Hamletsmill

GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE.Get "knowed up" in Cosmic Awareness!READ THESE BOOKS.On March 11, 2004 the Spirit rover on Mars took the first picture of Earth ever made from the surface of another planet:http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA05547_modest.jpgFirst meditate on this photograph to try to begin to change your consciousness from all of the endless bullshit you have been taught.Then start reading really good stuff to learn about both the human evolution of consciousness and how the Universe really works.We have all been born onto a tiny planet of people who are at the present time a danger to themselves and each other. But from this tiny dot of light in the above photo, we are now going to go to this consciousness of our place in the Cosmos:http://www.solstation.com/x-objects/and2disk.jpgIt is a long road, but the invention of the Internet will now change everything.I suggest starting with these books to prepare for the ascent of the human race:Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Mythby Giorgio De Santillana and Hertha Von Dechendhttp://phoenixandturtle.net/excerptmill/santillana.htmThe Temple of Manby R. A. Schwaller de Lubiczhttp://www.robertschoch.net/The%20Temple%20of%20Man.htmCosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View by Richard Tarnashttp://www.cosmosandpsyche.com/The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World Viewby Richard Tarnashttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n21_v43/ai_11597179It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Scienceby Graham Farmelo (Editor)http://www.ams.org/notices/200303/rev-faris.pdfWhile you're at it, I just love this guy's insights on the wonders of the Dirac Sea:http://openseti.org/Docs/HotsonPart1.pdfhttp://openseti.org/Docs/HotsonPart2.pdfThe Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universeby Roger Penrosehttp://tinyurl.com/yquc84The Conference of the Birdsby Farid al-Din Attarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conference_of_the_BirdsThe Masnavi by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasnaviPrayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesusby Neil Douglas-Klotzhttp://tinyurl.com/yqwlfzSoar in these above rare refined works of human intellectual and spiritual exploration and realize that all of us have currently been born onto a planet of total complete talentless idiots and morons in both vast electorates and in high places of unchecked power in our time on Earth.Try to make the best of it.As the great LorettaSingbiel always posts here on HuffPo in the face of such surrounding appalling haplessness "Stay safe, healthy and happy,Love, Loretta"My sentiments exactly!Perhaps This Great Day will yet come for All Mankind:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8
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Obama Faces White Resistance In South, Polls Show
I just read your profile. We don't have the same politics at all. Maybe from completely different life experiences. But I will say this: you can write. I enjoyed reading your posts. posted 01/20/2008 at 02:06:59
Huckabee Embraces Confederate Flag To Woo White Evangelicals
You need to read more Faulkner brother. And more Homer to.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_duh9uhgM&NR=1 posted 01/20/2008 at 02:24:23
Kucinich's wife could REALLY kick Huck's ass! Can she play bass too? posted 01/20/2008 at 02:20:36
Spot on post,iswearington. Absolutely spot on. posted 01/19/2008 at 20:47:14
This version might be even MORE appropriate for this thread.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_duh9uhgM&NR=1 posted 01/18/2008 at 23:32:19
BTW, the Screenwriters for the fabulous movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" got it right! Since it is the ancient tale of Ulysses set to the 1930's Depression Era U.S., it is about the Divine energies on the change of a World Age. The railroad track marks that passage. The film is about liberation from the "chain gang consciousness" of the old passing World Age. It is about when the new Divine Message of liberation begins to be communicated in greater and greater energies. It is about when the Message "gets on the radio" of intelligent mass consciousness.Do you think Huck at his Baptist Seminary and all those "Stars and Bars" voters south of the Mason Dixon line have at least read the Cliff Notes on Homer?Or could it be that they "ain't got no radio" like "the Devil" (in the Zoroastrian sense) says in the final film sequence? Damn, I just loved that movie!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF5OtSO3j6Iposted 01/18/2008 at 23:25:16
Hey texmex66! Bring your Stars and Bars and the Texas State Flag too with that big fucking Lone Star on it. We have a nice little town up here in Pennsylvania called Gettyburg. You ever heard of it? I'll take you on a tour and we can sit up on the bluff at Little Round Top while I read you some of the writings of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.The dream all ended there, brother, and it ain't coming back.Let's go on a day when there are Civil War re-inactors. That should be fun. posted 01/18/2008 at 22:33:45
Merrill Lynch Posts Monster Losses, Promises To Still Take Risks
Looks like neither GWB nor Cheney nor the Joint Chiefs of Staff EVER read Vladislav Tamarov's book "Afghanistan: Soviet Vietnam" or just looked at the photographs he took in 23 months in combat there. He and his American girlfriend Nadia used to stay with me often in the early 1990's.Afghanistan bankrupted the Soviet Union. The Hindu Kush means "killer of Hindus".The history of the Mogul Empire now foretells the fate of the entire world.Do Bush, Cheney, or any of the current candidates of either party and their Ivy League advisors know anything about the history of the Mogul Empire?Looks like the answer so far is no.posted 01/20/2008 at 01:21:59
Derivatives and the truly unregulated fog shrouded hedge fund infrastructure have now done an end run on all the firewalls the SEC put into place on financial markets since the 1930's after the 1929 crash. We are now in an unknown land.We are on the high wire with no safety net. This is a very dangerous time. We are facing time cycles and highly interconnected markets and structures that no one has ever seen before.The Congress and Senate of the United States are D and F students in Economics. Just like in the reckless and completely unaccountable deployment of the military power of the United States with the Iraq War over five years, they have utterly and completely failed the American people and every person's hard work. posted 01/20/2008 at 00:48:36
I'm an Ivy league graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania...and I totally agree with you.These people are idiots and thieves that traffic in other people's money with absolutely zero morality just like the current Neocon Ivy League Princes traffic in the lives of other people's sons and daughters in war.I went to see the film "Cloverfield" today. A nice little movie. I enjoyed it. But the psychological deep structure "monster" is not a psychological projection of 9/11 as many reviewers say. I say it is not the unresolved depth psychology angst in our souls about Al Qaeda.To my mind it is prophetic on another level: the monster symbolizes the coming Cosmic Judgment upon the financial markets of the United States that we all know is now at the very doors.We are led by idiots and incompetent financial hacks who have stolen the future of the nation. The financial wreckage of Manhattan that is coming will be much worse than the physical wreckage depicted in "Cloverfield" which will most certainly be a very successful film.The economic crack pipe hacks on Wall Street should each have a copy when it comes out on DVD to watch every night to study what their greedy hands have wrought as they watch the buildings fall and burn in very good CGI. posted 01/20/2008 at 00:27:29
Army Chief Of Staff: "The Surge Has Sucked All Of The Flexibility Out Of The System"
AtomicSplash,You wrote:"George Bush's ego will not let the army leave Iraq before he leaves office. The entire fantasy persona that he and his people have created about him has him as a strong decisive leader that can not be moved by polls or public opinion or much of anything else for that matter."Very insightful post! The whole smoke and mirrors of Bush's manufactured public image for the psychologically dysfunctional "Party faithful emotional one note automatons" is that his incredibly weak and truly astonishingly inept leadership ability on any level is hidden by this mask of "IRON WILL UNSWAYED LEADERSHIP"! I predict this man will implode after he leaves office without the ruse of that mask which he buys into most of all himself. he will spend the rest of his life defending this position. Just watch.It is a new Orwellian twist that even George Orwell on his best day as a novelist never even dreamed of: "INCOMPETENCE IS COMPETENCE" the new banner over the massive Ministry of Truth building!It truly is masterful. Goebbels did start to touch on this level of cognitive dissonance before the final solution upon himself by his own hand of the suicide of the Fuhrer. But I think the apparatchik hacks at the height of the Soviet Politburo never even thought of going this route to the magnitude of the ability of the handlers of the Presidency of Dumbya. It was truly masterful and it worked on an electorate of unsophisticated dunces.And they maintained it for almost eight years over two critical national elections in the oldest democratic republic on Earth without their boy even being able to play bass!Just amazing! posted 01/18/2008 at 02:07:48
Rove Rips Hillary's Electability
Yep. And the Cowboys folded with that Jessica Simpson look alike the New York Post hired sitting behind Romo and the Cowboys bench on the sidelines. But I used to like Lone Star Beer when I was in Texas on business in Dallas in the 80's. I also stopped to visit Dealey Plaza and stand behind the fence on the Grassy Knoll. Damn fine place to assassinate someone I thought. If Oswald was such an idiot he sure picked a fine location. Covered fields of fire from everywhere.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dealey_PlazaLBJ, Bush41, now Bush43. There should be a Federal law that no one from Texas should EVER be allowed to run for President of the United States hence forth and forever.But at least the Steelers controlled the situation in the 70's. posted 01/16/2008 at 22:30:58
It's OK. I could understand what you meant. It was a good post. posted 01/16/2008 at 22:14:46
Glenn Beck: FDR Was "One Evil Son Of A B***h"
I listen to Glenn Beck all the time in my drive time to work each day. He does some very good radio voices when he starts mocking people. He can be funny and clever. Sometimes he has some very good guests. He can be entertaining. But it is very easy to see after about 15 minutes that he is not an educated man. He is not a particularly well read man. Perhaps what happened to his ass surgery has some sort of holographic or depth psychology meaning. I think it would be great if he would have Shirley MacLaine on his show to tell him the karmic problem with his ass.posted 01/16/2008 at 23:10:43
Bush: "I'm Sure People View Me As A War Monger"
Hard talk'in mjjcpa,Where and when did you serve in the Armed Forces of the United States? posted 01/15/2008 at 22:05:08
Bush Seals Deal To Sell Saudis $20 Billion In Arms
andyboy,Thanks for posting to my comment. I am a fan of yours and have been for a while. Your recent PTSD comments still available on your Profile page are damn fine writing. I am a veteran but never had to take anyone's life. I think God for that. But I know many people who went through the full shattering experience of war and have never recovered. To deal with it you have to believe it was necessary for the survival of the nation. If you can't do that you are in trouble and the tide will slowly and inevitably come in on your soul. Vietnam was and Iraq now will be a great tide for many.I had a friend who used to wear the belt of the NVA soldier he killed in 1968 just after Tet. They were alone on a jungle trail. He shot first. He looked into that soldier's face as blood gushed up out of his mouth and he died. In that moment he saw a look of forgiveness in his eyes. It was kill or be killed and he shot first even though the other soldier could have shot him first but hesitated. He took his belt in that aloneness of just them in the entire world. Later after he got out of the army he would wear it from time to time to remember him. He always said that the person you killed is closer to you than your wife or any lover. Closer to you than any woman. That was how he felt.God help us for what we will face as a nation now. Forty years has passed and we as a nation have learned absolutely nothing. posted 01/14/2008 at 22:36:30
Oh yes. I almost forgot. And SHIA IRAN also... posted 01/14/2008 at 19:23:02
Faith,These are my thoughts exactly.Can't anyone see this coming?Pakistan FALLS (Pakistan's Military Intelligence (ISI) CREATED the Taliban!) and the Islamic extremists have NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Mrs. Butto was JUST ASSASINATED. Is Dumbya reading newspapers at all? Is he retaining things he reads from day to day?Now lets think this out.Wth this deal, when Saudi Arabia FALLS the Islamic extremists (the Wahhabis and their pan Islamic cohorts the Salafis) will then have the complete technology package to DELIVER nuclear weapons in the region over the horizon.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WahhabismThat could target Israel, U.S. Aircraft Carrier Task Forces in the Persian Gulf, and the SITTING DUCK "permanent" U.S. bases in Iraq and well as the massive Green Zone. WTF is our government smoking?15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis as everyone on Earth knows. I think someone should be watching this.Does anyone else in the U.S. Government or the Corporate Media see anything wrong with this picture?Are there any intelligence professionals here or U.S. or British professional military here on HuffPo who can give us their take on this?It seems fool hardy just like the "Dubai Ports" deal that was eventually stopped by the fire storm from talk radio.Who is minding the store?I was only a lowly 1st Lieutenant a long time ago, but militarily this just does not seem too bright of an idea. Why do the Saudis need weapons systems like this? Who is their enemy...uh...other than the...uh...Shia...as in Shia Iraq?My understanding is that the Wahabis hate the guts of Shias and consider them infidels and apostates?Is anyone else here on HuffPo getting this?I see a very bad situation developing here.Does anyone else beside myself and Faith?This should be the lead headline on HuffPo. Who is the person that makes these decision on this site? Whoever you are do you have any children or grandchildren?I think this merits concern.posted 01/14/2008 at 19:19:19
Hillary Clinton Defends 2002 Iraq War Vote On Meet The Press
When did you serve in the Armed Forces of the United States? posted 01/13/2008 at 15:09:33
Bush Warns Middle East: Confront Iran "Before It's Too Late"
When did you serve in the Armed Services of the United States? posted 01/13/2008 at 11:56:27
When did you serve in the Armed Services of the United States? posted 01/13/2008 at 11:55:45
Yep. That is pretty much it. Dumbya scratching his balls and saying "Duh" as the best our civilization has to offer to the world. It is just unbelievable that any of this ever happened. posted 01/13/2008 at 11:48:59
New York Times Special Report: 121 Veterans Of Iraq And Afghanistan Charged With Killing Upon Returning Home
I am glad to see another veteran on here who feels the same as me. Reading that NYT article just now completely depressed me. I am also a Vietnam Era veteran. All these years later it is the EXACT SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. The exact same thing! Young men are sent to war by completely irresponsible and completely unaccountable people and are destroyed and no one learns a thing. EVER. God Almighty help us on this planet!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rxm17Soz3c posted 01/13/2008 at 01:10:58
Can you please give a link to this article? Thank you. posted 01/13/2008 at 00:21:04
Bush And Congress Focusing On Stimulus Plan
The Iraq War is NOT national defense. It is a complete waste of human lives and national wealth. It is completely unwinnable militarily and was from day one. These were catastrophic decision made my a completely irresponsible and amoral self aggrandized cultural elite trafficking in other people's lives and other people's money as is their conditioned mindset always since the days of Vietnam. They have won in the end. And everyone else has lost. It is their right to do whatever they want completely accountable to no one - neither God nor Man - because they are "right" in their ideology and everyone else on Earth is "wrong". Period. No compromise. No discussion. None of them will EVER take personal responsibility as human beings for what they have done. Just watch.We are in very big trouble. I honestly now think it is too late no matter who is elected President of the United States. Is has all gone on too far. I think it is now going to go to real violence in the streets if anything more breaks.I hope I am wrong. But this is my gut feeling now. The corporatists own the soul of the United Sates. Game over. posted 01/12/2008 at 01:09:08
Excellent post. posted 01/12/2008 at 00:57:04
Troubled Citigroup Seeking Cash Infusion From China, Kuwait
And their Saudi bankers sons fly planes into our corporate skyscrapers. posted 01/12/2008 at 17:54:19
You are spot on correct. I myself have a degree in "Economics" from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania. Three of the "educated" graduates of that school are Corporate Decorum Grand Dragon Donald Trump, Master of Time and Space Michael Milliken, and Corporate Character Guidance Messiah Jeffrey Skilling of Enron high moral accomplishment fame. Need I say more.I figured out long ago from my education in those halls that it was merely a system to create supremely arrogant people capable of maximum schizophrenic emotional distance from any morality about other people's lives and other people's money in daily life. The current President of the United States is the finest product yet produced from these "corporate elite" educational processing factories.Americans are now the absolute worst business people in the entire world when it comes down to actually showing up for work and actually doing something useful with resources. This class of people are absolute idiots who have left a trail of ruin in every enterprise they have ever touched. Crappybank and Bullshit Lynching Tree are just two of the latest con debacles perpetuated by an entire class of people who have lived their entire lives with their heads up both theirs and other peoples asses. Just amazing, amazing stuff. But clearly foreseen by anyone who knows history and has actually reads books on their life journey.The putrid raw stink of death is now upon our society so thick you can cut it with a knife. The chickens are now all coming home to roost and this is only the beginning. posted 01/12/2008 at 17:06:41
Bill Recants: Obama's Campaign Is No "Fairy Tale"
LOL! posted 01/11/2008 at 23:16:20
Do you care? posted 01/11/2008 at 23:02:43
Clinton Insider: 'Iron My Shirt' Taunt Rallied Women Voters
Spot on well said, NYC07. To the extent that anyone gave the stupidest man in the world the power to go to war when ever he felt like it damns them to eternal Cosmic Divine Judgment in both this world and the next. Our system of government has completely failed us for almost 8 years. We are led by idiots and cowards in both parties. The hour for accountability at the ballot box has now come. let everyone remember who is responsible for this fiasco in any way. posted 01/11/2008 at 00:16:37
Very well said. These are my feelings also. I respect HRC as an educated and accomplished person. And I would love to vote for a woman to be President of the United States. But she completely blew it on Iraq and it will be the difference in her ultimate defeat as the Democratic candidate. We just cannot survive another 4 or 8 years of top down deaf and dumb full blown corporatist government or this nation is completely finished as a 230 year experiment in the concept of a civil state. Many fear she just does not get it. That she just does not understand the visceral rage out there across the land. Men and women have been sent to their death or to lifetime injuries and emotional problems because the Government of the United States, Presidents, Congresspersons, and Senators are dysfunctional moral cowards who have utterly failed the test of their high offices and will now be judged very, very, very harshly in history. They have the blood of innocents on their hands. They now all lay down at night to sleep with ghosts in a river of corpses. We have been led by absolute ignorant scum for human beings for almost 8 years. We have to have REAL MORAL CHANGE NOW or our children and grandchildren are going to live as a completely debased, unjust, and ignoble citizenry of criminals. This is it. This is the end of the line for the United States. It is now or never.posted 01/10/2008 at 23:53:20
Obama Recast As MLK, Jesus, Leading Spiritual Youth Movement
Good one! posted 01/09/2008 at 06:46:23
Clinton Allies May Dump Millions Into Anti-Obama Group
Your Momma called. She said she is tired of following you with a broom. posted 01/09/2008 at 00:05:04
Well said, Rubiconski. posted 01/08/2008 at 18:27:57
"Radical Cleric:" The Ad Huckabee Doesn't Want You To See
Have any of your children ever served in the Armed Forces of the United States? All of your above life guidance bon mots are quite nice but are right out of the typical American Middle Class antiseptic air bubble where people are never really tested in any way whatsoever in life.For most sheltered Middle Class Americans the toughest thing they have ever faced in life is getting a "C" on a term paper.I hope your wonderful daughter learns her lines professionally and hits her marks and knows where the camera is at all times. But real acting talent comes from neurosis and absolute agony in life. All the great writers and actors have had shattering experiences. Like the person next to them getting their brains blown out in wars started by Little Lord Fonteroys who themselves would never go into harms way.But your writing is very articulate and you do seem to have some class and I wish you well. I picture you as some sort of Grace Kelly type.Check out some of the books on my profile page. Some may interest you. posted 01/09/2008 at 00:36:05
Hillary Tears Up On The Campaign Trail
I don't know if it really will be Obama or Edwards or perhaps a combination of some sort thereof for the good of the nation.But the wave of anger out there across this nation is far, far deeper than any pundits and talking heads yet comprehend or understand. Just watch the intensity from primary state to primary state.There is pure unadulterated rage out there on Main Street America. The Middle Class is being savaged. The sons and daughters of the poorest have been savaged in this war just as they were in the Vietnam War. Absolutely NOTHING WHATSOEVER in this country has changed since the 1960's and every thinking working person in this nation knows it. There is fierce, fierce anger at what has been done to the backbone people who built this nation with their labor and their effort. The Republican Party is finished for the next four elections if the Democratic Party wakes up and shows moral courage. If not, they will be gone too. Fierce, fierce spiritual bed rock revolution is coming in American politics. People are sick of the corporatist Bushes, Clintons, Jesus "Ministry Suit" hacks, and MSM whores. Everyone get the f**k off the stage of world history now. We have you figured out now, and this stuff won't work anymore. It is French Revolution time now only peacefully at the ballot box. We are now going to jam their cake down their throats until they suffocate through a legal election process. It IS class warfare in whatever way you want to call it. Corporatism in WHATEVER GUISE IN EITHER party must now be stopped or this country is finished. And everyone knows it.HRC has a lot of good qualities and I personally would liove to vote for a woman to be President of the United States. But it is too late for her. The great mass of the angry do not trust here. She is now on the wrong side of history. She has misjudged the extent of the raw anger out there across the land. posted 01/07/2008 at 19:02:23
LOL! Good one. Mike, get a job with Letterman or Leno or the Daily Show after the strike. I am serious. I enjoy your posts! posted 01/07/2008 at 18:47:57
Pics From N.H. You Won't Find In The MSM: #5 - The Chelsea Factor
This election is CLASS WAR and I am all for it. That is what it is plain and simple. One more corporatist administration and we are done as a nation. We will be out of vasoline and it is really going to start to hurt for the Middle Class who have been sold down the river lock, stock, and barrel for almost 36 years now and counting. posted 01/08/2008 at 22:47:00
Yes. ALWAYS look for the gravedigger in life around you in any situation. I learned that from Jimmy Breslin too and it has served me well. People in a profession overloaded with hacks with cookie cutter educations will ALWAYS miss finding the person right in front of them that knows what is REALLY going on in life on any plane of human insight.Always make friends with the cleaning staff in any business situation.ALWAYS. posted 01/08/2008 at 22:42:04
The Explainers
I don't know if it really will be Obama or Edwards or perhaps a combination of some sort thereof for the good of the nation. But the wave of anger out there across this nation is far, far deeper than any pundits and talking heads yet comprehend or understand. Just watch. There is pure unadulterated rage out there on Main Street America. The Middle Class is being savaged. The sons and daughters of the poorest have been savaged in this war just as they were in the Vietnam War. Absolutely NOTHING has changed and every thinking working person in this nation knows it. There is fierce, fierce anger at what has been done to the backbone people who built this nation with their labor and their effort. The Republican Party is finished for the next four elections if the democratic party wakes up and shows moral courage. If not, they will be gone too. Fierce, fierce spiritual bed rock revolution is coming in American politics. People are sick of the corporatist Bushes, Clintons, Jesus "Ministry Suit" hacks, and MSM whores. Everyone get the f**k off the stage of world history now. We have you figured out now, and this stuff won't work anymore. It is French Revolution time now only peacefully at the ballot box. We are now going to jam their cake down their throats until they suffocate through a legal election process. It IS class warfare in whatever way you want to call it. Corporatism in whatever guise in EITHER party must now be stopped or this country is finished. And everyone knows it.posted 01/07/2008 at 00:32:42
American Al Qaida Militant Urges Attacks On Bush In New Video
I read the long and interesting article about him in the New Yorker magazine months ago. A case of arrested development. Another mass created borderline personality from the era of video games and various clique music cultures on the Internet. Just like young Adolf Hitler trying to find himself in some kind of movement. Yawn. It's been done. It is old hat. Everyone has seen this movie. Where is there any real originality these days? posted 01/06/2008 at 15:40:09
This guy is just a testosterone impaired baby faced Paris Hilton or Brittany Spears. Another generational failure as a human being. A person lacking in any class or any real spiritual insight at all. His so called "Islamic" thug colleagues will cut his throat. And there will be no virgins for him in Paradise. Only grief and what he did with his life. Pitiful. posted 01/06/2008 at 14:24:07
Post-Iowa Blame Game Begins In Clinton Camp
waitomo,I agree. If a person is a military veteran from the 1960's and the 1970's who actually served and had one's eyes open to the criminals leading the country back then, you see John Kerry as a very good and courageous man. Thanks to the power of the MIC, the United States was a full blown Murder, Incorporated back then. Thanks to the power of the MIC it is Murder, Incorporated once again now. Their power in the halls of government cannot be broken. This country is in very, very big trouble. Judgment Day has come. Back in the late 1960's I had family friends and relatives who had served in every branch of the Armed Forces of the United States in EVERY THEATER of WWII who thought the Vietnam War was wrong headed in every way. They were WWII veterans who wanted to pay my way to Canada! I went in and served in the Armed Forces. But I took notes in my soul. The lesson learned is to never put spiritually illiterate, morally weak, dumb people in charge of anything or there will be hell to pay individually and collectively. Young people have got to wake up to their own self interest. If another generation is corporatist intellectual cannon fodder this 230 year experiment is over. Maybe they now are? I just hope and pray they are not betrayed. This country has to start to get things right. And very fast.It will take decades to recover from the mindless Presidency of George W. Bush. This man has hurt our nation worse than any man in history. We must start our march back now not a moment to lose.posted 01/05/2008 at 16:23:57
Johnmcd72,I think you are right in your analysis. There is fierce anger across this land for what has happened to our country. It is raw, naked, blanket, suffocating, immoral, murderous corporatism and every honest working citizen knows it. It has sold every one of us down the river with no one held accountable. It has taken us to war, destroyed our nation's infrastructure, and ruined our financial system for decades to come. Both Republicans and Democrats are responsible for this. They are now going to be held accountable. Let heads roll. Get the Bushes and the Clintons off the stage of history. Get them off the front pages of the world. It is time for fierce change across this country. Hillary voted for the Iraq War and still votes for the Iraq War. Blood is on everyone's heads for the dead. People are now going to be taken to judgment. It will be fierce. Just watch. The campaign handlers, media gurus, talking head pundits, and beltway schmucks all do not understand the anger out there. Anyone who had ANYTHING to do with this war in either political party is now seen as incompetent moral scum completely unworthy of their positions as president of the United States, Senator, or Congressman. People are fed up. As a veteran I myself will be there on Election Day when the neighborhood polls open in my wrath. I will have inner war paint on in my mind. Throw everyone out! I would love to vote for a female President of the United States. But not HRC. I voted for Bill Clinton twice. But it is back to the trailer park for both of them now. She is now the symbol of all perceived archetype corporatist candidates both now and in the future. Everyone now watch and learn the fate of those who have the least odor of corporatist perfume about them. Watch and learn. posted 01/05/2008 at 16:02:56
Kakistocrat,Thank you for your fine post. Very well said. posted 01/05/2008 at 15:43:08
Good points, ornery. Thanks. posted 01/05/2008 at 15:36:44
"It's the War," Says Iowa to Hillary -- And a "Happy Blue Year" To All!
Jim,Didn't some hippie somewhere once say "He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword"?Didn't that person then die at the hands of pompous and arrogant Chief Priests, Scribes, and Pharisees?Maybe we are now facing flying nails tipped with the light and heat of 20,000 suns coming back upon our pompous arrogance?I once served in the U.S. military in my youth of long ago. I duly took note of the spiritual state of being of the people calling the shots.Judgment Day is coming. Who has the most and best weapons does not mean a thing. It will only bring death.posted 01/04/2008 at 18:06:22
Bush Aims To Rebuild US Image In '08
Merry Christmas to you and yours Bobby. Best wishes. posted 12/24/2007 at 11:34:32
Taken For A Ride
Yep. Harvard and Yale are the best, well, uh, the U.S. has to offer as to an eduction. Yeah. That's the ticket...Lot's of those guys at Enron had Ivy League MBA's too.Being a Private E-1 walking point on an infantry patrol in the endless wars these self styled Masters of the Universe create might really teach far more about the how the Universe really works.At least for when you get to the next world.The first thing anyone should learn about in this life as an organized study of some sort is about human ruin.Dumbya was a history major along with the MBA. Right? Ain't it all someth'in to really impress the ladies! posted 12/24/2007 at 04:41:16
Huckabee Faces A Rush Limbaugh Barrage
Good analysis, FatherWolf.The Money Republicans may have to actually start taking the Jesus Republicans seriously between leisurely Hedge Fund Cruises.They had better keep one eye open during grace to make note of who has both eyes closed and who has one eye open too and start keeping notes.Shuckabee can play bass and that could also bring in the Christian rock vote too.The Money Republicans had better get some one in the top tier candidates a Fretlight Guitar with the Stevie Ray Vaughan package fast.http://www.fretlight.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBIbJKjAZQposted 12/22/2007 at 00:17:08
The Vote for Endless War
Well that is pretty much it. Nothing more. Nothing less. As long as there is huge money in war, it will go on forever. War without end. A tiny group of people benefit by squandering other people's money and other people's lives. It is the same old, same old. The current situation is classic. Pigs at the trough will feed until somebody stops it. The current political system of the United States cannot stop it. We are in very big trouble.But I myself believe there will eventually be a reckoning with our karma.Didn't that hippie from Galilee say something along the lines "Those who live by the sword, die by the sword" or something to that effect?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrGKwkmxAUWe are a nation of idiots who have learned absolutely nothing whatsoever. posted 12/22/2007 at 10:19:42
Huckabee Tries to Shoot the Messenger, But Wounds His Campaign Instead
"I think Sympathy for the Devil would be more appropriate."-KillgoreTrout43http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_zA7nukoZAWell I kind of like this version. Kind of depicts the fascinating human dark side in a Faustian sort of way. Maybe even a Zoroastrian sort of way too. Maybe Huck HAS made a deal with the Devil to zoom up in the polls?Are these guys in the video symbolically from Arkansas?It is a nice esoteric visual if you view it on that level.After all, Arkansas really IS a state (isn't it?) and Republicans may run this guy for President of the United States, afterall.And he may win in these here United States with the vote of the Merican people. And the Devil will continue to make fools of us all. posted 12/08/2007 at 00:07:14
If you get Keith Richards and Ron Wood off of a reckless driving conviction in the fine State of Arkansas in the U.S.A. 31 years later, the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob is WITH YOU Big Time. That is the real reason. And if you can play bass even if just the riff to Louie Louie you are going to be the Republican President of the United States of America. Yeah. That explains it. Yeah. Thats the...well...uh...ticket. Pun intended.You'll be jamming with the spirit of Stevie Ray Vaughan.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBIbJKjAZQLife is good! posted 12/07/2007 at 22:50:58
$1 Billion In Military Equipment Missing In Iraq
Excellent point N 8! posted 12/06/2007 at 19:24:43
Yep. War is corporate welfare and corp[orate socialism for the rich. Plain and simple. There is just too much money in war for the addiction to stop.We are in very big trouble as a nation and a people. Our moral compass is smashed.All these right wing Christains don't seem to be reading the same Bible as me. Didn't the Hippie from Galilee say "He who lives by the sword dies by the sword."Tell that to devout "Christain" Eric "I am a Christian prince" Prince the CEO of Blackwater.These people should be able to discern the spiritual archetypes being depicted for World Age Divine Judgment in the picture stories of the book.They are all completely spiritually illiterate morons who have delivered themselves up to everlasting contempt in world history on this planet.Chimpy will look bad. Deadeye Dick too.Didn't the Hippie of Galilee also say "Depart from me, I never knew you."People looking very, very bad as spiritual archetypes in the Tarot Deck of World Ages and too f**king dumb to discern it. posted 12/06/2007 at 19:22:33
Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: Televangelists Under Investigation
You are spot on amanda85. Can we all fit into Canada? If another hack corporatist is elected President of the United Sates we are toast down here in the lower 48. I like hockey good enough. I think I could fit in, eh? posted 12/05/2007 at 18:44:43
That radical hippie from Galilee, Jesus of Nazareth, was definitely teching about archetypal spiritual states and their fates in the esoteric Tarot Deck of World Ages. That esoteric teaching is what is encoded in the story.Looks like the whole entire deck was the Hangman Card in the Age of Pisces for the last 2,000 years and counting.That includes the current corporatist dip shits that built the apparatus of the Flying Nails to carry out the Crucifixon of Man.Is anyone getting this ?posted 12/05/2007 at 18:40:05
Twenty-Something Q&A: What To Do When You Feel Like A Loser
And HE went to Yale and Harvard and HE has an MBA! he has a good paying job right now. posted 12/04/2007 at 20:24:24
Rove's Memo To Obama: How To Beat Hillary
Good observation. posted 12/03/2007 at 00:15:44
Rove Confronted Over Iraq War Lie On Fox News Sunday
Yep. The "Genius" days are over. None of this is going to work anymore. posted 12/02/2007 at 16:00:54
Bush Administration Offers Paul Wolfowitz Top State Department Job
"No End In Sight"http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/no_end_in_sight.phpLovethesinner - thank you very much for this link. I just watched it for the whole two hours plus. It was very worthwhile to see. Absolutely devastating. Total complete mismanagement of every decision from the very beginning. Total complete idiots. Since the Vietnam War we have learned absolutely nothing. The American people are a nation of idiots who have elected idiots to lead us.In it's subtext this film really documents the total failure of the managerial class of the United States and the educational system that supports it as well.And I say this as an Ivy League graduate. An education that I never really took very seriously after the insanity of the Vietnam War wrought by the so called "Establishment" of the United States.This documentary is absolutely devastating.posted 12/02/2007 at 15:20:57
Rove Repeats Claim That Dems Rushed Bush Into War In 2002
Brilliant post. Thank you. Yes. The true insight into this Administration is all in the realm of profound depth psychology. Bush and Rove are very, very disturbed human beings who are working out something deep within themselves and calling it their "politics". Unfortunately, the American people became serial enablers. The rest is now history. How much more damage will be done before it is over? Everyone remember what this feels like, tastes like, and smells like. Pass the awareness down the Ages.Never again must the lack of critical thought in a national electorate allow something like this to happen. posted 12/01/2007 at 16:25:51
"The Golden Compass" Faces Religious Uproar
Interesting. I will definitely read this link. Thanks! posted 12/02/2007 at 15:49:04
All very good and completely accurate points, Sprinkle. There is a very good book along these lines called "The River of God". The author's name escapes me at the moment. The deepest ideas of the ancient Middle East largely have to do with discerning large time cycles.Again I find this below book very useful from the standpoint of insight into the depth psychology of why what happens to you in daily life happens.The Temple of Manby R. A. Schwaller de Lubiczhttp://www.robertschoch.net/The%20Temple%20of%20Man.htmThank you for your comments. posted 12/02/2007 at 15:48:18
(continued)Oh, note to TrittyDi, your kids need to get more esoteric if they ever want to get jobs as screenwriters in Hollywood and make the big bucks (especially if the WGA strike is successful) trafficking in "deep structure" depth psychology.That "Book of Myths" they found boring is a book of encoded astronomy knowledge passed down through the ancient cultures of the Middle East through clueless idiots over the last 3,000 years. You and the hubby sound like interesting people but how did you miss this transcendent Hippie "MIT Classic" back in 1969?Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Mythby Giorgio De Santillana and Hertha Von Dechendhttp://phoenixandturtle.net/excerptmill/santillana.htmAnd here are two more good ones for getting some esoteric Cosmic insight in life in general:The Temple of Manby R. A. Schwaller de Lubiczhttp://www.robertschoch.net/The%20Temple%20of%20Man.htmCosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World Viewby Richard Tarnashttp://www.cosmosandpsyche.com/MEMO TO BAPTIST MINISTER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HUCKABEE: the physical Earth isn't 6,000 years old. The present WORLD AGE is in ancient encoded Middle Eastern astronomy knowledge. There is a difference in profound understanding if you can grasp this point. Enjoy! posted 12/02/2007 at 04:16:49
Well, I guess I'll have to go see this film now. See how they did. What we call "Christianity" and "Judaism" do NOT have any ORIGINAL ideas in their cosmic systems of thought AT ALL.They are Zoroastrian in ideas and concepts. The ideas of World Messiahs, Light vs Darkness, the Battle of Good vs Evil, Satan, Heaven and Hell, World Ages, End Times Cosmic Judgment, Dividing the Sheep and Goats, etc. are ALL original Zoroastrian ideas lifted by the Jews in the Babylonian captivity (557.B.C.) and then culturally conveyed into Christianity (33 A.D.).So I'll have to go and see how "Zoroastrian" this movie is in it's film discussion. But it will be hard to top the recent "Ghost Rider" with Nicholas Cage doing that erratic Elvis impersonation as The World Messiah in the archetypal figure of Johnny Blaze. It was the best damn "Zoroastrian Western" I have ever seen! Of course it was completely over the heads of the typical American audience but I loved it.The screenwriters in Hollywood are the ONLY people it seems in the entire country having ANY fun these days.(continued) posted 12/02/2007 at 04:16:16
Will Hill Kill Bill for Lying About Iraq?
"The problem with our republic is not the politicans they are just a refection of the ignorance of the voters.until americans figure that one out we are doomed to third world status and fascism to protect the haves and have mores."-ResearcherYep. "Ignorance" is the operational word. Currently we are a nation of people dumber than s**t.God help us! posted 12/03/2007 at 00:39:07
Excellent post. posted 12/03/2007 at 00:32:12
What the U.S. Media Doesn't Tell Us About Iran
Yes. With somewhere between 50-200 nuclear weapons attacking Israel would be national suicide by Iran. Why would they? Is Ajad that crazy? I don't think so. posted 11/30/2007 at 00:49:41
Good post maddogbitesback!Is anyone seeing a pattern here that psychologically these are the EXACT SAME DIP SHIT PEOPLE or more accurately the EXACT SAME PSYCHOLOGICAL ARCHETYPE: those that live by projected THEOCRATIC DREAMS from their inner psychological state of profound "Mommy Obsessed" neediness. Just little tikes in grown up bodies clinging to Mommy's skirt afraid of Big Daddy.Perhaps this book has a deeper insight into what is really going on:Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World Viewby Richard Tarnashttp://www.cosmosandpsyche.com/posted 11/30/2007 at 00:47:23
Theocratic dreams will soon leave the human race after this Era of profoundly non-esoteric dip shit thinking in every so called "religion". posted 11/30/2007 at 00:32:11
Well said. posted 11/30/2007 at 00:29:59
Well said. posted 11/30/2007 at 00:28:33
The EG: The Most Extraordinary Gathering In Los Angeles
Michael,Easy brother. Switch to decaf. But I am glad you had a good time! I myself do try to listen to 60 new people's voices per year via books, pure chance meeting, film, TV, newspaper, whatever.Some of the people with the best new ideas and best new visions are not in L.A.Imagine that! posted 11/27/2007 at 23:07:32
Arianna Discussing Rove's Attack on History with Keith Olbermann
Ditto. I would not even use Newsweek now to line a kitty litter box. That would be an insult to the intelligence of my cat Smootie as she relieved her self. posted 11/28/2007 at 01:33:02
Bill Clinton Rewrites History On Iraq Stance
In the Great Dumbing Down there are very, very few people left in the United States even remotely capable of critical thought. heck. GWB is a graduate of Harvard and Yale! WHAT does THAT say! Plus he has HIS MBA from HARVARD! Gollleeee! Isn't everyone impressed at how educated and wise this man is!The "professional" media hacks are no different. Paper degree hacks one and all. People who have no real chops in life except a tiny few.This is the greatest Cosmic Judgment upon a nation since the Weimar Republic. It is of sheer Biblical proportions. Nation of sheep and idiots that is now in very real trouble. posted 11/27/2007 at 22:50:02
Rove: "Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely"
The stain upon this nation may never come out now. It has all gone too far maybe even now. The military industrial complex as Eisenhower warned has issued a lifetime supply of KY jelly to every American citizen. I refuse to give any allegiance to this.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtYThis is where we now are as a nation:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Kznmrc3o4We have to start to go here. Millions of us AND VERY SOON:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8posted 11/28/2007 at 00:07:59
Unless a responsible populist is elected President of the United States very, very soon, Costa Rica is at the top of my list. Beautiful country. Very good people. I will not live on my knees in the United States. posted 11/28/2007 at 00:00:06
Thanks outnow. I will read it. posted 11/27/2007 at 23:57:10
Yes. I think they have have flying cars there. posted 11/27/2007 at 19:40:21
Ditto. posted 11/27/2007 at 19:24:52
Yes. This is an evil, evil, evil completely self deluded man who will go to the end of his days with blood on his hands, and in the next world blood on his soul for eternity. He sent 4,000 young soldiers of the United States to their early deaths. He sent 6,000 to very severe life long wounds and bodily disfigurement. He sent 30,000 to lesser physical wounds of the body. He sent hundreds of thousands to emotional and spiritual wounds that will be with them forever. He squandered billions of dollars of the hard earned money of working Americans and put debt onto their children that can never be repaid. For what? And this does not even start to deal with the suffering of the Iraqi people in this completely ill thought out and totally mismanaged debacle. There is no greater judgment upon a nation, a society, and a civilization than war. And a war of choice is the most damnable of all human acts. I hope this man has body guards because he is going to need them for the rest of his life. There are tens of thousands of veterans returning to this society who like all veterans before them have been skillfully trained in the use of weapons. I wonder if the NeoCon princes as Masters of the Universe above All Time and All Space ever think about that? For me, as a veteran myself, I have renounced all violence in this life. But there are many out there who haven't. How many Timothy McVeighs or Adolf Hitlers or Lee Harvey Oswalds are out there embittered in the ranks as this drags on and on with no one EVER being held accountable for ANYTHING whatsoever? What will "follow" themselves home in the shadows of their own psyches? Yes. I wonder if the NeoCon Boy Genius Kings have thought about that as they go about their glamorous on camera pundit speaking manifestations and all important personal appearances and book signing tours? Yes. I wonder what the future may bring as it all goes on war without end. posted 11/27/2007 at 18:54:05
"A Very Uncomfortable Moment"
I think this is going to be a very interesting depth psychology moment for Der Decider. Get your C.G. Jung books ready. Stat! I predict a very revealing attempt at a bon mot from the cosmic frat boy Commander Guy that will reveal the true state of his psyche which I believe is very close to collapse.I believe it will be some sort of blustering attempt to prop up his massively split ego and frenetic concept of self. I predict it will be some kind of twisted joke. Either that, or he will act out for the rest of the week. Perhaps some sort of delayed response to the subconscious threat to his self concept of master of time and space and arbiter of the fate of all Americans.It will be there. Just watch. posted 11/26/2007 at 06:49:05
Tom Brokaw Discusses Iraq, Network News, and the Upcoming Election During Romantic, Candlelit Interview With Howard Kurtz
"Fucking cowards...almost every single one of them."-LibsruleYep. We are a nation of goddamn fucking cowards from the top to the bottom. There is no other way to say it. The result is mind bending disaster. Huge amounts of money we don't have down a rat hole in a war no one can win. No one...except our economic competitors in the world. The long term consequences will be catastrophic. All because people who could have spoken up didn't.As General Douglas MacArthur said, "Defeat is two words. 'Too late.'" posted 11/25/2007 at 18:20:37
Yep. That's the bottom line. The only spiritual insight the people of the Middle East need whether Sunni Muslim, Shia Muslim, Jew, or Christian is THIS in their so called inside knowledge cottage industries on knowing the Mind of the Maker of the Universe: KARMA IS A BITCH.Organized religion as a growth industry on this planet is going to go the way of the horse and buggy. I liked the song, but suicide ISN'T painless.Everybody now is going to have to get a real job. I suggest learning Adobe Flex 2. It's the next big thing in software.The Hindus are already learning it and they are going to get all the good jobs. posted 11/25/2007 at 18:10:50
Archbishop Of Canterbury: 'US Is Worse Than The British Empire At Its Peak'
Lmao3"God" has to be on medication with "followers" like this! Damn! Answering prayers from BOTH of them would be an existential bitch. Remember the stage play "Steam Bath"? But Thank God Jerry Falwell is dead and I don't have to see his fat loveless fundamentalist face on TV anymore!But I do miss Tammy Faye. That industrial strength mascara was vary endearing and she had a kind heart.posted 11/25/2007 at 14:02:15
Girls Gone Wild Producer: I Was Abused In Jail
KARMA IS A BITCH.Was "Karma" his new name in prison? posted 11/25/2007 at 04:02:58
Stuffing Beaten Out Of Stocks
Yep. Happy Thanksgiving! posted 11/22/2007 at 12:10:31
Thankful for Thomas Jefferson's Trust
Excellent post. posted 11/22/2007 at 23:54:40
Vet Suicide Epidemic: New Questions About Military Mental Health Screenings
There is terrible blood upon the United States of America. posted 11/22/2007 at 02:30:27
I served in the military and hopeless277 is spot on jrockbg.The military is a severed Buddhist cult from the plane of the consciousness of the average citizen. You are under arms and you are in a spiritually bonded group to kill or be killed. Anyone who has ever served with any kind of higher IQ or poetry in their soul has seen this sacred state. You are under oath to be sent to your physical death or psychological or spiritual death for the protection of your society.This is why anyone who has ever served at any level of responsibility for other peoples lives (like me because I was an officer) knows that this war was decided by men who themselves had never served themselves. Men who arrogantly have never sensed in their own souls the terrible sacredness of sending the military to destruction. In war people die. In war the survivors are changed forever. In war there are ghosts upon everyone including the nation that set them.The United States embarked upon a war of choice by unqualified men who sent other men and women to their deaths cheaply and without honor to that sacrifice.There will be a very special hell waiting for the scum for human beings of this Administration who did this.There will be many ghosts upon them in many worlds beyond this one for what they have done. And upon every hapless citizen that allowed it done in their name.posted 11/22/2007 at 02:28:42
How to Make a Chickenhawk
Well said. posted 11/23/2007 at 10:02:26
Here's a thought:We are in this situation because the average American citizen IS AN IDIOT. Wars start on the inner plane of human consciousness in the kingdom of the mind 20 YEARS before they erupt into the physical world. Blaming it on the military is a cop out. The blame goes upon each and every brain dead American citizen.The road to 9/11 and Pakistan now possibly collapsing resulting in you and all your fellow citizens of Brooklyn being vaporized started with the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the great IQ dropping sleep of the American people all through the 1980's and 1990's.Every citizen now must read the late George Crile's book "Charlie Wilson's War" in penance to find out how we got here while they slept their insipid middle class lives life away. If you can't read like many citizens of the United States no longer can, at least see the movie when it comes out on December 25, 2007.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/Sorry to be cantankerous on this one. I generally like all of your many fine posts and read you often.But don't blame the military for not now fomenting mutiny a la the Western Front in 1916. The military is what it is as anyone here who ever served in it can attest.It is an exquisite Buddhist cult severed from the everyday civilian plane of consciousness under oath to kill or be killed for the preservation of the society that created it. Don't blame it. Blame the brain dead hapless dim wit citizen hacks of the United States who have lived their entire lives with their heads completely up their asses in informed knowledge of what is happening in the world.posted 11/23/2007 at 09:53:11
Ditto. Somehow I had not seen the anti-Melissa Hart and anti-Rick Santorum VoteVets ads until now on the "blast heat" links given in your post even though I live in PA. Good job! The ads must have helped because BOTH of these mindless Stepford automaton Republican hacks were THOROUGHLY DEFEATED in the last election by wide margins.When I saw highway billboards of Santorum in the latest L.L. Bean hunting gear last year touting his NRA membership I knew he was toast. That dog just won't hunt anymore in these parts. Why? Because PA is one of the highest states in veterans per capita and people know what has been shamelessly done to the military in this incredibly mismanaged and botched war. Reaching three generations talking around a kitchen table can still change elections here. I have a few interesting "Rick Santorum and veterans" stories to tell myself, but I won't here.Yep. Melissa had all the qualities of the basic M1A1 Republican Stepford wife. Keep your ad ready because she may run again for something.And Santorum still thinks he is top shelf Presidential material. So keep that ad ready too.It's like a Halloween Part 16 movie that just won't end. Keep the wooden stakes ready. posted 11/23/2007 at 09:24:45
Lapdogs of the Corporate Press
Excellent suggestion. We need an edit of every asinine lie of the last horrible 7 years countered with someone's later on camera admission of lying, manipulation, and dishonesty even if it is for them to shamelessly try to sell their "tell all" confessional books that are now drenched in the blood of American soldiers.History will eventually fully impeach George Bush in spades. We must now ALSO impeach the Corporate Main Stream Media of the United States and their little on camera soldiers. This is why God made digital editing software.It is now the duty of every computer editing savvy citizen to hang these people in their own medium in disgrace. We are all partisans now. And every digital lamp post begs for an upside down Mussolini who betrayed the nation one frame at a time.Thank you Dean! posted 11/22/2007 at 00:23:11
Yes. I agree. posted 11/22/2007 at 00:14:45
"One corporate pundit that really gets to me is Tucker Carlson's friend, A.B Stoddard. Does she ever have anything interesting to say? She is the definition of a political hack. Here's a little more info on her:http://www.thedailybanter.com/tdb/2007/11/hack-watch-ab-s.htmlIt's time to start calling them out."- BenCohenTheDailyBanter I just read your link. Thank you.When I have seen her on TV she had the gravitas of a feather in the wind. I wondered in my mind how this person could make a living as a "political commentator"? These people are absolute plastic vapid air head disgraces!Troops both male and female are dying in battle. I say drop her 60 miles from Baghdad as a U.S. private E-1 in full issue uniform all by herself with a loaded M-16 and see if she can make it to the Green Zone alive. Then we will see what kind of a journalist she is.The only good that will EVERr come from the Iraq War is that it is the complete end of the Corporate Main Stream Media in the United States. Especially broadcast television. THE ABSOLUTE COMPLETE AND TOTAL END.These people will all end their days working at hamburger drive thru's. I wonder if she could handle THAT? posted 11/22/2007 at 00:07:58
Trump Blames Leaders For High Oil Prices, Gives Tips For Surviving The Subprime Crisis
Is Kelly from another planet? Does anyone know? posted 11/22/2007 at 13:32:59
Looks nobody got this advice in Cleveland?

sprinkle

When Men Become Primates
" It does however have a much longer history than you allow"actually all the examples you list are what i would consider to be recent history, and all occurred AFTER significant (largely detrimental)interference from external western powers. If you mean terrorism as a general phenomenon then I agree it stretches way back (Guy Falkes being an obvious [but still relatively recent]example)" these attacks were completely unjust."Dispossessed and aggrieved people often react brutally. However I agree this cannot justify those actions, though it does explain them. "We've have strayed far from the topic, haven't we?"Fair point. We have rather.To say that Iraq would not have been invaded if it were not for 9/11 is clearly a view that neither of us can ultimately prove or disprove, however there were certainly hawkish elements within the US government pushing for a more aggressive middle east policy even prior to the attacks on the world trade center.And the fact remains that the death toll on 9/11 is vastly smaller than that in either Iraq or Afghanistan.(Note I am not saying that jihadists would not happily kill as many westerners as they could given the capacity to do so. In fact that"s kind of the point, for all the bluster about the threat international terrorists they don"t have anything approaching the power to do anything of the sort. Communist states by contrast [the other threat the Rabbi mentioned] WERE and to a diminishing extent still are hugely powerful entities)Additionally you could argue that the attack on 9/11 would not have happened if it were not for western interference in the middle east. The chain of causality stretches back.posted 01/19/2008 at 17:19:32
"Israel is historically a Jewish homeland "The notion that you can grab someone else"s land because apparently some of your ancestors ruled there two thousand years ago is not very convincing. My ancestry is part Irish and part Germanic (as far as i am aware) but i do not think this gives me a birthright to go and grab a chunk of those lands for myself at the expense of the people ACTUALLY LIVING THERE."You cannot realistically expect Israeli Jews to include Muslims into their culture if it means their own destruction."Jews lived far more peacefully in Palestine prior to the creation of Israel than they did in Europe. Your comment about the appalling treatment of Jews in Europe is one point i certainly agree with. But (and i realise this sounds horribly cliché) two wrongs don't make a right.As a side note that i do not think that horrible old America is to blame for everything, i am British and i am perfectly aware that it was my country (not yours )that gave European Jews the green light to settle in Palestine against the wishes of the local population.posted 01/19/2008 at 16:48:58
Supporting a nation of primarily EUROPEAN jews (Zionism was entirely the creation of EUROPEAN Jews) who carved out a homeland in what was clearly predominantly another peoples land, and against the clear wishes of the majority of people living there may well "serve your (not our i can assure you) interests" but that does not make it any less dubious. To say that Israel is a democracy amounts to little more than "the ends justify the means"."not everything that happens there (or elsewhere) is a reaction to US policy"Of course all regions have internal as well as external influences, however you seem to be missing the point.If it were not for the very real resentment felt by people throughout the middle east against the consequences of recent western (by no means just American) interference then do you really think the likes of Bin Laden would have any substantial support. I rather doubt it.posted 01/19/2008 at 14:34:40
"Unfortunately, it's fashionable to blame every bad thing that happens around the planet on the US"I don"t recall blaming EVERYTHING bad that happens on the US. You do like making assumptions, such as your assumption that I have benefited from the US revolution, which was also wrong (I am not from the US)."conflicts between various Muslim groups have long histories"Internal strife has a long history In most organised religions (Just look at all the nasty things differing Christian groups have done to each other). Modern Jihadism however arose predominantly as a response to recent political developments."We are seeing the coincidence of very old animosities."No not really, almost all Islamic terrorism is a reaction against (relatively) recent external secular interference. If it were not for Zionism, and the general appallingly exploitative short sighted treatment of middle eastern territories after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire then their is little rational reason to believe that modern Jihadism would have arisen.posted 01/19/2008 at 14:25:30
You appear to have no understanding of consequence.The consequence of international terrorism is thousands of innocents dead.The consequence of the invasion of Iraq is HUNDEREDS of thousands dead.And i repeat regardless of means the dead are just as dead, and the deathtoll of the secular invasion of Iraq is vastly bloodier than anything that Islamic Jihadists could have instigated."I do not accept that Iraqi deaths are "ultimately" tied to the invasion."Then you may want to look at the figures for the number of Iraqis suffering violent deaths both before and after the invasion."Islamic terrorism has been plenty bloody for a very long time and grows increasingly violent"Again you display your ignorance. Islamic Jihadism is a relatively recent phenomenon, and has arisen almost entirely as a response to secular interference in the middle east (Note This does NOT mean I consider it justified, but it does mean that unlike you I have some idea of where it came from and why).posted 01/19/2008 at 10:09:43
"Many of Iraqi deaths in the fighting are the result of terrorism. Huge numbers of Iraqi deaths are the result inter-Arab terrorism. "All the deaths are ULTIMATELY a result of the invasion.Also whatever the means the dead are just as dead. The mathematics is anything but meaningless.Wearing a nice uniform and acting under the instruction of a nice secular counrty do not excuse one from bearing the responsibility of the consequences of your actions.And the consequences of the invasion of Iraq are far more bloody than anything any Islamic terrorist could have achieved. posted 01/18/2008 at 03:44:24
"Both Hitchens theory and book are seriously flawed"Agreed."Communism and terrorism remain the greatest threats to human liberty. "Communism yes, terrorism no. The number of people actually killed by terrorism is MINUTE compared to the number who have been killed or dispossessed by other more accepted ideologies.Terrorism is an easy (and for some convenient) boogie man, but its bark is far worse than its bite.Measure the number of deaths due to ALL recent acts of terrorism against the numbers who have died during the invasion of Iraq alone, and they will be dwarfed. posted 01/17/2008 at 17:40:12
Memo to Fred Thompson: America Has an Empire
But did EITHER the Spanish or the US ask the native population how they felt about it. posted 01/08/2008 at 15:44:34
"The USA rules the USA and nothing else."When it gained its independence the US was a collection of colonies hugging the east coast of the continent.Look at it now and you can't help but notice it has grown quite a bit larger.The additional lands were largely taken forcibly against the wishes of the existing populations.The only term to describe this is EMPIRE BUILDING.posted 01/08/2008 at 15:42:27
Jonah Goldberg: The Toughest Whore in Opposite Town
I was simply referring to the hypocrisy of slave owners fighting a war for freedom, and the right to continue to annex native lands.Your diversary comments do nothing to discount those two simple facts.BOTH those points stand.I did not state that the two factors were necessarily entwined(though many of the US founding fathers clearly had an interest in both).posted 01/06/2008 at 14:07:03
According to a review of his book on amazon he is also a partial holocaust denier, in that he denies the mass killing of homosexuals took place. posted 01/05/2008 at 10:05:29
"but instead would have scribed fawning articles for the English King against those who favored and fought to be free."Would that be the freedom loving slave owners who couldn't wait to start anexing more native land? posted 01/05/2008 at 10:02:23
Europeans Ask: What Happened to Hillary in Iowa
Since European nations are hardly homogenous in terms of their politics perhaps "Italians ask what happened to Hillary" would have been a better title.As for why people would wish to avoid Hillary, I can only say that when this European sees her selling herself to the American electorate the two words that immediately spring to mind are "Amoral Opportunist".posted 01/04/2008 at 15:17:41
A European View on Obama, Clinton, Giuliani et al
"Did not they give us Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin?" Yes we did. About 50 years ago."Kosovo and the Balkans? Just a little warm up friends."Really , then I"m sure you can name another region in Europe that is suitably unstable, and likely to erupt into violence.A few internal problems aside (the basque for instance) Europe is probably more stable now than it has been at any other time in recorded history."The snootery of modern day Europe is unfounded and has certainly been fertilized (pun intended) by the American left."Why. Because us poor dumb Europeans are incapable of drawing our own conclusions.posted 01/03/2008 at 08:24:17
Broke Britain: Millions Face Struggle To Stay Afloat
I am still living in the UK.I live in Hove (Its next to Brighton, on the south coast). posted 01/02/2008 at 09:13:17
The pounds has indeed been falling aginst the Euro, however it has made substantial gains against the dollar over the last year.Some analysts feel the pounds needs to drop in value in order to keep British prices competative for exports. posted 01/02/2008 at 06:49:25
Then explain why some countries is Scandinavia charge even higher taxes, but provide first rate public services.These countries have amongst the highest GDP per capitta in the world(some higher than the US and Britain).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita posted 01/02/2008 at 06:41:32
As a Brit I have to say that we have only got ourselves to blame for this mess.To many people are tempted to bye up the latest "shiny thing" in the shop window regardless of whether they have any viable means of actually paying for it in the long run.And the saddest thing is that a lot of the "shiny crud" people bye they don"t really need and just ends up dumped in the attic after a few weeks.posted 01/02/2008 at 06:35:50
Giuliani Staffer on Muslims: "Chase Them Back to their Caves"
And how successful have good Christians been is scaling back the efforts of the Christian Zionists and others pushing for endless war in the middle east.Such people have left a lot more corpses in their wake than any Islamic jihadists ever could.Or is that ok because it was done by CONVENTIONAL MEANS.posted 12/31/2007 at 15:40:06
Bill Kristol To Become New York Times Columnist In 2008
What has Rumsfelds incompetence got to do with Kristol COMPLETELY misreading the situation in the middle east and getting pretty much ALL (not just some) of his predictions utterly wrong.This visionary has the vision of a blind man.posted 12/30/2007 at 11:04:53
Will Smith, Hitler and the Holocaust's Unanswerable Question
Most countries cling to their noble mythologies above all else, and the realisation that the US (and most other nations in the Americas for that matter) was founded on another peoples land and largely built up on the back of slave labour does not play very well into that noble mythology. posted 12/27/2007 at 21:10:38
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated: Scotland Yard To Help Investigation
Pakistan isn't in the middle east. posted 12/27/2007 at 09:26:00
Exclusive -- Bill Clinton: We Need To Stay in Iraq to Protect the Kurds From The Turks
Some interesting points, however I have a few quibbles.Firstly at what point have the Greeks ever been an INDIGINOUS population in Anatiolia, and secondly you are entirely incorrect when you say that the allies betrayed the Kurds.The reason the treaty that would have given the Kurds independence ( the Treaty of Sevres) was abandoned was because the Turkish population largely rejected the treaty and forcibly ejected the allied powers ( the Turkish war of independence), thus forcing the allies to concede to a new treaty more favourable to the Turkish revolutionaries. The republic of Turkey officially came into being a few months later.This was hardly something that the allies wanted (and had actively fought to prevent), so cannot be considered a betrayal.posted 12/27/2007 at 11:54:38
Turkish Jets Launch More Strikes Into Northern Iraq
It is very difficult to see an end to the Kurdish situation, where you have a large indigenous population within a region that is divided amongst a number of nation states who do not believe it is in their interests to grant that Kurdish population self rule.There is no indication that either Kurdish independence advocates or the policies of the states they live in are going to change anytime soon.posted 12/26/2007 at 12:21:30
Turkey Claims More Than 200 Kurdish Rebel Targets Hit
There are a great number of peoples in the world unfortunately who would like a homeland that they in many cases will probably never get.Many lost their homes as a result of colonialism (the Australian Aborigines, the Palestinians, the many indigenous peoples of the Americas) whilst others lost them in local tribal conflicts.Tribalism and identity have always been closely linked throughout human history, for better or for worse.posted 12/26/2007 at 12:28:09
The problem with the Kurds and Turkey has existed for a long time.The Kurds very nearly got a homeland after the Ottoman empire was defeated , but then the Turks won their independence war and hopes for an independent Kurdistan were shattered.The Kurds continue to live as minorities in larger nation states, though some true form of independence clearly remains the dream for many.I am not sure that this is a realistic dream, but if anywhere then northern Iraq is probably their best bet as they already have some measure of self-rule there.posted 12/25/2007 at 17:52:11
Report: Iran Would Suffer Up to 20 Million Casualties in Nuclear War With Israel
I would have thought the fact that i consider those actions brutal would make it clear that i do not consider such acts OK.It seams that you are now having to attribute words to me that I have not written in order to respond to my arguments.Why is that exactly??posted 12/25/2007 at 15:20:22
Your language was very, "suggestive" of theirs.It most certainly is not.That is purely an assumption on your part., and a false one at that.My point was that ancestral claims can"t justify wantonly unjust acts in the present.posted 12/25/2007 at 15:15:18
But it was nevertheless, part of the Jewish heritage and indeed, part of their prayers, for nearly 2000 years.Ancient ethnic history can never justify deliberate ethnic cleansing and the brutal subjugation of an indigenous population. Never.If others were permitted the same leniency based upon their ancestors heritage them the world would be awash with blood.posted 12/25/2007 at 15:09:09
the Balkan states killed hundreds of thousands, right at the heart of the "civilized world". Nothing happened.Um actually yes it did. NATO directly intervened to bring an end to the fighting.Although as far as Sudan is concerned you have a point.posted 12/25/2007 at 14:01:08
This does not address the fact that however brutal, this was a RESPONCE to EUROPEAN Zionist colonialism, and that indiginous Jews had been living in the region (many in fact considerd themselves Arab Jews) amoungst Arabs for hundreds of years.Whatever the inns and outs are one simple fact remains.No Zionism. No problem.posted 12/25/2007 at 13:49:46
Modern Jews like virtually all modern populations are not descended from any single source (which i would have thought was pretty obvious). And even if they were, so what.My ancestry (as far as i know, or frankly care) is part Germanic and part Irish, but I don"t feel that gives me any right to claim those lands for my own.posted 12/25/2007 at 13:34:50
If you knew ANYTHING about the history of Jewish nationalism you would know that Zionism as a political ideology was born in the European political climate around the same time as many other forms of European nationalism (some others of which the world could also have done wiothout). It was created by EUROPEAN Jews in order to address the problems that EUROPEAN Jews were facing in Europe.The majority of Jews did NOT initially support it (and were thus quite happy to spend "next year" wherever they were already).posted 12/25/2007 at 13:28:37
That isn't morality sunshine, that's how the world works.So once again you freely admit that morality can be discarded when it does not suit your purpose.Let me ask you this- suppose that the invading Arab states had won in 1948. Do you think, they would have permitted Jews to live in the region?Prior to Zionist Colonialism ethnic Jews WERE living in the region.As for kicking out ethnic Jews following the creation of Israel I agree this was an unjust response, particularly as the Jews they kicked out were indigenous populations who had no responsibility for the misery that Zionism had introduced to the region.And Zionist Colonialism actually started BEFORE the second world war (the process had even begun before the fall of the Ottoman empire). Perhaps it is YOU who needs to learn a little about history.The Mufti was a (admittedly brutal) response to that.But was I am happy to condemn the response I am not willing to conveniently forget that it was a RESPONSE.And there are no shortage of Zionist who were happy to conspire with the Nazis when they thought it would serve their purpose.http://www.amazon.co.uk/51-Documents-Zionist-Collaboration-Nazis/dp/1569802351posted 12/25/2007 at 13:13:30
Explain what exactly.That Zionism was an entirely EUROPEAN creation.That modern European Jews had no right to create a homeland in a place where the vast majority of people ACTUALLY LIVING THERE did not want it.That the excuse for Ethnically cleansing a people from their lands because apparently some of your ancestors lived there thousands of years ago is utterly feeble.posted 12/25/2007 at 13:02:24
You see, the previous lawful owners lost a war to them. That's what happens, people win wars, people loose wars...So your morality sinks to the level of might is right. That"s about as low as you can get.As far as the inhabitants of America also being unjustly robbed of their lands.I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.And as far as the dubiousness of certain local leaders is concerned, you may want to look into who has been happily bankrolling many of these regimes.I do not believe that the legacy of European colonialism (and as I have stated Zionism was entirely a EUROPEAN creation) can be reversed, but I do believe there is a moral obligation to acknowledge the misery and injustice that it has caused to many indigenous populations.posted 12/25/2007 at 12:47:28
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that how the Jews got pushed out of Israel in the first place ?If we are to allow people to commit wantonly unjust acts because of a 2000 year old grudge them there are very few places on earth whose populations are identical to how they were 2000 years ago.Besides Zionism was the creation of European Jews who have as much European ancestry as they do ancient Jewish ancestry.posted 12/25/2007 at 12:40:35
Attacked by the people whose land was STOLEN to create Israel in the first place.No nation has a right to come into being against the clear wishes of the majority of people already living there.That is plainly and simply immoral, and 60 years of misery has been the consequence of this immoral act.posted 12/25/2007 at 10:57:38
Putin of the Year! Time Picks Someone Who Isn't Al Gore
I can't say personally that i have any respect for any of them.Although Putin is probably the most intelligent and productive of them (though clearly at a cost).posted 12/19/2007 at 14:14:00
Rupert Everett: Hollywood Is Like Al-Qaeda
Its a shame that Everett feels the need to resort to petty personal attacks on his fellow actors, because some of his more general comments such as the double standards between older male and female performers are actually pretty accurate. posted 12/18/2007 at 13:46:20
Lieberman's New Kiss of Death
We can only hope. posted 12/18/2007 at 08:34:16
Atheism as a Stealth Religion
"which "religion" is responsible for all the millions of dead Russians and Chinese peasants from 1920-1978, filling its followers' heads with unscientific nonsense and driving them to zealous pursuit of invisible enemies? Why, that would be atheism."Um no, actually that would be Communism.Important distinction:Communism (like many political ideologies) is dogmatic.Atheism (in and of itself) is not, although many atheist do certainly follow dogmatic non-religious belief systems.posted 12/15/2007 at 07:20:40
"atheism is a belief system -- i.e., a belief in "no god". Further, a "belief" is "cognitive content held to be true" (Encarta) or "a feeling that something exists or is true, especially one without proof" (Oxford again). Sounds like a religion to me."I don't happen to believe in Umchakawakayoobsits the twenty foot tall talking potato that orbits Saturn eating silkworms and shitting breeze blocks.However i have to admit that as i have never actually been to Saturn and don't have a powerful enough telescope to actually see it in sufficient detail i don't actually KNOW that Umchakawakayoobsits does not exist.I merely believe it.Does this make me religious?posted 12/15/2007 at 07:13:29
Best-Selling Author Pratchett Has Early-Onset Alzheimer's
My personal favorite is "Small Gods", and "Good Omens" that he wrote with Neil Gaiman is also excelent.Terry Gillian was thinking of making it into a film for a while.But as you said, its all good stuff. posted 12/13/2007 at 12:21:17
Christ Endorses Christmas
Of course there is.If not then where do all the eggs come from? posted 12/18/2007 at 08:43:49
"Unlike The Messiah's ongoing agreement with the holiday Easter -- which he is contractually obligated to share with a large, egg producing rodent"At the risk of sounding phenominally anal , rabbits (as i assume this is a reference to the easter bunny) are not in fact rodents. They were originally classified as Rodentia but are now a part of the order Lagomorpha.p.s great article.posted 12/11/2007 at 07:23:09
The NIE Iran Report and Alan Dershowitz
"Calling anyone names, such as nutcakes, or calling people irrational is unjewish and is gentile labelthrowing."That is probably one of the most revolting and elitist things I have read in a long time.Lets reverse it and see how you feel about it"Calling anyone names, such as nutcakes, or calling people irrational is ungentile and is jewish labelthrowing."How does it sound now.(Please note that I find BOTH versions equally prejudiced)posted 12/08/2007 at 12:09:40
Did Israel Know About Iran Report Before Bush?
There is absolutely zero evidence that the USS Liberty was spying on Israel.The rest of your answer consists of vague insinuations, and unquantifiable suspicions.Try again.posted 12/09/2007 at 08:25:21
Can you give ANY specific example where it has.Or for that matter has even been reasonably suspected of doing so. posted 12/07/2007 at 19:03:52
Ime no fan of Zionism , but lets have less of the "the Jews" crap.Many of the most prominent critics of Israeli actions have been Jewish.Do we really need to be heading down the collective blame path. I can't imagine it leading to anywhere that i would want to visit.posted 12/07/2007 at 18:54:58
Bah, Hitchens
Wrong again.Gallstone wrote."Please be specific. WHICH people, what damaging behavior?"By challenging others to provide ANY evidence of a non-religious people who have exhibited damaging behaviour he is clearly infering that ALL such ills can be put down to religion.I responded to this inference and also provided a couple of specific examples (as per requested).It isn't really all that hard to follow, and i hope that this has clarified things for you. posted 12/09/2007 at 08:36:46
No it isn't.Gallstone asked for specifics for non-religious people who had exhidited damaging behaviour, and I provided some examples (Stalin and Moa).As for not addressing YOUR statement, i wasn't replying to your post , i was replying to gallstones.posted 12/06/2007 at 08:54:09
In fact follow the ridiculous notion of ancestral claims to its logical conclusion and the entire human race should move back to Africa. posted 12/05/2007 at 18:13:49
Here is a link to 51 examples http://www.wrmea.com/archives/Sept_2004/0409086.htmlAlso the notion that EUROPEAN Jews had the right to ethnically cleanse Palestine in order to create a homeland because apparently their ancestors owned it a few thousand years ago is beyond feeble.If we followed the notion that peoples are allowed to destroy and displace existing populations on the basis of ancient historic claims then.The English could cleanse Germany on the grounds that they are of largely Anglo-Saxon heritage.The native peoples of the Americas ,Australia and New Zealand could purge those lands of anyone of European origin (all these peoples were robbed of their land FAR more recently than the Jews left Palestine).The list goes on.And you appear to be a bit MIXED UP about what constitutes an Arab.Many Arabs have little genetic Arabian heritage, and many (in fact most) of those living outside of Arabia are far more closely related to the pre-conquest populations of those areas than they are to the Arabian Arabs.Just as many European Jews (and Zionism was entirely the creation of EUROPEAN Jews) are of predominantly European heritage.posted 12/05/2007 at 18:11:16
Arabs co-operated because Jews were already colonising Palestine and had been doing so since the Ottoman empire (although in far smaller numbers than during and after the war).This doesn't justify the collaboration but it DOES explain it.Also several Zionist leaders are knows to have collaborated with the nazis as well.Enough said indeed.posted 12/05/2007 at 03:39:00
Ime an Agnostic, but even i would have to admit that not all the ills im the world have come from religion (though many certainly have).As for specifics pretty much any totalitarian communist leader would fit the bill (Stalin Mao).posted 12/05/2007 at 03:09:37
"The Golden Compass" Faces Religious Uproar
I would just like to point at that there were originally a number of other remarks between my comments (though these have subsequently been removed).Therefore regardless of how it may seem i have not been talking to myself....have i Sprinkle.No Sprinkle you havn't.Thanks you Sprinkle. posted 12/09/2007 at 08:47:04
As for the lack of Atheist (and Agnostics such as myself) in the world, are you aware that there were virtually no Atheists at all 300 years ago (Deism was about as far as peaple were generally willing to go).Now there are millions, and the numbers are increasing in most Western (and some non-western) countries. posted 12/04/2007 at 14:29:16
It doesn't help in the slightest.If something cannot be quantified or tested in any reliable manner then all you are left with is wishful thinking.However long such thinking survives will not effect what is one iota.For hundereds of thoasands of years our ancestors were not aware that the sun was a massive fire ball of Hydrogen and Helium.They came up with myriad explanations for what they thought it may be.Those speculations however did nothing to change the composition of the sun, nor would they ever do so no matter how long people chose to cling to such beliefs.Belief does not define reality, no matter how much people may wish it did, and for however long they hold such desires.Indeed the universe does not require us to understand it at all in order to keep functioning perfectly well. posted 12/04/2007 at 14:24:31
You STILL haven"t read what i actually said.I will repeat it."As to why (or how) there is such a thing as the universe(or possibly multiverse) , who knows. But I can't say that any specific religious text I have read has anything particularly productive to add to that discussion."I am not entirely closed to the possibility that existence (at least in such limited terms as we can comprehend it) is a consequence of intent (although that does leed to the who created the creator problem).However I do not believe that any of the (man made) religions we have on Earth are even remotely close to explaining the true nature of the universe (if indeed it even has one).posted 12/03/2007 at 13:38:03
The Jewish calendar is a religious construct whose start date is set to coincide with the religious date of creation (i.e it is a reference date).There is no evidence whatsoever that Jews were actually using this calendar 6000 years ago (or anywhere close to that long ago).As for the remains of temples, or records of specific individuals ,so what.There is FAR better evidence of Egyptian temples and historic individuals than there is for ancient Jewish ones.Does this in any way validate the ancient Egyptian faith. Of course not. Why would it.As for surviving for a long time. Again so what. Longevity does not mean credibility.posted 12/03/2007 at 13:25:30
Another (potentially)false assumption(you really need to try harder).The idea of the laws of the universe being written (therefore implying the need for a writer) is entirely an assumption on your part.If you had bothered to actually read (and moreso understand if that is within your capacity) my post you will see that I clearly stated that the underlying reason for existence is NOT something for which I claim to have an answer.However GIVEN THAT the universe exists (as it DEMONSTRABLY does) its inherent properties are such that the development of planets stars and ultimately life are entirely explainable without the need for some sky god to directly set them in motion.And the fact that a trillion to one chance may well come true with a trillion chances does not require any "magic, although it does require a rudimentary understanding of probabilitiesposted 12/02/2007 at 20:07:37
Your estimate of 5000 years is WAY off the mark.Christianity has been around for barely two thousand yeas. Islam even less.At most Judaism is about 3500 years old (though it is probably FAR less, certainly in any recognisable form).The religion of the ancient Egyptians continued for 3000 years, largely consistently.That didn't make it correct and it died out anyway.The religious beliefs of the indigenous people of the Americas may well have lasted for far longer (due to their relative isolation).They still died out though.Longevity is no guarantee of authenticity, it never has been no matter how much people may WANT it to be true.That desire for validity may however cause them to continue to believe regardless, which of course is entirely their choice.posted 12/02/2007 at 19:51:33
The ancient Egyptians were (most of the time) polytheistic, and i don't think there are any atrocities in their past that are any worse that what has been done in the name of Judaism, Christianity or Islam.Are Hindus any more violant than jews, christians or muslims. posted 12/02/2007 at 13:59:41
Another false conclusion.Just because something is popular or "widely studied" that doesn't automatically validate it either.posted 12/02/2007 at 13:48:16
"Where are the large scale protests" I wasn't implying that i expected there would be protests.I was simply stating that i am genuinely curious as to how other Catholic parts of the world woulod recieve the film."What kind of Catholics do you have in the U.S?"Don't ask me . Ime not from there.posted 12/02/2007 at 08:55:26
If there are a trillion planets in the universe and a trillion to one chance of life evolving on one then no miracle is required.In any case your assertion that the world created itself is confused.No one is claiming there was an act of creation (which implies the existence of a creator).The world formed and developed in accordance with the measurable properties of the universe, inasmuch as they are currently known.Therefore given that the universe exists and functions in accordance with these measurable properties (its contents, and the physical laws that govern how they interact), then no godly interference is required to explain the development of life (although a great deal of time is needed for it to develop).As to why(or how) there is such a thing as the universe(or possibly multiverse) , who knows. But I can't say that any specific religious text I have read has anything particularly productive to add to that discussion.posted 12/02/2007 at 07:24:06
The Lord of the rings and war and peace are both extremely widely printed texts.That doesn't in any way help validate them as being true. posted 12/02/2007 at 07:11:17
Even if it is a bad adaptation.You would watch it repeatedly purely because it annoys religious people.Why?posted 12/02/2007 at 06:49:33
I must admit that i am somewhat curious as to how the film will be recieved in more Catholiic parts of the world, such as South America and parts of central and eastern Europe.Will therealso be large scale protests or will they just largely ignore it. posted 12/02/2007 at 06:45:10
You make some interesting points about the links between Zoroastrianism and Judaism/Christianity.An addition would be the wise men (there may or may not have been three of them) who are generally considered to have been Zoroastrian magi.However Zoroastrianism is not the only religion that is thought to have had an influence on the Abrahamic faiths.Many bible stories have a striking similarity to Mesopotamian myths, for instance there is a great flood in the Uruk epic Gilgamesh.And also the first Monotheistic(or monotheistic-ish) religion is often credited as Atenism, the religion of the heretic Egyptian king Akhenaten,The 'Great Hymn to the Aten' bears an uncanny similarity to psalm 104 for instance, and the proximity of Egypt to Caanan has led some historians (and also Siegmund Freud) to speculate that Atenism may have had an influence on early Judaism.posted 12/02/2007 at 06:12:02
Israelis And Palestinians Agree To Re-Launch Negotiation Talks For First Time In 7 Years
The war was HOW it was stolen.posted 11/28/2007 at 16:50:00
Archbishop Of Canterbury: 'US Is Worse Than The British Empire At Its Peak'
As for 'saving our ass' in world war 2 , the Russians actually did FAR more to defeat Nazi Germany than all the other allies combined. (when the British and Americans were advancing into Normandy 80 percent of the German army were fighting on the Eastern front)Though i for one am glad that we did not feel indebted to that Communist fuckwit Stalin for it.In any case i suspect you have been watching far to many Hollywood movies.posted 11/25/2007 at 19:23:01
'I sure appreciate the fact that Dr. Williams can openly criticise American imperialism, even if it is to make Britons feel better.'In what way is this going to make us Brits feel better.Our beloved leader (by which i mean that worthless toss pot Blair) committed us all in to this disaster.Which means that we are as responsible as you are for the disastrous consequences.And in his defence the Archbishop DID object to the war from the start.posted 11/25/2007 at 19:07:12
Killed as i recall by the colonists. posted 11/25/2007 at 19:01:40
The Glorious American revolutionaries strung up priests in trees as a message to any doubters.Neutrality is not an option.Most of the Noble revolutionary leaders were slave owners, and almost all approved of further expansion into native territory.The majority of the actual INDIGINOUS population sided with the "Nasty evil (tweak moustache menacingly) British".And with good reason.Perhapd YOU need to read some history.And please not that history and mythology (all that noble revolutionaries crap you have been feeding yourselves for the last 240 odd years) are NOT the same thing.posted 11/25/2007 at 18:57:15
This is NOT the first time he has criticised the war. posted 11/25/2007 at 18:50:08
The US instigated the war of 1812 (albeit arguably under provocation) and then attacked Canada and failed utterly to achieve ANY of its pre-war objectives.The US was partially successful in resisting the British counter offensive.It defended Baltamore and New Orleans but was defeated in Washington and Maine (the ONLY large tract of land successfully captured and held during the war was Maine captured by the British).The US then claimed a great victory.Quite why remains somewhat baffling to any impartial observer.posted 11/25/2007 at 18:39:36
Far more Brits are moving away from organised religion altogether than are moving to Islam.If there is a threat to Christian Britain then it comes from Atheism and Agnosticism, NOT Islam.posted 11/25/2007 at 18:32:45
Ha ha.As a Brit i can assure you that the VAST MAJORITY of newspapers here have a strong conservative bias (half of them are owned by Rupert Murdoch).The TV news however is somewhat less biased.posted 11/25/2007 at 18:22:49
A lot of pretty revolting things have been done in the name of Religion , but to say that ALL religious people are either ignorant superstitious assholes or closeted fascistic control freaks. I don"t recall Buddha running around consolidating his power base. and what about 'turn the other cheek' or 'do unto others as you would have them do to you'.I am not personally a practising religious person (i am a hard leaning agnostic), but i can nonetheless admire SOME religious ideals.posted 11/25/2007 at 18:07:56
The British took control of Palestin after the defeat of the Ottaoman empire (fairly late in the British Empire).They didn't particullaly want it (there sure as hell wasn't any profit to be made) and ended up acepting the principle of creating a Jewish homeland within it (aftere huge pressure from the US and despite the fact that this was against the clear wishes of the vast majority of people actually living there).When things turned nast the British effectively decided it wasn't worth the bother and left.The mass starvation of ther Irish came about due to the potato blight which the British were cerainly not responsible for creating.Irish resentment of Britain during this period is due to the Irish belief that the British did not do enopugh to help Ireland after the blight struck. On this count they have a very good case.Whilst the British certainly commited some pretty brutal acts against the (Catholic)Irish, at no point was their ever any attempt to 'wipe them out'.posted 11/25/2007 at 18:00:51
Mr Queen (Prince Phillip - who whatever you think of him is always good for a laugh - albeit frequently laughing at the unbelievable things he says) is of largely Greek ancestry. posted 11/25/2007 at 17:51:02
Some of us who really DID read histoey are aware that the government in mainland Britain was constantly making efforts to rain in the abuses that the colonists visited upon the native populations.The British empire was a bloated often insensitive ,and inherently aragont entity, but the worst atrocities that were visited upon the lands it colonised were invariably commited by the dear old colonists themselves.You may want to ask yourself why the majority of natives during the US war of independance and the 1812 war fought on the British side.It WASN'T because the 'poor dumb savages' didn't understand what was at stake.In fact it was because they DID. posted 11/25/2007 at 17:18:04
Dickipedia: The Pilgrims
Don't you feel that maybe (just maybe) your taking this all just a little too seriously.posted 11/24/2007 at 06:30:43
Dear Mr. Dershowitz...
A fair point, but just the once would have been OK. posted 11/18/2007 at 13:49:37
As for your first comment, that's the point that you're missing.Have you actually read my points.My FIRST POINT simply highlights the shear idiocy of you attempting to compare a surgeon cutting (implying that cutting isn"t necessarily always bad) someone to the possibility that maybe torture isn"t always bad either. It was and remains a wholly idiotic and fatuous false analogy.It seems pretty clear to me that you haven't read Alan's suggestionHow would you know seeing as I have not commented directly on what Dershowitz said.I merely criticised your wholly facile false analogy and made a broad statement as to how torturers the world over invariably believe the people they are torturing deserve it.But if the intentions are RIGHT, if that terrible person's human rights are being violated to PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OTHERS.Again who gets to define when the intentions are right. A Palestinian or Basque separatist or IRA bomber may feel that their intentions are wholly right as they are acting on behalf of a brutalised defenceless people facing ongoing persecution, that is they are acting to help secure the long term HUMAN RIGHTS OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS against their oppressor.That may not be your (or mine for that matter) view, but that"s the whole point.Once you can justify committing any barbaric act on the grounds that it is in THE best interests (by which you invariably actually mean YOUR best interests), then why cant everyone else do the same.posted 11/18/2007 at 13:47:13
So let me ask you. It's wrong to cut people, right?This argument is beyond idiotic.Cutting someone to help save their life(or cure them of some disease) is clearly in the best interests of that individual, and is presumabely being done with their full consent.The same thing hardly applies to torture.unbridled, unregulated torture against people who don't deserve it is wrong and illegal.Really, and who exactly gets to determine who deserves it. I have no doubt that most torturers believe the people they are torturing deserve it.posted 11/18/2007 at 06:39:30
Alan Dershowitz Supports Torture
Alan Dershowitz supports torture.More breaking news just in: apparently the pope is a catholic. posted 11/17/2007 at 15:53:30
Alan Dershowitz: Was He Against Nazi Practices Before He Was for Them?
But no-one, NO-ONE - not even Stalin, who tried really hard - can remotely compare with the murderous barbarism of the Nazis.Really, then i guess you have never heard of the Monguls (Hulagus sacking of Baghdad alone may have killed as many as a million peaple, and at a time when the population of the world was VASTLY smaller than it is today), or the Huns, or even the good old Crusaders for that matter.The sad fact is that history is replete with thugs who would have no problem slaughtering their enemys to the last man , woman and child.All of whom would have been only to happy to exploit the industrialised methods of slaughter that were available to the Nazis.Of corse the Holocaust was obsene, but it was NOT unique (how many millions died as a result of European colonialism in the Americas for example - and why no Holocaust memorials to that?).To delude ourselves into thinking so, is to delude ourselves into thinking that such a thing could not happen again. posted 11/12/2007 at 15:15:27
US Sanctions Against Iran Mark Return To Unilateralism
Closely related to Kurdish. posted 10/26/2007 at 09:19:04
A little unfair on gypsys don't you think. posted 10/26/2007 at 09:06:50
Turkey Approves Sending Troops Into Iraq
"Turkey is a government that does not respect Human Rights and decency, they tried to wipe a civilization off the planet in their past."No they didn't. There was no such country as Turkey at the time of the Armenian Killings. posted 10/17/2007 at 17:11:47
"Isn't it sad for poor little Turkey they can't be the Ethnic Cleansers that they were once were." Actually Turkey didn't even exist at the time of the Armenian ethnic cleansing.posted 10/17/2007 at 17:09:54
5 Myths About "Sick Old Europe"
Iâ????m not 'cherry picking' anything.I have simply listed the top 20 countries by GDP per capita.The fact that 6 out of all EU countries are above the US clearly shows that the rest are not.You should also take into account however that some of the eastern European countries are post-communist states whose economies are very much on the rise.Does this mean that the EU GDP will rise to the level of the US, probably not(at least in the foreseeable future), but it will rise.posted 10/12/2007 at 21:44:23
The data is the 2006 listing for the IMF (International Monetary Fund) posted 10/12/2007 at 21:37:08
I live in England, and I can tell you that the trains here are anything but awesome.posted 10/12/2007 at 20:59:16
Just to add to the debate, below are the top 20 countries in GDP per capita (in dollars).14 are European.2 are North American.2 are from the Middle East1 is from East Asia 1 is from Oceana1 Luxembourg 87,955 2005 2 Norway 72,306 2005 3 Qatar 62,914 2005 4 Iceland 54,858 2005 5 Ireland 52,440 2005 6 Switzerland 51,771 2006 7 Denmark 50,965 2005 8 United States 44,190 2006 9 Sweden 42,383 2006 10 Netherlands 40,571 2006 11 Finland 40,197 2005 12 United Kingdom 39,213 2005 13 Austria 38,961 2006 14 Canada 38,951 2006 15 Belgium 37,214 2006 16 Australia 36,553 2004 17 France 35,404 2006 18 Germany 35,204 2006 19 Japan 34,188 2005 20 United Arab Emirates 33,397 2003 posted 10/12/2007 at 09:53:40
Ann Coulter Thinks That Jews Need to be Perfected by Becoming Christians
Perhaps her Bible had a spelling mistake.Thou shalt Loathe thy neighbour. posted 10/10/2007 at 21:53:55
Ann Coulter was actually saying that all Americans would be better off as christians, not just Jews.To some extent the interviewer was trying to specifically turn this into an anti-semitism issue, when in fact its clear that Coulter seams to have an equal contempt for all non-Christians.