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Welcome to disaster, people. Really.
Kucinich reveals Dem funding bill includes privatization of Iraq oil & carte blanche to invade Iran Bush will toss a "pre-emptive" nuke over there because of the Oil Bourse. Same reason for Iraq invasion. Saddam wanted to trade oil in Euros and drop the dollar. Halliburton/Bush didn't like that Saddam told the US oil tycoons to fuck off, so the Republicans used the national guard like tools and The Rich pigs used taxpayer money like a personal ATM card and they sent some corporate mercenaries and invaded Iraq. They bombed, tortured people. You know if we invade Iran, Korea will be pissed off and more ready to act, Russia will lose it, and other countries will too. And all hell will break loose LINK Bush is about to spring the trap those fucking neocon tyrant assholes have been plotting to spring on us since before Nixon. When the trap slams on our neck it will be too late to wake up. These fuckers in Washington on BOTH sides will have fucked us all over, bad. LINK LINK LINK Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his own response to Bush from the deck of the Russian battle cruiser Peter the Great in the Barents Sea. Putin's warning addressed the Cheney-Rumsfeld reliance on low-yield nuclear weapons as a key component of US strategy. "I think that lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear arms is a dangerous trend, because somebody may feel tempted to use nuclear weapons," Putin told journalists. "If that happens, the next step can be taken LINK LINK On the one hand there is the Iranian decision of opening the first oil bourse priced in Euros on March 20th, 2006 in Teheran, available to all oil producers of the region ; on the other hand, there is the decision of the American Federal Reserve to stop publishing M3 figures (the most reliable indicator on the amount of dollars circulating in the world) from March 23, 2006 onward. These two decisions constitute altogether the indicators, the causes and the consequences of the historical transition in progress between the order created after World War II and the new international equilibrium in gestation since the collapse of the USSR. Their magnitude as much as their simultaneity will catalyze all the tensions, weaknesses and imbalances accumulated since more than a decade throughout the international system ... Decoding of the aggravating factor “The military intervention against Iran” Iran holds some significant geo-strategic assets in the current crisis, such as its ability to intervene easily and with a major impact on the oil provisioning of Asia and Europe (by blocking the Strait of Ormuz), on the conflicts in progress in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention the possible recourse to international terrorism. But besides these aspects, the growing distrust towards Washington creates a particularly problematic situation. Far from calming both Asian and European fears concerning the accession of Iran to the statute of nuclear power, a military intervention against Iran would result in an quasi-immediate dissociation of the European public opinions <6> which, in a context where Washington has lost its credibility in handling properly this type of case since the invasion of Iraq, will prevent the European governments from making any thing else than follow their public opinions. In parallel, the rising cost of oil which would follow such an intervention will lead Asian countries, China first and foremost, to oppose this option, thus forcing the United States (or Israel) to intervene on their own, without UN guarantee, therefore adding a severe military and diplomatic crisis to the economic and financial crisis. LINK To date, one of the more difficult technical obstacles concerning a euro-based oil transaction trading system is the lack of a euro-denominated oil pricing standard, or oil ‘marker’ as it is referred to in the industry. The three current oil markers are U.S. dollar denominated, which include the West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI), Norway Brent crude, and the UAE Dubai crude. However, since the spring of 2003, Iran has required payments in the euro currency for its European and Asian/ACU exports - although the oil pricing for trades are still denominated in the dollar. LINK Another Iranian official said to be familiar with the “retaliation plan” claimed it would be launched within an hour of a US attack and would be accompanied by increased support for terrorist groups. “The US will be as surprised with Iranian military capabilities as the Israelis were with Hezbollah in last summer’s war in Lebanon,” he said. LINK And getting OUT of here won't be easy now... WonDeRful! LINK
The level of societal damage will depend
I think the biggest homeland repercussions would be focused on the poor economic effects and the ensuing personal hardships caused by a likely sharp spike in the price of oil. The level of societal damage will depend on how well your fellow Americans get along when your society's engines are starved for fuel. There is the potential for localized terror attacks, but the effect of these would be more an issue of psychological damage (unless of course you are in the wrong place at the wrong time) Any use of WMD on homeland soil, I think, is quite remote. If such a thing were ever used, the games up. time will tell...
Jobs Americans won't do? Horse puckey.
This screwed the Mexicans living in their own country too. How were they to earn a living, Come on this was all planned by our own home grown politicians, and every one turned a blind eye back then thinking HEY WON'T TAKE MY JOB!! Wrong again! the immigrant workers are just patsies, the American workers are left holding the rubber peach! Hey Did you hear the latest? DEL MONTE got caught they sent hundreds of immigrant pickers back They quickly posted signs for 200 able warm bodies for hire and with in one hour AMERICANS who according to BUSH don't want to do THOSE kind of jobs were there in a heartbeat ready to work!
Moving day
Just a mind fuck
Spinrad is an angry guy. Maybe he really does see the future and has reason to be pissed. This book is an addition to other books that would be dystopian if they weren't so real. His best book by far is "Little Heroes"... And "Songs from the Stars" is great, with the Clear Blue Lou and Sunshine Sue characters (in a post-holocaust nirvana set in the Sierras where everyone drinks homebrew, smokes reef, and uses hang-gliders and sail-powered bikes...) "Greenhouse Summer" is scary. And this book...is just a mind fuck. I had to turn on some Dead to get my mind right -- then I will keep reading until it kills me...
Prepared for the worst
Meanwhile, for those of us not driven crazy with Pittershawn's sad Jew hatred, I trust you and yours are prepared for the worst, because the worst will be upon us soon. If Bush launches an attack or blockade of Iran (and it's almost inconceivable that he won't) the blowback will be immediate and profound. China and Russia, of course, purchase large percentages of their oil from Iran I would suggest having an exit strategy
Quick thinking
Collective bad behavior
"Yes, that comment was a jab at the Jews, because, in fact, they have a history of collective bad behavior."Sorry matey, if you want people to wade through to your seemingly over long and drawn out prattle, you're going to have to come up with a more convincing opening statement than that. Sadly, as soon as I read it, my mind automatically recalled the 'collective bad behavior' of so called Christians presently and throughout history who, whilst preaching the doctrines of peace, self control, love, tolerance, charity etc have in fact created a paradoxical world dominated by violence, debauchery, hatred, intolerance and greed. Perhaps Jews do have "a history of collective bad behavior". I don't know. I haven't researched it and I certainly can't think of any comparable examples offhand. But, if they indeed have one, their "collective history of bad behavior" couldn't possibly be any worse than the historical and ongoing "collective bad behavior" of those who profess to be Christian which, unfortunately, I spent so much time recalling, I didn't have the time to read your rant.
A Christian nation
Maybe it gets better, or I get more tolerant
First of all here is Twenty things you should know about corporate crime, by Russell Mokhiber, which is a measured and succinct version of your rant and more specific... As for Spinrad, I did read Greenhouse Summer, and I don’t recall the writing being as sloppy as this latest one, but I’ve read I whole lot of stuff since then. I will say definitely that Olivia Butler (1947-2006) was a better writer in any genre, and doomsday scenarios were her metier also. Kurt Vonnegut he is not. The plot-line in He Walked Among Us is barely visible among the dense verbiage he socks in around it. Needs a bit of editing and proofing, but my main question is when the hell did he write this? It is not current in terms of idiom and atmosphere. Either he put this together well over ten years ago, and maybe closer to fifteen, or he is just not keeping up with stuff going on now. Which is why I suspect he is shopping it at shareware... Of course, I am now reading near the close of the second chapter and wishing it were on paper... so what do I know besides Guesstimation? Maybe it gets better, or I get more tolerant. So far, I liked Greenhouse Summer better, and even (I hate to admit it) Little Heroes.
Anger is transformative
Now, I've got three pairs of shorts and usually wear a white shirt. In cold weather I wear jeans and one of a couple sweaters. I buy the same item whenever I go, but this lady wouldn't believe I was her regular customer, but a new one. On a very un-PC note, the lady is from India, so maybe all middle-aged American ladies look alike to her, but I really, really doubt it. hope y'all are doing well. Yeah, I saw both hands too, but to me Limbaugh is so loathsome that I'll be glad if he can't get any gigs, although to paraphrase I'll defend to my last piece of chocolate his death to say it. Limbaugh's words simply aren't worth my life In the urban area in which I live, sirens go off that sound the same sequence as 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and then one hears a crackly voice saying something. Surrounding areas probably don't have the public address systems, but we have multiple radio stations that air weather warnings . I wasn't really sure why only one station of three available was giving alerts. Every time the weather system goes off, I start looking for lights in the sky or unusual new neighbors...
It boils down to racial bigotry
Unfortunately, Genarlow's struggle is not over. A few hours after Judge Wilson's decision, Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker filed for an appeal, meaning that the Georgia Supreme Court will now determine Genarlow's fate. We asked the District Attorney to agree to bond but he did not so we have to wait until July 5th to try and get a bond from the Douglas County Superior Court.What an idiotic waste of taxpayer's money! There is no principle of justice at stake. Perhaps it boils down to racial bigotry.
I've read enough of Pittershawn's blog
I thought you were wrong, Helen, in making a vile assumption about Pittershawn. I've read enough of Pittershawn's blog to know there's a good soul writing it ... or I thought so ... but the admission, "Yes, that comment was a jab at the jews, because, in fact, they have a history of collective bad behavior" ... Collective blame, that's just inarguable bigotry, and anyone who doesn't say so is saying bigotry is OK. This is sad.
Quit yer pointless yakking
Twenty things
Twenty things we should know about corporate crime Thank you for all you do to help our Country.
The only way in/out of Palestine
The border to Egypt is in Gaza, only way out of the prison of Palestine, and to bring in money, people, weapons....Not to mention the weapons it found that Israel and the US have been pouring into Palestine to Fatah... Israel, US and the EU will never allows that... we can expect the bombing of Gaza any time now. Rice's "politics of wishful thinking" & bombs may yet have a happy ending... The propaganda machine will have to go into overdrive, so that people will not sympathize with the Palestinians....(who will not dare open their mouths for another 40 years)... we will see a lot of weeping Miri and self righteous Itzhak, an "oh we do so much want peace" Mark Regev, and bingo: Bush will have democratized another Middle Eastern country! We will also see the Presidential candidates falling over themselves supporting Israel and however this ends.
Gross profanity
I was under the impression that gross profanity was VERBOTEN on this web-site, Vty, ( please advise )
Well, this was an enlightening discussion
I don't dislike Jews. And i'm sure you would perceive some of my comments as veiled. I actually expected that to be your response. To share MY personal observations does not constitute dislike. They are only my observations. Just as I observe many negative things amongst my black people, which I equally discuss. As always, however, you and so many others have the convenient option of walking away when you are tired of and "impatient" with something you don't like or that makes you uncomfortable. Or that you don't agree with. Walk a year in my shoes and you will see that no matter what, I cannot walk away from racial bias or these hard types of discussions. Must be real nice... sure wish I had that option. ALL white people of ALL religions and cultures can walk away when they wish. A white person of any religion or ethnicity can change their name, learn to speak like the locals and blend in here in america. I can't my dear. So again, I see in you the superior and matter-of-fact dismissal that I see in many who have the option of walking away when the conversation gets annoying or the person is perceived a certain way. Again, must be real nice...i still admire and respect what you are attempting to do here. but i admonish you to not let age cloud your ability to learn something new. We are all here to learn. ALL of us. Until the day we die. And you need to realize that unlike you, I can't turn off my blackness when I get sick of the racist attitudes and commentary. but EVERY white person can...walk away... Well, this was an enlightening discussion. I'm sure since you are now finished with me there is no choice but to end it here. Thanks. It seems it was missed in the several places I wrote it that although I said jews, i assumed intelligent people would know I didn't mean ALL jews. But, I guess because everyone wants to insist and force the idea that I hate all jews, those repeated points I've made should be ignored. Ok. I think I get the picture on this. The jury is out, you have decided, I am guilty. funny how history doesn't change the way people in the world think and behave once they've decided something. guess it is time for me to be burned at the stake, huh? some of you sound like the deciders at the salem witch trials. It seems it was also ignored that I have sent, twice, the Jews Against Zionism site, which I thought you would see shows my views. But, I guess because you are my deciders, that little bit should be ignored too and it should be pushed that I hate all jews. got you. i am dually put in my place. another unchanging event in history. i find it equally interesting that everyone would assume that I am NOT jewish...i think that fact shows me all i need to know. yet another prejudice. i can almost bet we wouldn't be having this silly discussion if you knew the truth of my background. but you all have oddly, which you can't seem to see, assumed that i am not jewish. bet if i were saying something about blacks, no one would have opened their mouth to say a word, cause you know my race. but i talk about a religion, judaism and an ethnicity, jews and without knowing my history, i am accused. interesting. Helen and Kirwan, I am annoyed with the two of you, just as you are annoyed with me. But unlike you, I would never have launched into an attack on your character. But you both launch into attacking mine, continue to ignore the things i've written to explain my thoughts, and wish to insist that i am veiling hatred for a group of people. and you wonder why i am writing about my disgust? who wouldn't? You asked what Helen could have said besides what she said. She could have said anything instead of lodging a blanket accusation because of what she felt was a blanket statement. You can't plow into someone about what you feel is a blanket statement and then turn around and make a blanket statement. What makes you any better than me then? and why not have discourse around a person's views? if in fact i was someone who hated jews, this was all you guys opportunity to engage me to uncover what the issues are. for all you know i was gang raped by a bunch of jewish men. you know nothing about me. nothing. you know nothing about what i've experienced, yet instead of engaging me peacefully, you make assumptions. and refuse to back down from those assumptions without anything concrete to prove your point...only a few observations i have made that seem to rub you the wrong way because i've pointed them out are your sole method of concluding your beliefs. Once again, because it seems folks have missed it the dozen times i've written it. i am against zionism. i believe that some jews are complicit in the behavior of zionists. someone changing to zionism doesn't remove the source of it. i do not place all jews under this same umbrella. and contrary to what you all might believe, by blanketing "zionism," you have done the exact same thing you continue to accuse me of. So, therefore, I could assume, based on your logic, that each of you are racist bigots, because you rail against zionism, when all zionists are most likely not for the negative behavior of the majority of zionists. all in no group are bad, no matter what the group says it stands for. so i would admonish you to make an attempt to take it easy on your racist bigoted comments against zionists and not blanket all of them under one umbrella. see now? how's that feel? funny how when you, Kathy, writing, "my disapproval of israel doesn't make me anti-jew" will probably be heard and respected as true. but when i say i don't hate all jews, no dice. i hope you know that an israeli reading your thoughts on Israel won't see it the way you do, since just about all of them are jewish and all of them love their country, israel. just as when people from other countries say they hate america and its policies, we become uncomfortable because we are americans. we hate it when we are placed under the umbrella of "america." we don't like the "blanket" statements. and we believe those people to also be, some of them, anti-christian and anti- democracy. look. this is done. you have decided to believe i hate all jews because i have pointed out a history of unsavory deeds by them. the fact that you, Helen and Kirwan, and whomever else, wishes to believe that says a lot about your way of thinking. it says that only what you think matters. very typical. very. and it also says that, judaism, is the only "code" word that draws your attention. forget that you blanket zionists, forget about all your other blanket statements. only when something is said about judaism is it important to squash all descent. Oh, btw, i have never received any hate mail in my life. but, i suppose our little discussion could count as my first one. cause it seems this attack is definitely hate mail folder material. no? folks, no need to say another word. let's just stick to the things that make YOU comfortable. you are my deciders and have decided, guilty. so let it be written, so let it be done. good night and good luck.
Can't find their socks
I was reading a book about women's suffrage before &after the Civil War years [when women's groups both worked with and clashed w/ groups supporting abolition of slavery and rights for blacks] and to some extent, standards was just as crappy then as in the '90s. That was a helluva shock, but says a lot about the US. We pride ourselves on freedom of the press. The press prides itself of leading the people into believing lies and, lately, into disaster. At the moment, that person probably didn't have anything more important to focus on than Paris. Sounds like you got a letter from someone who's physically clean from their drug of choice and not doing well, or perhaps trying to detox. Maybe someone who served more time for a lesser offense. Some processes are so consuming that people really can't focus on the important things. It's as if they will not escape a burning building because they can't find their socks. I once met a guy who said [although not to me] after he got clean from heroin the first time, "I learned you can't take that shit every day". Some addicts joke. Others spew their rage and misery at others. Please don't take it personally.
Yep. We saw that with Katrina.
The radio station that had the deal has the option not to run Limbaugh. It's not [as you've said many times] censorship to choose to air everyone who has a show. There are too many venues for someone like Limbaugh, who is spewing hatred as entertainment and news commentary, to be heard, and not enough venues for people who aren't.
Well, THAT worked, world:
Der Spiegel wrote, oh about a year and a half ago, that Hamas was about to go down to its knees... any minute.... The world decided to starve them, ignore them, call them terrorists, stop giving them money, and definitely never ever to talk to them....and to boost that weak little man Abbas (all promoted by the brilliant tacticians in the US and Israel, and nodded to by the other idiots running this brave new world.) and it seems to finally be paying off.
On ice
Too much to face
It's because most people don't want to believe that their government is run by a bunch of crooks, liars, gangsters, and murderers. No matter now bad things get, hardly anyone wants to admit the truth if it ever gets that bad
Norman Spinrad
HTML file RTF file note: google will convert .rtf into html for you if you ask nicely. This is a very entertaining book. Excellent. Not about the 2nd coming of Christ, so don't let the title put you off. If you can't afford to *buy* Spinrad's "Greenhouse Summer" to learn about how in the future the Military-Industrial complex will shift gears to Climate Engineering For Terra Bucks, then this is the right fucking book for you, cheapskate :-) By the way, we are already seeing "Big Climate" joining Big Pharma, Big Oil, yada yada, at the public feedtroughs. Big Climate just loves Democrats!!! And what I really appreciate is the synergy between the Military-Industrial-Entertainment complex and the Climate Engineering complex. First the M-I-E fucks everything up and bills you a trillion dollars. Then Big Climate promises to remediate everything for two trillion. And what, you think the Republicans are going to vote for anything Green unless they get a taste of the action? Fuck no. But there's enough payola for everyone... so you get your G.W. Bushes fucking up the environment for eight solid years
Surprise, surprise
The only reason I'm citing this is for the following comments.
And there are a lot of people who feel the same way and would love nothing better than to have an excuse to take pot shots at the powers that be. So to those who think that everyone in this country would roll over and let a dictatorship take over, they might be in for a surprise. The best part of our current government is that most distrust it and more than a few hate it completely. Both left, right and the middle. by Wesley Clark
There is only one reason that Joltin' Joe wants this and that is because of his (surprise surprise) blind support for Israel. And the Only reason Israel is scared shitless of Iran getting nukes is because they could no longer get away with murder in the region. They would have to stop all there bull crap activities in Palestine. They would no longer be able to bully every one cause there would be a new sheriff in town. Would could we do ?? Not much, Russia would back Iran of course.
A "57-variety mutt"
EXCELLENT article Kathy! This is exactly what I was talking about, because your examples are case specific. Pittershawn is focused on the sins of the past which of course were horrendous, but their resolution is not furthered by continuing to blame the offspring down to the present generations. We owe history the respect of KNOWING what happened and why. We do not owe anyone the rest of our natural lives for what previous generations have done. But we also owe ourselves the truth of what happened, so that, from this knowledge people can break with the crimes of previous generations and begin to live lives that reflect what we have come to understand from both history and our own experiences. I am fortunate in that I'm a "57-variety mutt" when it comes to genealogy. There's literally some of everything in my family tree, except perhaps black, and that's probably only because someone either lied or forgot. We are all only a few degrees apart when it comes to being related to any issue It's true that in many if not most of the nation states where the USA fomented insurrection and chaos Everyone could go down the path that Pittershawn has emphasized, but that only serves to keep the hate alive. The criminal behavior of those who continue the course that history has shown took place, is not useful, if the goal is to cleanse those open wounds that still bleed In America's case we have chosen a path of divisions and blame: as indicated by Pete Hamill in a 1994 article he wrote for Esquire. And since that time we have chosen only to make everything worse. If we apply what we know about ourselves and the current situations: then we must do better in every area of life Endgame "NO" is the only thing this government should hear, to everything they are proposing, from the majority of the people they want to RULE. If all of us just did this in both thought and deed, then this government will fail, and we could begin again. The entire fabric of what was 'government' is rotten to the core, because each one of almost all of them continues to make decisions based solely on their own personal gains that have nothing to do with their offices, or with the public's welfare. They have in essence "sold their reputations for a song" and in that bargain condemned us all to an inferno of slavery, death and taxes that will crush us into oblivion If that battle-cry is loud enough and often enough it would begin to take hold They NEED us far more than we "need" them.
Corruption at the top
They didn't forget the "difference from right and wrong", they simply voted in someone that was willing to use every means possible to attain absolute power, and then they were trapped through propaganda or violence, and ignorance. Most countries around the world still keep the death penalty as an exception used for wartime, exactly so they can execute anyone that disobeys orders or participates in conspiracies to overthrow government, sometimes in summary executions, with out any court of law Civilians and common German soldiers including their officials did nothing wrong, in the same way that their American, Canadian, British etc, counterparts did their duty as they were commanded. Had Hitler clearly admitted he wanted to conquer all territories of Germanic influence Hitler only needed the money of the corporations, and the votes of the peasants. Propaganda is more powerful then isolated voices of free speech, or even common sense. Corruption at the top makes it possible in any system. Powers are already concentrated in the president of the US, and he has obtained even more. Is he corrupt?
Convoluted
This is just a convoluted way of calling the Bush administration Nazis and equating Bush to Hitler. Blasé.
RSS won't feed
We'll always have Paris
Sorry thunderboltsnake, but I have to tell you that you don't know the slightest of what you're talkin' about. I currently live in the Greater Los Angeles community. As a fact, the "average" person who gets popped I know this 'cause a friend of mine got arrested making a terrorist threat, had 150K bail set, AND STILL got OR'd (own recognizance) after six days simply because he wasn't deemed to be enough of a threat! (It was ultimately determined six months down the line that he hadn't made that threat.) THE ONLY REASON why they're so stickin the low-rent thumbscrews to Hilton is specifically for the side-show quality of its distraction. Are we hearing about high crimes and misdemeanors that are undoubtedly happening at the highest levels of American government? Nah, why report on that boring shit when you have Paris Hilton heartbreakingly crying out to momma? I still can't tell though whether PH really is getting fucked over or she's just a willingly shill playing out a pre-composed part in order to keep the greater unwashed masses terminally distracted. The obtuse level of attention being expended on her makes me kinda' suspicious. Certainly with the quality of lawyers she retains and the piddly-shit charge she's probably guilty of, it shoulda' never even got to court.
Exactly the same thing
America is doing exactly the same thing that Hitler did with the volksgemeinschaft. You keep close tabs on public opinion, pushing them just far enough and then you reward them when needed. People think Hitler ruled by fiat without concern for the people, but the truth is he took the pulse all the time. Granted bush hasn't given out the furniture of deported jews, but he did lure people with the promise of cheap oil.
Thank goodness for meditation and a peace-loving spirit
Ok. Yes, that comment was a jab at the jews, because, in fact, they have a history of collective bad behavior. Although you may attempt to view those black teenagers in a way that makes blacks seem collectively bad, you and i both know you would be wrong. What have blacks, prior to slavery in America (and apartheid in africa), ever done to any white person or jewish person. What? There is virtually no history that shows blacks have done anything to whites or jews. Yet, it was the Jews and whites, who enslaved my black people and my indian brothers and sisters. It was the Jews whose ships were used to bring black slaves to america. so yes, it was a jab at the jews in the context of history. look at what is happening in palestine. My pointing out that columbus was a jew, is to point out that NOTHING about their invasive, murdering, raping, pillaging behavior has changed. Further, to make a jab at the jews, does not equal hatred. your comment that i seem to be a jew-hater, reeks of brainwashing. Why does a jab at the behavior of a group, which many can see is collective, even though we know it isn't EVERY single one of them, considered hating? why would you take it that far? can't you see the wrong in doing that? it is just common sense that a person can make an observation, without any hatred being connected to it. yet, you want to connect my "observation" with hatred. That is unfair and extremely disingenuous. i have been reading a lot of things on your website and find you to be very smart and insightful. actually, fairly brilliant. so i must give back what you have given to me by saying that i am disappointed in you for being so shortsighted in the way you analyzed my comments. What on earth have the palestinians done to the israeli/jews? Do people even know that for every ONE Israeli, about 50 palestinians are slaughtered? Or more! Yet, when this bad behavior is pointed out in the context of their jewry, everyone jumps to their defense, even those who are not jewish. Yes, it was a jab at them. but a jab does not, again, equal hatred or anti anything. and i am offended that I should be labeled as hating jews when THEY are the ones performing the hateful acts. I have never killed a soul in my life. Columbus murdered millions who did nothing to him. Yet, someone could have the nerve to label me as hating!? How can you not see the sickness in that kind of thinking, Helen? That is insane. further, if i were someone who hated, i WOULD have every right to hate Columbus and harbor that hate within the context of his ethnicity/religion. and why you say? because those are the only ones who did it to my ancestors in this country. Just like slavery in america. blacks and indians have EVERY right to hate whites collectively, because it was 95% whites and jews who enslaved us, and brutally I might add. even still, knowing this, I hate no one. i merely make observations. but believe me, i above ANYONE else, has the right to hate, not whites or jews. if i do dislike anyone, it would be those who murder people. you come into my house. kick your feet up on my chair, then tell me while holding a gun to my head, that not only do i no longer have the rights to my bedroom, but to the fridge as well. and when i say, no, this is my house and you are invading my space, YOU want to call ME the terrorist if I decide to attempt to blast your behind out of my bedroom. Helen, all said, I still respect you. Didn't stop actually. I have not seen anything on your website to indicate that you do not mean well. I know you do and like most, you are trying your best, as am I. But i think you should be more discerning when claiming that someone is a hater, when they have not displayed nor said anything hateful. because no matter what you are attempting to believe, my comment said nothing that would indicate to you that i hate anyone. that is a label you have chosen because of my observation, and frankly, i feel, because you are mimicking what everyone else tends to say when it is pointed out that collectively, there is something terribly wrong happening in this country and abroad. And frankly, I think more non-jewish white people need to see that they too are entangled in the madness. Because history shows, sadly, that the majority of slave owners in america, were in fact jews. further, how is your criticism of israel, which is a blanket criticism by the way, any different than my blanket criticism of columbus to show that their behavior is historical? by criticizing "israel" you include ALL israelites. but in your heart, you know it is not EVERYONE in israel that you mean. you know this because you know your intention. you know there is no other term you can use but israel. but when i say jews, you someone want to believe that i hate, as though your heart is more genuine and understood than my heart. uncool, helen. very uncool. you would not like it if i were to say you are a hater of the israelis when you comment on their behavior, because you know that was not your intent when pointing out their problems. but suddenly, you wish to make my intent more harmful than your intent. i think deep down you know that is wrong and unfair. Bottom line, i don't hate any one group, even when they display bad behavior. but i don't think that means i cannot point out my observations. and i think i should be able to do that without the erroneous claim that I "hate." It is a silly connection that does not logically follow. They took pains to point out his faith, but did not take the same pains to point out his butchery. How convenient. If a group of black people butchered a group of whites, ALL pains would have been taken to point out their butchery connected to their race, religion or ethnicity. As it had been throughout slavery and is still now. "Time uncovers all truths. Even those we attempt to ignore." Jade Sahnna Hating Jews in context: Unlike you, Germans don't make me cringe, I am fond of asians, particularly buddhists, i think my black people have many issues, just as I think they are the greatest. I think some palestinians have problems, just as I think the great majority have all rights to be thoroughly pissed the hell off. I think many christians are cultish, just as i think many of them are great people. i think some islamics are radicals, but also thing a great many of them just want to practice their muslim religion in peace. i think a great many jews have been the biggest liars and murderers in history, but i equally believe that many of them are very devout and wonderful people, hence my appreciation for the jews against zionism (jewsagainstzionism.com), of who I link to on my website. smart guys. they are telling it like it is about their own. and they are rabbis. i think that as a whole (here comes the blanket) christians, muslims, jews have been terrible murderers in history, all in the name of their religion. the christians had their turn. we blanketed their bad behavior in every history book you can find. the muslims had/have their turn, we blanket their bad behavior in every history book and recent news reports. but i suppose the jews are exempt from their turn to be blanketed, even though they to this day continue to commit horrible murders (yes, and many more groups do as well). I heard no one balking when the Hutus in Rwanda were blanketed. Remember, not ALL hutus participated in the genocide. But when someone ELSE says the hutus were murdering the tutsis, they get the respect of it being understood that they don't mean all of the hutus. even though it was generally observed that it was a great majority of the hutus that participated. But not me, huh? I think a lot of you are dishonest. and sadly, you jump to cry, don't blanket this group, when in this country, many of you were the first to start blanketing groups of people--violently. communist! this one is a communist! that one is a communist! blankets for everyone but a few. I have never heard anything so maddening. and all the while, no one can see that when someone, at least myself, mentions a group, it should be OBVIOUS that I don't mean the whole lot of them. Maybe that is what YOU do, but I don't do that. So please, stop deflecting who YOU are on me. to say the jews means that like our blanket of the hutus, muslims, christians, etc., we mean a majority has been found to be doing something unfavorable. no one typically sees anything wrong with mentioning what they observe about other cultures, races, religions and ethnicities, unless of course when jews are mentioned. note that in many cases, there is in fact a group system of behavior when it comes to certain things--it is natural to protect and defend ones group. that goes for all humans, all ethnicities, religions and races. it is also natural in dialogue to say, africans this, asians that, christians this, catholic priests that. the balk is never heard. but only with one group is the stomping and screaming and kicking as loud as possible. and you wish to call me a hater? i have learned in life that it is always the one who is the most wrong who screams the loudest. it is always those who wish to quell truth who are the first to be violent in words and deeds and, might I add, accusatory. There is an old saying, a hit dog with holler. All written, I am glad I don't have such a problem as "cringing" when listening to another group's accent. Seems like a very personal issue. And I am equally glad I don't have the problem of not trusting Asians. I'm sure that some have done things that would bring on that reaction, but when something wrong is done to someone, isn't it typical to feel scared of others from that group? when a woman is raped, doesn't she now have a problem with "men" in general? the micro makes the macro more evident. each of our "experiences" guide our judgment. it is emotionally rooted for many. As for things snowballing, there will be none of that on my end. because i don't hate anyone (just observant). and lord knows, with the experiences I've had with white people of all types, I should. Thank goodness for meditation and a peace loving spirit. A "57-variety mutt": Actually, I am not focused on the sins of the past. All these issues are here and now that I speak of. I think we can all see that. So to say that I am only focusing on the past isn't true at all. And i think you know that. Coming from Jamaica, West Indies, I am also a mutt. My great and great great ancestors (grandparents etc.) were irish, scottish, german, east indian, asian mix, and, of course, black. however, i most certainly look black. For me, it is not about division or blame. It is about pointing out what the issues are. If we don't recognize where a sickness is located in our body, how do we treat it? We have to say, it is my leg that has gangrene, or it is my eye that is going blind. We cannot heal our eye by focusing on our foot and vice versa. It is in pointing out where a problem is that we can fix it. further, if someone is sick, they cannot expect to go on, 1. pretending that they are not sick and 2. bringing that sickness to the village to destroy everyone else. if someone contracted a disease that could spread and kill everyone in the village, wouldn't that person be quarantined? i think to recognize the wisdom in seeing sickness for what it is, both the sick and the healthy, is how we can truly heal. we cannot ignore sickness. i also think it is unfair to say that i am keeping "hate alive." That is a very harsh accusation. comments like that actually are what could keep hate alive. because as i sit here, i am still disenfranchised. no one is healing my wounds. instead, they deflect blame without a word of apology. not one word. and, they accuse folks like myself of keeping hate alive and wonder why we are aggravated at times. unlike myself, who is very open to discourse without feeling angry, many in my position are not, and have no understanding of how to heal themselves and shield themselves from hate. also, we cannot shrink from the truths you mentioned. but i find it interesting that it is ok to speak the truth when it serves someone, but not ok when that truth makes the receiver uncomfortable. only when we are not at the negative end of the truth do we feel we must express truth? I see. ok. i think that is what is going on here. and i think we ALL need to wake up and see that. I often chuckle to myself when I read certain things. i trust that many will want to dismiss me after this. but i am, and many of my black, indian and african brethren, are accustomed to this kind of behavior. when we talk and it hurts the aggressor (or makes them feel profoundly guilty) the first defense mechanism is to call us angry or hateful. it is an everyday occurrence for us, even amongst those of us who have never laid a hand on another human being in our life, never raised our voice at anyone, or never cursed out anyone in anger. even when we peacefully express our grievances, we are labeled as angry and inciting hate. In my circles, those of blacks, indians, africans, arabs, we talk about these things all the time. We know all too well how all "others" quickly begin to deflect their negative way of being onto us. when we try to talk about our issues, we are perceived as angry. contrary to what you might believe, this is ALWAYS how we are perceived when we want to talk about what pains us in an effort to heal. it seems only our community gets this kind of push back when we discuss our issues and disappointments. when one goes to a psychiatrist in this country, the first thing that is understood in order to get to healing is to talk about what hurts. talk about what makes you angry. it is encouraged that they "get it out" in order to move to the next level of healing. they do this because they recognize that it is how we heal, by admitting what is making us sick. they are then encouraged to confront whomever was their aggressor to get it out and tell their rapist or mother or father that they are displeased with what they did. we know the drill on this. but i suppose all the above mentioned groups do not have the right to go through this. we do not have the right to express what ails us without being labeled. because it makes others feel guilty, we shouldn't say anything, because we are promoting "hate." My poor daughters are born into this kind of society. This society tells my daughters that if they experience racism, which they inevitably will, they are taught, by many here, that they should not say anything about their pain. They should not even peacefully confront those who are causing them the pain. Because if they do, they are promoting hate. They are not helping to heal. I ask you, when someone says something racist to my children, who is the one not promoting peace but promoting hate? Why is that if they decide to respond, they are labeled as though they are the aggressor? Frankly, the responses of many of you is standard operating procedure. you may think i have not seen this across the board, but some of you have responded in the exact way that many of my brothers and sisters speak about. i became a part of this circle because i never wanted to be like many of my brothers and sisters who now believe that ALL white people are the same. I joined this circle because I am forever the optimist. I always want to believe that there are a few good apples in any group. i have sadly been disappointed on many levels and having friends whom i've shared these conversations with say, "see, i told you." you have no idea how painful it is to hear my people say those things. i am always trying to say, let's all talk to each other. share our experiences and our view points. i was sharply admonished not to be so open with the realities of black life. i am sad to say that i now see why i was given this warning. i am terribly disappointed. and even still, i am hopeful that some will see what is going on. be honest. be open. be a part of the healing process without deflecting. i am still hopeful. but the pain of this reality is disconcerting. One friend said to me, "pittershawn, you will never change how they see us. They always live with that Masters of the Universe attitude and believe they should not apologize for the sins of their fathers and the sins of those STILL living." He said that even those who purport to not be racist, are often more subconsciously racist than they realize. I still cannot believe it. but there is an undertone from some in this group that is sadly causing that to ring true. Maybe it is not intentional. I believe that it probably isn't. but what has been going back and forth over the last few days has proven to be an interesting discovery. i hope my brethren are wrong. i hope for the sake of all of us, black and white. Soren Kierkegaard once wrote: "It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was just a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning, they shouted even louder. So I think the world will come to an end amid general applause from all the wits, who believe that it is a joke."
Letter to America
Hi America, First of all I'm not writing this to offend you; this is my genuine opinion. I'm actually attached to America because I spent part of my life there. I just want to say you're probably fucked good this time. Sorry to say that but as a whole you earned it by being so complacent and ignorant. And so did the Germans. And so will many others who take their freedom for granted. You're so inhumane as a country from my point of view that I don't even feel much pity for you since you seem like something totally alien. I pity you -- The people at whose cost this sick thing is going on, and the people who will suffer during the collapse. However they are only worth saving (if we consider rebuilding the nation) if they get the message why and when they gave this situation a hand. Otherwise they're just as wasted as the country from which they're suffering. Anyway just so you don't feel alone my country is heading the same direction. still we're in the same stadium as you were 20 years ago so there's still hope, although in the long run I doubt it. Actually I'm thinking of moving to a different country in a couple of years. I'll just be complacent in a different way: I'll run so as not to get f'ed like you had been.
Deaf shouting at the deaf
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