Blackout and Withdrawal Symptoms

To clarify things, my computer crashed two weeks ago, and I lost all my data, including e-mail accounts and addresses. I am still rebuilding. This technical blackout came just at the time of the elections. I was unable to get on the internet to keep up with the news. I became sorely aware of the extreme lack of information available on the mainstream newscasts and local newspapers.

After a few days, I used my work computer to check in with a couple of sites I read for news. I found out that our president and his wife are blaming George Bush for the drumming the democrats took. An article on Foxnews.com stated that there is one thing that the Republicans and Democrats fear even more than the Tea Party—it’s the INTERNET. It’s no wonder that our president wants complete control of the internet.

The president already has the power to shut it down whenever he feels there may be a threat to the nation. The only threat that he has about the internet is the information that is available. Truth is hard to hide. Eventually someone finds it out and can now spread it around the world in seconds. That is the threat to the politicians. There is no place to hide. To their benefit, though, there have been so few people looking for the truth. The numbers of truth-seekers are growing daily. And their link to TRUTH is the internet.


While I sat in the dark listening/watching mainstream newscasts, the internet had up-to-date news of winners and losers, and how each precinct or county broke down their votes. It took three days to learn from a newspaper who won a state house of representative race that I was interested in.

Then, no sooner had the election come and gone, when our leader also went—on another excursion. This time to India and other Asian countries. Time to uplift the Muslims again. A lot of flack arose when he planned his trip and learned he was supposed to visit a mosque in India. Muslims wear turbans or other headdress, and the president didn’t want to do that, for fear he would ignite the rumors again about his Muslim history. It turned out that the mosque in India wasn’t Muslim, but Hindu, but courageous president had already crossed that tourist stop off his agenda. But what did he do instead? He went back to the town where he was raised and uplifted the Muslims there, and in other parts of Southeast Asia.

Some other tidbits about our president and his “neutral” thoughts about religion. The Imam Rauf, founder of the Ground Zero mosque, the same person who refuses to admit that Hamas is a terrorist group, the same person who called the USA an accessory to the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, went on a “Good Will Trip” at the taxpayers expense funded by the U. S. State Department.

Associated Press reported the “Hope and Change” administration will give $6 million in tax dollars to restore historic sites around the world, which include: $76,000 for a mosque in China, $67,000 for a mosque in Pakistan, $77,000 to restore minarets in Nigeria and Mauritania, and $50,000 for an Islamic monument in India. The Secretary of State said this is money well spent. Which Muslim repair job will your tax dollars pay for.

What about rebuilding the Orthodox Christian church at Ground Zero that the Muslim terrorists destroyed? Not a penny.


In the Islamic celebration of Ramadan, the “Hope and Change” president stated, These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings. Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality. And here in the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country.”

What part of Islam’s role in 9-11-01 tragedy did we have in common?
And now a word about “turning the other cheek.” A Muslim terrorist once said that the terrorists will win this war because Americans have been taught to “turn the other cheek.” This terrorist said they have been trained to kill all Americans and Christians. While Americans reach out in the name of Jesus to show Christian love, the terrorist will simply slit throats.

There has been a discussion about the “turning the other cheek” philosophy. Steven Crowder of FoxNews.com stated that George W. Bush is a “man’s man” who leads by example. Crowder explains that Jesus told his followers to turn the other cheek. As Crowder stated, Jesus is the prime example of what it means to turn the other cheek. He (Jesus) was beaten, tortured, and crucified, but didn’t fight back. Crowder asks, “Could he have?” Well, he is Jesus…who died, was buried, and rose again. Without the resurrection, Jesus would have never been able to “turn the other cheek” because he would have been…well, dead. Crowder reported that Jesus could have swatted down those centurions at any given moment, but consciously chose not to.”

Crowder’s modern day interpretation was parents who teach their kids not to fight, but to turn the other cheek, have taught their children to be cowards. They give up because they can do nothing else. But, if, as Crowder writes, their son was state champion wrestler, and a black belt in Judo, he could take care of bullies, but chooses not to.

Now back to Mr. Bush. Mr. Crowder stated, though the current president routinely poked his finger in the chest of Mr. Bush every chance he got, the former president remained silent. Mr. Bush could have come out in public yelling, “Listen, you’ve unprecedentedly multiplied the deficit, your irresponsible spending dwarfs any and all presidents that have come before you. Folks, you think I sucked? Get a load of this punk.” Instead he’s chosen to say nothing.

That is turning the other cheek, and being a man.