Stop the World I Want to Get Off Part II

by Tamar Yonah

This is part two in the 'Stop The World' article that I wrote in a previous blog.

In addition to the economy looking bleak, here's another disturbing item that doesn't sit well with our personal freedoms and privacy which we value so much…

When one thinks of the top one hundred richest entities in the world, one would think that they might be the USA, Britain, France, Saudi Arabia, and forty other or so countries, Surprisingly, this is not true. In fact, 51% of the richest entities in the world are no longer nation states but mulitnational corporations.

Corporations can easily come into a country and buy it's candidates by contributing to their campaigns. They are also able to woo politicians already in government positions to pursue their own goals and interests. There's the old saying by US financier & politician Simon Cameron (1799 - 1889) , "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought". So, one might think they are voting for someone who will represent them, but in fact, he will not be beholden to you, the voter, but to his 'corporate sponsor'. Go watch 'Mr. Smith Goes To Washington'. Stop the world, I want to get off. ------------

If you liked WINDOWS XP, but had to move on to VISTA which won't let you download certain files, their next 'WINDOWS' coming out will be much worse, -or better, depending on how you look at it.

According to the BBC News, "Microsoft has launched a new platform, Windows Azure, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals' computers."

To see video of the information storage center, click HERE.

In fact, your private information will now be stored in a central data base. They will market this fact as something to your advantage: "Now, wherever you travel to, if you don't have your computer, you can use any computer at hand and have all your information ready to download from our central location! No more lugging your lap top, and no more worrying if your hard drive burned out. You won't lose anything."

Hmmm, somehow this doesn't sit well with me, having my personal information stored in a central place where a person has no reach or control?  That means someone else, or some government clerks possibly will. Big Brother Internet Special. Stop the world, I want to get off.

Another great video to pound this point in about corporations taking over and nation states that protect your culture and rights losing its power, watch this gem.

Stop the world, I want to get off. Scotty, beam me up.

"My Love is Stronger Than My Fear of Death"

by Tamar Yonah

How ironic, that the same week B. Hussein Obama is elected president of the United States, the weekly portion of the Torah is "Lech L'cha"  (And you should go out)

Is G-d giving our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora a message?

I was cooking and preparing for Shabbat on Friday while listening to a radio station from Tennessee.  I like listening to radio stations from around the world through the internet.  It gives me a taste of what is on the mind of the people in different areas of the world.  On came the oldie song by Marty Robbins - El Paso, about a man who fell in love with a Mexican beauty at a tavern. Many men wanted her but he was determined to fight for her to have her for himself.  One of the lines in the song hit me, which was, "My love is stronger than my fear of death".  And I thought about all the 'Mikes' and others out there that prefer to stay away from what they claim they love so much.  …And I believe them.  I believe Mike when he says how important the Land of Israel is to him.  But the question is, HOW MUCH?

No love is perfect.  Our spouses may have caught our eye and our hearts, but they still can drive us mad some times.  Should we walk away from the marriage because of it?  What does love mean anyway?  Is it a feeling, an adjective? Or is love a verb? 

For those of us brought up on Hollywood movies, we naturally come to the conclusion that love is a feeling, an adjective.  Love is portrayed as an overwhelming, passionate, emotion.  But real life, and Torah, tells us differently.  Love is actually a verb.  It is what we DO for the object of our love, that really shows our love and commitment. 

I remember when I was a little kid playing with and petting our dog and saying in a cute voice over and over again, "I love you Skipper".  Everyday I would pet and tell my dog how much I loved him.  Then one night my father came home from work on a rainy night.  The dog was outside and he asked if anyone of us (siblings) had brought the dog into the house and fed him.  None of us did.  We were warm inside and watching TV.  He said to us, "you love, love , love your dog, but did you feed her today? No.  Did you bring her in for the night? No.  Don't give me your love, love, love statements anymore.  That's not what love is."  He turned and walked away to take care, feed, and 'Love'  that dog.  I always remembered that.  It was one of those wake-up lessons of life that happen in childhood.

And so it is for Israel.  The consensus here is that most of the people presently in the government are either corrupted or in politics for their own personal advancement.  They are not people who serve the nation.  They are not lovers of the Land of Israel.  They are people who say they care, but use their elected status for their own pleasures, -like we did as kids, for our dog.  So, …love, shmove.  The same goes for our friends in the Diaspora who say that they care about Israel, but yet, they stay away. 

A country singer can write lyrics about a man whose love for a woman is stronger than his fear of death.  What about our brothers and sisters away out  there in the Diaspora?

Is their love (for Israel) stronger than their fear of death?

For our boys who go to fight the Hizbullah and Hamas, it is.

Is their love stronger than their fear of going to jail?  For our youth who are as young as 12 years old, it is.

Is their love stronger than their fear of chucking it all and coming to a foreign culture?  For all the Jews who made Aliyah it is.

Is their love stronger than their fear of an uncertain future?  For all the Jews living here it is.

Do the key board-pounders in the Diaspora who claim they love Israel,  work the land, clean up the thorns, move the rocks, caress the soil, plant the seeds to make The Land bloom again?

Do the key board-pounders marry and have children here and raise their families here?  Do they strengthen the Jewish  population here?

Do they do ANYTHING here?

For the Jews living here, in the Land of Israel, our love is stronger than our fear of death.

NEW LYRICS for this song, sing along! 

Out in the Western part banks of the Jordan
I fell in love with the soft rolling hills
Nighttime would find me in Joseph's tomb praying
Music would play in my mind and bring chills

Blacker than night were the eyes of Fatima
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My fear was deep for this knife wielding maiden
I'd have to shoot, but in vain I could tell

That night Fatima's Imam came  to kill me
Wild as he tried to catch me, eeeeeeee
Dashing and darting, I fought to escape
From Wicked Fatima, her Imam and flee.

So in anger I challenged his right for the Land that he squatted,
Down went his hand for the gun that he wore
My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat
I punched Hamas-nik' down flat on the floor

Out through the back of the Tomb I had ran
Towards where the settlements were
I got home back to my house on the mountain
Holding my stake in the land till we could?


Ok, enough for me, you can do the rest of the lyrics. I wanted to post this a few days ago, and I thought I'd have time to finish this song, but you are all creative.  Give it a try.

FOOLED YOU!

by Tamar Yonah

Tsk tsk tsk, The American people were fooled. We are all witnessing history, as a once great nation has willfully decided to destroy itself from within. Some of it is due to ignorance and a poor education. Some of it is due to guilt feelings, thinking that by voting for a minority candidate, it shows how enlightened and 'hip' they are. (I want to say here that I think it is wonderful that a person can get elected no matter what their race, religion or skin color. That's the greatness of America.) But some are just fools. Lazy thinking, dumbed down fools.

A guest I had on my show once stated, there are two things that have to be fought for or worked at: Your health & your freedom. One has to work at their health, keeping the body fueled with proper foods and exercise, if they want to be healthy. The second thing, freedom, also has to be fought for and worked at. No one will give you freedom or let you keep it unless you are willing to defend it.

Another guest I had on my show stated something very true as well. For American citizens thinking that they will always be protected by the constitution, that beautiful document, think again. The constitution is only as strong as the people willing to fight for it.

The American people, and many of you reading this, were raised with honest, decent and great work ethics. We knew that and education with hard work, coupled with humility and gratitude would produce it's rewards. We could sit back and enjoy our hard earned blessings knowing that we got them honestly. This new generation was raised with getting too much, too soon, and growing up too fast. Add to that a massive influx of immigrants who came to America, not looking so much for freedom and a chance to make something of themselves, but of people who came - to make money and live a more affluent life. Nothing so wrong there, but if money is your #1 goal, moral decay takes place.

Today's generation wants it all without taking responsibility. We want to be swept away by a Prince Charming who will promise he will take care of us. But this Prince Charming is only 'charming' us. Soon the wedding night will be over and then daylight will break, and it will be grey skies.

These videos below will show what (unfortunately) many (not all) Americans have become today,,, dumbed down, lazy, poorly educated, and people wanting to live above their means. People who thought nothing of feeding their instant gratification, maxing out their credit cards, falling into debt, and wanting 'it all' without the honorable value of hard work and living within their means. This is one reason why promises of hand outs $$$ and 'change' won Obama the elections.

'Obama Supporter Thinks She Won't Need To Worry About Paying For Her Gas And Mortgage Anymore'

More dumbed down America: This is a clip from the Howard Stern radio show. He sent someone out to Harlem to ask residents there what they thought of Obama's policies. Instead, he took McCain's policies and switched them for Obama's. Hear what they said:

And last, see how the hip 'enlightened' are just as easy to manipulate, because people don't want to think,  Yup, they fooled you!