Posted by
Steve on Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:43:56 PM
Adonai li v’Lo Ira. God is with me, I fear not. That was the main thrust of Glenn Beck’s message yesterday. During the speech, Glenn hit all the right notes to hit it out of the park. The highlight of the speech was his intention to start bringing the message to a global community. Thursday he will be in South Africa. Saturday, he will be in South America. Sunday, he will be in Texas to give a speech. He did not give the locality of any of the spots in South Africa, South America or Texas. Since I know he moved to the Dallas area, he most likely will be giving his speech in the Dallas, Texas area.
Outside of the meeting area yesterday, there were protesters and supporters. The protesters showed their ignorance of the events by the way they heckled the supporters. When the supporters were confronted by the hecklers, they defended themselves and made the hecklers look bad. In other words, they knew why they were there and had facts to back it up. The hecklers did not really know why they were there, except they opposed Glenn Beck. So, when things got down to the nitty-gritty, they sounded like spoiled brats.
Like any new company, the technical quality of the video was spotty. There were technical errors where they cut to the wrong camera and stuff like that. Those were minor glitches in an otherwise great performance. When it came time to get it right, they did. As GBTV gets more experience, the technical glitches I noticed will diminish. They can never completely go away, because the equipment is manned by humans and humans by definition make mistakes. Overall the quality was excellent. The glitches were minor and did not detract from the overall impact of the event.
The three awards given out yesterday were well deserved. All three were exemplary individuals or groups. They were all fantastic examples of how to overcome the great divide between Jews and Arabs. If more people acted like these honorees, the strife in the Middle East would diminish overnight. It might not end the strife, but life there would be a lot more enjoyable. One honoree was a restaurant that is jointly owned by an Arab and a Jew. It was bombed in 2003 and they did not let that stop them from continuing their relationship. In fact, from the bombing the relationship has become stronger. Another was a store owner who goes out of his way to make sure that the poor people in the area have the things they need for the different holy days of Muslims and Jews. As a result, the stores are frequented by both Jews and Muslims. Hamas and other terrorist groups do not like it, but the people do. So, Hamas and their ilk have to stand down. The third honoree was the young girl who found her family murdered a month or so ago. She has been a pillar of strength for the other two remaining younger children and the community. Instead of curling up inside and crying about how bad her life is she has dedicated her life to the welfare of the younger children in the family. That is the mark of a true hero.
The Restoring Courage events are over in Israel. The purpose was not to teach the Israeli’s courage. They have enough courage to serve them well. The object was to show the world the courage of the Israeli people. Not all Israeli’s are strong. The left in Israel is just as weak as the left is here in America. But the ordinary citizen of Israel has more than enough courage to overcome that weakness. That courage was on display for the world to see during these events. Let us hope that the world learned from this event. I have a feeling that the only people that benefitted from the event were the people that were predisposed to listen. The left in Israel and throughout the world was not listening and so missed the message. That would be par for the course.