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The Disclaimer: If you do not believe in God, then this post will be meaningless gibberish in your mind. The Premise: Our relationship with God has always been centered upon the concept of Freedom of Choice. We are free to choose from all manner of things both good and evil, but God also chooses. The Facts: Terri Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged young woman, teeters on the edge of death. She is being killed by withholding food and water, a judgement decreed upon her by the people of the United States. The highest courts of the land have approved her death,...

THE COMING WAVE (An Interview With Mother Abigail) I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you—shelter From the storm” -Bob Dylan-

'Missing from his (The Presidents Quantico) address, however, was any reference to the strikes on U.S. soil that occurred in the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, from a biological agent called anthrax -- a grave, ongoing and unsolved threat.. A small amount of powder in five letters managed to kill five people in Washington, Florida and New York, and sickened... The U.S. postal system was brought to its knees in several cities... Congressional offices were evacuated. The cost of responding to the attacks on the U.S. Postal Service alone reached an estimated $1 billion, and that's not counting the additional...

TRANSITIONAL ORIENTATION The last days had dwindled down to a final few. Evil was moving and extremely confident while Good was leaderless. The Middle East was in turmoil and Evil was now in position to finally achieve its only goal - the destruction of mankind. That destruction was to start, to no one's surprise, with the annihilation of Israel. Annihilation was now portable. A few travelers to whom death was an honor would deliver suitcases filled with devices of ultimate horror. Those suitcases had been gathered and assembled from around the world by a cabal that transcended race, religion, culture...

THE THIRD WAVE Sympatric Speciation In 2003 a retired biologist took the lead position in sounding the alarm about SARS. Her work would include redefining how information is exchanged in the digital age, educating professionals and laymen alike and creating the new media phenomena now known as the “Flu Blog”. She would later go on to accurately describe the natural host of the Ebola Virus – five years before confirmation of her hypothesis was published. I was fortunate enough to interview her on a wide variety of topics. That conversation has lasted several years. The first four discussions are linked...

This is the final chapter in my series of interviews with the enigmatic Mother Abigail. It has been the most challenging project of my career. It has also been the most rewarding. I hope that you enjoy the four works and I will briefly recap the first three for those who are just joining us.

THE COMING WAVE(An Interview With Mother Abigail) I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you…” Bob Dylan 2006While researching the New Media, I became fascinated with the development of the “Flu Blog”. It seemed to represent – not only the direction – but the form and structure of the changing media in the Internet Age. My original thesis was to write a series of articles detailing, as thoroughly as possible, the creation of the “Flu Blog” – from inception to mainstream assimilation. However, as often happens in war and creativity,...

EXPLORING THE NEW MEDIA'S EVOLUTIONARY PATH -THE BIRTH OF THE FLU BLOG - Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing (Paul Valery) In February of 2003 newspapers, cable news and radio were the interface between the American public and breaking news. It had long been such. No one set out to destroy the relevancy of these institutions. Like so much change it just happened. Passion and thirst mixed with a witches' blend of electronic gadgetry created a new paradigm. A paradigm where power was snatched from the media elite and taken by the citizenry - and...