Noblesse Oblige and My American Heritage

I was impressed by Lonnie Lazar’s comment to my recent post in Open Salon on, President, or King Obama. He said,“ ... My feeling is that if more of the noblesse in our culture had a great impulse to oblige (as you appear to have), the downtrodden and the put upon would clamor less for a king to lead them from despair.”

This statement underscores a profound understanding of the history of this amazing country. If the same were held by the greater majority, Obama’s bailouts would never have been necessary in the first place because a dignifgied patriotic people with a common cause would have all been wealthy today instead of only a miniscule few. How will he succeed when such large numbers of the population take the privilege of US citizenship for granted and view being an American a protected right for self indulgence? The ancient historian Livy wrote that his culture was unable to endure the bail. As the Roman citizens of his day, we as a whole have yet to consider the deeper meaning of a unified social excellence so codependent to everyone elses disfunction that we immediately assume the the guilt of our own victimhood declaring, "That was our fault ... we caused that!". We love money but denigrate property, lust for riches but hate the rich, waste incessantly but turn green in our criticisms of ecological incorrectness, and quite amiss. After our bail is paid, there is still the trail to come, the evidence to be weighed, and a judgement to be declared. I sure hope some funds in the bailout will be set aside for the long process of reeducation, life-style modification and retraining. The following are the reasons I believe we need these things to be a happy people and insure the happiness of our neighbors.

The framers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America were refined and highly educated English citizens. In no way did they represent the low mentality of the masses of their times, nor did they intend to protect and preserve corrupt thinking or establish immoral practices under any social or federal institution, for they trusted in just and righteous God (with a great deal of Aristotelian philosophy thrown in). These were patriots of the first order who understood the land, labor and capital potential of their continent more intimately than their relatives across the Atlantic understood black tea. They were unwilling to permit the “Motherland” to abuse their guaranteed rights, privileges and personal feelings as free men and women by permitting a distant Monarch to renege on his charter and contracts with his colonies. These men called upon a higher authority to hold their King accountable for his unlawful actions because they knew they knew the difference between right and wrong, good and evil, and in their thinking, there was nothing relative about these terms. Confident in their righteous stance they preferred to die, if need be, to preserve their social dignity and sacred honor in effect challenging George III to a duel. These were the leaders who established the first government of, by and for the people. “Give me liberty or give me death” became the motto of the freedom fighters who fought bravely to defend their rights and ideals for the happiness of owning private property without which most are unhappily employed and enslaved to daily labor, stress and overlordship from higher management. *

The American Revolution, unlike the socialist or communist revolutions of the last century, stands as a testimony to the excellence of our framers whose roots originated in the nobilities

At every point in the history of our nation, from the early pre revolutionary meetings in churches to the early presidents, high standards of excellence rather than situation ethics have been the guiding rule. There was nothing common about the common good. The highest standards bestowed grace and truth upon the common weal thus elevating the whole to higher levels of social stature compared their counterparts in England. The nobility of being a citizen of the United States of America became a higher value than an inherited aristocratic lineage since it unlocked the even greater powers of E Pluribus Unum and dissolved the limitations of peerage. It opened the way to the free expression of human ingenuity and creativity. American nobility is higher than name, bloodline, or association with any monarch because the greatness of the unity of our noble forefathers and mothers has established our freedom in their blood and sacrifices as the basis of a new and unique type of national heritage. They called it an experiment. Thus, the identity of "American" is greater than family name, land or fortune, for it is intended to legally transfer to each citizen a fully established, righteous, functional and socially evolved ideology; the purest form of national freedom is in effect, our national nobility. (Believe me, foreigners get this about us, and many would love to tear it down.) Those who come to these shores fatherless and homeless and become naturalized citizens may indeed claim George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin as surrogate parents, for what they established was specifically intended for our ennoblement and good. This was never the case in England. of Europe, in the best sense of the word. It obliged them to a long suffering courage; to stand for righteousness and honor rather than bow to an oppressive government, or crawl in fear under the heels of devious tyrannies. (Benedict Arnold , it was believed, was among such nobles until he faltered and betrayed his comrades in arms thinking himself quite true to his own august cause.) Their education in philosophy, jurisprudence and the military disciplines proved far superior to that of the British. They had balanced their politics and focused their volatile zeal to such an acute flame that it stirred the hearts of the people here and abroad and ignited a passionate movement which burns bright and thrives even today.

The meaning of the word “state” when viewed from the stand point of this nation is far superior than that word as defined by Marxist philosophies and the cruel genocidal tendencies of Bolshevism. The framers could easily have coined us The United "State" of America, but they called us instead "States" preserving our diversities and various local cultures in a unified common federation. We have proven ourselves many times over and set a precedent and an enduring structure of "states" that has enabled and inspired other nations to similar freedom and well being. To be a citizen of the United States and to enjoy the freedoms we possess, therefore, enjoins each of us to take on the higher common cause and good, first and foremost, rather than to exploit our system of government for personal gain. The words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy ring true because they represent the idea of a noble citizenry which when lived in the spirit of his words have the potential to develop our structures and institution to higher levels of excellence in all fields of human endeavor. This is the spirit and wisdom of our Republic and it’s Flag to which every conscious citizen pledges their allegiance.

I refuse to pledge my allegiance and sympathies to the wisdom, philosophy, religion, society, creed, banner, people or cause of any other foreign land but seek, rather, to develop the common threads which binds me to the people of my homeland first and foremost. (Why should I; because of some fickle collegiate consumer herding insinct? Why dissipate rock solid ancient tested truths and vital human energies by regurgitating popular liberal ideologies and vague elitist notions of globalism, pantheism, or universalism? In other words: I respect Ahmadinejad much more than Lee Bollinger. Shakespeare said it more briefly, "Not expressed in fancy" –Hamlet, Polonius' advise to Laertes.) However, I embrace all peace loving people from a position of strength firmly and proudly rooted in the traditions of my own land and peoples unified in fifty states. Out of respect for this terrain and the indigenous peoples who evolved here and venerated its resources I offer my humble homage before becoming infatuated with any Hindu Guru, Tibetan Master or foreign spiritual guides or leaders. The native peoples of America preceded me on this soil and will still be here long after I am gone. Having been born on these shores I am indeed “native” American. The philosophies and teachings of the East though enriching in many disciplines are founded on the soil of other lands, climates, terrains and geographies. Although I can learn from them I must never seek to adopt or install their wisdoms or knowledge in place of the indigenous wisdom which originate from this land. Neither should I disregard the higher European cultures whose wisdom provided the philosophical foundations and legal footings upon which our sacred documents are formed and written. But, these are the tendencies I have noticed in many colleges and universities whose youthful, curious and naive souls have been colonized and carried off to serve excitingly and tantalizingly strange philosophies. What do gods originating in Bombay, or the chilly mountains of Tibet know of the golden grasses of the great planes, the trout streams and lush evergreens of the Adirondacks or the Bayous of the South? The folk of this land here, and its teachings is the permaculture and sustaining force for the wise ones who live well and thrive in these our various states of being. Why should I appeal to the practices even of my own Sicilian heritage when they were wont to sustain my progenitors in Sciacca. I am thankful that my grandparents had the foresight and fortitude to migrate to a higher culture, this American culture of which I am unashamed and most proud to serve. They taught us to adapt to this land, language and the richness of its freedom worth preserving, and its vast opportunities to everyone. I only wish they could have lived to see my day.

In closing, may I offer these words of consolement to anyone who feels that they have been betrayed by any of our leaders, institutions or policies of our government. When was the last time you heard that a plane was hijacked? The harsh atrocities of Saddam Hussein upon the innocent have ended and today the women of Iraq have greater freedom to make valuable choices to enrich their homes and their communities. There is every reason to expect that an ennobling freedom will elevate the Iraqi people into a great nation one day. Certainly they are being lifted up by a courageous and noble people who would stand with them and even offer their own lives as friends to insure their stability and common well being. As these benefits increase our friendship with them will be founded upon justice and responsible government and the fruits thereof rather than upon tyrannies or exploitation because in being ennobled by the highest good we are obliged to apply the same standards. Indeed, old customs of taking refuge in the hubris of tyrants will cease, and so, in Lonnie's words, "the downtrodden and the put upon would clamor less for a king to lead them ...". This is why I am proud to be an American. We must stop selling our country short. May Mr. Obama find a suitable resource in the American People to secure his cause for correcting and realigning our process to the founding principles of our nation.

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*A worthless social condition degenerates one's citizenship and freedom and makes the sufferer vulnerable to every form of mental abuse. It would take three generations to properly and responsibly address emancipation. In my view sub prime lending was a premature attempt to force and inspire this sense of property among those who were socially ill prepared.

The Sayings of Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather

life transcends feelings

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love, life and truth
is the natural instinct of higher life forms
hatred, death and lies
is of the lower

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blessings are a function of the body
more than the mouth
unless you are God
or you have the authority
to speak them into existence

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the sun is alive
the earth is dead

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live in the gift

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keep your word and show up

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knowledge is control
and many use information
to manipulate the lives of others

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most arguments are some form of abuse

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she was terminally nil

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a dollar is a strange substance
it is one of the few things
that can be meaningful and meaningless
at the same time

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freemen will never seccumb to slavery
but maintain large armies of slaves
in order to secure their own bondage to liberty

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cognitive dissonance
is justifying what we do
so that we can stomach
our own existance

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what i thought was love
was little more
than me trying to fulfill
my own emotional needs

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whatever and wherever you are
is your life
but that could change

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that's all very nice
what you couldda done and been
sometimes its simply better to go with
what you got now
and what there's still time to do and be

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i love my wife
she keeps me busy
she keeps me active
she keeps me from receding into myself

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tyrants manufacture arms and equip armies
they inspire, develop and create wars
which forces the people of the united states
to pay billions in taxes for military spending

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the drive to get or consume is lust
the drive to give or release is life

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Iraq was fattened for the kill
same way Germany was
both were premeditated murders
planned and executed in Wall Street

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abuse is never a one way street

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good food and the quality of it
is the most important thing
in a person's life
more than clothing
and more than shelter

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war is hell
those who favorite it are devils
peace is heaven
those who favorite it are angels

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love is alive
everything else is dead

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i serve you freely and faithfully
but treat me as your slave
how ridiculous, how absurd, how vulgar
for when you do
you give me even greater authority
over you

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beware of certain people
itchin to be you friend
so that one day they can tell you
to go screw yourself

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the government is slowly but securely shackling the nation
in the tight bonds of whose freedom?

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Sometimes i feel like asking certain insecure people
I run across every now and then,
"Is it really all that hard for you to feel secure?
Are you really all that fucked up?
Or, is that simply the game you like to play?"
But i never do ... that is my game.

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women loathe men
who kiss them because they are beautiful
and love to kiss men
with whom they feel connected

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forget about the shadows
for they are nothing
and pray to understand the movement of light
and you will come to know the meaning
of all that is sublime

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the quickest way
and the best way
to become successful and famous
is to love what you do
rather than to love the fantasy
of becoming successful and famous

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if you are alive
there is a chance you will survive

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those who perform their art
to give love
rather than to get love
are the happiest

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Christ never asked us to forgo living in the present
for the promise of some future reward
vain religion does
Christ asks us to love, to give, to forgive
and to believe

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to her
life was one huge pez dispenser

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if mankind had as much respect for the living
as it does for the dead
the world would be a much happier place
to live and die in

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one of the reasons why jews are successful
is because they have a tribal sense of family
they speak to one another constantly
they give each other the business!

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the capability to come and go
is the measure of a person's freedom

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hear oh Ysrael
you must first accept the idea of the messiah
before you can judge who he is

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god says thou shall not kill
but if the state says thou shalt kill
in the interests of your country
it is no longer immoral but an honor

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where do you go
after you no longer need to impress anyone?

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the only way to survive around predators
is as a predator
the physically strong and violent get eaten by the word “guilty”
the mentally weak and meek are liberated by the word “innocent”
all prey are either hiding or perishing

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jazz is often an obsessive compulsive tick
posing as creative rhythm

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never be a receptacle
for someone else's snot rags

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inconsistency leads to chaos and disaster

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your consciousness is your eternity

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Imperfections are the nemesis of some and the power of others.

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The whole idea is to love people without judging them.

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I am always in a state of growth. What can I say?
I'll do everything I can to make you happy except make myself sad.

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"Once You Have Arrived", has much more to do with how present your are
than how well you are received.

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With the amount of money americans spend on toilet paper we could feed the rest of the world. If you throw in tissues paper towels tampons and diapers we could feed them, buy them clothes, pay their rent, and send them to school.

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when love is life
life is everlasting life
when love is death
death is eternal damnation
know what you love
choose life

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taxes are the least
of what truly taxes people

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thoughts become words
words become actions
actions become habits
habits become character
character becomes destiny
franklin became currency

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you know you are getting healthy
when you can say
i am uninterested in allowing you to use my soft ass
as a pincushion for everything that needles you emotionally

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My mother and father taught me how to shut down before ever thinking of opening up. And then said, never look back. But i am looking back and recovering nicely.

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Our present is the only forever we will ever know.

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Supreme Being is pure energy —the ultradimensional reality of love life and light who manifests in the time and space continuum as omniscient omnipotent, omnipresent, immeasurable, boundless and unlimited; Christ.

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who i am becoming
is who i am

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there are reasons
why females have been governed
to be modest and covered up
for millenia by men
and it is time to take a good look
at what they are

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Gorgeous, beautiful or otherwise, pretty females are often inclined to use their looks to control men. Since their proportions effects motor responses in males, and they know it, we are often victimized by our subconscious need to copulate.

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After making their doctors rich most old folks die of a drug overdose
quite confused. Jimi expressed the truth and was assassinated quite clearly.

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These wicked terrorists are being eliminated in order to bring democracy and freedom to a world of sluts, pimps, gluttons, druggies and murderers
i.e., the axis of good.

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If one wishes to be discovered it is better to be discovered by someone who exploits you for spiritual profit rather than for monetary profit.

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You have to know what's with it in order to stay with it otherwise you can lose it.

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your expression is who you are

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who you are as a person
is more dependent upon
what you wish to express
than what others wish to hear or perceive

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truth is no illusion

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a truly wealthy person
has enough

the truly poor person
never has enough

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Practice and saying in the pink is the physical evidenceof a deeply philosophical mind.

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I find it interesting that after six thousand years, and the admission of the greater majority of all the personswho have ever walked upon the earth, today, that there is a miniscule elite forming who feel offended with the ancient, and ubiquitous term "God".

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true noble character is evident
in discipline courage and loyalty
formed through love and truth

never by fear and deception

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human integrity
begins with
standing up tall

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who has the greater shame
and whose spirit is the more greatly defiled
the naked slave
or the well arrayed bidder

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real work horses
know nothing about getting things done

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stability:
feel
balance
and knowing
when to let go

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pure energy is ultradimentional Being

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beauty:

stature
grace
elegance

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Good care for oneself results in the best care for others. The converse is also true.

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all those years of stupid smiles
ceremony
and making nice

in the end
baby
you flipped me off
with love and kisses

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no one is expendable
everyone is needed

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those who are for giving
have many guests who are for getting

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there is nothing more dreadful to look at
than the face of deception

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war is terror

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many people can sing
fewer people can dance
those who sing and dance
at the same time
are bound to make you laugh

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I have enough fear, shame, anxiety and guilt of my own. Keep your gorey details to yourself.

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the rich get richer
and the poor get smarter

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Life is light; is truth. Death is darkness; is deception –two entirely different kinds of energy. What drives you?

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I am a meatball in the spaghetti sause of God.

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peace is easy
hatred is hard
open hands for giving
easily bring tears of joy
clenched fists of vengeance
bring hard tears of misery

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for too many years
i was the subject
of the object

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self consciousness is insanity
self awareness is the cure

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when self respect is the currency
and pathetic vainglory is the product
absolute rubbish is the end result

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your word
is your world

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those who disagree
die in battle

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He who is free may be bound but is never in bondage. But he who is in bondage may be unbound but is never free.

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for-giving is open and receptive
for-getting is closed and repulsive

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the difference between
repentance and regret
is life and death

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when you call it creation
it is some form of god
when you call it art
more often it is some form of drag

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When being in the moment means as much to others as it does to you,
you and your performance have achieved true fame.

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The real issues oppose the false people.

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Love is the irrational function of intellect and will.

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Few females i know have ever tasted a real male.

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Life is a joust.

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There is no escaping now.

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make it fun
make it beautiful
make it happy

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conserve
convert
converge

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The one who preserves the truth before his body is your superior.

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On the Bilderbergers – Righteousness stands open and true, whereas the philosophy of tyrrany and dictatorship is secrecy, concealment and fear.

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Jesus removed the agonizing guilt and shame which separated me from God.

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it makes no difference
which came first
the chicken or the egg
i eat them both

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Some say Jesus was a rebel. I say, Jesus was obedient even to death. Those who condemn him are rebels.

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the word of god
is more about
a living consciousness
than about
lifeless printed words

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Understanding Politics – I'm right, and you left.

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George Washington's farewell address was farewell to liberty, for indeed,
there has been no such liberty seen in this country since.

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I believe that the national security is a function of the soul first and the body second.

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real feelings
are what you have
when you open up
false feelings
are what you have
when you shut down

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Everyyone is a little bit Jewish.

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Understand the meaning of the word “enough”.

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The true religion worships a false god.

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everyone
is traumatized
few know it

everyone is poor
few know it

everyone is rich
few know it

everyone is blessed
few know it

everyone is cursed
few know it

everyone is brilliant
few know it

everyone is stupid
few know it

everyone is doomed
few know it

everyone is saved
few know it

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It is better to tell exactly what you feel than to tell exactly what you think.

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Vain Illusions: What you see is the light of what you think is the substance you know you believe you see.

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The Stick Up: If she grabs you by your eyes you will gladly give her your wallet.

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Those who who are able to receive pain are much tougher than those who are able to give it.

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I know for a fact after the fact.

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Italians fantacize about being loved; Jews –about being hated.

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Sin is biting into what is biting into you.

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anatagonists
love
to defend themselves

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Understanding:

under
faith
hope
love
standing

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Government is like the rigging on a sailboat without the sails.

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The artists have always run the village.

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Bonzai People

kept in small containers
roots chopped away
branches twisted in wires
dwarfed human beings
have been neatly and strangely formed
down through the centuries

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ignorance is loud
wisdom is quiet

the ignorant tell
then follow the herd
the wise listen
then command

when the ignorant speak the wise yawn
when the wise speak the ignorant yawn

the wise think they are ignorant
the ignorant think they are wise

the wise are full of grace
the ignorant are full of disgrace

the ignorant are common
the wise are uncommon

the wise love to conserve and hate to waste
the ignorant hate to conserve and love to waste

what makes the wise laugh makes the ignorant cry
what makes the ignorant laugh makes the wise cry

the wise know how to turn the ignorant on
the ignorant turn the wise off

the wise are sensitive
the ignorant are senseless

the wise are still here
the ignorant are already gone

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How does a wondering Jew understand the feelings of a permanent Palestinian?

Mr. President,

When you decide to destroy whole nations of persons, I certainly hope you have consulted first with with One who created those persons. You should consult first with God or if you are unable to access God, then you should first consult with the parents who created those you wish to indiscriminately destroy. And if you choose to destroy their parents as well, then it is clear that you are administering supreme authority over life and death as god. If this is the case, you may rest assured, that you will be one day considered, as Hitler. You and all your family and descendants.

On Generals Politics and Power in the US

Just did a Google search on the keywords:

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and look what came back!!

US generals ‘will quit’ if Bush orders Iran attack - Times Online

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The Military in Contemporary Middle East Politics

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Contrary Brin: The Real War of G.W. Bush -- Against the U.S. Military

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Politics and Religion - The Rise of Modern Democracy

Clueless old army generals then ordered millions of unknowing young patriots ..... The United States military is now developing an advanced weapons system ... www.evolutionary-metaphysics.net/rise_of_democracy.html - 91k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

LP: Worshipping the Military, or the Society it Defends?

Of course, generals always have been involved in politics, and decisions by generals ... The modern U.S. military is very good, but it is not perfect. ...
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On Family, Children and Media

Letter:

"Wildfeather and Denise,

If we do not get to the BBQ I want to say that we have
really enjoyed having you as neighbors. You have not
been the typical apartment dwellers, just coming and
going and not making a home. You made this your home
which helps to make it a home for all that surround
you.

Thank You, and we will miss you,

Response:

Your kind words were and encouraging witness to a lifetime of faith, hope and the love that we wish to have reflected in our lives, our family, friends and neighbors, our dreams and the simple things of friendship. Your presence has given Denise and I a great deal of joy as we have seen your family growing like precious flowers continually in bloom. May you obtain the wisdom to keep the unity, bonding and strength in your family during these confusing times.

Please forgive and indulge me, while I tell my story of why we have achieved success at building a home. It has come after many years and tears for both Denise, and I mostly before we met. I hope my perspective serve you well on your life's journey.

I had a former family once being married for twenty two years; a wife and two sons now grown. Ten years ago the circumstances our lives brought us into a a crisis and a catastrophe. It has taken these years to understanding the elements which had so affected us. Today, for the first time, I think I am able to articulate the story you are now about to hear. I have no intention of blaming or justifying anyone here but rather to expose the circumstances of our situation to the best of my knowledge with the hope of delivering valuable information to others who are beginning to raise their families in our vast global consumer culture.

I have quite busy earning a living since I was fourteen years old, and quite unprepared to navigate through the commercial world in which I live. Amidst many warnings I remained naíve of the hidden pitfalls, and well concealed dangers of what seemed to be a society filled with promise and opportunity.This foolish posture was the was as a common fly soon to be tangled in the well prepared spider's web positioned squarely in the path of inexperienced minds, common attitudes and arrogant personal beliefs. As Pinnochio on his way to school, as it were, I skipped merrily along toward what appeared the smartest and shortest path to the "good life" dancing joyfully for a number of years. I awakened one day perceived by my children as one with a long nose, tail and ears whose only sound was that of "hee haw!!" As a beast of burden, following stubbornly behind, I was bridled and saddled and made to carry my children along the steep itinerary of a vainly garbed, cunning rogue, an evil warlock, who wooed them posing as their wise, shining and trusted friend. This impostor presented himself with the pomp and pageantry of a noble courtier, serving as a kind of social guardian who knew their secrets and would entertained them for hours appearing to be more caring to their wants and needs than the one whose daily labor sustained there very lives and provided a secure resting place for their young fragile bones. During this time, I mastered the performance of my trade in Stromboli's theater. When I escaped I became an independent contractor in residential tile and marble; a kind of socially accepted out law who lived by his wits, finding the needs and filling them, keeping his word, satisfying everyone and delivering the best product at a fair price. In my field I had the good fortune to visit and exchange ideas with thousands of customers and their family members on both the East and West Coast for over thirty years. This was an unparalleled education in the personal lives, habits and orginazaationsl styles of many of the worlds finest people. I contracted with the general public for several years in one of the country's harshest environments, Syracuse, New York where the winter's wind could freeze dry the marrow, and where the incessant wetness devoid of sunlight was like living in cave in the sea. Trained to be an officer and a gentleman, I conducted myself honorably, and proved diligent and forthright in all my business dealings and contracts. There were no litigations or unresolved, unfinished business throughout my entire career. Beside being well paid for my services, I was sometimes invited to a home cooked international cuisine. I would often spend weeks in the most intimate areas of the homes of rich and poor with my helper remodelling their bathrooms, and always noticing the books on their night stands. Today, as they sit studying my tiles, I am certain to be though of with fondness in between the grunts and groans of our daily business. My average work week consisted of at least 60 hours. I rarely returned home for dinner before seven or eight every day after finding my way to two maybe three appointments, and sometimes driving through miles of snow, ice and darkness. I loved my work, though, and everyone was completely satisfied with the excellent hand crafted product they received, and conscientious follow-up service which followed. My wife spent all her time during these years bonding, teaching and caring wonderfully for our young healthy sons living in a lovely home which I provided for them in a delightful picturesque park setting. While volunteering as visitor to the incarcerated, I was soon ordained by the invitation of a group of elderly gray haired saints. These blessed souls taught me how to touch and serve the afflicted through Christian ministry, and then as a bishop to ordain others. They felt that the evidence of the teachings of Christ were apparent in my life. I have baptized, married, and visited thousands of incarcerated people in California most severe facilities. That in itself is another intricate chapter of learning and experience. During that time my children were quite young and oblivious to my life and the intensity and passion in which I lived and interacted in my society. Instead of listening to music or radio programs I memorized Shakespeare while travelling to and fro to projects and am able to quote long passages of Hamlet, many of which I think were to have prophetic meaning in my life, especially the one about the "too, too solid flesh" —melting and thawing and resolving itself into a dew. Sadly, nearly everything of that magnificent era of our initial joyous lives together was lost in the "forgetting" period of the early child existence (this is my pathos). But it was precisely here that media marked its quadrants and staking its claim via the thought reforming communications techniques designed for neuro linguistic programing. Through highly developed and focused applied psychology it is a well established fact that advertising experts and professionals are are able to capture valuable territory in the vulnerable, and especially pliable subconscious minds of children. That Hollywood has colonized our minds is also a well established fact. Masses of people are nearly powerless to contradict or reject values which have been gradually inculcated by the media to duplicate and serve the silver images of a highly materialistic consumer era. Programed by the ubiquitous symbols and protocols of in vogue groups and sub-cultures, we learn to mistrust, dishonor, negate, and scorn anyone outside of a narrowly acceptable strata like human progenitors, for example, whose authority is vilified and questioned. As prejudice against parents increased, shame and guilt appeared when ever we were present with them and their friends as if by association with us, they were acting outside of the acceptable norms of t heir peer community. Thus, anti parent attitudes began to form followed by frequent insubordination, disobedience and self causing serious conflicts within the family unit. It was generally said that this behavior was normal and everyone told us we great kids. What else were they going to say? We believed it then and still do now. The point I am making here is, however, (including my relationship with my parents at this juncture) that an interesting phenomenon was occurring that was quite unique during this era. Media, technology, consumerism, affluence and widespread social attitudes converged for the first time in history, and dictated what children were expected to do and to possess, and what parents were expected to provide, apart from the traditional norms of past generations, if we were to be considered acceptable in our community. Thus, in high school their attitudes and beliefs began slipping farther and farther away from ours as their sensitive emotions and feelings were decisively targeted, colonized, harnessed and to a great degree psychologically kidnapped, and controlled through the suggestions of the all pervasive commercial advertising environment which surrounded us. Our children were programed and encouraged to demand what they thought we as a family needed to have, wear, own, play, eat, say, think, do, crave and be. Much of the media's social and moral values, attitudes, styles, brands, stereotypes, practices, and reward structures were in opposition with time the honored wisdom values, practices and attitudes of the ages which are still maintained today in the highly educated and refined families of the wealthy and especially of those who govern. It is the common mentality of the masses that tends to vulgarize itself by thinking in terms of instant gratification, getting a easy job, debt spending, and sitting mesmerized for hours in front of a TV. I had hoped to instill in them the more ancient values. More and more conflict ensued with each passing year as I lacked the awareness, disciplines, wealth, foresight and support structure to act differently and perhaps steer my family more decisively. Eventually the elusive, visual, phantom social, mass consumer marketing gods of the 80's and 90's won the esteem, love and loyalties of our children. Our values, philosophies, and principles, although stomached for a season, were generally viewed with suspicion and fear that they might alter the look and image of the peers they chose. With all due respect, we, for the most part, were demeaned, scorned and rejected.

In searching for clues for why or how this could have occurred one should consider that the advent of a vast consumer mentality and greed had emerged in America with the parents of the fifties who embraced new material goods believing and teaching that it was our due and bountiful reward for the suffering they underwent during the depression, and for enduring the sacrifices and miseries of two world wars. The classic result according to Aristotle of having weathered such traumas was anger, vulgarity, misanthropy and an emotional depression searching to escape its deeply embedded fears and insecurities. Such a class of people were easily manipulated by the media which continually promised them relief from pain, cleaner clothing and tastier coffee to keep them awake as they slaved many "jobs" to pay for all their abundance. They had no idea that what they believed to be the greatest most privileged nation on earth would provide for them every conceivable means to lose their children, grandchildren, their wealth, their posterity, their souls, quite possible, even the very country that made having things among the common people a reality for the first time in history. By the late sixties and seventies many of us reacted to our parent's blind materialism and we sought to redefine our world toward what was natural, sustainable and fair for all people in all countries beginning with our own. African Americans received civil rights, Native Americans came into a period of cultural restoration, and indigenous peoples, wildlife and the earth was spoken for as something to be venerated and preserved. I hoped for deeper and truer communication with my parents instead of the facades and hypocrisies which their materialism had produced in them. I refused to take it on and become a slave to be shackled to the demands of a corrupt consumer culture and mentality. I decided to live a simpler life style in the midst of an affluent, frenetic society.

I struggled and labored tirelessly as any good parent might have to maintain the economic stability of our family as a building contractor living modestly and simply and was achieving good will and a keen reputation in the community. But, by the time my children had reached their teens something had occurred in both our worlds that would alter our lives forever. The recession of the nineties hit my slowly developing trade until work slowed down to a crawl, and jobs were scarce. At the same time a heavy infiltration of illegal aliens in the area we lived in drove prices down. At a certain point I desperately began to seek opportunities outside of my trade with the hope of securing gainful employment. At the time my wife had gone back to work and was climbing the corporate ladder in the highly competitive field of corporate video our of San Jose. After numerous frustrating attempts to generate income in what can easily be considered the most highly materialistic region on earth, and having found myself nearly insane with grief, depression and malaise over our declining situation, my wife, coupled with her own unresolved prejudices, and deep seated fears and survival issues, began to interpret my unproductive choices and efforts as a plan to make her work claiming that I never loved my family or wished to support them. Nothing could be farther from the truth. What I failed to support was the insidious tyranny over their consciousness that this society purposefully and profitably imposes. When I saw that their loyalties, conduct and behavior had slipped so far away from our common purpose as a family to remain united and faithful to one another, moving headlong toward their new consumer culture I fell into a depression, manifested in isolation, obsessive behavior, despondency, anxiety, guilt and mental anguish. This condition brought on an even more frightening state of mind, that of post traumatic stress originating from my combat duty in Viet Nam that lay buried beneath the surface which manifested itself periodically in the symptoms just mentioned but this time much deeper and more prolonged. By this time and in this condition my family took on the view that the meaning of "father" was a purely economic and unnatural value measured in terms of money and "earnings" in accordance with what they had been trained to think by Madison Avenue and Wall Street. The term "father" in their thinking became a title that a man either deserves and merits or loses. Mother of course is easily considered much more primal. But "father" is a natural phenomenon and authority of being a person's natural "progenitor". The word, "father" in their thinking seemed to become something ridiculous, like Homer Simpson, and foolish unless it was capable of submitting economically to the immediate judgments, wishes, and demands of the wanton consuming and wastefulness. It was through lack of training and counsel that I failed. At a certain point during my illness. Rejected and misunderstood by my wife and children, looked upon as a troubled self centered man who lacked all the characteristics they were hoping for in someone they could love, honor and respect, I began to feel gravely and acutely compromised in health and spirit. I was incapable at that time of knowing how best to proceed and regain the necessary control and government of my family. It was during this period that my former wife had steadily begun to assert her dominance over me in my weakened condition, and hired my sons to assist her in her profession in a high corporate and commercial media concern which was female owned and governed. The most painful blow I had experienced was perhaps my former wife's self righteousness, misanthropy, bitterness and and deeply rooted resentments which began to emerge. Now every thing I loved had now turned against me. Many years of suppressed and unresolved communication difficulties led to repeated breakdowns and deeper hurt feelings. Despairingly, I felt that this condition would only continue on its same depressing course for many years to come and began to view it as irreconcilable. In the meantime my wife appeared to be consulting with friends, family and counselors to decide what was best for her to do. What was under attack here was more than my honor as a father, it had become respect for me as a person. One day when my sons were 19 and 17, I quietly left my home with my illness, saddened, confused, torn, traumatized, stunned, deeply troubled, humiliated, and yet, hopeful and determined to find healing, and to achieve something much greater than those questionable circumstances and conditions which had saturated and ruined our lives. My former wife, children and extended family never once questioned my leaving, but instead each ratified that they were "not into" my being with them any longer. I was looked upon as a piece of trash and treated as a criminal from that point forward, while instances of even my raised voice in their presence were rare, much less anything physical or any cause for any alarm. We who were once so close, had slowly become closed and insensitive to each other, and disdainful of each other's presence. It was as if by some unseen force, plan or subtle design, our minds and souls had been shaped for the day our separation and disintegration. In their thinking I was to blame. They seemed so justified in their common judgment toward me saying, "He never loved his family ... he abandoned us," while my wife was steadily ascending the pinnacle of her career. I was an embarrassment to her and she was indeed happy to get rid of me. Never questioned the event. Nevertheless, my fatherhood exits and will exist forever.

To those who choose to remain in a closed, disconnected, protective and distant state, I would pose the question: who, I wonder, truly abandoned whom? I have no shame today, nor have had, only peace for the decisions I have made to remain open, connected, vulnerable and intimate and perhaps even poor, if I so choose to be; indeed, this is a frightful threat and problem for many who are lost in this mad, chaotic and perverse culture. I am returning to New York to proclaim this message to those whom I have so deeply loved in the past, and will always, now that I have gained clarity of mind, body and spirit.
Perhaps, their families will benefit from hearing my story.

Young intelligent, concerned families today are at a crossroad, I feel. The applied psychology of commerce, media and the values of your children's peer society are already deeply embedded with symbols, jargon, sounds, jingles, myths, and entire belief system apart from yours. I think that no matter how "good or unique" parents tend to believe they are in raising their own children "their own way", it is going to take education, training and great fortitude on our part to counteract the highly focused invasion of our children's souls during every phase of their development that the media masterfully targets, if our trust and bonding is to be maintained and strengthened. Since my children were raised to be consumers, they were programed by the programs they watch to view me as a fool instantly when I failed to provide for each and all of their programed consuming demands. I was and am considered a failure to this day in their eyes. Those who provide a solid resource of established wealth, and social importance, may control their children's decisions at each juncture of their development, just as the parents of the wealthy old monied people of Piedmont do. They tend to keep their children hooked on better and more long lasting visuals like the image of a vast inheritance. Outside of this, many poorer parents I have known have home schooled their children, stopped worshiping entertainment, and thrown out their television sets providing other selected means of education and visual inputs, and limiting their children's physical contacts to others in a similar community, with similar values which supported family values, unity, clarity and the lasting ennobling characteristics of parents over the temporary vulgarizing, disintegrating, and fragmenting modes of a rapidly changing society. I would make every effort at this point to educate myself in parenting study groups to discuss some of the points I raise. One big question that has haunted many parents has been, "My children have to live in their world, and they need to integrate with their world in order to be accepted in it and succeed". I would be interested in hearing your point of view.


Young intelligent, concerned families today are at a crossroad, I feel. The applied psychology of commerce, media and the values of your children's peer society are already deeply embedded with symbols, jargon, sounds, jingles, myths, and entire belief system apart from yours. I think that no matter how "good or unique" parents tend to believe they are in raising their own children "their own way", it is going to take education, training and great fortitude on our part to counteract the highly focused invasion of our children's souls during every phase of their development that the media masterfully targets, if our trust and bonding is to be maintained and strengthened. Since my children were raised to be consumers, they were programed by the programs they watch to view me as a fool instantly when I failed to provide for each and all of their programed consuming demands. I was and am considered a failure to this day in their eyes. Those who provide a solid resource of established wealth, and social importance, may control their children's decisions at each juncture of their development, just as the parents of the wealthy old monied people of Piedmont do. They tend to keep their children hooked on better and more long lasting visuals like the image of a vast inheritance. Outside of this, many poorer parents I have known have home schooled their children, stopped worshiping entertainment, and thrown out their television sets providing other selected means of education and visual inputs, and limiting their children's physical contacts to others in a similar community, with similar values which supported family values, unity, clarity and the lasting ennobling characteristics of parents over the temporary vulgarizing, disintegrating, and fragmenting modes of a rapidly changing society. Amanda, I would make every effort at this point to educate myself in parenting study groups to discuss some of the points I raise. One big question that has haunted many parents has been, "My children have to live in their world, and they need to integrate with their world in order to be accepted in it and succeed." I would be interested in hearing your point of view.

In the final analysis, what troubled me the most was knowing that my friends and family were prone to immediate judgements, ostracism and condemnations, people whom I loved and served. The one person who offered heartfelt consolement was a three term combat veteran who did so in tears. I conclude that these people were themselves victims. And, I pray "Father, forgive us ... for we know not what we do."

Wall Street Conquering the Middle East and 666

it has been widely held
that it would be better to avoid
engaging in any serious conflicts in the middle east
because once disturbed and ignited
the education disposition religion
and the general culture of these people
would engage them completely in an adversarial posture
and there would be no solution
short of total annihilation

wall street is quite happy to know this
since and seems happy to provide
whatever products necessary to achieve the gruesome task
with the hope of showing higher quarterly earnings
and securing investors support

consequently as investors continue to support the process of war and destruction
they become an unpopular breed finding themselves
losing touch with the people from whose destruction they profit
becoming more isolated in their thinking and out of touch
with the humanity of their victims
referring to them in general terms as enemy terrorists
finding more and more reasons to condemn and blame
those whom they have invaded on a pretense
while justifying their actions
thus terrorized with the sophisticated weapons and massive injustices
of the west
against mankind on all levels
the cry for resistance and war escalates in the middle east

similarly germany was twice prodded to become a war machine
resulting in two world wars which resulted in the global hegemony of its victors
namely great britain and the united states
today the middle east stands as a serious obstacle
and menace to this process

as the united states failed recently in a similar pursuit in vietnam
it is doomed to fail again
without the complete marking identifying and enslavement of the entire world
because unlike the uniformed soldiers of germany
today's soldiers are unmarked exhibiting the cunning of stealth

therefore massive thought reform
identification
and surveillance will be required
in order for the west to achieve it's goals

the inspired book of revelation
states that in the end each person in the world
will be forced to receive the mark of the beast
the only other option it states would be death
this concept since cain and abel
is the process of sin enfolding in the earth
separation from the source of generosity and peace
and the outpouring of every conceivable vice and evil
which money makes clean
"like hospital cornered sheets"

God Says vs. State Says

god says thou shall not kill
but if the state says thou shalt kill
in the interests of your country
it is no longer immoral
but an honor

god says thou shall not steal
but the state says thou shall steal
for if one lusts after the goods of another
and through civil tort and legal action one wins a battle
it is honorable an one is free to amass fortunes

god says thou shall not commit adultery
but the state says that sex between two consenting adults
is honorable and legal
we have already seen the huge death toll aids has taken
and venereal diseases are common and ever increasing
now the state tells us that people in other lands
who make no distinction between the state and god
who choose to live under one moral code and system
one for all and all for one
that these people are the axis of evil
and deserve to be destroyed
and if when they defend themselves
against the foreign invaders
they are to be considered terrorists and slaughtered
and since the invaders have the intention the power and the training
to completely annihilate these weaker people in their beliefs
serving the state in this effort is an honor and a privilege
while no mention is ever made of the multitudes of innocent people
who perish in the path of this war machine
robert s mcnamara stated that 3.8 million were killed in vietnam
and over 160 million last century
and if the state says to profit through these efforts is good
then multi-national corporations
that worship the god of land, labor and capital
serve the demands of the paganism
exonerating lust, greed and avarice
and making them values of strength and fertility
renaming these vices and calling it good
nevertheless the god of love life and truth
brings judgement on all those who practice wickedness
by perverting justice
it is written that their demise will come unwittingly
even in the span of a single hour
cf.: Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel