Knowledge and Imagination or Simply Stuck on Stupid?

Who is this guy?

This global village we live in inudates us with news, facts, and stories from around the planet. One tends to feel a overwhelmed at times, especially when the information barrage is consistently doom, gloom and boom. However, I firmly believe that one needs to be as fully informed as possible about the threats to our way of living, and to our global neighbours who often are innocent and yet receive the brunt of the evil that lurks.............and yet, do the majority believe this?

I don't think so. I don't think the majority of people even read their local papers, let alone read about or listen to news and events that happen beyond their imaginary boxed-in borders. Too scary? Too difficult to comprehend? Are people just too absorbed in their own little lives that outward thinking is beyond ability?

Wake UP!

But, where do you start? How do you rummage through the media propoganda and find some truth? What editors, journalists and politicians do you trust in their assessment and analysis of the turmoil and terrorism that permeates our lives? We may have not had a direct hit in this country, but surely we are a considered target? Is it best to keep our heads in the sand and just take on an attitude that there is nothing that can be done..........that we are simply puppets with no muscle to fight back? Are we willing to stay stuck on stupid? Or do we at least arm ourselves with knowledge, which therefore would allow us to think and plan imaginatively?

Well guess what? Here are a few nifty reminders that every member of this planet should be aware of......................................

The ghost of Bin Laden slammed U.S. and British efforts and their past actions in Sudan, where bin Laden lived in the mid-1990s before being expelled by the Sudanese government.

"I call on the mujahedeen [Islamic fighters] and their supporters, especially in Sudan and the Arabian peninsula, to prepare for a long war against the crusaders and plunderers in western Sudan. Our goal is not defending the Khartoum government but [to] defend Islam, its land and its people," the speaker said.

A civil war has destroyed much of western Sudan and left hundreds of thousands dead. Arab militias have carried out torture, widespread killings and rapes, particularly in the nation's Darfur region.

The United States and many human rights groups have declared a "genocide" in the region, although the United Nations stopped short of that term. Sudan denies a genocide and widespread accusations that the militias have government backing.

This is a threat to be taken seriously. This is information that we should all be cognizant of, because it is a threat to all of us. Continued pressure and concern should be voiced loud and clear to our own leaders, to do all they we can to prepare for the next attack, and to continue to look for this evil man. The more people are aware that this is the reality, the more support our troops will have in Afghanistan. We are at war.

Here's another.............

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not a name that trips off the tongue pleasantly. Have you been reading about this crazed zealot? This well dressed man with a snake up his sleeve and a sinister smile on his face was brought up in Khomeni's Iran, as a young fighter where his Islamic beliefs were fed and encouraged and solidified. He grew up with a profound hatred of North America and Europe. He developed a strong belief that Christianity is evil, and that Islamic fundamentals were the future.

After his Presidential election he proclaimed, "Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 [the current Iranian year] will, if God wills, cut off the roots of injustice in the world." He said, "The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world."

Nuclear weapons are now available in Iran. Armies are being beefed up. No doubt he and Bin Laden do the MSN thing.

OH, wait a minute! I've got it! Bin Laden's hiding out in myspace.com. Yeah!

Try Googling this name.......................Alexander Lukashenko. He's the President of a little country called Belarus. Has been since 1994, but recently re-elected under very dubious circumstances AGAIN.

In an interview with Markus Ziner for a December 1995 edition of the German newspaper Handelsblatt, Lukashenko stirred international controversy with favorable comments towards Hitler. In the interview, he said:

"The history of Germany is somehow a copy of Belarus's history at some point. At the time Germany was raised from the ruins thanks to a firm hand. Not everything that was connected to a certain Adolph Hitler in Germany was bad. Remember his rule in Germany. The German order had grown over centuries. Under Hitler this process reached its culmination. This is perfectly in line with our understanding of a presidential republic and of the role of its president. I want to emphasize that one man cannot be all black or all white. There are positive sides as well. Germany was once built up out of the ruins with the help of a strong presidential force. Germany was raised thanks to this strong force, thanks to the fact that the whole nation united around its leader. Today we are going through a similar period, when we have to unite around one person or group of people in order to survive, hold out and get back on our feet again..." (Handelsblatt, December 1995)

Lukashenko moved beyond rhetoric to take a more active stance of supporting countries in conflict with the West. During the late 1990s, Belarus exported about $400 million worth of armaments annually to an assortment of countries including Iran, Sudan, Iraq - which received anti-aircraft weapons and training - and Yugoslavia. The outbreak of the Kosovo War in 1999 led to Lukashenko proposing a "Slavic Union" of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Yugoslavia, an idea which received only lukewarm support and was quietly dropped. Following the Iraq war of 2003, the United States announced that several high-ranking Iraqi officials had been issued Belarusian passports.

Oh, there are more.......yessirreee..............there are more where these creepies come from. And it seems to me that they all form an undercover club. Maybe they even have their own password and code rings............. Yeah, we need to know more about these MEN who are plotting and ruminating from their little rabbit holes.

But, I fear most will continue to keep their heads in the sand, as noted in another story on the wire today. Do you recognize this picture I posted?

If he arrived at your front door, would you let him in? This creepy spittle-lipped man recently dawned a white lab coat and began knocking on doors in Florida pretending to be a door to door doctor who gave free breast exams. And guess what? He succeeded in copping a feel and caressing a few hooters before someone WOKE UP and called the police.

If we are living so blindly that we can't assess whether or not a person looking as loopy as that, is a boob fondling FRAUD, then do we have any reason to believe that we will be able to use our imagination and brilliant minds to deal with the dictators, and Islamic Terrorists that have plans to ruin the life we lead?

Keep your blouses on girls, and drink up the caffeine. It's time to read the scenario. We all have potential brilliant minds. We all need to choose to read to learn and to be aware of what's going on in this crazy world. We all need to be creative in the way we protect our way of life. It's up to us. Now, let's try and figure out how we do that.