terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2009

The Inaugural Pins

Most news coveraged bloggers would have written something about Senator Barack Obama's winning elections and the coming inauguration on the 20 January, 2009. With less than two weeks away from the pivotal date of the inauguration of the Barack Obama as America's first African-American president, many people are looking for special ways to remember the event by. You can find all sorts of merchandise such as buttons, caps, t-shirts, pictures, mugs available to mark this special occasion.

Here's something interesting: Obama exclusive Inauguration pins. A young man named Kyle created them, and they are quite elegant. Spectacular, no doubt. Check out the website and see. There are two pins available, one is a limited edition with the presidential seal made of brass (only $5.99 +$1.79 shipping) and the other is an Obama-logoed pin with the phrase "Yes, we did" engraved on it ($4.99 +$1.79 shipping). You can order wholesale in bulk by emailing here: orders@inauguralpins.com.

The nice thing about the pins is that some of the money raised is going to charity-- one of my favorite charities, the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. Twenty-five cents for every singular pin sold goes to the charity!

quinta-feira, 17 de abril de 2008

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terça-feira, 19 de fevereiro de 2008

The Babylonian Creation Epic: Enuma Elish


There was a battle between the forces of "light" and "darkness" (so-called) that took place long before man was created, before even the cosmos as we know it existed. it is described fully in the Enuma Elish and involved the Ancient Ones, led by the serpent MUMMU-TIAMAT and her male counterpart ABSU, against the ELDER GODS (called such in the N.) led by the Warrior MARDUK, son of the sea god ENKI, Lord of Magicians of this Side, or what would be called the "White Magicians" -although close of the myths of ancient times makes one pause before attempting to judge which of the two warring factions were "good" or "evil". Marduk won this battle -in much the same way that later St. George and St. Michael would defeat the Serpent again -the cosmos was created from the body of the slain Serpent, and man was created from the body of the slain commander of the Ancient Army, KINGU, thereby making man a descendent of the Blood of the Enemy, as well as the "breath" of the Elder Gods: a close parallel to the "sons of God and daughters of men" reference in the Old Testament.



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