UPDATE: **CONFIRMED**! Lou Engle was in Kansas City on Nov. 16, which means he had this woman flown there from San Francisco to give her testimony!
There's a story going around right-wing and some Christian blogs about how Christians who went to preach in the Castro district in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, were "persecuted" by the residents.
This video is the source of that story, and apparently comes from a longer video of Lou Engle preaching [unsure where? possibly at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, Nov. 16]. I'm reposting this video because the original video's owner is apparently deleting critical comments.
Now Lou Engle's group, The Call, were the sponsors of a big rally in Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on Saturday, Nov. 1 for Proposition 8, which, when passed on Nov. 4, removed the right of same-sex persons to marry. One could argue that the members of Justice House of Prayer-San Francisco, a subsidiary of The Call, were rubbing salt into a very open wound and knew or should have known that they would be harassed by the residents.
Supporters of this JHOP action will argue that they have the First Amendment right to do what they did. I agree. They absolutely do. But this right does NOT mean that they do not have the right to be heckled or yelled at by those they're targeting. As a veteran of many, many pickets of the Church of Scientology, I'm sympathetic to the JHOP people, while at the same time knowing that they should have used a TINY BIT OF COMMON SENSE. If your group was involved in a very public way in getting Prop 8 overturned, going into a major gay neighborhood in San Francisco is simply asking for trouble. At the very least, they should have taken video with them.
And finally, as for the accusation of persecution and martyrdom expressed by the young woman in this video...really now? I'd advise the JHOP people to familiarize themselves with the martyrdoms of Perpetua and Felicitas in Carthage, North Africa in 203 AD. That involved some very real wild beasts in a Roman stadium. This is simply ersatz, public relations martyrdom.
And, if it's indeed true that this did take place on Nov. 16 in Kansas City, MO, Lou Engle must have realized he had gold and had the young woman flown out there to testify in church. (This will be revised upon a showing of evidence that Lou Engle was elsewhere. Please e-mail me.) As far as I can tell, this young woman does not look like she has any burns on her, and, as I pointed out above, this isn't much of a martyrdom.
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Added: November 19, 2008
eeves' records continued with good sales for both the old albums and a series of new ones. His widow, Mary, combined unreleased tracks with rerecorded previous releases (placing updated instrumentals alongside Reeves' original vocals) to produce a regular series of "new" albums after her husband's death. She also operated The Jim Reeves Museum in Nashville, Tennessee from the early 1980s until 1996.
Indeed, Jim scored a major success when, in 1966, his record "Distant Drums" went to number one in the British singles chart and remained in pole position for a remarkable five weeks - beating off stiff competition from such acts as The Beatles with "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" (a double-sided "A" release) and the Small Faces' "All Or Nothing". In addition, "Distant Drums" also held off many other songs from living artists who were in the UK charts at that time. In all, "Distant Drums" remained in the UK charts for a staggering forty-five weeks as well as topping the US country music charts. Not bad going for a song which had been recorded by Jim for its composer Cindy Walker only under the impression it was for her personal use only and had been deemed "unsuitable" for general release by Chet Atkins and the RCA record company. "Distant Drums" was named 'Song of the Year' in the UK in 1966 and Jim had the distinction of being the first American artist to receive that particular accolade.
Although he no longer features in the singles charts, Jim Reeves compilation albums containing well-known standards continue to sell well. "The Definitive Collection" reached #21 in the UK album charts in July 2003 and "Memories are made of this" #35 in July 2004. Bear Family Records in Germany produced a 16-CD boxed set of Jim's studio recordings and several smaller sets consisting mainly of radio broadcasts and demos. In 2007, they released a set entitled "Nashville Stars on Tour", containing audio and video material of the RCA tour of Europe in April 1964 in which Jim features prominently. This is a fascinating collection as it enables us to listen to and see Jim at the height of his fame, just a couple of months before his death. Since 2003, the US based VoiceMasters has issued over 80 previously unreleased recordings by Jim, including new songs that fans have not heard, as well as newly overdubbed material. Among them is "I'm A Hit Again," the last song Jim recorded in his basement studio just a few days before his death. VoiceMasters overdubbed this historic track in the same studio in Jim's former home (now owned by another Nashville record producer). These Voicemasters releases are warmly welcomed and appreciated by Jim's legion of fans across the world. Reeves fans have repeatedly urged BMG or Bear Family to re-release some of the songs overdubbed in the years after Jim's death which have never appeared on CD.
He was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967, and in 1998 he was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage, Texas, where the Jim Reeves Memorial is located.
Reeves' inscription at the Country Music Hall of Fame reads -
"The velvet style of 'Gentleman Jim Reeves' was an international influence. His rich voice bought millions of new fans to country music from every corner of the world.
Although the crash of his private airplane took his life, posterity will keep his name alive because they will remember him as one of country music's most important performers."
The inscription on the Jim Reeves Memorial has:
"If I, a lowly singer, dry one tear, or soothe one humble human heart in pain, then my homely verse to God is dear, and not one stanza has been sung in vain."
Blind R&B and Blues artist Robert Bradley (better known as Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise) pays tribute to this singing legend in the album description of his latest studio release Out of the Wilderness. Bradley is quoted as saying, "This record brings me back to the time when I started out wanting to be a singer-songwriter, where the music did not need the New York Philharmonic to make it real...I wanted to do a record and just be Robert and sing straight like Jim Reeves on Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer to the Phone.'
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Keywords: MUSIC COUNTRY JIM REEVES
Added: November 19, 2008
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Added: November 19, 2008
6 Nov 2000 - In business for 50 years in the same building on the corner of Main St. in Carthage, Tenn., barber L.B. Carter is quick to explain why he plans to vote for native son Al Gore. "He may have been raised mostly in Washington, but he actually has country roots...He comes from where we do." Carter still speaks fondly of local hero Albert Gore Sr. and is just one of the vice president's many proud supporters in this tiny Tennessee town. And even though Gore is rarely seen around Carthage these days, Carter intones the pride -- and optimism -- many locals exude for Gore. "I think that's quite a feat to have someone from this little country town to make president of the United States."
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Added: November 18, 2008
This time-lapse video shows construction progress at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, IL for the first 2 weeks of November, 2008. Rough-in of plumbing continues in the patient rooms (to the right in this photo) as steel outer wall studs and sheathing are put up in the radiology and receiving areas (to the left). Also, Nov 9 was the "Beam Signing" event during which tours were given.
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Added: November 16, 2008
The full concert video of Lebanese diva Haifa Wehbe singing Warda's song "Harramt Ahehak" (حرمت أحبك - I Forbid Myself to Love You) at her performance in Carthage, Tunisia on August 18, 2008.
The subtitles alternate between different possible translations of the lyrics.
Be sure to click on "watch in high quality."
Free mp3 download of this song:
http://www.4shared.com/file/69961260/47207ec4/Haifa_Wehbe_Haramt_Ahebak.html?dirPwdVerified=d8f0ec48
A news story about her Carthage concert:
"Haifa Enchanting Carthage" iloubnan.info - August 24, 2008:
"The enchanting singer Haifa Wehbe performed a breathtaking performance in the Carthage International Festivals in Tunisia with the presence of a huge crazy crowd in love with her beauty and charisma.
"Haifa performed a memorable concert at the Carthage stadium in Tunisia where crowds gathered to see her live. Not even a spot was empty.
"The audience repeated the lyrics of each song aloud and with great enthusiasm even the songs from her new album and the old ones.
"The Lebanese beauty sang and swayed til the early hours of dawn driving the crowds wild and happy. But before her last performing song the fans rushed to her car to salute the singer up closer."
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A video of Warda singing this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TyYwOtXz7Y
Arabic lyrics:
حرمت احبك
Harramt ahebak, ahebak
حرمت أحبك أحبك
Mateheb neesh, mateheb neesh
متحبنيش ، متجبنيش
Abaed bealbak, bealbak
ابعد بقلبك ، بقلبك
We sebny aieesh, we sebny aieesh.
وسيبني اعيش ، وسيبني اعيش
Wa la te shaghilny, wa la te haelny
ولا تشاغلني ، ولا تحايلني
Baad elyoltoh, we elyamaltoh
بعد اللي قلته ، واللي عملته
Harramt ahebak, ahebak,
حرمت احبك، احبك
Mateheb neesh
متحبنيش
Zalamt alby, we tee ool bareeh
ظلمت قلبي وتقول بريء
We saybny wahdy westt el tareeh
وسايبني وحدي وسط الطريق
Zalamt alby, we tee ool bareeh
ظلمت قلبي وتقول بريء
We saybny wahdy westt el tareeh
وسايبني وحدي وسط الطريق
Ayez hayatak, we zekrayatak
عايز حياتي، وذكرياتي
Ashan ma tekhesaresh ay sheeh
عشان ما تخسرش أي شيء
Wa la te shaghilny, wa la te haelny
ولا تشاغلني ، ولا تحايلني
Baad elyoltoh, we elyamaltoh
بعد اللي قلته ، واللي عملته
Harramt ahebak, ahebak,
حرمت احبك، احبك
Mateheb neesh
متحبنيش
Ma arafsh inta habetny leeh
ماعرفش انت حبتني ليه
Wa la inta habetny, wa la aih
والا انت حبتني والا إيه
Ma arafsh inta habetny leeh
ماعرفش انت حبتني ليه
Wa la inta habetny, wa la aih
والا انت حبتني والا إيه
Wa la inta faker in inta ader
والا انت فاكر، ان انت قادر
We alby melkak, tahkoom aleh
وقلبي ملكك، تحكم عليه
Wa la te shaghilny, wa la te haelny
ولا تشاغلني ، ولا تحايلني
Baad elyoltoh, we elyamaltoh
بعد اللي قلته ، واللي عملته
Harramt ahebak, ahebak,
حرمت احبك، احبك
Mateheb neesh
متحبنيش
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