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Blessings,
Nicola Beaumont

(In this article “You” is meant to mean “You” in the general sense and applies only to those who refer either to themselves or to another as Left or Right.)

The Geminian Rants:

Left, right, up, down, these words do not have true “meaning”.

Up is only as it is in relation to your position on the Earth, remove The Earth, no up or down, left or right… Left is left only as it is opposed to right, right is right only as opposed to left, to be Left or Right you have to first commit the two cardinal sins of Democracy, “Narcissism and Division.”

You must first remember before you label someone, you are first labeling yourself, and when you do, you show that you have forgotten that Leftist is an AMERICAN and have pitted yourself against another American.

This lessens the value of Democracy, America and yourself, as it reveals your inability to conceptualize perspectives other than the one you are born with, yours. A sort of “short mindedness” with a shallow vector.

It seems all have fallen for the “divide and conquer” misinformation designed to put you at odds with your fellow Americans.

Left cannot be Right, Right cannot be Left, so if you call someone one of these or call yourself left or right, you then have chosen to take position which is defined only by something else, a perpetual position that can never ever be reconciled with the opposition.

If you make Left right then there is no right or left left, right?. So you see, the position you take is imaginary and shows how easily you are distracted and mentally controlled by information that is controlled so as to occupy the public with petty meaningless trifles whilst you are distracted from what it was the misinformation was designed to keep you from.

Wake up!

Bill O’reilly wants you to hate your neighbors, Rush (a drug addict) wants you to demonize your brothers and his fellow addicts. These two rally Americans against Americans, how very patriotic they are. Why won’t Bill or Rush go and fight, why won’t you? How nice you elevate them for this behavior and weakness of character..

A sea of fools, all drowning individually.

I don’t believe you people want truth, I don’t believe you want peace, you want drama, you want conflict, you want to be right at another’s expense, you are cognitively greedy, and are ready to hate at a moments notice. You chew the very floor on which you stand. You are better off being honest and hating yourself and arguing with yourself in the mirror.

Even when you speak of Iranians, and Koreans, you speak from a position that allows you to dehumanize and devalue your fellow man. Iranians are humans, they have real human problems, problems you understand and problems you don’t. But they are human, even the suicide bombers are humans, they are your brothers, and if your brothers are strapping bombs to themselves, the problem must be great. You would much rather let Bush or Rush or Orielly tell you they are insane and devil spawn. No, they are humans. Humans trying to have some small affect on the world before they die. They are resisting against something they believe is irresistible. If Bush tells you to hate another human, then what kind of leader is he? What is his plan that requires this hate?

Even in hell will you look at your fellow damned and divide yourself from them, so that even in hell you are “better?”

If you still don’t understand, imagine the earth is suddenly gone and there is just you and the Iranians slowly spinning in space, does Left or Right have meaning or does America still have meaning? or Iran? Does Extreme have meaning? Does Time? Lastly, and most importantly, would “human” still have meaning?

America’s problems are not the fault of the left. The Left does not exist, your enemy is imaginary. You might as well say it is the fault of dragons.

Imagine if you will..

You are on a bus with American people. Along the voyage the bus breaks down for a mysterious reason. When everyone has exited the bus, the problem will need to be addressed for possible solutions. The solution to the problem impacts each person and the group as a whole.

None of the people riding the bus caused the problem but everyone needs a solution.

Pointing to another rider an saying it is his fault will not fix the bus. It only says I don’t care about the solution, I just want someone to blame, who is not me. Someone I can focus my anger and frustrations on, and that I can attack.

With this division and need for blame, the bus will never move.

When you say the Left is the problem you are merely saying that it is not your fault. You are also admitting you are a separatist by nature. There is no Left or Right, only Americans. When you say the Left, you have already cognitively elevated yourself to some better level and cognitively lowered those you speak of, revealing prejudice and self glorification.

Is Rush Bad or Good? You can answer this yourself, by asking yourself this question… Does Rush try to invoke negativity and contempt for your fellow Americans? Is this good? Does Orielly try to invoke hatred and contempt? Is your contempt good?

When point your finger you block your own field of vision, reducing the amount of information you can receive and therefore rendering yourself uniformed.

I have joined no left or right group. My beliefs are not criteria for membership to either of these imaginary groups. You will find by leaving these terms out of your assertions that the direction of those assertions and the basis for them will change.

Understanding:

Understanding is the keystone to constructing an arc between two sides making them one, united force, that is capable of bearing a load.

Geminigma!

The terms Left and Right originate from the the physical position members sat in relation to the new Speaker and Head of the of new government being established after the French Revolution.

I can show you some information that clearly identifies the course of America and who is
really directing that course if you are interested in finding out why the Left nor the Right is to blame, then check it out Here.

On Freedom by The Geminian
Original Thought
The Formal Announcement of The Geminian’s Run For The President!!
Are YOUR Blogs Being Screened by The Dept of Homeland Security?
Democracy Comes From Within, The War in Iraq
What are YOUR Answers to These Five Hard Questions About YOU?
On 9/11, How Did the 3rd WTC Building, No.7 Fall?

Go to Story Behind the Books at http://thestorybehindthebooks.blogspot.com/ to learn more about my latest release, Enthralled. If you post a comment then you will have an opportunity to win a copy of Enthralled! The more you post on my tours the greater the chance that you will win so definitely check out my blog at
www.nadiaaidan.com to see where I will be next! Good luck!

Haiti - the violence and death never stops in the place of the damned…

The top UN official in Haiti has denounced a sharp increase in lynchings and other violent mob attacks in that country, including the killing of two innocent men on the way to a wedding.

At least six people were murdered by mobs in a single week in one month, according to the UN mission’s human rights section.

At least 105 people have been reportedly lynched there since 2005, with a large number in the past weeks and months. The special envoy to Haiti, Edmond Mulet, said he hoped it won’t become a trend.

He blamed the rise in part to the notoriously corrupt judicial system, which keeps hundreds imprisoned wihout trial, while others with the means to bribe, can walk free.

Will this country ever change, despite the changes in leaders? Probably not. This place is the place of the damned!

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Kiwi Riverman

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Kiwi Riverman

You may find a few gift ideas here or a few books for your own wish list.

• The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perotta (St. Martin’s) October
• The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett (Norton) October
• The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) October
• The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa (FSG) October
• Breakfast With Buddha by Roland Merullo (Algonquin) October
• Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo (knopf) October
• The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux (Houghton) November
• Eureka by Jim Lehrer (RH) October
• Exit Ghost by Phlip Roth (Houghton) October [The last Zuckerman novel is #68 on Amazon]
• The Fall of Troy by Peter Ackroyd (Talese) October
• A Free Life by Ha Jin (Pantheon) November
• Ghost by Alan Lightman (Pantheon) October
• Lush Life by Richard Price (FSG) March
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (Viking) January [2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for March]
• The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg (FSG) November
• The Race by Richard North Peterson (Holt) October
• Songs Without Words by Ann Packer (Knopf) September
• The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama (St. Martin’s) September
• Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (FSG) September
• Trespass by Valerie Martin (Doubleday) September ["In 'Trespass,' a brilliant contemporary novel that plays out across the world stage, Martin has created her most intriguing and absorbing novel yet, ranging broadly in scope and outlook, examining the many ways humans invade and infringe upon one another's lives." --Susan Larson in the Times-Picayune, September 30]
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy [new translation] (Knopf) October

This list excerpted from “Fall Books Preview,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 30, 2007

Citizens of the United States have enormous, giving hearts.

In December 2003 Bam, Iran suffered the loss of 30,000 of its citizens to an earthquake. The people of Bam lived simple lives with little knowledge of world politics.

The U.S. quickly assisted with $10 million - one of the world’s largest donation efforts.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/63977.htm

$10 Million was far short from the aide needed to help survivors rebuild their homes, and Americans wanted to do more. U.S. doctors, nurses, medical supplies made the way to help relieve the physical suffering. U.S. financial relief sent through channels encountered political walls although eventually the aide began to help.
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=23646

In 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected as the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Did the fiery rhetoric of Ahmadinejad land him the job through the assistance of the Supreme Leader of Iran? Read some of President Ahmadinejad’s famous quotes.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961353170&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Ahmadinejad refused U.S. aide after an Iranian earthquake in 2005. Where is the relief for those who suffered? A country who will not accept charity for its suffering people will take no care to protect them.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran

Just wait until I call your number,love! I liked this one folks…

One Friday night in a crowded downtown hotel a very large man sat down beside me and started banging the bar with his fist.

A very busy and flustered barmaid with three pints of beer in each hand said she would be right back to serve him.

But the extremely impatient customer started banging the bar again with his fist for service.

Going to the cash register, the barmaid wrote the number 567 on a piece of paper and laid it in front of him. “Wait until I call your number, love!” she said to him.

Then turning to the bar she said,” Now who has number one?”

I think that impatient customer learned a lesson that night.

Hockey used to be our national pastime here in Canada, but what is happening to it these days?

I as a youngster used to go to a few Hamilton Redwings games.The Hamilton team at that time was the farm team for Detroit Redwings as the name implied. Today however there are teams all over, that the NHL can draw from. The NHL itself has been so watered down by expansion that the game has become almost unwatchable. Recently a 20 game suspension was handed out to a former Kitchener Ranger, Steve Downie, for this I applaud the NHL for beginning to try cracking down on head shots and hits from behind. Kitchener traded for Downie for his tough playing style but they got a lose cannon in that player.I know this as a loyal KR fan. So I really enjoy the hockey played in the major junior market but I can’t say the same about the NHL.As much as they have tried to make changes to better the game,they have only hurt it. Penalties are up goals are down, if you can play the trap you win more often but you produce boring games. With few of the old natural rivalries left,with an exceptional few players we want to pay money to see,why go to the games? Also we have to deal with the fact now it seems expansion(should be going the other way) or moving a team will only be permitted in the USA, not in Canada. We are being handed a line that the Americans will support their teams better places like Kansas city then Kitchener or Hamilton Ont, I for one think thats a load of bull.I took my daughter last year to see the womens national teams challenge in Kitchener, we watched both the Canadians and USA trounce the Swedish team,it was great hockey and all had a great time. So I think for the most part the NHL is feeding us another line when they say Americans need to be better educated about hockey, I talked to some very enlightened fans from the US in Kitchener, in fact both regular goal tenders are Americans as well as several others for this years KR. Keep the faith.

Beginning October 1, 2007, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and political analyst, will be touring the internet. This is your invitation to join him as he stops at a variety of blogs to discuss details about himself, his writing and his upcoming book - The Latino Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation Between African-Americans and Hispanics. We have chosen a wide variety of blogs and blog hosts in an effort to give you diversified information. You are welcome to visit one blog stop or all of the stops on his schedule.

Following you will find his author bio, a summary of the book, the table of contents for Latino Challenge and the details of the tour schedule. There are links to each of the blogs he will visit and full details will be posted each day on my blog at - http://www.communati.com/main/blog/litekepr.

Author Bio –

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author, syndicated columnist, political analyst and commentator. He has been a frequent guest on Hannity and Colmes, The O’Reilly Factor, The Big Story, EXTRA, and numerous CNN News and Talk Shows. He was a regular commentator on CNBC’s The Dennis Miller Show.

He has been a guest on the Today Show, Dateline, The Lehrer Hour, and BET News, America’s Black Forum. He is a frequent commentator for the American Urban Broadcast Network and Ed Gordon’s News and Notes on NPR. He is a featured columnist for BlackNews.com,
BlackAmericaWeb.com, and Alternet.org. He is associate editor of New America Media. His op-ed columns appear in the Baltimore Sun, L.A. Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Christian Science Monitor, and other major newspapers.

Book Summary –

The Census Bureau made it official in 2002! Latinos are now the top minority in the U.S. The news hit black America like a thunderbolt. Many blacks complained that they would be shoved even further to the economic and political margin among minorities in the country. The Census report also showed Latinos were widening their population growth gap on blacks.
But, it’s not just the numbers. Latinos demand political and social issues no longer be framed solely in black and white. That presents another challenge to black America. At times that challenge has been intensified and conflicted by the wildly divergent agendas of African-Americans and Latinos on immigration, political empowerment, bilingual education, and jobs. These are complex and engaging issues.
The Latino Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation Between African-Americans and Hispanics examines the hot button issues and problems that conflict and unite blacks and Latinos. It looks at how both groups interpret and see those issues and problems through the prism of their experiences. It’s highly readable, fast paced, cutting edge book that blends the personal and analytical, and ultimately can serve as a guide to navigate race and ethnic relations through 21st Century America. The book will be published jointly in Spanish and English.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Rising Latino Numbers, Rising Black Fears
Chapter 2 - Stereotypes Drive Black and Latino Conflict
Chapter 3 - Warped Perceptions in Black and Brown
Chapter 4 - The Forbidden Zone
Chapter 5 - Reluctant Classroom Allies
Chapter 6 - Neither Political Friends nor Enemies
Chapter 7 - Black and Brown Political Coalitions: A Romantic Image?
Chapter 8 - Immigration—An Age-Old Black Fear
Chapter 9 - Illegal Immigrants Versus Black Workers
Chapter 10 - Discrimination Fuels the Job Crisis of Young Black Males
Chapter 11 - Immigration Wars Make Strange Bedfellows
Chapter 12 - Packaging Immigration as the New Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 13 - Iraq War Divides Blacks and Latinos Too

This is the tour schedule –

Week One
Tuesday - Oct 2 – Izania - http://www.izania.com
Thursday - Oct 4 – The Unaplogetic Mexican - http://www.theunapologeticmexican.org
Friday - Oct 5 – Latina Lista - http://www.latinalista.net/

Week Two
Monday - Oct 8 – Details with Nikki - http://detailwithnikkileigh.blogspot.com/ -
Tuesday - Oct 9 – Publishing Success Stories –
www.publishingsuccessstories.authorsabode.com
Wednesday - Oct 10 – Hispanic Trending - http://juantornoe.blogs.com/hispanictrending/
Thursday - Oct 11 – Because There Are Still Some Things Worth Fighting For - http://xicanopwr.com/
Friday - Oct 12 – The Immigrant Daily - http://immigrantdaily.com/

Week Three
Monday - Oct 15 –The Latino Pundit - www.latinopundit.com-
Wednesday - October 17 – Immigration Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/
Friday - October 19 - Sharon Hurley Hall – http://doublehdesign.com/blog

Week Four
Monday - October 22 – Inspired Author Promotional Interview http://www.inspiredauthor.com/v3/author-promotional-interviews
Tuesday - October 23 - Censored Blog at http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
Thursday - October 25 - Beyond the Books – www.beyondthebooks.authorsabode.com
Friday - October 26 – Of America http://ofamerica.wordpress.com

Week Five
Tuesday - October 30 – Cheryl - http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/
Wednesday - October 31 - Latino Politics – www.Latinopoliticsblog.com

We look forward to hearing from you on the blog tour trail.

Nikki Leigh
Nikki_leigh22939@yahoo.com
www.nikkileigh.com/promo.htm

I tell ya, I am getting soooo tired of this on going problem in my city, and probably a host of others as well concerning the buying or not being able to buy tickets to upcoming shows.

We have a brand new arena in downtown Kansas City called the Sprint Center. So far they have put tickets on sale for Elton John-sold out in less than 90 minutes. Then there is Miley Cirus-better known as “Hannah Montana” . Lets see, I dont recall to many Kansas Citians able to buy any tickets when they went on sale at the specified time. Well this has made news and people are just raising cain about not being able to buy these tickets, and they want City Hall to do something about the fact that ticket brokers are the ones buying up all the tickets. Then they turn around and sell them online for a marked up price.
I dont see any difference in what their doing as opposed to a ticket scalper except that the “brokers” if you will, have a business to hide behind, and they pay taxes, so I guess that makes everything legit.
I have to disagree if this is the case. I think this is totally wrong.
If your lucky enough to even score tickets, your going to pay more for them, as if they are not already expensive enough.

Next concert is Van Halen-now this concert sold ass backwards than most do. Even though the floor and lower level are already expensive, this group hasn’t toured in 21 years with “Diamond Dave”, so I knew those seats would sell no matter what the price, 149.00/seat. Well, guess what, every cheap, nose bleed seat was gone in a matter of hours. All of the floor seats were sold and most of the lower level seats. If you go online to these brokers sites, you’ll find all the tickets you want, all marked up in price.

Billy Joel was announced to go on sale this last Saturday, and of course on the news was whether or not anyne would get tickets to this or would the same thing keep happening. I haven’t heard one way or the other on this one.

The next big act to come will be Garth Brooks, and I guarantee those will be hard to come by.

The city is trying to see what if anything can be done to improve this situation. So many people are not getting to buy tickets. You have alot of disapointed people here, I am one of those, because I am not paying upwards of 200.00/a seat to see Van Halen. I simply cannot affort that kind of spending. Lucky for me, I have seen them two times before with David Lee Roth.
You have so many tickets set aside for radio promotions, which is understandable. What pisses me off though is that there are 1400 tickets put aside for city officials and city workers. That is not any more fair to the rest of us, than letting ticket brokers sell them at higher prices. Why shouldn’t the city officials have to go thru the same avenues as the rest of us to obtain their tickets?
So while their trying to figure out how to fix this little problem, they should look at that issue as well. People want a solution to this, and if the city doesn’t figure out one, the future of this brand new arena, which by the way in my opinion was a waste of money, and not necessary, could be in jeopardy.
We will see if anything is even done about it, and then will it really resolve it.