There was one famous conservative, perhaps it was Milton Friedman, who said that "Out goal is to shrink and shrink government so much you can eventually drown it in the bathtub. Don't look now but George Bush desguized as Norman Bates is dawning his Andria Yates whig right now. Thom Hartman, a prophet of our time, has stated that there is a war out there against fundamental American values, and I do consider Christianity a fundamental value, and I'll get to that in a minute. But there is a common thread behind everything George Bush is doing, particularly in Iraq. The idea of not having a draft isn't incidental; it's part of the master plan th privatize the Army. If there are no draftees, there will be no protesters. All of these private security companies like Blackwater are things we never used to have. Remember that Bush wanted to completely destroy the Iraqi governmental infra-structure so that they could, in Thom's words, "Build a new Republican paradise of no government involvement". No wonder Meliki feels so ham-strung. We need to build him up if we truely believe in democraticly elected officials. In the correct view of things the whole "election" thing was just some side rabbit trail, and not in keeping what we were after in Iraq with war profitiers everywhere. As you know the whole philosophy of the Republican party is "Government doesn't work, so let's undermine it wherever we can". Bush doesn't want anybody protesting the war, just as he wants to export any potential protesters in Mexico to this country. If they are here they can't supply the reform voices badly need in Mexico to reform their dysfunctional government.
But now there is a new book out called "The Politics of Shock and the Economics of Disasters" or something. Hurricane Katrina is a way for the government to do something many have probably wanted to do for a long time in New Orleans, destroy its Black culture. If the mayor or anybody else says "New Orleans is going to come back as a chocolate city", this is seem as some kind of overt threat to Republican power, who want to dispurse Blacks, as once the Jews were dispursed as a people. There are shocking things that come to light "once the pieces are all put together". Someone got a hold of a 1963 CIA manuel, and it said that the goal in breaking down a suspect and getting him to talk was to "Reduce him to a snivelling child, who will confess anything to his "father" and once the Stockholm syndrone kicks in, the suspect will see the CIA as a parent figure, who will protect him. In the same vein many people see Rudolph Giuliani as some kind of a "father figure". These personalities like authority for authority's sake, and there are more people like that than I ever suspected. That must be why Kings have been so successful for thousands of years. But you also need to keep in mind that all the plans being put in action today by our Government are plans that have been on the shelf and on the drawing board long before 9 - 11 ever happened. They were just looking for some traumatic event to give them an excuse. The Rev. Gene Scott likes to quote the Bible where it says "Work out your salvation with fear and trembling" but goes on to say a more accurate translation is "work our your salvation with beatings and trauma". The media loves to talk about incidents such as kidnapping and sexual molestation a lot more than they used to. Since the media is run by corporations, one wonders whether they just might want to keep us in a state of fear. In my own life, October 8th. 1987, twenty years ago was a "day of shock and awe". Mine being the paranoid personality it is wonders whether the idea was original to Frank, or that he was somehow put up to it by someone who wanted to "break me" by "sending me a message". I think 9 - 11 is a "trauma" and Scientologists tell us that in a "trauma" en-grams get registered in the brain that are both unreasoned and unconscious. There are people who actually have said on call in shows, "I want MORE of my Civil Rights taken away". We may be in the twilight of democracy and not even know it. There is certainly nothing "Christian" about the War in Iraq. A real Christian would say "A battle between religions is a battle for God to fight" and that would be done through prayer and hard work working with individual people on a one to one basic. No Christian would say that bombing a people back to the stone age would "Win them to Christ".
Al Gore has won the noble peace prize. Many people are now putting increased pressure on the former Vice President to run for President. Others have taken to making disparaging remarks, such as that the Vice President has put on weight. My view on government intervention in the economy is that if it's really a necessity for cultural and ecological preservation, then we need to do it, which includes federally funded energy research (with a watch dog on who gets the money) and regulations such as gas milage or what kind of light bulbs we can use. I aguess you could say I favor government involvement if it's in our vital national interest. I do have my doubts about other things like what kind of arthritus medication we can take or what kind of cold preparations we should give to children under six. Now they want to take the lead out of lipstick. I'm a reactionary who says if we kept the lead IN gasoline, we'd have more efficient consumption today. Now people are upset about mercury in the new light bulbs and say that eventially we will switch to L E D's, or light emiting diodes. It seems to me that tidal power is one source of energy in our coastal areas that is under exploited. There is talk of harnising some "force" in substance that once "reverse" can "reverse" the pull of friction in a lot of items. One thing about Al Gore is that apparently he's been against the Iraqi war from day one. We need a president who detests this war as an immoral abomination- - enough to End It. It would seem that the Bush Adminestration is bowing to public pressure NOT to go to war in Iran, no matter what Hillary Clinton thinks. We need a foreward thinking President in a whole host of areas, and to my way of thinking, Al Gore seems to be the right man at the right time.
There are five things as I read my Bible that Jesus talked about. One of them was LOVE and inter-personal relationships and living in peace with your brother and winning him through kindness rather than hostility. The second is a hatred of religious hypocricy, be it repeticious. meaningless prayers, or lording your authority over others. often bullying them. The third is the notion of sin producing sickness and the healing of the body. The fourth is the casting out of devils and demons, and the fifth is a "crisis" at some future age where an Armageddon type battle to decide the fate of the world will be waged. Of all the inputs on my view of the Christian religion, three are the most destructive. And two of those are now dead. Gene Scott spread seeds of discord and confusion wherever he went. The second source is a person whom I refer to as "The Great Pervaricator" (liar) who has as his adjunct, "The asshole from El Paso", who is a local Pastor. I wonder if he knows his friend and perhaps mentor is now dead? The third negative source is Jesus Christ on KFI. Jesus scoffs at people who believe in tongues- - and in "gifts of the holy spirit" in general, and at times I wonder if he even disputes the existance of the Holy Spirit. Jesus says the only good prayers are meaningless ones and that making a religious act of prayers is what it's all about. He has in almost shocking terms denied the value of healings of diseases, and he definitely does not believe in Satan or demons, and as to the Second Coming he has dismissed it with the words "Last things should be worried about- - last". Still, Jesus Christ is on the air waves every Sunday spreading his bad karma. Every time you are a bad witness for God you diminish yourself. In this vein, Christianity has been such a bad witness for itself lately, he has gotten so "small" that pretty soon you'll be able to drown it in the bathtub. I guess there is a saying that if you diminish others, you diminish yourself. It is also said that "one man plus the Truth equals a majority". Were I to take the Gospel's advice, I would not seek outside Authority for my words. Gene Scott said, "Christ ceded all authority in himself". I don't see why I can't do that. I need someone who's word I can trust and who isn't a flake and has an experianced background. It would seem "Me" is the best candidate for the job. And now I am telling you readers of this "Trust me; I know what I'm talking about". The Devil is not some mouse staring at his own shadow in a flash light, as portrayed on the radio. The Devil is a lot more powerful and slick than most of us think. He's like a master chess player and he's beaten the best. This is where the lyrics "A mighty fortress is our God" come in. This is where we need the power of Christ, but there are devil agents who want to pull the plug on that Power. They want you to abandon the real Jesus for their theological games. You must resist them. (Selah)
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