Voice of Dissent

Received this yesterday. Agree or Disagree, I like the idea that ideas like this can be expressed. Freedom of Expression Big-time! Now with the internet, ideas arrive from all over this big, bad earth we all call home.

If  you  had  your  wedding  thing  in .. Yemen ( say ) , how  would  

you  like  the  Pentagon  to  DRONE  BOMB  YOUR  RECEPTION

.. like  at  your  casino  meal  thing  ?  ?   That's  what  the  

Pentagon  does  with  the  fortune  $  those  scum  LOOT  FROM  

U.S.  CITIZENs , and .. the  voters  do  NOT  hear  about  that  stuff  

unless  you  do  research .

Keeping Up with Brian Klems

He wrote 'Oh Boy, You're having A Girl: A Dad's Survival Guilde to raising Daughters', he also is plenty busy with blogging - trainers - and, well raising a family. Did I mention he also holds down the Fort at the Writers Digests? Anyways . . . nice to have spent time with him in St. Paul.

Act of Bravery sending Kids to School

An American flag at a Utah high school was torn down Thursday and replaced by the flag of the Islamic State militant group, also known as ISIS, police confirmed.

The words “ISIS is comin” were also spray painted on the school’s wall, leading investigators to believe that someone had tried to write “ISIS is coming,” but had been forced to flee before finishing.

Compare & Contrast

No matter how ya look at it . . . Kids Suffer. Palestine is the worlds most unsafe place for children. You get the feeling America is catching up.

My Culture is Better than Yours!

The Price of thee ol' 2nd Amendment . . . Pain and Suffering.

Some find solace in referring to Muslims as 'Primitive Dark Ages' kinda folks. Back in 2014 the Peshawar School Massacre occurred. 150 killed. Then apparently nothing. Well, a more prosperous, Westernized Country has experienced 8 School Shootings so far in 2018 alone. This country is gunning for the dubious honor of maintaining its #1 Rank for School Slaughters in the World. So perhaps, this more advanced society should be careful - when it points its finger - on The World Stage.  

Fatima

Looks like we really did it this time. You and your bravery are the noor of my eyes.

Many Thanks Abdul

Like I said, if you are going to write about something . . . Welcome it into your life. I tested Abdul's patience, I suppose, with a million and one questions. It was worth it. Kofta anyone? Checkout the menu on the wall. Totally lost me, but like I said, Abdul took care of me. We are now friends.

The Water Spring of The Holy Man

This vision was shared by a holy man with his tribe who lived on what was called the Muddy Water. The Whites later named it the Missouri River.

I feel an incursion of human beings coming and nothing can stop them. Their skin is hideous and pale and ghastly, and the men have hairy faces like the face of a wolf. They are not kind. They are savages, cruel and unfeeling. They have no reverence for our places, nor for our holy Mother Earth. And they kill and destroy all things and make the land desolate. They have many dreadful customs.

What can we learn from this vision? I would think a degree of humility which acts as a govern on our egos. Only then will we arrive at the destination known universally as the truth. This will result in better tomorrows.

Never believe

Oh the places I'll go to uncover the truth. You see . . . if you're going to write about it, you need to: See it, Feel it and get to Totally know it. Well I'm during just that and as they say, the proof is in the pudding, no I mean picture. I'll post sooner than later if this works out for me.

Love All Your Comments!

Geez, I sure hope not...

I won the Writers Award and Tom Brady came in second. Guess I should've said Im'ma feeling like Nick Foles. This is in response to a comment on my previous post.

Im'ma feeling like Tom Brady!

Just Notified 'The Passionate Jihadist' was awarded First Prize as a Master Novel. Excited and many heart-felt Thank You's go out to the wonderful Catherine York for all her hard work.

"Just the facts, ma'am."

Guess Sgt Joe Friday was an inspiration but yet not. I mean . . . when I write, I stick to the facts. The way it is. Not my imagination. I set down with the players, whether they be soldiers just returned stateside or Muslims. I hear 'em all out, respect their wishes (usually about privacy) and write away. And here ya thought I was all about fiction. Remember . . . reality is stranger than fiction every darn time. 

Double-Take

So wait a tick. Doctor Larry Nassar and Attorney General Rod Rosenstein both hang out in courtrooms. That doesn't seem to be their only similarities. So who is who wise readers?

Stone 'Em?

This hate filled message is brought to you by a christian pastor from good-ol' America. Did you think this kinda thinking was something only barbarians expressed? Who knows, perhaps he'll change his tune when he gets to the part of his bible that states . . . 'love they neighbor' or 'judge not least thee be judged'.

Curt —

Steven Anderson is an American pastor who has called for LGBT people to be executed in his sermons.

Anderson also celebrated the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, saying he was happy that 50 people died and that “the bad news is that a lot of the homos in the bar are still alive, so they’re going to continue to molest children and recruit people into their filthy homosexual lifestyle.”

Laughing at Indulgences

What do you think? Is Martin Luther rolling in his grave? 

Third Attack this Week

Ever wonder if all the best intentions have been for naught? Ever wonder why I refer to The Passionate Jihadist as a work of contemporary fiction?

Oh C'mon Man . . . What'd Ya Think?

Everyone loves a Romeo and Juliet story, or do they? Anyways, I was asked to post this for your consideration.

Brian met his college sweetheart Mehraneh when they were both studying landscape architecture in New York. They fell in love and planned to marry, but Mehraneh had to return to Iran after school. And when Trump ordered the Muslim ban, they were locked out of each other’s lives indefinitely:

“We fear that our dreams of being together here in the United States may not be able to come true. America is considered the land of the free, but I feel that my freedom is being robbed from me when I cannot be with the woman I love. I am extremely lucky to have found my soulmate in life, and I cannot lose her and my dreams to this discriminatory policy.”

This whole standing in-front of a Christmas tree may not set well with Iranian Authorities. If that is the case, President Trump will the least of their worries.

Did I or Did I Not?

That seems to be the question. So tell me Captain Flap . . .

An award will be presented to the resident engineer, project engineer and lead inspector at the AGC annual meeting in St. Paul this May. It will recognize the efforts regarding a bridge over Interstate-90.

It would be nice if they named the bridge after you. Can you top this award? Mister Curt and Rude?

Flap

Below are the TOP THREE submissions that advanced to the Agent Round.

SEVEN agents are currently reading their work.

(They are listed in no particular order.

Two of them were actually tied in score! )

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Judge's comment:  “The Passionate Jihadist is a very engaging look into the world of a young Afghani boy as he navigates the dangers of the world around him both in the specific sense of the war-torn country he lives in and the more universal dangers readers can relate to in regard to bullying and resisting authority.”

--Kevin

I’ll have to defer to you oh ‘Presenter of Difficult Questions’. . . Did I best the bridge award?

You Asked on This Blog

sweet reads only has your first two. where can i find passionate jihadist This story is currently under consideration and/or production and thus unavailable for purchase. Things will change soon😉 . . . so keep checking in.

To be able to look into a child's soul and give it a voice, is a special thing. Thank you From the mouths of children do spout so many truths.

Thanks for stopping by the show. Good to share ideas and insights with you. Love hanging out with Readers, without Readers there would be no Writers.

People have a hard time voicing their opinion...until it is their ox that is being gored. What gets me about that school board meeting, was that the majority of the people seemed to agree with her. What the heck...if they were my back up team, I'd go play for another team. We seem to indoctrinate children with the respect authority notion. Once grown-up and a call for action is initiated many wish to remain hidden and let others do the fighting. Human nature I suppose.

Curt I find your writing hard-hitting with a sensitive side. Now you are going to tell a story through a childs eyes. I can't wait. You are the very best. Please keep it up. Many Thanks!

You are going to love san fran! when you going to HAVE A READING IN minnesota? Lisa Deyo, owner of Sweet Reads, approached me regarding a reading but unfortunately I had scheduling problems. My next reading will be in San Francisco in the Koret Auditorium at 1:00 on 030418. Reception follows and I'd love to meet you if you're in the area.

Give them hell Curt. Your the best damn thing happening. I like to think I beat on a story-line until the Truth Emerges. The Passionate Jihadist involved countless hours of conversations with soldiers, Muslims and research - research and more, you guessed it - research. I guess that is how I give 'em hell!

Once the polarizing of people begin and is tolerated, by those in higher office positions begins, it becomes acceptable. What you tolerate, you accept. The highest office in our country does not set a good example of acceptance of other You bring up important points and thanks for taking the time to post them.

Soul-Making Keats Literary Award - The Passionate Jihadist

Very Honored! One judges thoughts . . . The Passionate Jihadist is a very engaging look into the world of a young Afghan boy as he navigates the dangers of the world around him both in the specific sense of the war-torn country he lives in and the more universal dangers readers can relate to in regard to bullying and resisting authority.

Let it be said that we did not forget the Little Ones.