The Truth and Reconciliation Commission serves as a model for reform and societal healing. We need to create a similar movement here in the USA so that we may learn the truth concerning the corruption of our polity and to enact effective reforms. I doubt we can do it any other way.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
The Flock of Mammon
The Christian right, on the whole, is oh so wrong. They might have some Christian cultural heritage, but they hardly practice what they preach. Jesus was a big time liberal after all.
It is written that one cannot serve two masters. The GOP is the political arm of the new oligarchs. They worship the golden calf which is the bull of Wall Street. If you voted for them then it is time to repent.
All those who voted for conservative candidates voted against their own self-interests. Except for those rich voters. It's funny though, 19% of Americans think that they are in the top 1% of income "earners". That's a lot of delusional people. They are probably also the people who think they'll go directly to heaven. Maybe they've never seen how big a camel is and how small an eye of a needle is.
Take a look at this graph. Stealing from the poor and giving to the rich has never been easier.
Repent! Before it's too late, repent! When Judgment Day comes and all the morally correct atheists ascend to heaven in the Rapture, all of those who think they are Christians will remain on earth to suffer through the trials and tribulations because their true love is for the golden cow, money, Wall Street and intolerance.
Robin Meyers is a good Christian in my opinion. He wrote a book on the subject and created ProgressiveChristianity.org.
Here's a spot where you can find links to lots of liberal Christians.
It is written that one cannot serve two masters. The GOP is the political arm of the new oligarchs. They worship the golden calf which is the bull of Wall Street. If you voted for them then it is time to repent.
All those who voted for conservative candidates voted against their own self-interests. Except for those rich voters. It's funny though, 19% of Americans think that they are in the top 1% of income "earners". That's a lot of delusional people. They are probably also the people who think they'll go directly to heaven. Maybe they've never seen how big a camel is and how small an eye of a needle is.
Take a look at this graph. Stealing from the poor and giving to the rich has never been easier.
Repent! Before it's too late, repent! When Judgment Day comes and all the morally correct atheists ascend to heaven in the Rapture, all of those who think they are Christians will remain on earth to suffer through the trials and tribulations because their true love is for the golden cow, money, Wall Street and intolerance.
Robin Meyers is a good Christian in my opinion. He wrote a book on the subject and created ProgressiveChristianity.org.
Here's a spot where you can find links to lots of liberal Christians.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Did you know?
Check out Sony's take on the crazy acceleration of these times.
Meanwhile there's a dramatic redistribution of wealth occurring in the US. Republicans are stealing from the poor so they can give to the rich.
I didn't realize that over half the deaths of children came from suicide. I did know that there are a bunch of Republicans fighting against anti-bullying legislation.
I heard that the US Chamber of Commerce had right wing ties, but I could have known that they are this bad.
I did know that the Koch brothers seem to be dicks and Walker appears to their bitch.
It's nice to get new figures like this, "Columnist Sebastian Mallaby[dead link] of the Washington Post reacted sharply to Perkins' book[6]: "This man is a frothing conspiracy theorist, a vainglorious peddler of nonsense, and yet his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, is a runaway bestseller." Mallaby, who spent 13 years writing for the London Economist and wrote a critically well-received biography of World Bank chief James Wolfensohn,[7] holds that Perkins' conception of international finance is "largely a dream" and that his "basic contentions are flat wrong."[6] For instance he points out that Indonesia reduced its infant mortality and illiteracy rates by two-thirds after economists persuaded its leaders to borrow money in 1970. He also disputes Perkins' claim that 51 of the top 100 world economies belong to companies. A value-added comparison done by the UN, he says, shows the number to be 29. (The 51 of 100 data comes from an Institute for Policy Studies Dec, 2000 Report on the Top 200 corporations; using 2010 data from The CIA World Factbookand The Fortune 500 list the current ratio is 114 corporations in the top 200 global economies.)
Humm...114 of 200
Meanwhile there's a dramatic redistribution of wealth occurring in the US. Republicans are stealing from the poor so they can give to the rich.
I didn't realize that over half the deaths of children came from suicide. I did know that there are a bunch of Republicans fighting against anti-bullying legislation.
I heard that the US Chamber of Commerce had right wing ties, but I could have known that they are this bad.
I did know that the Koch brothers seem to be dicks and Walker appears to their bitch.
It's nice to get new figures like this, "Columnist Sebastian Mallaby[dead link] of the Washington Post reacted sharply to Perkins' book[6]: "This man is a frothing conspiracy theorist, a vainglorious peddler of nonsense, and yet his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, is a runaway bestseller." Mallaby, who spent 13 years writing for the London Economist and wrote a critically well-received biography of World Bank chief James Wolfensohn,[7] holds that Perkins' conception of international finance is "largely a dream" and that his "basic contentions are flat wrong."[6] For instance he points out that Indonesia reduced its infant mortality and illiteracy rates by two-thirds after economists persuaded its leaders to borrow money in 1970. He also disputes Perkins' claim that 51 of the top 100 world economies belong to companies. A value-added comparison done by the UN, he says, shows the number to be 29. (The 51 of 100 data comes from an Institute for Policy Studies Dec, 2000 Report on the Top 200 corporations; using 2010 data from The CIA World Factbookand The Fortune 500 list the current ratio is 114 corporations in the top 200 global economies.)
Humm...114 of 200
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