http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/usmc 2008-12-01T08:55:51Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64091-sam-harris-friend-friday-42-photographer-corporal-jayel-aheram-usmc 2008-12-01T08:55:51Z SamHarris <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3H_tRIB0_p8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3H_tRIB0_p8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/64091-sam-harris-friend-friday-42-photographer-corporal-jayel-aheram-usmc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/80887" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>► <a href="http://samharris.com/FF">samharris.com</a> </p> <p>See a collection of Jayel's photography in a special music video slideshow we put together at: <br />http://tinyurl.com/aheramHD <br />Sam sings "Imagine" by John Lennon.</p> <p>"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. ... you will always find people who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy to live in the world and live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." <br />-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"</p> <p>Jayel Aheram presents a collection of things seen, experienced, and lived while serving in the harsh deserts of Iraq and elsewhere. A unique view of events rarely seen in the nightly newscast, a point-of-view of one troop in a war zone and at home, and a glimpse of a vastly different and sometimes beautiful Iraq.</p> <p>For more information, please visit his web site at: <br />http://www.aheram.com <br />and his Flickr aacount at: <br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/aheram</p> <p>Though known for his caustic wit and spontaneous charm, Jayel Aheram suffers from an overwhelming excess of personality. He is a photographer and a hopeless Flickr addict. He is a compulsive writer and often writes about his latest creative endeavors in his blog Aheram Takes On... He is a product of an international upbringing; at home anywhere from the land of the Rising Sun to the sun-scorched dunes where the ageless Euphrates roll.</p> <p>In Jayel's words...</p> <p>The Blogger</p> <p>I launched Aheram Takes On... in early 2005. The blog has been through two design changes, three coding overhauls, and five different purges. In its current incarnation, it is a chronicle of my creative spirit creating, making, and living; a celebration of things that I value and an insight to my creative process.</p> <p>I have been blogging on and off since 2000, but it was not a serious venture until early 2005 when I launched Aheram Takes On... It is part-art blog, part-journal, and mostly about me. It is nearly always all original content of my own creation, but I will occasionally feature deserving artists.</p> <p>The Photographer</p> <p>I am woefully ignorant of the history of photography and as much as I regret to say this, I cannot say I am influenced by any of the great pioneering masters like Ansel Adams and others. My work is neither an emulation of a particular style nor does it assume to present a specific policy. It is an exercise in extrospection, a documentary of the world and its people as I perceive it.</p> <p>Early 2005 was full of new beginnings for me. It included the launch of my first serious foray into blogging, my enlistment with the Marine Corps, and the adoption of a new hobby. I woke up one morning deciding that I needed something new to occupy my time, something creative. Painting first and then photography came to mind. My interest in photography was piqued partly by my friend Sachenka Brinkley, an amateur photographer. A Flickr account and a new camera later, a career was born. In February 2008, Cat's Eye became live. It is my professional gallery which I use to highlight selected works and portfolios.</p> <p>----------------------------------------</p> <p>Sam's NEW CD, "Free" ...</p> <p>► <a href="http://samharris.com/free">samharris.com</a> </p> <p>► <a href="http://SamTUNES.net">SamTUNES.net</a> <br />... to download Sam Harris songs and full albums. </p> <p>► <a href="http://MySpace.com/SamHarrisMusic">MySpace.com</a> <br />... keep up to date, and be Sam's MySpace friend!</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamHarris.com">SamHarris.com</a> <br />... information, biography, discography and buy cds.</p> <p>LEGAL & BUSINESS CONTACT: <br />http://SamHarris.com/contact.htm <br />© All videos property of Sam Harris</p> <p>--</p> </div> <a href="/blog/64091-sam-harris-friend-friday-42-photographer-corporal-jayel-aheram-usmc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64086-sam-harris-friend-friday-42-photographer-corporal-jayel-aheram-usmc 2008-11-28T02:56:15Z SamHarris <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CWBN4jHboNg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CWBN4jHboNg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/64086-sam-harris-friend-friday-42-photographer-corporal-jayel-aheram-usmc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/80867" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>► <a href="http://samharris.com/FF">samharris.com</a> </p> <p>See a collection of Jayel's photography inn a special music video slideshow we put together at: <br />http://tinyurl.com/aheramHD <br />Sam sings "Imagine" by John Lennon.</p> <p>Jayel Aheram presents a collection of things seen, experienced, and lived while serving in the harsh deserts of Iraq and elsewhere. A unique view of events rarely seen in the nightly newscast, a point-of-view of one troop in a war zone and at home, and a glimpse of a vastly different and sometimes beautiful Iraq.</p> <p>For more information, please visit his web site at: <br />http://www.aheram.com <br />and his Flikr aacount at: <br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/aheram</p> <p>Though known for his caustic wit and spontaneous charm, Jayel Aheram suffers from an overwhelming excess of personality. He is a photographer and a hopeless Flickr addict. He is a compulsive writer and often writes about his latest creative endeavors in his blog Aheram Takes On... He is a product of an international upbringing; at home anywhere from the land of the Rising Sun to the sun-scorched dunes where the ageless Euphrates roll.</p> <p>In Jayel's words...</p> <p>The Blogger</p> <p>I launched Aheram Takes On... in early 2005. The blog has been through two design changes, three coding overhauls, and five different purges. In its current incarnation, it is a chronicle of my creative spirit creating, making, and living; a celebration of things that I value and an insight to my creative process.</p> <p>I have been blogging on and off since 2000, but it was not a serious venture until early 2005 when I launched Aheram Takes On... It is part-art blog, part-journal, and mostly about me. It is nearly always all original content of my own creation, but I will occasionally feature deserving artists.</p> <p>The Photographer</p> <p>I am woefully ignorant of the history of photography and as much as I regret to say this, I cannot say I am influenced by any of the great pioneering masters like Ansel Adams and others. My work is neither an emulation of a particular style nor does it assume to present a specific policy. It is an exercise in extrospection, a documentary of the world and its people as I perceive it.</p> <p>Early 2005 was full of new beginnings for me. It included the launch of my first serious foray into blogging, my enlistment with the Marine Corps, and the adoption of a new hobby. I woke up one morning deciding that I needed something new to occupy my time, something creative. Painting first and then photography came to mind. My interest in photography was piqued partly by my friend Sachenka Brinkley, an amateur photographer. A Flickr account and a new camera later, a career was born. In February 2008, Cat's Eye became live. It is my professional gallery which I use to highlight selected works and portfolios.</p> <p>----------------------------------------</p> <p>Sam's NEW CD, "Free" ...</p> <p>► <a href="http://samharris.com/free">samharris.com</a> </p> <p>► <a href="http://SamTUNES.net">SamTUNES.net</a> <br />... to download Sam Harris songs and full albums. </p> <p>► <a href="http://MySpace.com/SamHarrisMusic">MySpace.com</a> <br />... keep up to date, and be Sam's MySpace friend!</p> <p>► <a href="http://SamHarris.com">SamHarris.com</a> <br />... information, biography, discography and buy cds.</p> <p>LEGAL & BUSINESS CONTACT: <br />http://SamHarris.com/contact.htm <br />© All videos property of Sam Harris</p> <p>--</p> </div> <a href="/blog/64086-sam-harris-friend-friday-42-photographer-corporal-jayel-aheram-usmc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58820-usa-war-crimes-against-innocent-people 2008-12-01T08:49:22Z mutedmajority <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-XfAioe3qw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-XfAioe3qw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58820-usa-war-crimes-against-innocent-people"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72112" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The USA people are kept sheltered from the images and the truth about Israel and the atrocities paid for by their tax dollars. </p> <p>Innocent until proven guilty would be the golden rule. Guess it's not a christian nation after all, or at least not a christian run nation. </p> <p>My country training it's future police force using innocent Iraqis as guinea pigs. That's my take. De-sensitization, and testing grounds to insure they are programmed strongly and completely surrender all conscience to the "mother country" without a second thought. Some call them pigs. I do too, but only behind their backs, let's be serious, they can kill you and get a few days off with pay.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58820-usa-war-crimes-against-innocent-people">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58811-911-false-flag-operation-bush-cheney-silverstein-make-billions 2008-12-01T08:49:21Z mutedmajority <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iC9frL1_FUc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iC9frL1_FUc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58811-911-false-flag-operation-bush-cheney-silverstein-make-billions"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72103" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>911 was the first pre-emptive strike in the present pre-emptive war. Born of a mixture of greed, fear, and coersion, by those who would (and do) profit most. Look into "operation northwoods" if you don't believe the government is capable of massacring it's own citizens, and what happens to president't who don't go along with the elitists is what we saw when JFK was sassinated. Their plan failed miserably and that's why there's overwhelming evidence. Nobody involved has told a straight story consistently.</p> <p>The author of Operation Northwoods himself (LL Lemnitzer) may have been involved w/ JFK assassination yet, according to Wikipedia, he himself was used by Gerald Ford to investigate the JFK incident. <br />Here's excerpt: <br />Lemnitzer retired from the military in July 1969. In 1975, President Ford appointed Lemnitzer to the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (aka the Rockefeller Commission) to investigate whether the Central Intelligence Agency had committed acts that violated American laws and allegations that E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis (of Watergate fame) were involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.</p> <p>Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a concept used to describe political systems where a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. The term is usually applied to Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany,Shōwa Japan or communist states, such as USSR, Democratic Kampuchea, Vietnam, Mao-era and modern China and North Korea. Totalitarian regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that controls the state, personality cults, central state-controlled economy, regulation and restriction of free discussion and criticism, the use of mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror tactics.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58811-911-false-flag-operation-bush-cheney-silverstein-make-billions">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58807-iraq-war-crime-fallujah-complete-genocide 2008-12-01T08:49:21Z mutedmajority <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/haAL_H88Ie4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/haAL_H88Ie4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58807-iraq-war-crime-fallujah-complete-genocide"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72099" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>According to reports, the usa military surrounded the city of Fallujah completely so that nobody could escape, then proceeded to indiscriminately bomb the city. Some said their superiors told them that all civilians had been evacuated. If you get a chance to watch "Breaking Ranks" documentary on Documentary channel (satellite channel 197) Saturday 8/23/08 at 7:00 to 8:00 Pm EST. go to documentarychannel.com for schedules you will hear a US Ranger and USMC objector describe the genocidal operation while in THERAPY in Canada. Every man must answer for his own actions. This may be difficult for our troops? maybe not, they may just come home and do the same to us if ordered to.</p> <p>The Song is "If you Talk Too Much" by "People in Planes"</p> <p>I don't want you to try and save me, <br />No I don't want you at all, <br />If we're through, then you don't blame me, <br />'Cause that won't do at all</p> <p>If you talk too much my head will explode (x7)</p> <p>You've no time to reconcile me, <br />There's no time left to call, <br />And I'll take my share, and then I'll vanish, <br />I want my share, that's all.</p> <p>If you talk too much my head will explode (x7)</p> <p>Can't complain, I feel sly <br />You can get up and go</p> <p>I don't want you to try and save me, <br />No I don't want you at all</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58807-iraq-war-crime-fallujah-complete-genocide">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35563-the-kids-are-alright-berkeley-vs-military-recruiters 2008-11-01T09:30:32Z davenold <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O7qCBD5qw98&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O7qCBD5qw98&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35563-the-kids-are-alright-berkeley-vs-military-recruiters"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39141" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Berkeley High students show right wing war mongers how to demonstrate.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35563-the-kids-are-alright-berkeley-vs-military-recruiters">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35562-support-some-of-the-troops-some-of-the-time 2008-11-01T09:30:40Z davenold <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C7qcfwUbbhI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C7qcfwUbbhI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35562-support-some-of-the-troops-some-of-the-time"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39140" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Kids Are Alright - Berkeley vs. Military Recruiters <br />part 2</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35562-support-some-of-the-troops-some-of-the-time">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35559-i-don-t-know-what-side-s-burning-what 2008-10-14T18:40:39Z davenold <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D2ace_pR8vY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D2ace_pR8vY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35559-i-don-t-know-what-side-s-burning-what"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39137" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The voice you hear making an attempt at crowd control is that of Danny, a Move America Forward blogger. He is expecting the police to step in. All through the day the MAF people would call to the police and they wouldn't come. It's kind of fun to watch right wingers learn how to demonstrate. Like a baby taking his first steps. They seemed to think they had a lease on MLK Jr. Civic Center for a private party. Invited guests only. When they gave in to the skateboarders Danny was "peeved" because they "lost about a third of our real estate". You can read Danny's account of the day here - <a href="http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/DailyFile/berkeley_report_protest_of_the_city_council/">www.moveamericaforward.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/35559-i-don-t-know-what-side-s-burning-what">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35556-the-berkeley-vs-marines-dialectic 2008-11-20T00:22:47Z davenold <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h6iNGbK5B7A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h6iNGbK5B7A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35556-the-berkeley-vs-marines-dialectic"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39134" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>dialectics</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35556-the-berkeley-vs-marines-dialectic">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35555-nazi-punks-fuck-off 2008-11-22T12:22:40Z davenold <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dRI6o5Eyh0U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dRI6o5Eyh0U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35555-nazi-punks-fuck-off"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39133" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>a republican motorcycle gang and pro-war organization - Move America Forward starring the recently fired right wing talk show host, Melanie Morgan - staged a pro-war rally in Berkeley, U.S.A. <br />There was no counter protest. Here are some excerpts from their pep rally.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35555-nazi-punks-fuck-off">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28695-code-pink-calls-marines-war-criminals 2008-10-20T03:29:26Z Elin48 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AmdrkmtkCw4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AmdrkmtkCw4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28695-code-pink-calls-marines-war-criminals"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30861" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/28695-code-pink-calls-marines-war-criminals">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28582-shutting-down-the-berkeley-usmc-recruitment-center-2-1-08 2008-10-19T15:31:17Z Elin48 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7qXe6YZOee4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7qXe6YZOee4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28582-shutting-down-the-berkeley-usmc-recruitment-center-2-1-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30753" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/28582-shutting-down-the-berkeley-usmc-recruitment-center-2-1-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25744-man-in-the-door 2008-10-20T03:29:25Z docrichr <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qH2vbYs6ebc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qH2vbYs6ebc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25744-man-in-the-door"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27772" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/25744-man-in-the-door">Watch the video</a>