From a friendly AOL user:

...I enjoy your website, but it is a little hard to take it serious because you have such serious matters mixed in with some pretty silly stuff...

You can generally tell whether I made a page before or after September 11 by how serious it is. If it's about politics, I made it after 9-11, with the exception of the George W. Bush fun page, which was born in June 2001, but back then it was a much sillier site. See, I used to just build goofy pages for fun. Then 9-11 happened, and I realized that I had to do whatever I could to let people know what was going on, because the media was ignoring it. I knew there would be a problem with credibility, but what I was really hoping to do was get people to look for more information, and I was trying to give a voice to people who were thinking about this stuff but were afraid to say anything.
I'm fully aware that the old pages diminish my "credibility", but the old pages bring me most of my traffic. A lot of people find this site by doing a search for "striptease". They are no doubt disappointed with the results, but then they are likely to see the page about sexy celebrities without makeup. A lot of people find out about the whole conspiracy thing because they got mooned. And a good number of people come in here looking for the "Dell Dude".
Some of the pages, like the Osama page and the Carlyle Slots, were simply theraputic for me. The time I spend putting something like that together is my way of handling the nightmare that is Septmeber 11.
So you see, I'm not aiming for credibility so much, I wouldn't know what to do to attain that. The information is out there for whoever wants to find it. This is a personal website, and I'm really just looking to inform and amuse people who stumble in my little corner of cyberspace.
posted by Leigh Ann 12:10 AM

Wednesday, July 17, 2002

 
"Allen" wrote:

I read with interest your take on the Bush family. I do believe you would be doing us all a big favor if you would so kindly tell everybody how much dirt you found on our old rapist commander in chief. You have hit on very valid points with the Bush family but are you purposly omitting the things that were underlying truths with some of your tales. In essance, were you only looking to bash or did you really look at the issue as a whole?

I suggested to Allen that he visit the page I made about Bill Clinton. I don't mean to be glib about this, but I spent most of the '90s watching outraged "Conservatives" demand investigations of the Clinton Administration over a crummy land deal that happened over 20 years ago, which cost taxpayers $52 million, and all kinds of other nonsense. Now these same people are turning a blind eye to the misdeeds of GW. They would have crucified Clinton for far, far less. For eight long years I heard right-wing cries for investigations, and these same "freedom fighters" are now willingly playing a role in The Giant Coverup. Let's hear those cries for investigations come out now, then maybe I'd be interested in talking about Clinton.
posted by Leigh Ann 11:08 PM

Sunday, July 07, 2002

 
Here's a letter I got from someone who was irate about something they found within these pages, in its entirety:

"I won't spend a lot of time refuting the majority of your distortions of reality. You insinuate so much about corruption that I believe you are the masterminds behind corruption. Gee, I'm sorry you don't like the Bush family, but freedom of speech demands a certain amount of responsibility, something you certainly don't have. RealityMyAss.com should be your address. The best thing about the trash you publish is that now I know where the hatemongers on message boards get their 'information' which helps me combat it very effectively."

I wish the writer would have let me know what message boards he/she frequents, because I would like to see some of the facts refuted. Maybe I'm wrong about all this. How would I know? This person didn't have time to refute privately.
posted by Leigh Ann 10:03 PM

Saturday, July 06, 2002

 
This is a response I received from a Christian reader about my comments on the Pledge of Allegiance, and whether God wants us to be doing it in the first place:

Your commentary gave an enlightening and reasoned response to all the hype about the pledge. Understand, now, that these comments are coming to you from a Bible-believing Christian. But not the kind that are rallying to keep the phrase in the pledge or prayer in public schools and hollering about the separation between church and state. Probably more like the kind you will find at www.endtimesnetwork.com.

You are correct in the strongest sense of the word that pledging allegiance to a mercenary symbol (check out Tupper Saussy's book, Rulers Of Evil) is nothing short of idolatry and has no place in any professing Christian's life. I had to face this down twice, at a conservative school function back in May, and most recently at church this past Sunday, when our pastor led the church in pledging allegiance to the flag. It was a little difficult because I lead worship there and I was in the front of the church at the keyboard in full sight of the entire congregation. I did not turn my back or walk out of the room, I just stood there. Afterwards, although no one said anything directly to me, I could sense some trepidation in the air. But it was a matter of principle, I have to live with myself and my conscience, and I have to be obedient to the Spirit of God inside me, not popular culture.

Jesus said, "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the thing's that are God's." I fear this seeming inability to distinguish between 'Rome' and the service rendered through worship will be not only the deception and downfall of much of both nominal and evangelical Christianity, but also the source of future persecution towards true Bible-believers, i.e., those who refuse to bow to any image, symbol, or mark. In fact, Jesus had also told his disciples that in the last days, "those who persecute you will think they do God service."

As far as I am concerned, the American flag has no business being displayed in any house of worship that professes a foundation of Biblical Christianity. A Christian's allegiance should never be divided, especially to the point of blind service to a nation's military agenda. A Christian can be grateful to live under the prosperity of the country, and do all within their power to obey the laws of the country, but their primary duty is to be salt and light. Again I quote Jesus' words..."My kingdom is not of this world. If it was, my servants would fight." I state this because the situation Sunday morning involved one of the members standing in front of the church, holding the flag, as he recounted his experiences in Vietnam. I am not knocking this dear brother because he went off as a young man and fought in a foreign war, because nobody but the powers that were who planned and strategized the war knew what was going on until we were way into it. But the testimony should have been given without him holding the flag--with the focus on God's goodness and divine protection to him as an individual. Granted, I was grateful to hear his testimony of how God heard the prayers of believers back home and his life was spared (he was in the war before his conversion) while many around him died. But the display of the flag brought obvious military overtones--do we need to be found glorying in a sad chapter of history, which for all it accomplished, can only be described as useless carnage? Can you imagine the great apostle Paul singing songs or reciting pledges that extolled the beauty and glory of Rome or expressing allegiance to it's symbols or it's Caesar? Or taking pride in the ensign of Rome as it marched forward to conquer territory after territoty? Paul said he would glory in nothing, save the cross. I can't understand why a concept so simple escapes the majority of professing Christians!

I imagine my days there are numbered, now. I don't go around trying to foist my views on the rest of the congregation, why should I, Biblical prophecy combined with signs of the times should wave a red flag for anyone willing to see. But I guess the fallacies of "a great last days revival" and "taking back the nation for Christ" are more palatable and trendy to believe. For this cause, Christianity becomes villified and useless in the eyes of so many. If I might quote the Lord again..."Thus you make the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. What commandment? Well for starters, how about, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind?" How can one singularly love God when he has pledged/vowed (a solemn promise to perform a certain act, carry out an activity, or behave in a given way) allegiance to a symbol representing an imperfect and corrupt worldly government? And how about, "Love your neighbor as yourself?" Kind of hard to love your neighbor in Afghanistan when the patriotic thing to do is support the military bombing the 'evil ones'....the kingdom of heaven and the kingdoms of the earth do not mix, never were intended to, and never will.

The saving gospel of Jesus Christ was meant for the whole world. When presented Biblically, in love, by people who are practicing what they preach, the gospel brings love, peace, deliverance, and hope-in this world and the world to come. The gospel is (and should be) the same, and have the same effect, whatever corner of the world it is preached in.

I cannot say the same for the American flag. In many places around the world where it has unfurled, it has brought the opposite effect. Tears may well up in Americans' eyes when Old Glory passes by, but in some other countries tears of another nature may well up, places where children are dying because they can't get needed medicine, or where greedy puppet politicians have sold out the populace in slavery to the multinational corporations.

In a time where not too long ago you would see WWJD every time you turned around, I would encourage anyone reading this who calls themselves a Bible-believing Christian to get off the popular bandwagon and start believing and practicing what they profess. Christians must know what their guidebook, the Bible says, believe it, and be willing to honor it. Even if it is unpopular with the rest of 'professing Christianity'. Or what will you do when you are asked to certify your pledge in a permanent, unquestioning way, and the only other alternative is imprisonment and/or death?
Recommended links:
www.tuppersaussy.com/HTMFILES/ROEtour.htm
www.endtimesnetwork.com
www.endtimezwarriorz.com

posted by Leigh Ann 9:09 PM