Armenian Persecution

Posted on April 24, 2012 by area43

On Armenian Remembrance Day, Obama Again Avoids the Word ‘Genocide’ Despite Campaign Promise to Contrary (via ABC News)

In 1995 the band Integrity released the song “Armenian Persecution”. At that time two members of the band were of Armenian descent and released the song to bring attention to a horrors of the Ottoman Empire‘s genocide of Armenians. It’s fitting that angry music tells the tale of this horrific historical atrocity. For more information about this tragedy, please visit http://armenian-genocide.org.

PS If anyone can translate “Bab eed Janed cach-nem” I’d appreciate it! I’ve been clueless and curious about this for years now!

All I can think about is revenge
The slaughter inside my head never ends
And to all who deny this sin
Bab eed Janed cach-nem

Ethnic genocide
One million died
Cries went unheard in 1915
No one remembers, no one believes
Some turks deny, but they fucking lie

America knew, but as usual
They just stood by and listened to the cries
“Why interfere? There’s no money here.
Who are the Armenians… who fucking cares if they’re alive.
Who cares if they fucking survive.”

Forced in the desert and into sandy graves
Children were murdered while their mothers were raped
Babies were thrown in the air and impaled on swords
Nothing but death from the turkish hordes

Dispersal took place
Most met a cruel end
Now we are few but we’ll always be true
To the Armenians that we will defend

First they were bound, then split with an axe
They juggled their heads, and the turks laughed
Set on fire like a human torch
Many were nailed alive to the floor

 

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Cats and Dogs

Posted on April 18, 2012 by area43

The mighty Gorilla Biscuits say it better than I ever could:

Cats and Dogs
Man’s best friend is a beautiful and affectionate an ideal pet.
Cats are the same, we make up their names and our love for them is real.
Listen up, I gotta ask it, how can we be so cruel?
You say you care, that’s a lie.
My true compassion is for all living things
and not just the ones who are cute so I do what I can.
I wanna save lives and I’ve got a plan.

Under the table he’ll eat your dinner like the veggies we can’t stand.
What kind meal would he make? We don’t want to ask it.
Tradition is all that keeps him alive.
Listen up, I gotta ask it, how can we be so cruel?
You say you care, that’s a lie.
My true compassion is for all living things
and not just the ones who are cute so I do what I can.
I wanna save lives and I’ve got a plan.

Why am I so upset. Don’t even own a pet.
I am not trying to press my will.
I am not the first to say…THOU SHALT NOT KILL

Full is all we want to feel.
We eat to stay alive, but it’s their lives we steal.
I think we’d like to change, but most of us are stuck,
that’s why cats and dogs have ALL THE LUCK.

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Agnostic Front – Shoot His Load – “Can’t depend on anyone He’s his own police”

Posted on April 11, 2012 by area43

Social commentary by NYHC pioneers Agnostic Front, relevant to current events?
As long as people defending themselves are branded as criminals, then yes.
In Russia a man defended his family, stabbed armed invaders with a knife and is facing a life term in prison.
“Can’t depend on anyone He’s his own police”

Indeed.

Minding his own business
Riding subway trains
Got ripped off twice
Ain’t gonna happen again
Withdrew a hundred dollars
Bought himself a piece
Can’t depend on anyone
He’s his own police
Fourteenth Street station
This could be the night
December, he’s heavily sweating
Collar feels too tight
Tired of being preyed upon
By the scum of the earth
Tonite he’ll be the predator
Someone’s gonna get hurt
Walked into an empty car
Found himself a seat
Five low lives waiting there
Waiting for fresh meat
One by one surrounded him
Trapped him by the door
Finger on the trigger
Got more than they asked for
A split second without thinking
Hot gun in his hand
Four shots of blood
Bernie gets his man
Now he stands trial
A criminal he’s told
But he got the satisfaction
Of shooting his load

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Catch Class

Posted on April 6, 2012 by area43


Our catch class was at our midwife’s country home. Three other expectant families gathered in her living room, shoes off, snacking and sipping, enjoying the quiet of the fading sunset. Our midwife Tosi coached us through what to expect and though this was my 2nd class (our son was born at home) I was struck by how much I didn’t catch the last time around: how to deal with the cord wrapping around the child (not a big deal), breech births, sounds as indicators of labor, when to call the midwives, and more. This class was as stark contrast to the clinical coldness of the Kaiser birthing class where we were marched into a room with dozens of other families, to be shown a movie. Hollywood tells us that birth is terrifying process, a woman screaming, doctors rushing, medical equipment beeping and humming in a race against time. Our home birth was a gradual process, beginning with the visits from our midwife (yes, try getting a doctor to do that!) to her visit the day of the birth. No alarms, no beeping, no noise, just the sounds of my wife laboring and the midwives in hushed tones helping her along the way. Midwives in general, and our midwives in particular, are women with so much experience and wisdom about birthing that it amazes me that more folks don’t use their services. Women have been giving birth since we have been human, and midwives tap into that large body of knowledge and celebrate it. They don’t mute it with machines, or negate the process with drugs, but rather explain every step of the process to explain – ‘this is why your body is doing what it is doing’ to the mothers, and to the anxious and sometimes paranoid fathers. These midwives are a living connection to a time that isn’t out of date, but more vibrant and relevant than ever.

After the class was over we said our goodbyes. I stood on a quiet road, to my right a creek, to my left a farm field, above me the Easter moon shining down on a glorious Holy Thursday evening. In the dim moonlight, I made out the figure of our midwife as she pushed a cart containing our birthing tub down an earthen path to my truck. Another father helped me load the tub onto my truck, and at that moment I was transported to a strange time and place, not the past, since I had in my pocket my iphone, nor the future, as it’s always in shadow, but a combination of all of those eras. If I close my eyes I can remember that quiet road, and I’m writing this so I can never forget it. As we drove home the scenery changed from farm fields bathed in moonlight, to the highway, to concrete, steel and neon civilization. Those surroundings however, don’t matter. From midwives disobeying the Pharaoh’s order to slay the first born children (Exodus 1:15-16) to modern women discovering the joy of bringing new life into their homes amongst family. Mothers reclaiming the birthing experience with the help of midwives are keeping alive this link  from the past, which stretches to the future and weaves itself through our present.  I can’t help but smile knowing we are a small part of this rich tradition. We are blessed.

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5 Surprisingly Judeo Christian Metal Tunes

Posted on April 6, 2012 by area43

5 Surprisingly Judeo Christian Metal Tunes

Here are five heavy tunes for Easter/Passover that you can crank to the heavens!
Listen to the lyrics and peace be with you.

Killswitch Engage – This is Absolution
Iron Maiden – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Metallica – Creeping Death
Stryper – Soldiers Under Command
Black Sabbath – After Forever

Killswitch Engage – This is Absolution

We will not die this way (this is absolution)
Death claims us no more (no more)
Do not grieve, end the suffering
We will live, live eternal
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/killswitchengage/asdaylightdies.html#2

Iron Maiden – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

And by the light of the moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
God’s creatures all of them too.

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/ironmaiden/powerslave.html#8

Metallica – Creeping Death

Die! by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man
Die! by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/metallica/ridethelightning.html#7

Stryper – Soldiers Under Command

We are the soldiers under God’s command
We hold His two-edged sword within our hands
We’re not ashamed to stand up for what’s right
We win without sin, it’s not by our might

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/stryper/soldiersundercommand.html#1

Black Sabbath – After Forever

Could it be you’re afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believe in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
that God is the only way to love.

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/blacksabbath/masterofreality.html#2

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Sick Of It All – What’s Going On

Posted on March 31, 2012 by area43

Does anybody realize what’s going on?!
Take a look around and you will see that we’re destroying ourselves
does everybody out there have a chip on their shoulders?
or is it that we’ve got nothing, nothing better to do

Beatings of five to one wasn’t enough
now we’re using everything from chains
to knives and guns
how much more of this do we have to take?
before we realize it’s such a senseless waste

Does anybody out there hear the cries ?
of mothers who have lost their children
to your foolish games
when are you gonna realize
that it’s all just, just a senseless waste

You think that it’s just a game
well, i’ve got one thing to explain
someday your luck will fail
then you’ll wind up dead or jailed

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Agnostic Front – Live At CBGB – Liberty and Justice for…

Posted on March 30, 2012 by area43

Anger as sharp as the broken glass
Burning cars and tear gas
Every race riot–is the last one
A dying culture`s final gasp

Every decade–yet no one learns
And it`s always their own homes they burn
Crushed by a quorum-driven-state machine
A nation`s will, cannot be turned

Memories lost in a nation`s sleep
In the dreams of contented sheep
Can we ever hope to find solutions
When our country has sold the Constitution

All too wrong to be right
The answer`s there, we just lack the sight
Race wars fed by prejudice and fright
The love of a nation for its people
burned through the night

Monochrome blood sport–we never tire
So many things feed the fires
To repeat History–a world conspires
So many years have fed the desires

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Dr. Champion and Dr. Garrett

Posted on March 21, 2012 by area43

Just a quick note to show that women DID speak at the HHS mandate hearing, I took these from a video clip of the hearings available on youtube.

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RIP Dan Wheldon – Thoughts From An IndyCar Fan

Posted on October 17, 2011 by area43

Race car drivers are larger than life to children playing with toy cars as well as to grown ups daydreaming of blasting past commute traffic. Through the prism of television and the internet, these figures loom even larger. Talented humans transformed into superheros or super-villains, complete with helmets and uniforms! Sunday’s tragedy cracked (at least temporarily) these illusions, showing us the humanity behind the helmets. To everyone else it was a sad day at the track, to us motorsports fans, it was heartbreak and a reminder that nothing is guaranteed once that green flag waves.

IndyCar is a fan friendly and accessible sport. I know of no other sport where one can pay admission and walk up to future and past champions and ask them for a photo or an autograph. It’s the equivalent of paying for a baseball ticket and strolling into the dugout! For IndyCar fans who caught Dan Wheldon’s smile in the paddock, or posed for a photo next to his hauler, that human connection will remain with them forever. I’ve been fortunate to track down and photograph most of the big names in IndyCar and never caught Dan because he was as fast in the garage area as on the track. I did see him rush to practice once and stop to give a kid an autograph though, then he gave the rest of the fans a huge grin and thumbs up. IndyCar fans will get this joke : His smile was real no matter what version teeth he was flashing.

Some will say racing is about winning, others about the thrill of competition, but to me, racing is all about machines, humans and the human spirit. Men and women are the soul of the sport and without them, the cars are just empty vessels of carbon fiber and metal. We humans are similar, we are souls inhabiting vessels given to us as gifts. Without our souls, we are just sinew and tissue, eventually to turn to dust. Dan Wheldon lived his life to the fullest and was the proverbial nice guy while doing so. Rest in peace “Lionheart” thank you for the memories and may God give solace to your family and friends in this time of sadness.

Dan Wheldon At Infineon Raceway 2008 - Area43.net

Dan Wheldon At Infineon Raceway 2008

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EBT Rap Song vs Agnostic Front’s Public Assistance

Posted on September 20, 2011 by area43

I saw this video today courtesy of the Drudge report


Pretty bad right? I mean, I have a lot of empathy for folks who are down on their luck, lord knows I’ve been there!
On the other hand, their attitude is not making any fans so in the interest of equal time I present to you a tune by the band Agnostic Front, lyrics by the late Peter Steele. RIP.

You spend your life on welfare lines
Or looking for handouts
Why don’t you go find a job
You birth more kids to up your checks
So you can buy more drugs
Cash in food stamps and get drunk

[Chorus:]
Uncle Sam takes half my pay
So you can live for free
I got a family and bills to pay
No one hands money to me

You can go to school for nothing
Got that government grant
Get money in advance
When you’re sick from shooting up
Medicaid pays full portion
When little Maria gets knocked up
She gets a free abortion

[Chorus]
How come it’s minorities who cry
Things are too tough
On TV with their gold chains
Claim they don’t have enough
I say make them clean the sewers
Don’t take no resistance
If they don’t like it go to hell
And cut their public assistance

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