austin to emergency.

There I am sitting at the hospital waiting and finally in the office where two doctors looked at him and a representative from Children's Services present. I was in the room being questioned for what seemed like forever but it was probably about 45 minutes before a nurse was invited into the room. She asked Austin to open his mouth and when he did, the nurse turned and smiled at me and said, "This child isn't being abused. We need to rush him to the hospital immediately." I learned that my son had contracted some virus probably from the water in New Mexico and this virus had eaten up his platelets to the point where any type of fall could have killed him. The reason why the nurse had him open his mouth is because inside Austin had broken vessels a sure sign of low platelet count. He was hospitalized for a few days and I was an emotional wreck. The staff did their job. I have no grievances to the staff and I am grateful for how they handled my situation. We should assume child abuse as a possibility when determining the cause of children's injuries but sometimes this backfires. Some parent may worry about what the doctors will think and thus not take their child in or not reveal all the details and then a child dies. This is the case for Sarah Bacon who didn't tell the doctors about her 14-month-old daughter's head injury and Molly, her daughter died a few days later.

Sarah Bacon played the victim role, blaming the doctors for not offering her daughter more tests but based on the information she gave them, her daughter was treated fairly even though she was without insurance. Sarah became the poster child for Oregonians without insurance. Her testimony wasn't originally investigated and as the story later unfolds, Sarah's daughter had died in California and not in Oregon. Her boyfriend witnessed Molly's fall and was acquitted in 2002 for any wrong doing. The reason I brought up Sarah's case was her worry about being judged as an abusive mother kept her from giving out the details that could have saved Molly. Sarah had also scammed those who are fighting to make sure health care for children is obtainable. Her story was spoken at the House-Senate health committee. After hearing her story, Rep. Tina Kotek, D-Portland responded, "We shouldn't have to hear those kinds of stories in Oregon," and Rep. Mitch Greenlick, D-Portland said, "It's important to put a human face on this."

I am sure there are plenty of mothers or fathers who wonder what the doctors will think when they walk into a hospital with their injured child. Just as the agonizing judgment's from the doctors was my 45 minutes of hell, it was also a torment because on one note, your worried for your child and on another, you want them to discover what's wrong with your child so your not deemed or imprisoned for child abuse charges. Little Molly didn't get her medical situation revealed because of fear on the mothers part, and that was unfortunate.

Bacon said, "I believe my daughter didn't get all the tests she needed to keep her with us, because she didn't have insurance. " I think of her response as a mothers way to survive her agony. The accountability mirror that one may have had some fault in their child's fate is much to bare. And, even when I sat in the hospital with my son, I can't tell you how many times I screamed inside with the why's I didn't get alarmed over my child's diarrhea. A life lesson learned and luckily my child lived and came home.

Tags: news, health insurance, Oregon, rebuketheworld

Life Section: A Letter to Me ~ Another womans story

2007-02-27T23:15:00.000-08:00

Last week, I wrote a letter to me which was an emotional whirlwind for me but a good one at that. Many emotions came up and a sense of protectiveness for myself and who I am, ripened even more. I hadn't realized that I could even grow more in that area but I did. I also had no idea that other people had done this before and today, I found a woman who wrote a moving letter to me awhile ago. An excerpt: You deserved to be loved and cherished…not beaten down and raped. You deserved to have a Mom…to love you and nurture you and care for you. You really did and do deserve that…I’m so sorry that she was so much less than a mother…

Stop by and read her letter to me. It's a powerful read.

Tags: a letter to me, life, daily life, healing, therapy, counseling, rebuketheworld

Sign the petition: Demand Congressional authorization before Bush can wage war with Iran

2007-02-23T12:19:00.000-08:00

Ann posted a comment on my blog bringing awareness about a petition for Congressional approval if Bush decides to wage war with Iran. This is a valuable safety net, a stand in, possibly a halt or even a Congressional agreement with Bush all of which are possibilities but the power to move, is outside of just one mans hand. If you agree that this is a wise move, please sign now and send a message to Congress that will be heard in the land of Democracy.

Ann posted this sample letter ~ I just signed a petition to ask Congress to demand President Bush seek congressional authorization before considering military action in Iran. He seems out of control, and we have to stop the war in Iraq from escalating into a regional crisis. Congress can do this, but they need to hear from us.

Can you sign?

Tags: moveon.org, Democrats, Congress, Iran, Bush, news, politics, Republicans, rebuketheworld

BBC reporting, Bush is preparing to attack Iran.

2007-02-22T23:59:00.000-08:00

The BBC is reporting that Bush is preparing for an attack on Iran soon.

DailyKos~ US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country's military infrastructure, the BBC has learned.

It is understood that any such attack - if ordered - would target Iranian air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centres.

British military sources told the New Statesman, on condition of anonymity, that "the US military switched its whole focus to Iran"

I wish I could lean my predictions on I heard from God but really, its just simple logic. Trust me, no tootin on the horn from me. This is one of those, I hoped to be wrong but man is sadly predictable.

I believe Iran has Nukes. I know we have no proof of that but thinking realistically its a more than likely true than not but its also, you can do nothing unless you know. Today, building a bomb is known knowledge. The hard part is getting your hands on Uranium which Iran has. Here's is the deal, Russia isn't stupid. They know the Iranian leader is a nut case so backing Iran with Uranium is just like handing Iran a gun and saying, we didn't pull the trigger so its not our fault if they shoot.

Iran will either reveal their missiles capabilities openly by stating to the world it was UN sanctions that changed their intentions or we will discover they have them. This guy so wants to annilihate Israel and the United States that he can taste it. Iran isn't playing the You can but I can't game. As long as other nations have nukes, Iran wants them too and they will not back down. We might see video footage very soon exposing their true intent, their missiles and as soon as that gets air play, Bush will strike. Do I think he should? Let me say this loudly, HELL NO! The forest before the trees analogy goes like this~ thinking, global human species extinction as one nation defending the prospect of a future nuclear attack by another leading versus a down the line prospect where time is on our side. Now, which one is the forest and which one is the tree?

Bush will launch a war with Iran and your sons will see a draft soon enough because the man power needed isn't doable with the enlisted numbers we have today. The impending Iran war will make the Iraq war look like a walk in the park. There are just too many chess players on the table and no-one is waiting for the time to check mate.

What should be our next move if Iran has missiles? UN sanctions, get out of Iraq immediately, and put some serious money into the best redirection missiles in the world to protect America from being attacked. I know, like that is going to happen.

Tags: Bush, Iraq, Iran, WWIII, Nuclear bomb, Nuclear war, terrorists, news, politics, rebuketheworld

Music Youtube News: Michelle Channell will blow your mind.

2007-02-15T02:22:00.000-08:00

I was playing around the Microsoft Movie Maker last night and behold, my first editing experience has been uploaded. I combined two of Michelle's videos and I think I did fairly well. I uploaded this onto AOL UNCUT and don't forget to leave a comment raving about me, lol. Kidding, only props for Michelle here. Love the gal.

Michelle Channell on AOL Uncut

Tags: Michelle Channel, youtube, youtubers, AOL Uncut, music, rock, pop, folk, alternative, vblogging

What can an American citizen do as we are being readied for a bigger war?

2007-02-14T16:04:00.000-08:00

Don't you love the air as it fills with accusations, hunches and maybe some truth and then little targets of what's next are thrown around, and there we have the perfect makings of another war.

AOL news source ~ President Bush said he is "going to do something" about the support that the U.S. says Iran is giving to militants in Iraq.

So Bush rubs his crystal ball and says more,

"But we do know that they're there and I intend to do something about it. And I've asked our commanders to do something about it. And we're going to protect our troops."

Bush continues, "Whether (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad ordered the Quds Force to do this, I don't think we know.

The Checkmate Chess game~

We shouldn't launch a war with Iran even with proof of them supplying the Iraqis with weapons. For one, few are going to believe us and two, its a war that will engage the entire world. Why can't Bush play chess? He sees who the players are but he has a mindset to react to each play and cannot wait until its checkmate time. War with Iran is like a fork in the road. One way says war later and the other ways war today. Bush will react to the day and his lack of patience with open up the draft, divide congress and the world and who cares whose our next president. We have no way to withdraw from the Middle East and our hopeful next presidential incumbent is screwed.

"The operation to secure Baghdad is going to take time, and there will be violence," he said. My response~ Hey Bush, just to offer you a little time correction. Its more like years that speak into my childrens generation and that is if we make it that far without nuking each other.

Ramzy Baroudconcludes~ A war against Iran will further exasperate the instability of the region and compromise the security of the United States, at home and abroad. It might also be the end of American military adventurism in the region for some time, but at a price so heavy, so unbearable. If Iraq's cakewalk has cost the lives of 650,000 Iraqis, how many more must die in broader war before Bush bows to commonsense and brings the grinding wheel of war to a halt?

So what can an American citizen do as we are being readied for a bigger war?

You tell me.

Tags: Iran, Bush, Iraq, Middle East, WWIII, Nuclear, news, politics, rebuketheworld

Valentines day: A single gal vents. Sarcastic chuckles, a must.

2007-02-14T14:01:00.000-08:00

Prelude to sarcasm~ Written in good fun folks.

First let me say the right thing. Happy Valentine's Day! Yippee! Hooray! A big hootin to you. Wishing you the best! Happy days are here again. Cool!

Whew.

Glad that’s over.

How was your Valentines? Did you get flowers? How about a heart shaped basket full of candy? Did you get one of those little obnoxious Teddy bears too? Anyone get a diamond? If so, skip my blog and move off the planet please. Women are from Mars and Men are from Venus is all the scientific proof that I need that some people just don't belong here. If your single like me, I am sure you have a list of "I got a whole lotta nothing" too. Did you receive any phone calls from your girlfriends today? Don’t you just love those. Its like the phone just rings d-day d-day d-day, now go answer it. One friend got roses with a "Give me a kiss beautiful" this morning. Yah, I know. She actually told me. Of course, she didn't ask me what I got. She was brave. Another friend hit the reality button on my behalf with her given talent for a numbers game. She’s single and got 3 phone calls from 3 different guys. WOW! Then she asked me, “What did you get?“ I love those Hmm pause moments.

Did you refuse to give into any compulsive behavior like buying yourself some Pepto Bismo after inhaling your own store bought box of Forest Gump Chocolates? You never heard of those before? It’s the only box of chocolates made my man on the planet. They have no directions in them what so ever. Its like the die hard approach to adventure with your chug of rescue water just in case one of those nasty cherry chocolate ones slip in. This is the whole reason why Forest Gump took up running.

The single gals and guys are on vicarious territory when this happy go lucky d-day holiday pops up. When you can watch a romance movie on Valentines day there aint a braver soul on this planet. When you can buy yourself flowers and chocolates on this love celebration and pretend like someone else did, you rock. When you can be happy for those who got and you didn’t, consider yourself, a saint. Thinking about saints, its funny how us gals think this holiday is for them. I think that way too but really it was this control freak that started it all. Some reluctant history below-

Legend has it that Valentine was a priest who served during third century Rome. There was an Emperor at that time by the name of Claudius II. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made bettersoldiers than those that were married. With this thought in mind he outlawed marriage for young men in hopes of building a stronger military base. Supposedly, Valentine, decided this decree just wasn't fair and chose to marry young couples secretly. When Emperor Claudius II found out about Valentine's actions he had him put to death.
Another legend has it that Valentine was an imprisoned man who fell in love with his jailor's daughter. Before he was put to death he sent the first 'valentine' himself when he wrote her a letter and signed it 'Your Valentine', words still used on cards today.

Whether good ole Valentine died marrying some folks off or offered an imprisoned man a letter for his daughter either way he didn't care about the withouther’s or the withouthis’s species. Boy, how do I love rewriting language. Statistics show that single people get depressed because Saint Valentine didn't die for them. He was too busy marrying those couplets off. And why should us single’s quiver with envy? I say, don't waste your precious emotions. Half of them will get divorced in 7 years. Most of them know watch more TV than you and in the end, they will be a whole lot fatter too. (note~ do skip any of past entries about my mysterious 20 lb weight gain)

What’s worse is us gals have no claim to fame thanks to St. Valentine. Can you imagine dying just so someone else could get married? I would be rising out of the grave on overtime every time I saw a divorce paper. That’s why we took over and made sure that there were no candy shaped baseballs or basket balls anywhere. All store items are bright pink, red and not blue screaming for SHE day.

To a guy, Valentines day means brain power on alert status. Its their amnesia holiday loaded with female guns triggering reminders for the rest of their life. To the smart man, they know it’s a memorabilia mating call moment. If done right, they will wake up with a game plan and with well thought out plan. Those smart guys hit the slumber mode just a smiling cause his woman is happy. And, oh yah, he got his too. Now the guys who forget about Valentine's Day don’t wear pink shirts so if you have one of those, throw him to the curb. If he yells back something like, "Hey St. Valentine was a man and where is my present?" Quickly, and I do mean quickly reply," I know nothing about that" and shut the door.

In real time, I don’t care about chocolate, diamonds or gifts but I do want to the intimacy perks so until I get married, I will keep rewriting this article, adding a little more to it each year and take up running.

I snagged this graphics from Annes Art Gallery Blog

Tags: Valentines Day, rebuketheworld, humor, comedy, humour, sarcasm

Music News: Guess what song I've listened to 30+ times today?

2007-02-13T19:04:00.000-08:00

And, I aint lyin.

Pure radical inspiration. Catch the vibe here. You know if its your ball. It surely was mine.

U2 Song ~ Walk On

And love
It's not the easy thing
The only baggage
That you can bring
Not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
Before the second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on
Walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it

Walk on
Walk on
Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place
None of us has been
A place that has to be believed
To be seen

You could have flown away
A singing bird
In an open cage
Who will only fly
Only fly for freedom

Walk on
Walk on
What you got
You can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it

Walk on
Walk on
You stay safe tonight

And I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
You can only take so much

Walk on
Walk on

Home
Hard to know what it is
If you never had one

Home
I can't say where it is
But I know I'm going

Home
That's where the heart is

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind

All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break

All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind

All that you reason
All that you care

It's only time
And I'll never fill up all my mind (??)

All that you sense
All that you scheme
All you dress up
And all that you see

All you create
All that you wreck
All that you hate

Tags: U2, music, rock, entertainment, theraphy, rebuketheworld, WALK ON BABY

Noone can take away your human rights.

2007-02-13T02:19:00.000-08:00

www.youthforhumanrights.org

Tags: youthforhumanrights.org

We did this once and we can do it again. Save DELARA DARABI. Sign the petition!

2007-02-13T02:10:00.000-08:00

A one minute must see video above!

Spread the news Jland and Internet readers abroad. We have another lady to save.

SIGN THE PETITION

We did this once and we can do it again. So many of you responded on Nazanin's behalf and her life was saved. Nazanin's battle isn't over but she will live to clear her name. Delara Darabi is another innocent woman whose been in prison for three years. She has been beaten and tortured while in prison. She turned to art as a voice and an outlet for what her life in prison has been like. Link~ Delara's Art work

Excerpts from News source~ On Saturday, January 27, 2007, Iran's Supreme Court upheld death sentence of DELARA DARABI. For the second time. Delara, who is now 20 years old, faces death by public hanging for a murder that took place when she was 17 years old. According to newspaper and court reports, after murdering a woman related to Delara, Delara's 19 year old boyfriend, convinced Delara to admit responsibility for the murder to protect him from execution. Apparently, both teenagers believed that because Delara was under the age of 18, she could not be sentenced to death. This belief proved to be devastatingly false.

From the dark confines of her prison cell, Delara produced an impressive collection of PAINTINGS that speak of the horrors of prison, of torture, of beatings, of hopelessness, loneliness, and the loss of a child's innocence.

...Delara used coal and whatever else she could find to paint her pain on the walls of her prison, they subjected the young artist -- nicknamed "prisoner of colors" -- to brutal forms of emotional and physical abuse. They banned her from painting altogether, and they prevented her from having any visitors or contacting her lawyer except for twice a month briefly by phone. Their abuse proved too much for young Delara, who, true to her sensitive disposition as an artist, wears her pain woefully close to the surface of her skin.

On January 20, 2007, Delara attempted suicide by cutting her wrists.

Delara's emaciated body was rushed to the hospital, where, by what can only be deemed a miracle, doctors were able to revive her and bring her back to life. As of the date of this letter, Delara remains in critical condition and weighs only 35 kilos.

Spread the news Jland and Internet readers abroad. We have another lady to save.

SIGN THE PETITION

Tags: DELARA DARABI, Iran, news, politics, feminism, human rights, rebuketheworld, Nazanin

Music News: Sit back and take in Youtuber Michelle Channell.

2007-02-12T23:40:00.000-08:00

Recently when I was browsing Youtuber IRTheBorg vblog, I saw that Larry had promoted a singer/song writer named Michelle Channel. I actually felt myself step back a bit while listening to her because here is this young woman that is not only mature beyond her years but her voice is almost angelic. She has a range that can go as high as Sarah McLachlan and then hit's the low notes like easy lane.

I asked Michelle to answer a few questions for me and she put this quick video together. All of the songs on her Youtube account were written by her. She doesn't write lyrics that are shallow or uninteresting. Her words have a wonderful and important message. Her song writing style has a dash of Indie, Folk and Pop, creating a blend that the listener will want to stop all that they are doing and want to breathe her all in. She joined Youtube a few months ago and has already been pinned with the #35 most subscribed singer on Youtube. The record labels will be fighting soon to bring her on board this exceptional talent.

It was very sad for me to hear that her guitar had been recently stolen. I know writing music is very important to her. I hope a miracle will come about where she can get another one very soon.

Song~ The World is Ours

Song ~ What am I made of

Michelle writes~ An original song. social, political, spiritual, and simple. perhaps about leadership and responsibility.

Michelle Channel Youtube blog~ Send her a comment

Tags: MichelleChannell, Sarah McLachlan, Youtuber, vblog, vblogging, music, Indie, Rock, Pop, Folk, entertainment, youtube, rebuetheworld, Michelle Channell

Online Legal Pedophilia is now a possibility.

2007-02-12T01:44:00.000-08:00

There are so many ways to legally cover ones ill will intentions and boylovers.net gets the Pedophilia disguise of the year award. This is a legal site and sadly, I am unsure if the government can do anything about it. If your browse their site you will see 100,000’s and 100,000’s of photos of young boys. You will find links to articles where other adult male boylovers have written their testimonies. Each article has Pedophilia all over it.

Here is a portion of one testimony. Judge for yourself.~

I eventually found my way to a ring of websites, where I discovered the joy of "boy galleries." Alpha's Boys was the most memorable website, because it featured the jppfk series, with pictures of cute little boys undressing down to their underwear. I spent countless hours on a 14.4 modem downloading these images in my web browser. I knew they just had to have some nude pictures on there, but none of the websites went further than pulling the waisteband down on the underwear. So I went out looking for more...

So, hear I am today. A well adjusted college student, going about a normal, healthy life, and I think boychat helped me alot. If it hadn't been for the people I met on BC, I think I would've actually believed that I was turning into a monster, and probably would have hurt alot of the boys that I have met now. Instead, I've developed healthy, loving relationships with many boys, and like to think that those boys look up to me and love me just as much as I love them. In fact, I know they do, because they tell me so. There are people out there who hurt boys, or girls, but I'm not one of them. I would never hurt them, because I know that I'm a boylover.

My first rebuttal of many is, I have a strong sense of honor for my sisterhood and yet the last thing I need is a website that posts 100,000's+ photos of little girls. Isn't it interesting how this same man who had been searching online for photos of naked boys, just wouldn’t even consider ever sexually molesting one? Sure, I'll buy that. He closes his testimony with his feel good conscious statement's that he is a boylover and there is nothing wrong with him.

Boylovers.net does have an About Me section ~

What are we then? If you had asked a man in Ancient Greece if he was a paiderastes, you would have been asking him if he was a BOYLOVER. And that is what we are. We aren't pedophiles and child molesters. We are men who love boys.

Boylovers.net attempts to disguise the English language but its a no brainer to what they are really saying. Have you ever heard of an intergenerational relationship? This website is covering up evil with~ this is normal, good and be proud of yourself Pedophilia jargon. Intergenerational relationships is about two people. One is an adult and the other is a child and they ain't playing chess.

This website has loads of politically correct research posted only to protect their online audience. Their logic~ lets throw up some token links about those bad boys who molest kids and this will keep us up and running. This is no different than finding a website that is in support for gun control and yet they have detailed articles on how to make gun's. Boylovers.net is probably the most dangerous Pedophilia site online because it somewhat masks their true intentions. You will find Youtube videos of kids playing, kids myspace pages and who knows, maybe your kid is on their website. These children are in eminent danger from a large membership whose clicking away legally.

The Internet pornography industry is a 12 billion dollar industry. Furthermore, child pornography has become a multi-billion dollar commercial enterprise and is one of the fastest growing industries on the Internet.

News source PDF file~ 40% of the adults who view child porn are molesters. 1 in 7 children are solicited by adults for sex and 1 out of 10 are threatened and harassed.

This website is a child molesters haven where they can mingle and get tips from other members. This whole experience felt like filth in my mouth. When I was reading their testimonies, I could only wonder how many disturbed men had been nodding their head in support of each other within their demented therapy ring. Unless one can read between the lines, these predators may have found a legal way around the consequence bin and this is what I fear most.

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Tags: Pedophilia, Pedophiles, news, children, Internet safety, molesters, rape, rebuketheworld

Are you a photographer? If so, lets talk.

2007-02-10T23:31:00.000-08:00

Hello living breathing talented folks that you are, I am looking for pictures or short videos of nature and peoples expressions. Sadness, grief, mourning, fear, hope, etc., are expressions I could use in my videos. If you have any short videos of just the ocean, waterfalls, lakes, rain or snow falling, mountains, etc., basically, any nature landscapes would help. Any art work that you have painted or drawn are also possibilities.

I am creating videos for my poetry. These videos will be composed of me saying my poems out loud in a dramatic fashion, adding nature sounds, classical music, still and moving images. If your willing to let me use these your work, I would be very grateful. I recognize I hold no ownership to your art, photography or video clips. I would give full credit at the end of my videos to those who shared as well as offering links to your website or email address. I will be uploading these unto Youtube and other places via Internet so its an opportunity for us all. If you know of someone who is a casual or professional photographer, please forward them this entry. I, thank you!

Best Regards, Raven Smith

Please email me at rebuketheworld@aol.com if your interested.

Link~ My Poetry Site

Tags: photography, photographers, entertainment, nature, youtube, vblogging, art, rebuketheworld, poetry, poems

Randy Nein, a friend of mine, interviews Anna Nicole Smith

2007-02-10T19:30:00.000-08:00

I laughed when I saw this today but a few years ago I got a chance to talk with Randy. We've talked quite a few times and I think of Randy as a wonderful person. He introduced to me his business partner and friend Sonja who ended up being an exceptional person as well. Randy is intelligent, funny and honest. We had some good laughs. I remember a few years ago when he told me about this red carpet interview he had with many movie stars in Hollywood. Randy is a producer/director in Hollywood and has worked on many film projects. He has some interesting projects in the works today as well. He has another business WorldNetPlanet. which touches on money making ventures well worth ones time to look into. I wish him luck and happiness in all that he does.

It was nice to see Anna Nicole Smith in this video. Her death was very sad to me. Inspite of all of her success and loss, something about her was relatable to many people. Anna was obviously vulnerable and wanted to be loved and accepted. You don't need to change the world to be considered a decent person. Ironically, her life did somewhat, imitate Marilyn Monroe. She was famous and beautiful but deep down inside, she didn't know her amazingness. Anna had a tough childhood. A great deal of her celebrity life was fighting in court rooms for what she believed was hers. She battled inwardly to love herself and had suffered the losses of love as we all have. She finally gave birth to the baby girl that she had always wanted but then just weeks later, her son died. I didn't know her but I wonder, if she ever found the beauty in accepting yourself. It just seems that this was one of her life long battles, unfullfilled.

Link~ Randy's Interview with Anna Nicole Smith

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Life Section: A letter to me....

2007-02-09T02:02:00.000-08:00

I was browsing my photos and saw this one of me as a little girl. I just stared at it for a moment. Then, I envisioned me holding her, talking to her about everything I knew she would go through, do and become. I thought I would write her a letter. This ended up being an emotional experience for me but good therapy, nonetheless.

Dear little girl,

I remember you. Always laughing, always smiling and I know you wanted people to be happy around you no matter how sad your life was. All through childhood, the fear you experienced with bullies through school, the non-stop fear of your alcoholic father, you would walk lightly and forgave at a whim for many years. You tip-toed around arguments and drama by creating laughter like the peace maker you were. Sometimes I wished you hadn’t always done that. You didn’t gain the respect of some even when you offered sound words because they saw you as a cheerleader but they were dysfunctional and full of stereotypes. Your family loves you but not all of them know their own ways. I wish I could have told you that everyone isn’t always as they seem. I know you wanted to believe this first. You felt proud of this quality you had. I know, when they said who they are or described themselves you thought of it as true but you being naive, would become a ruin for you to climb one day. Its takes time little girl, for people to reveal all that they are. I know that your optimism caused you to fall in love quickly and jump too soon. When the light of who they were finally shined, you wouldn’t dim it with denial or ignorance. Your self worth wouldn’t let you love an illusion but you would feel stuck in these two relationship’s and suffer in time from this. You will know what’s it like to be surprised by many and this will dishearten you later on. You always lived a life where you cried silently at night and smiled during the day. It’s a gift you have to enjoy the moment’s of joy even if your life is hard but the loner in you would come to bloom. You fought your whole life to believe in dreams around people who told you they don’t come true. They thought you were foolish. Your still this way, a dreamer but you would one day, know a day of wishing you had more of that again. You would get a degree in what you loved to do but didn’t consider how much money you would make. This is something you will regret. You can find passion in many areas of your life outside of work and being able to eat, pay your rent, be financially independent and support your future children should have been considered by you in your college degree choice. You never loved a man because of beauty, status or money and your glad this has never changed. You will one day wished that you had trusted God more. This would grieve you greatly one day. You will wish that you trusted in doors that seemed impossible because your children would have been better for it. You will have wished you spent more happy time with them instead of allowing the oppression of a neighborhood. Their bold and deliberate isolation of your sweet children would cause a part of you to slip away. You will have wished that you praised them more instead of working at a dream that took so much out of you and from them. You would learn after your divorce and healing through his affairs, to give your heart to only a man whose earned it through time but an exception you couldn’t have imagined would come. A friend you highly respected would give a certain man the highest compliments in the world and you, let your instincts go by you. All you saw, just couldn’t be what you saw and early pregnancy would cause you to feel stuck one last time. This exception would be your greatest regret. You would have gladly re-experienced your whole life to have not known this one. You would learn first hand what is a person whose denies all the hurt he would do and say to you and your children. This would become a level of emotional shock to you. You stopped loving him quickly but you feared closed doors. He would be allowed to hang around and your worth would eat its bitterness.

Little girl, you will need to not spend emotional time on how much you have given that didn’t come back to you and how much you sacrificed to your enemies because this will cause you a sadness that you will have wished you had never known. A depression that can still smile during the day but is stuck and away. You will have to learn how to accept loss and be grateful that even with your mistakes, you had never been vindictive to anyone, not even once. You can look back honestly and say your motives weren’t to deliberately hurt your children but in some ways, you did. When you don’t hope, you make sacrifices which should have never been and you will mourn a regret that pangs to holds their faces and say, “Being homeless is better than this.”

You will look back and see the good in who you are and been. You’ve loved many people who were different than you and had different beliefs than you. You saw their unique humanness and you knew they were lovely. You would open your doors to homeless people and it didn’t matter when they stole from you or when you were evicted. Someone had to do it. Someone had to show them that someone they barely knew, cared. This is something that wouldn’t change in you. To give, has its let downs and you know this. You will have seen that you were and are a positive light, still, even when much loss has touched your life. You also will develop a radical side. You will have learned to call an ace an ace and speak it. You will think of this as good.

You will need to hold yourself up dear and believe that all things are possible. You must leap again and re-learn what once came with ease; forgive a few, forgive yourself and forgive time. Take the wisdom you own, and stand and do. Keep smiling little girl. And, be kind to yourself.

If you would rather view photos as a slide show where you can see the names of whose in the photos, here is the LINK

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Note~ If you decide to do this please email me and let me know. You might have less regrets and a happier letter and that’s a wonderful thing. It would be an honor for me to read yours. I wouldn’t want to miss out on that.

Tags: A letter to me, Life, daily life, childhood, healing, forgiveness, rebuketheworld, Raven Smith, blogplugs, counseling, therapy, therapists, Oprah, Dr. Phil, Christian, Christianity, Jesus

Akiane Kramarik parents were Atheists but God showed up with a vision.

2007-02-06T15:39:00.000-08:00

Akiane Kramarik is an artist to know of inspite of ones beliefs or institutions of thought. She writes poetry too.

At nine years old she wrote, " Yet when you walk away from the flower, far enough, you see no black spot, just a beautiful blossom."

Her website~ http://www.artakiane.com/press.htm

She painted this at 9 years old.

She painted this at 11 years old.

She painted this at 10 years old.

She painted this at 11 years old.

News source~ I learned about her from Nancys site.

Tags: Akiane Kramarik, Christian, artist, artists, Jesus, rebuketheworld

Youtuber Annie Canada~ Open Windows

2007-02-05T11:36:00.000-08:00

This is my girl AnnieCanada. She and youtuber rolandgladden and Crystal Wallis added more instrumental sound. Its so frustrating for me because I want the whole world to hear her. Her music is great theraphy for me. I can't wait for her success. When she can get into a professional studio and record these songs, they will be even more amazing. Listen to Annies newer version of Open Windows.

If you have a Youtube account add this song to your favorites and leave her a comment. This will help Annie move up and more can hear her at Youtube.

Tags: AnnieCanada, youtube, Youtuber, vblogging, Canada, Victoria BC, music, Jewel, entertainment, rebuketheworld

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Some Philosophers are Hokus Pokus Guru's

2007-02-04T11:53:00.000-08:00

Trust me, if you want to be entertained go grab a glass of wine, a bowl of popcorn and watch Youtuber Crossmack also known as Ian. He is getting very popular on Youtube and I have coined him, the Youtube Hokus Pokus Guru. He’s good looking. Ah I know, like that matters but when it comes to Youtube clicks, this works for ones benefit since vanity worshippers still exist. Ian comes across as someone you would want to invite to your house to hang out. He has this calm communication style and appears humble. He does this stare into the camera that comes off sexy as if his pause has transcended him into this mental magic and the viewers go, Ahhhhh. I remember watching Ace last year on American Idol. The guy could sing but he killed me with this long stare he would do at the end of each song. Seconds would go by, the song was over and there he is still staring. It was hysterical actually. I would stare back at him with my silly nature thinking, this is like some Elvis trance, lol. I would scream, “Knock it off. You look ridiculous.” At any rate, he is gathering his fans and in my opinion, his philosophy is very dangerous.

Then Ian talks about an abuse experience when he was a child without details if he was the victim or perpetrator or a willing participant. I chuckled when I first heard this because I am really psychologically screwed up after listening to him this past week, RLOL. His closet experience was smelling butts with others as a child. My thoughts, "What the hell? I'll take that one any day compared to the experiences I have heard from others." Now, I am not desensitized. Truly. I respect the fact that he can go there and open up. I am just twirling my fingers wondering how and what brought him to the conclusions about people that he is so confidant is human nature law. It will be a grand evening for anyone to invest an hour to listen to him. Not because you will learn from him but just because there really isn't anyone in your life that can compare. I am laughing right now but you couldn't possibly know anyone like him. I have met enough nut cases where even I give Crossmack a high-five for the nut case guru award. He reminds me of what conversations are like when you get stoned. If you have ever tried Pot you know what I mean. You could be taking about the knob on the television so uniquely made and it sounds like Einstein missed the bigger picture. Crossmack is going to publish a book too. I will have to draw up a top ten comical title list for his new ambition. Hmm, how about, Stupid is really someone whose really smart who really needs to never reconsider anything ever again or the Dummies book for how to be know-it-all even though your drinking toilet water.

Onto a serious subject,

Is sexual Pedophile wrong? HELL YAH, but Youtuber Crossmack says NO, its not. In his philosophy video Amidst the Chaos, he thinks of sexual pedophile as destructible human behavior which it is but whats also going on in Ian's mind? In my opinion, Ian is redefining the English language with bigger words and he isn't saying anything significant but profoundly ignorant.

Crossmack says at this vblog ~ "I am interested in having control of it", meaning sexual pedophile. Hmm, Ian was that a Freudian slip?

I wrote ~Ian, Are you a Karma believer? Listen, your saying the incorrect words. Your redefining the word "wrong" and substituting a logic that says, "Nothing is by mistake." So, your confusing other people and yourself. Wrong is a correct assessment for murder, sexual abuse and etc., Now, "nothing happens by mistake" or accidents, is a Karma theory;one I do not agree with but everyone has their own beliefs. ~Raven

One viewer wrote~ Ian, Ii understand you are trying to grasp this whole worldly thing we are all going through in our own way.its complex,its magical,its a mystery,its fascinating yes it is. There are however some absolute truths that will never change.

Crossmack replies ~But if it is universally wrong, why do people do it?

I wrote Crossmack~ With wisdom, Right and Wrong is a truth that does not change by circumstances or perceptions. One can argue what is subjective and this is true. One mans wrong is another mans right. This is true but isn't an advocate from truth. It's just reality. ~Raven

A good example~ Sanity knows Hitler was wrong no matter if another mans perception is that Hitler was right. This is a philosophical debate in how we define right or wrong but its so accurate that a typical child would know the answer.

Crossmack wrote~ There will be a time for you to understand things in a new way. We are constantly evolving. No one is to blame for the way things function.

I replied ~ Ian, accountability is a beautiful concept. ~Raven

Crossmack replied~ Perhaps ourselves. But even then, it is more important to understand why things happen, not to blame ourselves for it.

I replied ~ If there is no blame, an emotion of regret than you change little. People aren't supposed to be robots. You are to FEEL how you behave in life and the why's. It is good to blame yourself when you have done something wrong but its important also to know, if you are to blame. Victim mentality is wrong but accountability is right. ~Raven

Crossmack vblog The Dark Side ~He is giving into the sexual side stating that its not evil but dangerous. He is feeling aggressive in this video. (Me laughing)

Crossmack vblog Right And Wrong ~ He elaborates more on what he meant by his right and wrong philosophy here. One argument that I can agree with him on is society teaches us whats right or wrong about sex. A culture will influence your way of thinking but there are women who were forced to marry young and felt violated and some didn't. A violation is a personal experience outside of what's right or wrong by a society standard.

Years ago, it wasn't wrong for a woman to marry at 14 or 15 years old in America. My mother had me at 15 and she certainty didn't feel violated or raped by my father who was 18 years old at the time. Some cultures allow young women to marry. Today, in America it would be considered in appropriate for a 15 year old to marry a 18 year old man. This is just about the only thing Ian eluded too that I could agree with. The rest is what I call Hokus Pokus Guru that sounds good if you don't really listen.

In another vblog by Crossmack, which is really a logical interpretation of someone who gets drunk and has this epiphany during this alcoholic brain freeze moment. Are you laughing yet? Hey, I have had some, like the guy whose good looking but really isnt. Crossmack says, "He utilizes the dark side" lol. In this video, his mind made things happen without him saying anything. Magic goin on here big time. As he says, "Powerful amazing flowing consciousness" Help me now, lol. Just watch his ego inflamed power. I did laugh when he said woman look like they are in pain when they are having sex. I am sorry but, I couldn't help myself.

Youtuber Gimmeabreakman was very upset and actually had a hard time sleeping. He wanted some type of encouragement that he wasn't the only one that thought Crossmack theories are dangerous. I wrote him~ I just started watching him but from what I can see is this is false ego. Its his need to feel powerful or a place in this world by negating shallow vanities like money, or fame but an exploration of each step as ones law or truth. The lost puppy syndrome,lol. He is trying to survive through wounds by intellectualizing his purpose in life far more than if what he beleives benefits thy brother or himself. ~Raven

Youtuber R3NDI3R ~ Major rated X language here but he offered some good points as to why Crossmack needs to enroll in Dr. Phil's school.

Another Youtuber teaching his Hokus Pokus philosophy

Does Evil Exist? He makes a poor argument that says Hitler helped to develop automobiles so is a car evil? I recommend he take a debate course in college so he can figure out the ABC's for sound examples. Evil is just a word that our society defined. Its called language. The argument he makes are, Can a person be evil or is it that a person just commits evil acts? He believes the later and I believe both are true. To be inherently evil is someone where most of what they do, hurts other people or has the motives to do so. Everyone has done something wrong or even possibly evil depending on your own morals. These are philosophical arguments that I could write a 1,000 page research paper on. Again, how anyone defines "evil" is subjective but anyone who cannot see Hitler as inherently evil, is retarded no matter how well they deliver some intellectual guru talk. He doesn't think evil exists. I wrote him and said, "I don't know, I thought Hitler was pretty damn real."

To end this rant of mine, the human ego is a powerful force. Youtube is a wonderful place to create a more personal experience on the Internet and its also full of one-a-bees looking for an intellectual stage to say something profound or something absolutley ignorant and still gain some fans who think your mind is something special.

Tags: Crossmack, Youtube, philosophy, Youtubers, vblogging, pedophile, rape, molestation, rebuketheworld, news

Technorati ask, define rebuketheworld.

2007-02-03T23:39:00.000-08:00

Today, when I was searching technorati.com which is the bloggers haven to find quality information, a website window asked to define what rebuketheworld means. I was a bit surprised. I wonder if rebuketheworld is becoming a popular Internet term or is this technorati's version of Wikipedia? I do own rebuketheworld.com, .net, .org so maybe that might prove to be a good investment one day,lol. Anyway, I wrote a brief description of what rebuketheworld means to me. If you would like to offer your own opinions here is the link to do so.

Technorati source: What is a WTF? Where's the Fire? What's Hot and Why. Ever wonder why something is sooooo popular? Why are the hot topics hot? WTFs explain the buzz around people, things, and events. Who writes these WTFs? You do! Anyone can write one on any topic, and everyone can vote for the best explanations. The ones with the most votes rise up and the dreck sinks. Let millions of other people benefit from your genius… no blog required!

Raven's definition of rebuketheworld

RebukeTheWorld started off as a religious concept and yet carries a non religious mainstream draw. RebukeTheWorld is a rebel concept with or without a religious context. The Christian concept came from the bible where Jesus said that his true followers would be unlike the world. They wouldn't strive to love, honor or worship the evil ambitions or things that the world suggests or teaches as good.

The rebel mentality or the ability to be a free thinker outside of a societies molding really got its respected leap during the sixties and has become more widely accepted and respected by many people abroad. Whatever the world worships, one takes a stance to either morally, politically or intellectually debate it and fight to change it. Money, fame, vanity, sex and power are just a few examples of worldly icons. The womans movement and the civil rights movement are also good examples of rebuketheworld mentality that took on what was commonly taught as good in society and fought to change it.

Most of us have at least one personal passion that maybe considered less popular by ones society and depending on how active, bold and honest you are in expressing this, reveals a rebuke the world personal conviction. History changed for the better because of the rebel mentality of a few and in time, the activists grew and success hit our law books and change came to our society for the better.

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LIFE: Raven's Christian Journey Pt1

2007-02-02T13:34:00.000-08:00

Note- The following four parts of this series were copied and pasted from my private journal. I had written this testimony about nine years ago when I first joined AOL.

I didn't grow up with parents who were Christians. About the age of 7-12, I went to Bethel church off and on with my grandma. All I can remember is these big beautiful black woman who wore lots of make-up and smelled really good, lol. I use to love there hugs, I always felt warm and cushioned, lol. I use to fall asleep all the time and only look forward to eating after church, and dressing up. Well, God was working in me then and I didn't even know it.

About around the age of 12, I started to pray more, write poems and stories to God. Then, I went to bible study in high-school and really loved it. I was raised in a very strict environment and wasn't allow to date at all until I was 18. The guy I dated, I was with for 3+ years. He was a wonderful man who adored me and I had no other experience dating so I wasn't ready to commit to him. His mother would answer the phone, "God is love." One very strange thing happened to me when I was about 19. His mother and a group of God fearing Christian elderly woman ask me to come into the living room so they could pray for me. In my heart, the only thing I wanted to do was go out and have some fun, but I didn't disobey my elders. So when they began to pray for me, I did this horrible thing. I decided to test THEE God, and I asked him silently, "OK, God if your there, show me!" The very minute I did that my body began to shake like an epileptic. I remember being afraid but more embarrassed than afraid. I kept looking at my body with my head down making sure my leg didn't touch my boyfriend. I didn't want him to open his eyes and see what was happening to me. Of course this all happened in seconds, and I prayed out of fear, "Lord get out of me!" And immediately it stopped. I immediately left and just cried and felt awful I said that to God. I still don't know what happened. I prayed in silence so I didn't understand how it could have been Satan. And today I think I was just being covered by this amazing group of women of faith, and God knew my heart, and he knew I didn't mean what I said. But I don't have all the answers for that circumstance.

But I WILL say it was a big faith seed, moving me closer that God is so very real.

So I moved out around 20 years old. I still remember the first night. I walked outside in the summers night, and felt so free. I grew up with a very critical and strict father who believed if I raise you in shame you will prosper. Talk about a wounded philosophy, he is still, for the most part, that way. Anyway, I went to bars off and on for about 4 years. Partying and working in the flesh. Yet, almost, every night I would go home crying to God, of how I disappointed him. I have diaries from those times that looking back, I see that I even in my sin he was never out of my mind. They are pretty amazing now to read. During these 4 years it was up and down in my seeking the Lord also. I would go through times of celibacy, going to church, got baptized, reading my bible and oh yeah, I even studied with Jehovah witness for about 4 months. Those days I was a seeking God in a crisis. The only consistency I had was I was a very prayerful person. I always needed to talk to God. I truly believe if you just keep communicating with God, wanting to know him, he will still work in your life because of his grace, to bring you to a place of true sincerity.

Now let me share what happened when I studied with the Jehovah Witnesses. First I must say, they are wonderful people and every once and awhile, I still think of them. One thing I will say is they had zeal. But unfortunately very mislead. I studied from my bible and they studied from the King James in the beginning. About 4 months into studying with them, I started to feel uneasy. I, at times pointed out scripture that corrected them, but then they would be onto another subject. I didn't go into it trying to be divisive just trusted God to direct me. Then theybegan to use the little books they had but I still kept my King James. Then, the day came!!! I had such a total different interpretation I looked at them, and thought,” Where the heck did yah get that from?" It was that day, they told me God doesn't heal anymore and that when Jesus and the disciples died the healings stopped. I couldn't get it, and immediately I cried. I loved these people they would go out of there way for me and genuinely cared for me. I lived with my Aunt and my best-friend, (cousin Jennifer). I told her what happened. Jennifer was in bible college, and just told me, "Why not go to church tomorrow and pray about it" I prayed that night. I cried, just cried to God, and asked him, "Lord tell me the truth." I was just doubting myself and yet I knew something was wrong. The church I went to and did up until a few years ago is called New Song Church. Pastor Richard Probasco, was the preacher and he is really wonderful. He lived across the street from my family when I was a kid. We played with his kids, he is a wonderful man. Anyway, New Song is a young church, pretty relaxed and pretty conservative, in comparison to a Pentecostal church. Of all the years I had been going there, I never witnessed what occurred the following day. After that Saturday night prayer, I asked God to reveal the truth of this theory on no healings. I decided to goto church the next day. Pastor Probasco got up to speak and said, "Every Sunday morning I pray before I give the message. I worked on the message all week long, and this morning the Lord told me to change it and preach a different message. "Today I am going to talk about healings." Well, the moment he said this, Jennifer held my hand, and we both just cried. I couldn't believe God would change church for me. That Sunday, the elders laid hands on people and the Pastor answered all of my questions. A major movement of the holy spirit happened that day. STILL I was so much in awe and still some doubt. I couldn't believe God answered my prayer. God ministering to his young children, he had so much grace for me, he is like, "Let me give my daughter 2 more miracles"lol. (Also, all these miracles happened within just a few days of each other.)

A few days later my Aunt called this guy from the phone book to come tune her piano. My Aunt doesn't have religious icons around her house, so this miracle was truly amazing. Now it was morning and I was heading downstairs in my pajamas, and this man spoke to me, he said "The Lord just told me your having some problems with scripture can I be of some help?" Mind you he doesn't know if I am atheist of what, I got very emotional, it was starting to really hit me that God IS answering my prayer.(call me stupid,lol) He was also a minister and worked this job part-time. He ministered to me and I was blessed. I am like getting emotional writing this, WOW, its so amazing looking back. Well, then a few days later my third miracle came. I ran into a friend that I hadn't seen since high-school. She was the very friend who introduced me to bible study in high-school. I shared with her of what the Lord was doing for me, and she told me she had a friend who has a ministry on a local radio station. His ministry is solely to witness to Jehovah witnesses and turn them around. I met with him, he spent 6 hours or longer with me, just weeding out what was taught to me. He trusted me and gave me so many books, and later on I paid him back. Well, I did share with my Jehovah Witnesses what the Lord just did for me that past week, and I told them good-bye. They told me it was Satan, but luckily I knew different. The one thing that really spoke to me about this experience is how people say that many people of different faiths and religions are raised that way, and God shouldn't judge them. I learned that if you ask God with an open heart and willing to let go, he will not let you be deceived. So, I continued to read my bible, go to church, practice my celibacy and that only lasted for about 2 years.

Then I met my now ex-husband. I married him in about 3 weeks of being with him over a 3 month period. That was a big foolish moment. During those years of marriage, I prayed and went to church off and on, and tend to get in some heated debates over theology with my best-friend's husband, whom is very gifted in the discernment of the bible. I learned a great deal about God during those times and his word. I had also read a book called, Good Morning Holy Spirit, by Benny Hinn. That book helped me to realize that I could ask more from God, and what was the presence of God. Even though, I wasn't wasn't in my word as much as I should have been,I still remainedprayerful and could talk about God from sunrise to sunset. I attended church in waves, but far more than I had in the past. Actually that is probably the only consistent traits I had in my walk up to that time. The patterns in discipline were showing, some areas of my walk were improving but still not yet where it should be, all of my heart!

So when I was 31, I left my husband after I realize he was just not in control of his testosterone, lol. He was real good at begging,lol, and I wanted to believe he could be faithful. To briefly describe; we were separated when he confessed he had cheated, so I forgave him, then I caught him right before thee act, I left, and then forgave him, then I caught him a few years later on the phone, (and he actually didn't care), that was the worst, and then we broke up for a much longer time period, again, I gave him a final chance, then the worse part happened, he left without saying good-bye to the kids. We had been separated for about 8 months, he was only back for 3 days. I sat outside, and just at a moment in my prayer, every emotional tie was gone. Instantly!! It was so amazing, and I never looked back again. I never even had a longing. It was just broken. Of course later on through a mutual friend, I found out there were many more but luckily there was no wound's in that knowledge. God had healed me. He is now on his third marriage and we have a good friendship. I always have compassion for the women in his life. Even the woman he cheated on with me, and then married her, we became friends. Its amazing when God works in you, and heals you completely you dot even have anger at the other women. I actually had compassion for her. I didn't want her to get hurt, and I knew she would. He has grown up a bit and I hear he is a good husband to his third wife. Off subject a bit, BUT that is when my walk changed. That moment of healing I just was able to move on and not feel like a failure. I never wanted to be divorced. My Ex, is and still is the only bad guy I ever dated, and I stayed because of my commitment to marriage. But I am so glad the Lord healed me in that relationship.

For the first time I was doing all things together, seeking the Lord with all of my heart!! I started to pray, "Lord, I wanted to be so very near to you". Before, years ago, I prayed in faith that he would hear me, Well, the Lord changed that. Nowsit quietly in AWE that I am about to go before the father. I had many WOW moments. Its amazing how God takes what you know in your head and moves it down into your heart! That is one geographical miracle,lol!!I was reading my bible, reading every book I could get my hands on, praying during the day, and not just during the night, repenting for thoughts all day, instead of that one time prayer ,"Lord forgive me for my sins today." I went to woman's revivals, just growing, being fed and then the meaning of walking in the spirit brought new meaning into my life. I would be sitting at work and the Lord would just move, his spirit was moving daily, upon me, all the time. I was in this sweet place of comfort, my fathers arms holding me always keeping me near. I was literally walking in his spirit. I started to experience his presence, an OVER FLOWING CUP and at times I laid there just in awe of his filling. I would just weep and the holy spirit taught me about the unconditional love of God. You needed come perfect, just seek him and he will come and minister to you. He gave me dreams, a vision, prophetic words, and my light show. Well, that's what I called it. I would see LIT up FOG swirling around my ceiling for months every time I would begin to pray. It just helped me to understand Jesus IS the light of the world! Hallelujah!! Just so many miracles, and I realized you can have a miraculous life with God not mediocrity, if you just pray for intimacy with God, "I want you to be my dad and Jesus I want you to be my friend," God just loves those prayers!

Well, here is my last turn backwards. I dated this Christian guy who just wasn't at the same place spiritually as I was. I felt like I could be the mature one and be a vessel the Lord could use in his life. Rationalization moment! He became a stumbling block for me and in time, I was for him. I lost my celibacy and learned some powerful lessons from that, and still am. Weeping before God with Godly sorrow for your sin, and then later to a place where you felt bad about it, showed me how far I had gone. I didn't guard myself, I just couldn't imagine falling. I cant remember where the scripture is that says a fool says he will never do this, a wise man stays guarded.(something like that). I have not had the light show again, I do feel the lords spirit daily and praise God for that, he is producing fruit of humbleness, healing and humility in me. I think its rare one can loose their love for God when one find him, but you can, once you walk into disobedience and miss out on your relationship with him, growth and his blessings. That is the greatest discipline God gave me. I also realize what I think is all of my heart in 10 years it will be even more than that!!! Meaning, we grow daily, ever changing towards his great purpose in our lives.

I spend more time looking forward, and gaining from my experience. Sometimes I cry, and doing my best not to allow thoughts of where would I be if I had not lost my celibacy. Our father who knows all, knew I would fall in that sin, and yet he never left me. My testimony to this very moment is his unconditional love, and he is NOT a giving-up God! And also you can be very near to God, and a little leaven can ruin the whole bunch! I spend most of my time witnessing to other people via my circles or online relationships, and now an adventure path with my future Christian Website. I am very guarded now, not with wounds of pity parties but with wounds of wisdom. There are many Christians who don't honor celibacy, and I imagine for many theologians would say they aren't Christians. I am at the place where I say, God knows the heart, and he disciplines the ones he loves. So I am honoring my celibacy and I strongly believe you can be unequally yoked with Christians also. I wont compromise with a man who doesn't honor celibacy as I do. Been there, done that. So I am humbled right now, grateful for the abundance of grace in my life and the blessing the Lord has sent me. I once heard a Pastor say, "If you could see a drop of what goes on in the spiritual realm you would just NEVER forget to pray." We are vulnerable if we are not seeking God with all of our hearts, no ifs and between on that one. Its interesting being here, its a place of no greater than anyone else and realizing we can truly only do things through Christ, and only succeed doing them with God first!! There is so much more of Gods blessings and the miracles in my life. The amazing thing is its for everyone, anyone who says "Lord, I want to know you as PAPA, and Jesus my Savior I want to know you as FRIEND"

Today, year 2007, I have shared with some of you in Jland my present situation. I have a great loss in my life and some know of this. I do not feel comfortable sharing everything else yet but I need to believe in open doors. I do lack hope and there is some unforgiveness left and a lack of mercy for a select few. I just feel like I would rather be alone away from all people than the emotional work needed to deal with illusions. That is what I call people who are full of BS and I just feel there are more that way than not. I am very tired and I haven't experienced the miracles I had in my life eight years ago, again. I do feel Gods spirit everyday. He has not abandoned me and in this great loss of where I am at today, I know in my mind he will change that but in my heart, I lack the hope for it.

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LIFE: Raven's Christian Journey Pt2

2007-02-02T13:30:00.000-08:00

My Brother Donnie~ My one and only Prophectic Dream to this day although, I am hoping for more.

Although I can pin point the exact month or year that these 2 miracles happened, it was during the years 1997-1999

Before I lost my celibacy, this was the season in my walk, where I mentioned in my first entry My Christian Journey, that I was experiencing so many miracles. Truly, the only time in my life up that I had my eyes fully on God. Unfortunately, I was still smoking. This was the only area in my life I hadn't given up. Praise God for his grace and desiring complete obedience from us yet he still reveals to those who seek him.

My brother had been clean from Heroin for over 2 years. He seemed just fine. We were all so proud of him. My brother was raised in an upper middle class neighbor hood. He didn't grow up around drugs or gangs but he still chose drugs. He didn't feel confidant about himself. He didn't and may still not realize how many gifts he has. He has been playing golf since he was a toddler and if he really tried could be right up there with the best. He is funny, quick wit and smart. He is hyper active and gets bored easy. But he has a soft heart and feels compassion for others. Yet when my brother was using, you couldn't trust him. When he was clean, you could trust him.

Well, one night I had this dream. People ask how do you know its from God? The best explanation I have, is since we have been having dreams all of our lives, we have a lot of experience. When a dream comes from God, is different. Its stands out in an away that all dreams you have ever head are now in another category. This dream was prophetic. Now mind you,my brother had been clean for over 2 years. I saw my brother in this room. It was dark and the walls, floors and this table were all gray. As if the whole room was made of concrete. I was sitting in this chair across from the table. My brother in just his underwear was laying on his side, in a fetal position just staring at me. When I say staring, that is what he did. He never blinked his eyes, almost like he was dead but he was alive and just looking at me. He looked completely helpless. Not moving, just laying there like a baby is curled up in a mothers womb. Except his face wasn't one of peace. Then all of a sudden I saw 3 demons dancing around him. They were celebrating. As they danced around the table, seeming overjoyed, my brother just laid there. I woke up from this dream, startled. My brother who was in early 20's, but they way he looked at me in that dream I have still never forgot. I knew from the dream my brother was under attack. And it wasn't the flesh but spiritual. I ended up going to sleep and the next day knew I had to tell my brother. I knew he was clean but God clearly sent me that dream to warn my brother. I sinned in this mission from our father. Instead of immediately, I knew I would tell him but at a convenience place. My brother was always out and about and I figured when I saw him next I would tell him. Well, 2 weeks later, after 2 years of being clean, my brother went back to drugs. I ended up telling him, probably close to a year later. I told him I felt awful that I didn't act quickly and take the dream seriously enough. I truly felt it was partly my fault. And actually it was. Its like being a stumbling block. IF I had given that dream to Donnie he may have not gone back. I take accountability for not doing what the Lord asked of me. Yes, its Donnie's fault he went back to drugs but had he known that he was under attack that might have freaked him out enough, to say, "So wonder I have felt weak all of a sudden." I always walked away from this experience realizing, that drug dependency, being of the flesh but also spiritual. It may be a real life Evil Angel around you that is causing you to feel weak. Donnie didn't use the power God had given him, and rebuke the demon or called on Jesus. He gets out of Jail in about 6 months for petty crime. He's been in there for 2.5 years. The last miracle, is I prayed for God to protect Donnie. He comes from a completely different background than probably most of the prisoners. He has been in 2 prisons during his 3 year sentence. From what I heard, your cell mate is one significant key to what your experience will be like in prison. Out of the 10,000 of prisoners, both Donnie's cell mates were people he knew. Considering Donnie doesn't have circles of friends who are criminals, the odds of both his cellmates being a child from a friend and the other a child of a relative through marriage, is truly a God given answer to prayer. My hopes for Donnie, is he may realize God has had his back throughout his life, in ways, he couldn't imagine.

posted this later~ UPDATE- February 2006

My brother spent over two years in jail and is home now. In order to pay for his drug addiction my brother would steal clothes from the stores, switch price tags and get the extra. He also stole some credit cards from people he knew. He was an addict and he served a few years in jail for this. Technically, had he seen his probation officer, he wouldn't have needed to go to jail but he didn't.

Some amazing miracles happened when he was in jail. My brother is ADHD and always had a hyper side. When I saw him last week, something inside of him was resting. He was different. Jail was the best thing for him. He had two confrontations by other inmates and he succeeded in defending himself. They had tried to rape him and he, who had little experience in fighting took care of business and beat their behinds. He kept to himself and spent a lot of time reading when he was in jail. What did he read? The bible. He told me all kinds of facts about the lies in evolution and scientific terms even I had never heard of. This is the same brother who couldn't sit down for five minutes, lol.

I had prayed for God to protect him there and we were raised in silly middle class but we didn't grow up surrounded to violence. When your in prison the cell mate you have is crucial in termsof the good or bad experience you will have in prison. Who you room with is vital. Donny didn't know too many people so when I found out, that out of allof the prisoners in prison that the two jails he went too, and the two cell mates he had, were people he knew, I was shocked. They were also the only people he knew in the entire prison. One of was the kid of my high school counselor. He had got drunk, took an empty gun in a 24 hour store and robbed them. He is serving twenty years. The other cell mate he met when he transferred was a distant relative of ours. You might think of the thousands of cell mates in both jails and that he only knew two men from both of them and that he was sharing a cell with one in one jail, and the other in another, as coincidence. I beg to differ. That was Gods hand.

My brother got the dream prison job at the second prison he stayed in. One that all of the other prisoners would love to have had because it was easy and they could have some free time but my brother wanted it for other reasons. He got to spend a few hours a day working in the Chaplains office. The chaplain took Donnie in and taught him a lot about God. My brother is out of prison and something inside of him is finally resting. He had a hard time getting a job where someone who trust him but he got one. He doesn't make a lot of money but its been over a year and he just got a promotion there. He pays child support, spends every weekend with his kid and although, he has dreams, he is doing the right things in his life.

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LIFE: Raven's Christian Journey Pt3

2007-02-02T13:28:00.000-08:00

MIRACLES: Make a Phone call & talk to a stranger

Although I can pin point the exact month or year that these 2 miracles happened, it was during the years 1997-1999.

During this season in my walk, my eyes were on God. I still was smoking. This was the only area in my life I hadn't given up. Praise God for his grace and desiring complete obedience from us yet he still reveals to those who seek him. This was such an amazing time in my walk, to being living in the miraculous and walking sensing his spirit all the time. God commissioned me to do 2 things. I was still immature in terms of doing things immediately and confrontation. I have struggled with those character flaws a lot in my life. I can confront in a heated debate on politics, theology but if I have to set boundaries or tell you something that bothers me about you, usually humor is my strategy in that type of confrontation.

I was driving down Farmington Rd, in Aloha Oregon with my kids. It was summer and I believe we were on our way to the Park. I noticed this lady standing at the bus stop by Albertsons. I saw her standing there when I was probably not more than 5 seconds from passing by her and then like a blink of an eye, I saw her on her knees crying and then in a blink of an eye, I saw her standing there. Mind you, I knew God wanted me to turn around and talk to her. But I disobeyed. One I didn't know if she would think I was a freak and start yelling at me and two I had planned on going somewhere with my kids and I didn't want to stop. I drove away. I drove past her. I felt Gods conviction the whole drive. I told him I was sorry but I didn't have the courage to talk to her. In retrospect, I am far nearer to the ugliness of not obeying God now. I just hung onto his grace then and knew he would send me another opportunity down the line. Ugly to write that, but this journal is about honesty and sometimes that isn't pretty.

My second miracle. I did change the name of the girl this miracle was about to privacy reasons.

This one, now really makes me mad I didn't obey. One it would have been an amazing testimony for others and an amazing blessing for me. My sister had a friend in high school named Lori. Lori wasn't a friend I hung out with regularly but I considered her a friend. They only hung out for a short time. Lori ended up dropping out of high school and walking into a life style of prostitution. I or my sister hadn't heard from Lori in years. Not that she would ever had contacted me but I would say it was close to probably 15 years since I saw her. I knew where her Mom lived, she lived near to my home I grew up in. Well, I had this dream. I had been in Lori's house maybe once in my life but I knew in the dream it was Lori's parents house. God didn't show me the outside of the home, but he made it clear to me in the spirit whose home this was. I saw Lori's mother crying and worried. She was pacing around her house. I didn't hear Lori's Mom talk but in the spirit I knew she was worried for her daughter Lori. Then I saw her mother walked into her kitchen and off to the left of her cabinets was this brown board on the wall. I saw one piece of white paper on it. This paper had a number written on it with the words, "Call Mom." It was Lori's mothers phone number. Then I woke up with the number in my head. Its was probably around 3 or 4 am and I looked for a second with my eyes for a paper or pencil. I then thought, OK, I will just call her in the morning. So I went back to sleep. Well, guess what? Come the morning I couldn't remember one single digit of that phone number. Not one single digit. I called my cousin and told her about the dream. I felt awful. God disciplined me for not getting my lazy butt up and making that phone call. God commissioned me to do that then and not later. I figured I could do it later. The "What's Ifs?" attached to my disobedience drives me crazy sometimes. If I had obeyed and called her she would have been blown out of her mind. To have shared this with her would have blessed this worried mother. What a living God to offer her such a miracle. She was crying out to God, to give her peace and God asked me to be used. Well, lets just say, 7 years later I haven't been commissioned by God in this way since then. God knew I would disobey prior to me knowing so my hopes is someone else got that dream and made that phone call. I learned with these miracles to do what God asked then and not to wait. Hmm, I am thinking, maybe some time soon, I will go by her house and tell her but more than likely she will think I am a nut case. I don't know.

At this time in my life, between the light swirling around my ceiling coming ONLY when I began to pray, the miracles of feeling his spirit and so much more, I am not in awe of a physical miracle. God can do anything. If he asked me to lay my hands on someone for him to grow a leg, I would be the last person in the room in shock.

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LIFE: Raven's Christian Journey Pt4

2007-02-02T13:27:00.000-08:00

My first experience with the demonic

It was during the time where I was seeking God with all of my heart. I was driving down SE Hawthorne and heard a voice in my ear. Not only did I hear it but I felt the breath of a whisper. It was something erotic and according to Christian beliefs, you just have to say Jesus name and evil angels have no choice but to leave. I didn't say it at the time. What I said was, “Get out of here and go bug someone else.” LOL. I am laughing right now but that is what I said. You see, although this sounds like hokus pokus to others in real time, Satan is just an evil angel. He was once beautiful and good. He and all of his followers are just angels that choose evil. To fear an angel is silly. To fear an evil angel is silly. They are nothing to me. Anyway, I didn't rebuke this evil angel and he or a two of them came home with me at least, that is what I believe and let me explain why. Two occurrences happened that month. I was laying in my bed, getting ready to fall asleep but quite awake and all of a sudden I saw my comforter on my bed move like it was floating on top of a river. It was sooooooo bizarre,lol but I knew it was demonic. I said in the Name of Jesus and immediately it stopped. I went to sleep and slept like a baby. I called my friend Shannon the next day and after I told her what happened she joked with me, “Girl, if that was me I would have high tailed out of there so fast and called all the Catholic priests and had an exorcism,lol.” We fell out laughing together. Well, then another occurrence happened which leads me to believe there was just one evil angel trying to play around with my life.

A few days later, my daughter comes running down the stairs very excited. Gabby was about nine years old. She is honest and sweet and a bit of a caretaker and codependent. She came down the stairs and said, “ Mommy, God just spoke to me.” The way herface looked and this being the first and only time she heard a voice, I was so excited. Well, then she explained to me what happened. She said she was upstairs and asked God what she could do about her tummy. My daughter is overweight and beautiful but this world is cruel when it comes to the physical and she had been dealing with teasing at school. When she asked God this she heard a voice that said, “Gabby, get on the treadmill.” Now, there is something about a gut instinct. We are to follow that first and then pray. That is the correct order. My first gut instinct was, “Is that what God would say?” I felt that but then I rationalized it with another truth which is, exercise is good for you. I called everyone up and told them what God had told my daughter. Gabby went on the treadmill and for the rest of the day something inside of me was just buggin. Now, I have never heard Gods voice but I have. Its hard to explain. I haven't heard an audible sound but he does speak to me through his spirit. I was sitting outside that night and prayed inside of my head. I do that when I need to confirm anything because evil angels cannot read your thoughts. I asked God, “Was that you who spoke to Gabby?” I felt nothing. Then I waited a few minutes and said, “Was that Satan?” Immediately and I mean immediately, I felt Gods spirit soar through my whole body. I cried and then I got pissed. How dare that evil angel try and screw with my daughters head. That night, I called a friend of mine whose has the gift of spiritual discernment and God confirmed that one of Satan's’ little minded followers was trying to bring a strong awareness of the physical to Gabby in hopes of creating bulimia in her. I know, this sounds like a Greek Mythology book to others, lol but this is what happened. I said in the name of Jesus and that was the last of it.

To conclude, one can rationalize feelings Gods spirit as chemical. One can rationalize every perfect timing of every miracle I have had as hallucinations, chemical imbalance, me lying, or whatever. The rational reasons are long but the spiritual reasons are concise. I cannot prove what I have written to anyone because you weren't there. Yah getta, run with it, interpret it and mold it as you choose.

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Christian Prophecy: A Nuclear Bomb in America and Great Britain

2007-01-31T22:25:00.000-08:00

I have been hearing this prophetic word of a Nuclear Bomb hitting America this year from other Christian sources and now another prophetic word where Great Britain could be hit too. In over two years of blogging, I think I wrote one other article on prophecy. I didn't feel Gods spirit when I watched this and that is how he confirms yeah or neah to me but my heart is in the wrong place these days so he doesn't work through me like he would someone else.

I have had only one prophetic dream about my brother and this did come true but that is the only one I have ever had. I share my life one on one with people that I feel I can trust but I am not an open door to everyone. I just don't have that desire to share my life with everyone. I might post an entry this week about the miracles I have experienced but not to convince anyone. I don't have the energy or the ability to do that. I am just very lucky to have experience awe moment's that man can not define by knowledge. I will leave you with your own interpretations of what I share. Its our individual right for such.

Again, I felt obligated to post this entry. I will take on any of the looney criticisms that will come. I know the history of hypocrites and false prophecies and I can understand why many would brush this one aside too. I must follow my heart. The rebel and loner in me can have it no other way. ~Raven

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Iran: Lets play duck duck goose

2007-01-31T12:52:00.000-08:00

Link~ My article is now at nowpublic.com.

Tags: Iran, Iraq, news, politics, Bush, Hezbollah, Israel, rebuketheworld, WWIII, Mahmoud Ahmadinejadi, Ahmadinejadi

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Nazanin’s release imminent

2007-01-28T03:32:00.000-08:00

Mina Ahadi

International Committee Against Execution

28 January 2007

www.adpi.net

Iranian teenager Nazanin Fatehi is to be released today, Sunday. Nazanin was sentenced to death for killing a youth while defending herself and her 15-year old niece in a rape attack by three men in March 2005. She was 17 at the time.

A worldwide campaign by Nazanin Afshin Jam, Mina Ahadi and the International Committee Against Execution forced the authorities in Iran to acquit her. However, the court has required payment of 35 million Toman (US$38,000) Dieh (blood money). Nazanin’s lawyers, Mohammad Mostafaiee and Shadi Sadr, have contested the blood money, and it might be months before this issue is resolved.

To set Nazanin free while the defence lawyers’ challenge was in progress required payment of a bail in the amount of US$43,000. To raise this sum, the campaign launched an appeal fund, which met with fantastic response from people in Iran and around the world. People in Iran offered Nazanin’s family their affectionate support. The campaign grew rapidly to enormous dimensions, marking a turning point in the movement against the death penalty in Iran and around the world.

A massive campaign for humanity has won. A 19-year old girl who was about to be hanged is not only acquitted, but is to be set free. This is an important victory for the worldwide movement against state deliberate murder.

The International Committee Against Execution calls on people in Iran to attend the welcoming ceremony outside Evin Prison and the celebration in Tehran; to greet Nazanin with flowers; to show that the movement against the death penalty is a powerful movement in Iran, and that the campaign to save the lives of the others continues.

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Leave My Vagina Alone

2007-01-27T01:27:00.000-08:00

(news source) Hymen facts:

A hymen is the thin piece of tissue that partially blocks the entrance to the vagina.

1. Some girls are born without a hymen;
2. The hymen may tear naturally when a girl plays sports or engages in any physical activity;
3. The hymen is not always smooth but tends to be perforated and that the perforations may get bigger and cause the hymen to break once a girl menstruates;
4. The hymen can be broken by the use of tampons;
5. The hymen may be very small or very elastic so that no breakage occurs at all (some women even become pregnant while their hymens are still intact);
6. A hymen may not bleed when broken.

Some women who’ve lost their virginity are getting medical procedures done to restore their hymen. As if that little piece of extra skin is going to psychologically whisper to you, “ I am still a virgin“ but logic doesn’t move us all that’s for sure. In another case one woman, Jeanette Yarborough had her hymen restored for her 17th wedding anniversary saying, "It's the ultimate gift for the man who has everything." Surely, if she was married to a sane man for 17 years he would have discouraged her considering there is no extra arousal props for probing hymens. Nonetheless, primitive man and woman still belong to the ignorant club philosophy.

In Africa, the Middle East and other countries, the hymen test is still believed to be an accurate approach to proving a woman’s virginity. If I could only start a parade down the streets carrying a sign, “Leave my vagina alone,” I would do it. I lost my virginity when I was almost 22. If I had a hymen, there were no signs off that then. I also had many years of a menstrual cycle so maybe those super tampons did the trick. The sad part is the medical industry has women clients paying to restore their hymen for the overseas marriage market and I feel like I should send them a big shout out, “Men can’t tell if you are or if your not!“ Roll call for men and women. Go read my book.

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Glee Magazine

Health Discovery site

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Vblogging News: Music and Laughter

2007-01-26T17:07:00.000-08:00

Vlbogging is the Internet wave to stay. My valuable time sacrifices are available for you to take me for granted and no, its not an addiction, lol. Its just a better source of entertainment than most TV and with all the drama crazed minds who want to burn bibles and the Quran, do a united Youtube blasphemy challenge and all of this makes the news. Then there is a tad bit of vblogging drama because some Youtubers want to raise money for a vblogger and a popular Youtuber called Renetto says some Youtubers are traitors for setting up accounts at livevideo.com. He says this while washing away the offense with , its probably not true and I am saying it for sensationalism so the community of Youtube and Livevideo react. For the rest of us who have fuller lives, these drama episodes are merely a sample of real life as well. One great thing about the Internet is my monthly vacations in the mountains are always preplanned for a Harry Met Sally epiphany, "Someday."

I thought I would share some of my fun and found entertaining treasures from Youtube and Livevideo. Go ahead, take advantage of me. You know you want too. lol@me

What is lol@me? How about, I am laughing at me so come along and join me.

This is a classic duet that will give you chills. Dr. John and Etta James have that awe factor. Their chemistry is just unbeatable. Watch how Etta looks at Dr. John at the piano and when gets up and walks to her, their isn’t a viewer on earth that can’t connect. This is one of my all time favorite duets. They sing, I’d rather go blind.

Youtuber spokenlife known as Robin is my girl. She is active in theatre and sings You don’t know what love is and Good Morning Heartache.

Youtuber AnnieCanada, who is my Youtube #1 pick of the year has another fan, Youtuber Roland who volunteered to play base in her song Open Windows. The above video is just a portion of her song. Here is the full version of Open Windows which is and will be a number one hit song.

Youtuber Ysabellabrave known as Mary Anne sings James Bond song GoldenEye, What a wonderful world and Mack the Knife. She is like old Hollywood. She really marvels me.

Comedy Hour

I had to repost this because I have control issues,lol. Its too funny to even imagine someone not seeing it. Watch these gals sing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

Watch a practical joke where the follower and leader become as one.

Why must us gals get stereotyped? Cause, its funny.

If you haven’t seen the animation Love Letters, do. Its not just a gal thing. Its like Name that Tune on a bad day.

Youtuber Audrey~ She says Crazy for four minutes and I aint lyin.

Even the Finnish have their own version of American Idol. Be patience, its well worth the laugh.

Old styled humor never goes out

Jim Carrey has been compared to Jerry Lewis but honestly, Jerry is the better comedian. Jerry Lewis in Errand Boy

Jerry Lewis at a police station line up

Lucille Ball milking a cow

Lucille Ball is ready to give birth

Steve Martin in The Jerk

Planes, Trains and Automobiles which is still by all time favorite comedy. I cry, I laugh so hard during this movie.

Dean Martin & Foster Brooks acting drunk

Vblogging at Livevideo.com

I wrote an article awhile back on the late Charles Bukowski. Listen to him read one of his poems The Secret of My Endurance.

When I first watched this even I jumped. Scary, and for a second I thought this was partly true but then my curiosity searched the Internet. Loads of rumors on the net have been circling around about this shortclip. Luckily, the Internet is also a place to find the truth.

This goes to show yah that violence on the Internet is easy to be found. When I watched this, its just so clear to me that America isn’t as emotionally advanced as we think.

Great Way to Quit Your Job. Very Funny!

Music: Secret Garden "Nocturne" .Beautiful Song with photos of Fairies

Vblogging question of the day: Did you know Captain Kirk Vblogs. ? He will even write you back.

Tags: Youtuber, News, Youtubers, fun, music, humor, laughter, entertainment, livevideo, Renetto, rebuketheworld, Canada, Victoria BC, lol@me

Brace yourself: WWIII

2007-01-24T18:59:00.000-08:00

Brace yourself, WWIII is coming so lets buy time.

Hypothetical Film WWII Scene: Lights, camera and action. As the film progresses, four brave American soldiers in Germany had exited out of their helicopter only to find themselves killed execution style by four Jewish men who had escaped from the Nazi Concentration Camp. Something wrong with this picture?

Well, they sure weren’t very appreciative and I could only wonder why. In real time, the Jewish men and women wept when American soldiers came to rescue them from the evil tyranny of Hitler’s regime. There are some significant differences though, WWII had merit and the Iraq war could have had merit but it went wrong. I can't even imagine four Americans getting off an airplane and having to line up and be shot one by one. I used this WWII example because its shows how ridiculous it is that this rescue Iraq mission is not seen this way by many of the Iraqis. Not all of them feel this way but enough do.

Facts~ You can not rescue the Iraqis who want democracy but fear fighting the Sunni and Shiites or do not want war to gain it. You can not rescue two powers who do not want you there. Since hindsight is still lacking within our government and some presidential incumbents speaking dialogue like, We can win this war the fact is, the inner civil war in Iraq is outside of anyone’s control!

Here are some real time realities:

1) Human nature has been consistent over time. When one government rules a country and is overthrown eventually the fight to regain its loss will come. The Sunni want back that control. They are killing with fraudulent emotions. What that means is a person is unaware of their true motive's or they're and lie but American troops in Iraq have little to do with their gunfire and bombings. When we pull out of Iraq, those who disagree with me will probably go into shock or denial. We tend to doll up our little boxes of alternative motives and paint them as we choose but the rivalry is about power. The Sunnis want governmental control and the Shiites want their time to lead. That’s the ABC’s of the civil war in Iraq and no amount of American troops can stop it.

Quote from my article~ Think of this increase in Islamic radicalism as this: It's like growing up in a home where you witness a beating, killing and then some people in your neighborhood have never returned home. Rumor has it that they were killed too but you don’t know for sure. You grow up with air that is filled with fear but your house has little sibling rivalry. No-one is fighting to have power or to execute control over the household because you fear retaliation. Then one day the leadership is removed and all those voices unspoken, can finally speak. Sibling rivalry causes an increase in violence and terror continues. It's easy to blame the person who removed that leadership and on that note, lovers of terrorism multiply.

2) For some of you who’ve read my past articles on the Iraq war this will be redundant. I realize I wrote these thoughts three days into the war so just move onto reason number three. History again will prove my point. You can not take a people who have been in prison emotionally and expect them to change their ways overnight. Dictatorship puts a stop on cultural and society growth. Democracy has potential in Iraq but not for centuries to come. You can not take a nation that hates its enemy, see its enemy on their land and expect them to think your now bosom buddies who sincerely care. They will only see your position as occupiers and will not believe your intent is for their peace. Then you take history and human nature and wrap it around this huge factor, No Nukes in Iraq and still think you can solve their problems. We, America can not make good in Iraq. The longer we stay, we create the Middle East scapegoat minds that will say and are saying, America will take over our country too if we don’t go and support our brother, Iraq. We must fight to remove the occupiers in Iraq. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejadi is already speaking this united front lingo. Hello! Russian gave them missiles and the UN is sanctioning Iran thinking that this will change the situation. We are so arrogant. We can not stop Iran from possessing nukes not today or tomorrow. Russia will support Iran and WWIII is so close, that I wouldn’t be surprised in two to three years if a nuclear bomb hits America.

3) If you can see deeper than propaganda, if you can see deeper than what you hear others say and see, the fact is America will not start a war with Iran. What America is capable of doing is fueling Iran’s attack with Iraq and thus eventually, Israel. Lebanon is having its beginning coup battle and will want our support. If we go in and support them, Iran then gets involved, Israel will get attacked and the Sunnis and Shiites continue their inner warfare until another Middle Eastern leader steps in and says, Its time for the Sunni and Shiite to stop fighting each other and unite to fight against America and Israel.

Bush deployment plan

Cheney said, "But in terms of this effort, the president has made his decision. We've consulted extensively with them. We'll continue to consult with the Congress. But the fact of the matter is, we need to get the job done."

Bush wants to send in more troops to help bring stability to Iraq. More troops would help for a short amount of time and yet twenty thousand+ troops will not bring stability to Iraq. Bush needs at least half million troops to do this. Again, this is a human nature problem and an obvious mathematical solution. More troops will slow down the aggression but it also fuels it. The visual offense of seeing more Americans on their land just fuels more Iraqis to join the Sunni and Shiite extremist solutions. Twenty thousand troops helps a little, hinders a little. Call it a wash for a year.

Solution 1

We send in half million troops and plan on occupying and living in Iraq for the next hundred years. With this, we can create stability for a short season and then our presence would fuel, Sunni and Shiite working together, Iran on its side, Hezbollah’s on their side, Lebanon possibly on their side, little quiet North Korea participating, Russia supporting indirectly and little ole Israel waiting for its combined attack. Why is this considered a solution? Well, you would bring stability to Iraq for a quick season and Israel would be more protected because more American troops would reside there as well. Heck, I would give it two years and then, all hell lets loose in the Middle East.

Solution 2

We offer a pull out date with no more troops. The results with solution 2 are just the same as solution 1 except we buy more time. The only difference is I would estimate five to ten years before Americans are fighting to protect Israel and that is of course, if we are smart enough to stay out of Lebanon. When we pull out of Iraq, the smartest decision the United States can do is work even more closely with Israel and its borders.

If I was the president, one of the smartest decision’s I could make is to protect ourselves from Nukes through advanced technology. I would probably vote for the next president that made this a first priority. We need to put as much money as possible into protecting ourselves from a Nuclear bomb. There has to be a way to redirect accurately multiple Nuclear bombs and maybe one day, creating a bomb that when it hits a Nuke, changes its molecular make up. Basically, diffuse the damn thing in the air. This may sound like Disneyland but imagination has created many inventions. Our great hope as a nation is to have the know-with-all to deal with nuclear bombs while in the air before they hit land.

I seem to be one of the few that understood what this war was going to mean and I am actually getting tired of writing about it. It feels like some sort of insanity to hear any politician speak apple pie happy endings for the Iraq war. It’s a bunch of bull sheeot. The main reason we pull out is to save money, work on our nation, prepare for another war and not let our presence fuel any fraudulent emotions in the Middle East. Lets not be the Sunni and Shiite’s out, for why they think they are fighting. Let’s leave so the real reason pops up although they shall deny it even then. That sound good to you? Let’s not stir up more animosity with Iran or the Hezbollah’s because they want war with us anyway. When you look at their history the Middle East has been in constant war with their neighbors. Why give them an excuse to unite against us?

When we leave Iran’s leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejadi will declare that we are the cause of Iraq’s tomorrow problems and so will many other people. There is no way to remove the future linger of animosity towards America. We will hear of their war and uprisings and their grief will be apart of ours. They want to make their own history and many do not want war. Removing Saddam, an evil dictator did cause problems for the Iraqi people and had the war been only on their behalf, the outcome would be far better than today.

Logically and reasonably, I keep myself quite aware of just facts and the critic’s accusations towards Bush and the Iraq war. As a daily reader and watcher of the news there isn’t proof of a deliberate deception but there is plenty proof of what, one day we might call, one of the biggest mistakes our government has ever made. We only know, at least at this point, that we entered the war with false information. We owe the Iraqi people an opportunity to know peace and democracy but with the continual uprisings and the attitude of an old enemy on their land, we will do nothing more than just fuel anger across nations. The answer to Iraq doesn't come from politics or war tactics. The answer to Iraq comes from knowing history and mans nature.

Nov/06: Hezbollah coup talk, duh.

2007-01-23T14:17:00.000-08:00

AOL article~ "The opposition is attempting a coup by force," Cabinet minister Ahmed Fatfat said.

My news briefing article, November 2006: Sheik Hassan coup talk. "Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan wants a stronger Lebanese government in place. Mr. Hassan has no desire to back down. The Hezbollahs WANT war. They don't want peace. He is building a political stance to launch his future attack at Israel or god forbid, coup talk is sizzling for Lebanon down the line."

Lebanon is in for a tug of war. Coup talk has always been Hezbollah agenda just as annihilating Israel is. They want control. I am hoping the United States stays out of it. The last thing we need to do is to encourage Iran to step in and by our involvement in Lebanon we are doing just that. The buddy system between Iran and the Hezbollah's needs to be considered. Any more of our involvement in the Middle East is going to fuel WWIII quicker, so we must be wise. Lebanon will battle with their so-called friends which have always been an army, that fights unfairly and will instigate and start any war, with anyone whose not on their side.

Tags: Lebanon, Coup talk, Hezbollah, Iran, news, politics, Bush, WWIII, Israel rebuketheworld Middle East Hassan Hitzbollah

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Music News: AOL Member AnnieCanada1 sings "Could it Be"

2007-01-19T16:13:00.000-08:00

Could it Be

Annie has written many songs. She is unsigned today but it won't be long before she has her record contract. This is her song Could it Be. If you have the time, stop by and leave her a comment and rating. Let her know what you think of her song.

Annies Youtube profile~ AnnieCanada

Tags: Youtube, Youtubers, music, AnnieCanada1, AnnieCanada, Jewel, pop, news, Canada, Victoria BC

Music Critic Raven: Youtuber AnnieCanada is my #1 singer pick. She will go all the way.

2007-01-17T23:43:00.000-08:00

This is what you call a Music Critic who has no patience. I wrote her tonight and I am posting her talent immediately. I am unable to wait so plan on a second entry dedicated to her. I wonder, am I one of the few whose inherently aware of the talent on Youtube? Those record agencies need to pay me quickly because when a talent like this is found, I get chills and I know a hit song when I hear it. Of all the talent I have seen on Youtube, I am moving Annie to my #1 position. She has hit songs by the number'S. She will get a record contract and is going to be famous and successful. There is no doubt. NONE! Her voice quality is right up there with Sarah McLaughlin and she reminds me of Jewel but has her own sound. All of her songs are written by her and all of them are HITS! Did I already say that? lol. When I hit replay because I must, I know this gal is going all the way. She is spectacular!

When I listen to her its like sitting outside in a calm breeze with a depth to hold you with emotional significance. I am going to work on doing a phone interview with her as well. Annie, your the type of singer and song writer that every agency will be jumping, jumping to pound on your doors, very soon. No need to wish you luck. It's going to happen.

Youtuber IRTheBorg writes~ This is my new friend AnnieCanada. She sent me this song - Fully orchistrated! This is an IRTheBorg EXCLUSIVE video - Thanks Annie!

Youtuber AnnieCanada song~ Walk Away

Youtuber AnnieCanada song ~ "Open Windows" Version 2

Youtuber AnnieCanada song~ Old Bones

Tags: music, Jewel, folk, country, Youtube, Youtubers, vblogging, news, AnnieCanada, pop, Sarah McLaughlin, rebuketheworld, Canada, Victoria BC

If you didn't know, you do now. Oregonian's can't drive in the snow.

2007-01-17T17:38:00.000-08:00

Portland, Oregon was hit with a lovely blanket of snow yesterday, closing all schools and my kids made a snow man. It has been a few years since Portland had this much snow. Oregonians drive without chains, drive without much experience in snow and every year this happens~ Ego on the road.

Video is in downtown Portland near Salmon st.

You can have 4 seasons of all kinds of weather within 1 hour, thats Portland for yah.

Guy goes for a walk

A quick second video of a guy skiing to work in Portland,lol

Portlanders get bored. This guy jumps on his snowy trampoline.

Homemade Snowmobile....This is soooo not safe

Tags: Portland, Oregon, Youtube, Youtubers, snow, news, ego on the road, rebuketheworld

Life Section: The Toymaker

2007-01-15T15:28:00.000-08:00

Sometimes life is like a toymaker and we create these toys that profoundly suggest what we should feel and do. I have had my own and today, I still play with some although I should have stored them on a shelf to grow dust long ago. A toymaker is what you might look back on as a pivoting point in your life, where choices went the wrong way from there. The toymaker might be a bad marriage, a rape, your childhood, some bully in school but the list is there for us all. The toy that we play with, carry or bury seems to walk in our hearts, minds and choices. Not all toymaker experiences are bad some are a voice from a friend or a relative who hopes for you, and those moments where you remember fondly, that word that changed the toy that toys with you. This analogy may seem silly but I thought it was introspective to consider our life choices in another way.

I have met many people who are the toymaker and you’re their toy. They might say good words for their own stage or desire to distort you so they can shine and all those attention getters get their clap and you feel baffled or hurt in it all.

I was watching this Youtube video and saw a pivoting emotion in Robin. Can you see which one it is? She has a toy in her life, a prior death of family, the divorce and this suggested an end of security in a young child, suggesting further into her adult life. I do not know Robin but these opinions are just my instincts. You can see her depth and love and how she is true to herself even though the toymaker broke her heart once before. Divorce is very painful for a child just as a horrible marriage or relationship can be too. Our whole world, in this sweet gleam of happiness gets wrecked when children see and grow up with ugly in their homes.

When she broke down, I cried. What a moment to say that at this point in my life, everything changed then and thereafter. We all have our toymaker stories and even I struggle with a few toys left that I need to bury because insight has told me enough. Hope lacks but the burden has to rest if what you are to carry will be different than before. Strength, encouragement, lessons learned are all a part of our journeys and to Robin, with this gift of song, delight and true words, I hope the best for her. And, I hope she will learn and gain a new toy too.

Part 1 ~ Robin

Part 2 ~ Robin

Do watch the videos. I loved them. It's only about 15 minutes to watch them both. And if you have a Youtube account, post her a comment. She would like that.

Wherever you blog, if you have a toymaker story and would like to share about a good or negative toy you carry, should bury or a toy that brings strength into your life, do post your link. I will create an entry for your stories.

Tags: Youtube, Youtubers, life, counseling, life section, HOPE

Tags: rebuketheworld, blogplugs, spokenlife, vblogging

Watch the inspiring thirty minute documentary about Nazanin Afshin-Jam.

2007-01-14T16:37:00.000-08:00

The Tale of Two Nazanins

Listen to Nazanin plead her story. Listen to her family speak of their wonderful daughter and friend. Watch the journey to obtain justice for Nazanin, from one Iranian woman to another and whom both share the same name, Nazanin.

Nazanin will live!

Tags: The tale of two Nazanin's, Nazanin, Iran, news, politics, feminism, rebuketheworld, bodogTV, Nazanin Afshin-Jam

UPDATE~ Nazanin Afshin-Jam WILL LIVE!

2007-01-14T15:40:00.000-08:00

As you can imagine, I am a crying happy mess. Nazanin will live!!!!!!!!!!

Quotes from helpNazaznin~ " They have received verbal confirmation from the court that she will be exonerated from the charge of murder."

"Accordingly, they have asked Nazanin to pay “dieh” (blood money) to receive a pardon from the family of the deceased. Once this amount is paid, Nazanin can be released from prison."

"Shadi Sadr and Mr. Mostafaei, Nazanin Fatehi's laywers, are appealing this blood money because they believe that Nazanin is innocent for acting in self-defense and therefore she should not have to pay any money. Unfortunately, this appeal may take several months, so in the meantime arrangements may be made to have Nazanin released from prison by paying “bail” money into court."

Nazanin will be able to come home soon but I doubt if she can live a full life in Iran. The shame factor may be too great but if this is the case, I hope America will speed up all possibilities for her to come to a country that would honor her. The case will continue as she will fight to clear her name and the courts demand in the "owing" of money for a crime that was done to her.

It is good news that Nazanin will live and she will help to write a history that will benefit her sisters in Iran and sisters around the world. Justice has always needed a good fight.

To those who signed the petition, thank you! You all have done a wonderful thing. Nazanin will live!

Tags: Nazanin, Iran, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, news, politics

Rap video sung by BeyondMedia for Nazanin Afshin-Jam.

2007-01-13T15:49:00.000-08:00

Rap video link ~ Beyond Media

Save Nazanin on CBC

NAZANIN AFSHIN-JAM on Global : Help Save Iranian Girl

www.helpnazanin.com

Take 30 seconds and give hope, Sign Petition for Nazanin

Tags: Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Nazanin, Iran, news, politics, beyondmedia, Youtube, Youtubers, rebuketheworld

Nazanin's appeal to Shahroudi, Khamenei, Ahmadinejad.

2007-01-13T15:28:00.000-08:00

NAZANIN - Save this Child from Execution by Hanging

If you have a Youtube account please leave a comment at Youtube. I am hoping this video moves up in the ranking so Nazanin's plight becomes world news in hopes of saving her.

~Thank you

Leave Comment for video

www.helpnazanin.com

Take 30 seconds and give hope, Sign Petition for Nazanin

Tags: Nazanin, Iran, news, politics, rebuketheworld

Tags: Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Save Nazanin

A shout out to the petitioners who have signed for Nazanin Afshin-Jam. There are 4 more days left.

2007-01-13T01:25:00.000-08:00

Four more days left...

We will pray and hope that a miracle will come to Nazanin. In just one day, 20,000+ people have signed. There must be more to hope that she will live but many of you have responded to a cause for a fellow human being. Below, is a list of comments from petitioners abroad that took the 30 seconds out of their day to speak out for her justice, for your justice and for justice for all. I was and am touched.

319266.

Jessica Clarke

I am here for you Nazanin!

United States

319206.

Lawrence Pines

does not the Koran mandate protection of women?

usa

317829.

Nalan Açýn

As an Iranian born woman living in the USA where I have the basic human rights that should be given to everyone, Nazanin's plight has touched my heart. I pray that they will make the right decision in Iran and make headway to abolish their ridiculous laws. She not only stands for herself but for females everywhere who are found subordinate because of their gender. Those of us who don't live under the oppresive hand of the Islamic Law do not realize how lucky we are. Thank you for the reminder. Nazanin be strong, you have the support of the world.

317747.

Kathleen Adib-Samiy

Please spare this young womans life, and do not send her to jail. Let us pay the fees to free her.

317489.

Mariah Kathryn Ogborn

This is an absolute violation of the universal declaration of human rights. If I did not sign this petition, I could not say that I am a true and patriotic American citizen.

317370.

paige Tucker

How would you feel if this were your daughter just trying to defend her honor. You need to do the right thing here and let her go!!

USA

316987.

Sean South

Through the dark times in life, it is then that the light of human compassion shines the brightest. So let let this petition be a light that is to blinding to be ignored.

United States of America

316882.

Shana

This is truely disgusting! I am VERY ashamed of being an Iranian & sick of this corrupted government using their version of the so called religion as an excuse to cover up their sick mentality and crimes. Please wake up and save Nazanin and the whole helpless nation! This government has destroyed and ruined the country with this kind of retarted mentality!!!

316332.

Maha

As a Muslima can't I believe this, it is not about the Quran and is a Thinking of Men that they could do all and have the only right and the Power about all women. A woman is to save and not a wild animal that men can hunt. Stoppt this Unfairness.

Switzerland

315974.

Amin Asgari

Why this country of mine always make me ashamed to say I am Iranian ?

Iran

316977.

Eric Stanley

Let her go!

United States

316308.

Marion Stibbe

UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

319555.

Manoochehr Taherzadeh

Thank you Dear Nazanin for helping your sister NAZANIN who is under torture in mullahs torture chambers! as an Iranian I am proud of you. bravo! God Bless you. This regime executed many many little school girls who circulated Mojahedin leaflets in their schools.like Fatemeh Mesbah,or dariush salahshour who ere executed along with their parents. Please do continue your fight for such a noble cause of humanity. I have been torture in mollahs jails. I was so badly beaten up that both my kidneys have been destroyed. i am likely to die soon with 3 kids. I am a musician and composed many songs... i admire you my dear daughter Nazanin jaan. khoda negahdaet basheh! Amoo Manoochehr

321063.

Cassidy Bartemus

Provide justice.

United States

321091.

Karishma

God help the world that has allowed this to happen....

USA

320998.

Priyanka Jain

Nazanin: your courage and determination shows no bounds... we are behind you to show Iran and the world that violence against women will not be tolerated anymore. Keep your strength.

Canada

319717.

Emily Tousaw-Gurnsey

We're all praying for you, Nazanin! Keep holding on!

Canada

320984.

Mohammad Reza Moinsoltaneh Qajar

I feel sorry for all the youth in Iran. God willing we shall rise from the ground and break the Evil that has taken over our country. God Bless Persia.

USA

320949.

Heather Carter

A woman creates and gives life, and therefore is equal to, or greater than a man

United States

320860.

Harmony Curry

This is an addition to many cases internationally of women being undermined and neglected to their ultimate demise... Continually lessening the reality of women as substantial people in the human race.

320795.

Diana Zafra

We won't let Nazanin die

320442.

Leah Michelle Meaux (Bradley-maiden)

As a former rape victim, I stand beside Nazanin, please free her. She has done your country a good deed, I only wish I too had enough courage to defend myself against my rapist.

United States of America

320130.

Yasmine Al-Farra

Under Islamic law, Nazanin is innocent because she was defending herself and her cousin. What was mentioned about her being punished if she was raped is false. If she were raped, the rapist would be the one punished by being killed or something slightly less than that. If Iran goes on with this hanging, then it is clearly violating Islamic law !!!!!!

Jordan

319972.

Sarah Lawson

I can't believe this!

USA

319893.

Sandra Creighton

There are no words that can describe my disgust!

Canada

320117.

Jenny Chau

I'm looking forward to the day where countries such as Iran would understand how important it is to have equal rights for everyone. This is the new century and while it is important to respect your past; moving forward is also equally essential. Here's to Nazanin Afshin-Jam. May she'll be treated with equality and may many other unfairly imprisoned women look forward for hope.

USA

319691.

Noura

This is a country that claims to be under the Islamic Shariaa and obides by it, and yet is contradicting one of the main teachings of Islam, the importance of women and the upholding of their rights. Islam is a religion that gave women their rights hundreds of year before any civilization did, for a young women to be treated like this for defending her self is a disgrace to the Muslim world.

319451.

Dr. Hamid Taherzadeh

This inhuman fundamentalist regime has already been condemned 53 times by different UN resolutions condemning the Mullahs for their barbaric and gross violations of human rights. They have already executed more than 120000 political prisoners and tortured hundreds of thousands of innocent Iranian men and women.this regime is outlawed and has no right to execute any one under any pretext!No one should be executed by the inhuman regime of the Mullah in Iran

France

319312.

S. de Jonge

I can't be allowed that Nazanin will be hanged for a case like this. That is not normal she tried to save her body

Netherlands

320311.

Free Bird.

Nazanin, my heart goes out to you. You are my friend. Friends dont let friends die. Keep going, honey. Keep going. Maybe you can flee to here in the USA, once your sentence is cleared. You must do that. Come here! You're very welcome..

Link ~ SAVE NAZANIN

Tags: Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Iran, news, Politics, Free Nazanin, rebuketheworld

Is a woman's body garbage? Sign the petition and send a message to Iran. You have 5 days.

2007-01-12T02:10:00.000-08:00

Citizens of the world we don't have much time. In five days, a woman called Nazanin will be hanged for trying to honor her body as three men saw it fit, to take whatever they chose. Such men are called rapists but in Iran, the man is protected and the woman is not. The man shines on with his altar and the women are garbage.

Nazanin protected herself and was able to stab one of the rapists and infact, he did die. During the courts, she cried and said that she didn't mean to kill him where in America, a woman can say with confidence, I did mean to kill him. I meant to protect my life and my body with all of my being.

It's sad that a woman's body is garbage to some. We can pull together and sign a petition for her and in hopes of saving her and while stating, we honor her. Miracles can be hard to hope for but I will cry greatly if she dies in five days especially, when hope is just ten seconds of your time. This is utterly devastating and disturbing to me.

Sign the petition and send a message to Iran that Nazanin is not garbage!

The court, however, issued on Tuesday a sentence for Nazanin to be hanged to death.

SAVE NAZANIN

Tags: Nazanin, Iran, rapist, news, politics, rebuketheworld

RebukeTheWorld News Briefing 1/10/07: Israel, Robot, Dog licks away stress, Trisomy 18, Youtube

2007-01-10T02:19:00.000-08:00

TokyoPlastic Marketing Ad

The clever and humorous marketing ads are sometimes more interesting then the television program’s we watch. Often its not until the end of the commercial before you have an idea of what they are selling. It’s called keeping you on the edge of your seat feeling stupefied while being entertained. The following commercial was made by TokyoPlastic. Whatever the subliminal message, I haven't figured it out.

Guinea pig

Animal lovers will love this. Why keep the dead, dead? Just resurrect them! Stuff your beloved pet skins with your favorite teddy bear and with the assistance of mechanical toys, grief can be settled by finding an alternative use around your home. Don't worry if you can't understand what they are saying. The solution is visually and pleasantly obvious. This has got to make the list for best inventions of the year!

A woman gets dogged

A woman suffering from post traumatic stress will be allowed to keep her doggie with her in court. When she feels disoriented her doggy gives her a good lick and she feels better. I don't know about you but the day that a lick on my face is an instant cure all for my stress, I am going to become a Vet.

Robot bafflesour imagination

New Honda TV ad with ASIMO the robot. This robot is the real deal folks.

XXX Porn Domains

I have discussed this before but the porn sites going XXX domains is a great idea. I know the porn sites aren't happy about this with their hidden freedom of speech objections because in real time, young teenagers are apart of their audience. They want to make money and a safe alternative for kids is what they should want. I hope this go through soon.

Don't add milk to your tea.

If you want all of the health benefits found in Tea, milk gets in the way. I guess this new knowledge is going to change how Starbucks does business but with the higher risk of heart disease going on in the UK, milk may be the culprit. Proteins in milk called casiens decrease the catechins which means all the good benefits in tea are lessened. Their advice ~ Dr Stangl: The well-established benefits of tea have been described in many studies. Our results thus provide a possible explanation for the lack of beneficial effects of tea on the risk of heart disease in the UK, a country where milk is usually added.

Israel and Iran

When we went to Iraq we destroyed their chemical bombs, Saddam was hung and now the guy has paid his deeds. Between the war of wars going on and building up in the Middle East, I hope Israel doesn't get trigger happy and retaliate against Iran. Who ever starts the first nuclear attack, starts it for us all.

Lizrouse wrote thissong ~ You don't know me.

I must tell you listening to her sing reminded me of the old soul sung back in the days. The woman can blow. At Youtube she says “Finding my own voice, for the first time in my life. I can speak, I will speak. I have things to say. I am trying to learn to say them.” Lizrouse, glad to know you have arrived in all that you are. I wish you the best!

Youtube recap

Downthisvideo is a nice place to browse members videos that you can download onto your computer. I saw this video on Youtube and Disney needs to hire this little girl. She's has that commercial look and if she’s talented, maybe another Shirley Temple could be in the works.

I watched vidoe of a simple family outing and this felt like a dream to me. I need some snow time. Youtuber The Receptionist sings wonderfully in his video Spaghetti Town. When he sings "That's Me" in The Gift of the Magpie video, I melt. This guy could sing on Broadway.

Trisomy 18

A family member of mine Mayco and his wife Shayna lost their child to Trisomny last month. They are both Christians and do not believe in abortion. Only a rare few lived to be two years old where most died within the first few minutes of birth. They were very grateful to hold their baby even if it was for only a few moments. I applaud her and Mayco’s bravery. Its not a test I would want. I doubt I would have their courage. View their slideshow and see baby Josiah. Another touching slideshow from another woman and her baby Giana ~Giana Catherine Wine

Definition: The most common trisomy is Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome, where a baby has three of the twenty-first chromosome. Trisomy 18 is the second most common trisomy and occurs when a baby has three of the eighteenth chromosome. This results in 47 chromosomes instead of the normal 46 in the affected cells. It is this extra genetic material that causes the problems associated with Trisomy 18.

Tags: Iraq, Israel. Hussein, Saddam, Trisomy 18, news, politics, rebuketheworld, robotics, Youtube, Youtuber, vblogging

Journalism takes a break again. Bring on the belly laugh.

2007-01-05T01:57:00.000-08:00

Some of my favorite comedy Youtube videos just for you. It took hours and hours of my time invested and I hand it to you as the self sacrificing person that I am. There is like nothing in this for me. Nothing. Truly. My reputation for writing the news is seriously being tainted and yet I continue onward. Ah, the sacrifices of the indulgent.

Youtuber basicleeproductions: Andy Influences

Youtuber thegeniuses : LonelyTerrorist15

More.......

1) Youtuber wearescientists : WAS Queens Speech Some sensitive language but the dry humor will have you laughing at nonsense. "Humanity lives in piss stained fear"

2) Youtuber LadySenca: Listen to them sing Bohemian Rhapsody. You will die laughing

3) Youtuber TheDaves: Warning

4) Youtuber Paperlilies vs EndlessJoe: They have a stare down contest.

5) Youtuber ArtieTSMITW: Strange Faces and Noises

6) Youtuber TheHill88: She is fall down funny. Listen to her humor about Veggies

7) Youtuber Endlessjoe: Something in the water

8) Youtuber impythera: The way he dances cracks me up

9) Youtuber superloser2180: Dont ask me why, but his macho power sends me.

AND another video: He eats Wasabi. He chokes, goes for the big dip again. Hes the man.

10) Youtuber BaratsandBereta: Mothers Day

Tags: Youtube, Youtubers, humor, comedy, humor, laughter, laughing, news, vblogging, when will the Youtube addiction end

News 1/03/07: Youtube humor, Rosie & Donald Trump drama and Pat Robertson speaks prophecy

2007-01-03T13:10:00.000-08:00

Youtube recap

Well, one white gal disguised as a Hispanic gal received some airtime on Fox. She does a great Latino impression and if anything, brought a comical and entertaining character, Littleloca to Youtube. It's funny though, had it been a white person impersonating a black person the controversy would have more picket signs and been considered a racist move. Why is that? What's politically correct is about history. Old wounds that are continually probed where humor reflection has its todo's and don'ts in society. I wrote to her that its time to lay the character down. The impact could have a backlash. At least, its not the end of the Internet. Now THAT would be a nightmare.

At Youtube, I did laugh HERE and HERE, and I mean really laughed. If you love history listen to this guy Les Loken, a W.W.II veteran. He is 94 and if your like me, I love hearing from someone whose been there. Make sure you end your day with listening to these three boys sing Eric Clapton's, Tears from Heaven. Plan on your mouth opening in awe. Beautifully sung.

Gender Celebrity War

OK, off onto another tangent~ so, who isn't tired of fat jokes? Poor Rosie and poor Donald Trump, I guess they never were bosom buddies. Rosie won't be on The View much longer. The gal was purposely chosen to bring drama to the set for ratings purpose. No-one at the corporate level would admit to this but its really kindof obvious. Then, goodole charmer Donald Trump disses his friend Barbara Walters by tattle telling on her that she does not like Rosie. Just think of the "Saying the right thing" stress going on at the The View set. Scary! I had expected Rosie to not last more than two seasons but the ratings are high at present. Bad publicity is a good entertainment move as long as its doesn't go into overtime. Rosie has too much pride so IF wisdom came her way a good joke acknowledging that Trump never went bankrupt would save the day but for Trump to call her stupid is a bit extreme. Rosie was just being real about his past affairs acting as a present shame delegator and with her mild verbal accounting glitch, she has hit the worlds biggest male ego on earth. All Rosie needs to do is serenade Trump and let the mending begin. He will be touched.

Saddam last moments

So, Saddam gets some enturbulation from the Shiite onlookers as he walks to his last breath. If the video footage of Saddams execution gets seen by enough Iraqi's, those lurkers better watch out. Sunni's will be knocking on their door soon enough. Mafia love to ones own, sure keeps the humanity on its side's. I think the best reinforcement we can offer to the Saddam sympathizers is footage from his mistress tell-all's stating that Saddam watched the execution of the innocent often and without remorse. In my opinion, Saddam watched death as if he was watching a Friend's episode on TV. The guy had a twisted evil sense of humor. And, how advanced are we in America in terms of compassion for murderers? If you have ever watched the silent candle light viduals for those receiving the death penalty in America you would think it was New Year's Eve.

Pat Robertson and my personal Christian take

I read the AOL article about the prophecy for Americas city doom given to Pat Robertson and spoken by Pat Robertson. My first thought was ~ Talk about throw me into, "Raven, it's time to get your act together" mode, like fast, lol. Well, that is just what I felt. Do I think he is a loony? No, not in any way. I have experienced far too many miracles in my life, period, that if an Atheist or anyone had experienced them, they too would marvel at what cannot be explained by mans rational methods.

In terms of prophecy, one thing for sure is "accuracy" is about the human heart and mind. Ones clarity depends on what's in your heart and how you interpret what was said. You can be wrong and those tend to be the major reasons why. It's like being a wounded person and misinterpreting what people say to you because your wounds shade what you hear. Pat Robertson has been right and wrong. Since I am unable to judge a man's heart, the prophecy stands to me as "It's possible."

Although, I do sense Gods spirit which is an out of body amazing experience in itself, I have yet to hear Gods audible voice. He confirms and speaks to me by sensing his spirit when something is said by me or someone else. Personally, I have way too many undoings left in my heart to expect anything more from God so until I get my behind together, I doubt I will hear from him in an literal audible sense. Yet, I do feel lucky and awe to hear his confirmnation through his spirit. If I ever do hear his audible voice, I would probably freak out at first, lol but then happy days are here again, would be my next emotion. I don't think there is a single person on the planet who wouldn't marvel at the exceptional moment in hearing, literally hearing Gods voice especially if what he said, happened. You might want to initially to see an psychiatrist, lol but in time you would understand. I guess we would all soon be known as irrational nut cases but as a loner, its all good.

Tags: Pat Robertson, Christian, Rosie O'donnel, Donald Trump, The View, Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Youtube, Youtubers, vblogging, Littleloca4you, prophecy, Jesus, Iraq, terrorists

Happy New Years 2007: Louie Armstrong, Lena Horne, Danny Kaye and more.

2007-01-01T01:47:00.000-08:00

Sam Cooke ~ Tennessee Waltz

Aretha! ~ Respect

The Temptations ~ You're My Everything

Jackie Wilson ~ Lonely Teardrops

Diana Ross ~My Man

Dorothy Dandridge ~ Foggy London Town

Glenn Miller Orchestra ~ Chattanooga Choo Choo & Dorothy Dandridge

Judy Garland and Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Lena Horne ~ Believe In You

Marvin Gaye ~ What's going on

Marvin Gaye ~ Let's get it on

Paul Anka with Frank Sinatra ~ My Way

Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra ~ White Christmas

Elvis Presley ~ In the Ghetto

Elvis Presley ~ Are You Lonesome Tonight

Elvis Presley ~ Stuck on You

Barbra Streisand ~ Happy Days Are Here Again

Barbra Streisand ~ A Piece of Sky

Diana Ross ~ The Boss

Barbra Streisand - My Man (1975)

Tags: Youtube, Youtubers, vblogging, music, entertainment, rebuketheworld

Youtube Talent Scout: Watch out R& B. Jennifer Newberry's imprint is on the way.

2006-12-31T01:53:00.000-08:00

It's Raven the Youtube talent scout on the move again. Some of you might be wondering if I will ever get back to controversial news. Well, my Youtube obsession is slowly declining because self-control has become an absolute necessity for me. I am going to limit my posting for Youtube talent to once a month, just to show you that I am able, lol.

Drum roll please.....

So, let me suggest a new talent from a young lady, Jennifer Newberry.

She auditioned for the Yahoo contest to sing with Justin Timberlake and she has what it takes to win. She is an attractive blond, blue-eyed Swedish gal from her hometown of Sundsvall, Sweden. She is now living in the greater North West. In Seattle, she produced two music videos and has many songs on Youtube for your listening pleasure. Jennifer kicks out R &B with depth and feeling. Her voice reminds me of the American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino. She has a rich, raspy and satiny sound. She isn't limited by genre either. The gal could sing in both R&B and Pop in a heart beat. She wrote the two songs I posted below and check out the her other songs. I do have a slightly impaired ego but when you got what it takes, I'll root for yah.

Good Luck to you Jennifer. Yah gotta goin on. ~Raven

Song: Be Who You Are

Song: Daddy

Song: Smile

Jennifer Youtube website ~ JENNIFER

Jennifer~ Biography

Jennifer at ~MySpace

Yahoo audition tape~ Be Who You Are

Song ~Never Again

Song ~Lucia Is A Swedish Tradition

Youtube Video~Jennifer showing her acting skills

Tags: Youtube, Youtubers, Jennifer Newberry, Sweden, Justin Timberlake, Yahoo, music, entertainment, news, Youtube talent scout, R &B, vblogging, Raven is gonna get a life now

Youtube: I think I'll just coin myself the Youtube talent scout- Steppin Razor & Mr. Pitiful

2006-12-30T01:13:00.000-08:00

Steppin Razor is magic. She is not lip synching and at times due to a few seconds in sound delay it can appear that way. She has a soothing and rich soulful voice. Steppin is a natural talent and the camera craves her. She makes you want Hollywood to begin creating more musicals because in today's entertainment, we have forgotten how good it all feels. She is old school Hollywood glamour right before our eyes. Marvelous!

Steppin Razor sings Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend and Aint Nobodys Business

Steppin Razor : Website and Youtube website

Mr. Pitiful sings a soulful take on Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I know. Is that even possible, lol.

It is when Scott sings. Youtube website

Unfortuntely, there is a few second delay with sound and video but it is still worth your viewing.

Tags: Steppin Razor, Mr. Pitiful, Youtube, Youtubers, vblogging, music, talent, entertainment, Youtube talent scout

The FEEL GOOD SONG OF THE YEAR! Rob Thomas and his song--Streetcorner Symphony.

2006-12-26T20:50:00.000-08:00

Lyrics

It's morning
I wake up
The taste of summer sweetness on my mind
It's a clear day
In this city
Let's go dance under the street lights
All the people in this world
Let's come together
More than ever
I can feel it
Can you feel it

Come on over
Down to the corner
My sisters and my brothers of every different color
Can't you feel that sunshine telling you to hold tight
Things will be alright
Try to find a better life
Come on over
Down to the corner
My sisters and my brothers there for one another
Come on over
Man I know you wanna let yourself go

Some people
It's a pity
They go all their lives and never know
How to love or to let love go
But it's alright now
We'll make it through this somehow
And we'll paint the perfect picture
All the colors of this world will run together more than ever
I can feel it
Can you feel it

We may never find our reason to shine
But here and now this is our time
And I may never find the meaning of life
But for this moment I am fine
So

This is my favorite, number one, feel good song of the year- Streetcorner Symphony. I promise you that your head will move, your feet will tap and you will hit replay. This song is amazing! If this song doesn't break all number one records, I give up, lol. I listened to the radio for three days just to find out who sings this song. I ended up looking like a middle aged screaming teenager when I discovered it was Rob. Rob Thomas cowrote the hit song Supernatural with Santana. He sang with the band Matchbox twenty and released his first solo album in 2004. Rob, you got it goin on! Thank you for the positive vibe and as a music lover, I am grateful! When its New Years Eve, turn up the music and play this song. There won't be a single person sitting down. And if your going to be alone New Years night as I will be, turn up the music and have a good ole time. This song almost makes it easy. I am actually screaming right now,lol...YAUW!

Rob Thomas Bio

If video doesnt work listen here

Tags: music, news, Rob Thomas, Matchbox twenty, entertainment, Streetcorner Symphony, top 10, rock, pop, soul

Let Saddam live or time isn't in Iraqs favor

2006-12-26T17:09:00.000-08:00

Well lets see, the rock and the hard place in Iraq looks like this-civil war no matter what we do. Some of the Iraqi people want Saddam back to bring peace to a nation even though it was governed by fear. The Sunnis and Shiites don't want Saddam back. They want war. Give a prisoner the keys to his cell and human nature says, I want to own the person who put me here. When Saddam sees his death it will appear as that is the reason for their war but its not. Hopefully, Bush will intervene and not let Saddam be executed. Saddam deserves death but at what cost? Murderers must see justice just as Joseph Kony needs his deeds accounted for but the weight of a nation and its people needs time. Saddam should pay for his deeds with a life sentence in jail.

If Saddam was reinstated he wouldn't last a few months. He would be executed because the opportunity for peace isn't in the hearts of the rebels. They say they're fighting because their leader was removed but they doing what they have always done, fighting amonst each other. I know some want to pat the back of twenty years of Iraq peace as if that meant a sincere governing change. When your ruled without the ability to speak, the rebel is silenced but not removed. They want war and there is nothing the United States can do about that. The keys were given. The people held in a dictatorship prison are free. The minds for democracy in Iraq fear standing up and Saddam is just an excuse for their behavior. Keeping him alive gives time that maybe those who want democracy may have a change of heart and fight. The inner war in Iraq is inevitable but if most of the people were willing to fight for democracy, the rebels wouldn't have a chance in hell to win.

Tags: Saddam, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Iraq war, politics, war, WWIII, news

Comic Relief: Drive Safely this holiday season. You just never know...

2006-12-24T12:35:00.000-08:00

Tags: Bin Laden, humor, funny, humour, jokes, comedy, entertainment

Bloggers Take Over the News Realm. We Are the Media.

2006-12-22T03:34:00.000-08:00

Oh, the land of venters. Oh, the land of insight. Oh, the land of drama. Oh, the land of blogosphere but wow do I love it. Its been two years for me in blogging haven. My future may hold blogging less but never, not. I am somewhat addicted. I am also a nature and country deprived gal so priorities will shift but I know I will always blog.

The Internet is generally a safe place to speak out, to meet people from all around the world, to stay current about world affairs and to feel connected to the world around us. All of this happens while just sitting in front of a desktop. Some bloggers want to be famous and they tire quickly but those that blog to find an outlet for expression and to meet others, stick around much longer. If blogging is going downhill, I am not on the ride.

One positive side to blogging is it does motivate you to know what your talking about. Now that doesn't mean people know what they are talking about, lol but what's encouraging is as we hit the typepad our passions get stirred. Time magazine gave all bloggers and that means, every single of us, due credit. Bloggers are taking the news into more peoples homes and hearts than television ever did. Bloggers are making politics a common interest, world news a daily topic and what we know is extending past our neighborhood's or self interests. People want to know what is going on and bloggers have created this passion.

One Youtuber, smartbombstudios created a video called We Are the Media. I enjoyed his calm and professional disposition. He offered loads of information. He spoke of the power in our voices and how the definition of whose a journalist is changing. My only criticism was a quick comment he made about the past Bush/Gore electorial controversy. He was wrong but he is someone I look forward to watching more of in the future. He also spoke of the friendly president next door image where I could visualize myself sitting down with Bush at Burger King. I do not know of any past president's that fit his suggestions but it was a nice thought. I remember watching the 2000 elections and wanting to scream at the controversy and say, "Go take a history lesson!" Our past presidential elections could not, would not, Sam I am- halt the drama in wanting to change the rules midstream. The race was so close, that I can understand why some forgot or didn't know that American President's do not win by the popular vote.

Bloggers are a powerful force and with the recent Time magazine acknowledgment maybe spell check will get hip sometime soon.

Youtube: We are the Media Now

Tags: Youtube, vblogging, Youtubers, Time Magazine, Bloggers, news, politics, elections, I need an editor like bad