Breitbart.tv » Man Flies US Airways in Women’s Underwear
Okay, this is just plain ridiculous. But hey, what am I saying? It's the sign of the times we live in today. The world goes down the slippery slope that ancient Rome did before it's final destruction. But this time it is world wide, accompanied by earth quakes, famines, and pestilences as we just have seen with the unexplained e-coli outbreak in Germany and now with it's first case in Tennessee. Of course, if it continuous to spread, our media doesn't let us know.
Let me just say it this way, allowing a man, dressed in a bikini with a white lingerie top, and high heeled shoes, is to embrace openely homosexuality in all its forms. But to arrest a black male, with dread locks and baggy pants, does not make sense whatsoever, except that it reeks of racism.
On another incident with US Airways, and this happened to me, I was dropping off my best friend's son and daughter from Germany at the Philadelphia airport. They told me that it was my responsibility to stay with the minors till the airplane docked off from the gateway. I asked them about my oldest daughter and her friend who were at that time 13 and 10 respectively. The woman in charge of the ticket counter told me that they were to remain outside of the security area. When I responded that I cannot leave my minors alone by themselves without a guardian, I was told that it was my fault to bring them along in first place. What ever became out of friends coming along to give them a fair well good-bye at the airport? Eventually, I told the children, who were 12 and 14, to go by themselves and just look for the gate number and they will be fine. But even so they spoke well enough English, you could tell that they were uncertain about going it alone. One of the security agents told me to go back to the counter and request a certain person which I did. After consulting that person about what happened, he said under no circumstances can the minors be left unattended. In no time he wrote a pass for all of us for the security check in. In the meantime, the same woman appeared and started to give me a lecture of not doing what I'm supposed to do. I retorted in front of everyone else who was waiting in line that she has no compassion and that she is a completely selfish and cold hearted person who is power hungry. You should have seen her mouth drop wide open.
This, my dear friends is my experience with US Airways.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
The Church and the Times
If I would ever have known that going to a gym at night makes you more alert than sleepy, I probably would have staid home. Going to the gym I usually listen to my iPod. The same is true tonight. Instead, however, listening to music, I choose to turn on Focus on the Family's radio play "Dietrich Bonhoeffer."
Having just finished Eric Metaxas's biography of Bonhoeffer I can't get enough of this man who was not only a committed Christian, but a true example of what it means to live Christ like. In this radio play, while in America, Bonhoeffer made a statement after his own exposure to racism targeting his black friend at a coffee shop outside of Harlem. He said, "if the Blacks become godless, I will blame the white people of this country."
During the year as Bonhoeffer attented Union Seminary in New York, NY, as well as some of the more prominent churches, he found the gospel of Christ to be dead. Instead the itineraries were filled with all kinds of do good activities and entertainment for their parishioners. It was the Black church where Bonhoeffer saw the gospel of Jesus Christ alive. A Gospel that associates with those who suffer.
Sadly, the church in America was silent on the slave issue before the Civil War. She was also silent on the Jim Crow laws. As the church in Germany was silent during Nazi Germany on the Jewish issue, even those of the Confessing church, as opposed they were to the "German Christians" who in reality was Nazi at its very core, therefore distancing themselves as true Christians from the "Reichs Church," when it came to the Jewish question, Bonhoeffer was unapologetically rallying to this cause and found himself alone in his pursue to shake the Confessing Church to the help of those who cannot help themselves.
What will happen to the church in America. Today we see many who adopt a "Social Gospel." Not the kind that Bonhoeffer identified with while he was in America visiting the Black churches. But the kind that identifies itself within the realm of political correctness, with Rick Warner and the Emerging Church at the forefront, doing charity for the poor, saving the environment, rallying for peace when there truly is no peace. Is it enough to bring a side note in our sermons of what is going on today, or should we make a bold stand, just as Bonhoeffer did and knowingly put his life on the line. What will the church of America do when all of a sudden the tide turns against Christians and Jews, will it become the Socialist Church of America? Things to ponder about.
Having just finished Eric Metaxas's biography of Bonhoeffer I can't get enough of this man who was not only a committed Christian, but a true example of what it means to live Christ like. In this radio play, while in America, Bonhoeffer made a statement after his own exposure to racism targeting his black friend at a coffee shop outside of Harlem. He said, "if the Blacks become godless, I will blame the white people of this country."
During the year as Bonhoeffer attented Union Seminary in New York, NY, as well as some of the more prominent churches, he found the gospel of Christ to be dead. Instead the itineraries were filled with all kinds of do good activities and entertainment for their parishioners. It was the Black church where Bonhoeffer saw the gospel of Jesus Christ alive. A Gospel that associates with those who suffer.
Sadly, the church in America was silent on the slave issue before the Civil War. She was also silent on the Jim Crow laws. As the church in Germany was silent during Nazi Germany on the Jewish issue, even those of the Confessing church, as opposed they were to the "German Christians" who in reality was Nazi at its very core, therefore distancing themselves as true Christians from the "Reichs Church," when it came to the Jewish question, Bonhoeffer was unapologetically rallying to this cause and found himself alone in his pursue to shake the Confessing Church to the help of those who cannot help themselves.
What will happen to the church in America. Today we see many who adopt a "Social Gospel." Not the kind that Bonhoeffer identified with while he was in America visiting the Black churches. But the kind that identifies itself within the realm of political correctness, with Rick Warner and the Emerging Church at the forefront, doing charity for the poor, saving the environment, rallying for peace when there truly is no peace. Is it enough to bring a side note in our sermons of what is going on today, or should we make a bold stand, just as Bonhoeffer did and knowingly put his life on the line. What will the church of America do when all of a sudden the tide turns against Christians and Jews, will it become the Socialist Church of America? Things to ponder about.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
WalidShoebat.com - Muslims Show Their Destain for the Democratic Values of France
WalidShoebat.com - Muslims Show Their Destain for the Democratic Values of France
How much longer are we supposed to wait? Is this what we want in our country? The No-Go Zones of many French cities is a reality. It is not a fiction. Muslims have their own enclaves ruled by sharia where none of the French police is willing to go to except under dire circumstances for fear of their own lives. In Augsburg, my home town, population ca. 300,000. 20 % that, is 60,000, are Muslims. Last year while Israel invaded Gaza after years of rockets being launched at cities like Sderot, Ashkelon and even Beersheva, pro-Palestinian protest erupted all over Europe. My blogger friend heard statements being made like, "Jews to the gas chambers," "Hitler should have killed them all," these statements were not made by Augsburgers, they were made by Muslims who settled in Augsburg. WHAT DO WE NOT GET????
How much longer are we supposed to wait? Is this what we want in our country? The No-Go Zones of many French cities is a reality. It is not a fiction. Muslims have their own enclaves ruled by sharia where none of the French police is willing to go to except under dire circumstances for fear of their own lives. In Augsburg, my home town, population ca. 300,000. 20 % that, is 60,000, are Muslims. Last year while Israel invaded Gaza after years of rockets being launched at cities like Sderot, Ashkelon and even Beersheva, pro-Palestinian protest erupted all over Europe. My blogger friend heard statements being made like, "Jews to the gas chambers," "Hitler should have killed them all," these statements were not made by Augsburgers, they were made by Muslims who settled in Augsburg. WHAT DO WE NOT GET????
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
"For My Father"
"For My Father" is a movie that plays in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is the story of Tarek who crosses over from the Palestinian Autonomy to Tel Aviv in order to blow himself up and killing innocents by doing so. Right from the beginning you get the sense that those who equip him with the explosives belt aren't quite sure that he will pull through with it.
To be on the safe side, they attach a cell phone that can be remotely activated. However, the bomb will go off if someone tries to unhook the cell phone.
As Tarek makes his move on the Tel Aviv market, he is about to push the button but it is a dud. Unsettled, he walks around till he comes to a neighborhood where Katz, one of the store owners is in the business to get this and that for equipment that is outdated. So he asks him if he can get a new trigger part. Across from Katz is Keren who runs a shop that she hardly make a living with.
While Tarek is waiting for Sunday, the day after the Sabbath to go back to the market once he has the new trigger part, he becomes friends with Katz whose son died giving his service to the country and still deals with the loss even so it has been many years ago, and Keren who likes Tarek after being initially confrontational when asked if he could use her bath room.
Soon it becomes clear that, even so Tarek is angry with the Jews and their "occupation," he is not quite sure how to handle the situation. Katz takes on an immense liking who hired Tarek to fix the leak in his roof. Only one person does not welcome him. He is a sort of neighborhood police officer who watches out for any suspicious activities involving Arabs. Also the news is out that a terrorist made it through the check point.
The more Tarek and Keren get to know each other, it is clear that both are outcasts within their own societies. Keren for stopping being religious after she had a baby out of wet lock that died within her womb and her orthodox brothers and friends who are overzelous for her to come back to the fold while she despises everything it stands for after being ridiculed and condemned for her pre-marital actions which make her believe that God is not the God of forgiveness and mercy. Tarek is the procuct of Islamist fundamentalist brain washing. His family is being frowned upon because of his father wanting the best for his son.
For months and years he managed to take his son to the Natzeret soccer team in which Tarek excelled. Even when the 2. intifada started his father still managed to bring his son, less often though, to the practices and games. Because of that, his family lost their status in society, they were out of work and poverty took over. So Tarek wants to kill himself and others in order to bring honor back to his father and also the money that has been promised to his family for doing a "righteous" act. Also, Tarek is being threatened that they will come after his parents if he doesn't do as being told. At one point, the suspicious person who was with Tarek in the beginning is about to explode the bomb remotely, only to be stopped in the nick of time.
On Sunday as Tarek decends upon the market, ready to activate the bomb, he runs into Katz. He asks Katz, who he likes, to leave. Instead Katz retords "why don't you leave, I was here first?" Katz prods into Tarek's conscience, knowing full well what he came for to do. He asks him for who he does it and Tarek tells him "for my father." Katz almost convinced him that he will only kill his parents by doing so. For a moment it seems that Tarek realizes the predicament that he is in. He doesn't want to hurt the ones he cares for but is in conflict with what he came to do. In the meantime the neigborhood cop rounded up snipers to be placed around the market who successfully hit Tarek. However, in the last moments of his consciousness, the brainwashing takes over and lastly he pushes the button.
Just as the explosion is about to happen, Keren, with whom Tarek spent the night together on the beach of Tel Aviv, awakens. As she hears the explosion, she discovers the nails that Tarek left behind, which was part of his explosives belt and would have caused so much more mortal damage to bystanders.
Truly, I felt as if I could cry. I do not have zero sympathy for the Imams who declare their hatred to their congregations year in and year out. Islam is through and through satanic. And yet, I sympathize with Tarek who clearly wasn't the typical suicide bomber who would scream "Alahu Akbar" just before he pushes the button. Instead he does it with ulterior motives. First and mostly to restore the good name of his family, his father, a well known violinist, and to ease the financial burden with the money promised for committing this murderous act. While in the same token he is torn between the people he comes to love and respect as well as his family that he, right or wrong, wants to make their lives better.
Sadly, this is not the normal case. However, several women who chose to do the same did it as a last resort for their honor after they either were unable to work or because their husbands divorced them or some other kind of dishonor fell upon them to make this the only avenue they knew with the hope of being in paradise for eternity. It also clearly showed the legalism of those that do not love God in the Spirit but by the letter of the law and therefore themselves are unable to show forgiveness and mercy to those who failed and stumpled. Instead of doing everything to come lovingly alongside them, and help them back on the right path, they drive them further away from the love of God into a live of hopelessness.
Definitely a must see movie even after I spoiled the plot. :-)
To be on the safe side, they attach a cell phone that can be remotely activated. However, the bomb will go off if someone tries to unhook the cell phone.
As Tarek makes his move on the Tel Aviv market, he is about to push the button but it is a dud. Unsettled, he walks around till he comes to a neighborhood where Katz, one of the store owners is in the business to get this and that for equipment that is outdated. So he asks him if he can get a new trigger part. Across from Katz is Keren who runs a shop that she hardly make a living with.
While Tarek is waiting for Sunday, the day after the Sabbath to go back to the market once he has the new trigger part, he becomes friends with Katz whose son died giving his service to the country and still deals with the loss even so it has been many years ago, and Keren who likes Tarek after being initially confrontational when asked if he could use her bath room.
Soon it becomes clear that, even so Tarek is angry with the Jews and their "occupation," he is not quite sure how to handle the situation. Katz takes on an immense liking who hired Tarek to fix the leak in his roof. Only one person does not welcome him. He is a sort of neighborhood police officer who watches out for any suspicious activities involving Arabs. Also the news is out that a terrorist made it through the check point.
The more Tarek and Keren get to know each other, it is clear that both are outcasts within their own societies. Keren for stopping being religious after she had a baby out of wet lock that died within her womb and her orthodox brothers and friends who are overzelous for her to come back to the fold while she despises everything it stands for after being ridiculed and condemned for her pre-marital actions which make her believe that God is not the God of forgiveness and mercy. Tarek is the procuct of Islamist fundamentalist brain washing. His family is being frowned upon because of his father wanting the best for his son.
For months and years he managed to take his son to the Natzeret soccer team in which Tarek excelled. Even when the 2. intifada started his father still managed to bring his son, less often though, to the practices and games. Because of that, his family lost their status in society, they were out of work and poverty took over. So Tarek wants to kill himself and others in order to bring honor back to his father and also the money that has been promised to his family for doing a "righteous" act. Also, Tarek is being threatened that they will come after his parents if he doesn't do as being told. At one point, the suspicious person who was with Tarek in the beginning is about to explode the bomb remotely, only to be stopped in the nick of time.
On Sunday as Tarek decends upon the market, ready to activate the bomb, he runs into Katz. He asks Katz, who he likes, to leave. Instead Katz retords "why don't you leave, I was here first?" Katz prods into Tarek's conscience, knowing full well what he came for to do. He asks him for who he does it and Tarek tells him "for my father." Katz almost convinced him that he will only kill his parents by doing so. For a moment it seems that Tarek realizes the predicament that he is in. He doesn't want to hurt the ones he cares for but is in conflict with what he came to do. In the meantime the neigborhood cop rounded up snipers to be placed around the market who successfully hit Tarek. However, in the last moments of his consciousness, the brainwashing takes over and lastly he pushes the button.
Just as the explosion is about to happen, Keren, with whom Tarek spent the night together on the beach of Tel Aviv, awakens. As she hears the explosion, she discovers the nails that Tarek left behind, which was part of his explosives belt and would have caused so much more mortal damage to bystanders.
Truly, I felt as if I could cry. I do not have zero sympathy for the Imams who declare their hatred to their congregations year in and year out. Islam is through and through satanic. And yet, I sympathize with Tarek who clearly wasn't the typical suicide bomber who would scream "Alahu Akbar" just before he pushes the button. Instead he does it with ulterior motives. First and mostly to restore the good name of his family, his father, a well known violinist, and to ease the financial burden with the money promised for committing this murderous act. While in the same token he is torn between the people he comes to love and respect as well as his family that he, right or wrong, wants to make their lives better.
Sadly, this is not the normal case. However, several women who chose to do the same did it as a last resort for their honor after they either were unable to work or because their husbands divorced them or some other kind of dishonor fell upon them to make this the only avenue they knew with the hope of being in paradise for eternity. It also clearly showed the legalism of those that do not love God in the Spirit but by the letter of the law and therefore themselves are unable to show forgiveness and mercy to those who failed and stumpled. Instead of doing everything to come lovingly alongside them, and help them back on the right path, they drive them further away from the love of God into a live of hopelessness.
Definitely a must see movie even after I spoiled the plot. :-)
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