Jonas McCord

The Road To Peace

2010-07-06T22:15:12Z

The greatest lie ever told -- up there with "Hamas is a fringe group of radical Islamists that don't represent the will of the Palestinian people." Duh...? Who do you think elected "Hamas" to represent the Palestinian people -- a handful of I.E.D. carrying Islamists? And to make matters worse, to watch this nation's coverage of the present conflict in Gaza, you'd think we were transmitting from Lebanon. When will we learn that the definition of "victim" cannot be drawn from the number of innocent civilians killed in war. It's not a matter of "bean counting". It's as much a moral equation as crunching numbers. The fact that Hamas uses civilians as human shields to drive up the body count in their favor, is a far more heinous crime then the number of Palestinian women and children killed in this conflict. And if you don't believe me, just look at the #5 in Hamas command that was killed along with his two wives and five children in a targeted Israeli bombing. No where in our press or TV reports have I seen that he had prior warning from the Israelis that they were going to bomb his house, and chose to stay their and die. Or that a year prior to the bombing sent his own son out to die in a suicide bombing. Hamas doesn't care about who dies, or how many of their people they sacrifice on the alter of public relations. All they want is to be viewed as the victim, and the higher they can drive up their dead, the more people they win to their side. And if you want to ask yourself what would you do if you were the Israelis, imagine living in El Paso, and having 6000 rockets fired over the Mexican border at our people. Bottom line is that Mexico would find itself the 52nd state.

"The Road To Peace" never existed. And if it did, it has been mined with so many lethal political, religious, and anti Semitic I.E.D.s filled with hatred that it can never be traversed. If we want peace we must totally get rid of the step by step approach -- you do that, and we'll do this way of solving problems. We must blow up The Road To Peace with one bomb. And that bomb should be... One City Under God.

While casting the film "The Body" in Israel, I wanted a Palestinian to play the role of the lead antagonist. My producers, on the other hand, wanted me to cast an Israeli to play the role. Turning a deaf ear to their pleas, I met with a great Palestinian actor, and a hero of the PLO. Since the script dealt with Jerusalem being a pawn in an international scheme of blackmail, the actor asked me what I would say about the jewel in the crown of any negotiation for peace. To which I told the actor that I considered Jerusalem to be the same as the child King Solomon ruled over. That it could never be divided, but only given back to its true parent. Sure of my intent, the actor then said "Israel"?! To which I replied, "No. To God." I then went on to explain to him that I thought Jerusalem should be turned into a Vatican state run by all religions. That no flag should fly over this the holy of holiest-cities.

The actor then told me a story about two men who believed they owned the same land, and brought their dispute to a learned rabbi. Hearing the story, the Rabbi told the men that because they both had equal rights to the land, they must go to the land and ask Her to whom she belonged. And so they did. They went to the land and asked her to whom she belonged, to which she replied "I belong to no man... they belong to me." And on that, the actor told me that we both were in sync. That his belief and mine were the same. Jerusalem should belong to no nation, but to God. One City Under God. A beacon of hope from the city of hope.

And so I cast the actor, against everyone's wishes, and we included his story in the film along with mine. Of course none of this ever reached the screen, but ended up on the cutting room floor. And though the public never got to see this, the thought never left. And so I now put it out to you. Solve the issue of Jerusalem first, and the "Road To Peace" will not be an issue any more. One City Under God. Put it in your hearts -- on your lips. Shout it from the rooftops. Put it on bumper stickers. Help us force both sides to make it a reality, and you will soon see that the new city that rises from the ashes of this present conflict, will become a shinning light for the entire world.

ONE CITY UNDER GOD!

Vet Suicides-I'm Mad As Hell & I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore

2010-07-06T22:13:41Z

m mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! Those that fail to learn from history are condemened to repeating it. More vets committed suicide after coming home from Vietnam then were killed in action. And now it's happening again, except this time many of the vets coming home from Iraq have no home to go to, because its been repossessed. Did you also know that one out of four of every Vietnam vets went to prison? What do you think is going to be the end result of this war? Especially in this financial climate. The Vietnam years were boom years for American business. At least when those vets came home it wasn't a near depression. And its already started. Iraq vets are turning to crime to pay the mortgage, feed their families, stay alive.

Where is something in the 1.6 trillion dollars our government is going to spend for these vets? And don't give me the same old story, "we'll let the V.A. do it." These are the same guys that brought rats to Walter Reed. Why are we not freezing the mortgages of men serving in combat?Why are we not protecting the home fires of those willing to put their lives on the line for our safety? Well, it's because we're so busy saving the banks, and the Wall Street tycoons.

You want to see something emotionally moving about vet suicides? Go to Youtube. Search The Confession Of An Iraq Vet. Watch the video, and then tell me you're not MAD AS HELL as well. Or just go here.

Why are we all taking this lying down? Why aren't we blogging -- writing our corrupt congressmen -- demanding something be done in this next 800 billion bailout for vets?

No wonder I'm mad. And you should be as well. We've not only screwed the pooch with our own homes, we've taken away the "home" our vets need to come back to, and are entitled to come back to. They should come first in our minds -- way before the banks, and the civilians that reached way beyond their means to get a loan they should never have been entitled to. No! Everyone doesn't deserve a piece of the American dream. That takes work! What they do deserve is the right to dream, and the opportunity to make that dream come true.

Go to Youtube. Get Mad. And do something about it.

Light & Darkness

2010-01-29T03:43:00Z

If I were religious, which I am, but not in the conventional way, I'd say that the hand of God, or more exactly, His Spirit lives in you, and expresses itself in your art and talent. The resurrection of Christ is the triumph of light over dark, man over death. God has always been depicted as Light. Light was the first thing that was reported seen in the tomb of Christ after the resurrection. When someone dies they talk about going into the light. Bathed in the light of free will, that free will then turns to blood as the decision to crucify Christ is made. We go from light to darkness and then must return to the light. The road from free choice to darkness or light is a road we all must take. We make the choices; light triumphs over death; good over evil; let the light of Creativity flow from its source -- through you -- and onto the page of lif