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Israel's Heavy Armoured Personell Carriers As Tough as Tanks

2012-08-02T07:44:00.001-07:00

One the first things that a military geek will tell somebody that calls an M113 a "tank" is that's an armoured personall carrier, it's doesn't have a big gun and isn't as heavily armoured as a tank. Except if it's one of these Israeli jobs which have to deal with palestinean nationalists and occasionally neighboring Arab states .

found this http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/israels-heavy-armored-personnel-carriers/

and pulled out these bits. Visit link for the whole thing. Seems they converted every tank they had except the Sherman and M-60

Israel’s Heavy Armored Personnel Carriers

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Written by: Mike Markowitz on August 1, 2012
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A column of IDF AFVs. The nearest vehicles are Puma combat engineering vehicles, the distant ones are Achzarit heavy APCs. Photo by merdi

The IDF’s Combat Engineering Corps training aboard M113 “Zeldas.” The shortcomings of the M113 were one spur to the development of heavy armored personnel carriers. Israel Defense Forces photo

HALFTRACKS: The first APCs were “half-tracks,” basically trucks with rear axles replaced by caterpillar tracks. Their thin armor and lack of overhead protection led American GIs to call them “Purple Heart boxes.”Israel acquired 3,500 surplus half-tracks, using them in the 1956 and 1967 wars after most armies had upgraded to fully-enclosed boxes such as

M113 GAVIN TRACKED BOX: the M113. Made of welded aluminum, the M113 could “swim” in water, propelled by its tracks. Aluminum armor kept out bullets and shell fragments, but was easily penetrated by rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM). The U.S. sent Israel over 6,000 M113s. They were nicknamed “Zelda,” Hebrew slang for an American Jewish girl. In the 1973 war, they suffered painful losses.

REBUILT T-55 Achzarit

The first of the IDF’s heavy armored personnel carriers, Achzarits were built from the captured hulls of Soviet-made T-54/55 tanks. Photo by gkirok

I...Beginning in 1987, some 276 T-55s were rebuilt by removing the turret and constructing a compartment for 10 troops. The bulky Russian diesel engine was replaced by a compact power pack, leaving space for a passageway to a rear exit door. The exterior was covered with reactive armor that defeats RPGs and early ATGMs. Named Achzarit (“Cruel One”) the 48.5 ton vehicle carries four roof-mounted 7.62 mm machine guns.

REBUILT CENTURION:

Nagmash’ot, Nagmachon, Nakpadon and Puma

Nagmachon heavy APC at the LIC 2004 exhibition. Derived from the British Centurion tank, this example has the distinctive “doghouse” replacing the turret. Photo by Fresh Military & Security Forum, Israel via MathKnight

Similar rebuilds gave new life to hundreds of obsolete IDF Centurion tanks. ...

By the 1980s, as Centurions were replaced by new Israeli-designed Merkava tanks, they were rebuilt as infantry carriers. ... Some Nagmachons are fitted with a distinctive non-rotating “doghouse” studded with vision blocks for a forward observer.

Namer (Merkava)

Soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, maneuver around an Israeli Namer during the Maneuver Battle Lab’s Ground Combat Vehicle assessment at Fort Bliss, Texas. The Namer was originally rebuilt from early Merkava tank chassis, but today they are being constructed by General Dynamics Land Systems in the United States. DoD photo by 1st Lt. Tyler N. Ginter

Namer means “tiger” or “leopard” in Hebrew. Weighing 66 tons, this big cat is the most heavily armored APC ever built. About 130 are currently in service. Early versions were converted surplus Merkava Mk. I tanks, but new production vehicles are assembled by General Dynamics in Lima, Ohio, and then shipped to Israel for installation of weapons and the secret composite and reactive armor.

Namer carries a crew of 11: commander, driver, gunner and eight troops. The gunner’s remote-controlled weapon station can be fitted with a 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun, or 40 mm grenade launcher. Four external video cameras provide 360-degree vision.

Future versions will carry a 30 mm automatic cannon and the Rafael Trophy active protection system. Namer is under evaluation for the U.S. Army’s Ground Combat Vehicleprogram.

Israel Namer: When You Need An Infantry IFV as Tough As A Tank

2012-08-02T07:30:00.003-07:00

Found this interesting vehicle, the idea is that instead of putting infantry into a lightly armoured box like a halftrack or M113, you put them in a tank that is just as big and heavily armoured.

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The Namer heavy APC provides infantry with the level of protection matching with the latest MBTs.
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Namer APC that replaces the Achzarit ... The tank has been converted by the Armament Corps into a heavy APC. The motor and ...
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Namer is a heavily armoured infantry fighting vehicle based on the chassis of the Merkava 4 main battle tank of Israel. Also called Tiger or Leopard, it is one of the most highly protected armoured personnel carriers (APC) in the world. Developed in 2008, the Namer armoured vehicle is a major element of the Israel Defence Force (IDF) modernisation plan.

The 60t armoured infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV) can carry a crew of three – the driver, commander and the remote controlled weapon station (RCWS) operator. The mobility and protection of the vehicle is comparable to the latest main battle tanks.

The Namer was developed by the Israeli Ordnance Corps and was first acquired by the Golani Brigade of the IDF in summer 2008. The brigade used two Namer vehicles in the war in Gaza. The IDF plans to deploy about 250 Namer armoured IFVs by developing support variants and replace the M-113 APC vehicles.

Namer armoured fighting vehicle production and development

The Namer was derived from the combination of Nagmash, the Israeli variant of M113 APC and Merkava. In 2005, the first prototype of the heavy IFV, called Nemera (Tigress) was revealed. It was developed based on the chassis of the Merkava mk1 main battle tank (MBT). Field trials and evaluation were conducted for exporting the Nemera, which, however, received no orders.

"Namer is one of the most highly protected armoured personnel carriers (APC) in the world."

The plans to convert the aging Merkava mkI MBTs, which are being withdrawn from service, to the APC and IFV have been cancelled as construction of new vehicles with the Merkava 4 chassis was considered to be a more economical alternative.

Development of the Namer heavyweight vehicle began in July 2007 with the launch of IDF's armoured infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV) programme. The programme aims to modernise and strengthen the IDF ground forces throughout the five-year plan.

Namer was revealed to public in early 2008 and went into production in April 2008 with the approval from the IDF chief of staff and IDF funding for the pilot production of 15 tracked vehicles.

Namer AIFV design

Namer is based on the turret-less Merkava 4 chassis, which has sloped hybrid armour to protect the fighting compartment. It has a remotely operated weapon station and multiple smoke canisters are embedded within the armour. The vehicle has two hatches on the hull roof for use by the commander and gunner, and a rear ramp for use by troops.

The driver's compartment is ergonomically designed and the vehicle is equipped with large vision blocks and electro-optical viewing devices. Four remotely controlled video cameras provide an unobstructed peripheral view. The fully networked AIFV has an Elbit Systems battle management system included in the C4 equipment, a control and inspection system and computerised weapon systems to enable the infantry corps to destroy threats.

Features

The Namer IFV can carry up to 12 including the crew, a stretcher and medical equipment as attachments. The vehicle is equipped with advanced defensive systems, missile launchers, machine guns, reconnaissance equipment for day and night vision and an internal air-conditioning unit. The doors and ramps are redesigned for efficient offload of soldiers and equipment and easy stretcher handling.

The Namer AIFV will enable safe and quick advancement of infantry troops. The IDF is also considering the development of multipurpose Namer versions. The various planned variants are the armoured recovery vehicle, repair and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) and 30mm cannon armed anti-tank guided missiles command vehicle.

Armament

"The Namer AIFV will enable safe and quick advancement of infantry troops."

The Namer AIFV is armed with Rafael's Mini-Samson RCWS with multisensor target acquisition systems. It is also equipped with a 12.7mm M2HB heavy machine gun, a 7.62mm M246 machine gun, a 60mm mortar and smoke grenade launchers. The future development plans also include mounting of a Samson weapon station armament and heavier 30mm automatic cannons and spike guide weapons.

Protection

Namer is equipped with automatic fire suppression systems, and nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection. The vehicle offers protection level equal to that of the Merkava 4. Rafael's Trophy active protection modules, also called ASPRO-A, cover the sides of the vehicle.

In June 2009, the IDF selected the Israel Military Industries (IMI)-developed Iron Fist active protection system (APS) for the Namer armour personnel carrier. The Namer troop carrier, however, is fitted with Trophy APS. There are also plans to develop a hybrid APS system which would launch both Trophy and Iron Fist interceptors.

Propulsion

Namer is powered by a Teledyne Continental AVDS-1790-9AR V12 air-cooled diesel engine. It develops 1,200hp (895kW), the same as that of the Merkava mkIII tank.

Frank Marshall Davis: Soviet Russia's Communist Revolutionary in Hawaii (Hawai'i Free Press)

2012-08-01T08:56:00.000-07:00

Barack Obama Reading List:

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Barack Obama Reading List:
By Andrew Walden :: 10785 Views

Barack Obama: Born in Hawai`i
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/92/Barack-Obama-Born-in-Hawaii.aspx
Barack Obama: Red Diaper Baby
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/barack_obama_red_diaper_baby_1.html
What Barack Obama learned from the Communist Party
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/what_barack_obama_learned_from.html
The Frank Marshall Davis network in Hawaii (Obama and the “revolution of 1954”)
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/the-frank-marshall-davis-network-in-hawaii
Obama’s Sex Rebel Communist mentor Frank Marshall Davis (Honolulu Record columnist)
http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/Rpt_Davis_Sex.pdf
Sex Rebel: Black (memoirs of a gash gourmet) by Obama mentor Frank Marshall Davis -- full text in pdf
https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Image:SexRebelBlack.pdf

Obama’s Hawaii Democrat Party Connections
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/price_of_apology_clinton_obama
Lehman Bros: Obama’s Rezko-Auchi Conflict of Interest
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/66/Lehman-Brothers-Obamarsquos-RezkoAuchi-conflict-of-interest.aspx
Obama’s Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac connection
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,423701,00.html
Obama Tries to stall Iraq withdrawal
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/68/Obama-tries-to-stall-Iraq-withdrawal.aspx
Ayers: Obama’s ghostwriter?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/who_wrote_dreams_from_my_fathe_1.html
Obama’s War
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/obamas_war.html
Obama's War on Black America
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/barack-obama%E2%80%99s-war-on-black-america/
Iraqi Billionaire threatens reporters investigating Obama-Rezko affair
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/iraqi-billionaire-threatens-reporters-investigating-rezko-affair

From the Frank Marshall Davis FBI files p. 15, this is the same "Frank" mentioned in "Dream from My Father" as the author's mentor

http://www.scribd.com/doc/34857706/Obama-Frank-Marshall-Davis-FBI-File

Davis never admitted openly that he was member of the communist party, but he told FBI informants that he was a member, and the FBI tagged him as a member of the party in Chicago from 1945 to 1948 before he moved to Hawaii.

SAC, Honolulu August 15, 1962

Frank marshallDavis Security Matter

Reurlet 7-30-62.

Subject is a male, 56 year of age, who has been employed most of this life as a reporter.

He was a Communist Party (CP) member in Chicago from 1945 until 1948 when he moved to Hawaii. He was very active in the Party there until Party activity as such ceased in 1952. He was active in front groups in a leadership capacity until such front groups became inactive in 1956. when questioned before the Senate Internal Security Subcommitee in 1956, Davis took the fifth amendment

He wrote a column which constantly followed the CP line in the now defunct "Honolulu Record" until 1957.

In 1958 he frequented the premises of this newspaper. He contributed to "The Worker" prior to 1956.

He was listed as a sponsor for the 27th National Conference of the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born in December, 1960.

In 1957 he championed the policies of Soviet Russia

His name is being retained on the Security Index at this time.

Note on yellow: Relet recommended deletion from the SI.

The security index meant that Davis would have been arrested if war ever broke out with the Soviet Union.

Romney must win over Asian voters

2012-08-01T08:07:00.001-07:00

Asians now lean democratic, but are the only minority group even remotely close to 50-50, and their parents are strongly pro-business even if their college-educated children are largely brainwashed into racial marxism and Obamunism.

Found this on the Hawaii Free Press a voice for conservatives from the Aloha state:
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Romney must win over Asian voters

by Shawn Steele

If Mitt Romney wants to reach 270 electoral votes, and win the presidency, he must aggressively target Asian-American voters.

Asians -- Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Filipinos, Vietnamese and Koreans -- are the nation's wealthiest, most highly educated and most aspirational voting demographic. Their numbers have grown by more than 40 percent in the last decade, and they are concentrated in key electoral battleground states like Nevada, Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Despite surveys showing Asian-Americans as more favorable toward Obama and government than the general public, their actual voting behavior in recent elections offers Romney an opportunity. Look to 2009, the year Republicans recovered from the Obama blowout and stormed back to retake the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey.

Republican Bob McDonnell targeted Asian-Americans energetically, even though they constitute just 5.9 percent of Virginians. He employed multiple strategies, such as asking Asian business owners to publicly communicate their support by putting McDonnell signs in their storefronts. His campaign communicated with Asian-American voters in their native languages in everything from mailers to radio ads to yard signs. A postelection survey of Asian-American voters in Northern Virginia found that nearly 60 percent voted for McDonnell.

Middlesex, New Jersey's second most populous county, is a perennial Democratic bastion, but in 2009, it went for Chris Christie by 48 percent to 44 percent -- almost precisely his statewide margin. Not coincidentally, Middlesex now has among the highest percentages of Asian-Americans outside of Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay area.

Asian-American voters are not immune to the national backlash against Obama's big government blowout. Their values and attitudes, by and large, hew more closely to the GOP economic policies, emphasizing hard work, parental involvement in education, the permanence of marriage and family unity. They link success to individual achievement rather than government beneficence.

Romney doesn't need to win the Asian-American vote outright. It would be enough to improve substantially on the 35 percent that John McCain won. Given the clusters of Asian-American voters who now reside in battleground states, a serious outreach strategy along the lines of McDonnell's successful gubernatorial campaign illuminates a pathway to victory.

There are hundreds of media outlets in battleground states through which Romney can reach Asian-American voters cheaply in their native languages -- especially to Korean, Vietnamese and Filipino audiences, where pro-Republican sentiment is strongest. The Korean Times, for example, has 13 bureaus in the U.S. and a daily edition circulation larger than the Los Angeles Times.

Nevada, Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania between them hold 111 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Obama carried them all in 2008. Romney needs to flip them. Asian-Americans comprise, on average, 3.8 percent of the population of those states, which could exceed the margin in a close election. A relatively modest investment by Team Romney in Asian outreach, out of the tens of millions it will pour into these states, could put him in the White House. And if, as Democratic strategists fear, turnout by Asian-Americans and other minorities falls below 2008 levels, the decline would occur chiefly among Obama supporters, amplifying any inroads that Romney makes.

The stakes for the future of liberty and limited government are simply too high for the Romney campaign to leave any stone unturned in the search for voters. By dedicating real resources to a sustained, strategic campaign of messaging and get-out-the-vote aimed at Asian-American voters, Romney will not only win the White House, but also lay the foundation for a new Republican majority with the fast-growing Asian voting population as a key pillar.

Shawn Steel is California's Republican National Committeeman and a former chairman of the California Republican Party.

Michael Barone: Republicans should target Asian voters

Rethinking the History and Future of the Communist Party

2012-07-31T11:59:00.001-07:00

On March 23, 2007, a reception was held at the Tamiment Library at New York University. The occasion was the official opening of the archives of the Communist Party USA. The keynote speaker was Gerald Horne, a leader of the progressive movment and contributing editor of the Political Affairs, the journal of the Communist Party. He made special mention of the legacy of the party which helped a rising African American politician "find his identify".

Take a look at the other heros of the blogger who originally posted this as well.

Marx, Engels, Lenin As surely as spring follows winter... socialism will follow capitalism
Karl Marx Mass killings occurred under some Communist regimes during the twentieth century with an estimated death toll numbering between 85 and 100 million.^[1]
Friedrich Engels
V.I. Lenin
J. V. Stalin Before the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, researchers who attempted to count the number of people killed under Stalin's regime produced estimates ranging from 3 to 60 million.[91] After the Soviet Union dissolved, evidence from the Soviet archives also became available, containing official records of the execution of approximately 800,000 prisoners under Stalin for either political or criminal offenses, around 1.7 million deaths in the Gulags and some 390,000 deaths during kulak forced resettlement – with a total of about 3 million officially recorded victims in these categories.
Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was successively a member of the the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). After their deaths, Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht became martyrs for Marxists.
Dr. Norman Bethune was a Canadian physician t known for his service in war time medical units during the Spanish Civil War and with the Communist Eighth Route Army (Ba Lu Jun) during the Second Sino-Japanese War. A purported Communist, he wrote that wars were motivated by profits, not principles.

John T. Bernard Communist Congressman from Minnesota's Iron Range, 8th Congressional District... elected on the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party ticket
William Z. Foster
Paul Robeson His advocacy of anti-imperialism, affiliation with Communism, and criticism of the US brought retribution from the government and public condemnation. He refused to rescind his stand on his beliefs and remained opposed to the direction of US policies.
Wyndham Mortimer Mortimer was the First Vice President of the UAW from 1936 to 1939. A member of the Communist Party USA from about 1932,.

Palmiro Togliatti Italian Communist Party leader and courageous anti-fascist. Togliatti helped to shape and create the modern-day Communist Party club which has successfully been used by the working class to defeat the fascist menace, build unions, and fight capitalist exploitation, colonialism, & imperialism all over the world.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Jim Buck
W. E. B. DuBois
Che Guevara Che Guevara was, after all, Fidel Castro’s executioner. Felix Rodriguez, the Cuban-American CIA operative who helped track him down in Bolivia and was the last person to question him, says that Che during his final talk, admitted to “a couple thousand” executions. But he shrugged them off as all being of “imperialist spies and CIA agents.
Otto Kuusinen Heroic Finnish Communist and internationalist
Yusuf Dadoo was a Muslim Indian South African communist and anti-apartheid activist
Frank Marshall Davis
Ho Chi Minh (Father of communist Vietnam)
Gus Hall

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Rethinking the History and Future of the Communist Party

Rethinking the History and Future of the Communist Party

By Gerald Horne

Note: This is the text of a speech delivered at the reception of the Communist Party USA archives at the Tamiment Library at New York University.

First of all, I would like to thank both the CPUSA and NYU for this marriage – it is one, perhaps not made in heaven but no less celestial and lofty for that. The thrust of my brief remarks is to suggest that the history of the CPUSA and, indeed, the global movement of which it is a part, has been distorted grievously by the infestation of anti-Sovietism and anticommunism and the opening of these wonderful archives should not only lead to a reassessment of the party but help to push back the right-wing which has profited so handsomely from anti-Sovietism and anticommunism – forces which have brought this nation to the brink of catastrophe, not only in Iraq and the Middle East generally but vis-à-vis China as well. I suggest in these remarks that future generations will not necessarily be as seized as this one apparently is with how and why the former USSR was a supposed "Evil Empire" and how and why some in the US – e.g. the CPUSA – could support this state; I think future generations in the US will take note of the fact that the presumed primary victims of the so-called ‘Evil Empire – in Soviet Russia, for example – tend to agree with President Putin, whose popularity ratings are about double those of the current US President, in his assertion that the fall of the USSR was the greatest geo-political catastrophe of the 20th century. I think future generations in the US-as my remarks suggest will wonder instead how and why the US aligned with so-called Islamic fundamentalism against the former USSR – an appropriate question, I think, as we sit in the shadow of the former World Trade Center – particularly given that the period from 1941-1945 demonstrated decisively that these two nations could collaborate for mutual advantage.

Let me begin by quoting the fortunately retired NY Times right-wing hack columnist William Safire: "Before Nixon died," he said, "I asked him – on the record – if perhaps we had gone a bit overboard on selling the American public on the political benefits of increased trade with China. That old realist," continued Safire, "who had played the China card to exploit the split in the Communist world, replied with some sadness, that he was not as hopeful as he had once been: "We may have created a Frankenstein [monster]," said Nixon.

Nixon, the hard-boiled realist was on to something for although contemporary analysts have managed to convince the chattering classes in this nation that the former Soviet Union collapsed of its own weight and that China’s role in the encirclement of Russia had little or nothing to do with the retreat of socialism, that China’s waging war on socialist Vietnam or backing genocide in Cambodia or collaborating with US imperialism and apartheid South Africa in Angola thereby causing over-stretching of resources in Moscow – none of this had anything to do with the tumultuous events of 1989-1991.

Yet, once again, history has proven to be a cruel teacher and taskmaster for because of Nixon’s decision to "exploit the split in the Communist world," U.S. imperialism just exchanged one Communist antagonist in Moscow for a far larger, far stronger Communist antagonist in Beijing. Future dictionaries may well illustrate the definition of the phrase "Pyrrhic victory" with a picture of Nixon’s trip to Beijing in 1972. In fact a future project for a comparative diplomatic historian is to analyze how long French elites thought they had pulled a fast one on Britain by backing the rebellious colonists in North America at the end of the 18th century and compare when did it dawn that they may have outsmarted themselves with how long it took US elites to realize that they were in an analogous position to French elites when it comes to China or how long did it take British elites to recognize that they had erred grievously when approximately 100 years ago they began to build up Imperial Japan as their watchdog in Asia – certainly London was aware of their blunder by December 7, 1941.

To be sure, certain perspicacious journalists have recognized that with its spectacular growth rates, its astonishing $1 trillion in foreign reserves (part of which is slated to be invested globally which will be shaping global markets for decades to come), its space program – including shooting down a satellite – its busy activity in resource rich Africa, China presents a formidable challenge to US imperialism going forward. In that context I recommend to you a raft of books that I have reviewed in the CP journal, ‘Political Affairs,’ particularly Joshua Cooper Ramo’s ‘The Beijing Consensus’ or Ted Fishman’s ‘China Inc.’ or the recent book by Financial Times columnist, James Kynge, ‘China Shakes the World.’ Unfortunately, this journalistic insight has not trickled down to the scholars, most of whom are still peddling the fool’s gold of "Cold War triumphalsm’, blithely unaware that the Cold War may be seen by future generations not as an era of US victory but an era not only of Asian recovery – as China and India followed Japan into the front rank of nations with monumental consequences for the fate of white supremacy – but, ironically, as some were chortling about the supposed "death of communism", Communist parties in Beijing especially, and to a degree in New Delhi and Tokyo were strengthening. Indeed, just as anticommunists in the 1950s had a bitter battle over "who lost China?" – or how did the CP take over in China – future anti-Communists may well be asking "who lost the US?", i.e. how did US imperialism lose its pre-eminent position in a so-called uni-polar world? Ironically, China policy will be Exhibit A when these future analysts begin to answer these questions.

Now it is often said that every generation has to rewrite history. For example, at one time there was a prevalent "moonlight and magnolias" version of slavery and Reconstruction that fundamentally portrayed "happy Negroes" during the slave era and portrayed the period following slavery as a dastardly period of Negro misrule and corruption. This began to change in the 1930s with the publication of Du Bois’ magisterial ‘Black Reconstruction’ and changed decisively with the publication of Eric Foner’s ‘Reconstruction.’"

One of the reasons why I personally – and I daresay future generations – are so pleased by the depositing of these CPUSA archives is because it is painfully obvious that the history of the Communist movement in this nation is long overdue for a massive rewriting and these archives will prove indispensable in that process.

It is easy to see why future generations will be displeased with much of the present history that has been written to this point about the Communist Party because it has been incredibly biased, one-sided, deeply influenced by the conservative drift of the nation – not unlike pre-Du Bois histories of Reconstruction – and, fundamentally, anticommunist.

For this exhilaration at the collapse of the Soviet Union has continued even though, I think, future generations may eventually view the events of even recent weeks as a blaring wake-up call, that we are residing in the midst of a tectonic shift basically induced by Nixon’s fateful decision to "exploit the split in the Communist world", which opened the door for massive direct foreign investment in the Chinese economy thereby creating an economic juggernaut that is viewed by hawks in Washington as a threat that combines the most fearsome aspects of the old Soviet Union with that of US imperialism’s other antagonist of decades past – Japan of the 1980s and 1930s.

For a future scholar might well entitle a future book on the crisis faced by US imperialism, ‘From 9/11 to 2/27." For just as 9-11 announced the arrival on the global stage of yet another antagonist that is a direct product of Cold War strategy – so-called "Islamic fundamentalism" –2/27 marked the moment when a hiccup in Shanghai contributed to convulsions on Wall Street. The consequences of the chain of events unfolding is hard to predict – though I do find it curious that recent coverage in the bourgeois press of the debate on protection for private property in China seemed to be strangely supportive of the "left" in Beijing, as if it was thought that this might slow down the Chinese juggernaut.

Of course, the challenge from Asia is sufficiently formidable for the myrmidons of imperialism and white supremacy but there is another aspect of the heralded Cold War that is now coming back to bite this nation in a big way – I refer, of course, to the aforementioned so-called "Islamic fundamentalism." The "death of communism" analysts are akin to the man who jumps out of the Empire State Building, and as he passes the 40th floor shouts out "so far, so good." In other words, the collapse of the USSR seems like a good thing to critics – if you ignore the impact of "Islamic fundamentalism" in years to come, as this tendency was a foundational aspect of the Soviet Union’s collapse and U.S. imperialism’s strategy to attain this goal.

Now I find it heartening that so many are joining the amen chorus that asserts that George W. Bush is the worst President in US History – the follically challenged Donald Trump being the latest among these. Now admittedly this title of being the worst has considerable competition – how can one omit the slave-owning, Native American hating Andrew Jackson, for example? – yet, in any case, I think that future generations may well conclude that yes, Bush, was the worst, but the errors were as much those of his class as they were of himself individually.

For let us not forget that it was more than 25 years ago during the administration of Jimmy Carter, then Democratic Party leader, that US imperialism escalated its interference in the internal affairs in Afghanistan – as his National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski conceded in a remarkable interview a few years ago – thereby helping to induce Moscow’s escalated assistance to a besieged left-wing government in Kabul, in an attempt to bleed the Soviet Union figuratively and literally. This strategy involved the inflaming of religiosity in the Islamic world and, as is well-known, brought Osama bin Laden himself to Kabul and the creation of foreign legions of Islamic fighters who are now bedeviling the planet from New York to Algiers to London to Madrid to Baghdad to Kashmir to Southern Thailand to Manila to Bali. Again writers like Kathy Gannon, Robert Dreyfuss, Mahmood Mamdani and others have written in detail about this Faustian arrangement – and, again, I have reviewed many of these works in ‘Political Affairs.’

But even these writers, as perceptive as they are, have not detailed the entire scope of the monstrosity that was created in order to subdue the former USSR and, yes, future scholars will be spending a considerable amount of time exploring this phenomenon. For, as is well known, it was once thought that Shia Islam was little more than a seedbed for the emergence of Communists, as the history of both the Tudeh Party of Iran and the Iraqui Communist Party exemplified. But then with its maniacal anticommunism, US imperialism engineered the downfall in 1953 of the progressive Mossadegh regime, not least because of its displeasure about its oil policies, which led directly to the rise of Ayatollah Khomeni in Teheran, then collaborated with Saddam Hussein in the repression of Iraqui Communists. Again, Brzezinski, a prolific writer, wrote openly about the strategy of whipping up nationalism as a counterweight to Marxism.

Nevertheless, scholars of the future, I’m sure, will be struck by the evasions employed by those who have sought to deny a connection between the Cold War and the fact that US imperialism and so-called "Islamic Fundamentalism" shared the same trench during this conflict. These fathers refuse to take responsibility for parentage. The question is often narrowed to asking in regard to the largest covert action in CIA history – the intervention in Afghanistan – whether Osama bin Laden himself was on the US Payroll; being a multi-millionaire bin Laden hardly needs a check from Washington in any case. Or they try to argue that the CIA basically was a passive conduit for funding to Pakistani intelligence, which then should be held responsible for US policy in Afghanistan that led to the building up of so-called Islamic fundamentalism – as if Washington has no control or influence with Islamabad, which is ludicrous, of course.

A tell-tale sign of how the bourgeoisie chooses to interpret the rise of so-called "fundamentalism" will be revealed later this year when Universal Studios releases the blockbuster movie, ‘Charley Wilson’s War’ starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts; the best-selling book that this movie is based on whitewashes CIA aid to the anticommunist rebels in Afghanistan and refuses to confront the fact that part of the payoff to Pakistan in backing this US sponsored insurgency was at least tacit or willfully ignorant support for the so-called "Islamic bomb", which is now causing sleepless nights in Washington for fear that the US stooge Musharraf will be overthrown in Islamabad and this deadly weapon will fall into the hands of Osama bin Laden’s allies. The preliminary reading is that Hollywood will provide its mass audience with the ‘moonlight and magnolia’ version of history – but we shall see. Stay tuned.

Of course, this strategy of relying on ultra-nationalism in order to destabilize a secular left has had a domestic counterpart. Indeed, the domestic Cold War has had the unsurprising result of weakening the left, strengthening the right and therefore not only making it more likely that the nation will be ensnared by quagmires such as those unfolding in Iraq and, ironically, Afghanistan but, as well, insures that labor will continue to be pulverized by capital at home.

Nowadays, too many scholars feed their audiences a form of verbal comfort food meant to reassure their readers as they sate their appetites. Thus few acknowledge that months before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the nation was aflame with headlines about the "Plan of San Diego." According to this breathtaking scheme, revolutionary Mexico in the midst of turmoil was collaborating with Japan – and possibly Germany – to reclaim the territories seized by the US during the war of aggression of 1846, establish in its stead independent Black and Native American Republics and, not least, liquidate the Euro-American male population – a subject I write about in my book, ‘Black and Brown:’ Obviously, the obscenity of white supremacy and the appearance that it was a policy driven by a monolithic white community was driving Washington’s victims on this continent to desperate measures. But then came the Bolshevik Revolution and after that the formation of the Communist Party USA with its emphasis on working class solidarity and staunch opposition to white supremacy, as evidenced by its signature campaigns of the 1930s – the labor organizing drives that led to the formation of the CIO and the crusade to save the Scottsboro 9 from lynch law. Such efforts helped to convince many in the Black community particularly that this nation could be redeemed and schemes like the "Plan of San Diego" lost resonance. This conclusion was reached in the face of an unrelenting effort by Tokyo to convince African Americans that this land of white supremacy was beyond redemption and that Japan was the "champion of the colored races." Black Communists like James Ford and Ben Davis – who was elected to the NYC Council from Harlem – argued vehemently against this notion with no small result, a subject I discuss at length in my book ‘Race War!’.

Yet after Japan was vanquished not least due to this popular front of left and center – both domestically and globally – US imperialism turned its venom on the Black Left in particular, forcing it to retreat and thus preparing the ground for the rise of various forms of nationalism, including the Nation of Islam which was born in the 1930s as something of an acolyte of Tokyo as evidenced by their still articulated notion of the so-called "Asiatic Black Man." Strikingly, the Nation – with its notions that those who are defined as "white" are little more than devils – did not begin to grow until the 1950s when the left was in retreat.

Indeed, the reigning metaphor for US politics might be Jack Benny, the comedian. You remember the violin playing comic from Waukegan, Illinois, known to be a notorious cheapskate, tight with a dollar, who was notorious for a routine when faced by a robber who placed a gun at his head and shouted, "your money or your life." Benny, the cheapskate worried more about money than life itself, then tells the robber as he ponders, "I’m thinking, I’m Thinking." The unrealistic wing of the bourgeoisie, like Benny, has been willing to run the risk of losing life itself by allowing right-wing nationalism to flourish on the grounds that this environment is better suited for guaranteeing profit-making.

Nevertheless, scholars e.g. Mary Dudziak and Thomas Borstelman among others have pointed to the unavoidable conclusion that the civil rights gains of the 1960s were driven in large part by the existence of the Soviet Union – in that Washington had difficulty winning hearts and minds among the "colored" majority in their ideological contest with Moscow as long as people of color in this nation were treated so atrociously. Therefore, Jim Crow had to go. Similarly, there were those who predicted that the collapse of the USSR would lead to a new birth of freedom for social democracy, as it escaped the supposed albatross of being associated with Moscow. Yet, as the recent elections in Finland demonstrated, social democracy has not flourished in the absence of the USSR (simply trace the baneful impact that neighboring Estonia has had on Helsinki, for example), even in its erstwhile citadel of Scandinavia, where conservatives have made a remarkable comeback. And, yes, it is fair to give the existence of the Soviet Union for the fact that social welfare measures developed in the U.S. in the 1930s, as the ruling elite feared what might arise if they did not compromise, and, yes, the attack on these measures followed like clockwork the demise of the Soviet Union.

Thus, in many ways, we can attribute the agonized retreat of white supremacy to the existence of the former Soviet Union and its allies in the US – who are reflected in profusion in the CPUSA archive – just as we likewise, can give credit for this historic retreat to heroic Haiti, whose victory some two centuries ago against slavery was similarly an important intervention against racism and, likewise, has led to a punishment of Haiti that has lasted to this very day.

This also reminds us that our foremothers and forefathers of the 19th century were similar in many ways to Black Communists in that they were strict internationalists. In fact, I think future scholars will demonstrate that during a time when Washington was in constant conflict with London – most notably during the War of 1812 when the redcoats burned down a good deal of this nation’s capital – leaders as diverse as Frederick Douglass and Ida Wells-Barnett were as close to London as Paul Robeson was to Moscow. This stretches back to the origins of this nation for as historians Simon Schama of Columbia and Cassandra Pybus of Australia have both pointed out in recent worthy books, by far more Negroes fought on the side of the British during the 1776 war than on the side of the rebellious colonists, led by slaveholders e.g. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

It is an elementary part of diplomatic statecraft that an oppressed people – e.g. African Americans – will seek to ally with the antagonists of those who are oppressing them and that those opposed to the oppression of this group (e.g. progressive Euro-Americans) will tend to do the same thing. Indeed, one can argue that even those who have not been oppressed have acted in this fashion. Consider one of antebellum Va.’s leading sons, Matthew Fontaine Maury – a huge statue in his honor continues to stand in Richmond – despite the fact that during the Civil War, this leading Confederate conspired with France, after it seized Mexico, against the U.S. and offered to return California to Mexico if France backed the Confederacy. My most recent book, ‘The Deepest South’, explores this matter in detail. Yet, just the other day, leading legislators in Georgia were pushing a bill to establish a Confederate History Month in April in order to deflect attention away from apologizing for slavery. This is one of the many reasons I do not take too seriously the commonly accepted idea that hostility to Communists stems from their ties to a foreign power – Moscow; if that were true why does this nation continue to honor not only those who tried to overthrow the govt. in order to maintain slavery but conspired with foreign powers in order to do so? – yet there are statutes built in their honor and their deeds are celebrated.

Indeed, I think historians of the future will be struck by the fact that in attempting to assess the impact of the CPUSA, some scholars spent more time seeking out documents in Moscow, as opposed to this country – and, thus, this NYU archive will continue to gain in importance. I am continually struck by the fact that there has been a repetitive ideological tendency reflected in the writings of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Walter Benn Michels, Richard Rorty – and a host of other liberal and social Democratic writers – who lament the decline of a conversation about class and deride what they see as the undue emphasis on race in the U.S. But such analysts rarely put this discussion in the context of a concerted effort by the US to basically outlaw Marxism – and a conversation on class which it has exemplified – as reflected in the Smith Act trials that swept the nation from New York City in 1949 when the entire CPUSA leadership was placed on trial, then jailed, to Honolulu where a similar trial occurred in 1952. It is striking that there are hundreds of thousands of pages of transcripts from these trials which are gathering dusts in archives across this vast land and have yet to be tapped by historians.

When these sources are explored, I think scholars of the future will be struck by, for example, the response in Honolulu when tens of thousands of workers went on strike when labor and CP leaders were convicted of Smith Act violations in 1953 – a response totally unlike the response on the mainland. Of course 98% of these workers were of Asian-Pacific ancestry, which suggests that scholars have also been derelict in analyzing why these workers were less anti-communist than their Euro-American counterparts. In any case, deploring these convictions in Hawaii was an African-American poet and journalist by the name of Frank Marshall Davis, who was certainly in the orbit of the CP – if not a member – and who was born in Kansas and spent a good deal of his adult life in Chicago, before decamping to Honolulu in 1948 at the suggestion of his good friend Paul Robeson. Eventually, he befriended another family – a Euro-American family – that had migrated to Honolulu from Kansas and a young woman from this family eventually had a child with a young student from Kenya East Africa who goes by the name of Barack Obama, who retracing the steps of Davis eventually decamped to Chicago. In his best selling memoir ‘Dreams of my Father’, the author speaks warmly of an older black poet, he identifies simply as "Frank" as being a decisive influence in helping him to find his present identity as an African-American, a people who have been the least anticommunist and the most left-leaning of any constituency in this nation – though you would never know it from reading so-called left journals of opinion. At some point in the future, a teacher will add to her syllabus Barack’s memoir and instruct her students to read it alongside Frank Marshall Davis’ equally affecting memoir, "Living the Blues" and when that day comes, I’m sure a future student will not only examine critically the Frankenstein monsters that US imperialism created in order to subdue Communist parties but will also be moved to come to this historic and wonderful archive in order to gain insight on what has befallen this complex and intriguing planet on which we reside.

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About Me

Alan Maki I live in northern Minnesota with my dog Fred, a Chocolate Lab. I have been involved in the peace, labor, civil rights, and environmental movements for over 30 years, and I am a socialist. I would encourage everyone to get involved in promoting the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which came into existence on December 10, 1948; we should strive to use the yearly anniversary of this document to popularize it. We need to struggle to create a more progressive, socially just society where all working people receive real living wages and have a voice at work, and in their communities. I am working with casino workers across Minnesota who are trying to organize a union. I am also working with people in northern Minnesota struggling to save the Big Bog, our primary freshwater aquifer--- this bog is being mined for peat. In my spare time during the spring and fall you can find me fly fishing on the Dark River, a pristine designated trout stream;in the winter ice fishing on Lake-of-the-Woods. I look forward to hearing from you. Nothing human is alien to me.

Transcript: Kengor on Frank Marshall Davis, CPUSA'S Mentor of Obama

2012-07-31T11:47:00.000-07:00

http://townhall.com/video/dinesh-dsouzas-new-film-reveals-obamas-ties-to-frank-marshall-davis

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/blaze-exclusive-see-this-clip-about-obamas-relationship-with-communist-frank-marshall-davis-from-dinesh-dsouzas-new-2016-film/

From the Blaze:

Exclusive: See This Clip About Obama‘s Relationship With Communist Frank Marshall Davis From Dinesh D’Souza‘s ’2016′ Film

Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:12am by Billy Hallowell Print »Email »

The Blaze has secured a second clip from the film. Rather than focusing upon Obama’s relationship with his brother, this exclusive footage delves into the president’s kinship with avowed communist Frank Marshall Davis.

If you’re unfamiliar with this controversial figure, consider Dr. Paul G. Kengor, author of the upcoming Mercury Ink book about Davis called “The Communist,” and his recent Blaze contributor piece in which he further explains who he is. Kengor writes:

I know this area intimately well, given that my next book is on Obama’s mentor during those precise years: Frank Marshall Davis. I will not here lay out the litany of Davis’s astonishing career, but, in essence, he was a literal card-carrying member of Communist Party USA. For decades, he wrote the most harsh, outlandish pro-Soviet material you can imagine, with his worst demons being Democrats like Harry Truman and the men in Truman’s administration—George Marshall among them—who opposed Stalin and the Kremlin during the darkest days of the Cold War.

As I lay out in the book, Davis’s work was so bad that he was called to testify on his “Soviet activities” by the Senate Judiciary Committee (run by Democrats), was carefully investigated by the FBI (Davis’s FBI file is 600 pages long), and, most remarkably, was placed on the federal government’s Security Index—meaning that in the event of war breaking out between the United States and USSR, Davis could be immediately arrested.

And yet, this was the man that Obama’s grandfather, Stanley Dunham, connected to a young Obama for the purpose of mentoring—precisely during these high school years.

Frank Marshall Davis is another of those radical associations in Obama’s past. There are so many, and so unusually bad, that Obama, if he were a typical citizen, probably wouldn’t get a security clearance for an entry-level government job.

In the clip, D’Souza takes viewers through the intriguing — some would argue disturbing — relationship between Obama and Davis. In the footage, D’Souza speaks, in detail, with Kengor about this connection and attempts to break it down for viewers. (See original link above for video)

Watch it, below:

Barack's grandfather sought out a mentor for his grandson

Transcript:

D’Soua: He found an aging journalist and poet named Frank Marshall Davis. The two became close over eight years until Obama left for college. I had the opportunity to talk to cold war historian Paul Kengor author of a book on Frank Marshall Davis.

D: What is the connection between Obama and Frank Marshall Davis?

Kengor: In Dreams of My Father he mentions Frank by name 22 times. He never refers to him once as Frank Marshall Davis.

Why is that?

Frank Marshall Davis was a very controversial political figure. He wrote for a number of publications that even started in Chicago in the late 40s for a communist party publication called The Chicago Star

He did that for two years and then he moved on to Honolulu, Hawaii and there he wrote for a paper called the Honolulu record .If you read these columns they were so breathtakingly anti-american . I found numerous comments over over and over again where heis mocking and ridiculing the american way .

Stanley Dunham, the grandfather was also on the left . Obama himself recalled how his grandfather and davis would get hammered drunk they would spend hours together. He saw in davis a potential mentor , role model for Barack

So Frank Marshall Davis was not some kind of a benign civil rights figure ?

Frank Marshall Davis was considered such a threat by the FBI that they actually placed him on a federal government security index. What that means is that he was considered such a potential threat that if a war ever broke out between the US and the soviet union that Frank Marshall Davis could be placed under immediate arrest .

Why has the media avoided reporting on th4e connection between Davis and Obama?

Umm, it would have to. I mean if we ever had a president of the United States who was mentored by some meaningful degree by a literal pro-soviet pro-communist card carrying member of communist party USA card number 47544, that alone, the pro-Obama media has to ignore

And they’ll call me Joe McCarthy for even bothering to look at it.

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Also of interest:

http://www.akdart.com/obama1.html

Why Obama's radicalism matters: According to his own narrative, Barack Obama was bred by communists, raised by communists, mentored by communists and was employed by communists. By his admission, he sought out communists as preferred parties with whom to fraternize. Obama's radical Marxism is at the very core of why he does what he does, why he will continue to do so and why America remains in dire peril with every day he occupies the White House. Everything Obama has actualized or attempted — from his exploitation of high health-care costs to surreptitiously compromising the Constitution, to his desperation to regulate the Internet and any other means of public address into which he might conceivably insinuate government's putrid tentacles, to his proclivity for religious persecution, to his spending us into destitution — have their roots in Marxist doctrine.

Romney's Inspirational Jersualem Speech You'll Never Hear From Obama

2012-07-30T13:25:00.002-07:00

Mitt Romney Jerusalem Speech Transcript 7-29-12
Maggie's Notebook ^ | 7-29-12 | Maggie@MaggiesNotebook

Posted on Mon Jul 30 2012 14:40:16 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by maggiesnotebook

The following is the transcript of a brilliant and inspiring speech by Mitt Romney from Jerusalem's Old City. I see only one word missing..."Palestinians," although they and the evil they perpetrate is clear. He reiterates that Jerusalem is the Capital City of Israel; that our ideals and values are much the same; that America will not stand by and watch horror played out again; that true peacemakers never allow despotic regimes to spread their hate to free peoples; that we have a solemn duty to believe Iran when they tell us they will destroy Israel [and the U.S.]; that the people of Israel are among our "dear friends," and that we both cherish free enterprise, and millions in the Middle East would cherish the same if they had the opportunity.

He mentions the athletes and coaches who died in the 1972 Munich Olympic attack 40 years ago, by Palestinians known as Black September. Did you know that the day after those murders, the Olympics were shut down for that day and flags of all countries were flown at half mast - EXCEPT the flags of Arab countries, which continued to fly high with heinous pride?

Barack Obama still has not set foot inside Israel during his Presidency. He has ushered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in through a side door of the White House, walked out of White House meetings with him - leaving him and his staff in a Conference Room, and embraced nothing of Israel except his own false rhetoric. Obama has been to the Middle East numerous times - but never to Israel. UPDATE: Romney also made the point that an Islamist is now running Egypt. Two thumbs up for calling the ruler what he is.

I urge all American Jews to vote for Mitt Romney, especially those of you in Florida, Ohio, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Get out the vote for him if you can. Donate to him if you can. [All emphasis in the text below is mine.]

Pullout Quote:

By history and by conviction, our two countries are bound together. No individual, no nation, no world organization, will pry us apart. And as long as we stay together and stand together, there is no threat we cannot overcome and very little that we cannot achieve. ~ Mitt Romney in Israel 7-29-12

Begin transcript of Mitt Romney's speech in Jerusalem's Old City, July 29, 2012

Thank you for that kind introduction, Mayor Barkat, and thank you all for that warm welcome. It's a pleasure and a privilege to be in Israel again.

To step foot into Israel is to step foot into a nation that began with an ancient promise made in this land. The Jewish people persisted through one of the most monstrous crimes in human history, and now this nation has come to take its place among the most impressive democracies on earth. Israel's achievements are a wonder of the modern world.

These achievements are a tribute to the resilience of the Israeli people. You have managed, against all odds, time and again throughout your history, to persevere, to rise up, and to emerge stronger.

The historian Paul Johnson, writing on the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Jewish state, said that over the course of Israel's life, 100 completely new independent states had come into existence. "Israel is the only one whose creation can fairly be called a miracle," Johnson wrote.

It is a deeply moving experience to be in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

Our two nations are separated by more than 5,000 miles. But for an American abroad, you can't get much closer to the ideals and convictions of my own country than you do in Israel. We're part of the great fellowship of democracies. We speak the same language of freedom and justice, and the right of every person to live in peace. We serve the same cause and provoke the same hatreds in the same enemies of civilization.

It is my firm conviction that the security of Israel is in the vital national security interest of the United States. And ours is an alliance based not only on shared interests but also on enduring shared values.

In those shared values, one of the strongest voices is that of your prime minister, my friend Benjamin Netanyahu. I met with him earlier this morning and I look forward to my family joining his this evening as they observe the close of this fast day of Tisha B'Av.

It's remarkable to consider how much adversity, over so great a span of time, is recalled by just one day on the calendar. This is a day of remembrance and mourning, but like other such occasions, it also calls forth clarity and resolve.

At this time, we also remember the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who were massacred at the Munich Olympics forty years ago. Ten years ago this week, 9 Israeli and American students were murdered in the terrorist attack at Hebrew University. And tragedies like these are not reserved to the past. They are a constant reminder of the reality of hate, and the will with which it is executed upon the innocent.

It was Menachem Begin who said this about the Ninth of the month of Av: "We remember that day," he said, "and now have the responsibility to make sure that never again will our independence be destroyed and never again will the Jew become homeless or defenseless." "This," Prime Minister Begin added, "is the crux of the problems facing us in the future."

So it is today, as Israel faces enemies who deny past crimes against the Jewish people and seek to commit new ones.

When Iran's leaders deny the Holocaust or speak of wiping this nation off the map, only the naïve - or worse - will dismiss it as an excess of rhetoric. Make no mistake: the ayatollahs in Tehran are testing our moral defenses. They want to know who will object, and who will look the other way.

My message to the people of Israel and the leaders of Iran is one and the same: I will not look away; and neither will my country. As Prime Minister Begin put it, in vivid and haunting words, "if an enemy of [the Jewish] people says he seeks to destroy us, believe him."

We have seen the horrors of history. We will not stand by. We will not watch them play out again.

It would be foolish not to take Iran's leaders at their word. They are, after all, the product of a radical theocracy.

Over the years Iran has amassed a bloody and brutal record. It has seized embassies, targeted diplomats, and killed its own people. It supports the ruthless Assad regime in Syria. They have provided weapons that have killed American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. It has plotted to assassinate diplomats on American soil. It is Iran that is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and the most destabilizing nation in the world.

We have a solemn duty and a moral imperative to deny Iran's leaders the means to follow through on their malevolent intentions.

We should stand with all who would join our effort to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran - and that includes Iranian dissidents. Do not erase from your memory the scenes from three years ago, when that regime brought death to its own people as they rose up. The threat we face does not come from the Iranian people, but from the regime that oppresses them.

Five years ago, at the Herzliya Conference, I stated my view that Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons capability presents an intolerable threat to Israel, to America, and to the world. That threat has only become worse.

Now as then, the regime's claims that it seeks to enrich nuclear material for peaceful purposes are belied by years of malign deceptions.

Now as then, the conduct of Iran's leaders gives us no reason to trust them with nuclear material.

But today, the regime in Iran is five years closer to developing nuclear weapons capability. Preventing that outcome must be our highest national security priority. I want to pause on this last point. It is sometimes said that those who are the most committed to stopping the Iranian regime from securing nuclear weapons are reckless and provocative and inviting war.

The opposite is true. We are the true peacemakers. History teaches with force and clarity that when the world's most despotic regimes secure the world's most destructive weapons, peace often gives way to oppression, to violence, or to devastating war.

We must not delude ourselves into thinking that containment is an option. We must lead the effort to prevent Iran from building and possessing nuclear weapons capability. We should employ any and all measures to dissuade the Iranian regime from its nuclear course, and it is our fervent hope that diplomatic and economic measures will do so. In the final analysis, of course, no option should be excluded. We recognize Israel's right to defend itself, and that it is right for America to stand with you.

These are some of the principles I first outlined five years ago. What was timely then has become urgent today.

Let me turn from Iran to other nations in the Middle East, where we have seen rising tumult and chaos. To the north, Syria is on the brink of a civil war. The dictator in Damascus, no friend to Israel and no friend to America, slaughters his own people as he desperately clings to power.

Your other neighbor to the north, Lebanon, is under the growing and dangerous influence of Hezbollah.

After a year of upheaval and unrest, Egypt now has an Islamist President, chosen in a democratic election. Hopefully, this new government understands that one true measure of democracy is how those elected by the majority respect the rights of those in the minority. The international community must use its considerable influence to ensure that the new government honors the peace agreement with Israel that was signed by the government of Anwar Sadat.

As you know only too well, since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, thousands of rockets have rained on Israeli homes and cities. I have walked on the streets of Sderot, and honor the resolve of its people. And now, new attacks have been launched from the Sinai Peninsula.

With Hezbollah rockets aimed at Israel from the north, and Hamas rockets aimed from the south, with much of the Middle East in tumult, and with Iran bent on nuclear arms, America's vocal and demonstrated commitment to the defense of Israel is even more critical. Whenever the security of Israel is most in doubt, America's commitment to Israel must be most secure.

When the decision was before him in 1948, President Harry Truman decided without hesitation that the United States would be the first country to recognize the State of Israel. From that moment to this, we have been the most natural of allies, but our alliance runs deeper than the designs of strategy or the weighing of interests.

The story of how America - a nation still so new to the world by the standards of this ancient region - rose up to become the dear friend of the people of Israel is among the finest and most hopeful in our nation's history.

Different as our paths have been, we see the same qualities in one another. Israel and America are in many respects reflections of one another. We both believe in democracy, in the right of every people to select their leaders and choose their nation's course.

We both believe in the rule of law, knowing that in its absence, willful men may incline to oppress the weak.

We both believe that our rights are universal, granted not by government but by our Creator.

We both believe in free enterprise, because it is the only economic system that has lifted people from poverty, created a large and enduring middle class, and inaugurated incomparable achievements and human flourishing.

As someone who has spent most of his life in business, I am particularly impressed with Israel's cutting edge technologies and thriving economy. We recognize yours as the "start-up nation" - and the evidence is all around us.

You have embraced economic liberty. You export technology, not tyranny or terrorism. And today, your innovators and entrepreneurs have made the desert bloom and have made for a better world. The citizens of our countries are fortunate to share in the rewards of economic freedom and in the creativity of our entrepreneurs. What you have built here, with your own hands, is a tribute to your people, and a model for others.

Finally, we both believe in freedom of expression, because we are confident in our ideas and in the ability of men and women to think for themselves. We do not fear open debate. If you want to hear some very sharp criticisms of Israel and its policies, you don't have to cross any borders. All you have to do is walk down the street and into a café, where you'll hear people reasoning, arguing, and speaking their mind. Or pick up an Israeli newspaper - you'll find some of the toughest criticism of Israel you'll read anywhere. Your nation, like ours, is stronger for this energetic exchange of ideas and opinions.

That is the way it is in a free society. There are many millions of people in the Middle East who would cherish the opportunity to do the same.These decent men and women desire nothing more than to live in peace and freedom and to have the opportunity to not only choose their government but to criticize it openly, without fear of repression or repercussion.

I believe that those who oppose these fundamental rights are on the wrong side of history. But history's march can be ponderous and painfully slow. We have a duty to speed and shape history by being unapologetic ambassadors for the values we share.

The United States and Israel have shown that we can build strong economies and strong militaries. But we must also build strong arguments that advance our values and promote peace. We must work together to change hearts and awaken minds through the power of freedom, free enterprise and human rights.

I believe that the enduring alliance between the State of Israel and the United States of America is more than a strategic alliance: it is a force for good in the world. America's support of Israel should make every American proud. We should not allow the inevitable complexities of modern geopolitics to obscure fundamental touchstones. No country or organization or individual should ever doubt this basic truth: A free and strong America will always stand with a free and strong Israel.

And standing by Israel does not mean with military and intelligence cooperation alone.

We cannot stand silent as those who seek to undermine Israel, voice their criticisms. And we certainly should not join in that criticism. Diplomatic distance in public between our nations emboldens Israel's adversaries.

By history and by conviction, our two countries are bound together. No individual, no nation, no world organization, will pry us apart. And as long as we stay together and stand together, there is no threat we cannot overcome and very little that we cannot achieve.

Thank you all. May God bless America, and may He bless and protect the Nation of Israel.

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Romney mentions Tisha B'Av. Please read this concise article on Tisha B'Av and what it commemorates at Monkey in the Middle - It's excellent!

Thanks to the SunTimes

Bad Guys Hate Romney Jerusalem Speech

2012-07-30T13:24:00.001-07:00

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021043464 (pro-palestine)
Romney Jerusalem remarks 'harm US interests': Palestinians

US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's endorsement of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is "harmful" to US interests in the Middle East, a senior Palestinian official said on Sunday.

"Romney's declarations are harmful to American interests in our region, and they harm peace, security and stability," Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP.

"Even if this statement is within the US election campaign, it is unacceptable and we completely reject it. The US election campaign should never be at the expense of the Palestinians," he said.

"Romney is rewarding occupation, settlement and extremism in the region with such declarations."

Worse Than London: Romney's Reckless Remarks In Jerusalem

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15 hours ago – But it was Romney himself who suggested — in a speech that skirted violating ... from almost any American politician, Republican or Democrat.

While Mitt Romney’s boorish remarks about the Olympics in London were humiliating enough, the comments emanating from him and his campaign in Israel were still more embarrassing – and potentially more damaging, too.

Seeking to consolidate support on the religious far right, both Christian and Jewish, the Republican candidate and his chief foreign policy surrogate confirmed their ideological obedience in the most abject fashion possible. Without articulating a real policy, their statements reflected such complete submission to neoconservative ideology that even the Bush administration appears moderate by contrast. That they would do so within hours of a high-dollar fundraising event in Jerusalem, attended by major right-wing donors such as Sheldon Adelson, added a jarringly mercenary tone to their reckless words.

Dan Senor, the former Bush administration spokesman in Baghdad who now serves as Romney’s senior foreign policy advisor, startled reporters on Sunday when he promised the most hawkish Israelis a free hand to mount a military attack against Iran. “If Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing that capability, the governor would respect that decision,” said Senor during a briefing that preceded Romney’s address in Jerusalem. The predicate for such an attack, according to Senor, would not be Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon, but its attainment of the capacity to do so.

Romney slams Obama: Public diplomatic distance emboldens ...

(Haaretz = anti-Israel Israeli paper)

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Contrary to his promise not to criticize the U.S. president on foreign soil, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney slammed his Democratic rival during his speech in Jerusalem on Sunday, saying public expressions of diplomatic distance is damaging to Israel.

"Diplomatic distance that is public and critical emboldens Israel's adversaries," said Romney, alluding to the Obama administration's stance on Israel.

Romney's speech followed a day spent meeting Israel's leaders on his official visit to the country. Joining the crowd was billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who has donated millions of dollars to Romney's campaign, and those of other Republicans.

Romney opened his speech by saying it was a "moving experience to be in Jerusalem," which he described as, "Israel's capital."

He went on to mention the U.S.-Israeli relationship, saying, "We serve the same cause and we have the same enemies. The security of Israel is a national security interest of the United States."

http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/diplomania/in-jerusalem-speech-it-was-romney-s-voice-but-netanyahu-s-words.premium-1.454521

In Jerusalem speech, it was Romney's voice but Netanyahu's words

Netanyahu embraces Romney as no Israeli prime minister has ever before embraced a candidate running against an incumbent U.S. president.

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Romney's staff picked the 150 guests carefully. Religious American immigrants dominated the crowd; secular Jews and native-born Israelis were few and far between. Those present included Jewish-American millionaires, settler leaders like the former chairman of the Yesha Council of settlements Israel Harel, and former Netanyahu aides such as Dore Gold, Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked and Yoaz Hendel.

The full text is available for Haaretz subscribers.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/romney-comments-on-palestinians-draw-criticism/

Romney Comments on Palestinians Draw Criticism

By ASHLEY PARKER

3:12 p.m. | Updated JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney found himself on the defensive yet again on his overseas trip, this time after offending Palestinianleaders with comments he made at a breakfast fund-raiser here on Monday.

Speaking to roughly four dozen donors at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Mr. Romney suggested that cultural differences between the Israelis and the Palestinians were the reason the Israelis were so much more economically successful than the Palestinians, without mentioning the impact that deep trade restrictions imposed by the Israeli government have had on the Palestinian economy. He also vastly understated the income disparities between the two groups.

“As you come here and you see the G.D.P. per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000, and compare that with the G.D.P. per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is more like $10,000 per capita, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality,” he said.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Saeb Erekat, a senior aide to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, called Mr. Romney’s remarks “racist.”

http://newamericamedia.org/2012/07/mitt-romneys-jerusalem-speech-panders-to-the-right-wing.php (pro-palestine, pro-Iran)

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New America Media, Op-ed, William O. Beeman, (pro-Iranian, pro-Obama, anti-israel) Posted: Jul 30, 2012

Netanyahu as villian? Mitt Romney’s foreign policy speech to the Jerusalem Foundation in Israel on Sunday qualified him to be President—of Israel. His observations were as remarkable for what he didn’t say as for what he did. They could have been written by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, for they parallel his thinking almost exactly, and they were

Supports Obama's frenemy israel policy? sharply at odds with current U.S. [anti-Israel pro-Palestine] policy toward the region.

Mr. Romney didn’t mention the Palestinians (although he later made an invidious comparison of Palestinians to Israelis that was deemed racist by Palestinian officials), nor did he offer any remarks on the settlements in the West Bank—arguably Israel’s most pressing problem. Indeed, he explicitly called for Americans not to engage in any criticism of Israel at all, since Israelis seemed to be capable of self-critique.

Apologizing for Iranian holocaust deniers?? He said, “When Iran’s leaders deny the Holocaust . . .” branding them as Holocaust deniers. Iran’s leaders, in fact, have never denied the Holocaust. To be sure, they have questioned its causes and results in ways that are inaccurate, but they never denied that it happened.

Supporting Iran's nuclear program? Mr. Romney hinted broadly that the United States would support a military strike against Iran. This would not be to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as is current U.S. policy, but rather to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capacity. This is code for shutting down or destroying Iran’s entire nuclear development program.

Mitt Romney’s speech in Jerusalem today was simply Reaganesque

2012-07-30T13:18:00.000-07:00

h/t to New Zeal Blog

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By: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

Mitt Romney’s speech in Jerusalem today was simply Reaganesque. I caught it by accident and could not tear myself away. It was like waking from a horrible 4-year long nightmare to find that the sun still shines on the city on the hill. It brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart. This man will be the next president of the United States. He will have his work cut out for him… undoing all the evil that has been wrought. But he is a good and moral man – a man of God – and I believe he is up to the task. He certainly has a spine and he loves America, Israel and God. Which is way more than you can say for the current Marxist in the White House.

Romney spoke to the Jerusalem Foundation today in a speech that showed what true leadership looks like. He spoke with confidence and certainty. He did not equivocate. His delivery was measured and eloquent. He was, in a word, erudite. There was no hint of the careless arrogance and condescension so frequently seen and heard from our Elitist-In-Chief. Instead, Mitt was clarity and reality.

I mean, really, when have you ever heard Obama, at any podium anywhere, speak the words, “I love this country.”

His intent and words were so far removed from the tripe Obama pushes, it was staggering. In the opening statement alone, Romney makes it clear that Israel is God’s land and it is the fulfilled promise of a miracle, not a tragedy. He also made it very clear that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital.

Not only does Romney say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, he infers that the US Embassy should be moved there. From Yahoo! News via Atlas Shrugs:

JERUSALEM (AP) — Standing on Israeli soil, U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of the Jewish state and said the United States has “a solemn duty and a moral imperative” to block Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability.
“Make no mistake, the ayatollahs in Iran are testing our moral defenses. They want to know who will object and who will look the other way,” he said. “We will not look away nor will our country ever look away from our passion and commitment to Israel.”
The presidential election hovered over the speech. The Old City formed a made-for-television backdrop behind Romney, while some of his campaign donors listened in the audience.
Romney’s declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital was matter-of-fact and in keeping with claims made by Israeli governments for decades, even though the United States, like other nations, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.
He did not say if he would order the embassy moved if he wins the White House, but strongly suggested so in a CNN interview.
“My understanding is the policy of our nation has been a desire to move our embassy ultimately to the capital (Jerusalem),” he said, adding, “I would only want to do so and to select the timing in accordance with the government of Israel.”
His remarks on the subject during his speech drew a standing ovation from his audience, which included Sheldon Adelson, the American businessman who has said he will donate millions to help elect Romney to the White House.
Romney’s embrace of Israel was on display earlier in the day when he met with Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and other leaders. He also visited the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, where he was mobbed by worshipers.
[...]
“We recognize Israel’s right to defend itself,” he told the audience. Earlier, the aide, Dan Senor, previewed the speech for reporters, saying that “if Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing the capability, the governor would respect that decision.”
[..]
In his speech, Romney said Syrian President Bashar Assad “desperately clings to power” in Damascus in the face of an attempted overthrow, but he did not call for his removal.
He noted that Egypt is now headed by an “Islamist president, chosen in a Democratic election. … The international community must use its considerable influence to insure that the new government honors the peace agreement with Israel that was signed by the government of Anwar Sadat” more than three decades ago, he said.
A goal of Romney’s overseas trip is to demonstrate his confidence on the world stage, but his stop in Israel also was designed to appeal to evangelical voters at home and to cut into Obama’s support among Jewish voters and donors. A Gallup survey of Jewish voters released Friday showed Obama with a 68-25 edge over Romney.
Romney and other Republicans have said Obama is insufficiently supportive of Israel, noting statements the president has made about settlements and his handling of evident Iranian attempt to develop nuclear weapons.
Tehran is closer to developing nuclear weapons capability than before, Romney said. “Preventing that outcome must be our highest national security priority.”
In a March speech before a pro-Israel lobby in Washington, Obama warned of “loose talk of war” that serves only to drive up oil prices. “Now is not the time to bluster,” he said then. “Now is the time to let our increased pressure sink in and sustain the broad international coalition we have built.”
[...]
Even so, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before the speech that“all the sanctions and diplomacy so far have not set back the Iranian program by one iota.”

Iran and every other radical Islamist theocrat, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, have been put on notice. Our next president wants them at the top of his dance card. Cha, cha, cha! I adore the fact that Romney and Netanyahu have been buds since the early 70s. You are known by your friends, isn’t that right Comrade Obama? And you are equally known by your enemies.

In a hit deep into the bleacher seats that will leave an eternal mark, Romney took solid aim at Obama by pointing out what Israel has built:

We both believe that our rights are universal, granted not by government but by our Creator.
We both believe in free enterprise, because it is the only economic system that has lifted people from poverty, created a large and enduring middle class, and inaugurated incomparable achievements and human flourishing.
As someone who has spent most of his life in business, I am particularly impressed with Israel’s cutting edge technologies and thriving economy. We recognize yours as the “start-up nation” – and the evidence is all around us.
You have embraced economic liberty. You export technology, not tyranny or terrorism. And today, your innovators and entrepreneurs have made the desert bloom and have made for a better world. The citizens of our countries are fortunate to share in the rewards of economic freedom and in the creativity of our entrepreneurs. What you have built here, with your own hands, is a tribute to your people, and a model for others.

Clarity. No equivocation. No suggestion that some vague bureaucracy made it all possible. Rights from God, not government. And who built it? “[Y]ou … with your own hands.”

Daniel Pipes highlights the many statements of Romney that are paeans to the Jewish state and its extraordinary ties to the United States:

Our two nations are separated by more than 5,000 miles. But for an American abroad, you can’t get much closer to the ideals and convictions of my own country than you do in Israel.
It is my firm conviction that the security of Israel is in the vital national security interest of the United States.
We have seen the horrors of history. We will not stand by. We will not watch them play out again. It would be foolish not to take Iran’s leaders at their word. They are, after all, the product of a radical theocracy. … We have a solemn duty and a moral imperative to deny Iran’s leaders the means to follow through on their malevolent intentions.
our alliance runs deeper than the designs of strategy or the weighing of interests. The story of how America – a nation still so new to the world by the standards of this ancient region – rose up to become the dear friend of the people of Israel is among the finest and most hopeful in our nation’s history. Different as our paths have been, we see the same qualities in one another. Israel and America are in many respects reflections of one another.
the enduring alliance between the State of Israel and the United States of America is more than a strategic alliance: it is a force for good in the world. America’s support of Israel should make every American proud. We should not allow the inevitable complexities of modern geopolitics to obscure fundamental touchstones. … A free and strong America will always stand with a free and strong Israel.
By history and by conviction, our two countries are bound together. No individual, no nation, no world organization, will pry us apart. And as long as we stay together and stand together, there is no threat we cannot overcome and very little that we cannot achieve.

At the end of the speech, Romney asked that God bless Israel as well as America. May it be so always. When was the last time that we heard a leader ask for a blessing on another country besides his own? It’s been a long time. America is turning back to God and it will be our salvation. Greatness is not found on a podium or in a spotlight, but on your knees in prayer.

Read the entire transcript of Romney’s speech here.

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Hong Kong (And Chinese Americans) Beats Japan for Longest Living Women

2012-07-27T11:46:00.002-07:00

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Dogfighter F-15 Eagle 40th Anniversary

2012-07-27T11:28:00.000-07:00

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Support Allen West! Asians For America

2012-07-27T10:06:00.001-07:00

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Congressman Allen West is in the fight of his life and he needs our help. Liberal Republicans and liberal Democrats have teamed up to defeat America's best Congressman.
Will please make a special generous contribution of $35, $50, $100, $250 or more to help reelect Congressman Allen West?
Here is what Allen is up against:
The liberal GOP establishment first redrew Allen's district to make it more liberal.
These same liberals then recruited a left-wing "Republican in Name Only" to run against him in the primary.
Then, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama made Allen their number one target for defeat in the House of Representatives this year and recruited a tough, well-funded Democrat opponent.
Bill Maher, the "comedian" who is one of Barack Obama's biggest donors, is even getting involved. He just called Congressman Allan West an APE!
Now both the RINOs and every crazy left-wing group in America are gunning for Allen West.
That's why BAMPAC is going all out to support our good friend. We are going to pay for phone banks, ads, mailings and whatever Allan needs in order to make sure he wins this primary and gets reelected this fall.
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Allen's primary is just weeks away and the Republican establishment would love to get him out of Congress.
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No other incumbent conservative congressman is facing this kind of opposition. He is fighting both the liberal Republicans and the liberal Democrats! At the same time!
Allen would probably refer to this as a two front war. And I'm sure he's relishing this fight.
However, he can't win both the primary and the general election against such opposition without help.
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First White Castle Burger Minneapolis

2012-07-27T06:31:00.002-07:00

Moved from the west coast and got my first White Castle burgers / sliders

Double (upper right), Chicken ring (front), fish (upper left), original slider (lower right) onion slices (actual onion ring section, really good)

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Invest in Asian America: 3hrs on the iphone and that's a GOOD thing?

2012-07-27T06:17:00.002-07:00

Video info:

"Invest in Asian America" highlights the global and transnational characteristics of Asian Americans.

Sponsored by Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and produced by Niwa PR, an Asian American PR & Marketing agency, the video calls out Asian American economic contributions to the global economy in the United States and in Asia. It points to the use of new technology among Asians and economic exchange as ways that Asian Americans can play a key role in the development of global organizations and cross-border relations. The video also encourages multinational companies to invest in the development of the Asian Americans in the workforce.

My observations:

This puts a generally positive spin on the rise of Asians in America and their contributions in creating jobs and opportunity and investment, which is quite a contrast from either the "America is being taken over by Asians" threat view or the "Model Minority is a Rignt Wing Racist plot" view.

Highlights:

* Asians are among the most watched on Youtube (referring to the success of Asian American youtube channels like KevJumba and lesser stars like ClaraC)
* A lot of Chineses millionaires are settling here, and convincing China to invest in America
* Asians kids are really, really connected to the internet 3 hours a day on their phones (really?? I need a talk with my kids... And how many hours wasted a day on stupid Asian American youtube videos and online gaming?????)

(Interesting the "UCLA Asians in the library" girl shows up in the list of related videos when it finishes)

Here's the research

http://www.niwapr.com/pdf/invest_in_asian_america.pdf

INVEST IN ASIAN AMERICA

The 21st Century is America’s Pacific Century.

The Asia Pacific region is already 55% of the world’s economy2 And the US is the largest economy in Asia Pacific.

27% of US jobs created from exports come from trade with Asia. 3

“America’s great ticket to the future is that there is somebody here from everywhere.” -‐ Bill Clinton, “Embracing Our Common Humanity” Speech, January 2012

Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group.5

One of the most likely groups to start a business one out of five workers own their own businesses.6

One in five workers own their own business (wow... but because employment options are bad for immigrants?)

A 40% increase in five years!!!7

Asian American employers create an average of seven new jobs. 8

Asian Americans have made major contributions to the American economy.

• Yahoo! = Jerry ang

• Foursquare = Naveen Selvadurai

• LaLa = Bill Nguyen

• Google = Vic Gundotra

• Adobe = Shantanu Narayen

• NVIDIA = Jen-‐Hsun Huang

Asian Americans are among the most watched on YouTube.9

1 America’s Pacific Century By Hillary Clinton

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/11/americas_pacific_century

2 The APEC Region Trade and Investment, Australian Government 2011,

http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/stats-
pubs/downloads/APEC_2011.pdf.

3 WISERT Report, International Trade

Administration http://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/employment/index.asp.

Asia Matters for America, East-‐West Center,

http://asiamattersforamerica.org/.

4 http://merchandisingmatters.com/featured/president-‐clintons-‐challenge-‐retailers/.

5 http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/cb12-‐cn22.html

6 1.5 million small businesses

(http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/get07sof.html?16) / 7.2 million labor

force (http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/reports/asianlaborforce/) / = 20%.

7 http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/get07sof.html?16

8 2.8 million workers / 397,484 employer firms = 7.05 workers

http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/get07sof.html?16.

9 Ryan Higa and Michelle Phan (Phan is from Australia...)

(http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/fashion/for-‐asian-‐stars-‐many-‐web-‐fans.html)

And they are the most active and experienced news viewers online.10

Their kids are totally connected. (Three hours a day on a cell phone!)11

The Internet is Asian America’s link to their ethnic homelands.

They send money back to Asia

60% travel to Asia frequently.

Helping to convince Chinese to invest $5 billion in the US every

year.12

And settle 3,000 Chinese millionaires in the US every year.13

Asian Americans are an engine of growth.

A source of soft power. Invest in “somebody here from everywhere.”

“The Asian community is a very large economic force both inside and outside of the U.S. The more you understand what’s going on globally, and the impact that China and India are having on the world, the more you will recognize the importance of having Asians be part of your organization and leadership team.” -‐Barbara Adachi, Managing Director of Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Human Capital Practice14

“Asians in America: Unleashing the Potential of the ‘Model Minority,’” a study from the Center for Work-‐Life Policy, July 2011 Invest in Asian America.

10 http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/asianamericans-‐and-‐technology%20-‐ slide 8 11 Nadra Kareem Nittle, “Minority youth media consumption may be hampering academic achievement,” Chicago Defender, July 13, 2011, 106 edition.

12 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704615504576172410117309984.html?

13 http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/chinas-‐superrich-‐buy-‐a-‐better-‐life-‐abroad-‐11222011.html.

14 http://www.worklifepolicy.org/documents/TopAsianTalent_PressRelease_7.20.11.pdf

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Fukushima Seconds From Disaster Television Documentary on Youtube

2012-07-25T06:47:00.002-07:00

http://fukunukeblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/seconds-from-disaster-dramatization-of.html

Ed Alleyne-Johnson Master Busker Electric Violin UK

2012-07-17T07:54:00.002-07:00

Awesome Electric Violin - Ed Busking Chester 1,781,919 hits

Ed Alleyne-Johnson Busking Electric Violin in Chester UK - May 2006

Fantastic - This is perhaps the best street performance I have ever witnessed. Reminiscent of Jean Luc Ponte's visceral fusion sound. This is in the city of Chester near Wales. Chester has perhaps the only double decker shopping plaza streets, with a second level up off the street within the buildings, balconies running all the way down the streets. jablesj comments - "They were made by the victorians so that rich people would not get wet while out in the rain."
The sound is unaltered from the original and was emancipated at great volume in this old town.

Ed uses the looper and pedals to great effect. There are no overdubs. Incredible he commanded this fantastic show all by himself, I stood enraptured with all the hair on my body standing on end, grin stretched wide. You can see where he looked up to see my ebullient smile just before he grins and kicks in the distortion. This has been a tremendous inspiration for me. I had never heard him or heard of him before this performance. Ed is awesome! I got some albums of his from the web since hearing this. I hope I can see him again one day.

Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (before somebody deleted his entry)
http://hitekhedhelp.blogspot.com/2011/04/ed-alleyne-johnson-wikipedia-free.html

Background information
Origin Liverpool
Genres Classical, folk, rock
Occupations Musician
Instruments Electric violin
Years active 1992–present (as recording artist)

Labels Equation, Wingspan
Associated acts New Model Army

Ed Alleyne-Johnson is a British electric violinist and prolific busker. He has been busking since he was a Fine Art student at Oxford University in the early 1980s. He uses an electric violin that he carved with a kitchen knife,[1] a custom pedal-board, and an amplifier which he modified to run off rechargeable batteries. This setup has enabled him to perform on the street in almost every major city in Europe, and across the United States and Canada.

He collaborated with New Model Army on their Top 40 single "Vagabonds", and toured with them for five years, with several concerts in Germany in over 200 concerts worldwide, supporting acts as diverse as Simple Minds, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Cure, Midnight Oil and Faith No More

During his time in Oxford in the late 1980s he played bass guitar in local band, Raindance.[citation needed]

He can often be seen performing in Chester city centre, near the Grosvenor shopping precinct and the Chester Cross, and more recently on the streets of York.

Purple Electric Violin Concerto in 1992 sold over 80,000 copies and has gained a cult following in Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and New Zealand as well as the UK.

His 2005 album Echoes features songs such as Mad World by Tears For Fears and Stir It Up by Bob Marley.

In July 2008, Ed performed the Beatles tracks 'Yesterday' and 'Eleanor Rigby' in front of 7,000 people at Liverpool's Echo Arena for a Beatles Day charity gig.

The 2011 Arpeggio album led off with a crashing, cover version of The Who's Baba O'Riley and also included another cover of Human by The Killers.

External links

• Unofficial site of Ed and Denyze Alleyne-Johnson

• Video of Ed Alleyne-Johnson busking in Chester

• Review of Ed Alleyne-Johnson's work, with sample

• Ed Alleyne-Johnson Facebook page

Awesome Electric Violin - Ed Busking Chester

1,781,919 Ed Alleyne-Johnson Busking Electric Violin in Chester UK - May 2006
Fantastic - This is perhaps the best street performance I have ever witnessed. Reminiscent of Jean Luc Ponte's visceral fusion sound. This is in the city of Chester near Wales. Chester has perhaps the only double decker shopping plaza streets, with a second level up off the street within the buildings, balconies running all the way down the streets. jablesj comments - "They were made by the victorians so that rich people would not get wet while out in the rain."
The sound is unaltered from the original and was emancipated at great volume in this old town.
Ed uses the looper and pedals to great effect. There are no overdubs. Incredible he commanded this fantastic show all by himself, I stood enraptured with all the hair on my body standing on end, grin stretched wide. You can see where he looked up to see my ebullient smile just before he grins and kicks in the distortion. This has been a tremendous inspiration for me. I had never heard him or heard of him before this performance. Ed is awesome! I got some albums of his from the web since hearing this. I hope I can see him again one day.

ed alleyne-johnson - electric violinoxford suite pt 4 from the pevc cd live on later with jools holland...uk tv

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Ed Alleyne Johnson - OrangeEnjoy the music, from Ed Alleyne Johnson's Ultraviolet. Buy the ablum on Itunes!. itunes.apple.com

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Don't Fear The Reaper - Ed Alleyne-Johnson -York Electric Violinist

Ed Alleyne-Johnson is a British electric violinist and prolific busker. He has been busking since he was a Fine Art student at Oxford University in the early 1980s. He uses an electric violin that he carved with a kitchen knife, a custom pedal-board, and an amplifier which he modified to run off rechargeable batteries. This setup has enabled him to perform on the street in almost every major city in Europe, and across the United States and Canada.
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ed alleyne johnson-reded alleyne johnson's red from his album ultraviolet

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Ed Alleyne Johnson - Oxford Suite Pt. 1 (CD version from Purple Electric Violin Concerto)Thanks for the 50000+ views and the 450 favourites in the last 2 years !!! Keep spreading the word about good classical music to your friends ...

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Rock Violin - Ed Alleyne JohnsonStreet performer and musician Ed Alleyne Johnson in York. 24th June 2011.

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Ed Alleyne Johnson - "Free Bird" of Lynyrd SkynyrdThis is beautiful violinist cover "Free Bird" of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Lucy In the Sky With DiamondsMy favourite Chester busker, Ed Alleyne-Johnson, plays Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds. Chester, 22nd March 2012 Sorry about the couple of blurred ...

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....Ed Alleyne-JohnsonDon't Fear The Reaper - Ed Alleyne-Johnson -York Electric ViolinistEd Alleyne Johnson - Chester 2Ed Alleyne Johnson - Oxford Suite Pt 4 - yorkplaylistby pdubya66
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Ed Alleyne-Johnson plays Sweet Child Of MineAwesome violinist playing in York in the freezing cold the other day. Still manages to ROCK though!

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Ed Alleyne-Johnson Oxford Suite Electric ViolinFantastic performance. I finally got to see Ed Alleyne Johnson in Chester today. He was awesome. He played Oxford suite part 1 especially for me ...

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Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Wherever You 'll Go/With or Without YouEd Alleyne-Johnson Disc: ECHOES (disc 1) Year: 2005 Track: 4 Wherever You Will Go / With or Without You (U2)

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Ed Alleyne Johnson Sweet Child Of MineVideo i took in chester of Ed playin his custom violin which he hand carved with a kitchen knife! bought 2 of his albums and got them signed!

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Ed Alleyne-Johnson - Paranoid (York, UK, 24 March 2012)The incomparable Ed Alleyne-Johnson performing Black Sabbath's Paranoid on the electric violin, in St Sampsons Square, York. Shot by me on a ...

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Ed Alleyne-Johnson - pachelbel's canonEd Alleyne-Johnson playing Pachelbel's canon outside Browns of Chester. Taken by Robyn de Brabander

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ed alleyne johnson in ChesterWalking in Chester we found this lovely street music, it was "ed alleyne johnson" promoting his new CD "arpeggio"

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Ed Alleyne Johnson Oxford Suite Part 1Ed Alleyne Johnson Oxford Suite Part 1 Taken from his 1992 cd album Purple Electric Violin Concerto !! Ed Alleyne Johnson is a pure musical genius ...

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Bohemian Rhapsody On Strings

2012-07-16T13:21:00.000-07:00

Four violins by one guy 386,000

Lucia Micarelli Bohemian Rhapsody (Josh Groban intro)49,000

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, perf. by Giovanni String Quartet 27,000

Cello Group 11,000

Wos this is amazing
Charles Yang, Sarasate Cadenza style

Jake Shimabukuro - "Bohemian Rhapsody" - TED (2010) - ukelele cover

Alina Powell Impersonates Missing Susan Powell on Youtube

2012-07-10T19:33:00.000-07:00

Update: 7/14/2012: I left a tip with West Valley Police AND THEY ACTUALLY CALLED BACK on this video. Lets hope they track down who this impersonator is and have a good long talk with Alina and Michael.

Somebody, apparently Alina Powell with help of brother Michael in Minneapolis who is also an expert on creating disinformation web sites, has posted the video created and narrated by Alina Powell which continues the discredited theory that Susan left her husband rather than the nearly certain scenario that Josh murdered her, and he murdered his sons because they were witnesses, not because he was unfairly treated by authorities who if anything, gave him a total pass. Youtube can terminate accounts for impersonation, certainly for impersonation of a dead person, but it is better to leave this up for the whole world to see into the mind of Josh's surviving siblings.

Now that the Osmond family is getting involved, they should know about this continuing atrocity. There should be a law against relatives continuing to spread disinformation about an obvious murder. They should come clean and confess, and accept whatever punish man or god sees fit for them.

The Josh and Susan Powell Story - What Really Happened

Published on May 17, 2012 by Susan Powell
Josh Powell is innocent. I left Josh Powell, now my boys are dead because of my parents (Chuck Cox & Judy Cox) feuding with the Powell's.

Truly yours, always and forever,
Susan Cox Powell
Category:
News & Politics
Tags:
chuck cox judy cox kiirsi hellewell west valley west valley pd pierce county
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Alina can't even get the terminology right from her side. The Cox family calls her "Susan Cox Powell". The Susan Powell that "ran away" never used the term, it is the term being used by the Cox family to emphasize the side of the family who cares about the possible murder of their daughter. The Powells have never made any effort to locate or contact Susan.

Especially sick comments from Alina:

Joshua and our boys love camping, i love camping, Every time Joshua and I camp he bends me over the fire pit. The heat from the fire hurts my ginger butt at first but at the end it feels sexy and I moan Joshua all night long.

Susan Powell in reply to ForTheChildren01 (Show the comment) 1 week ago

Listen to the one minute fifty second portion of this video:

youtube.com/watch?v=4giYPvJmt4E&feature=related

It says,

"Josh Powell's mood had changed drastically in recent days, he was more calm than usual but also seemed excited about the future". Of course Joshua changed drastically in recent days, he was excited I returned to give him sex for the first time in more than two years.

Susan Powell 3 weeks ago

How is it Kkiirsi Hellewell has such insightful knowledge of a man she never met?
Kiirsi Hellewell is just like my daddy money greedy. Can you say Cha - Ching to Kiirsi and daddy Chuck. All Kiirsi Hellewell and daddy Chuck are interested in is $ from my disappearance.
Susan Powell in reply to biukucanoe (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago
Why is it I know I was not murdered and the Police can not prove there was a murder? How is it you know I was murdered but the Police do not know I was murdered? Where is your proof a murder was committed? My video is the truth of what really happened.
Susan Powell in reply to biukucanoe (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago

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Oh My I Knew Josh And Steven Was Sick And Twisted, I never Knew Alina Was Just As Sick Josh Murdered Susan, He Then Murdered His Sons. Why Dont You Use Your Own Name And Leave Susan And Her Family Alone.
ForTheChildren01 2 weeks ago
Joshua and our boys love camping, i love camping, Every time Joshua and I camp he bends me over the fire pit. The heat from the fire hurts my ginger butt at first but at the end it feels sexy and I moan Joshua all night long.
Susan Powell in reply to ForTheChildren01 (Show the comment) 1 week ago
this is just sick. This needs to be reported to Pierce County and West Valley police and FBI. There is no evidence Josh ever took his boys or Susan camping, or that he took his boys camping that night. No sleeping bags, no tent, no one has ever seen this man camp with his boys. He was only seen with co-conspirator Steven powell looking for a place to hide a body
biukucanoe in reply to Susan Powell (Show the comment) 1 minute ago
There is absolutely no proof I am dead. I am alive. Where is your proof I am dead? Typing this message is consistent with a person alive not a person dead, all the evidence is consistent with me leaving Josh Powell and assuming a new identity not evidence of murder. I wish daddy Cox would stay off talk shows and look for me "he does not". I wish daddy Cox would stop trying to gouge people for money he is not owed "he will not".
Susan Powell 3 weeks ago
Seriously? You alive? I think the cops and everyone else thinks your dead. Just cuz you write it don't mean it's true. Prove it. I saw a show where during the interview Josh said he went camping and forgot it was Sunday, and another interview he said he forgot it was Saturday. It can't be both. People have trouble keeping lies straight. Prove you're Susan and come forward. Josh murdered little children! Give us something to go on to find you.
Robert Vega in reply to Susan Powell (Show the comment) 2 weeks ago
Listen to the one minute fifty second portion of this video:
youtube.com/watch?v=4giYPvJmt4E&feature=related
It says,
"Josh Powell's mood had changed drastically in recent days, he was more calm than usual but also seemed excited about the future". Of course Joshua changed drastically in recent days, he was excited I returned to give him sex for the first time in more than two years.
Susan Powell 3 weeks ago
Hey ALINA POWELL Hope Your The Next One Behind Bars
wehaveghost 3 weeks ago
This video is ridiculous. Josh Powell was an evil person who took a hatchet to the heads and necks of his two innocent boys and then killed himself by blowing up his house. This video is a farce and is full of all kinds of falsities and misinformation, all in effort to try and make us feel sorry for a heinous murderer. I find that "Susan Powell" commenting here is extremely offensive to the family and the public, who are very aware of this case.
jrpoelman 3 weeks ago
Very familiar with the case? this means you are aware of Chuck Cox violating the restraining order and stalking Josh Powell? I put Chuck Cox violation on another site. I put dad Cox violation on my blog on my blog so the world remembers Chuck Cox is a stalker and stalked the Powell family.
Susan Powell in reply to jrpoelman (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago
How is it Kkiirsi Hellewell has such insightful knowledge of a man she never met?
Kiirsi Hellewell is just like my daddy money greedy. Can you say Cha - Ching to Kiirsi and daddy Chuck. All Kiirsi Hellewell and daddy Chuck are interested in is $ from my disappearance.
Susan Powell in reply to biukucanoe (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago
Why is it I know I was not murdered and the Police can not prove there was a murder? How is it you know I was murdered but the Police do not know I was murdered? Where is your proof a murder was committed? My video is the truth of what really happened.
Susan Powell in reply to biukucanoe (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago
Where is your proof I was murdered, where is your proof anyone was murdered? There was no murder I am alive all alive. You are misguided. Do you have evidence a actual crime was committed? Where is your evidence to back your slanderous claim? Josh and his brother are innocent victims.
Susan Powell 3 weeks ago
There is absolutely no proof Susan is alive and all of the evidence is consistent with a murder, none of it is consistent with Susan leaving. If this message was not from susan, then somebody, mostly likely Alina Powell who created this video, most likely with Michael's help, is promoting a lie. Please clarify exactly who you are if you are not Alina or Michael Powell.
biukucanoe in reply to Susan Powell (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago
There is absolutely no proof I am dead because I am alive all alive. There is absolutely no proof a actual crime was committed because no crime was committed I left Josh Powell (It is pretty hard to find some one when you do not want to be found). Josh Powell is a victim, Michael Powell is a victim, Steven Powell is a victim. Love, Susan
Susan Powell in reply to biukucanoe (Show the comment) 3 weeks ago
did michael help create and post this video?
biukucanoe 1 month ago
More of Alaina and Michael's propoganda
biukucanoe 1 month ago

Stairway to Heaven - on Violin and orchestra

2012-07-10T15:33:00.002-07:00

Middle School? With a vocalist? Geez, it sounds like a pops orchestra.

Stairway to Heaven - Josh Vietti

Vitamin String Quartet

U Puget Sound college student deGraff version

Mexican with guitar

4 violins

Bach unaccompanied style

With respect to Adam DeGraff of The Dueling Fiddlers, for showing that this could be done! (High School talent show, October 2011.)

In response to many questions in the Comments: I picked this up by ear from the Dueling Fiddlers album 'Rock Violin', plus the Led Zep original of course. Check out the Dueling Fiddlers' Facebook page for more awesome rock violin... or if you want the sheet music, Adam DeGraff now has it available here:
http://www.fastwagon.com/dj2bq8 . Check it out!

Boy in front of stairway (with piano)

Souza Liberty Bell (Monty Python) March Orchestra Guitar etc.

2012-07-10T12:39:00.001-07:00

It's....

School Orchestra

From Germany performed by Antwerp Junior Orchestra (Juniorenorkest van Jeugd en Muziek Antwerpen - age 11-18) on second Night of the Proms Concert, May 22nd 2010. Musicians : Jeroen Tilkin (voice, piano), Jan Ceulemans (guitar, piano, backing vocals), Toon Dockx (bass guitar, violin), Jonathan Beyers (drums), Roel Willems (conductor, arrangements)

Muriel Anderson Classical Guitar

Hand Fart Version

Euphonium 4-in-1

Impressive QATAR Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner Display, Farnborough International Airshow.

2012-07-10T11:39:00.001-07:00

Boeing 787 Dreamliner struts its stuff at Farnborough International Airshow

Qatar Airways unveiled its brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner today at the Farnborough Airshow in the U.K. as the aircraft took to the skies for the first time in a flying display. The impressive demonstration of the plane's maneuverability was marked by steep climbs, tight banking and a "touch-and-go" landing, but perhaps the most striking feature of the 787 in flight (after an afternoon filled with the roar of jet fighters) was just how quiet it is.

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Vanilla Mood Japan Jazzy String Chicks

2012-07-09T19:11:00.001-07:00

Like Bond in Japanese, a string / flute pseudo classical girl ensemble.

Star Wars

Carpenters Yesterday Once More

Close to You

A Whole New World

Mission Impossible

Tequila (Warning, 4 Japanese girls shouting Tequila! in unison)

Summertime (Porgy Bess)

Japanese girls in kimonos playing a song about and normally sung by Africa Americans written by a Jewish American classical composer. That's something you don't see every day. Classy job.

Fantasy Earth Wind Fire

City Harvest Church Singapore: Asians worship

2012-07-08T04:58:00.001-07:00

Just stumbled across this Singapore church with awesome english language contemporary Christian music services. Most impressive Asian production of worship videos I've run across, lv comments if you've seen other similar productions

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Harvest_Church#Media_and_produc

Several channels are posting these, and most of them get 20-100,000 views. Wow.

Hosanna Hillsong

For You Alone (Don Harris) @ City Harvest Church

Open My Eyes & Show Me - City Harvest Church Veroy Chua Youth Service

Take My Life (ALM:uk) @ City Harvest Church

I Surrender City Harvest Church

Oh The Glory Of Your Presence (Steven L. Fry) @ City Harvest Church

What A Feeling (Flashdance) Lyrics Chords (improved)

2012-07-07T20:49:00.001-07:00

What would this sound like if Peter Paul and Mary did it?
Found this on the internet, but chords were a mess, so here's a cleaner version.

What A Feeling (Flashdance) Lyrics

Flashdance
What a feeling
-Irene Cara-
(Original: Capo 1st fret)

Intro: A, E, Bm, F#m Töne dazu: C#, B, A, B, B, C#, D, C#, B, C#
A                   E      Bm      F#m
First, when there's nothing but a slow glowing dream
         D          A       G    Esus4 E
That your fear seems to hide deep inside your mind
     A     E           Bm           F#m
All a lone I have cried silent tears full of pride
    D     A              G E
In a world made of steel, made of stone

Pre-chorus:
    A E            Bm             F#m
Well I hear the music, close my eyes, feel the rhythm
         D A   G   E
Wrap around, take a hold of my heart

Chorus:
      F#m Esus4 E         F#m Esus4 E D E
What a feeling,       bein's believin'.
       A       Bm         A      D       Esus4/3 E
I can't have it all, now I'm dancin' for my life
         F#m Esus4 E    E      F#m Esus4 E
Take your passion,          and make it happen.
E A Bm
Pictures come alive,
       A      D      E
you can dance right through your life

Solo: A, E, Bm, F#m, D, A, G, E
Töne dazu: C#, D, B, B, C#, D, E, C#, B, A, F#, A, F#, E, C#, E, D, C#, B, A, B

A E       Bm        F#m
Now I hear the music, close my eyes, I am rhythm
       D A   G    E
In a flash it takes hold of my heart

Chorus:
      F#m Esus4 E         F#m Esus4 E D E
What a feeling,       bein's believin'.
       A       Bm         A      D       Esus4/3 E
I can't have it all, now I'm dancin' for my life
         F#m Esus4 E    E      F#m Esus4 E
Take your passion,          and make it happen.
E A Bm
Pictures come alive,
       A      D      E
you can dance right through your life
Simple ending
         G            Esus4 E
2x What a feeling
    G                Esus4 E         A
What a feeling What a Feeling What a Feeling
G E G E G E
What a feeling

F#m Esus4 E D E
What a feeling (I am music now), bein's believin' (I am rhythm now)
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life
What a feeling (I can really have it all)
What a feeling (Pictures come alive when I call)
I can have it all (I can really have it all)
Have it all (Pictures come alive when I call)
(call, call, call, call, what a feeling) I can have it all
(Bein's believin') bein's believin'
(Take your passion, make it happen) make it happen
(What a feeling) what a feeling...

http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/i/irene_cara/flashdance_what_a_feeling_crd.htm