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Since I have returned to the east coast, I decided to stop at my favorite Lebanese market to say hi to the owner. We were chit chatting about how and where I’ve been. I told him I no longer have the same job, but I am enjoying working for the Sea of Green. I was showing him some pictures on my cell phone.
As I walked out of the store he said, “Merry Christmas” and I said, “Happy Festive Holiday!”
The man who was in line listening to our conversation followed me out and said after he heard my holiday wishes, “That’s what it’s all about.”
I am not sure how the conversation moved to me but he asked, “What is your destiny?” I said, “I’m not really sure, I guess it’s to do my work and stay alive.” He said, “There are no coincidences.”
He proceeds to tell me he is running for President in the country of Senegal. He would like me to look up his website, listen to his radio show, and discuss helping him win his election.
OK…..how weird is my life! It’s Christmas for goodness sake, and I was only running to the store for some things so I could make a pie and say hi to an old friend!
Here’s his website: Nadems
I have some studying to do on the issues of the country and his platform of course! I can’t just start working for someone’s campaign because I meet him on the street randomly.
His name is Samba Kara Ndiaye and his radio station can be heard on Samba Kara Ndiaye Radio Broadcast
It look like I will be using Google for some translation to study this.
I’ll have meeting with him and conduct an interview and let you know what I think. Of course, he appears to be my neighbor. That’s about all I can say about him right now, except that he is very polite and tall. This is the information on his country: Senegal
When I returned home and had my company over, I didn’t even bother to tell every one what happened. I mean, come on….truth is stranger than fiction. Sooner or later, every one is going to just write me off as being crazy. This reminds me of the post I wrote a long time ago when someone asked me what my blog was about…..I have a really dry sense of humor but I still think this says it all: What Is This Blog About?
Hello,
I always get choked up when I watch the troops say hi through the various T.V. shows to their family that misses them back home. So I wanted to say Merry Christmas to the troops serving especially during this time of year.
You know what I mean 
I lived in a rural area of Washington State and the one thing that comes with the territory is long commutes to work, friends, and shopping. There was one radio station that many of us listened to in the car during our travels, and we enjoyed the local host Kirby Wilbur.
I am now traveling and for Thanksgiving my family all flew into Tucson, Arizona to get together for the holidays. The first thing that each person said when we saw each other is, “Where’s Kirby Wilbur?”
I didn’t know because I hadn’t been in Washington for awhile, so I hadn’t been around 570 KVI radio station to realize he wasn’t on the air. My brother is a police officer, and he couldn’t find him on the radio. My father and mother both said they couldn’t find his broadcast either!
I must investigate!
I Googled “Where’s Kirby Wilbur?” and I found another blogger concerned with his absence too!
For many years, people in Seattle have been able to listen to a Conservative talk show with a local host: Kirby Wilbur
His show has now been cancelled by the KVI radio station management, and will apparently be replaced with nationally syndicated Laura Ingraham.
Seattle listeners are losing a local host for another that is broadcasting out of radio nowhere. Across the state of Washington, Conservatives are upset over the loss, but it unfortunately is part of a nationwide trend in radio.
I spoke to some friends of mine in Washington regarding the absence of Kirby Wilbur, and this is what they reported.
1. I wrote an e-mail to Kirby Wilbur at KVI asking if he was taking the month of December off for the holidays, and the e-mail bounced back! I didn’t think that was cool they didn’t forward him his fan mail, or recognize providing simple customer service!
2. I own my own business, and it’s difficult to get the state capitol to pay attention to the little guy. I sent Kirby all of the documents to my court case. This was a topic that was too complicated to cover on a radio program in a short amount of time, but he was happy to look it over and hear what I had to say.
3. I called up Kirby to tell him a story about when I was a senior in high school and my parents allowed me to travel to California with my boyfriend and see my aunt, who introduced me to Ronald and Nancy Reagan, at the time governor and first lady of the state. He said that was a cool story.
4. I was really sick during the Christmas holidays. My birthday is on New Years Eve. Kirby Wilbur was having a New Years Eve party at the top of a big building in Seattle. I wanted to go with my husband so bad. The next year I called and asked if he was going to have another party but he said no. Kirby wanted to throw the party, but only if it allowed him the opportunity to meet new people, like my husband and I. This made me realize that sometimes we are intimidated to talk to people like Kirby, but he expressed how important our voices are, and he likes to hear new ideas and stories. When my husband returned home from work I told him, “You’ll never believe who I talked to today!” Once I told him I spoke with Kirby Wilbur he exclaimed, “You did not!” He was excited too!
5. My story, I won a computer on his show. My father was sitting in the truck while my mother was shopping in Shelton at Safeway. I lived in Gorst, and he ran in to the store and said, “They just called Heather’s name!” No one would let my dad use a phone because it was a long distance call, and cell phones were not very popular yet. Finally he went to a pay phone and called me in which I almost didn’t answer the phone! He said, “Call Kirby, Call Kirby!” I did and honestly I was a few minutes late….he kind of joked around with me asking me what time it was and I kind of hoped this wasn’t the big disqualifier! Nope! He didn’t care, I made the call, and I won the computer! I promised I would share it with my folks and I did! I left it for them when I moved to New Jersey. Later, my folks got a new computer and donated that one to the neighbor’s grandson across the street.
There is a ton of You Tube videos you can check out Kirby Wilbur On You Tube. Kirby takes on Health Care Reform, and many other issues that fans put up. While I am on the east coast, I often heard Kirby Wilbur cover for Sean Hannity when he was on vacation. I think I even heard him cover for Rush Limbaugh before but I can’t be 100% sure.
This video topic is dated, but I liked it and wanted to share this with you.
Visit Kirby Wilbur’s website Kirby Talk to find out more about him, send support, get involved and educate yourself!
MY FAVORITE PART OF HIS BLOG IS: 11 Essential Truths
- Truth exists, independent of your personal opinion.
- Truth never dies.
- Socialism is the legitimization of envy.
- The more government does for you, the more it can do to you.
- American conservatism is based on the four F’s: Faith, Family, Flag and Freedom.
- Liberals are especially liberal with your money and your liberty.
- The failure of one side to recognize that they are involved in a war does not mean that they aren’t.
- To win back our country and our culture we must do three things: get educated, get involved and be a positive and public example.
- No civilized society can exist without a consensus on acceptable behavior and without commonly-held and respected values.
- You cannot rely on pigs feeding at the trough to voluntarily restrain themselves.
- Women are, by nature, the civilizing factor in society.
I encourage anyone who feels the loss of Kirby Wilbur to contact KVI and let the management know how this decision has affected you too.
About AM 570 KVI
Story Published: Jan 7, 2007
Story Updated: Sep 17, 2008
AM 570 KVI is a conservative talk station owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle. It has two sister stations, KOMO-AM and KPLZ-FM; and several sister television stations including KOMO-TV (ABC Television). Fisher also owns several other television stations throughout the Northwest, including the Univision affiliate (KUNS) in Seattle.
COMMENTS ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING can be sent by email to 570KVI@fisherradio.com – our comment address.
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Blacklist Investigation of #iranelection, Austinheap, Haystack Network, & Censorship Research Center
Iraq denies Iranian oilfield incursion
Iran detains filmmaker: report
Activist Threaten Not To Participate in Mourning (not English)
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SaloumehZ RT @iran88 RT @manic77 Allah Akbar is very loud in Tehran. Ppl chanting at the sidewalks in Mirdamad #iranElection #Montazeri
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UliBeudgen RT @GEsfandiari: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi described Montazeri as the father of human rights in #Iran #iranelection
kamaleddin All 2morrow newspapers have ben recalled. Only SL condolence messages is allowed 2 print #iranelection via (via @AtlSafa) (via @onlymehdi)
RT @MsVFAB: ntelligence forces sent back tomorrow’s newspapers from print houses
Following information from Euro News
A reformist website in Iran says riot police are being deployed in the holy city of Qom after the death of Iran’s top dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
Thousands of his supporters are flocking to the city – where Montazeri lived and died – to attend his funeral.
Pro-opposition Iranians are also reported to be gathering in the squares of Tehran to mourn the death of man who was a fierce critic of the current regime.
Montazeri was among those who denounced June’s disputed presidential election as fraudulent.
His death from a heart attack at the age of 87 coincides with rising tension in the Islamic Republic with the elite pro-government Revolutionary Guard threatening to come down hard on opposition activists.
Iranian media sources say thousands of people from all over Iran are converging on Qom which, say analysts, could become a rallying point for the reformist opposition.
Montazeri was in line to succeed revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini in the ’80s but fell from favour after criticizing the mass execution of prisoners.
He has maintained a dissident stance ever since. In August he said on his website that the authorities’ handling of street unrest following the election “could lead to the fall of the regime” and he denounced the clerical leadership as a “dictatorship”.
Copyright © 2009 euronews
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This information is from: Why We Protest – Iran
The following three items are from a news roundup at Tehran Bureau:
KHAMENEI REGIME DETAINS MONTAZERI DISCIPLE
Rahe Sabz | Dec. 20, 2009
Ahmad Qabel, a religious scholar and one of the disciples of the late Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, has been arrested.
Qabel who was en route to Qom from Mashhad with his family members to participate in the late Ayatollah’s funeral was taken into custody and returned to Mashhad.
Qabel is an outspoken critic of Iran’s leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and has accused him of religious dictatorship and mismanaging the country for which he was jailed on a number of occasions.
There was no information about Qabel’s captors or where he was being held.
SECURITY THUGS WARN ACTIVISTS AGAINST MOURNING
Security agents on Sunday afternoon contacted a number of political activists and journalists and threatened to arrest them if they participated in Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri’s funeral.
Many of the activists have confirmed the report in telephone interviews with the JARAS reporter.
One of these individuals told JARAS that intelligence officials warned him that he would be arrested before reaching Qom should he decide to participate in the funeral procession.
KHAMENEI ASKS ALLAH TO “FORGIVE” MONTAZERI
Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei extended his condolences for the death of Shia Source of Emulation Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri
Ayatollah Khamenei described Ayatollah Montazeri as “a well-versed jurist and a prominent master”, adding that “many disciples have benefited greatly from him.”
“Ayatollah Montazeri spent a long period of his life serving the late founder of the Islamic Revolution and made many efforts and suffered much hardship for advancing this cause,” he said. “Toward the end of the Imam’s life there came a time of a great and dangerous test and I ask God in all his compassion to forgive him [Montazeri for failing that test] and consider his [Montazeri's] earthly struggles as a punishment (collateral) for that [failed test].”
By test, Ayatollah Khamenei was referring to the incident that resulted in the removal of Ayatollah Montazeri from his position as the successor to Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini and subsequent exile. Montazeri challenged the notion of the Rule of the Just Jurisprudent, which is the foundation of the lifetime rule of one cleric as the Leader of Iran.
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PERSIA_MAX_NEWS RT @manic77: Allah Akbar is very loud in Tehran. Ppl chanting at the sidewalks in Mirdamad #iranElection #montazeri (via @iran_letter)
Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death
Iranian dissident cleric Montazeri dies at 87
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This is some great reporting today!
RT @iranangel For information >> the month of Muharram starts 18 December, Ashura is 27 December #iranelecti (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0p
RT @omidhabibinia FB Note (Per) My Memories of 1988’s Prison http://bit.ly/5QvK6v Prison Clothes & Death Jury. (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0m
RT @omidhabibinia Call For Mourning for #Montazeri: Tonight Mohseni SQ 22.000 Local Time. #Neda #Iranelection #iran /via @3fatcats
RT @omidhabibinia Reports: All Shops in Najaf Abad Are Closed,+ 200 000 ppl Mourning for Montazeri’s Death. #Irane (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0j
RT @persianbanoo Guidance Ministry issuing guidelines to media on how to cover Ayt Montazeri’s passing http://bi (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0i
RT @IranSIC BBC: Funeral scheduled 2 srt at 0900 local time; no foreign media will B allowed 2 attend re: 0 foreig (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0g
RT @bbcpersian Photo gallery depicting #Montazeri life http://bit.ly/73DL7U #IranElection #Montazeri /via @jonitchr /via @leora1987
RT @icucallwillcSoG: Mobile phone in Tehran down today – the regime is in fear – but the ppl not need mobile we sp (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0e
RT @persianbanoo: Shame: Farsnews reported Ayatollah Montazeri’s death in 2 lines & did not address him as Aya (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0c
RT @persianbanoo: Ayt Montazeri: What you are doing in the name of Islam & religion is actually defaming Islam (cont) http://tl.gd/1af0b
RT @oxfordgirl: I would not be surprised if millions try and make it to Montazeri funeral and creat3 sea of green (cont) http://tl.gd/1af08
RT @parsa4: Bless his soul for his adamant defense of human rights in recent years and firmly standing up to the r (cont) http://tl.gd/1af03
My condolences on the loss of Ayatollah Montazeri #iranelection /via @Maryam_Rajavi /via @leora1987
RT @icucallwillcSoG #iranelection Khamenei did not issue message of condolences until 10 hours after death of Mont (cont) http://tl.gd/1aevv
RT @persianbanoo Rumors of Tehran-Qom highway coming to a stall because of heavy traffic is denied by police #iran (cont) http://tl.gd/1aevt
Montazeri re: Islamic Republic of Iran: “liberation that was supposed to have followed the 1979 revolution (cont) http://tl.gd/1aevq
Tajbakhsh sentenced to 15 years in jail. Now friends, family and fellow academics R calling for his release http:/ (cont) http://tl.gd/1aevo
RT @lotfan EnduringAmerica: Montazeri Death; Regime Scrambles for Legitimacy http://ow.ly/NX0H #iranelection #Montazeri /via @AnneDanmark
JSLeFanu RT @madyar IRI is afraid that more ppl will participate in Ayat Montazeri funeral procession than they did in Khomeini’s #iranelection
I’m reading Physics For Future Presidents. I am a slow reader. I literally am speaking to myself in my head, and then I stop and Google what I read to verify the information I am absorbing. Sometimes, I pause and practice memorizing formulas so I am prepared in the future should I need to recall important information for future discussions with people who expect nothing out of the brain under the blond hair. My grandfather keeps trying to convince me to take a speed reading course, considering the amount of material I read. He explains that I will not only read quicker, I will also absorb the information better. I am not opposed to it, in fact, I’m afraid I’m losing time in my efforts by not, but for now, I’m just simply comfortable reading things the way I do.
Here are some of the highlights I have found in this book!
1. The Twin Towers did not collapse because of the impact of the airplanes. They collapsed because of the energy released from the gasoline. “One ton of jet fuel or gasoline, when burned in air, releases the energy of 15 tons of TNT. So 60 tons of gasoline releases the energy of 900 tons of TNT. For the two planes, the total was 1800 tons, 1.8 kilotons of TNT equivalent. Gasoline has much more energy than TNT, even chocolate chip cookies have more energy than TNT…The 9/11 terrorists did not use high power to destroy the World Trade Center. They used the high energy of jet fuel. The energy released created a high temperature–that is, rapidly moving (vibrating) molecules in the steel of the structure. When molecules shake back and forth, they push nearby molecules away. That’s why hot things expand. But that increased separation also weakens the force of attraction between the steel molecules. As a result, hot steel is weaker than cold steel. The weakening of the steel structure eventually led to the collapse of the building…..The genius of the operation was its low risk. No explosives were needed. No illegal weapons had to be smuggled on board. Virtually no organizational infrastructure was required. The danger of the plan being discovered was small because the only terrorists who had to know the details of the mission were the pilots. Atta’s plan depended on an airline policy–a policy in force on that day, but never again–that encouraged pilots to cooperate with hijackers. Don’t argue, don’t threaten; just do what they ask.
Here’s the Flip Side!
The physics book assumes that the plan was virutally undetectable, but it wasn’t….because it was detected and our government was warned about these individuals who perpetrated the terrorism on 9/11/01 was predicted by a data mining team known as Able Danger.
I heard about Able Danger a couple years ago on the Sean Hannity radio show. He had on Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer on his program often. Just look at the search results on his website: Able Danger Search Results
Did the FBI Ignore 9/11 Warnings?
Able Danger Fox Trot II: What Was Said In October 2003?
I went food shopping a couple days ago, before the word was out, “the worst snow storm in years is coming!” Everyone runs to the grocery stores as if they will be stuck inside for months, but really it’s no more than 24 hours.
I’ve been cooking up a storm. I use the crockpot for everything I can think of. Since I’ve returned, I made cornbeef in a vegetable stew. Above is split pea soup, an apple pie, chocolate chip cookies, and tonight I had friends over and did something easy …. tacos! It is so nice to have my kitchen back, and all the tools I bought for it. I am missing my Pampered Chef garlic press though. That is the new mystery for me to solve.
I always think I love the season I’m in, until the next season visibly arrives! I love summer, and then the weather cools, the harvest moon is full and orange, and the leaves are changing…..love fall! Then I see snow! I love snow! Then the cold brutal winters are gone, and the trees start to bloom again, and I see the re-birth of life all around me, and I reflect … man, that was a tough winter….I’m so glad spring has finally arrived! I get just about what I need out of a season and it miraculously changes.
Do you know what I like least about Los Angeles? No matter what is happening in your life, every day gives the illussion of another beautiful day.
I’ll update this blog with snow footage! I’m so excited!
This is going under the new page He Must Be Crazy
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