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The Best Book - Because They Hate

I can't put it down, just finished half the book in one sitting and I believe you will too.

Because They Hate by Brigitte Gabriel is one of the most important books of our times.

I recommend it to every Western individual--American, European, Australian--interested in survival, and understanding the cultural divide between Western and Arab thought, especially those adherents of radical Islam.

Brigitte Gabriel writes eloquently about radical Islam and how their hatred and evil crimes ruined Lebanon.

Ms. Gabriel, a Christian from Lebanon, shows exemplary courage in her fascinating book that sheds a spotlight on TRUTH that only an insider could know and tell.

Lebanon kindly took Muslim refugees/Muslim Palestinians in, and unbeknownst to the Lebanese Christians, who only wanted to help, they became the victims of Muslim hatred, which included savage killings, mutilations, rapes, and war because well, the Christians weren't Muslims.

Brigitte is a journalist who recalls her childhood days of peaceful Lebanon followed by war-torn Lebanon at the hands of radical Islam terrorists.

The only people that lent a hand up, helping their sick and dying for no money, were the compassionate Israelis, those people they'd been taught to hate.

Brigitte trained herself in English by watching TV, worked her way into an anchor position with World News, a position in Jerusalem. And she ultimately buried her mother and father in Jerusalem, the parents she dearly loved and who loved her "higher than the sky, deeper than the ocean, and bigger than the whole wide world"

A courageous free-thinking young woman, who saw that Western civilization was better, Brigitte moved to America with her journalist American-born husband.

Now in America Brigitte speaks out,

"I refuse to stand by and let the same thing happen to my adopted country, USA. Even after 9/11, there are those who say that we must engage our terrorist enemies, that we must address their grievances. Their grievance is our freedom of religion... our democratic process. Islamic religious authorities and terrorists repeatedly state that they will destroy the United States and Western Civilization. Unless we take them at their word, and defend ourselves, they..."

Well, read the book.

This woman writes beautifully, telling her childhood tale of how she survived Islamic terror. She paints a human picture of Lebanon pre and post radical Islam.

Having a human face to the bigger terror story makes the story more understandable. I wish our Speaker of the House would have read this book before her trip to Syria, which I believe was a mistake.

I can still see the little girl Brigitte, wearing her pale blue dress with the little flowers, at home in the mountains when the shelling started because she was a Christian.

Her struggles sowed the seeds for this marvelous book, Because They Hate, which is an education and a warning to us all.

I strongly recommend that you buy it or go to the library. We can't afford to have our heads buried in denial.

www.americancongressfortruth.com is her web site.

Dance

Life's a challenge, dancing makes it worthwhile.

War Funding at what price?

When disaster strikes America--tornedo, flood, earthquake, terrorism--who will protect us?

Help us?

Recently a tornedo flattened a Kansas town, and like Katrina, help was a long way off.

Iraq?

That's where much of our resources have gone.

Billions. Trillions. And souls lost of love,family, and life in exchange for roadside bombings.

I do not understand funding Iraq War without timelines.

I do not understand how helping Iraqis fight their civil war is helping our plight against terrorism.

If I believed it'd help fight terrorism, I might be writing a different view.

I believe terrorism is real, and therefore do not understand why our resources are squandered killing people in Iraq.

Terrorists may be in Iraq, but so too are they in Pakistan, Iran, France, Britian, America...

Might there be a better way to deal with America's enemy, leaving more resources at home where we live, where we need them?

Can't the most powerful country in the world use its genius to think of a better plan?

I personally don't understand how the democrats could have been divided enough to send more indefinite funding for Iraq war. Here's photo of recent lost troops.

It makes me sad.

Clinton and Obama voted against measure.

What can we learn from history so we don't repeat mistakes?

American Lung Association

The American Lung Association does great work. I subscribe to their weekly breather newsletter and so can you. This week, highlights include: increased cancer cases in China due to environmental pollution--lung cancer is way up. In our country, lung disease is way up too. Frankly, it scares me. Lung cancer is a horrible way to die. I've known people to suffer this one, and it's painful. We really must all do whatever we can to lessen the carbon load in our atmosphere. Report cars and trucks polluting. Truck and school bus companies invest in clean fuel. I cringe every time I pass a black-poof of chemicals spewing from buses and trucks. Why must I breathe that crap? And I wish more of us would drive less, turn off the lights more, invest in alternative energy sources, and work more from home. Structure your lives so you don't have to drive a lot. It's something. And if you didn't quit cigarettes yet, quit. It's easier than you think. Rally against dirty coal production, China is doing too much of it. Educate. Educate.

Success Deepak Style

Potential.

We all have it.

And a purpose, too.

A unique talent and gift to give others. And when we give it, we feel uplifted.

So align with your highest vision.

These are eternal messages highlighted in Deepak Chopra's latest DVD: Seven Spiritual Laws of Success 

One message throughout the DVD and all of Chopra's books is that the most effortless way to know your potential is to bond with the universe through a daily practice of meditation.

Deepak Chopra tells us, "Take time to be silent and just be. Go into pure silence. Intelligence and organizing ability lie here."

Other ideas include: Least effort is best. Success is expansion of happiness. Embrace this moment because an Aha! inspiration can follow.

Consider walking a labrynth, a circle, and discover a purposeful path to a hidden goal-- Olivia Newton-John does so as she asks the universe what she needs to know. She hears her answer as she walks the circle.

The dreamer manifests the dream.

To have anything you want you must be grounded in uncertainty, step into the unknown every moment; it's a fertile ground of freedom and evolution. You will have freedom to create anything you want.

According to Deepak Chopra...

"Imagine you're the CEO of an organization, and you're influenced by people and events. Your power only goes with your title, position, and your power lasts as long as you have the title. What if you tap into the power of your spirit? Success depends on who you are, not what you do. Therefore, spirit lies at achievement of all in life.

Every intention can find its fulfillment through the law of detachment. When you're not desperate or obsessed you're usually in the best position to receive from universe. Keep you attention in the present, then your intent for future will manifest."

The nature pictures in his DVD are beautiful and the inspiration timeless. 

Disclosure: I have read most of Deepak Chopra's books and I was asked to review this DVD, which I equally enjoyed.

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