3.16.2003
Be part of the solution. Show where you stand this evening. Find out where others in your community will be standing in solidarity with a world that wants peace. The Global Vigil for peace is tonight.
3/16/2003
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Do you remember what you read in 'The Brothers Karamozov' during the chapter 'The Grand Inquisitor' about how Christ was treated by Church authority on his return:
" "'Is it Thou? Thou?' but receiving no answer, he adds at once. 'Don't answer, be silent. What canst Thou say, indeed? I know too well what Thou wouldst say. And Thou hast no right to add anything to what Thou hadst said of old. Why, then, art Thou come to hinder us? For Thou hast come to hinder us, and Thou knowest that. But dost thou know what will be to-morrow? I know not who Thou art and care not to know whether it is Thou or only a semblance of Him, but to-morrow I shall condemn Thee and burn Thee at the stake as the worst of heretics. And the very people who have to-day kissed Thy feet, to-morrow at the faintest sign from me will rush to heap up the embers of Thy fire. Knowest Thou that? Yes, maybe Thou knowest it,' he added with thoughtful penetration, never for a moment taking his eyes off the Prisoner." "
I linked to the whole chapter, if you have time you might want to read it. It speaks a great deal to organized religion and hierarchy- you know if Christ, the fellow widely thought of as "God as Man" did come back he sure wouldn't be invited on any Fundamentalist talk shows.
Mr Bush and the Republican party would have no room at the table for this Peacenik. Not to mention the other conscious caring Liberal views he espouses in the Bible. I imagine Mr Ashcroft as the Inquisitor cited in the Dostoyevsky text.
Just so you know, our government is consulting Michael Drosnan, a fellow who has written books on a code he claims to have found contained in the Bible. Read the NY times article " Is it good for the Jews?"
Done be scared. Organize.
3/16/2003
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A friend e-mailed me this link and I wonder what you think...
Word is made flesh as God reveals himself... as a fish.
Now, if the fellow was an atheist instead of a "devout Christian" the fish would probably still be among us, and who knows? Just another argument against the Talibanization of America.
God killed by a Christian. I imagine Mr Nivelo just finished the job that Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Mr Bush and his fundamentalist supporters started.
Go figure.
3/16/2003
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Gas prices are high and getting higher. I bet you wonder just how they are arrived at. Read about oil refiners and price manipulation, learn about such gasoline esoterica as 'zone pricing' and keeping the market 'tight'. This is taken "From the Statement of Senator Carl Levin, Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Hearing on Gas Prices: How Are They Really Set? US Senate, 30 April 2002:" Scroll down to access the full report.
3/16/2003
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