Happy 4th of July (more negative/history/politics)
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My friend Jay loves conspiracy theories and signs and omens.
He LOVES that stuff to pieces.
For those who do NOT like that stuff one bit, I advise you to save this to
read later. Or if you're having company and have a lot to do today, let it
slide. It has to do with unpleasant current political realities and the
significance of dates.
and first, a distraction! (for those who want to close screens without
reading anything alarming and frustrating)
I've been watching Sam Rockford movies, and so I watched The Green Mile.
There is a sadness to it, but there is way more big good upliftingness (or
was for me, anyway). It can't be recommended to everyone, and I shooed Holly
away a couple of times (although now that it's done I think she could handle
it whole or handle more parts). I haven't much liked Stephen King stuff but
this I really like. I forgot to tell her Stand By Me is also based on a
Stephen King story. She loves that one. She was really interested in this
one too.
Sam Rockwell played a very bad and very irriting man. He did a good job.
Okay now, if you don't want to know what Osama bin Laden might be thinking
and some way-pre-U.S. motivation for us to get our butts kicked, close this
window until later. And I left Jay's website link/sigline. I've known him
for 25 years, and he really is this weird, and smart, and twitchy.
I should have thought of this myself -- the biggest victory of Islam over the
Crusaders took place on July 4.
For an eyewitness account:
http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/Documents/War/Med/Crusade/1187-Hattin.ht
m
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Why July 4 is significant to Islamists
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28159
Posted: July 3, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Mark Robinson
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
On Sunday, one of the "experts" in the endless parade of experts on cable news
stated the obvious: "I am unaware of any special significance of the date
Sept.
11." His implication was that there is no reason to anticipate a terror attack
on July 4 because bin Laden didn't use date significance as a basis for
selecting 9-11. Although he was technically accurate, he was pretty far from
correct.
Bin Laden is trying to raise the entire Muslim world to Jihad. Creating the
mystique of the Chosen is central to his goal, and symbolism is the greatest
weapon in his arsenal (thus far). Consider what he said (twice) in his
post-Sept. 11 video: "… after 80 years, the sword has come to America …" He
was
clearly referring to the resolution passed by the U.S. Congress endorsing the
partition of Palestine (creation of a Zionist homeland) on Sept. 11, 1922.
Experts on American news networks continually warn us that al-Qaida may be
encoding secret messages to sleeper cells in their videos and communiqués, but
bin Laden speaks openly, relying on us not knowing even our own history, let
alone Islamic history. Which brings us to July 4. We, in our narcissism,
assume
that July 4 is all about us. But to Muslims it is a day of ultimate triumph.
On July 4, 1197, Saladin (Salah al-Din) completely annihilated the 20,000-man
Crusader army at the battle of the Horns of Hattin, driving the "Christians"
from the Holy Land until the 20th century. And we can be sure it is not lost
on
bin Laden that Saladin won this battle in spite of the fact that the Crusaders
carried with them the "True Cross" (the True Cross was a relic designated by
Constantine's mother during the initial phase of the paganization of
Christianity).
Consequently, July 4 is a very likely candidate for a terrorist strike, albeit
only if the Islamists feel they have the means to achieve a final victory over
the U.S.
The first question is, do they? Recently, al-Qaida spokesman Abu Ghaith
promised
to kill 4,000,000 of us, referring to America as "Hubal." Hubal was the last
and
the largest of the 364 pagan gods in the Kaaba to be toppled by Muhammad
(al-ilah, the predecessor to Allah, was left standing). The image of Hubal was
so large that Ali (Muhammad's son and the first Imam) had to stand on the
Prophet's shoulders to push it over.
The second question is, clearly, is bin Laden ready to stand on the Prophet's
shoulders now? That really should be a role of the 12th Imam (Al Mahdi – the
long-awaited Muslim chosen one who will convert the whole world by the sword).
Maybe bin Laden has been hanging around a guy in really old clothes for a
reason: Mullah Omar wears the Cloak of Muhammad (which he stole from a museum
in
Kandahar). We all know neither clothes nor symbols make the man, but in an
eschatologically-based war, image and deeds together can be larger than life.
Remember, most of Europe capitulated before Tiger tanks bearing swastikas and
the mere idea of blitzkrieg.
It is reported that Bin Laden writes poetry in the style of Saladin. For bin
Laden, defeating the Crusader army and knocking over Hubal on July 4 would be
the stuff of which epic poems are made.
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Mark Robinson is a scientist and author.
--
Jay
_________________________________________________________
| "The future is inevitable and precise,
| but it may not occur." -- Jorge Luis Borges
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Strange ideas for strange days: http://www.weirdload.com/
He LOVES that stuff to pieces.
For those who do NOT like that stuff one bit, I advise you to save this to
read later. Or if you're having company and have a lot to do today, let it
slide. It has to do with unpleasant current political realities and the
significance of dates.
and first, a distraction! (for those who want to close screens without
reading anything alarming and frustrating)
I've been watching Sam Rockford movies, and so I watched The Green Mile.
There is a sadness to it, but there is way more big good upliftingness (or
was for me, anyway). It can't be recommended to everyone, and I shooed Holly
away a couple of times (although now that it's done I think she could handle
it whole or handle more parts). I haven't much liked Stephen King stuff but
this I really like. I forgot to tell her Stand By Me is also based on a
Stephen King story. She loves that one. She was really interested in this
one too.
Sam Rockwell played a very bad and very irriting man. He did a good job.
Okay now, if you don't want to know what Osama bin Laden might be thinking
and some way-pre-U.S. motivation for us to get our butts kicked, close this
window until later. And I left Jay's website link/sigline. I've known him
for 25 years, and he really is this weird, and smart, and twitchy.
I should have thought of this myself -- the biggest victory of Islam over the
Crusaders took place on July 4.
For an eyewitness account:
http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/Documents/War/Med/Crusade/1187-Hattin.ht
m
--
Why July 4 is significant to Islamists
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28159
Posted: July 3, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Mark Robinson
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
On Sunday, one of the "experts" in the endless parade of experts on cable news
stated the obvious: "I am unaware of any special significance of the date
Sept.
11." His implication was that there is no reason to anticipate a terror attack
on July 4 because bin Laden didn't use date significance as a basis for
selecting 9-11. Although he was technically accurate, he was pretty far from
correct.
Bin Laden is trying to raise the entire Muslim world to Jihad. Creating the
mystique of the Chosen is central to his goal, and symbolism is the greatest
weapon in his arsenal (thus far). Consider what he said (twice) in his
post-Sept. 11 video: "… after 80 years, the sword has come to America …" He
was
clearly referring to the resolution passed by the U.S. Congress endorsing the
partition of Palestine (creation of a Zionist homeland) on Sept. 11, 1922.
Experts on American news networks continually warn us that al-Qaida may be
encoding secret messages to sleeper cells in their videos and communiqués, but
bin Laden speaks openly, relying on us not knowing even our own history, let
alone Islamic history. Which brings us to July 4. We, in our narcissism,
assume
that July 4 is all about us. But to Muslims it is a day of ultimate triumph.
On July 4, 1197, Saladin (Salah al-Din) completely annihilated the 20,000-man
Crusader army at the battle of the Horns of Hattin, driving the "Christians"
from the Holy Land until the 20th century. And we can be sure it is not lost
on
bin Laden that Saladin won this battle in spite of the fact that the Crusaders
carried with them the "True Cross" (the True Cross was a relic designated by
Constantine's mother during the initial phase of the paganization of
Christianity).
Consequently, July 4 is a very likely candidate for a terrorist strike, albeit
only if the Islamists feel they have the means to achieve a final victory over
the U.S.
The first question is, do they? Recently, al-Qaida spokesman Abu Ghaith
promised
to kill 4,000,000 of us, referring to America as "Hubal." Hubal was the last
and
the largest of the 364 pagan gods in the Kaaba to be toppled by Muhammad
(al-ilah, the predecessor to Allah, was left standing). The image of Hubal was
so large that Ali (Muhammad's son and the first Imam) had to stand on the
Prophet's shoulders to push it over.
The second question is, clearly, is bin Laden ready to stand on the Prophet's
shoulders now? That really should be a role of the 12th Imam (Al Mahdi – the
long-awaited Muslim chosen one who will convert the whole world by the sword).
Maybe bin Laden has been hanging around a guy in really old clothes for a
reason: Mullah Omar wears the Cloak of Muhammad (which he stole from a museum
in
Kandahar). We all know neither clothes nor symbols make the man, but in an
eschatologically-based war, image and deeds together can be larger than life.
Remember, most of Europe capitulated before Tiger tanks bearing swastikas and
the mere idea of blitzkrieg.
It is reported that Bin Laden writes poetry in the style of Saladin. For bin
Laden, defeating the Crusader army and knocking over Hubal on July 4 would be
the stuff of which epic poems are made.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Mark Robinson is a scientist and author.
--
Jay
_________________________________________________________
| "The future is inevitable and precise,
| but it may not occur." -- Jorge Luis Borges
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Strange ideas for strange days: http://www.weirdload.com/