Those of you who pay attention to the news know about the atrocities committed by ISIS and other terrorist organizations against Christians, gays, and other Muslims who "aren't Muslim enough" all across the Middle East. Some of you have watched the beheading videos. Others of you simply know that those atrocities have occurred. You most likely are aware of the Christian genocide that is occurring right now, during our lifetime. After the last Jewish holocaust people all over the world said, "never again". But, another genocide is occurring right now. "#NeverAgainIsNow"
I've seen the comments from many people who ask, "Yeah, but what can I do about it?"
TODAY, I FOUND AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
I've been reporting ISIS propaganda videos and accounts on YouTube and Twitter for a few months now. But, basically, I've been doing it alone (or so it seemed). Sometimes I could get one or two of my Facebook friends to help report the offending accounts, but not many of them have either Twitter OR YouTube accounts (nor were they willing to open accounts on those platforms - even to help to disrupt ISIS - go figure). NOW, YOU DON'T NEED AN ACCOUNT ON YouTube OR ON Twitter (but, it would certainly help if you had one of each so that you, too, could help report the offenders on the respective websites).
All you NEED is this website: http://ghostsec.org/ You also need the ability to copy and paste a url (web address). If you don't know how to copy and paste, you can find 100's of "how-to" videos on YouTube that will teach you how to do it. (What are you even doing online if you can't even copy & paste, anyway?)
After you submit an offending website, or YouTube video, or Twitter, or Facebook, or Google+ account, or any social media account to that website (top, left corner of the website - and, yes, you can report to GhostSec anonymously), they'll investigate and tweet out to their followers the account you submitted where capable people (like you and me) who are willing to help them disrupt ISIS can report the offending accounts to the proper websites. After each account is reported enough times, they'll eventually be removed and/or suspended by the hosting website (YouTube, Twitter, etc.).
The point of doing this is to DISRUPT the abilities of ISIS to communicate online via social media. If they can't spread their propaganda, they can't recruit more fighters to the cause. It's that simple. Will this ELIMINATE ISIS? Of course it won't. But, it has the potential to totally screw up their communication with each other and with the outside world.
Our government certainly doesn't appear to be working to eliminate the online efforts of ISIS online. I mean, if I can find ISIS videos on YouTube and ISIS accounts on Twitter after searching for all of 2-minutes, it's pretty obvious our government isn't doing a damn thing to take them down, right? It's now time for YOU to get involved. If you could spend even 20 minutes a day...or every other day...it's more than you're probably doing now, right? Now you no longer have to ask, "What can I do to help?". Now you know.
This is an ongoing online battle because as soon as one ISIS account gets suspended or terminated either on Twitter or YouTube (or any social media platform), the ISIS user who was banned simply creates another one. It's important to GET AHEAD and STAY AHEAD of them. The quicker these new accounts can be targeted, the LESS LIKELY they are to be able to maintain the communication with their sympathizers or reconnect with other ISIS fighters that is so important to their growth and to their existence.
*****When reporting ISIS accounts, please keep the message in the photo below in mind - doing so, helps to prevent wasting the time of those at GhostSec AND of those who are helping to report actual ISIS accounts. Here is the link that is shown in the photo below.*****
Credit: GhostSec.org
To clarify...
QUESTION:
What can I do about ISIS?
ANSWER:
1. Go to the GhostSec website and click on the "Our Team" tab to find who to follow on Twitter.
(Either follow them on Twitter or just go read their tweets. They'll post the accounts that need to be reported.)
2. Start reporting ISIS accounts.
If, for whatever reason, you do not wish to help disrupt ISIS online, you can contribute to the efforts of the GhostSec team by visiting their crowdfunding site HERE.
If you can't donate, share this blog post, or share the GhostSec website or share their crowdfunding site (or share it all). Everyone can help spread the word...even if you don't know how to copy and paste, just hit the "share" button at the bottom of this post.
Many innocent people 1/2 way around the world would thank you if they could.
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The Sharia-compliant American media won't show the cartoons from the Garland, TX "Draw Muhammad" contest...but, Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders showed them in the Netherlands. And now, you can view them in the YouTube video below.
The "YouTube community" (read: offended Muslims and whiny U.S. progressives) has reported this video enough by now that you may have to go to YouTube to watch the video, so that you can click on "continue" after reading the warning that this is a "potentially offensive or graphic" video (as seen in the pic below). There's nothing "graphic" about the few cartoons that appear in the video...unless you're mentally ill. And, there's nothing "potentially offensive" about the cartoons, either...unless you're a big, violent baby and expect to live your life without ever being offended by others who do not ascribe to your beliefs.
English subtitles are included...
"What is not allowed by Islam and by the violence of terrorists, we will do it anyway. And we call that: Freedom of Speech." - Geert Wilders
If you are one of the people who finds drawings of Muhammad to be offensive, then don't draw them. But, don't expect others to have to adhere to the rules by which you choose to live your life. That's on you. It has nothing to do with me.
If you are one that follows the news, you've undoubtedly heard about the massacre of 9 innocent souls in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, SC last week. A 21-year old human turd sat for an hour in a bible study with the people he eventually murdered inside that church. He was caught, he confessed, and hopefully, he'll not spend too many years on South Carolina's death row.
Since last week's murders in Charleston, the city of Charleston has descended into riots, half the city is on fire, 1000's have been injured, and 100's have been arrested. No. Nothing in that last sentence is true. What is true is that since those 9 innocent people were murdered in church, the people of the city of Charleston have put on a CLINIC about how to respond to an injustice in your community. There have been a couple of reports of two different statues being tagged with some graffiti. That is all that I've seen that has gone wrong in Charleston since the murders.
Given the news stories that are enveloping the daily news cycle, I wanted to bring you something that you may have missed that happened this past Sunday in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Have you heard about the "peace march" or about the "Unity Chain for Charleston" or the "Hands Across The Bridge" event?
Photo comment from @Bear_Caldwell on Twitter:
"We are #CharlestonStrong as victim families lead the way! What a statement. "
On Sunday, June 21st, 10,000 to 25,000 people (the estimates I've seen greatly vary) converged on the bridge for the "Unity Walk for Peace". It wasn't all white people, and it wasn't all black people. It was a melting-pot-like mixture of both races coming together and unifying for peace. Peace between races. Peace in their city. And, peace in this country.
Ferguson...Baltimore...you need to see ALL OF THIS (Nothing included below is posted in any particular order...just take it all in):
This is the best video I have come across the depicts what happened just PRIOR to the march:
This video is an "extention" of the above video. It shows more of what happened prior to the march. Skip ahead about 4 or 5 minutes to get to the point at which the above video ends:
This is the best video I have found OF the actual event:
I just want to share an amazing moment I just had at the gas station. As I'm pulling in to fill up I see a car stalling...
Posted by Kayla Robinson Hall on Friday, June 19, 2015
*****This picture shows the bridge, which is full of walkers, boaters under the bridge who attended, and the Emanuel AME Church in the foreground (lower left) of the pic:
I think this video depicts part of the 9-minute moment of silence (1-minute for each victim). I saw it reported in a couple different places over the past week that this 9-minute moment of silence was to occur. I have not seen video of it, nor have I seen any reporting to verify that it actually did occur. Nevertheless, here's about 1/2 a minute of what appears to me to be a "moment of silence":
There was a livestream of a benefit concert held on Monday night in Charleston, also. The link to the Ustream event is included in this post, but they don't have the video of the concert listed on their Ustream account (which stinks): Pour House to live stream sold-out benefit concert for Emanuel AME
And, you'll most likely not find a more unifying message anywhere than the one seen in this 2-hour+ church service from Emanuel AME Church...from this past Sunday.
THANK YOU TO THE AMERICANS IN CHARLESTON, SC WHO HAVE SHOWN THE WORLD HOW TO REACT WHEN AN INJUSTICE ACT IS PERPETRATED ON YOUR COMMUNITY. If HALF of the USA was as good as Charleston, we all would benefit. The USA has a long way to go to GET THERE.
Dutch Parliament member Geert Wilders has been mocked and/or taunted (you decide - I think, both) in a cartoon published by an "organization" of Moroccan mosques in the Netherlands according to a story published on "The Post Online" which is a Dutch website. Mr. Wilders was the keynote speaker at the "Draw Muhammad Cartoon Contest" in Garland, TX where two ISIS-linked fools got themselves killed for attempting to murder Americans who were exercising their right to free speech at the May 4th "Draw Muhammad Contest" organized by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) (Pamela Geller) and Jihad Watch (Robert Spencer).
Upon returning to the Netherlands, Geert Wilders has attempted to have cartoons that depict the Muslim prophet Muhammad shown in the Dutch Parliament. He has not been allowed to do so. After being denied, Mr. Wilders will now air these cartoons this Saturday on Dutch television. (According to everything I've read, I believe that the cartoons that will be shown will be from the Garland event, but I cannot verify that.)
Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who spoke at Pamela Geller‘s “Draw Muhammad” cartoon contest just weeks ago, wants to show images of Muhammad on Dutch television.
According to BBC News, Wilders was trying to show some of the cartoons in Parliament but had been forbidden from doing so, so he’s going to the airwaves instead.
The Netherlands has TV spots specifically allocated for political parties, and Wilders will use the spot given to his party to show the cartoons.
In a statement, he said, “Terrorists have to realise that they will never win and how important freedom of speech is for us in the Netherlands.”
Now Muslims from an "organization" of Moroccan mosques in the Netherlands have "fought back" by printing a cartoon of Mr. Wilders of their own (seen below - please take note of the translated captions I've placed underneath the cartoon).
Cartoon caption via Google Translate: "We continue to build Netherlands"
and, Minder Minder (the words in "Geert's" mouth = "Less Less"
*****Stay tuned to the news this weekend as I'm sure Mr. Wilders will arm himself with a couple rifles, a few handguns, several thousand rounds of ammo, body armor, and a few IED's as he will most assuredly now seek revenge on ALL of these Moroccan mosques for having depicted HIM in a CARTOON.*****(Just as the two ANTI-FREEDOM AHOLES from the Phoenix, AZ mosque did to him and hundreds of others at the Garland, TX event.)
Um, yeah...go ahead and enjoy your weekend bar-b-que, as there isn't a chance in hell of that happening. Please say a prayer for the safety of Mr. Wilders...or at least keep him in your thoughts this weekend. Keep the safety of Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer in your prayers/thoughts as well as they are all under threats of death for SPEAKING FREELY.
I became aware of this story after reading Pamela Geller's blog tonight...in a roundabout way. She'd posted another story about yet another disgusting ISIS video but, as is the norm, no link to the original video was provided. (The story Pamela linked to from the Daily Mail did not include the actual video.) So, like I always do, I visited the ONE website that I'm aware of that ALWAYS posts the full and complete videos that ISIS releases. (I record and burn to disc as many videos like this as I can JUST so that "there's another copy somewhere".)
The website is a Dutch website called "The Post Online"...however, the entire website is in Dutch. So, I have to use Google Translate to "read" and/or search for anything posted on that website. Well, SOME Dutch words can be read, even by dumb ol' me, and I recognized "de Wilders" in the main headline on their page, so I clicked on it and headed over to Google Translate to read the story.
Below you'll find what the story from The Post Online says after Google's translation (It's not 100% clear, but you'll be able to tell the meaning of it):
(The following Google translation includes the title, date, tags, and story:)
This is him then: the Wilders cartoon of the Moroccan mosques
Is response to cartoon action Wilders airtime political parties
17-06-2015, 19:20 Tags: cartoon, Geert Wilders' PVV, Council of Moroccan Mosques in Netherlands
The organization of Moroccan mosques in the Netherlands has a cartoon released as a counter reaction to the Mohammed cartoons that PVV leader Geert Wilders wants to show from Saturday airtime for political parties.
"We want our action to show that humor is the best way to respond to the provocation and insult Wilders," said Aissa Zanzen, spokesman for Council of Moroccan Mosques in the Netherlands (RMMN). The cartoons are printed in an edition of 500 to 1000 and hanged in stations, such as Amsterdam Central Station. In addition, the cartoon is distributed through social media.
"With Wilders, unfortunately, can be traced no dialogue, he only sends" Zanzen explains the idea of the cartoon of an unknown artist. "Our message is a nod to Muslims humor, you shrug and ignore it the best way to deal with the screams of Wilders."
The mosque organization, eighty Moroccan mosques said to represent the Netherlands, furthermore calls on Dutch, whatever their religion, to serve Wilders humorous reply. "We would like to see Muslims and non-Muslims make more fun reactions with the pen or the brush," said Zanzen.
My birthday is July 4th. I may draw another Muhammad cartoon in the name of FREEDOM of SPEECH on that day. We'll see...my colored pencil sharpener is currently broken. :'( But YOU can join the #DrawMuhammadChallenge at anytime you wish ONLINE...just upload your picture or video on whichever platform you'd like, and TAG IT with the hashtag #DrawMuhammadChallenge. We've heard from a LOT of "big-talkers" on Facebook, YouTube, and on multiple blogs, but we have YET to receive ONE entry other than that of my brother or I. (Click the links I provided you within this paragraph if you don't know to what I'm referring.)
(If you're still reading this...which 90% of you ARE NOT...MOST people ONLY read the headline &/or the 1st few sentences (thank YOU for READING!)...PLEASE click on the links that I provided you. Thank you. The links ALWAYS provide MUCH more context to the overall story.) ;)
A FEW WORDS OF WARNING FOR MY BLOG HERE (this blog is MY area and *I* control what is allowed here):
If you *think* you are one of the "helpers" against the insurrection of Islam into the Unites States of America and you wish to use words like "muzzie" or "mooslim" or "mudslime" or "raghead" or "towelhead" or "camel jockey" or "goat herder" or "goat f_cker" or anything else that a 6th grade boy would use to describe a Muslim.......YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE ON MY BLOG.
We NEED ADULTS in this fight and if you can ONLY represent yourself as a damned fool, then go elsewhere where you may be tolerated. YOU WILL NOT BE TOLERATED HERE AND YOU WILL BE BLOCKED FROM COMMENTING ON THIS BLOG. Do NOT SHARE my posts. I don't want others who LIKE YOUR childish rantings to READ what I have posted. Thank you. Grow up and please come back when others have deemed you an adult. You name-calling CHILDREN are nothing but a DETRIMENT to this entire cause!And, if I get ZERO shares of this story because I have stated this here, I'm good with that.
#GoForth, worthy soldiers.
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My crazy brother has uploaded his SECOND video to YouTube and this time he's calling for YOU to join him on YouTube or Facebook or on whichever social media platform you prefer to participate in the #DrawMuhammadChallenge. In the same fashion as was done with the "Ice Bucket Challenge" last year, Mike is suggesting that, in the case of the #DrawMuhammadChallenge, that after you create your drawing of Muhammad and share it on social media in video or in a photo, that you donate to a Veteran's charity of your choosing. Please use the #DrawMuhammadChallenge hashtag when you post your creation on whichever platform you choose to post it. Some of the veteran's charities Mike suggests can be seen in the picture below. (Links to the donation pages of all 4 of these charities can be found at the bottom of this blog post.)
Let me give you a brief history of Mike's video(s):
Sunday night as I was checking Facebook I noticed that my brother (Mike Dankert) had sent a message to my Facebook inbox. It was a YouTube video. And, it was HIM in the video! What the heck? I've uploaded close to 1,000 videos to YouTube (mostly news vids or "mash-ups" thereof) but, this was a first for my brother...
So, after speaking with Mike on the phone Sunday night while preparing to write my blog post about his first video, Mike mentioned that he should do a "Draw Muhammad Challenge" and ask others to participate via social media.
Monday afternoon, he did just that...
After speaking with Mike via Facebook after he sent his latest video to me Monday evening, I asked him a couple of questions...(as if I know how to interview ANYONE - LOL!):
Me: "Why exactly are you doing this? Especially with the very real threat to your life that could possibly result from doing so?"
Mike: "I'm doing this because I believe in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights and I'm not afraid to stand up for what I believe in. Unlike most of our politicians in Washington."
Me: "Did you FULLY understand the possible ramifications of posting such a video BEFORE you posted it? Or, if you receive any death threats are you going to remove your videos, put your house up for sale, and run like a scared bitch for the hills?"
Mike, answering my last 4 questions in succession: "Yes. No. No. And, no."
Additionally, Mike added: "I didn't serve in the military to preserve our freedoms. I guess this is my way of serving my country and our protecting our freedoms."
Good on you, Mike! While you'll hopefully never find video of ME on YouTube (or anywhere else), I do hope you get many people to participate in your #DrawMuhammadChallenge in many various ways. And, thank you for turning the camera sideways this time. :)
Whoops! I almost forgot. Here's my submission:
My submission for the #DrawMuhammadChallenge
Regarding my drawing of Muhammad above:
Bring on the "yeah, but" crowd.
You know, the "I believe in free speech...but..." types.
My message to that crowd: I don't care what you think. You are free to think whatever you want, but I really could care less what it is. You do what you do and I'll do what I do. It's OK that you don't like what I do. You have the right to offend me, just as I have the right to offend you. In the United States of America, thanks to the 1st Amendment, we're equal like that. As someone who has been posting videos and writing on my blog for a few years now, I fully understand the ramifications of "putting things out there" that others don't like. I've already been threatened...multiple times. So what? I actually take great pleasure in offending the easily-offended. It's kind of "my thing". The First Amendment doesn't provide you the right to NOT be offended. You easily-offended crybabies need to get over yourselves. Seriously. Now, call me a "racist" (even though Islam isn't a "race") so you can feel better about yourselves, OK?
I stand with Pamela Geller. I stand with my brother. And, I stand with all Americans who are not willing to live under the influence of any Islamist influence here in the United States. I resoundingly REJECT savagery...just as I reject those who can't understand what "savagery" is or how savages conduct themselves. I am anti-jihad. I am against beheadings. I am against burning people alive. I am anti-genocide. I am against the selling of ANYONE into slavery. I am against training CHILDREN in the art of beheadings and executions. I am anti-Shariah law or ANY implementation of ANY part of Shariah law ANYWHERE in the United States. Savages are currently doing ALL of these things I just mentioned. RIGHT NOW!THAT is what SHOULD offend you.
The man in the video below is my brother, Mike Dankert. I didn't know he was planning on making this video. It just showed up a couple hours ago in my Facebook inbox. It seems that my brother decided to hold his own "Draw Muhammad" contest this weekend. All is explained in the video below.
I spoke with Mike a few minutes ago and he had this to add:
"Everyone is always so afraid of saying something that will offend somebody. Political correctness is ridiculous and we shouldn't be afraid of anything. We shouldn't be afraid to voice our opinions. This is America and we have that right. Political correctness is killing our country. We shouldn't be worried about it and you should stand up for what you believe in. We shouldn't have to worry about our speech offending somebody."
Ditto, Mike. I totally agree. Thank you for taking a stand. I stand with you...and I do so with my guns.
Judge William H. "Billy" Murphy, who is the attorney for
the family of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, is an LGBT-paranoid, race-baiting huckster on a level that this country has never before experienced. Freddie Gray is the young black man who died under suspicious circumstances while in the custody of the Baltimore PD earlier this month. At some point, while in police custody, Mr. Gray's spine was partially severed and he later died in a local hospital. The official autopsy report is still reportedly "several weeks" from being finalized. However, "Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said that (Baltimore) police plan to conclude their investigation by Friday, May 1. From there, the case will go to the state's attorney's office, which will decide whether or not to file."
We know about the many times that the Reverend Jesse Jackson has inserted himself into any "racial issues" in the USA. We also know how the Reverend Al Sharpton keeps inserting himself into any and all "racial issues", whether they're contrived or not. Hell, Al is even President Obama's "advisor" on race issues (as if this nation's "first black president" should need one).
The one thing in common that Jackson and Sharpton have is that they're "common". Their names are widely-known in American society. Until last week, I'd never heard of Judge William H. "Billy" Murphy from Baltimore. Had you?
Within the past week or so I have seen Murphy on MSNBC, CNN, and on FOX News as the attorney who is representing the family of Freddie Gray.
What follows is the evidence I submit as proof that attorney "Billy" Murphy is WORSE than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton COMBINED.
I'm not going to explain it for you. Watch the videos below for yourself. I did do a fair amount of transcribing below the last video (which was the "last straw" and is the video that prompted me to write this blog post. So, if you want to skip Billy trotting out the "n-word" within the past week on MSNBC (video #1) and if you want to skip him calling Sean Hannity (or all conservatives) "racists" live on FOX News (video #2), go ahead.
But, whatever you do, don't miss the 3rd and last video included in this post. As you listen to it, remember all the "love" that the screeching harpies within the leftist/fascist movement in America will have in store for him...provided they are true to form and actually LISTEN to what Billy Murphy says in the 3rd video below.
My 1st experience with Judge William H. "Billy" Murphy:
My 2nd experience with Judge William H. "Billy" Murphy:
My 3rd experience with Judge William H. "Billy" Murphy (partial transcription below). This video was posted to YouTube on February 20th, 2011. As a gay person, it's maddening to me that "Billy" Murphy can say the things he says in the video below and he's trotted out on all the cable news networks as some sort of "authority" on ANYTHING. But, Christians who refuse to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding lose their business, are forced into hiding, and get fined $135K by the State of Washington. Right is wrong. Black is white. Down is up. Here, let "Attorney Billy Murphy" explain some more - oh, yeah...LANGUAGE WARNING...he swears (which doesn't bother me one bit) and he LOVES the n-word (as evidenced in the 1st video above and in this video - buckle up!):
From the beginning of the video:
...How many times do you got to be called a n*gger for a 20-year jail sentence to have an impact on your ass? You don't have to be called a n*gger once. You just got to be put in a cell for 20 years. It's the same sh*t. And, if they take away any chance for rehabilitation, while you are in jail. Cut off the contact with your family. Let the inmates run the jail. Let drugs into the jail, then you can see that this is not a good development for either the inmate or (for) society. And, so, for the last 30 years there has been at least 70% recidivism.
The inmates who come out of jail who have got the sentences for 5 years or longer. It's a failed policy.
And, then when you see that it's just black people and that black people's lives are being negatively impacted because you got all kind of freaky sex in jail. We might as well just come on out with it. There's one client of mine said there's 95% of the inmates are f*cking each other and the other 5% are liars. (laughter) Now, I don't know about that. (inaudible) You'll have to rely on other reporters to verify whether this is so.
But, the point is this (is) an AIDs factor. About that there's no doubt. Condoms are still not permitted in the jail systems in at least 40 of the states in the United States. And, so what we have is raw f*cking, with the most efficient means of transmitting AIDS yet known: anal sex.
And so, the (inaudible) is there. The numbers are there. Anybody in the epidemiology community can discuss these (numbers) with you very frankly. It's about a 20% in and about a 40% out (of prison) AIDs infection rate.
(We) still don't have...still don't have...uh...isolation for people that are HIV positive. They don't care. And, the women with...who have the highest likelihood of getting AIDs are not drug-addicted women but, they are heterosexual women who are waiting for their man to come back from jail to resume normal lives. Hence, the beginning of, what black women have described as, "the down-low".
"Down-low" - bisexuality and homosexuality among males of the black community is at an all time high and now it's a "lifestyle choice". It's a "lifestyle choice". It used to be understood that it was prohibited. It used to be in the closet. It ain't in the closet no more. It ain't been in the closet in about 10 years.
We got gangs now where you got to be gay to get into the gang. You got to perform gay sex acts to get into the gangs. It's a mess. And, one of the young filmmakers who's here today, (he's) behind the camera, was telling me that one of the projects he's researching is the development of "boy girls". Women who play masculine roles and there is a steep trajectory of the percentage of women who are now doing this in our community. They're confused people.
If you only read my partial transcript above, you're missing out on the tone of voice he uses as he speaks.
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I don't like asking for help. I'm not good at asking for it, nor am I good at receiving it. I suppose most people are this same way. I know my friend Bonnie is. But, today it is Bonnie that could use a "hand up". And, I put myself in the position of asking you to help her here on my blog. I don't know that including Bonnie's story here on my tiny blog will bear one dime in assistance for Bonnie...but, I felt I had to at least try. I am in no position to help Bonnie financially so I thought perhaps I could ask YOU if you could find it in your heart to help out my friend. That's all I can do is ask...ask that you help out Bonnie if you're in a position to do so. Even if you can't help her financially, could you please share this blog post or the GoFundMe campaign for Bonnie with others who may be in a position to assist? Social media is a powerful tool...but, it only succeeds when the people who use it feel compelled to share the stories about others with others. I don't know how to "compel" anyone to do anything. All I can do is ask you to please donate and/or share this post. Thank you.
I've known Bonnie via Facebook for almost 4 years and I met her in person nearly one year ago when a group of about 30 Facebook friends all met each other for the first time. I also have known Sandra for about the same amount of time via Facebook. She is the one who established this GoFundMe campaign for our friend Bonnie.
Sometimes life can take a turn and you have no control over the situations and you find yourself in a vulnerable position needing the help of others. This can happen to anyone and this is what happened to my friend Bonnie.
Two years ago Bonnie's husband, Russ, died at age 57. Bonnie & Russ were high school sweethearts, married 39 years, (and counting dating) were together 43 years. Losing him has been like losing a part of her soul. Russ worked at the same company for 30 years and it shut down. Being older & in poor health, he found himself without a job and Bonnie and Russ went through their savings leaving them financially struggling.
After Russ passed her world turned upside down realizing the financial stress she would now have..with no life insurance to help her...and because she isn't old enough to retire she cannot collect his Social Security yet. Along with the pain & grief of losing Russ, and now financial struggles, life has become very difficult for Bonnie. She is a dedicated employee who works at her job each night from 4:30 pm to 3 am but is living from paycheck to paycheck.
Last week she found out she owes $700 for taxes because of her tax withholdings on her paycheck. This amount was impossible for her to come up with. Now, she changed her tax withholdings (so she won't owe taxes next year) but this leaves her with almost $200 less takehome pay each month. Bonnie has had to rely on help from family for other things in the last two years to get by, (And they have been a huge blessing in her life), but now she faces the months ahead knowing she will be earning less money and this is very discouraging.
Somtimes, its seems like she can't get a break from the struggles, but Bonnie is a christian and she knows that the Lord will sustain her. In one way or another, He has made things work the last two years.
The Lord has laid it upon my heart to do what I can to make a difference in Bonnie's life at this time. James 1:27 says that true religion is helping orphans and widows in their time of distress. Bonnie is in a time of distress and I would like to ask you to help her in any way you can. Let's show her that Christ can send others to help her when she can't help herself. If you are not able to help financially, please keep Bonnie in your prayers.
As of the time of this writing, the amount received on the GoFundMe campaign for Bonnie is currently at $1,470.00. Every penny of it is a blessing to Bonnie and is humbly and graciously accepted by her. But, on her behalf, I'm going to state the obvious (because neither Bonnie nor Sandra would ever say it out of a fear of sounding "greedy"): $1,470.00 is a good start...but, much more is really needed.
I, too, want to avoid sounding "greedy", but the point of me writing this blog post is to highlight the absolute NEED for more help for Bonnie. I would guess that somewhere closer to $20,000-25,000 would be a number that would actually relieve the pressure on Bonnie's finances and prevent her from experiencing this exact same financial situation in another month or two. I live on the edge of the monetary abyss myself...I know all too well of that which I am speaking. I know what a DAILY, all-consuming stress-fest it is to be constantly shackled with financial FEAR. That's why I'm writing this post for Bonnie. I don't think that $25,000 is really an attainable goal...but, I also know that the current stated "goal" of $2,000.00 on the GoFundMe campaign won't come close to fixing Bonnie's current financial problems. Any upkeep on her home that her family has not been able to assist her with has been put-off and I know there are several needs in this area. Plus, anytime any of the little "financial surprises" that strike all of us at the most inopportune times (car repairs, broken household appliances, etc.) are incapable of being addressed at this time in Bonnie's current situation. The need for one major car repair could completely devastate any financial plan or budget that Bonnie may currently have.
When Sandra created this campaign for Bonnie I know she felt "greedy" when she originally asked for donations of $700.00 from strangers for a person they do not know and will likely never meet. We are all (Bonnie, Sandra, myself) extraordinarily thankful for each and every donation that has been received on the GoFundMe site for Bonnie thus far. But, I'll be the one to state that it's not nearly enough. Not yet. If you can find it within your budget to donate even $5 or $10 (or more) to Bonnie, you could help at least one other person in this world who truly needs it...but, would never expect it.
Thank you very much for reading and sharing this story. And, if you are one of the donors to the GoFundMe campaign for Bonnie, may it return to you tenfold! Thank you for being a blessing in Bonnie's life whether you donate or help out by sharing this story. In whichever capacity you may choose to participate, please know that any and ALL help is appreciated. Thank you!
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Former first-ever Republican female Vice Presidential candidate and Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin's Political Action Committee "SarahPAC" released a new video yesterday. (Well, kind of...the new video is actually on a YouTube channel by the name of "PassCodeCreative"...which is not the usual channel on which SarahPAC videos are released...so...I'm not certain what is up with that.) The creators of this same YouTube channel have been responsible for most of the biggest ads ever created for SarahPAC in the past and all of those ads can also be found on the PassCodeCreative YouTube channel. The NEW video is entitled "Catch Me If You Can" and it is full of news clips from the media response to the "One Nation" bus tour of America in which Sarah Palin and her family led the media on a wild goose chase back in 2011.
I, for one, hope that the message in this new video is that Sarah Palin is going on another bus tour of America this Spring or Summer. Why? Because it was GREAT FUN to watch the media pee their pants and trip all over themselves while attempting to keep up with Sarah on her first bus tour of this great country. I watched that show before with great amusement and I'd quite enjoy seeing it again.
Except, this time, I hope Sarah goes on a new bus tour AFTER she announces that she's running for president!!! That would make this possible NEW bus tour even MORE fun! Adding to this possible grand spectacle would be the virtual online explosion that could occur as a result. Ha! (Seriously - the internet could virtually explode if Sarah jumps into the 2016 presidential race.)
Also, adding to my claim of a "virtual explosion" of the internet would be the fact that, as Americans, we could all have a FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT of whom we could ALL be proud...provided we all want a LAWFUL president in the White House, that is. That would equate real"change".
A few "quick hits" off the top of my head:
Sarah wouldn't delete her emails. (As Governor of Alaska, over 24,000 of her emails were "crowd-sourced" and NO inconsistencies were found - except...I think she asked her mother to get her a gallon of milk one time).
Sarah would clean up the "corrupt bastards" in Washington, D.C. as she did in Alaska (RE: CORRUPT BASTARDS CLUB - a group of Alaskan Republicans she put in jail...for corruption).
Imagine if a President of the United States (POTUS) would ACTUALLY WORK to make the lives of "regular Americans" better. (As Sarah WOULD.)
Imagine a POTUS who would NOT be beholden to special interest groups and big-money donors. (As Sarah would NOT.)
Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama...they ALL said those things.
What has changed in your life since they spoke those words?
Have things changed for you at the same rate that things have changed in the lives of Clinton, Bush, and Obama since they were elected president? All of them are multi-millionaires. Are you?
I could fill about 15-20 pages of this blog with a list of Sarah Palin's REAL accomplishments from when she was in an elected office. If you want to know more about Sarah Palin's accomplishments while in office, and not be a drone-like, Kool-Aid-drinkin' sheep who buys into the caricature the media has painted of her and you (being the election expert that you've deemed yourself to be) declare her "unelectable", I suggest you Google: "Sarah Palin's accomplishments" and inform yourself of all that she has accomplished while in ELECTED office. Rather than spending your time doubting Sarah Palin's capabilities in an elected office, I would think that you should first seek to inform yourself about them.
And, before you declare yourself the "online political expert" for this political season, perhaps you should remind yourself how many candidates you yourself were instrumental in getting elected to president? Then, ask yourself how many people now come to you for advice on this same subject? If your answer to both of these questions is "zero" (as I suspect it is), perhaps your opinion on this next election will not carry near as much weight as you think it ought to? Who died and made you the "Karl Rove" of our lives? Keep it to yourself. Or get a job pontificating for Jeb Bush on FOX News...you'll fit right in. They'll love you there.
No one's true "favorite" candidate would ever get elected if the people who "thought they couldn't get elected" would never vote for them. That's how a Bill Clinton...or a George W. Bush...or a Barack Obama got elected...because too many in the primaries thought "some other" candidate COULDN'T win. Primary season is where you're supposed to vote for your FAVORITE candidate. The general election is reserved for you to vote for those whom you have to decide which is the worst of the two evils from which we traditionally get to choose. Wouldn't it be fantastic if we could END that stupid ritual?
Here's the new video from SarahPAC. (Note to media: Go stock up on "adult" diapers...NOW! If you don't, it may not be long before it's running down your leg...as opposed to up.)
#WAR #Waiting4Palin
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To all of the individuals, families, and businesses that have been affected by the hysterical attacks from the militant, leftist, fascist gays in the USA over the past many months:
I'm a gay woman and on behalf of the calm, rational, commonsense gays in this country I'd like to apologize for the way you are being treated by some gay people. I'm so sorry that you, your entire family, and your businesses are having to suffer through this deluge of hatred and, in some cases, legal trouble from the militant, leftist, fascist gays and their evil-acting friends. Many of them are so filled with hatred that they've become fanatical and they can't even recognize the hypocrisy of their words and actions they direct toward you.
They want things for "Me! Me! Me!" and they NEVER take into account how their own selfishness affects others in this world. They don't care about you or what you believe - yet, they DEMAND that you care about them and what they believe. They attack, with bile, everyone who has the guts to speak their mind or state an opinion that may vary from the one they hold. They claim "diversity" as their mantra, yet, there is ZEROactual "diversity" allowed within their ranks. (They'll attack me, too, if given the chance - let them - let the light of true tolerance shine brightly on their black hearts.) Their behavior is the very antithesis of tolerance and I want to put it on the record that I, a gay woman, do NOT condone their behavior, their agenda, or their tactics. In fact, I find their behavior reprehensible, shocking, and unacceptable in a decent society. I want to draw a clear line in the sand between the #TrulyTolerant (myself and other gays who share my stance) and the fascists who bully and spread hate in order to attain some misconstrued definition of "acceptance". Please, don't hold their behavior against me or against other gays who believe you have just as much right to your beliefs as we have to ours. I'm proof that gays like this do exist in this world and I'm sorry you don't hear more from us. It's not in our conservative nature to repeatedly address the subject of our sexuality but, from time to time, it becomes politically relevant or even necessary to do so. I'm uncomfortable discussing this subject now but I feel that I have somewhat of a duty to do it. I am nobody's spokesperson but my own. However, I do have other gay friends who I know would agree with just about everything I'm saying here. I'm certainly not the only one.
I understand that we all have to live and work together in society and I truly do accept your beliefs. I don't have to agree with you 100%, nor do I need you to agree with me 100%. In fact, if you told me you did, I probably wouldn't trust you. I thoroughly respect all people who possess the steadfastness to maintain their stance on a position or belief that they hold dear...even when under attack from what seems like a large proportion of society. Trust me, I've been on the receiving end of the hatred from the left...I've received the phone calls to my home in the middle of the night, too...and I'm here to tell you that this loudmouth activist klan doesn't have the sticktoitiveness to keep harassing you. Within a week or two, the vast majority of them will see something new and shiny and their concentration on you will be diverted. (This is where you should say a prayer for their next targets...because there will be more.) This is their pattern. This is what they do. They bully and they attempt to intimidate. Don't let them. Stiffen your spine, check your beliefs, and stand strong. I'll gladly stand with you.
*****(End of apology/plea.)*****
I've been contemplating exactly how to write a blog post about this subject for several months. There are so many topics I wanted to include, but was afraid I would forget, that I've put this off for too long. What I've realized is that it's time now to stop putting this off and just write it. There will be many things that I will leave out and/or wish I would have said - maybe a few things I'll wish I would have said differently, too. Some of you may not like what I have to say, but I hope you read the whole thing anyway. Those of you who don't know me are likely wondering "Who the hell are you to address this subject?" I'm nobody. I'm a gay conservative woman with a blog, a YouTube channel, a never-ending stream of opinions, and a voice - and, I'm not afraid to use any of them. I'm a great fan of freedom of speech - I utilize that right frequently. I don't have to agree with someone 100% in order to support their cause. I am TOLERANT, in other words. With that being said, I also don't have to take abuse from those who disagree with me (keep that in mind in case you feel like attacking me in the comments - this is my blog and I will protect my readers and/or YouTube viewers and myself from having to read any waste-of-time or vile comments).
*****
While I am not a religious person, I understand that those who are, do not hate me. (Well, the vast majority of them don't, anyway. There is an exception to every single rule on earth. And, you militant, leftist, fascist gays sure make it difficult for anyone to "accept" all gays. Thanks a whole bunch for that.) However, I have received my fair share of "you're going to hell" comments from self-titled "Christians", and it is these few but vocal "Christians" who give the rest of you a bad name (as it is the militant, leftist gays who I believe give all gays a bad name). With that in mind, for those of you who do believe that a gay person may go to hell when they die: Naturally, you're free to believe that but I'll never understand why so many feel the need to tell it to others. Please, keep it to yourself. You're not God. God made me and He made all other gay people, too. To call us a mistake is to call God imperfect. Isn't it? Think long and hard about that bible from which you may quote before you take it upon yourself to condemn to hell a fellow man. And, don't think that you're the first person to say these things to a gay person. Most of us have heard it from many other people for many years. Do you think that because you tell us you think we're going to hell that it is going to change us? Do you think if you call someone a "sexual deviant" that you've won the argument? All that those kind of comments do is divide us. And, I'll admit that it IS a struggle to not fall into a pit of hatred for the lot of you who feel it is your duty to share your "you're going to hell" comments with every gay person you encounter. Now, mind you, I've never had anyone say these words to my face. All of these interactions have occurred online and came from unidentifiable (anonymous) "keyboard warriors" who claim an allegiance to Christ. Those of you who call yourselves "Christians" and engage in this type of commentary are another part of the problem.
And, for those of you who believe that being gay is a choice: Unless you are gay, what in the heck could you possibly know about it? Just because you think it, doesn't make it so. And, when you say, "I choose to be heterosexual", that implies that, at one time, you chose not to be gay. Really? You did? That was actually an option for you? Do you even hear the words as they come out of your own mouth? Here's something I could choose: I could"choose" to be straight...I could ruin some man's life by deluding him into a sexless marriage. That would be a "choice" I could make. But, thankfully, destroying someone else's life is not a viable option for me...nor should it be for anyone.
Getting back to the hateful left, or as I like to sarcastically call them, "the civil left", they've gotten themselves all worked up into yet another frenetical lather over a hypothetical situation that was proposed to one of the family members of the Memories Pizza establishment in Indiana (the interview can be viewed HERE). She said that they would not cater a gay wedding. Here, fascists...here, militant gays...here, gay-friendly, goody-two-shoes buttinsky's who think you're "helping" gays...let me tell you what you do when a business makes that decision: YOU GO DOWN THE STREET AND DO BUSINESS WITH THE NEXT BUSINESS!!! Period. You don't attempt to DESTROY someone's livelihood over ONE THING in which they believe that you do not!!!
ISIS is killing Christians and gays...right now...as I type this. They're crucifying and beheading Christians and they're throwing gays off the roofs of tall buildings (and then stoning them after they land, whether they're dead or not). If they're not killing a gay person at this very moment, then they are singling one out, they are either torturing or harassing him and preparing him for execution. While you are bitching that a few individuals don't care to cater to your every need, your brethren are dying in other lands. But, the screeching, militant, fascists here in the United States remain silent about these ACTUAL atrocities that are occurring right now in the Middle East. Until you militant, hateful, fascist bastards work yourselves up into a rich lather about the MURDER of fellow gays in the Middle East, may everything you do from here on out carry ZERO weight nor lend any credibility to anyone who feigns "support" for "gay causes". And, if you're truly NOT just simply targeting Christians, there are a few Muslim bakeries that should probably be on the receiving end of your ire...if you're being 100% honest about seeking your version of "equal rights" and your goal is NOT to simply TRASH Christians and Christianity in this country, that is.
Why would you leftists WANT another segment of society (Christians) to be discriminated against as gays were for centuries (and still are in Muslim nations)?
I thought that, as a gay person, our "goal" was to be accepted for who we are? Why is it the antithesis of your existence to allow others to exist AS THEY ARE?
I can't believe that the following words actually have to be typed with (some) gays as the target audience:
If you want others to accept YOU for who you are and beliefs that you hold dear, then YOU have to accept OTHERS for who THEY are and for the beliefs that they hold dear. Duh.
With this latest display of abject intolerance for the beliefs that others hold dear, you have now become everything that we were fighting against. Congratulations.
I wish you would all just please shut up until you've got something other than hate and divisiveness to share with the rest of the world.
If you believe that walking into a bakery and simply buying some cupcakes or going into a florist and simply ordering some flowers is the same thing as having one of those businesses provide their services for your wedding, then I guess you've totally misconstrued what WEDDINGS are about in the first place. I've always known this. Others apparently don't. I have no problem with civil unions and I'm no longer a proponent of "gay marriage" - I used to be. (I honestly don't care about it at all anymore.) Hell, I voted for Al Gore with the sole hope that gay marriage would become legal! I was never so happy that GWB was president when I watched that 2nd plane crash into the WTC, either. September 11, 2001 was the day my "gay activism" essentially ended. There are so many more things in the world that are so much more important. I refuse to waste my time on almost any gay cause in the USA ever again. The only gay cause in the USA that could ever pique my interest again would be a "gay-bashing" story - and, it had better be accurate - thanks to the corruption of the story about Matthew Shepard, I'll be extremely hesitant about believing any story about "gay-bashing" ever again....and, all of you on the militant left who pushed that story out to the rest of America, you only have yourselves to thank for the hesitation that I and others now feel in not wanting to believe you and your kind when (or if) you tell us "real" stories about "gay oppression" in the United States. You'd better be able to back it up. I thank you for the lesson(s) that I've learned from you.
I've had other gays ask me how it is possible for me me to support conservative lawmakers who have "voted against the gay agenda". Well, here's why: I don't support the gay agenda. I don't support anything about your "cause". I just want to be able to live my life, as a gay person, in the United States of America, the greatest country on the face of the earth. I want to do so without others infringing on my rights. And, as I've lived my life as a gay person, I've never found anyone who has wished to infringe upon my rights, therefore, I live my life. I'm a free person. That you can't live your own lives without that same feeling is your own fault. If you always go looking for a fight, I promise you, you'll always find one.
Tammy Bruce puts it all very well in this appearance on Hannity a few nights ago:
*****UPDATE***** (April 5th, 2015 9:25PM CST) - I forgot to include this:
For those of you who may be so inclined to donate, now that the GoFundMe campaign for Memories Pizza has ended (after raising $842,592), please consider donating to Barronelle Stutzman. She's a Christian florist who could very well lose everything she has (business/home/etc.) after declining to provide services at the gay wedding of a long-time customer of hers. You can donate and/or read more about her story HERE. This campaign has been on GoFundMe for about a month and the total is currently at $92,013. If you can't donate, perhaps you can share the link? Thank you.
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