Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Call it HR 1388, Call it DOCID: fr04fe09-106 FR Doc E9-2488 Whatever you call it, we were never told until AFTER the action. . . by Gennai Zazzen on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 9:33am


Federal Register: February 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 22)
DOCID: fr04fe09-106 FR Doc E9-2488
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Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 of January 27, 2009

Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related To Gaza
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the ``Act''), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.


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[[Page 6115]]
Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 of January 27, 2009

Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related To Gaza
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the ``Act''), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.


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[FR Doc. E9-2488
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What's next before the Muslims take over? HR 1388 PASSED by Gennai Zazzen on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 9:00am

Whether you are an Obama fan, or not, EVERYONE IN THE U.S. Needs to know.... H.R. 1388 was passed, behind our backs.   You may want to read about it...It  wasn't mentioned on the news... Just went by on the ticker tape at the bottom of the CNN screen...Obama funds $20M in tax payer dollars to immigrate Hamas Refugees to the USA . This is the news that did not, and will not, make the headlines.
By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in "migration assistance" to the Palestinian refugees and "conflict victims" in Gaza .. The "presidential determination" (ain't that nice?) which allows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with ties to Hamas to resettle in the United States , was signed and appears in the Federal Register. Few on Capitol Hill, or in the media, took note that the order provides a free ticket replete with housing, transportation and food allowances to individuals who have displayed their overwhelming support to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the parliamentary election of January 2006.
Now we learn that he is allowing thousands of Palestinian refugees to move to, and live in, the US at American taxpayer expense. These important, and insightful, issues are being "lost" in the blinding bail-outs and "stimulation" packages. Doubtful?  To verify this for yourself:    www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488

YOU MUST PASS THIS ON...    AMERICA NEEDS TO  KNOW... Friends,  WE are losing this country at a rapid pace.


Don't know whether you've seen this one before, but it's well written and argued by a man with clean insight and common sense. by Gennai Zazzen on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 9:45am


  When Will Obama crack in Public?   Posted: April 19, 2011         by Mychal Massi

With these being among the kinder rebukes being directed at Obama, and with people becoming less intimidated by his willingness to use race as a bludgeon, with falling poll numbers in every meaningful category and an increasingly aggressive tea-party opposition – how much longer before he cracks completely?  McCann continued: "[His] performance was the culmination of four years of outright lies and narcissism that have been largely ignored by the media, including some in the conservative press and political class who are loath to call [him] what he is in the bluntest of terms: a liar and a fraud. That he relies on his skin color to intimidate, either outright or by insinuation [against] those who oppose his radical agenda only add to his audacity. It is apparent that he has gotten away with his character flaws his entire life, aided and abetted by sycophants around him. ..."  , April 15, 2011).  Steve McCann wrote: Obama's speech "was chock full of lies, deceit and crass fear-mongering. It must be said that [he] is the most dishonest, deceitful and mendacious person in a position of power I have ever witnessed" ("The Mendacity of Barack Obama," AmericanThinker.com Today, criticism is coming from all sides. A senior Democrat lawmaker said, "I have been very disappointed in [Obama], to the point where I'm embarrassed that I endorsed him. It's so bad that some of us are thinking, is there some way we can replace him? How do you get rid of this guy?" ("Democrats' Disgust with Obama," The Daily Beast, April 15, 2011)  But during an afternoon speech to address the budget/debt, he took his scornful, unstable despotic behavior to depths that should give the nation cause for concern. Displaying a dark psychopathy more representative of an episode of "The Tudors" television series, he invited Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to sit in the front row during his speech and then proceeded to berate both Ryan and Ryan's budget-cutting plan. Even liberal Democrats were put off by the act. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough questioned the sanity of Obama's actions.  It appeared, at that time, as if he were "fraying around the emotional edges." That behavior has not abated – it has become more pronounced. While addressing the nation, after being forced to explain the validity of his unilateral aggression with Libya , America witnessed a petulant individual scowling and scolding the public for daring to insist he explain his actions.  At that time, I wrote that not having things go one's way can be a bitter pill, but reasonable people don't behave as he was behaving. He had insulted Republicans at their luncheon, where he had been an invited guest. I had speculated that was, in part, what had led him to falsely accuse Supreme Court justices before Congress, the nation and the world, during the 2010 State of the Union address.   I wrote that it was beginning to appear the growing mistrust of him and contempt for his policies was beginning to have a destabilizing effect on him.  Obama continues to exhibit behavior that, at best, can be described as mobocratic and, at worst, reveals a deeply damaged individual. In a February 2010 column, I asked,  The American people have been sacrificing; it is he and his family who are behaving as if they've never had two nickels to rub together – and now, having hit the mother lode, they're going to spend away their feelings of inadequacy at the taxpayers' expense.  Expensive, ill-fitting and ill-chosen wigs and fashions hardly befit the first lady of the United States . The Obamas have behaved in every way but presidential – which is why it's so offensive when we hear Obama say, in order "to restore fiscal responsibility, we all need to share in the sacrifice – but we don't have to sacrifice the America we believe in."  The Obamas behave as if they were sharecroppers living in a trailer and hit the Powerball, but instead of getting new tires for their trailer and a new pickup truck, they moved to Washington . And instead of making possum pie, with goats and chickens in the front yard, they're spending and living large at taxpayer expense – opulent vacations, gala balls, resplendent dinners and exclusive command performances at the White House, grand date nights, golf, basketball, more golf, exclusive resorts and still more golf. In the 1950's they called it acting (NIGGER RICH) At a time when many Americans can barely afford Burger King and a movie, Obama boasts of spending a billion dollars on his re-election campaign. Questioned at a recent appearance about the spiraling fuel costs, Obama said, "Get used to it" – and with an insouciant grin and chortle, he told another person at the event, who complained about the effect high fuel prices were having on his family, to "get a more fuel-efficient car." 
The coming months of political life are not going to be pleasant for Obama. Possessed by a self-perceived palatine mindset, that in his mind places him above criticism, how long before he cracks in public? Can America risk a man with a documented track record of lying and misrepresenting truth as a basic way of life, who is becoming increasingly more contumelious?




Mychal Massie is chairman of the National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives-Project 21 – a conservative black think tank located in Washington, D.C. He was recognized as the 2008 Conservative Man of the Year by the Conservative Party of Suffolk County , N.Y. He is a nationally recognized political activist, pundit and columnist. He has appeared on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, NBC, Comcast Cable and talk radio programming nationwide. A former self-employed business owner of more than 30 years, Massie can be followed at 
                                             http://mychal-massie.com/premium/



"Is Obama unraveling?" I wonder. . .

Excerpt from the "Back of the Moon Chronicles" - June 16,2011 Husband of the Year Awards by Gennai Zazzen on Friday, June 17, 2011 at 3:14pm

The 6th place goes to: The United Kingdom



followed closely by...The United States of America in 5th Place.

 
 
and then...Poland is in 4th Place position.

 

                                          3rd Place must go to...Greece



 
 
It was very, very close, but the 2nd place prize was given to. . . Serbia  
 
 
The 1st Place Award goes to The Irish who are true romantics. Look, he's even holding her hand... 

Back of The Moon Chronicles - June 6, 2011 @ 11:25 am by Gennai Zazzen on Monday, June 20, 2011 at 4:01pm Monday, June 6, 2011, 11:25 AM [General]

Saturday, I kayaked 8 miles on the river. It was a gorgeous day! My left shoulder was very painful and weakened quickly, but I stuck to it and made it home in record time, 1hr 45 mins. I did find my focus shifting a bit into unwanted territory, but I did manage to ward off the blues! I can still hear my patient's words to me... 'If I die before you get back, I want you to know that I'll be thinking of you and Ellen (my co-worker).'. I felt a bit wary of leaving her then, but she said that I could go and she would see me later. I never did. She died later that day and yet though she was physically gone, I can still feel her presence somehow. When I am tired, I can feel a hand touch my shoulder or I hear a wavery voice calling my name, her voice. She haunts me, but in a good way. I do miss her. I suppose I always will.


. . . forevermore . . .

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Excerpt from "Back of The Moon Cronicles" - June 20, 2011 - Mission Impossible by Gennai Zazzen on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 11:08am


Came home the hard way. I was drifting down river and met up with some real red-necks. The three fellows were on their small craft/boat drinking and thought that harassing a female relaxing on her kayak was  entertainment. I did not even realize the danger until I felt someone grab my leg right above the knee! I did not look to see who it was as I rolled off the side, capsizing my craft. I grabbed the small bow line and pulled it away as I swam. Those three creeps could not tell where I was until I righted the thing and took off toward shore. They were quite rowdy and I was not very certain, but that they might follow. Fortunately a couple on their boat were approaching my location at a fast enough speed to disturb these wackos.They saw the approaching vessel, revved up their engine and took off south at high speed.  Needless to say my mission to daydream was a Mission Impossible today! One good thing though! I met a really very nice married couple. I sat on their deck talking to them until I was certain those men had put enough distance between us. I changed my course, and paddled north back to Dutchman's Landing.
I was so much enjoying the sensation of just lying there floating south, eyes closed.   Feeling nothing but the hot sun and a light cool breeze upon my skin. My extremities as well as my hair were trailing in the cold water. Just floating..... Oh, well! I will try again Wednesday morning. Wish me luck!
Greenland kayak just purchased this year! Yea!!!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Zen Archery (a story told to me 39 years ago) by Gennai Zazzen on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:49am

 A young Japanese archer took great pride in the excellence of his marksmanship with a bow and arrow. Having read a lot of pithy Zen stories and received some basic training on mindfulness, he soon came to the conclusion that he was a true master of archery. So he decided to travel to a remote mountain monastery in order to challenge an old Zen master, who was reputed to have once possessed great skill with a bow and arrow.
After having arrived at this monastery he eventually managed to persuade the old Zen master to compete against him. The old man was reluctant to accept this challenge, as he had not touched his bow in many years. He first had to dust and wax his bow before testing its pliancy, then gently brush the cobwebs away from his quiver and arrows.

The young archer set up a straw target at eighty paces. He drew back the string of his lethal-looking bow, and released an arrow that sped straight into the central eye of the target. Then, notching and shooting a second arrow, he managed to split the shaft of his first arrow along its entire length. With great pride in his prowess he turned to the old man and said, “Now let me see what you can do.”

Instead of notching an arrow the old master beckoned the youth to follow him. Leading the way up a steep and narrow path they eventually arrived at the top of a narrow gorge with sheer walls. A long and springy pine trunk bridged the top of this chasm, while far below two hundred feet of vertical cliff faces enclosed the turbulent roar of a mountain river, with sharp rocks protruding above the chaos of its thundering white waters. The old man stepped lightly onto the narrow pine trunk and walked briskly to its middle. He calmly strung his bow, drew an arrow from the quiver behind his shoulder, notched it, and then let it fly straight into the trunk of a tall and distant pine tree.

The young archer felt his heart rise to his throat when he saw how the pine trunk on which the old man stood was bouncing from the momentum of his bow-shot. He could hardly even bear to look as he felt the paralyzing spasms of vertigo seizing control of his body. His stomach churned, his ears rang from dizziness, and the dark shadow of oblivion was threatening to eclipse his consciousness. The old man stepped lightly back from the narrow pine bridge and said, “Now let’s see what you can do. Can you split my arrow from the middle of the pine bridge, or shall I do it for you?”

By now the young archer was on the verge of feinting, with a complete lack of control over every nerve and muscle in his body. He could not take one step towards that pine bridge, which was still quivering ominously. With trembling hands he grasped the old man’s shoulders and pulled him back from the edge of the precipice. Then he fell limply to the ground, his trembling body hunched in fetus posture, his heart and soul drained of all the strength, courage, pride and certainty that he always believed were his.

When the young archer had regained a bit more control and composure, the old man said to him: “You certainly have great skill with the bow and arrow. But you seem to have very little skill with the mind that controls these weapons. This is a dangerous predicament for an archer, especially when he has to face the reality of war, where violence can arise upon any kind of terrain and under any conditions. Pride, anger and fear are the inner enemies of every warrior. I have trained many young archers, and those who were afflicted with pride always tended to end up making me their target. When their arrow hit the mark they would always praise their own skill, but when the arrow went amiss they always blamed the straightness of the arrow.”

The young man remained at the monastery for the rest of his days, though he no longer thought of himself as an archer or a master. In the course of time the old Zen master died and the younger man became his successor. Two unstrung bows and quivers of arrows still stand against the back wall of the monastery’s storeroom, where the dust and cobwebs of many years have settled thickly upon them.