Letters From The Republic
Care For Themand it is beautiful!
Most people won’t notice this post….. but here is a sample of a few different chapters kinda melted into one…so I didn’t have to explain anything to you…
it’s got a lot of fillers in-between….but I love you man…and if you are clever enough to read this then you kind of get a feel for my novel voice….
Choking down the last bite of my candy bar, I take the rapper and stick it to a branch on a tree and proceed to step back 25 feet….turn, steady, shoot. Damn! Where did the bullet go? I didn’t see anything….damn gun’s sites are off, it must be shooting low, but I didn’t see anything bouncing off the ground…..maybe it’s shooting high….but there’s no leaves rustling around. I can’t believe police use to use HK’s as a back-up gun. I’ve always seemed to have problem being accurate with this piece. Oh well, my bullets up. I can’t waste bullets on a bad gun. I’ll have to make do and pray I don’t need to use this one any time in the near future. Paper doesn’t exist anymore, in the sense that all value has gone. Bullets and seeds…that’s what dreams are made of.
My ear is ringing high today, not because I just fired my weapon either…it’s been ringing for years now. Only my left ear, that’s how I know what to do. That’s how information is fed and picked-up. There are many of us, and most of us don’t even know who we are….like terrorist cell groups, never meeting or greeting each other. What we don’t know can’t be found out. Most of us don’t even know we’ve been activated. Once in awhile I meet someone similar to myself but nothing is as crazy as dealing with the Walk-ins. Those are the beings you have to watch out for, because you’re not dealing with just one …. you’re dealing with as many care to talk to you….and not all of them are nice.
I don’t know when they marked me. I keep thinking back to times in my life that I may have generated a special file with a three letter agency. Was it the time I was at Evergreen and attended a meeting protesting allowing the CIA on campus? I listened for hours to the Greeners discussing the atrocities of The Company and I finally blew up. I pushed the whole table back a couple feet and said, “Enough! If you take away their right to free speech…soon they will take away ours!” The group voted and the CIA was allowed to recruit.
I walked around with a huge kitchen knife stuffed in the front of my jeans or back pocket. I bought a 20lb workout vest that I would sleep in. I kept the shades drawn but I still knew my every move was being watched. I would sleep with pillows covering my head. I figured if nothing else….I might survive if I hedge my bets. I made a mistake of forgetting my vest and knife at my friends place when I had to move out around 3:00 a.m. She spent days afraid in her car to go home…afraid of what she saw…afraid of what I left behind….she thought I was a terrorist…and she thought they would grab her to find me.
Every time I answer my phone it’s a god damn disaster. No wonder my phone number was stolen from me. I move with a wake of destruction behind me, and I have no choice but to help them recover from the wave. It’s so frustrating because I can’t be on the phone…I can’t be giving out information….and yet I have no army but those that have helped me…and to hide in self-preservation seems counter-intuitive to my cause….so I always answer the phone and fight what darkness comes my way next.
It started when I was a child ….. reoccurring with plenty of years in-between…..establishing normalcy for long periods of forgotten time. Maybe it started as far back to my experiences with UFO’s
The Whole Time I was growing up….I thought my dad was James Kirk….little did I realize…he was me….
I’ll update you …. later
I heard from him tonight. I explained…I can’t commit to running a presidential campaign at this time. I read him part of my novel. He was cool with that….for now.
Boy did I miss that one!
Ohne dich (Without You) Lyrics & Translation
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| EVEREST FACTS |
| Age of Everest: Everest was formed about 60 million years ago |
| Elevation: 29,035 (8850m)-found to be 6′ higher in 1999 |
| Name in Nepal: Sagarmatha (means: goddess of the sky) |
| In Tibet: Chomolungma: (means: mother goddess of the universe) |
| Named after: Sir George Everest in 1865 ,the British surveyor-general of India. Once known as Peak 15 |
| Location: Latitude 27° 59′ N…..Longitude 86° 56′ E It’s summit ridge seperates Nepal and Tibet |
| First Ascent: May 29,1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, NZ and Tenzing Norgay, NP, via the South Col Route |
| First Solo Ascent: Aug. 20,1980, Reinhold Messner, IT, via the NE Ridge to North Face |
| First winter Ascent: Feb. 17,1980 -L.Cichy and K. Wielicki, POL |
| First Ascent by an American: May 1,1963, James Whittaker, via the South-Col |
| Mt. Everest rises a few milimeters each year due to geological forces |
| Everest Name: Sir George Everest was the first person to record the height and location of Mt. Everest, this is where Mt.”Everest” got its name from(In american language) |
| First Ascent by a Woman: May 16,1975, Junko Tabei, JAP, via the South-Col |
| First Ascent by an American Woman: Sep.29,1988, Stacey Allison, Portland, OR via the South-East Ridge |
| First Oxygenless Ascent: May 8, 1978- Reinhold Messner, IT, and Peter Habeler, AUT, via the South-East Ridge |
| First woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest from both north & south sides: Cathy O’Dowd (S.A.) South May 25,1996/North ‘99 |
| Fastest Ascent from South: Babu Chhiri Sherpa 34, NP-16 hours and 56 minutes (5-21-2000) |
| Fastest Ascent (north side): Hans Kammerlander (IT) May,24,1996, via the standard North Col Ridge Route, 16 hours 45 minutes from base camp |
| Youngest person: Temba Tsheri (NP) 15 on May,22,2001 |
| Oldest Person: Sherman Bull May,25,2001 -64 yrs |
| First Legally Blind Person: Erik Weihenmeyer May,25,2001 |
| Most Ascents: Eleven, 24th May 2000 Appa Sherpa became the first person to climb Everest 11 times-Ten, Ang Rita Sherpa, Babu Chiri Sherpa all ascents were oxygen-less. |
| Best and Worst Years on Everest: 1993, 129 summitted and eight died (a ratio of 16:1); in 1996, 98 summitted and 15 died (a ratio of 6½:1) |
| Highest cause cause of death: Avalanches-about a (2:1) ratio over falls |
| Country with most deaths on mountain: Nepal-46 |
| Most dangerous area on mountain: Khumbu Ice Fall-19 deaths |
| First ski descent: Davo Karnicar (Slovenia) 10-7-2000 |
| Last year without ascent: 1974 |
| Last year without ascent: 1977 |
| Corpses remaining on Everest: about 120 |
| Longest stay on top: Babu Chiri Sherpa stayed at the summit full 21 hours and a half |
| Largest team: In 1975, China tackled Everest with a 410-member team. |
| Fastest descent: In 1988, Jean-Marc Boivin of France descended from the top in just 11 minutes, paragliding. |
| Only climber to climb all 4 sides of Everest: Kushang Sherpa, now an instructor with Himlayan Mountaineering Institute |
| First person to hike from sea level to summit, no oxygen.: 11th May 1990,Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian |
| Largest number to reach the top in one day: 40, on May 10, 1993 |
| First person to summit Everest twice: Nawang Gombu-Nepal(once with Whitaker in ‘63,and again two years later in ‘65)Gombu now works for the Himalayan mountaineering institute |
| The oldest woman to summit Anna Czerwinska May 22, 2000. |
This is a post for those who are not familiar with how to volunteer to help the citizens in Iran. Most people heard of the false elections and there was some demonstrations happening. News would trickle in daily and a whole group of people were meeting each other for the first time uniting around helping this cause. Within the last 6 weeks I have seen the news pick up and when it was once a hunt to find reporters writing on Iran, now you can find too many to wade through in a day. I’m going to compile some of my posts and give you a way to consider getting involved with some time in raising awareness and be a part of this process on behalf of human rights.
CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND HEARD
Pandora’s Box – Video of Hangings
I want to propose a majestic movement of Peace=Freedom – a noble concept that starts with my own consciousness to practice a state of continued benevolence. Human beings have inherited instincts to fight, war is natural, and to excogitated peace, prosperity and dignity is utopian. These lofty ideals we hear, preach, and strive towards our societies to civilize, may one day be possible.
I wanted to call attention to volunteering your time to help the people in Iran, Israel and beyond. You can use the ideas blogged and apply them to any nation of people who need our support for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The recent announcement on the news regarding the nuclear ambitions is nothing compared to the dire conditions of people suffering now. Anywhere you sit reading this in the world, you are capable of doing something that will support their spirit and will. I am going to suggest a few ideas, and I encourage anyone who has ideas to also include them here for others when they come to consider the life of our neighbors.
1) Read about the issues current in the world. News articles are being posted daily.
2) There are bloggers speaking about their experiences living in Iran, Palestine, Israel, and calling for change, non-profit organizations working to help the world’s children from suffering, and people we know who have a direct connection with someone in an area of the world that could use our support and love. They provide links to websites they believe will be of assistance.
3) Do not let your political ideology cloud your judgment when nations looking for a common goal of freedom are blogging, twitter, etc. Think of the goal in mind, the end result, many people are losing their life for peace and allowing self-imposed belief systems stop you from gathering information is not helpful.
4) Twitter has a movement to help. Twitter was targeted by a government recently to stop a user from getting information out. You can start by linking up with me Living Documents Twitter
5) Google websites that are helping the causes you support. You may need translation add-on’s for assistance and can use Google Translation. When you twitter you could put different code: #Conservative; #Liberal; #Israel; #Palestine; #Ashraf; #iranelection; #Iran; #SOG; #Amnesty; #HumanRights to target your audience. Look for ways of being effective with your efforts. You can also use those codes to get real-time results on your account to find people to follow who are active and helping.
7) Watch and share news stories on video with your friends.
The religious differences and principles of the Muslim, Christian, Judaism, Hindu, and all beliefs within our society should not be dismissed as unsolvable. People within the countries are seeking the same goals for their nations, neighbors, sons and daughters. The ability to think and reason should allow us to evolve towards peaceful and rational solutions.
Below I have included a speech from Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and his challenge to the United Nations. He discusses Zionism and racism, intolerance and danger, as exemplified in the thinking process of the Iranian president. The history of Israel is expressed boldly as an example of struggles for freedom, destruction of war on family, nations, people, and the need to end the atrocities. The challenge is to end international legitimacy by United Nations and their collective actions which facilitate the endorsement of terrorism and strike mortal blows to lasting peace.
8 ) Read blogs, join forums, and board discussions. Write a post now after reading this.
9) Think about how much time a week you would be willing to spend to do one thing, even educate yourself for future conversations with others.
10) Live your life with your neighbors in a peaceful manner, when you depart others be sure to leave in good standing, and if all else fails, say a prayer for those who trespass against you and those who are trespassed upon.
February 11, 2010 marks the 31 anniversary of the Islamic Revolution….will the Civil War begin?
The Sea of Green uses all significant dates to demonstrate and NONE is more significant than this day. The Sea of Green wants to overthrow the regime and be in charge of their own destiny.
The demonstrators have been hanging in the streets and are continued to be tortured and killed as examples of stopping this movement that is causing unrest and a tipping point ready to fall the country into a civil war.
Another Interesting Article
Iran’s Supreme leader made a vague reference to a “punch” that will stun the world.
Heres some thoughts:
The opposition doesn’t have access to weapons or military and has been silently protesting peacefully, and killed. A civil war would be difficult to win since the government has a monopoly over the guns.
When will the important people of the military come to terms with the facts that it IS in their best interest to go to the other side and stop doing the bidding of the Supreme Leader?
Denouncing the religious side of the government is not to denounce the religion itself…an awakening of a national identity that is in a new phase and the students are breaking free from this regime and broken out and figure out where they want to take this country in terms of their democracy and how to practice and interpret their own religious practices.
The head of Iran’s judiciary has been receiving pressure to expedite the hangings of the demonstrators and people are being killed in the streets as an example.
The people are flooding the streets in demonstrations for the last 6 months and Wednesday our time will be Thursday Iranian time….keep your eyes and ears open….things are about to ignite….it’s a chemical reaction….it’s physics.
HISTORY
Khomeini’s return and fall of the monarchy
On February 1, 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran in a chartered Air France Boeing 747. The welcoming crowd of several million Iranians was so large he was forced to take a helicopter from the airport. Khomeini was now not only the undisputed leader of the revolution, he had become so important that he descended from his airplane with cries of ‘Khomeini, O Imam, we salute you, peace be upon you. Crowds were now known to chant “Islam, Islam, Khomeini, We Will Follow You,” and even “Khomeini for King.”
On the day of his arrival Khomeini made clear his fierce rejection of Bakhtiar’s regime in a speech promising ‘I shall kick their teeth in.’
Iranian prime minister Mehdi Bazargan was an advocate of democracy and civil rights. He also opposed the cultural revolution and US embassy takeover.
Khomeini appointed his own competing interim prime minister Mehdi Bazargan on February 4, ‘with the support of the nation’ and commanded Iranians to obey Bazargan as a religious duty.
[T]hrough the guardianship [Velayat] that I have from the holy lawgiver [the Prophet], I hereby pronounce Bazargan as the Ruler, and since I have appointed him, he must be obeyed. The nation must obey him. This is not an ordinary government. It is a government based on the sharia. Opposing this government means opposing the sharia of Islam … Revolt against God’s government is a revolt against God. Revolt against God is blasphemy.
As Khomeini’s movement gained momentum, soldiers began to defect to his side. On February 9 about 10 P.M. a fight broke out between loyal Immortal Guards and pro-Khomeini rebel Homafaran of Iran Air Force, with Khomeini declaring jihad on loyal soldiers who did not surrender. Revolutionaries and rebel soldiers gained the upper hand and began to take over police stations and military installations, distributing arms to the public. The final collapse of the provisional non-Islamist government came at 2 p.m. February 11 when the Supreme Military Council declared itself “neutral in the current political disputes… in order to prevent further disorder and bloodshed.” Revolutionaries took over government buildings, TV and Radio stations, and palaces of Pahlavi dynasty.
This period, from February 1 to 11, is celebrated every year in Iran as the “Decade of Fajr.” February 11 is “Islamic Revolution’s Victory Day”, a national holiday with state sponsored demonstrations in every city.
I dreamed Serj Tankian was my boyfriend….and I must admit I have been neglecting his site lately. In my dream I was telling him how his album got me through the summer….interesting….when I posted Sky Is Over – Civilization…it was right after I was inspired by a Collective Soul concert with a symphony.
Now catching up since then….Serj has his own concert with a symphony for Elect the Dead….oh man….I’m pre-ordering!
Calling all assistance from my fashionable friends and strangers. Please take these surveys … I’m working on a report about handbags and you all know that each handbag I own has probably been a gift. Oh, and if you are wondering why I am doing this…don’t ask…it’s probably a funny story.
If you own under 10 handbags, please answer your reasons on the next poll.
Now I need help with your personal reasons you choose to purchase handbags. All your answers are confidential and I am not sharing the results to the poll.
Style and color:
Material:
Cost:
Gifts:
Function and style:
Please leave me a comment of what I am missing….thanks!
Also: send me pictures of your favorite handbag/purse…the one you got that you hated…and a link to one that you would love to buy. Plus any other information or thoughts you have on this subject to livingdocuments@usa.com.
