Below are the most recent 7 friends' journal entries.

Sunday, September 7th, 2008
all4israel [ yolachka ]	4:00a	So you want to boycott Israel? A guide to doing it right! :)   (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
all4israel [ rakehell ]	7:58p	I hope this is allowed, if not, it's no big deal: From: No On I-97 Committee <noi97committee@gmail.com> Help Us Defeat An Anti-Israel Measure! PO Box 2182 Seattle, WA 98111 August 2008 Right now, petitions are being circulated to put an anti-Israel initiative - Initiative 97 - on the November ballot. Pretending to be merely an anti-Iraq War measure, the text of the initiative focuses primarily on Israel. If the measure passes, it would require the city divest pension funds from many companies doing business in Israel. Proponents have announced they have half of the signatures needed to put the measure on the ballot. And late last week we learned they have started hiring signature gatherers to complete the task.  With only a few thousand signatures, I-97 will reach the ballot and precipitate a divisive debate over the best way to achieve peace in the Middle East.  For the first time, it would put one of America's most tolerant cities on record as picking a side in the Arab/Israeli conflict. But I-97 isn't just about Seattle. Seattle is the first step in a deliberate and coordinated effort to isolate and condemn Israel. If I-97 becomes law here, you can bet that other cities will follow Seattle's lead.        Fortunately, the No On I-97 campaign has been working hard to stop this measure. Since forming a few months ago, we have beat back I-97 in the 36th and the 34th Legislative Districts, in the press, in the blogosphere and with opinion leaders. Organizations including the American Jewish Committee; Anti-Defamation League; Hadassah; Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle; National Council of Jewish Women; and Stand With Us are working together to stop this dangerous and misleading measure.  Opinion leaders from all corners, including Mayor Greg Nickels, Council Member Tim Burgess, and Former Governor Gary Locke have joined us to oppose I-97.  But we need your help. The No On I-97 campaign is challenging the initiative in court, which means legal fees and costs. Preparing opinion pieces and mailings and coordinating the campaign and campaign communications to influence public opinion also costs money. These costs are as real as the threat posed by the measure. Your donation of $500, $250, $100 even $50 will help us continue to fight I-97 so that Seattle does not go on record as the first American city proposing to divest from Israel.  Click Here to Donate Now! Once you have made a donation be sure to check www.NoOnI97.com for news and information about the campaign and how you can help defeat this measure.   ( Names of the board members organizing this campaign: ) (Comment on this)
Monday, September 1st, 2008
all4israel [ mosad ]	6:22p	Подписана директива о создании разведслужбы "Мосад"  1 сентябя 1951 года Один из «отцов-основателей» и первый премьер-министр молодого государства Израиль Давид Бен-Гурион подписал директиву об организации сверхсекретной разведслужбы «Моссад» (усеченный вариант названия на иврите Института разведки и специальных задач). Главная задача этого ведомства — добывание разведданных, их обобщение и анализ с последующей передачей всей собранной и обработанной информации руководству страны. Мировую известность спецслужба «Моссад» приобрела благодаря эффективным акциям по уничтожению особо опасных террористов.  http://mignews.blogspot.com/ (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 29th, 2008
the_liz666	9:06p	sirens again... huh, wonder what exploded NOW. I've realized something in the past couple weeks... You know you're home 'town' has become a city when you wind up seeing firetrucks/ambulances/police cars speeding to... something... on an almost daily basis. It doesn't help that my neighborhood lies just off two of the main roads connecting the nearest firestation to the nearest hospital. Huh. I just realized I live within a five mile radius of two hospitals, one firestation, and a police station. Gee, I wonder if that means my property value went up.... But that's just a rant about nothing. My windows open, that's why I heard the ambulance on the road. That, and on Thursday I saw Obama's helicopter fly over my house on it's way to Denver. That was kindof neat. It was the little assembly of two identical helicopters, followed by the air force chopper. So, I really have no point tonight. I just feel like mentioning things. ANOTHER thing... I was disgusted to see that if you try to read LJ without being logged in, your blog winds up shrinking... To make room for the BANNER ADS. EW! I never realized how annoying and invasive they really are when you have to see them. That's what I HATE about Facebook. I've got another blog and Blogger, by Google... No ads. Love it. I'm not giving up on my LJ, but man, if they keep dumping ads on me I'm going to be seriously annoyed. Current Mood: random (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
salvial_ten	10:17a	A Genuine Fear of Mine As has become more than habitual for me lately, it's quite early in the day and I'm very much so awake (having been awake all of the previous night and most of the day before). I was watching music videos on Youtube and for some reason or another I watched the Metallica video for "One", this is the first time I've ever seen the video and while I like the song, and have heard it many times I never really put much thought into the lyrics. The video features clips from the movie "Johnny Got His Gun", based on a novel written on World War I. The novel was written by a man named Dalton Trumbo after reading an article about a visit by the Prince of Wales to a Canadian hospital to see a soldier that had lost all of his limbs, his hearing, his speech, sight, and nose during the war. He wrote about what it must be like to be a man trapped in his own body, and completely and utterly unable to move or communicate with the outside world. Visit here for an excerpt from the book. The term for the medical condition is "locked-in syndrom" and is most often the result of a sever stroke. Seriously, I could not imagine being forced to live like a piece of meat with no way to communicate with the outside world, or see, or do anything at all. Cases like this make me very pro-assisted suicide. I can't think of a single person I've ever met in my life that would consider this a form of quality life. For all intents and purposes a person in this condition is dead. The patient in the book was kept alive by tracheotomy and tube feeding, what little muscles were left in the body I would imagine atrophied rather quickly without stimulus or other movement, and the mind was left to itself to witness the horror and trauma of the body. Gathering from the excerpt and what I read of it on Wikipedia the medical staff had decided he was incapable of feeling or thinking, which turned out to be not true in the least bit. Later in the novel he tries to Morose Code out "Kill me" and even then was denied death. The thought of forced life on a thinking corpse just really sends chills through my spine. Seriously. Current Mood: uncomfortable (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, August 25th, 2008
salvial_ten	4:48a	More Useless Shit (I'm bored) Incoming survey. (DAMN YOU LADY! You know who you are!) ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
the_liz666	12:54a	working working working... I have a new blog. That said, I'm not going to cross link it until I'm readyto have actual people reading it. Right now it's just a depository of thoughts, feelings, and frustrations... All centered around my attempts to creat a publishable novel. I got the feeling I talked about it too much... And, well, no one really commented when I asked for comments, so maybe its all just going into the void. Forget I said that. It sounds bitchy, and I don't want to sound bitchy... I just... feel very vulnerable about the whole thing. Anyway... I'm updating here, so that I don't forget my LJ. This is the first cross-post, but I will always say more here than I do there. ... I like to say anything worth doing is worth working for, but I like everyone, am not a big fan of the actual work. Especially when if I knew beforehand it would require this much work to write a novel, I might have seriously reconsidered. The good news, I may actually have the real beginning down. I think it's how I want it. I just have to work in the introductions of all the major characters up until that point. That's the good news. The bad news, is everytime my brain is working perfectly my body wants to fail me. My arthritis is kicking back into gear, and my wrists hate me. My neck hates me. My back and my knees hate me. Fingers crossed that it all gets better. Maybe the pain will motivate me to actually get real medical treatment. We shall see. Also worth noting... I hate how you can buy shoes, try them on, have them feel fine in the store, but as soon as you wear them all day at the park, it feels like you ruined your knees and ankles. Irritating and also unavoidable. The thing I hate the most... is this means I have to go shoe shopping... again. ... That's all I wrote there. But honestly... I'm starting to feel a little down. I'm worried about my health, I just found out I have to find a new ob/gyn because the one I know and like is not coverd by my insurance... And without going into messy details... There may be something seriously wrong with me. To top it off, I have arthritis nearly every night and every morning and I just wish I could make it go away.... I don't have time to worry about my health. I don't WANT to go to a Dr. And even if I did... I worry about what he might say. *sigh* Tomorrows Monday... maybe I'll make the call... maybe I should... I don't want to, but I don't want to get horribly ill either. And EVERYONE knows those horror stories of 'it started small and if they had just seen a Dr right away they wouldn't have died of cancer'... I refuse to think it's anything bad. I just... worry too much. Goodnight. Current Mood: drained Current Music: "Beautiful Lie" - 30 Seconds to Mars (1 Comment |Comment on this)