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1) Chaney is a madman. Anyone who thinks the president has the right to start a nuclear war without consulting anyone is a madman.
No rational person would support such a position.
And I personally, trust no homo sapiens with that much power.
2) The Congress is corrupt and composed of pathological elitist liars interested in only their own personal well-being (like the Judicial and Executive Branches).
All three branches must be purged and the structures totally rebuilt.
Replacing these traitorous bastards will be easy. Like cockroaches, there are plenty more where they came from .....
When there were chronic problems and there was no "law" around or the "law" was incompetent or corrupt, vigilantes solved the problems themselves.
"Knowing that, are we ready to turn off some lights in our homes? Is it possible for Americans to forfeit McMansion dreams, drive smaller cars, take public transit, embrace water restrictions, or live in more sustainable geographies? Can we resist materialism, halt the bone-crushing stampedes to Wal-Mart, and stop needlessly spending beyond our means?"
Uhh, NO .....
"Only in the end do you understand" ...... the Emperor ... Return of the Jedi
"Loneliness" is just another "want".
It won't be fixed by the people in it.
Only awakening of the masses and their refusal to quit until some type of fairness is established will change things.
Actually, the reproductive systems are easy to understand.
"Boys have a penis and girls have a vagina."
Quote from boy in "Kindergarden Cop"
"God Consciousness" is available to anyone who is willing to turn away from the cultural conditioning of the ego and do the necessary work along with a wish to find it.
So it was that Jesus said "The Kingdom Is Within You".
The history of organized religion is largely one of a lust for power and greed for money ......... oppression and murder, division rather than wholeness and separation (we're better than you and have the truth) rather than cooperation.
I find most "religious organizations' to have the mentality of "accept our "truth" or we will bury you."
Large organizations of any type can acquire power and power corrupts.
There is no doubt that there are members within all organized religions that have reached the consciousness of Jesus, or Buddha, etc but largely the various "faiths" show no signs of having become what they claim to believe in.
"Many are called, but few are chosen".
Religion in the USA is largely a business ...... there are exceptions of course.
Most rich churches are simply Country Clubs where tithes replace dues ....... but they do make the members "feel" better about themselves.
Hypocrisy is always the worst of offenses and at its base is always deceit and manipulation.
Jesus was angered more by hypocrisy (particularly that of the priests) than he was the "sins" of the tax collectors and whores.
Hypocrisy breeds cynicism and numbs the emotions and spiritual consciousness.
Yet, we admire those politicians whose crafty political cunning allows them to fool the masses. This is nothing but hypocrisy and cynicism on their part.
As you know, the Catholic Church, which was responsible for the persecution and murder of Joan of Arc recently made her a saint.
As Sheriff Justice of "Smokey and the Bandit" would say : "That's mighty comforting".
Do you think things have really changed ???
The only thing that keeps these bastards in check is separation of church and state and it is once again being threatened in this country.
And yet, the politicians we admire (
It seems the Congress, with less than a 20% approval rate .... which enabled and prostrated themselves before the Bush administration ...... while the Constitution was shredded .... while Wall Street was allowed to run amok (and now engaged in bailing out the criminals who should be hanged) ...... during a time when people are losing their jobs .....
HAS JUST GOTTEN AN AUTOMATIC PAY RAISE !!!!!!!
I'd like to work somewhere I can get a big pay raise with a 20% approval rate from my supervisor.
So true ...... personally I've never seen the need for "preachers" or whatever you desire to call them.
Surely something as powerful as god can make itself heard whenever it wants to ...... it doesn't need a middle-man.
Jesus preached the same thing also ....... and the Pharisees and Sadducees with their status and pocketbooks at risk with their foreseen obselescence, handed him over to the Romans.
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Always fear the one who claims to speak for god.
Ah yes, the true god of America .....the Most High God . MAMMON ..
And separation of church demands we tax these commercial real estate ventures which call themselves "Churches" .....
It was Ray Kroc who said "We (McDonald's) are in the business of real estate" and all the mega-churches and franchise churches know this.
Higher consciousness is the path to experiencing god and our species seems to be incapable of evolving beyond the self.
I understand the Mormon girls do this a lot because they can still consider themselves virgins.
Is a blowjob really sex ???
Depends on what your mean by sex ...... Bill Clinton
Promise them everything ..... give them nothing.
You cannot compromise with evil ..... period.
Take a stand .......... or take a seat.
Would have been a better choice ...... or maybe Rev Ike.
But I guess, any well-know skypilot will do.
Unless you personally are willing to adopt some pregnant woman's child as your own and raise it with love and give it the required resources of time and finances, you are a hypocrite to deny that woman a right to abortion ....... stay out of it ..... it is none of your business.
What kind of person would require a woman to have a child she does not want ??? What kind of life will that child reasonably have.
I went thru 12 years of school and saw only one pregnancy.
Education can reduce pregnancies but there will always be those whose ill-conceived motivations or mental immaturity will result in their becoming pregnant.
Escalating unwanted pregnancies are a reflection of the failures of the values and mores of a culture.