Lebanese woman

Kolo Pono

Lebanese woman posing August 13, 2012

MOTHERS NOIR

For the love of the people.

“He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free 

by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.” 

~ Kahlil Gibran, poet

need & the general

I guess I am struck by the sheer magnitude of the power of sex, and the Punany. I am in awe of those powers in the 'downfall' of General David Petraeus, former CIA director, and I am also disturbed by the way the Federal government flaunts its righteous powers claiming superior technology to weed out all threats to the nation. You can't wish away the inconsistent links within people, nor can you eradicate the urges within people that need closeness either. In all of this mess around the sexual liaison between the General and his biographer their soul connection is not, and cannot be examined beyond espionage, sex, and loyalty. As powerful as need is against the backdrop of loyalty loyalty pans out as the preferable choice. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11.14.12






In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Gen. David Petraeus, center, walks with his wife Holly, left, past a seated Paula Broadwell, rear right, as he arrives to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing on his nomination to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington. Petraeus quit Nov. 9, 2012, after acknowledging an extramarital relationship. As questions arise about the extramarital affair between Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell, she has remained quiet about details of their relationship. However, information has emerged about Jill Kelley, the woman who received the emails from Broadwell that led to the FBI’s discovery of Petraeus’ indiscretion. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Jill Kelley and Twin Closely Tied to Top Brass

By CHRISTINA NG, MARTHA RADDATZ and LUIS MARTINEZ | ABC New

FAIRUZ

"Fairuz, was one of the early and powerful influences in my young life. As a young teenager her poetry of voice and her music of soul emptied me of menace, fear, and melancholy and replaced it with deep thoughts and attached me to the Arabic worldview the way her peer, Oum Kaltoum, did without the two even knowing I existed! I was changed by their music!

... plus I had a crush on her. I think at the time I would have melted into chocolate and cherries had I been in her presence; so powerful were her eyes, and how pleasant must have been her breath if she had stood before me taking mine away as I stared and stared wondering what to say to so beautiful a woman! That's is how I felt and thought back then every time I heard her music played in the Medina, on the radio, or at home." - Gregory E. Woods

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