Our website location

I am pleased to announce the birth of our new website. I didn't think that the blog covered everything I wanted to. I thought it silly to use a networking site for this project. I have spent the last few days writing code for it.

The first installments are up and running:

http://reddragonfreepress.bravehost.com/

I have also set up a Video Ring. This allows folk to go forward and back in a ring of the videos for that year.

Eventually the goal is to have it on it's own site. With it's own unique domain name. This will remove the current ads that are placed in the head and foot of each web page.

Reasons for Copyright on RDFP Video

This is the reason why all video content on Red Dragon Free Press YouTube account is copyright.

Simply put:

It is purely to protect the performers on the Video. This way no one can take their content and reproduce it under their name. It has nothing to do with Red Dragon Free Press holding onto any power. The motivation is entirely propelled from keeping individuals on the world wide web from taking someones content and claiming it as their own.

In addition to this, if the video is on the YouTube account. Then it is also available for hard copy DVD. The cost involved is $20.00. I am considering making an electronic file version for $10.00 to promote green living.

Thank you for your understanding.

Dane County: Buy Local

Here is a way to avoid supporting unfair trade practices. Buy from local business! I have maintained for years that the box stores are out of touch. Yes you can get cheaper products, but the quality trade off is awful. It seems like every week there is another recall from a product that was made in China. The product takes away from the job market in the states. Unemployment is getting worse, not better. Because the jobs are going overseas.

I believe in "mom & pop" shops, they deserve our support. The money spent in those local venues, tends to stay local. The trickle down effect puts items on shelfs in food pantries.

Check this link out:

Dane County Buy Local Website
http://www.danebuylocal.com/home/

The criteria for this groups members. 1. Must be 51 percent owned in Dane Country 2. Purchasing decisions have to be made in Dane Country.

This is a great idea.

Boycott: Fox Television

After some thought and meditation on this topic. I decided that I am deleting channel 47 from my television set. I have been an avid fan of the Simpsons for years. There are several other shows I use to watch on sunday nights. But I have decided that the monster is way to big and needs to be clipped.

What do I mean by this?

It is owned by Ruppert Murdoch. There need be no discussion on this. He is a dark spirit promoting his conservative views. This man bitched a fit about a certain newspapers articles, then less than a year later, he bought them. why? so he could control what was being said in that particular paper.

It is time for people to raise the bar rather than be mindless drones. I started this whole thread by posting on my myspace accounts that I was deleting them as of november 1, 2007. Then last sunday night, I watched the season premiers of the shows I was holding onto fox for. they sucked. Leaving me with an immediate decision that I will no longer support the fox networks propaganda.

Let others who can't think be programmed by this man's agenda. I refuse to let it happen to me. ok I couldn't wait for November 1, so I already did it. my t.v now has no fox on it. myspace accounts have been deleted. sweet.

Buddhists in action

This story was first covered in the New York Times June 24 2007. The Reporter's name was Tania Leah. I tried to locate the original article at the New York Times. But did find the article archived on another site.

The image was taken by Tania Leah, it is of Gyatso releasing clams, shellfish and snails. The Buddhists belief that these will evolve into another life form at the time of death.

The title of the article was:
In Homage to Buddha, a Splash of Freedom

In New York a Tibetan Buddhist named Gyatso with other Buddhists from the area. Purchased a large amount of sea creatures. Setting them free in honor of the Buddha. Rather than rehash all of the article.

The following is an exert from the article by Tania Leah:

NEW YORK–As the sun set on Staten Island’s south shore, a Tibetan Buddhist named Gyatso carried a crate of live shellfish down to the harbor. Squatting on a rock, his sneakers perilously close to the water, he submerged the crate, and then tossed the marine snails, one by one, into the sea.

As he did so, he murmured the words “Om mani padme hum,” the mantra of compassion, for liberation from all negative karmas. “The best news,” Gyatso said of the snails, “is that they are saved from the frying pan.”

Gyatso, an energetic and compact man in his 40s who lives in Glendale, Queens, and, like many Tibetans, uses just one name, was among two carloads of Buddhists who journeyed on May 31 from Chinatown to Great Kills Harbor in Staten Island to observe Saga Dawa, a holy month. During that month, Buddhists are encouraged to preserve life in commemoration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and attaining Nirvana. This group chose to save marine creatures destined for dinner tables by releasing them into the sea.

For most of the year, the city’s estimated 2,000 Tibetan Buddhists worship privately in their homes; Saga Dawa is one of the few occasions on which they recognize their faith publicly, enjoying a religious freedom not available to them in their native land.

I like what they did, it is a nice gesture. Sometimes the author of this blog can get a little bit on the negative side of postings. I will do my best to make sure that there is as much good posted. This is an example of what truly makes America great. It isn't the leaders in Washington. It is those who accomplish selfless acts of compassion for humanity and the environment around them. This in my opinion is the greatness of a nation.

In Gratitude:

Thank you Stephanie S. for putting this story before me.

Postscript:

I can think of no other greater way to kick off this months blogs. Than to have posted this one first. Just a reflection I noticed after the piece was put together. Our world can appear so incredibly dark. The technology we have has put us all in better connection with events, than ever before. This means that the good and bad news can travel at lightening speeds. I'll do my best to avoid the trap of letting negative issues dominate. I refuse to go the better homes and garden feel good reporting either. I hope you have having a blessed day.

References:

• Tibetan Mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum
• Wikipedia: Om Mani Padme Hum
• Wikipedia: Karma
• Basic Buddhism: The Theory of Karma
• Tibetan Traditional Festivals: Saga Dawa
• Wikipedia: Tibetan Buddhists
  

Disclaimer:

Red Dragon Press does not claim responsibility for information provided in links posted.