Behind the Music – O.J. Simpson

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In today’s blog we are looking at the life of O.J. Simpson. In popular modern history, he is by far one of the most iconic faces we know. Unfortunately for him it became from all the wrong reasons.

Early life

Born on 9 July 1947 as Orenthal James Simpson. Known in later life as an American football running back, a broadcaster, actor and advertising spokesman, but as mentioned before most of all due a horrible moment in his personal life: the murder of his ex-wife (Nicole Brown Simpson) and her friend (Ron Goldman). He would be acquitted of the murder of both of them, but until today these murders and his trial are both surrounded with a lot of controverse.

O.J. Simpson attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he would play American Football for the USC Trojans and where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1968. After University, he would play in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons for primarily the Buffalo Bills. He would be very successful during his career and receive many personal awards and was inducted in both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

After his career he would stay in the media, by starting several new projects/careers of which acting was one. For me the most memorable acting job of O.J. Simpson will always be his role as Peter Lupis in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Maybe not one of the most talented actors in my opinion, but he was certainly funny as a comedic actor. Regardless of what happened later in his life, I can still appreciate his acting job in the Naked Gun movies.

Not surprisingly, he would also start as a commentator during NLF broadcasts. As a very good American Football player, it would have been strange for him not to do this kind of work.

In the category – why? – I would definitely include his choice for doing commercials. Of course, the money would have been pretty good, but lets be honest, the commercial above doesn’t really make him look good (something I feel happens with a lot of famous sporters/actors that decide to do commercials).

Although we just went through quite a lot of work he has done successfully, we now mostly know him for the murder of his ex-wife (Nicola) and her friend.

Family life

O.J. Simpson would already marry at the age of 19. This was with Marguerite L. Whitney, with whom he had three children: Arnelle, Jason, and Aaren. His youngest son would drown in the family’s swimming pool in August of 1979. I have emphasized the name of Jason as we will discuss his son more closely.

In 1977, he would meet Nicole Brown. She was then working as a waitress in a nightclub called The Daisy. O.J. was still married at that time, but this did not stop him from dating Nicole from that moment. He would divorce his first wife in 1977.

O.J. and Nicole would marry on 2 February 1985 after he was retired 5 years from American Football. The couple would go on and have two children: Sidney and Justin. The would be married for 7 years, during which O.J. would plead no contest to spousal abuse in 1989. But it would be not until 1992, until Nicole filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.

Murder of Nicole and her friend

On 12 June 1994, Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman were found stabbed to death outside Nicole’s house in Los Angeles.

Although there are very graphic photos of the murder scene, I have chosen not to place them. you are free to further look into this on Google, but I would not advise it. O.J. Simpson was quickly deemed a person of interest in this case. However, he choose not to turn himself in and this led to the know famous low-speed pursuit by police while riding as a passenger in the white 1993 Ford Bronco SUV. The SUV was driven by his long-time friend Al Cowlings.

The pursuit, arrest and trial of Simpson were among the most widely publicized events in American history: the car chase was watched by 95 million Americans. But even more famous was his trial, which was often characterized as the Trial of the Century and was followed both nationally and internationally. After 11 months of this trial, he would be acquitted from both murders, but up till today a lot of people still believe this to be wrong. The glove proof (it was argued that his lawyers purposely made him take pills to swollen up his hands and as a consequence be unable to wear the gloves used for the double homicide. But also, a lot of racial unrest surrounding this trial will undoubtedly have had some impact on the outcome. Directly after the trial, most African Americans would state that the outcome was correct, but most White and Latino Americans would state otherwise. Please note that the nineties was a very volatile racial moment in American history (much like it is currently). In 2016 a poll was conducted, which stated that 57% of African Americans now also believed that he was guilty. So it seems that the racial tension of that moment really helped him to stay out of jail.

Wrongful death civil trial

The family of Ron Goldman did not accept this outcome and decided to start a wrongful death case against O.J. Simpson in 1996. In 1997, Ron’s family would actually win this case as O.J. was found liable for the wrongful death of and battery against Goldman and battery against Brown. He would be ordered to pay a total of $33.5 million to Ron’s family. In 2006, Ron’s father would again bring O.j. to court after O.J. issued his book If I did it. In 2007 he would be sentenced to having all proceeds from this books, but also from interviews related to this murder trial to go to Ron’s family.

Regardless if he did or did not commit these murders, I have always found this book so unbelievably sickening. Even if he was not their actual killer, how can you do this to the mother of two of your own children. And I must admit, that this book does not only add fuel to the suspicions against him, but also show the great arrogance and lack of empathy to the family of both Nicole and Ron.

Later on there would be more legal trouble for this once celebrated athlete and TV/Movie personality: the Las Vegas robbery, tax troubles, but also new battery charges. The Las Vegas robbery would actually be the reason he was sent to jail in 2006, from which he granted parole in 2013, but would remain in jail for other weapons and assault convictions. In 2017, he was finally released from prison after 9 years in jail.

Jason Simpson

As mentioned earlier, I would discuss his son Jason more closely. Why? Because it could well be, that O.J. actually did not kill his ex-wife and her friend. But that it was actually his son Jason! And that he allowed to everything to play out that he was the suspect, knowing that he had a chance of being found not guilty and protecting his son as well.

In 2012, a Texas private investigator (William C. Dear) published his book: OJ is innocent and I can prove it. In his book, he alleges O.J. Simpson went on trial, and was acquitted of murder, in an effort to deflect attention from the true killer: his son Jason!

In his book, he claims that O.J. was indeed at the crime scene of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron, but not until after they were already murdered. He found circumstantial evidence that actually links Jason Simpson to the murders and not his father, O.J. Simpson.

What is the (circumstantial) evidence on which he bases his claims:

Hunting knife

A German-made 15-inch knife similar to one apparently sold to OJ Simpson is shown during the preliminary hearing at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles June 30. Salesman Jose Camacho said he sold such a knife to Simpson some five weeks before the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman

Dear allegedly found a hunting knife of which forensic experts say it is the murder weapon. During the police investigation this murder weapon was never found. Why is this relevant? Because Jason actually has a history of drugs abuse such as alcohol and XTC from since he was a young teen. But even more important, he also had a criminal history, even before his fathers run-in with the law. Jason has had at least for run-ins with the police, including less serious crimes as driving with a suspended license. But also for some serious crimes as he had attacked his girlfriend with a knife!

Dear claims to have found this knife in the former storage locker of Jason, which he purchased later on.

Knit cap

On the crime scene, investigators found a knit cap with hairs in it. The could never link these hairs to Simpson although they were deemed to be very similar to him (e.g. his son?). And guest what? His son was actually known for wearing these kind of hats! The cap also contained dog hairs and as we can see, Jason actually owned a dog (O.J. didn’t).

Rage disorder

Furthermore, Dear claims that Jason was suffering from íntermittent rage disorder. This actually would make more sense, considering the brutal murder scene which shows someone used a lot of rage during these murders. O.J. Simpsons also allegedly can’t handle blood, which would (if true) make it very strange for him to have done this. Also the way they were killed looks to have happened by hand-to-hand combat. And guess what: while attending the Army and Navy Academy, Jason was actually trained in this style of combat. And as noted it was well-known that O.J. Simpson hated the sight of blood.

Bruises on the hand of Ron Goldman

Based on the pictures of Rond Goldman’s badly bruised and swollen hands, he must have struck hard blows to the assailant and he was a thrid degree black belt. The next day O.J. voluntary stripped at the LAPD and there were no marks or bruises. His son, Jason, was however never examined.

More evidence

• Nicole was expected to dine (with friends) that night at the restaurant where Jason was working, but never showed up. Together with his rage issues this could have culminated in him visiting her and letting his disorder do the rest.
• He stopped using medicine against his rage disorder two months prior to the murders.
• The murders took place between 9:45 and 10:05 pm and Jason has no alibi, which can be supported by others.
• Jason’s time card for the night of the murders was handwritten, even though the electronic time clock was working. This is strange, but for someone that wants to pretend to be at another place (the restaurant) for a longer period of time, this action would make sense. He probably hoped that this would be his alibi for the time of the murders.
• The day after the murders (and four days prior to his own arrest), O.J. hired top criminal attorney Carl Jones to represent Jason even though he wasn’t a suspect. This shows more a father protecting his son, then a ex-husband facing possible murder charges.
• At the crime scene 15 separate unidentified fingerprints were found. None belonged to O.J. and police never compared them with Jason.
• Investigators found blood and skin under Nicole’s fingernails along with blood draps on her back. All of them did not match O.J. Simpson. Again, Jason was never interviewed or asked to give a DNA-sample although hairs found at the scene were deemed not to be from O.J. himself, but were deemed quite similar (from his son maybe).

Taking all of this in account, I would consider the son of O.J. Simpson the real prime suspect of the murder of Nicole and her boyfriend. Al this information (if true and reliable of course) does show quite clearly to his son and not to him. All of his actions after the murder, seemed to deviate any attention from his son (including the low-speed car chase prior to his arrest). And why hire an attorney for your son, while he is not considered a suspect and you are the most likely suspect yourself? Why this weird car chase of which it was already clear that he was not really trying to avoid the cops, but it seemed more like he was diverting their attention. All this actions gave another suspect enough time to stay out of the attention of the police. I think the police really did a poor job and should have included O.J. Simpsons family in the scope of the investigation, especially of the hairs that did not match his, but were deemed to be quite similar. Also, it has always been stated that he wasn’t really giving it all to get the police to look at other suspects. He just focused on the trial from which he was acquitted by a converse surrounding the glove found at the crime scene. It was so easy to tamper with the evidence by giving him medicines to make his hands more swoolen and making sure that he could not wear the glove.

I guess that we will never know for sure, what really happed, or more important by who! But to state that O.J. Simpson was really the killer? I think there is enough reason to suspect his son more. But O.J. really lost my respect after he tried to publish his book If I did it. This was very tasteless, but could also be to again stop any focus on his son.

Behind The Music – Rolling Stones

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Today’s post will be about the Rolling Stones after the recent passing of their drummer Charlie Watts.

Rolling Stones (left to right): Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood

Introduction

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, which started in 1962 (in London, UK). Their music would change throughout their career from pop rock to hard rock. The original band line-up was slightly different from now with Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman.

The original line-up of the Rolling Stones.

Brian Jones

Bill Wyman

Brian Jones is actually the founder of the name of the band. During an interview by telephone with a magazine, the interviewer informed about their name. At that moment he saw a LP of Muddy Waters lying on the floor with one of the songs being Rolling Stones. He would remain part of the Rolling Stones until June 1969. Reason for his forced departure was his alchohol and drugs problems. It would be only three months after his forced leaving of the band that he would die. The Rolling Stones would replace him with Mick Taylor. He would leave the band himself in 1974 after he found it very difficult to work with Keith Richards, but also found himself to not be fully recognized by the more senior band members. The fact that the band were at that time tax exiles from the UK and lived in several difficult countries made it also difficult to regularly practice together.

Mick Taylor (1972)

He would later be replaced by current band member Ronnie Wood. In 1993 Bill Wyman would also leave the band and until the 2021 death of Watts they would continue as a 4 man band.

Successes

From their start in the 60’s (quickly changing from covers to their own work) they would soon score major hits like: “(I can’t get no) Satisfaction (1965), Get of my Cloud (1965) and Paint it Black (1966). All three becoming international nr. 1 hits. But in their very long and successful career they would also score others hits like: Angie, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Sympathy for the Devil and much more.

They are considered to be one of the best music bands of all time and scoring even with highest revenues from their concert tours over their long career.

Band

Although being one of the biggest bands of all time, this did not mean that all went well between band members over the year. From Mick Jagger going solo in the 80s, which was not only not a success, but the other band members even feared it could have “killed” the The Rolling Stones. But also Keith Richards more than once openly criticising Mick Jagger for music choices. And along the way substance abuse would be more than once a reason for bad relations within the band. Especially with the last thing it is still some “miracle” for the band members living so long. The aformentioned departure of Bill Wyman was later to be after news came that he got a girl of 18 pregnant. This in itself wasn’t the big problem, but the fact that they already had a relationship (also sexual) for 5 years prior to it was. This news forced him to amongst other things leave the band.

Overall

Although their have definitely been controversies surrounding the Rollling Stones it remains a fact that they are among the best bands of all time. Also, with all the internal struggles within the band and all the reports of substance abuse it is amazing to see that the band is still together and currently preparing a new tour. The controversies however did not really have the magnitude of other celebrities over the year … or they hid them better.

A minor rumour is surrounding the song/hit “Angie”. This was rumoured to be a song about the then wife of David Bowie. In itself already a saucy detail (if true), but the rumours about Mick Jagger and David Bowie also being bed partners is even more out there. If it is true or not, it definitely has made for a good story over the years!

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Behind The Music – John Travolta

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In this episode of the Behind the Music blog series we will be talking about John Travolta (website):

John Travolta (now)

Introduction

John Joseph Travolta was born on 18 February 1954 and is an American actor and singer. He already rose to fame during the 1970’s, appearing on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979):

Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979)

Welcome Back, Kotter is a comedy serie about a compassionate teacher who returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.

And also by starring in the box office successes Carrie (1976), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978) and Urban Cowboy (1980):

Carrie (1976)

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.

Grease (1978)

Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

Urban Cowboy (1980)

Bud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.

During the 1980’s his career would decline considerably, just to come back double as good in box office hits like Pulp Fiction (1994), Get Shorty (1995), Face/Off (1997) and other movies.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Get Shorty (1995)

A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.

Face/Off (1997)

To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery to assume the identity of the criminal mastermind who murdered his only son, but the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

Family

John Travolta was in a relationship with actress Diana Hyland from 1976 to her death (breast cancer) in 1977. After this relationship he first had to other relationship before marrying his current wife Kelly Preston (website) in 1991 and together had three children of which the oldest (Jett) tragically died in 2009 (result of seizures). In 2020, Kelly Preston unfortunately also died from the consequences of breast cancer (for donation – at a non-affiliated organisation – see BCRF website)

FILE PHOTO: 71st Cannes Film Festival – Photocall for the film Gotti – Cannes, France, May 15, 2018. Cast members John Travolta and Kelly Preston. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

Scientology

Although very famous as an actor, he would also receive widespread attention for several things in his personal life of which him joining the Church of Scientology in 1975 being one of them. Together with Tom Cruise he is to be considered one of the most well-known members of this group. Especially with all the controversy around this group him being part of scientology has always been met with the occassional ridiculisation of his choice.

Around the time of his wedding with Kelly Preston it was even rumored that if he would leave Scientology they would out him for his homosexuality. Something that has actually been “hunting” him up till today.

A real dent in his career was also the megaflop Battlefield Earth. A movie directed by John Travolta based on Scientology doctrine. This movie was considered so bad that it is still considered one of the worst movies of all time. If you want to influence the current IMDB rating of this movie, go to IMDB.

It’s the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their ‘man-animals’ are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.

Scandals and rumours

As mentioned above, John Travolta, who would be expected to be given the same positive attention as the likes of DiCaprio always faces a lot of backlash. And let’s be honest partly this is due to his own choices (e.g. Battlefield Earth).

Gay Rumours, allegations of abuse

In 2017, a police report surfaced of a harassment charge filed against him by a 21-year old male spa employee dating back from 2000. It was stated that while he was to receive a deep tissue massage, John Travolta allegedly removed his towel repeatedly and exposing his buttocks, inviting him to the steam room, telling the male masseuse he was attractive and he was “excited” and dropping his own towel while standing. But also that John Travolta touched him intimately. According to this report it was concluded that the complaint did not meet the requirements for sexual battery and the case was dropped. But still it fueled the rumors about his sexual preference (especially because at the same time he was married to Kelly Preston). And around the same time another complaint from a spa employee would emerge, but due to a strong alibi this case was also dropped.

Co-pilot alleges six year affair

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In 2014, a co-pilot (Doug Gotterba) came forward and claimed that during the 1980’s he had a 6 year affair with John Travolta. After leaving his service he had a to sign a termination agreement and for this reason not much came out of this rumour. It was suggested because of a payment of USD 10 million to not disclose anything. Although nothing was proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the fact remains that it just added more fuel to the gay rumours surrounding John Travolta. And let’s be honest when we see the picture above it becomes quite hard for John Travolta to claim that he is not at least bi-sexual.

Conclusion

Although him being a member of Scientology and the gay rumours and alleged sexual assualts (never fully proven), which really put a strain on his career, if we would just judge him on the movies he made, it is unmistakenly that his is a great actor. We might discuss on the movies (Grease and Saturday Night Fever will be an acquired taste), but I believe that he is a very good actor. And the personal life matters have really impacted the way the audience views him and he indeed doesn’t get the same respect of some other well-established actors.

Behind The Music – Tom Hanks

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In today’s episode of “Behind The Music” I will again not discuss an artist, but an actor. Today’s episode is about Tom Hanks.

Introduction

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born on the 9th of July 1956 and is famous American actor and filmmaker. He is known for both comedic and dramatic roles and is considered one of the most popular and well-known film stars worldwide. Where with a lot of celebrities it is quite easy to find some “dirt” on them, with Tom Hanks this seems not to be the case. Of course we seem to be interested in gossip on celebrities, but I consider it a very fresh breath of air to see that even amongst celebrities there are still people that don’t carry the weight of scandals.

Although loved know by a lot of us, he would describe his high school time to be the exact opposite partly because he considered himself very shy and clumsy. This shows that if you work on yourself things can and will change for the better. For shy people he should be seen as a role model. No matter how shy you are, as long as you want to change than you can shake this shiness of of you and be very succesfull.

Career

His career would start in the 1980’s and during that time he would gain more and more fame although not all of those roles to be the iconic roles for which we know him now, but some are:

Dragnet

One of his first movies with a moderate succes

Big (1988)

The broad succes of this fantasy comedy would establish Tom Hanks as a major Hollywood talent.

Turner and Hooch (1989)

This movie was actually the only financially succesful movie of this period.

It would however be the 1990’s that made him the established star as we known him, with movies as Sleepless in Seattle, Philidelphia, Forrest Gump and much more, but the most iconic would be of course Saving Private Ryan. To me this role really left a huge impression (both the movies, but also his acting.

And during the 2000’s Tom Hanks would continue to add more and more successful hits to his name like Band of Brothers, Road to Perdition, Catch You If You Can, The Polar Express, The Da Vinci Code and of course the Toy Story franchise.

As mentioned before with Tom Hanks we are talking about an actor known actually for his career and not any scandals. Also in my blog serie I am happy to finally talk about someone without mentioning scandals, gossip and such.

Personal life

Tom Hanks was first married to actress Samanta Lewes in 1978, with whom he had to children of which Colin Hanks is also well-known (and in my opinion very gifted) actor. Tom and Samantha would divorce in 1987.

Tom Hanks with first wife: Samantha Lewis

Tom Hanks oldest son and well-known actor: Colin Hansks.

Up until today Tom Hanks is married to another actress (Rita Wilson), which he met in 1981 on the set of a movie and they would reunite in 1985, before marrying in 1988. If we would speculate on any possible scandal then it could be considering the timing that Rita is actually the reason for his divorce. But this is just speculation.

Tom Hanks with his wife Rita Wilson.

The only thing that has seemed to be a little tarnish on Tom Hanks name is the first son of Tom and Rita: Chester Marlon “Chet” Wilson. Chet has been hitting the news in the last few years making a clown of himself. Especially considering his stepbrother Colin is almost a copy of his father Tom, with Chet it is unclear why this guy is as he is. Both Tom and Rita don’t really give any signs why is so different.

Please share what your thoughts are about Tom Hanks.

Behind The Music – Bill Cosby

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In today’s episode of Behind the Music we won’t be talking about a music artist, but a famous TV- and movie-actor: Bill Cosby.

For a lot of us Bill Cosby embodies a famous star of our youth that would shock us very much with revelations about his life later on. Always being portraited as the wholesome father in the Cosby Show would later in life be primarily known for his sexual misconduct.

Early Life

William Henry Cosby Jr. (‘Bill Cosby’) was born on July 12th 1937 in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. He is one of four sons of Anna Pearl (a maid) and William Henry Cosby Sr. (served as a mess steward in the US Navy).

Already in High School Bill Cosby was known as a funny guy or as he would later describe himself: a class clown. But it would take years before this comedic side would start to bring him his later stardom. During his study time he was an active sporter (he ran track and played baseball, football and basketball. It was during his time at Temple University (enrolled in 1961) that he would start bartending besides his studies. It was the first time that his comedic talent came to use as he made bigger tips by making his customers laugh. This led to Bill Cosby to start performing on stage, which quickly led to him leaving university and dedicating himself to comedy full-time.

Stand-up career

During the 1960’s, Bill Cosby was active as a stand-up comedian and was very succesful at it and soon he gained national exposure by coming on the ‘The Tonight Show’ and as a result also landing a contract with Warner Bros for a series of comedy albums. A few of these albums would later on be recognized as comedy masterpieces.

Bill Cosby would distinct himself considerably from other stand-up comedians by not using controversial (and sometimes risqué material, but focussing more on humorous recollections of his childhood. Especially the absence of race as a topic. He would at some time defend his choice by stating that he showed that people could identify with his stories and opinions regardless of skin color and by this actually contributing to improve race relations within the USA.

Within the stand-up community many still regard him as the pioneer who enabled stand-up comedians to move into sitcoms (e.g. by Jerry Seinfeld). His show Bill Cosby: Himself (1983) is still widely regarded as “the greatest comedy concert film ever” and is also seen as the blueprint for his later amazing success with the “The Cosby Show“.

Television

During the 60’s and 70’s he would go on to make several movies and tv-shows like: I Spy (1965) in which he played the leading role and even received three Emmy Awards for ‘Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series’. And during the 1970’s he would also have success with Fat Albert and The Bill Cosby Show. After this last show was cancelled after two seasons, he decided to resume his formal education and receiving his Master of Arts at the age of 35 in 1972.

During this time he would focus his time on making educational segments for PBS and also focus even his work on Fat Albert on the education of children and most particular the use of shows like Fat Albert to be included in children’s education and by this improving and increase learning by children. Throughout his career he would remain very outspoken and passionate on the education of children (especially in the African-American Community).

During the 1980’s he would star on his own show The Cosby Show (September 1984), which led to his biggest success and his role as Mr. Huxtable for which he is still known by most of us. I consider his family-oriented humor to be one of the main reasons for the big success of this tv-show which ran until 1992. A lot of the material from this show can be traced back to both his own personal life and his stand-up show: Bill Cosby: Himself (1983). During the 1990’s and early he would continue to making tv-shows with still some success but not in the magnitude of The Cosby Show.

Political views

Besides his television career, Bill Cosby also became political active again in favor of education. In this critism focused on the African-Americans who put higher priorities on sports, fashion, and “acting hard” than on education, selfrespect and self-improvement. He asked parents to educate their children on the many different aspects of American culture and to focus on their education.

Legal Issues

Footage of Bill Cosby’s arrest.

A prison mug shot of Bill Cosby. Why all these charges this late in his life and in his condition?

During 2014 the life of Bill Cosby changed in a huge way when sexual assualt accusations began to surface. And so began is fall from grace, once heralded as the all-american (tv) dad to now a crime suspect. The accusation ranged from rape, drug-facilitated sexual assualt, sexual battery, child sexual abuse and sexual misconduct.

Although Bill Cosby always pleaded guilty to all these accusations he was found guilty on April 25, 2018 and was senteced to jail on three counts of aggrevated indecent assault against Andrea Constand for a duration from 3 – 10 years. On June 30, 2021 this was however overturned as the most important part of conviction was based on his on testimony in a civil lawsuit. And part of this confession was that it could not be used against him in other court cases. So, he was released on the same day not because he was found not guilty, but because his legal rights were not upheld.

One of the pictures taken after his release in 2021.

Question remains did he or did he not commit all these crimes? Besides that confession he has always stated his innocence. So, pleading guilty does not work in his favor. But there could be numerous reasons for him to plead guilty in that particular lawsuit. Having a long legal battle with these allegations could have been very damaging and just settling by pleading guilty could be a way to stop the legal battle. On record you have pleaded guilty, but for me that is no hard fact that he was really guilty. Probably we will never know, because we have no insight in his reasoning for pleading guilty. But together with all the other allegations (which however did not come after a comedy routine in 2014 from Hannibal Buress). That is a second part I find particular strange, in most likewise cases you will have a long record of allegations against someone, with him they seem to have come after the first court case. Again, that does not plead him free, but it is something that always felt strange about this particular case.

An rumor that surfaced on October 23, 1992 was the planned takeover of NBC (the network on which he got famous) by a group leaded by Bill Cosby. It is speculated that this actually could be the reason that allegations against him began to surface as the “power-that-be” were not happy with a black man taking over a national network syndicate. I do believe that this could a reason for actions against Bill Cosby, because the last few years have shown that unfortunately racism is still a factor in the USA. However this was a rumor from the early 90’s and the allegations did not surface in 2014. Therefore I don’t think that these two situations are directly related (although his plans could have rubbed some people in the industry the wrong way). Before he went to prison it was also confirmed that he was legally blind.

The friendship with Hugh Hefner is well documented as he also did shows for Playboy.

Photo of Jeffrey Epstein. A previous neighbour of Bill Cosby and he also stated Bill Cosby to being one of his “clients’.

When we look at his friendships, then we do see something that does not really work in his favor: his friendly relationship with Playboy owner, Hugh Hefner (also the subject of a lot of likewise speculation). But even more significant he was the living across the house of Jeffrey Epstein and is one of the names that was noted in one of his books. This connection does not work into his favor and could give rise to the idea that these allegations against him are true.

Jeffrey Epstein with Donald Trump. Unlike Bill Cosby their is actual footage of them being together.

Same applies to Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein.

And the proven friendship between Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Gates.

But as the Epstein case is still ongoing much has to become clear how much truth there is to all those names in those books. Besides Prince Philip (and the likes of Donald Trump) there are not many hard cases yet proven to be true. And even with Trump and Clinton it could still be a case of chosing bad friends (although I personally feel that a lot of those Epstein rumors are to be true). Also no actual footage is known by me actual placing Jeffrey Epstein and him (unlike the people in the pictures above).

Sexual assualt victims

Although I have some doubts about the whole Bill Cosby case, I want to be very clear that if and to the extent that he commited one or more of the accussations put against him, that it is very important that those victims receive the proper help (even in those cases from decades ago). From very close by to someone close to me I have seen the impact sexual abuse actual has on a person (and note that I only see everything that I can see from the outside). Just imagine the impact inside of sexual abuse victim to be even more significant. Even years and decades after the abuse has happened it can still have impact on the person. From my personal experience from close by I have grown more hate against people that commit (sexual) abuse and they always be held responsible for those crimes. I do believe if the abuse victims starts talking about it, that it will really have a positive impact (as I have also seen). But please allow him or her the room to also give expression to all the pain, anger and other negative emotions. They need to come out for the person to be able to start putting it behind him or her. From my personal experience I have learned to understand that a (sexual) abuse victim is not looking for pity, but for a safe place to talk about what has happened, but also that acknowledgment that all that he or she is telling you is real. If you can’t do this for him or her, then don’t allow yourself to be part of that persons journey in putting the impact of the (sexual) abuse besides him or her.

Cancel Culture

After the allegations came against Bill Cosby we soon saw the cancel culture at its “finest”. Soon all episodes of even The Cosby Show were pulled from all networks. Personally, I have a strong opinion against cancel culture. When someone is convicted of something than he or she should receive punishment for those particular crimes. But going to the extent to wiping out all accomplishments, awards and such is something that I find very wrong.

The Cosby Show is a landmark sitcom that was part of my youth and has had a significant impact on that time. A show that focused on family values instead of sex, foul language and such. Taking this away from TV-history should be considered a crime in itself. Also note that nobody from that show every spoke out against him. Also Bill Cosby is considered an important pioneer amongst the stand-up comedians paving the way for their cross-over to television. But also his policitical views on education (and his work related to education childrens television are things that need to be preserved regardless of the outcome. Please let me know how you feel about this.

Should we cancel the whole legacy, because of a conviction (especially when the conviction and/or allegations are not related to those achievements?

Something that has also rubbed me the wrong way (but doesn’t help in his favor) is the fact how other celebrities were quickly to come out and state that they have known about these rumors for decades in the industry. To me that shows how sick Hollywood is (just like with Epstein). Everyone claims to know (and with Epstein this fact is even recorded on numerous occasions), but everybody was silence. But as soon as the “shit hits the fence” everyone in the industry is quickly coming out to speak out against him and add “evidence” against him. Those Hollywood cover-ups should also be prosecuted, because if true then the industry was allowing these crimes (also by Epstein) to take place for decades, while a lot of people could have stopped it, but they did not! To those celebrities doing this, I think we should also be hard in condemning them instead of applauding them. They just admitted to be enablers to those crimes!

My opinion

I tend to by 50-50 on him being guilty, although I lean a little more to him being guilty. However, unless he would admit on television to actually having committed to those crimes it will always be a question.

As stated above I feel that this case shows something else that is even much worse. The industry will keep silent if people commit criminal acts, because they seem to find their own careers more important than saving someone else. I am not part of the group that applauds those celebrities that came out with information against the likes of Bill Cosby and Jeffrey Epstein as they did not come out with their “information” until allegations were put against them. That is also my problem with celebrities in the ‘Me 2″ movement. They also said nothing until their careers were going downhill. Apparantely crimes were not a real problem while they were profiting from them as well.

I would like to know your opinion on the question if you consider Bill Cosby to being guilty, if you agree/disagree with the cancel-culture and the cover-up of all other celebrities.

Looking forward to discussing this blog with all of you!

Behind the Music – The Beach Boys

With some artists it is very easy to point out their satanic connection, because it shows in everything they do and make like for example Black Sabbath. There are however some artists and bands of which a lot of people might be surprised to find out that they also have (very) satanic connections. One of them is The Beach Boys!

Intro

The Beach Boyes are an American band, which was founded in 1961 by brothers Brian and Dennis and Carl Wilson together with their nephew Mike Love and schoolfriend Al Jardine.

Looking at their picture above you wouldn’t directly link these “All-American Boys” with satan. But please don’t let looks deceive you. It is said that the devil himself is also a very beautiful “man” and looks nothing like the depection we made of him. And bands like The Beach Boys are actually a very “clever” way to influence people. They don’t look like satanist (e.g. Ozzy Osbourne) and they even seem harmless, so luring people into a satanic scheme is actually much easier .. because people will probably have their guards down when listening to these guys.

Media

The strongest information on their dark satanic influence comes from interviews they did themselves:

Brian Wilson quoted in Nick Kent’s “The Dark Stuff” (page 27):

We were doing witchcraft, trying to make witchcraft music.

This same, Brian Wilson, has later on in his career done gospel music, but coming from a man that has stated several times that he doesn’t know for sure if God exists is not a very believable born-again Christian. Probably the money in religion (not faith) was too good to pass on.

But based the words of former Warner Brothers Records President, Larry Waronker, he has witnessed at least 5 different entities possessing Brian Wilson’s body (Rolling Stone, August, 1988, page 51-52):

Brian Wilson hears voices. They talk to him. They frighten him, distract him, confuse him … the voices are calling. His eyes roll toward the ceiling : they’ve gone blank. His brow is furrowed with thick worry lines. He is silent. Gone. He looks up, jerks his head back and forth for a few seconds, as if physically shaking away the voices.

Brian wilson is a “perfect” (by lack of a better word) example of the consequences of selling your soul to the devil. Yes, you will see a brief moment of fame and fortune, but the price will never be worth it (for one, you will not go to heaven), because there are enough cases in which the person let’s us know that they are being tormented by demons.

Charles Manson

Also something very disturbing about the Beach Boys is the the short friendship between band member, Dennis Wilson, and Charles Manson during the summer of 1968. Of course, it can be argued that the Manson murders took place later than this time. However, the very agressive nature was already known, also by Wilson … which actually led to Wilson beating up Manson and kicking him out of his house. But Manson actually has an influence on the music of The Beach Boys as some songs are actually (partially) created or based on songs written by Manson.

Conclusion

In this blog on the Beach Boys I decided to keep it short, but more investigation in to them will reveal more. But the above shows that their was definitely demonic influence in this band. Which shows that we shouldn’t just trust even the most “normal” or innocent bands and artists, because sometimes they are the worst!

Behind the Music – Jimi Hendrix

Dear brothers and sisters,

After quite a long time I once again decided to write a new post in my “Behind the Music” blog. Even with the increasing amount of information becoming available on this subject, it saddens me to see that still alot of people don’t take it seriously. I think this is caused by a mix of underestimating (the existence of) the devil and his interest in music, but also because who wants to hear that his or her favorite artist of band is actively involved in spiritualism, satanism or that they secretely (of sometimes openly) have an agenda of disrupting / destroying Christian values. But I also can understand that it could be difficult to comprehend that some people are willing to sell their soul for temporary fame and riches on this earth and buy it with a one-way ticket to hell.

Today I will be discussing Jimi Hendrix. He is considered to be one of the most gifted guitarists of all time. And this in itself already raises the question on how he gained his talent. To me it is evident that he sold his soul for it. I know that some of you will immediately think: “Oh no, there is one of those Christians again, telling us that all secular artists are devil worshippers, which sold their souls for their talent”.

And yes, that is exactly what I am telling you. How much I have listened to secular music and can still appreciate secular music, I have come to realize (through studying this subject thoroughly) that satanism is heavily involveld in secular music, even in classical music! And in fact it isn’t logical, because before the devil was casted out of Heaven, he was responsible for music! So, the devil knows exactly how to use music for his own agenda! Also, there is scientific prove that only music is able to activate both the left and right side of our brain. Even if you don’t want to read my blog posts about all this celebrities, then at least take the above to heart and be more concious of this when you decide to listen a secular song.

But let’s move away from the more general discussion on this topic and let’s have a closer look at the artist of today: Jimi Hendrix.

Jimi Hendrix’s quote:

Music is my religion

This quote already shows the importance of music in his life. Someone stating is indirecly also rejecting God. Because no Christian would make this statement. But even more, it also shows where his allegiance lies with music. And by know you also know the link between the devil and music.

Jimi Hendrix’s quote (2):

Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

Again we see the importance music had in Jimi’s life. But with this quote he is also confirming that music is a powerful tool to change things in the world. What he however fails to mention is the fact that it seems to only be used for bad changes! Also, it is an insult to God as He is the only One that really makes (positive) changes to the world and our lives!

But also people close to him stated that he was indeed involved in satanism/occultims.

Road manager and producer, Alan Douglas stated:

One of the biggest things about Jim was what he believed in. He believed that he was possessed by some spirit and I got to believe it myself and that is what we had to deal with all the time. And he was very humble about discussing it with people, because he didn’t want people to feel he was being pretentious and so on, but he really believed it and he was wrestling with it constantly.

Not only do we have a witness of Jimi stating that he was possessed by a demon, but it also shows one of the bad things of selling your soul: that demon will wrestle/fight with you constantly and will make you unable to life your life in peace. Know that selling will always come at huge price ..

His long-time girlfriend, Fayne Pridgon, stated the following:

He used to always talk about some devil, something was in him and he didn’t have any control over it. He didn’t know what made him act the way he acted and what made him say the things he said and songs and different things like that just come out of him.. you know. It seems like to me he was so tormented and so torn apart and he really was obsessed with something really evil.. you know…

And also from a conga player, Kwasi Dzidzornu, from a village in Ghana. In that village his father was a voodoo priest.

One of the first things (Kwasi) asked Jimi was where he got that voodoo rhythm from…. that many of the signature rhythms Jimi played on guitar were very often the same rhythms that (Kwasi’s) father played in voodoo ceremonies. The way Jimi danced to the rhythms of his playing reminded him of the ceremonial dances to the rhythms his father played to Oxun, the god of thunder and lightening. The ceremony is called “Voodooshi.

I don’t think it was a coincedence, but it shows from which satanist ritual Jimi got his talent, fame and fortune. Not suprisingly one of his major hits is called: Voodoo Chile.

The last thing before ending this posts is the fact that Jimi is part of the 27 Club. A “Club” of celebrities dying at the young age of 27. And if you investigate those others celebrities, then you will see a lot of satanic influences in their lives.

It should be quite evident that his career was influenced by satanic elements and it seems more than evident that he sold his soul and has paid a huge price for it.

Behind the music – Post Malone

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today I want to share with you a new blog in the ‘Behind the music’ series. It has been quite a while since my last blog in this serie and felt it was time to start writing new blogs on this subject.

Please note, that I love to receive comments and questions from you and normally I will approve all of them. However, yesterday for the first time, I decided to block one comment. Why? Because the comment was plain rude. I understand that not everyone is open to the content of my blogs in this serie. Maybe it was a fan of the band (Poets of the Fall), maybe it was someone heavily opposed to Christiniaty. In the end it doesn’t matter what the reason is for reacting the way he did, because I am very open to opposing arguments as I feel as a Christian you should be open to all arguments. It can even help you to grow in your faith.

One of the arguments the person made was that I could not substantiate my claim that certain artists are satanically influenced. His argument was that if they have not stated in interviews that they worship satan, then I was wrong. This argument of his however does not make much sense. If a murderer claims that he is not a murderer, but all direct and indirect proof shows that he is, then his own testimony is not relevant. That is why we need the Holy Spirit to receive all information necessary and also be able to interpret it correctly. In my blogs I gather this evidence and ask the Holy Spirit to open my eyes and show me what is truly information provided by the Holy Spirit and what is my own feeling or opinion.

Post Malone

In most of my blogs in this serie I have discussed more older artists and bands, however I feel it is also good to analyze and discuss current artists and bands. And although I don’t deny the qualities of Post Malone as an artist, it does not mean that he also could be satanically influenced.

The main reason Post Malone got my attention is the fact that he is very openly when it comes to his drugs use and almost worships it. Let it be clear drugs is bad and also not something God approves of. I believe the main reason because it affects your mind and as a Christian we need to have a clear mind. How can you receive anything from God, if you distort the ‘line of communication’ between God and yourself.

Another reason that I came to analyze Post Malone is his song: Rockstar. First of all, the easiest sin that is attached to this song title is idolatry. Rockstars love and crave attention to the level of people idolizing them. It is not wrong if other people appreciate your work, but it should never come to the level of idolatry!

What does the Bible say over the sin of idolatry? First lets use a secular source of what the world understands about idolatry (source: wikipedia):

Idolatry is the worship of an idol or cult image, being a physical image, such as a statue, or a person in place of God. In Abrahamic religions, namely Christianity, Islam and Judaism, idolatry connotes the worship of something or someone other than God as if it were God.

When we read this definition then it shows that if we worship an artists we are actually sinning as well. When we worship another person in place of God, then it is called idolatry. As I stated it is not wrong to appreciate someones work, but it should never be more then that. However rockstars/musicians/movie and tv-celebrities crave exactly that: that people worship them!

What does the Bible says (the most importants source):

1 Corinthians 10:7 states the following:

7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

The verse above already makes it clear that idolatry is a sin. So, even if you like a certain singer his or her music, let it be just that. But do not let yourself go into the mode of following everything about that person and (almost) worship that person.

Judges 10:14 states:

14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

That God and idolizing persons do not co-exist becomes clear from the verse above. If you are so set on worshipping an artist, then God tells you that you should put your full faith on them and see how they help you. They won’t and they can’t!

If you study the Bible then you will find more references on idolizing is a sin. The most important one is the fact that it is stated in the 10 commandments!

Open alliance with the devil

Althought they will not always tell you in an interview there are enough sources of proof that they worship satan by the hand sign and the use of a snake. People will try to mitigate this by stating that it just a gimmick and they do it to sell their music, because the reference to satan and the illuminati sells. Don’t be fooled by this nonsense argument! Yes, I want to be succesful in what I do, but I will not use any references to the devil to do this. See with Post Malone the following signs that he has declared alliance with the devil:

The handsign is an open declaration to the devil

Why use a snake in your song? It is now more then known by everyone that the devil came to Adam and Eve as a snake and that the snake is a clear symbol to the devil. Using a snake is a clear sign that you worship the devil. The serpent in this song serves no other purpose.

There are more indications that Post Malone as sold his sould. I was informed by someone that in his earlier music he loves to make references in his music and clips to suicide, murder and blood. All signs that are quite disturbing, but also show that he loves/idolizes death. And who is associated with death? The devil! even in this song a clear reference to blood is made in the picture below:

Behind the Music – Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”

Behind the Music – Leanord Cohen’s “Hallelujah”

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today I am writing a blog (after a long while) in the my blog serie ‘Behind the Music”. Yesterday, I got a comment on another post of mine, where that person (called lhc) asked me to write a post on that particular song. I really see it as an encouragement of God, that I was asked to write on a certain subject instead of choosing the subject myself. I truly feel Gods hand in my blog and appreciate all your likes, comments, requests and prayers!

The person

Leonard Cohen is a Jew by birth, but throughout his life he was not a faithfull follower of his Jewish faith. He was born in Canada in 1934 (and died in 2016) an earned his money as singer-songwriter. In 1955 he moved to the US, and in the 60’s his career really started to take off. By some it is considered that it was also around this time, was the beginning of his spiritual wandering, although Judaism was part of his family history. He even came from family of rabbi’s / rabbinical teachers (from both sides). But in his adult life he moved away from his judaic roots and became involved in zen buddishm and even became ordained as a buddhist monk in 1996.

For someone to be born as a Jew and to decide to switch to another faith, is already a first sign that shows that he was satanically influenced, because for me buddishm is a very demonic religion (it exists on the idea of that a man is God). Also, for me this is again a good point of warning: you cannot decide to choose God and also choose another faith.

Lyrics

The lyrics are as follows:

Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

When we start reading the lyrics to this song, we see the Biblical references. This could make you think that he therefore did it as praise to God. But don’t be fooled, even demons and the devil can use Biblical references. You always need to ask the Holy Spirit to guide you, because it might be that he needs you to open our eyes to see that on first glance it might seem to honor God, but when really analyzing it, you will see that the person changed somethings, making the text actually very demonic.

With this first part, there doesn’t seem to be much wrong with it. Because it is well known that the music that David made indeed pleased the Lord. But why then mention that “you” don’t really care for music? Even although it seems unclear to whom “you” is referring, it doesn’t make sense to include this sentence (which is quite negative).  And especially when referring to God, then this would indeed be a very demonic statement. But even if he (David) was talking to a person, how would this song be a gospel song?

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

When reading this second part of the song, it becomes more and more apparant that is so important that we not only listen to how beautiful a song might see, but that we really take notice of the lyrics. This song is widely considered a gospel song (worship) to God, however in this second paragraph, we are reading how David started sinning by desiring Batsheba (a married woman). And how Delilah tied up Samson. In both cases, there is in no way how I can see that these thins are honoring God. So, why include these sins in a supposed song of worship? And take note of the last sentence: “and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah”. So, what Mr. Cohen is actually saying in this song of “worship”, that it took acts of sin to utter the word “Hallelujah”? In praise and worship, the love for God is what brings out all our words of praise and worship, not acts of sin.

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Instead of praising and worshipping God, it seems to go on about David and Batsheba. Why is Mr. Cohen more interested in this sinful relationship, than God? The start of this song already shows, that we should in no way perceive this as a praise and/or or worship song, because it is in no way honoring God.! So, never allow this song to be played in your church.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What’s really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

While the song seem to start to praise God, it very quickly turned out to be this song about David and Batsheba. We need to always be very careful what we listen to and what we allow in our lives. Because if you sing this song, you are actually praising the sinful bond between David and Batsheba. For me this part actually contains a very disrespectful and demonic insult by Mr. Cohen to God. David remembered when he was moving in her (a reference to intercourse) and compared it to how the Holy Spirit was moving? Comparing how we accept the Holy Spirit with having sex is such an insult to God. If you have any doubt left if this song is worship/praise or not, this verse alone will proof that it isn’t!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don’t even know the name
But if I did, well really, what’s it to you?
There’s a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn’t matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Since the last part it already took a very bad turn, but here we see the true colors of Mr. Cohen. He is apparantly reacting on someone saying that he is taking the name in vain (God’s name that is). And instead of reacting any other way, he is clearly stating that he doesn’t know and acknowledge God. He down-right is reject God! So for him to sing a song called Hallelujah, is already something “special” in itself. He openly rejects God and compares the Holy Spirit with intercourse!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I’ll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

This song ends with worldly arrogance. Do you really think you can come before God and tell Him that you have done enough for Him?

Conclusion

For me this song shows how careful we need to be, when listening to secular music. The title of the song might indicate that this is praise and worship, but when you analyze it, then you quickly will (and should) realize that this song is very demonic. Why? He is pretending to honor God, while he is singing on the sinful act between David and Batsheba. He is disrespecting God and the Holy Spirit. Only the devil will to this, so for a man to also do this, shows that he is choosen against God!

So yes, this is a very demonic song based on what I have researched. If you have no problem insulting God and the Holy Spirit, than you really have a problem. Because in the Bible it is even specifically mentioned that there is one sin that is onforgivable: insulting the Holy Spirit And that is exactly what mr. Cohen did.

Behind the Music – Donald Trump

Behind the Music – Donald Trump

Dear brothers and sisters,

In this new blog in the ‘behind the music’ series I will today not talk about an artist, but about Donald Trump. Why? Because how is it possible that someone like Trump, who is clearly not qualified for that job, still became the president of the USA? Is this simply a case of luck or is their more to it.

It is quite strange that a man that was always know as a TV-celebrity and infamous for his cocky and rude behavior (and sometimes downride creepy, when talking about his own daughter) still managed to become the most powerful man in the USA.

Of course, the 2 party political system in the USA certainly helped in a country where it seems that the majority doesn’t seem to vote for what is really the best choice for their country, but they just decide to choice the nominee for “their” party. Personally, I found it very shocking to see that through this American Christians decided to vote for this man that has a track record for being a racist (against muslims and Mexicans in particular, but also they way he condones violence against black people. And also consider the fact that he comes from a family of KKK-members) and a sexist. I understand that people don’t like Hillary as well, but why then not choose for another option.

Americans now are noticing that after 1 year in office, Trump has been spending more of his time in his own resorts playing golf, than actually at work. He already costs the tax payers close to USD 100 million for not doing his job. And still we see how people are keeping him in office. Also, the ongoing investigation on his betrayal of his own country, by working together with the Russians. For a country that always claims to be patriotic (especially his voters), it is weird that they would allow someone to be president while it becomes more and more evident that he worked for / or with another country to get elected.

But the above is all more a political based opinion. The first reason that I also wanted to write on Donald Trump in this blog is because of an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ years ago. Why? In this episode it was Donald Trump becoming president of the USA! Why did they choose him, or did the establishment / illuminati already informed us in plain sight what they were planning to do? Based on that episode, it would seem that his election is not just a coincedence.

The reason that it becomes more and more clear that Donald Trump becoming president of the USA is part of a plan of the illimunati is because it seems that the only one that really benefit from his presidency are the rich people. The poor, the working class and other ‘normal’ Americans only seem to lose from this men’s presidency. And what is the goal of the illimunati? To make the rich richer and the poor poorer. And this is exactly what this man is doing. That is why I urge the Christians in the USA to stop supporting him, because he does not has your best interest in mind and certainly doesn’t support our Christian values. He could care less!

Maybe it would be time to have a Christian party if the American Christians want to support a party that is their for their Christians values. But know that just like the Democrats, the Republicans (and certainly not Trump) are not the once that defend those values!

Your thoughts?