THE FIRST CIVILIZATION

Election 2008

Never have Americans been so polarized. The economic and political problems seem insurmountable. It may be that the American people aren't sophisticated enough to decide who can best solve these problems without changing every fiber of the American national character. America is now facing a grave danger, as democracy run amuck is going to decide the future of generations to come. Hitler and his party came into power through a national election. The statement of Abraham Lincoln that, "you can fool some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time," may be true most of the time; but there have been times in history when all the people have been fooled all the time. Otherwise, genocides wouldn't have happened, world wars wouldn't have happened and, as we're finding out in our time, terrorism wouldn't have happened.

July 19th, 2008

As we head into the stretch before the National Conventions convene, the American voters should be aware that this election is like no other in American history; everything is at stake, not just our economy and freedom but our very identity. We've lost our national character and are walking around like zombies. If we're to survive as a nation, we have to ask ourselves, what are we all about? Must we fight another Civil War to find out who we are?

July 10, 2008

It's not a question of winning the war or losing the war, it's a question of whether or not the US will fight terrorism or succumb to it.

John McCain knows all about fighting "a war that cannot be won"; but whether they can be won or not, some wars must be fought in order keep America free. Yes, there will always be terrorism, just as there will always be socialism; however, the war on terrorism must go on because terrorism is pure lawlessness, and this the US cannot tolerate when the enemies of America have declared war on US cities and American interests everywhere.

Sen. Obama is a clever lawyer and a politician. He has presented his case for the Presidency very eloquently; but the US now doesn't need an orator who tries to solve the world's problems with great speeches and grand schemes. What the US now needs is a man of vision, who comes out of the heartland with ideas that have sustained America in times of trouble before and someone who knows how to put those ideas into practice in a new age.

Senator John McCain has distinguished himself as a Senator just as he has proven his loyalty in the past as a soldier.

June 8, 2008

This election is unique. For the first time in US history, Christianity is no longer an issue -- or at least it seems that way. However, for the mainstream Christians who are still hanging to the hope that Christianity will enudure, Christianity is still an issue.

There is no telling which flavor of Christianity will play a role in American politics in the coming presidential term of office. Secularism in the US is fully entrenched. After George W. Bush leaves office, we may never see another overtly Christian President.

There are many issues beside whether Christianity survives or not. One of these issues is US Policy in the Middle East. This is a political and economic issue, as it deals with the supply of oil and the security of the United States. All the other issues will be dealt with by Congress, but this one depends heavily on who the US President is. John McCain is the only candidate who can navigate the US through this quagmire. He's been there, and he's made it back.

Vietnam was called a quagmire, but it was a Democrats' quagmire; Democrats like to convert other countries to secular humanism. In contrast, the war the US is fighting now is against extremists who hate America and its Christian values. Let's not elect a US president who's muddled about why and what we're fighting for.

John McCain is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was imprisoned by the Vietcong for five years and tortured. He made it back, and he became a Senator. President Ronald Reagan put Senator John McCain in charge of the Republican Presidential Task Force. John McCain understood Ronald Reagan's policies best of all. Today, we face a similar situation in the World: American Pride is waning, US friends are falling by the wayside out of fear of Islamic Extremists, and Americans don't feel safe abroad. Just as Ronald Reagan restored pride in America, John McCain will restore pride in America at a time when the enemies of America, both foreign and domestic, are desperately trying to discredit the War on Terrorism that America must win to live at peace and in freedom.

The Jan. 30th debate in the Ronald Reagan library yesterday was a good example why we should elect John McCain as our next President. He not only knows how to fight the war against our enemies, but he also knows how to balance our economic priorities so we won't end up losing both our prestige in the world and our economic leadership.

John McCain knows how to deal with foreign and domestic enemies. Thousands of Americans are losing their homes due to "predatory lenders." John McCain will deal with the housing and lending problems wisely. The same goes for immigration laws and the agricultural needs of our nation. It's not just a matter of building a fence, twelve million people's lives are involved.

America needs an experienced and battle-hardened leader in these rough times. Senator John McCain is that man.

Jan. 31st, 2008

Why I support John McCain for President?

Pres. Ronald Reagan chose Sen. John McCain to be the Chairman of the Republican Presidential Task Force.

Available on Amazon.com

www.V-A.com

This is an educational website presenting a unique worldview that is geared toward goodwill for all those who value knowledge, freedom and toleration. From the beginning of creation, people who sought peace proliferated, those who promoted war perished. The ability to reflect on one's own genesis is the characteristic of every human being. This ability gives the human being a sense of historical perspective. Knowledge expands this perspective. Freedom allows the human being to grow in wisdom. Toleration is the fruit of this wisdom. The powers that condemn knowledge, curtail freedom, and breed intolerance are doomed to fail.

However, history teaches us that allowing these powers to prosper unimpeded eventually leads to war and destruction, innocent people are killed and the recovery is slow, especially in this day and age. The proliferation of nuclear weapons is a danger to all civilized human beings. It is the responsibility of all civilized nations to limit the use of nuclear science to the development of energy for peaceful purposes.

The world is divided into many religions. Religious differences often lead to intolerance. Yet religious freedom is an integral part of the freedom of all people. It is the responsibility of all civilized nations to guard the rights of all individuals to exercise their personal freedom. Most nations have their own beliefs and practices.

Cultural toleration is based on knowledge and wisdom. All nations should respect the cultures of their neighbors. Toleration based on knowledge and communication, freedom based on respect for other cultures and religions -- these lead to peace and goodwill for all humanity. Discussing these subjects leads to sharp observations, critical opinions, and arguments; but this is a natural process of communication.

The Scriptures

For the last fourteen years, I have been translating the Scriptures from the Ancient Aramaic language directly into English. These are the original Scriptures recorded by the Jewish scribes. In the process of translating, I have come to realize that the Scriptures were never properly translated, the reason being that the Western translators assumed that the New Testament was originated in Greek and that the Old Testament was originated in Hebrew. Neither of these two assumptions are correct.

The Scriptures were recorded in Ashurit, which was the language spoken in Nineveh and Ashur. This is the language that the Galileans spoke as well, as it was the language of their ancestors who had come from Nineveh. These were the people that Jonah the Prophet had preached to. It was the dialect that Jesus also spoke.

The denial of this fact is simply a prejudice of the Western theologians who wished to discredit the Ancient Church of the East, the Church that had compiled the entire Scriptures. When the Roman Emperor Constantine adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th Century AD, he decided to wrest the authority of the Scriptures from the Ancient Church of the East and the Ashurai people who had safeguarded it for centuries.

Later the Roman Church decided that it was more prestigious to claim that Christianity was a Western religion. Thus when the Muslims conquered the Holy Lands in the 6th Century AD, the Roman Church and the Europeans fought the Muslims over Jerusalem and the occupation of the Holy Lands. Incredibly this situation has not yet been resolved, because this is the same nightmare we are facing today. The troubles we are having with Islamic Extremists are mostly due to the misrepresentations of Western Christianity, who insist that the New Testament was originated in Greek and that "the kingdom" was taken from the Jews and given to the Gentiles, a name they fabricated themselves. There is no such term as "Gentiles" in the Scriptures. The word is "nations," which refers to all the nations that were not Jewish. And "the kingdom" was not taken from the Jewish people, as they were the ones who preached it and bore testimonty to it to all the nations. Thus my translation of the Scriptures may be a ray of hope for those who seek the truth about Jesus and the Faith in His Name.

September Eleven Era

With the rampage of the terrorists against all that is decent in Iraq, most of the Democrats in the Senate are clamoring to bring the troops home. With some Republican Senators beginning to voice their dissatisfaction with the progress of freedom and democracy in Iraq, the betrayal of the Iraqi people and ultimately the entire region is now openly being considered. If it was not for George W. Bush, Iraq would not have been liberated in the first place. If Iraq is abandoned, the whole region will be swarming with terrorists. Thus with the rise of American traitors in Congress, the US is headed for disaster if the American people should fail to elect another genuinely Christian President in the next election. I hope and pray that the American people will continue to elect Conservative leaders and representatives who will safeguard American values.

President George W. Bush

American Values

There is no doubt that the US is the biggest Super Power in the world today. The US did not have to wage war to achieve this status. That is why the US is not a world empire and has no desire to be an empire, despite foreign propaganda. The rise of the US to this level has been mostly due to a sense of fairness which the American people believe in and exercise. This sense of fairness is a blessing of their Christian heritage. It has been an inspiration to all immigrants who flocked to America.

The Ashurai

Christian values emerged out of Mesopotamia and the Hebrew traditions. The original Scriptures were recorded in Mesopotamia for the first time. Judaism and Christianity emerged out of the Near East. The Islamic rise in the 7th Century suppressed and eventually drove out the Christians and the Jews from the region. The Jews returned in 1948, after the Genocide inflicted on them by the Nazis; but the Ashurai people were not able to return.

Even though they fought alongside the Allies in both World Wars, the Ashurai people were never accorded the status of a legitimate ally. They were relegated to minority status in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon, and were never allowed to re-settle in their original homelands. With the United Nations primarily concerned with the rights of the Third World countries, the Ashurai people's rights are never discussed in the UN. The UN will always be a total failure because of that.

Documentary Film

The great museums of the world, especially the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, and the British Museum in London, England, house the great monuments and artifacts of Ashurai history. Mesopotamia is were humanity began. Without the Ashurai people there would be no civilization. Ashurai art, literature and science are the proof of that. They are a great resource for documentary filmmakers and world historians.

ESSAYS
1. A Brave New World
2. Pseudo-Christianity
3. The New Two-Party Flip-Flop System
4. Paradigm Shift
5. Anti-Semitism, Wars, and the Scriptures
6. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
7. Challenges of 21st Century
8. Nothing Left to Achieve
9. Give Me the Good Fight
10. Virtual War
11. Civil War Revisited
12. Defeat of American Christianity

More Essays

MOVIES ON DVD
BUTTERFLIES IN THE WIND

BOOKS
The First Civilization
Disciples New Testament
Genesis, 1st Book of Moses
Filmmaking A to Z

DIRECTORIES
Bible Translation
1st Civilization
Ashurai
Communication
Filmmaking