Excerpts From...
FARRAKHAN: The Traveler
Final Call, Vol.15, #27
by Bro. Jabril Muhammad
THE ROOT OF GOD'S WISDOM
We were so profoundly put to sleep here in America that the most powerful Truth God could generate and reveal was required to raise us from our grave of ignorance...
Yet the Honorable Elijah Muhammad has referred to this [knowledge] as a "wake up" message and "the kindergarten" of God's Knowledge. What is the rest of His Wisdom like?
Master Fard Muhammad taught the Honorable Elijah Muhammad the secret Knowledge of God, which had been a secret for the past 66 trillion years. In essence, it was that Man is God and God is a man, that the first life in space - before there was a Universe - was a Black man. The universe and the powers which uphold it were created by a Black man, and it is upheld today by a Black man.
God revealed to a Black man that He was and is God - but for what [purpose]? First, it was to make the man to whom this wisdom was revealed a God, too. Later, and through him, it is to produce a nation of Gods.
God had a beginning. Before Him there was nothing. [The Honorable Elijah Muhammad] taught us that God taught him that there is yet, however, something in space which he described by the word "force," and by a few other terms. He said that this "force" is still present in space today. Caucasian scientists think they discovered this force, through deduction, in the early 1930's, which they call "dark matter." They think that it was out of this "dark matter" that the first life and all else came.
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught us that the first life began as a single atom. It made movements that formed the basis of mathematics. One, six and zero were involved as it continued rotating and building itself up in space.
The power, direction and purpose of the motion of this life came from within it. How long it took, we don't know; but what eventually emerged from that...first atom was a Black man.
We don't know how long it took Him to create Himself, for He had not yet laid the base for counting time like we have it today. That was to come later, after His creation of the sun.
It took a certain amount of time for Him not only to produce brains, but also for those brains to become mature enough for Him to experience consciousness.
We've learned that this first man experienced pain - exactly what kind, I don't know - due to this process of His own Self-Creation. But we do know, from this teaching, that He was confronted by problems resulting from His own Supreme creative act of Self.
The meaning of "self" is huge. Note that all creativity involves pain, or at least Great discomfort; and the higher the wisdom and the more valuable the goal we seek, the greater - as the Minister says - is the difficulty factor, or the suffering involved. His Self-Creation is the root of this statement by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, that "everything of good has trouble in its infancy."
He Created Himself with Needs, but He also Created Himself with the infinite capacity to Satisfy His own Needs. He desired two things: comfort and company. He desired change: from pain to ease; from discomfort to comfort - change within Himself. He also desired to see another being like Himself.
He was confronted with a set of problems, the first of which originated within Himself. The other set of problems were external to Himself; for beyond Himself was pitch blackness, total darkness, and nothing.
So He went to war and worked to change things - both within and outside Himself.
(NOTE: Minister Farrakhan's speech, out of which his Study Guides came, was "Self-Improvement: The Basis for Community Development.")
Einstein is quoted as having said, "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking were at when we created them." (This principle bears directly on Minister Farrakhan's success, and the fact that the Nation of Islam won't ever fall again - regardless.) I don't doubt that Einstein said what I quoted above. However, the ultimate credit for its wisdom must go back to the First God (Man) in light of what we are learning from the Word of God. The First One certainly changed the problems of His first condition through the power of His mind.
He Studied. What did He Study? Himself. There was nothing else for Him to Study. What motivated His Study? Desire. For what? Change for the better.
The first study ever made was theological. How could it be other than theological? [Since] He was God...the study of Himself was theological."
This Study was and is the source of all studies. He thoroughly studied Himself in a supreme effort to satisfy his desires, which could only come through the changes which He determined.
He came to see what was within Himself which could resolve both sets of internal problems just mentioned. Through this process of study, He generated the image of Woman - His Second Self. He conceptualized, designed, and determined the structure and function of Woman. She was the resolution of the problem of His discomfort, and she was the means by which other beings would come into existence. This is the root of the "pair principle" mentioned throughout the Holy Qur'an.
His study was motivated by the highest kind of Self-Love. She was in Him. He loved Himself; so He created Her out of His Love for Himself, which was the Love of her as she was part of Himself.
She could not help but Love Him, for it was from Love that He created Her. The process - or, all of the steps involved - by which He created her was characterized or permeated by this process which was generated by His Love. That Love was the basis of the natural and heavenly state between them on down into the trillion years.
Now, we are in the fallen state. However, sooner than most think, it will be heaven on earth again, and better than ever, throughout the entire range of the interrelatedness of the male and the female. Even now, that basis is being laid, deeper and better than it ever could [otherwise be], by Master Fard Muhammad.
(Look again and deeper into what Minister Farrakhan has taught about why God hates divorce...about marriage.)
First, [the Originator] was aware of His state after His own creation. Then, He was wise enough to study to improve His state. Through this intense and thorough study, He generated and increase of His Self-Knowledge. Then came the exercise of further wisdom to determine the process by which He would create [woman].
Again, this first study was Mathematical theology, as a study of the Human Being (both male and female) reveals mathematics which is infinitely beyond the mathematics generated by this world's best thinkers.
To think that Master Fard Muhammad stepped down into hell with us, to share this and more, in the manner that He did...We are so very blessed today to be given even a little insight into the inner nature of the Origin of everything - God, Himself - which gives us His insight into every reality down to today.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
"A New Beginning"
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...the Best Knower.
Allah says, in the Holy Qur'an:
"O people, if you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then surely We created you from dust, then from a small life-germ, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in make and incomplete, that We may make clear to you. And We cause what We please to remain in the wombs till an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may attain your maturity..."
When the sperm is emitted from the male, it signals a "New Beginning".
When the sperm fertilizes the egg, and forms a life germ, it signals a "New Beginning".
When the germ grows through full gestation in the womb, to a fetus, and is born into the world, it signals a "New Beginning".
When the child is born, it is complete...yet incomplete. Complete in its basic form and function, independent of the confines of the Womb that once sustained it, but incomplete in its ability to satisfy its own needs, depending on mother and father for the sustenance of its needs outside the Womb.
When that Child Matures, and goes out on its own as an adult, it signals yet another "New Beginning". The Adult is complete...yet incomplete. Although he or she is no longer dependent upon parents for the sufficing of his or her needs, this new adult now finds himself or herself dependent on the successful interaction with other adults for the satisfying of his or her needs. So he or she is complete in one sense, yet incomplete in another sense.
NONE OF THESE "New Beginnings" is a "change in direction". Each "New Beginning" is a necessary step in the process of growth toward the Person's eventual Perfection and Oneness with his or her Creator.
If this is true of Individuals, then it is also true with the conception, birth and growth of NATIONS that are comprised of Individuals.
There was a time when we, in the Nation of Islam, were taught in a way that kept us in a "Womb" of sorts (or culture), isolated from the elements and dangers of the "outside world", secure in a "firm resting place" while the slow process of growth in the womb took place under the Evolving Force of Love from Allah, the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, and the Hon. Louis Farrakhan.
Master W. Fard Muhammad came to the "dark womb" of America in the 1930's, where our people had been "held" in a confined existence, and like a Divine Sperm, found and fertilized the Mind of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, producing in him a new "life germ" of Mind, that immediately began "turning in the darkness" that engulfed our people.
As time passed, and as he continued to "turn" in the Darkness according to the Nature of the Life that was deposited in him, he began multiplying himself, gradually duplicating the Idea from God that was in his head...and soon the "Life germ" became a "clot" (a small group of believers), and then, after a while, the "clot" began to develop structure that would eventually support it later on, including different systems that would collaberate to sustain the evolving life once separated from its host.
Like the New Born Baby, the Nation of Islam is now in a position where we are being pushed out of the "womb" of our comfortable isolation, into the world with other Nations whom we must now learn to interact with properly in order to continue our growth and development into the People that our Father - Master Fard Muhammad - desires for us to be...the Rightful Rulers of Self and the Universe, by God's Permission and under God's Guidance.
The changes in the form of the Nation are not to be mistaken for a change of "direction". Where we are going now, is where we have always been headed...and beyond...from our very beginning. It just takes time, understanding and patience to fully appreciate the process of growth...for individuals AND Nations.
May Allah Bless the Nation of Islam, and the entire Human Family, in our "New Beginning".
RM
Allah says, in the Holy Qur'an:
"O people, if you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then surely We created you from dust, then from a small life-germ, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in make and incomplete, that We may make clear to you. And We cause what We please to remain in the wombs till an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may attain your maturity..."
When the sperm is emitted from the male, it signals a "New Beginning".
When the sperm fertilizes the egg, and forms a life germ, it signals a "New Beginning".
When the germ grows through full gestation in the womb, to a fetus, and is born into the world, it signals a "New Beginning".
When the child is born, it is complete...yet incomplete. Complete in its basic form and function, independent of the confines of the Womb that once sustained it, but incomplete in its ability to satisfy its own needs, depending on mother and father for the sustenance of its needs outside the Womb.
When that Child Matures, and goes out on its own as an adult, it signals yet another "New Beginning". The Adult is complete...yet incomplete. Although he or she is no longer dependent upon parents for the sufficing of his or her needs, this new adult now finds himself or herself dependent on the successful interaction with other adults for the satisfying of his or her needs. So he or she is complete in one sense, yet incomplete in another sense.
NONE OF THESE "New Beginnings" is a "change in direction". Each "New Beginning" is a necessary step in the process of growth toward the Person's eventual Perfection and Oneness with his or her Creator.
If this is true of Individuals, then it is also true with the conception, birth and growth of NATIONS that are comprised of Individuals.
There was a time when we, in the Nation of Islam, were taught in a way that kept us in a "Womb" of sorts (or culture), isolated from the elements and dangers of the "outside world", secure in a "firm resting place" while the slow process of growth in the womb took place under the Evolving Force of Love from Allah, the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, and the Hon. Louis Farrakhan.
Master W. Fard Muhammad came to the "dark womb" of America in the 1930's, where our people had been "held" in a confined existence, and like a Divine Sperm, found and fertilized the Mind of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, producing in him a new "life germ" of Mind, that immediately began "turning in the darkness" that engulfed our people.
As time passed, and as he continued to "turn" in the Darkness according to the Nature of the Life that was deposited in him, he began multiplying himself, gradually duplicating the Idea from God that was in his head...and soon the "Life germ" became a "clot" (a small group of believers), and then, after a while, the "clot" began to develop structure that would eventually support it later on, including different systems that would collaberate to sustain the evolving life once separated from its host.
Like the New Born Baby, the Nation of Islam is now in a position where we are being pushed out of the "womb" of our comfortable isolation, into the world with other Nations whom we must now learn to interact with properly in order to continue our growth and development into the People that our Father - Master Fard Muhammad - desires for us to be...the Rightful Rulers of Self and the Universe, by God's Permission and under God's Guidance.
The changes in the form of the Nation are not to be mistaken for a change of "direction". Where we are going now, is where we have always been headed...and beyond...from our very beginning. It just takes time, understanding and patience to fully appreciate the process of growth...for individuals AND Nations.
May Allah Bless the Nation of Islam, and the entire Human Family, in our "New Beginning".
RM
Friday, October 17, 2008
"You Create Your Own Reality"
Salaam, Family...
Allah says, in the Holy Qur'an:
"...if good befalls them, they say: 'This is from Allah'; and if a misfortune befalls them, they say: 'This is from thee'. Say: 'All is from Allah'. But what is the matter with these people that they make no effort to understand anything? Whatever good befalls thee (O man), it is from Allah, and whatever misfortune befalls thee, it is from thyself..."
-H.Q. 4:78,79
That being the case (depending on how one interprets the above), consider the following:
Being a Creator of Reality - Position of Omnipotence
by Enoch Tan
I create reality. My reality is your reality. This is my reality and you are all my guests. You are here only because I chose you for a reason. I create my reality and everyone and everything in it.
All interaction is for the purpose of experiencing ourselves. In you I get to see a part of myself, in me you get to see a part of yourself. Relating with me is a chance for you to discover yourself and relating with you is a chance for me to discover myself. We are all mirrors for one another. Everyone and everything you see in your world is a reflection of what goes on within. This is how we experience life.
I, the Higher Self, the inner man creates reality. I disappear, I AM appears. The God entity, the Christ in me, the Holy Spirit. When you are one with the divine, it is the feeling of ultimate power. You are a co-creator with God of reality. God’s spirit and yours are one, there’s no differentiation and no separation.
The main rule of conscious creation is: “You create your own reality.” It is the only absolute rule, and what it means is that everything you have experienced in your life is your own creation, it also means that anything you wish to create in your life is never further away than your own fingertips.
Find something you think of as beautiful. It can be a flower, the sunrise, whatever fills your heart with joy just to look at it or be with it. Now, while you’re observing it, tell yourself, “I created this.” And pay attention to the feelings that come up as you say this.
Other people say things are not their fault, that they are not the cause and are not responsible for it.
Responsibility is power. Taking responsibility is taking control. When you take responsibility, you gain power. When you do not take responsibility, you are giving away your power to something or someone else.
When you acknowledge that you create reality, all power is in your hands. You become responsible for everything that happens. There is nothing and no one to blame. It puts you in the position of omnipotence.
Everyone has power over reality, but you have the greatest power over your own reality. Others have power only according to the power you give them. When I am in your world, your world becomes my playground. Anyone that enters my world will be changed for the better or caused to disappear. This is my reality and there is an abundance of good in it. Everything changes for the better one way or another.
Be in control of your impulses. Consciously decide which impulses to follow and which not to. Any impulses that you feel can come from various sources including psychic influence from others. Everything and everyone in your reality that gives you impulses are created by you to test and refine your own will and power of control.
It is the most liberating feeling of all when you realize that you create reality. All of it and everything in it. It is most empowering. You are in a state of peace and freedom.
Everything that happens in our entire lives no matter how long or short, are experiences that we choose to have. We choose them all with our higher selves. Nothing happens if you do not allow it to happen. All that you really want to happen will happen. There is no exception to that. Knowing that you are the complete creator of your reality and that you create it completely is the ultimate truth.
Life is a movie, each one of us chooses to play a certain role in it. We also decide how things would play out. We are both the actor and the director. Luck, fate, destiny is all in your hands. This is my reality and I am the creator. This is my dream and I am the dreamer. This is my story and I am the star.
We create reality at a general level and allow things to play out on a specific level. You can’t completely override the will of another person in his creation of his own reality. If someone is negative, you may have created that person to be negative. But that does not necessarily always have to be the case. You do not have to force that person to be positive. You simply create a reality where positive people exist in your life and not negative ones. You will then attract the positive people into your life.
The negative ones will either change into being positive in some manner or their negativity will become less apparent. You just state what is your wish, your desire and your intention. And allow the universal mind to carry it out for you. Man makes plans in his heart, but it is the Lord who makes the path. State your request and allow God to bring it into your life. In whatever way it comes, it is the best. Allow it to happen freely without needing it to happen in a single way.
Although you are a creator of your own reality and are responsible for everything that happens, You are responsible to cast that responsibility to God. Cast your care upon Him, for He cares for you. To rest in God’s work is the main responsibility you have. When you trust God to handle things instead of striving to handle them yourself, you are placing your reality into the hands of omnipotence.
It can be hardest to deal with things directly, but when you believe in God working it out for you, it becomes a lot easier. It is better to depend on God than to depend on self.
You create your reality through your beliefs. So does everyone. Everything is individually purposed, there are no victims. There is nothing that happens which wasn’t the result of your thoughts whether current or sometime in the past. Mind controls everything. Your thoughts shape the reality matrix continuum. Changing your beliefs will not just change your perception of reality, but alters the reality you experience. Your beliefs form your reality.
We choose from a sea of infinite probable events, since no event is “real” until we have actually chosen to experience it. Imagination is the faculty of belief. What you imagine is what you create in your mental world, which will then manifest over time in your physical world. Imagine a world where things are as good as you want them to be. Hold it in your mind, and things will start to happen that way.
As impossible as “it” seems, I choose to believe “it” is possible. Because anything is possible. Even if the possibilities do not exist, they can be created. That is the magic key about reality. Reality can be created. Nothing is impossible.
There is nothing you cannot be do or have. You can be, do and have anything you want. All things are possible when you believe.
RM
Allah says, in the Holy Qur'an:
"...if good befalls them, they say: 'This is from Allah'; and if a misfortune befalls them, they say: 'This is from thee'. Say: 'All is from Allah'. But what is the matter with these people that they make no effort to understand anything? Whatever good befalls thee (O man), it is from Allah, and whatever misfortune befalls thee, it is from thyself..."
-H.Q. 4:78,79
That being the case (depending on how one interprets the above), consider the following:
Being a Creator of Reality - Position of Omnipotence
by Enoch Tan
I create reality. My reality is your reality. This is my reality and you are all my guests. You are here only because I chose you for a reason. I create my reality and everyone and everything in it.
All interaction is for the purpose of experiencing ourselves. In you I get to see a part of myself, in me you get to see a part of yourself. Relating with me is a chance for you to discover yourself and relating with you is a chance for me to discover myself. We are all mirrors for one another. Everyone and everything you see in your world is a reflection of what goes on within. This is how we experience life.
I, the Higher Self, the inner man creates reality. I disappear, I AM appears. The God entity, the Christ in me, the Holy Spirit. When you are one with the divine, it is the feeling of ultimate power. You are a co-creator with God of reality. God’s spirit and yours are one, there’s no differentiation and no separation.
The main rule of conscious creation is: “You create your own reality.” It is the only absolute rule, and what it means is that everything you have experienced in your life is your own creation, it also means that anything you wish to create in your life is never further away than your own fingertips.
Find something you think of as beautiful. It can be a flower, the sunrise, whatever fills your heart with joy just to look at it or be with it. Now, while you’re observing it, tell yourself, “I created this.” And pay attention to the feelings that come up as you say this.
Other people say things are not their fault, that they are not the cause and are not responsible for it.
Responsibility is power. Taking responsibility is taking control. When you take responsibility, you gain power. When you do not take responsibility, you are giving away your power to something or someone else.
When you acknowledge that you create reality, all power is in your hands. You become responsible for everything that happens. There is nothing and no one to blame. It puts you in the position of omnipotence.
Everyone has power over reality, but you have the greatest power over your own reality. Others have power only according to the power you give them. When I am in your world, your world becomes my playground. Anyone that enters my world will be changed for the better or caused to disappear. This is my reality and there is an abundance of good in it. Everything changes for the better one way or another.
Be in control of your impulses. Consciously decide which impulses to follow and which not to. Any impulses that you feel can come from various sources including psychic influence from others. Everything and everyone in your reality that gives you impulses are created by you to test and refine your own will and power of control.
It is the most liberating feeling of all when you realize that you create reality. All of it and everything in it. It is most empowering. You are in a state of peace and freedom.
Everything that happens in our entire lives no matter how long or short, are experiences that we choose to have. We choose them all with our higher selves. Nothing happens if you do not allow it to happen. All that you really want to happen will happen. There is no exception to that. Knowing that you are the complete creator of your reality and that you create it completely is the ultimate truth.
Life is a movie, each one of us chooses to play a certain role in it. We also decide how things would play out. We are both the actor and the director. Luck, fate, destiny is all in your hands. This is my reality and I am the creator. This is my dream and I am the dreamer. This is my story and I am the star.
We create reality at a general level and allow things to play out on a specific level. You can’t completely override the will of another person in his creation of his own reality. If someone is negative, you may have created that person to be negative. But that does not necessarily always have to be the case. You do not have to force that person to be positive. You simply create a reality where positive people exist in your life and not negative ones. You will then attract the positive people into your life.
The negative ones will either change into being positive in some manner or their negativity will become less apparent. You just state what is your wish, your desire and your intention. And allow the universal mind to carry it out for you. Man makes plans in his heart, but it is the Lord who makes the path. State your request and allow God to bring it into your life. In whatever way it comes, it is the best. Allow it to happen freely without needing it to happen in a single way.
Although you are a creator of your own reality and are responsible for everything that happens, You are responsible to cast that responsibility to God. Cast your care upon Him, for He cares for you. To rest in God’s work is the main responsibility you have. When you trust God to handle things instead of striving to handle them yourself, you are placing your reality into the hands of omnipotence.
It can be hardest to deal with things directly, but when you believe in God working it out for you, it becomes a lot easier. It is better to depend on God than to depend on self.
You create your reality through your beliefs. So does everyone. Everything is individually purposed, there are no victims. There is nothing that happens which wasn’t the result of your thoughts whether current or sometime in the past. Mind controls everything. Your thoughts shape the reality matrix continuum. Changing your beliefs will not just change your perception of reality, but alters the reality you experience. Your beliefs form your reality.
We choose from a sea of infinite probable events, since no event is “real” until we have actually chosen to experience it. Imagination is the faculty of belief. What you imagine is what you create in your mental world, which will then manifest over time in your physical world. Imagine a world where things are as good as you want them to be. Hold it in your mind, and things will start to happen that way.
As impossible as “it” seems, I choose to believe “it” is possible. Because anything is possible. Even if the possibilities do not exist, they can be created. That is the magic key about reality. Reality can be created. Nothing is impossible.
There is nothing you cannot be do or have. You can be, do and have anything you want. All things are possible when you believe.
RM
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The "Truth" About McCain??
Salaam (Peace) to all...
After reading Mr. Richter's article (http://www.counterpunch.org/) besmirching the character of Sen. John McCain, somewhat hoping to gain deeper insight into the reasons behind the ill-feelings of his detractors, I must say I was sorely disappointed. While I am certainly no fan of John McCain, I also am not a fan of shoddy sensationalism.
Mr. Richter's article was, at best, a sloppy attempt to malign McCain through the use of innuendo and "guilt by association", along with a list of vague, unsupported assumptions that the reader is expected, apparently, to just "swallow" as actual fact.
Examples:
"Gen. Telford Taylor, a chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials after World War Two, told me that he strongly supported the idea of trying the U.S. pilots captured in North Vietnam as war criminals - and that he would be proud to lead in their prosecution.
"...While he did not mention any pilot's name, then U.S. Navy Lieut. Commander John McCain who was captured a year later, would have been among the group Taylor wanted to prosecute."
Here, Mr. Richter is employing the use of an "authority" figure and his personal views to legitimize the subsequent assumption that McCain "would have been" among the group Gen. Taylor wanted to prosecute. "Would have been"??? Excuse me??? Either he was, or he wasn't. Did Mr. Richter ever bother to ASK the good General whether Sen. McCain was among those he wanted to prosecute? If not, how on earth could Mr. Richter make such an assumption? Would such an assumption hold up as "evidence" in a court of law? Hardly.
"Why would anyone have wanted to prosecute McCain and the other captured pilots? Taylor's argument was that their actions were in violation of the Geneva conventions that specifically forbid indiscriminate bombing that could cause incidental loss of civilian life or damage to civilian objects."
Here, again, is a sly "guilt-by association" tactic...promoting a conclusion that has not been logically or factually established: "Why would anyone have wanted to prosecute McCain and the other captured pilots?"
Again, Mr. Ricther has not established, definitively, that Sen. McCain deserves to be lumped together with those "other captured pilots" who, by the way, were never actually mentioned by name. Perhaps Mr. Richter's claim is actually true...but he did not established such in his presentation, which is more along the lines of fallacy than deductive reasoning.
"In one of his autobiographies McCain wrote that he was going to bomb a power station in “a heavily populated part of Hanoi” when he was shot down."
Ummm...WHICH ONE of his autobiographies? Which page? And what is the full context of the "quote" cited in the above claim? And if, as Mr. Richter claims, Sen. McCain is recorded as having participated in "23" bombing runs...why not provide statements or references to more than "ONE", supposedly mentioned in "one of his autobiographies"?
"The targets McCain and his fellow pilots actually bombed in Vietnam and his justification then or now for the actions that led to his capture, are no longer simply old news. They are part of what must be taken into account today, as voters weigh support for him or Obama to be the next President of the United States.
"This is not about the hugely unpopular war in Vietnam. It is about the character of a man who seeks to be U.S. President, who perhaps was not simply a brave warrior, but a warrior who by his own admission, bombed and was ready to bomb targets in violation of the Geneva conventions and Nuremberg principles."
Pardon me, but..."perhaps"??? The problem with "perhaps" is that it leaves equal room for the possibility of "perhaps NOT", especially in the absence of any credible supporting references.
Sadly, yet ironically, this is a clear reminder of the "Truth" of the words of Hiram Johnson (1866-1945) - a Progressive Republican senator in California -- "The first casualty, when war comes, is truth".
Apparently, this phenomena is not restricted only to military action campaigns, but also applies to political campaigns, as well. What must be the net effect on the citizens who look to their political leaders for guidance?
Little wonder that the "sky" over America....is falling.
RM
After reading Mr. Richter's article (http://www.counterpunch.org/) besmirching the character of Sen. John McCain, somewhat hoping to gain deeper insight into the reasons behind the ill-feelings of his detractors, I must say I was sorely disappointed. While I am certainly no fan of John McCain, I also am not a fan of shoddy sensationalism.
Mr. Richter's article was, at best, a sloppy attempt to malign McCain through the use of innuendo and "guilt by association", along with a list of vague, unsupported assumptions that the reader is expected, apparently, to just "swallow" as actual fact.
Examples:
"Gen. Telford Taylor, a chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials after World War Two, told me that he strongly supported the idea of trying the U.S. pilots captured in North Vietnam as war criminals - and that he would be proud to lead in their prosecution.
"...While he did not mention any pilot's name, then U.S. Navy Lieut. Commander John McCain who was captured a year later, would have been among the group Taylor wanted to prosecute."
Here, Mr. Richter is employing the use of an "authority" figure and his personal views to legitimize the subsequent assumption that McCain "would have been" among the group Gen. Taylor wanted to prosecute. "Would have been"??? Excuse me??? Either he was, or he wasn't. Did Mr. Richter ever bother to ASK the good General whether Sen. McCain was among those he wanted to prosecute? If not, how on earth could Mr. Richter make such an assumption? Would such an assumption hold up as "evidence" in a court of law? Hardly.
"Why would anyone have wanted to prosecute McCain and the other captured pilots? Taylor's argument was that their actions were in violation of the Geneva conventions that specifically forbid indiscriminate bombing that could cause incidental loss of civilian life or damage to civilian objects."
Here, again, is a sly "guilt-by association" tactic...promoting a conclusion that has not been logically or factually established: "Why would anyone have wanted to prosecute McCain and the other captured pilots?"
Again, Mr. Ricther has not established, definitively, that Sen. McCain deserves to be lumped together with those "other captured pilots" who, by the way, were never actually mentioned by name. Perhaps Mr. Richter's claim is actually true...but he did not established such in his presentation, which is more along the lines of fallacy than deductive reasoning.
"In one of his autobiographies McCain wrote that he was going to bomb a power station in “a heavily populated part of Hanoi” when he was shot down."
Ummm...WHICH ONE of his autobiographies? Which page? And what is the full context of the "quote" cited in the above claim? And if, as Mr. Richter claims, Sen. McCain is recorded as having participated in "23" bombing runs...why not provide statements or references to more than "ONE", supposedly mentioned in "one of his autobiographies"?
"The targets McCain and his fellow pilots actually bombed in Vietnam and his justification then or now for the actions that led to his capture, are no longer simply old news. They are part of what must be taken into account today, as voters weigh support for him or Obama to be the next President of the United States.
"This is not about the hugely unpopular war in Vietnam. It is about the character of a man who seeks to be U.S. President, who perhaps was not simply a brave warrior, but a warrior who by his own admission, bombed and was ready to bomb targets in violation of the Geneva conventions and Nuremberg principles."
Pardon me, but..."perhaps"??? The problem with "perhaps" is that it leaves equal room for the possibility of "perhaps NOT", especially in the absence of any credible supporting references.
Sadly, yet ironically, this is a clear reminder of the "Truth" of the words of Hiram Johnson (1866-1945) - a Progressive Republican senator in California -- "The first casualty, when war comes, is truth".
Apparently, this phenomena is not restricted only to military action campaigns, but also applies to political campaigns, as well. What must be the net effect on the citizens who look to their political leaders for guidance?
Little wonder that the "sky" over America....is falling.
RM
Friday, October 10, 2008
Did Farrakhan Call Obama "The Messiah"?
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...the Best Knower.
Well, it seems the spin-doctors are at it again, distorting the truth, and telling outright lies, to try to defame Sen. Barack Obama and, in this case, the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, both.
There is a video on YouTube which shows excerpts of an address given by the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, wherein he makes some very significant observations about Sen. Barack Obama and the timing of his "phenomenal rise" in popularity among the American people during the present race for the Presidency of the United States.
Somehow, the Hon. Louis Farrakhan's words are, again, being mis-represented to suggest that he is saying Sen. Obama "is the Messiah". Whoever started this rumor is either severely challenged in terms of comprehension of speech, or is morally bankrupt.
For example, compare this article, which is being circulated by the "spin-doctors" like Rush Limbaugh, with the actual words, in context, of the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, which follow.
The Hon. Louis Farrakhan's actual words, in context:
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4432.shtml
Some people think Barack Obama should wait 10-12 years before he running for president, thinking that he would be more “seasoned” and “mature.” But America doesn’t have that long to wait, at the rate she’s going.
Barack Obama said “My time is now.” Don’t worry about his shoulders; God never lays on a soul a burden beyond its scope. Would God allow Barack to be president of a country that has been so racist; so evil in its mistreatment of Hispanics, Native Americans, Indians, Blacks? Would God do something like that? Yes, of course He would. That is to show you that the stone that the builders have rejected is becoming the headstone of the corner. This is a sign to you. It is the time of our rise. It is the time that we should take our place. The Future is All About You.
I ask that we pray for our Brother, Barack Obama. I am not asking for votes. I am asking a Nation—not just the Nation of Islam, but all people of good will—to pray for this young man. Pray for his family. Pray for his blessed wife and children, we don’t want to see another Coretta Scott King.
This man says he not only is talking about changing who sits in the White House; he is talking about changing the mindset of those that led us into the war in Iraq. Did you hear Alan Greenspan, the former head of the Federal Reserve, say that the war in Iraq is all about oil? You mean our sons and our daughters are dying and being maimed over America’s junkie spirit toward oil? Did you read that the amount of oil that is under the ground in Iraq is $30 trillion? That is why Republican Presidential candidate John McCain said, “We need to stay there about a hundred years. We need to make sure that we get this thing.”
Brothers and Sisters, Barack Obama, to me, is a herald of The Messiah.
~Insert~
herald:
[c.1276 (in Anglo-Latin), "messenger, envoy," from Anglo-Fr. heraud, from O.Fr. heraut, hiraut, perhaps from Frank. *hariwald "commander of an army," from P.Gmc. *kharjaz "army" (from PIE root *koro- "war") + *wald- "to command, rule" (see wield).]
1. (formerly) a royal or official messenger, esp. one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
2. a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger: the returning swallows, those heralds of spring.
3. a person or thing that proclaims or announces: A good newspaper should be a herald of truth.
~End Insert~
Barack Obama is like the trumpet that alerts you that something new; something better is on the way. Do you know the kind of fear that he is evoking in those that have the mindset that sent America to war? Do you think the international bankers that control all the politicians of the world are going to allow this young man to change the mindset of those that rule who are really Satanic? What is in their hearts toward that young man?
One of the Brothers went to a shop the other day, and the Caucasian owner of the shop said, “You all do everything in your power, please, to help Barack Obama win because if he loses, all of us are lost.” Now, just think about what it took for a man to come out of his mouth like that. Barack Obama is not The Messiah for sure, but any time he gives you a sign of uniting races, ethnic groups, ideologies, religions, and makes people feel a sense of oneness, that is not necessarily Satan’s work. That is, I believe, The Work of God.
I thank Master Fard Muhammad for His coming. I thank Master Fard Muhammad for raising the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. I thank Allah (God) for sparing my life as we go through these trying times. We must clean up our lives, clean up our communities.
Young people: You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change. That is why Barack Obama has captured the youth, and he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That is a sign: When The Messiah speaks, the youth will hear. And The Messiah is absolutely speaking.
-Minister Louis Farrakhan
=====================================
This latest effort to malign Sen. Obama is one more "nail" in the "coffin" in which the American media's moral integrity is soon to be buried.
Thankfully, there are those among us who will not "believe the hype".
12. WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the Muslims.
We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no god and He will bring about a universal government of peace wherein we all can live in peace together.
http://www.noi.org/muslim_program.htm
"Nay, we hurl the Truth against falsehood until it knocks out its brains, and lo, it vanishes."
-Holy Qur'an
RM
Well, it seems the spin-doctors are at it again, distorting the truth, and telling outright lies, to try to defame Sen. Barack Obama and, in this case, the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, both.
There is a video on YouTube which shows excerpts of an address given by the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, wherein he makes some very significant observations about Sen. Barack Obama and the timing of his "phenomenal rise" in popularity among the American people during the present race for the Presidency of the United States.
Somehow, the Hon. Louis Farrakhan's words are, again, being mis-represented to suggest that he is saying Sen. Obama "is the Messiah". Whoever started this rumor is either severely challenged in terms of comprehension of speech, or is morally bankrupt.
For example, compare this article, which is being circulated by the "spin-doctors" like Rush Limbaugh, with the actual words, in context, of the Hon. Louis Farrakhan, which follow.
The Hon. Louis Farrakhan's actual words, in context:
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4432.shtml
Some people think Barack Obama should wait 10-12 years before he running for president, thinking that he would be more “seasoned” and “mature.” But America doesn’t have that long to wait, at the rate she’s going.
Barack Obama said “My time is now.” Don’t worry about his shoulders; God never lays on a soul a burden beyond its scope. Would God allow Barack to be president of a country that has been so racist; so evil in its mistreatment of Hispanics, Native Americans, Indians, Blacks? Would God do something like that? Yes, of course He would. That is to show you that the stone that the builders have rejected is becoming the headstone of the corner. This is a sign to you. It is the time of our rise. It is the time that we should take our place. The Future is All About You.
I ask that we pray for our Brother, Barack Obama. I am not asking for votes. I am asking a Nation—not just the Nation of Islam, but all people of good will—to pray for this young man. Pray for his family. Pray for his blessed wife and children, we don’t want to see another Coretta Scott King.
This man says he not only is talking about changing who sits in the White House; he is talking about changing the mindset of those that led us into the war in Iraq. Did you hear Alan Greenspan, the former head of the Federal Reserve, say that the war in Iraq is all about oil? You mean our sons and our daughters are dying and being maimed over America’s junkie spirit toward oil? Did you read that the amount of oil that is under the ground in Iraq is $30 trillion? That is why Republican Presidential candidate John McCain said, “We need to stay there about a hundred years. We need to make sure that we get this thing.”
Brothers and Sisters, Barack Obama, to me, is a herald of The Messiah.
~Insert~
herald:
[c.1276 (in Anglo-Latin), "messenger, envoy," from Anglo-Fr. heraud, from O.Fr. heraut, hiraut, perhaps from Frank. *hariwald "commander of an army," from P.Gmc. *kharjaz "army" (from PIE root *koro- "war") + *wald- "to command, rule" (see wield).]
1. (formerly) a royal or official messenger, esp. one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
2. a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger: the returning swallows, those heralds of spring.
3. a person or thing that proclaims or announces: A good newspaper should be a herald of truth.
~End Insert~
Barack Obama is like the trumpet that alerts you that something new; something better is on the way. Do you know the kind of fear that he is evoking in those that have the mindset that sent America to war? Do you think the international bankers that control all the politicians of the world are going to allow this young man to change the mindset of those that rule who are really Satanic? What is in their hearts toward that young man?
One of the Brothers went to a shop the other day, and the Caucasian owner of the shop said, “You all do everything in your power, please, to help Barack Obama win because if he loses, all of us are lost.” Now, just think about what it took for a man to come out of his mouth like that. Barack Obama is not The Messiah for sure, but any time he gives you a sign of uniting races, ethnic groups, ideologies, religions, and makes people feel a sense of oneness, that is not necessarily Satan’s work. That is, I believe, The Work of God.
I thank Master Fard Muhammad for His coming. I thank Master Fard Muhammad for raising the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. I thank Allah (God) for sparing my life as we go through these trying times. We must clean up our lives, clean up our communities.
Young people: You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change. That is why Barack Obama has captured the youth, and he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That is a sign: When The Messiah speaks, the youth will hear. And The Messiah is absolutely speaking.
-Minister Louis Farrakhan
=====================================
This latest effort to malign Sen. Obama is one more "nail" in the "coffin" in which the American media's moral integrity is soon to be buried.
Thankfully, there are those among us who will not "believe the hype".
12. WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited "Messiah" of the Christians and the "Mahdi" of the Muslims.
We believe further and lastly that Allah is God and besides HIM there is no god and He will bring about a universal government of peace wherein we all can live in peace together.
http://www.noi.org/muslim_program.htm
"Nay, we hurl the Truth against falsehood until it knocks out its brains, and lo, it vanishes."
-Holy Qur'an
RM
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