Well, there's something wrong with my computer again and it may take a little while for me to get it fixed, so for the time being, you'll see less posts because I'm posting at the local library.
Anyway, here's today's quote of the day:
Cultivate wisdom. You don't need to accumulate knowledge to become wise; anyone can become wise. When you become wise, you respect your body, you respect your mind, and you respect your soul. When you become wise, your life is controlled by your heart, not your head.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
YOU GOTTA BE SHITTING ME!!!
Believe me when I say, I'm not making this shit up. If you want go to the original story, click on the title below.
Romney says he’s part of the middle class
Posted on 09.22.11
By David Edwards
Categories: Featured, Say What?
Millionaire Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he was seeking better tax policies for people in the middle class like himself.
“I think it’s a real problem when you have half of Americans — almost half of Americans that are not paying income tax,” the candidate told a group of supporters at a town hall event in Florida. “My own view with regards to tax policy is that we ought to provide help to the people that have been hurt most by the Obama economy, and that’s the middle class.”
“It’s not those at the low end and it’s certainly not for those at the very high end. It’s for the great middle class, the 80 to 90 percent of us in this country.”
Earlier at the same event, he had promised not to pander or be “phony.”
In June, Romney told another group of unemployed Floridians that he was “also unemployed.”
The former Massachusetts governor has a net worth estimated at up to $250 million. Earlier this month, a supporter in Tampa thanked him for creating jobs by quadrupling the size of his $12 million California beachfront mansion.
Romney and his wife Ann also own homes in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. They recently sold two other homes in Belmont, Massachusetts and near Park City, Utah for about $8.75 million.
Romney says he’s part of the middle class
Posted on 09.22.11
By David Edwards
Categories: Featured, Say What?
Millionaire Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he was seeking better tax policies for people in the middle class like himself.
“I think it’s a real problem when you have half of Americans — almost half of Americans that are not paying income tax,” the candidate told a group of supporters at a town hall event in Florida. “My own view with regards to tax policy is that we ought to provide help to the people that have been hurt most by the Obama economy, and that’s the middle class.”
“It’s not those at the low end and it’s certainly not for those at the very high end. It’s for the great middle class, the 80 to 90 percent of us in this country.”
Earlier at the same event, he had promised not to pander or be “phony.”
In June, Romney told another group of unemployed Floridians that he was “also unemployed.”
The former Massachusetts governor has a net worth estimated at up to $250 million. Earlier this month, a supporter in Tampa thanked him for creating jobs by quadrupling the size of his $12 million California beachfront mansion.
Romney and his wife Ann also own homes in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. They recently sold two other homes in Belmont, Massachusetts and near Park City, Utah for about $8.75 million.
STANDING UP FOR A "SHRINKING, EXPLOITED MINORITY", LOL
Because if we don't act now people, 'the super rich will go extinct.' To watch the video from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, click on the title of this "Heartwarming" story below.
Stewart: Help save ‘endangered’ millionaires like O’Reilly
Posted on 09.22.11
By David Edwards
Categories: Featured, Political Satire/Parody
President Barack Obama’s plan to make sure millionaires pay a tax rate at least as high as the people that work for them has led to a lot of whining from wealthy conservatives.
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly has threatened to quit hosting his show and tea party Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) complained that he only has $400,000 left after feeding his family.
On Wednesday, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart asked viewers to help save these “endangered” millionaires.
“Bill [O'Reilly] is just standing up for a shrinking, exploited minority,” the comedy central host noted. “The super rich will go extinct. We’d add them to the endangered species list but you know how much they despise government regulation.”
“Every day America loses more and more millionaires to abusive individual and corporate tax rates. Their habitats are slowly disappearing, their watering holes drying up. If we don’t act quickly, these once plentiful creatures will be relegated to zoos and heartbreaking documentaries… Will you be an angel for a helpless multi-millionaire?”
Stewart: Help save ‘endangered’ millionaires like O’Reilly
Posted on 09.22.11
By David Edwards
Categories: Featured, Political Satire/Parody
President Barack Obama’s plan to make sure millionaires pay a tax rate at least as high as the people that work for them has led to a lot of whining from wealthy conservatives.
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly has threatened to quit hosting his show and tea party Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) complained that he only has $400,000 left after feeding his family.
On Wednesday, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart asked viewers to help save these “endangered” millionaires.
“Bill [O'Reilly] is just standing up for a shrinking, exploited minority,” the comedy central host noted. “The super rich will go extinct. We’d add them to the endangered species list but you know how much they despise government regulation.”
“Every day America loses more and more millionaires to abusive individual and corporate tax rates. Their habitats are slowly disappearing, their watering holes drying up. If we don’t act quickly, these once plentiful creatures will be relegated to zoos and heartbreaking documentaries… Will you be an angel for a helpless multi-millionaire?”
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Create the perfect relationship between you and your body. Treat your body with all your love, honor, gratitude, and respect. When you make it your goal to adore your own body and accept yourself completely, you are learning to have a perfect relationship with anyone else you are with.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
You can live in heaven right now. Heaven or hell is here and now; you don't need to wait to die. If you take responsibility for your own life, for your own actions, then your future is in your hands, and you can live in heaven while your body is alive.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
SEPTEMBER 21 IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR ME...
Because 37 years ago, on Saturday, September 21st, 1974, my mom gave birth to me.
And on this day, After I wake up, I'm gonna forget that I'm a broke, unemployed joke for just one day and go out and fucking enjoy myself. Of course tomorrow, It's back to sitting in front of my phone waiting for agencies or potential employers to call while putting in online applications, but TODAY IS MY DAY!!!!!!!!! That is, AFTER I get some sleep.
Well, I'm going to bed now, but:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!
Now, enjoy the video.
And on this day, After I wake up, I'm gonna forget that I'm a broke, unemployed joke for just one day and go out and fucking enjoy myself. Of course tomorrow, It's back to sitting in front of my phone waiting for agencies or potential employers to call while putting in online applications, but TODAY IS MY DAY!!!!!!!!! That is, AFTER I get some sleep.
Well, I'm going to bed now, but:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!
Now, enjoy the video.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
"The Young Turks" is coming to TV!
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Current TV and Cenk Uygur are launching an original TV version of "The Young Turks," which has become the world's largest online news show. Uygur's uniquely audacious, progressive and topical commentary about politics and pop culture will air each weeknight at 7pm.
"The Young Turks" is the largest online news show in the world, covering politics, pop culture and lifestyle. The show is one of the Top 50 You Tube Partners, with over 30 million views a month and half a billion total video views on "The Young Turks" YouTube Channel.
"The Young Turks" have received numerous awards, including: a 2011 People's Voice Webby Award for Best News & Politics: Series; a 2011 News/Politics Shorty Award; the Best Political Podcast Award, 2009; and The Best Political News Site at the 2009 Mashable Awards.
The Young Turks is the flagship show of the TYT Network, which includes What the Flick?!, TYT University, TYT Sports, TYT Interviews, TYT Shows and The Top Vlog.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Feel the beauty that lives inside you. You can only perceive the beauty that lives outside you when you feel the beauty that lives inside you. Honor your body and accept it as it is. You have the right to feel beautiful and enjoy it.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Monday, September 19, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Only the truth can set us free from the fear, drama, and conflict in our lives. When we release our faith from lies, we recover free will and make our own choices. And when we recover the power to believe whatever we want to believe, all we want is to love.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Sunday School Video
Today, I'm continuing my alternative stories of the life of Jesus Christ theme by posting this national Geographic video from You Tube titled, "The Secret Lives of Jesus".
A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY, FOR A SPECIAL FRIEND
Today is the birthday of one of my best friends. So for her, I'm putting up this post.
Hi Sandy!!!
Here's a little present for you.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SANDY!!!
Hi Sandy!!!
Here's a little present for you.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SANDY!!!
QUOTE OF THE DAY
When I am absorbed in what I'm doing, the voice of knowledge hardly speaks. When there is inaction, my mind has to have action, and that is an open invitation for the voice of knowledge to talk to me.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, September 17, 2011
What the Fuck????
I bet you guys were wondering why I chose to use that title for this post. Well, it was just the only way I could handle the insanity.
Bachmann on ‘pray the gay away’: Thought it was ‘pray away the grey'
Posted on 09.17.11
By Andrew Jones
Categories: Featured, Say What?
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann appeared on The Tonight Show Friday evening, trying to explain her husband’s “pray the gay” comments and therapy on same sex marriage.
Host Jay Leno was perplexed by that phrase, seeking to find any understanding on it. “Well that whole ‘pray the gay away, I don’t get that,’ Leno said.
Bachmann offered a peculiar reply. “Well see, when I heard that, I really thought it was like a mid-life crisis line,” she said. “‘Pray away the gray,’ that’s what I thought it was.”
Sensing that Bachmann wouldn’t budge on her feelings on gay marriage, Leno added: “I’m not going to change your mind on that one.”
To watch the original story along with a video from NBC, click on the title above, or click HERE.
Bachmann on ‘pray the gay away’: Thought it was ‘pray away the grey'
Posted on 09.17.11
By Andrew Jones
Categories: Featured, Say What?
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann appeared on The Tonight Show Friday evening, trying to explain her husband’s “pray the gay” comments and therapy on same sex marriage.
Host Jay Leno was perplexed by that phrase, seeking to find any understanding on it. “Well that whole ‘pray the gay away, I don’t get that,’ Leno said.
Bachmann offered a peculiar reply. “Well see, when I heard that, I really thought it was like a mid-life crisis line,” she said. “‘Pray away the gray,’ that’s what I thought it was.”
Sensing that Bachmann wouldn’t budge on her feelings on gay marriage, Leno added: “I’m not going to change your mind on that one.”
To watch the original story along with a video from NBC, click on the title above, or click HERE.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Lies blind our faith and lead us nowhere. When lies blind our faith, we fall into the illusion that we are separate from God, and we lose our power of creation. Real faith is having faith in life, faith in ourselves, faith for no reason. From this point of power, we can create whatever we want to create.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Friday, September 16, 2011
HAPPY MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY !!!
Grito de Dolores
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A statue of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in front of the church in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.
The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") also known as El Grito de la Independencia ("Cry of Independence"), uttered from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato on September 16, 1810 is the event that marks the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence and is the most important national holiday observed in Mexico. The "Grito" was the pronunciamiento of the Mexican War of Independence by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest.
The event
Hidalgo and several criollos were involved in a planned revolt against the Spanish colonial government, and the plotters were betrayed. Fearing his arrest, Hidalgo commanded his brother Mauricio, as well as Ignacio Allende and Mariano Abasolo to go with a number of other armed men to make the sheriff release the pro-independence inmates there on the night of 15 September. They managed to set eighty free.[2] Around 6:00 am September 16, 1810, Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung and gathered his congregation. Flanked by Allende and Juan Aldama, he addressed the people in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt.
The Battle of Guanajuato, the first major engagement of the insurgency, occurred 4 days later. Mexico's independence would not be effectively declared from Spain in the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire until September 27, 1821, after a decade of war.
Wording
There is no scholarly consensus as to what exactly Hidalgo said at the time, as the book The Course of Mexican History states "The exact words of this most famous of all Mexican speeches are not known, or, rather, they are reproduced in almost as many variations as there are historians to reproduce them."
The book goes on to claim that "the essential spirit of the message is...'My children: a new dispensation comes to us today. Will you receive it? Will you free yourselves? Will you recover the lands stolen by three hundred years ago from your forefathers by the hated Spaniards? We must act at once… Will you defend your religion and your rights as true patriots? Long live our Lady of Guadalupe! Death to bad government! Death to the gachupines!
By contrast William F. Cloud divides the sentiments above between both Hidalgo and the crowd... "He [Hidalgo] told them that the time for action on their part had now come. When he asked, 'Will you be slaves of Napoleon or will you as patriots defend your religion, your hearths and your rights?' there was a unanimous cry, 'We will defend to the utmost! Long live religion, long live our most holy mother of Guadalupe! Long live America! Death to bad government, and death to the Gachupines!'
Hidalgo’s Grito did not condemn the notion of monarchy or criticize the current social order in detail, but his opposition to the events in Spain and the current viceregal government was clearly expressed in his reference to bad government. The Grito also emphasized loyalty to the Catholic religion, a sentiment with which both Creoles and Peninsulares (native Spaniards) could sympathize; however, the strong anti-Spanish cry of “Death to the Gachupines” (Gachupines was a nickname given to Peninsulares) probably had caused horror among Mexico’s elite.
Remembrance
This event has since assumed an almost mythic status.[5][6] Since the late 20th century, Hidalgo y Costilla’s "cry of independence" has become emblematic of Mexican independence.
Each year on the night of September 15 at around eleven in the evening, the President of Mexico rings the bell of the National Palace in Mexico City. After the ringing of the bell, he repeats a cry of patriotism (a Grito Mexicano) based upon the "Grito de Dolores", with the names of the important heroes of the Mexican War of Independence and ending with the threefold shout of ¡Viva México! from the balcony of the palace to the assembled crowd in the Plaza de la Constitución, or Zócalo, one of the largest public plazas in the world. After the shouting, he rings the bell again and waves the Flag of Mexico to the applause of the crowd, and is followed by the playing and mass singing of the Himno Nacional Mexicano, the national anthem. This event draws up to half a million spectators from all over Mexico and tourists worldwide. On the morning of September 16, or Independence Day, the national military parade starts in the Zócalo, passes the Hidalgo Memorial and ends on the Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City’s main boulevard.
A similar celebration occurs in cities and towns all over Mexico, and in Mexican embassies and consulates worldwide, on the 15th or the 16th. The mayor (or governor, in the case of state capitals and ambassadors or consuls in the case of overseas celebrations), rings a bell and gives the traditional words, with the names of Mexican independence heroes included, ending with the threefold shout of Viva Mexico!, the bell ringing for the second time, the waving of the Mexican flag and the mass singing of the National Anthem by everyone in attendance. In the 19th century, it became common practice for Mexican presidents in their final year in office to re-enact the Grito in Dolores Hidalgo, rather than in the National Palace. President Calderón officiated at the Grito in Dolores Hidalgo as part of the bicentennial celebrations in 2010 on the 16th of September, even though he had to do this first, to launch the national bicentennial celebrations, in the National Palace balcony on the night of the 15th.
The following day, September 16 is Independence Day in Mexico and is considered a patriotic holiday, or fiesta patria (literally, holiday of the Fatherland). This day is marked by parades, patriotic programs, drum and bugle and marching band competitions, and special programs on the national and local media outlets, even concerts.
Full Version of the Cry of Dolores today (translated)
Mexicans!
Long live the heroes that gave us the Fatherland!
Long live Hidalgo!
Long live Morelos!
Long live Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez!
Long live Allende!
Long live Aldama and Matamoros!
Long live National Independence!
Long Live Mexico! Long Live Mexico! LONG LIVE MEXICO!!!!
RECIPIE OF THE DAY
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For Atum Ku Spagetti (Island Style Tuna Casserole) you will need:
3 vine tomatoes
3/4 of large red onions (they're sweeter)
2 eggs
1 box of angel hair spagetti
1 large Tuna Can or two small tuna can
butter to taste
olive oil to taste
salt and seasonings to taste (salt garlic and parsley seasoning, black pepper, Ms. Dash, for the angel hair pasta one cube of Knorr)
Swiss and Cheddar cheese to taste
Thank You!! Obrigada!!
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
I agree to respect myself for what I am. With self-respect, the self-judgment ends, and the self-rejection ends, too. With self-respect, my self-love grows stronger every day.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, September 15, 2011
It's a Conspiracy! A C-O-N... spiracy
I made a little post about this subject before, but after the many number of articles I read on the internet, conversations I had, etc. I felt that I had to make another post about this subject.
Now personally, I found a lot of inaccuracies form the conspiracy theorists, but I still believe that our government is hiding things about 9/11 that the public should know about. If the government would just tell the truth, then I believe that people wouldn't have to make things up. Though I realize some would still do it simply because that's what they do.
Anyway, here's a video I found on You Tube about this subject.
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Uploaded by corbettreport on Sep 11, 2011
Transcript and sources: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=2594
Everything you ever wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in under 5 minutes.
Now personally, I found a lot of inaccuracies form the conspiracy theorists, but I still believe that our government is hiding things about 9/11 that the public should know about. If the government would just tell the truth, then I believe that people wouldn't have to make things up. Though I realize some would still do it simply because that's what they do.
Anyway, here's a video I found on You Tube about this subject.
Video description taken from You Tube:
Uploaded by corbettreport on Sep 11, 2011
Transcript and sources: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=2594
Everything you ever wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in under 5 minutes.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
The word is pure magic. I find myself smiling and having fun, even when I am just by myself. The more I enjoy myself, the more I enjoy my life, and the more I enjoy the presence of everyone around me.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
What does the Tea Party like?
O.K, we all know what they hate -- Obama, taxes, Obama, the deficit, Obama, etc. But I was wondering, what do they like? Well, I guess the people at The Raw Story wondered the same thing, because I found this article they posted today on their website called,
The Top 5 things the tea party will cheer.
Well, if any of you were wondering the same thing, then click on the title above, and see if the article answers your question.
It sure as hell did answer mine.
The Top 5 things the tea party will cheer.
Well, if any of you were wondering the same thing, then click on the title above, and see if the article answers your question.
It sure as hell did answer mine.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect you. They consider that you're not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Better Late Than Never...
9/11
September 11th, 2011
Last Sunday was the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I wanted to post something about it then, but well, here I am.
There is not much more that needs to be said about this day that hasn't been said already. We all know how we felt on that day, and we all know what we've lost in this past decade as a result of what happened on that day.
I can only hope that we make this next decade one of peace.
In closing, I would like to share with you this letter from John Perkins. It's pretty blunt and honest, and worthy of reflection.
9/11 Take Back America
Dear friends,
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 I want to share with you my thoughts on how we can take back America. I know we can all do this together and have great faith in what we can accomplish.
9/11 – Take Back America
By John Perkins
As we honor that fateful day, it is heart-wrenching to realize that 9/11 destroyed so much about America that I once loved.
This sad fact was evident the other day when I traveled up the White River in Vermont where people desperately trying to survive the ravages of Hurricane Irene are told that our nation is running out of money to help them and other disaster victims. I wonder how they feel about the billions of dollars spent every day fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
Our loss as a nation was evident even before Irene -- when I jogged on old rail road rights-of-way that pass under bridges that are riddled with decay, rotten concrete and rebar; I had that sinking feeling that comes from the knowledge that infrastructure around my country is dilapidating at unprecedented rates while a few business executives get rich building war machines that demolish villages, raze hospitals, and kill children. I have to ask: How will my 4-year old grandson feel when he stands beside a river he can't cross and stares at the collapsed bridge his granddad's generation refused to repair?
It is also evident every time I get manhandled by airport security people. Or read about Bradley Manning and others who have been imprisoned and sometimes tortured because they expose crimes committed by a military that is supposed to defend their rights to free speech.
In the outlandish debates in Congress over the budget, the way our system of government has deteriorated into a dangerous power struggle that would be laughable if it weren't so damn dangerous.
In the schisms between "conservatives" and "liberals."
And in the budget cuts in education, health care, and social services. . .
I need not go on. We are all experiencing the horrible ways our nation has changed in the last decade.
Like many other Americans, I'm not convinced that we've been told the whole truth around 9/11 story. I find it difficult to believe that a man with a walkie talkie in a Himalayan cave could execute such a complex operation or that an air attack on the Pentagon would not be repelled by fighter jets – and no general would lose his job. But I do know that if subversives wanted to destroy the country I love they could not find a better method for accomplishing that task.
Our downfall started with 9/11. Or, more precisely, because of the way we reacted to 9/11.
After 9/11, we as a nation fell under the spell of those who seek to control us through fear. That fateful day hammered us into submission.
AND we submitted. We must accept that responsibility. We now need to take this opportunity, the tenth anniversary – and the weeks after – to look ourselves in the mirror. Each and every one of us must ask what we intend to do to shake off our shackles and win our country back.
The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 is a Call To Action! Let's mourn the victims.
Embrace their families in compassion – along with those of all the people who have died in the subsequent wars. But above all else, lets commit ourselves to taking back America!
John Perkins
New York Times bestselling author
Please subscribe to my newsletter at
www.johnperkins.org
www.dreamchange.org
Hoodwinked
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The Secret History of the American Empire
Shapeshifting
The World Is As You Dream It
Psychonavigation
The Stress-Free Habit
Spirit of the Shuar
September 11th, 2011
Last Sunday was the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I wanted to post something about it then, but well, here I am.
There is not much more that needs to be said about this day that hasn't been said already. We all know how we felt on that day, and we all know what we've lost in this past decade as a result of what happened on that day.
I can only hope that we make this next decade one of peace.
In closing, I would like to share with you this letter from John Perkins. It's pretty blunt and honest, and worthy of reflection.
9/11 Take Back America
Dear friends,
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 I want to share with you my thoughts on how we can take back America. I know we can all do this together and have great faith in what we can accomplish.
9/11 – Take Back America
By John Perkins
As we honor that fateful day, it is heart-wrenching to realize that 9/11 destroyed so much about America that I once loved.
This sad fact was evident the other day when I traveled up the White River in Vermont where people desperately trying to survive the ravages of Hurricane Irene are told that our nation is running out of money to help them and other disaster victims. I wonder how they feel about the billions of dollars spent every day fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
Our loss as a nation was evident even before Irene -- when I jogged on old rail road rights-of-way that pass under bridges that are riddled with decay, rotten concrete and rebar; I had that sinking feeling that comes from the knowledge that infrastructure around my country is dilapidating at unprecedented rates while a few business executives get rich building war machines that demolish villages, raze hospitals, and kill children. I have to ask: How will my 4-year old grandson feel when he stands beside a river he can't cross and stares at the collapsed bridge his granddad's generation refused to repair?
It is also evident every time I get manhandled by airport security people. Or read about Bradley Manning and others who have been imprisoned and sometimes tortured because they expose crimes committed by a military that is supposed to defend their rights to free speech.
In the outlandish debates in Congress over the budget, the way our system of government has deteriorated into a dangerous power struggle that would be laughable if it weren't so damn dangerous.
In the schisms between "conservatives" and "liberals."
And in the budget cuts in education, health care, and social services. . .
I need not go on. We are all experiencing the horrible ways our nation has changed in the last decade.
Like many other Americans, I'm not convinced that we've been told the whole truth around 9/11 story. I find it difficult to believe that a man with a walkie talkie in a Himalayan cave could execute such a complex operation or that an air attack on the Pentagon would not be repelled by fighter jets – and no general would lose his job. But I do know that if subversives wanted to destroy the country I love they could not find a better method for accomplishing that task.
Our downfall started with 9/11. Or, more precisely, because of the way we reacted to 9/11.
After 9/11, we as a nation fell under the spell of those who seek to control us through fear. That fateful day hammered us into submission.
AND we submitted. We must accept that responsibility. We now need to take this opportunity, the tenth anniversary – and the weeks after – to look ourselves in the mirror. Each and every one of us must ask what we intend to do to shake off our shackles and win our country back.
The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 is a Call To Action! Let's mourn the victims.
Embrace their families in compassion – along with those of all the people who have died in the subsequent wars. But above all else, lets commit ourselves to taking back America!
John Perkins
New York Times bestselling author
Please subscribe to my newsletter at
www.johnperkins.org
www.dreamchange.org
Hoodwinked
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
The Secret History of the American Empire
Shapeshifting
The World Is As You Dream It
Psychonavigation
The Stress-Free Habit
Spirit of the Shuar
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Heaven belongs to us because we are the children of heaven. The voice in our head doesn't belong to us; we aren't born with that voice. Thinking comes after we learn-first a language, then all of the judgments and lies. The voice of knowledge comes as we accumulate knowledge.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Monday, September 12, 2011
Anthony de Mello - Awareness pt. 6 and 7
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YOU GOTTA BE SHITTING ME!!!
I'm really pissed off right now. Click the below title to see why:
Republicans Say They’d Rather Hurt Obama Than Create Jobs
If it wasn't abundantly clear to you before, it should be clear now.
REPUBLICANS HATE OBAMA MORE THAN THEY LOVE AMERICA!!!
Republicans Say They’d Rather Hurt Obama Than Create Jobs
If it wasn't abundantly clear to you before, it should be clear now.
REPUBLICANS HATE OBAMA MORE THAN THEY LOVE AMERICA!!!
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I experience love by jumping into the ocean of love. Everything I do is a ritual of love-walking, working, playing. Just to be alive makes me intensely happy because I'm no longer thinking; I am feeling.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Jesus in Kashmir BBC Documentry
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BBC Documentary "The Chinese Are Coming" http://bit.ly/chinesecoming
The lost years of Jesus concerns the undocumented timespan between Jesus's childhood and the beginning of his ministry as recorded in the New Testament.
The gospels have accounts of events surrounding Jesus' birth, and the subsequent flight into Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod (Matthew 2:13-23). There is a general reference to the settlement of Joseph and Mary, along with the young Jesus, at Nazareth (Matthew 2:23; Lk. 2:39-40). There also is that isolated account of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus' visit to the city of Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, when Jesus was twelve years old (Luke 2:41-50).
Following that episode, there is a blank space in the record that covers eighteen years in the life of Christ (from age 12 to 30). Other than the generic allusion that Jesus advanced in wisdom, stature, and in favor with God and man (Luke 2:52), the Bible gives nothing more about Jesus' life during this time span. A common assumption amongst Christians is that Jesus simply lived in Nazareth during that period, but there are various accounts, that present other scenarios, including travels to India.
Several authors have claimed to have found proof of the existence of manuscripts in India and Tibet that support the belief that Christ was in India during this time in his life. Others cite legends in a number of places in the region that Jesus passed that way in ancient times. The Jesus in India manuscript was first reported in modern times by Nicolas Notovitch (1894). Subsequently several other authors have written on the subject, including the religious leader Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1899), Levi H. Dowling (1908), Swami Abhedananda (1922), Nicholas Roerich (1923--1928), Mathilde Ludendorff (1930), Elizabeth Clare Prophet (1956) and more recently Holger Kersten[4] in his book Jesus Lived in India (1994)
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What I am is something incredibly magnificent. I am life, and life is the only truth. Every animal, every flower, every rock is life, because everything is full of life. All of us are only one living being, and we come from the same place.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, September 10, 2011
"My Terrorists"
Below is an excerpt from Michael Moore's new book, HERE COMES TROUBLE. This story is from the first chapter in his book. It deals with terrorism after 9/11. Not terror perpetrated by al Qaeda, but terror and fear created by domestic terrorists who didn't want anyone questioning the actions of George W. Bush. You can read the condensed version from this Guardian piece, but, if you can, read the whole story when the book comes out this Tuesday. To read it, click on the title below:
Michael Moore: I was the most hated man in America | Books | The Guardian:
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No more U.S. mail?
What would you do if there was no more postal service?
No more U.S. mail? What would Ben Franklin think? | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News:
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
We are born with silent knowledge. When we are born, our body knows what it is, and it knows what to do. We can feel silent knowledge every time we breathe.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Friday, September 9, 2011
Anthony de Mello - Awareness pt. 5 on psychology
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Anthony de Mello - Awareness pt. 5 on psychology. see all videos in order at http://awareness.tk
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Watch: Obama’s full jobs speech to Congress | Raw Replay
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Watch: Obama’s full jobs speech to Congress | Raw Replay:
Posted on 09.8.11
By Stephen C. Webster
Categories: Featured, Nation
President Barack Obama Thursday challenged Republicans to halt a “political circus” and immediately pass a bigger than expected $447 billion jobs plan he said would jolt the “stalled” economy.
Obama, seeking to restore public trust in his economic management and take aim at 9.1 percent unemployment which has derailed the recovery and threatens his reelection bid, unveiled the plan at a joint address to Congress.
“The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities, the question tonight is whether we’ll meet ours,” Obama said.
“The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy.”
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Watch: Obama’s full jobs speech to Congress | Raw Replay:
Posted on 09.8.11
By Stephen C. Webster
Categories: Featured, Nation
President Barack Obama Thursday challenged Republicans to halt a “political circus” and immediately pass a bigger than expected $447 billion jobs plan he said would jolt the “stalled” economy.
Obama, seeking to restore public trust in his economic management and take aim at 9.1 percent unemployment which has derailed the recovery and threatens his reelection bid, unveiled the plan at a joint address to Congress.
“The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities, the question tonight is whether we’ll meet ours,” Obama said.
“The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Faith is the power of creation that all humans have. If we invest our faith in a lie, that lie becomes truth for us. If we believe we are not good enough, then thy will be done-we are not good enough. If we believe we will fail, we will fail, because that is the power and magic of our faith.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, September 8, 2011
DEAR DIARY...
Well, I just got back from the Artwalk... It was nice, I got to see some great pieces of art, as well as some crappy pieces... I danced with some krishna worshippers, checked out some exotic foods, etc. I had a good time, but without Danni El there, it wasn't the same... I guess I'm gonna have to see her at the Fiesta Panorama this October 1st.
But anyway, I do plan to go there next month... and the next month... and the next. There's just something about the Downtown L.A. Artwalk that makes me want to come back again, and again.
Well, that was my night. I wonder what tomorrow will bring...
But anyway, I do plan to go there next month... and the next month... and the next. There's just something about the Downtown L.A. Artwalk that makes me want to come back again, and again.
Well, that was my night. I wonder what tomorrow will bring...
DEAR DIARY... I'm going to the Artwalk Tonight
Yeah, that's right. I plan to be here tonight:
The Downtown Art Walk is a free community event that takes place on the 2nd Thursday afternoon and evening of every month, in and around the Historic Core and Old Bank Districts of Downtown Los Angeles, home of more than 40 art galleries.
I first went there because DANNI EL was performing there, but I found many other thing to like about it.
For more info, please go to www.downtownartwalk.org
The Downtown Art Walk is a free community event that takes place on the 2nd Thursday afternoon and evening of every month, in and around the Historic Core and Old Bank Districts of Downtown Los Angeles, home of more than 40 art galleries.
I first went there because DANNI EL was performing there, but I found many other thing to like about it.
For more info, please go to www.downtownartwalk.org
10 years Later...
10 years later, You'd think that with all the "conspiracy theories" about 9/11 going around, they would release this information.
National Archive keeps bulk of 9/11 Commission report sealed | The Raw Story:
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National Archive keeps bulk of 9/11 Commission report sealed | The Raw Story:
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Everything in God's creation is perfect. If we don't see our own perfection, it's because the lies in our story keep us from seeing the truth. The truth is that every human is born perfect because only perfection exists
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
A Love Poem
Somebody shared this short poem on Facebook, and I thought it was one of the most beautiful I ever heard, so I'm posting it here. I hope you like it.
I'm the only one
Who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one
Who'll drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone...im the only one
I'm the only one
Who'll walk across the fire for you
I'm the only one
Who'll drown in my desire for you
It's only fear that makes you run
The demons that you're hiding from
When all your promises are gone...im the only one
Stewart: Conservatives suddenly allergic to violent rhetoric | Raw Replay
There has to be something wrong with today's media when you seem to get more real news from a comedy show than a news program.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
We are born in truth, but we grow up believing in lies. One of the biggest lies in the story of humanity is the lie of our imperfection. When we believe this lie, we use the lie to judge ourselves,to punish ourselves, and to justify our mistakes.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME!!!!!!
For most school kids around this neck of the woods, this week is the week they go back to school. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to post up this little article I found on facebook today. To go to it, click on the title below.
50 Best High School Movies:
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50 Best High School Movies:
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
I acknowledge and accept my feelings. There is nothing wrong with whatever I feel. There are no good or bad emotions. Even if I feel anger or hate, there is always a reason for feeling it. Every emotion comes directly from the integrity of my spirit.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Monday, September 5, 2011
This Just In...
Now This is just too funny... Click on the title below to go to the original story.
Jesus Christ Files Lawsuit Against GOP For Slander | Free Wood Post:
September 5, 2011
By Corey Banks
Jesus Christ filed a lawsuit today in the New York Supreme Court against the Republican National Committee for what he is calling “egregious misrepresentation of his statements and image.”
One of the attorneys representing Christ had this to say:
“For years Republicans have proclaimed their love for and loyalty to Jesus, yet their actions are highly contradictory to what Mr. Christ preached. Instead of helping the poor and the sick GOP instead punishes the poor and the sickly.
Our client isn’t telling the GOP what their agenda should be, he simply wants them to stop using his name when their actions contradict everything he stood for.
If the GOP would like to continue using his name they have to start making a significant effort to help the poor and the sick, instead of the rich, and start promoting a more peaceful agenda.”
When asked about the lawsuit, House Speaker John Boehner made the following remarks:
“Mr. Christ is entitled to his opinion, however the GOP believes that the underlying message in the Bible is that giving tax cuts to the wealthy is the true path to happiness.
I don’t know where Mr. Christ thinks the Bible says to help the poor and the sick, but that sounds awfully socialistic to me, and we are not a socialist country.”
The lawsuit goes even further than just spoken word references to Jesus. According to the suit “images that inaccurately depict Jesus Christ, who was born in Middle Eastern country, as a Caucasian man with light skin, can no longer be displayed by political officials who claim they understand the Bible.”
Sarah Palin was at an event in Iowa today, and on camera, when a member of the crowd asked how she feels about Mr. Christ’s lawsuit. The crowd member simply asked her “have you heard that Jesus Christ is suing the GOP?”, to which former Governor Palin replied:
“Well, ya know, I don’t think Mr. Christ has a real understanding of what the GOP is trying to do to save America from the socialist death-spiral Obama has put us into.
In the Bible it states “work hard, and pull yourself up without any Government aide. If you need help from Caesar you are probably doing something wrong”, which clearly shows that Jesus wants Americans to hunker down and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
In the Bible it also states “go to the market and purchase good wares. Reward merchants with money, and God will smile upon you” which, I believe, shows that Jesus really wanted us to live in a free-market society.
Don’t forget the story of Noah’s Ark where God commanded Noah to build an Ark and take everyone except the poor and sickly away from people who were trying to steal their hard earned Gold.
Also, I’ve read the Bible plenty of times and I’ve never heard him say we should give welfare and food stamps to lazy people who don’t deserve it, which is what this Obama Administration is trying to do. They’re trying to make this country lazy and since Jesus was a man who did quite a bit of walking I would hope he would oppose such things.
Times have changed and I, for one, believe Christ is just confused and should probably re-read that most holy of books, the book that so many good, real Americans swear by, and just see, just really see, if he can get in there, ya know, and figure out if possibly he might have missed something. That’s what I would suggest Mr. Christ do.”
The media was quick to point out the many factual inaccuracies in former Governor Palin’s statement, but she fired back on Fox News today saying it was a “gotcha question” from the “liberal elite media”.
Mr. Christ’s lawsuit is set to move forward later this month. When asked if he would also be interested in filing a lawsuit for slanderous remarks made in the past, Allah declined comment.
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Jesus Christ Files Lawsuit Against GOP For Slander | Free Wood Post:
September 5, 2011
By Corey Banks
Jesus Christ filed a lawsuit today in the New York Supreme Court against the Republican National Committee for what he is calling “egregious misrepresentation of his statements and image.”
One of the attorneys representing Christ had this to say:
“For years Republicans have proclaimed their love for and loyalty to Jesus, yet their actions are highly contradictory to what Mr. Christ preached. Instead of helping the poor and the sick GOP instead punishes the poor and the sickly.
Our client isn’t telling the GOP what their agenda should be, he simply wants them to stop using his name when their actions contradict everything he stood for.
If the GOP would like to continue using his name they have to start making a significant effort to help the poor and the sick, instead of the rich, and start promoting a more peaceful agenda.”
When asked about the lawsuit, House Speaker John Boehner made the following remarks:
“Mr. Christ is entitled to his opinion, however the GOP believes that the underlying message in the Bible is that giving tax cuts to the wealthy is the true path to happiness.
I don’t know where Mr. Christ thinks the Bible says to help the poor and the sick, but that sounds awfully socialistic to me, and we are not a socialist country.”
The lawsuit goes even further than just spoken word references to Jesus. According to the suit “images that inaccurately depict Jesus Christ, who was born in Middle Eastern country, as a Caucasian man with light skin, can no longer be displayed by political officials who claim they understand the Bible.”
Sarah Palin was at an event in Iowa today, and on camera, when a member of the crowd asked how she feels about Mr. Christ’s lawsuit. The crowd member simply asked her “have you heard that Jesus Christ is suing the GOP?”, to which former Governor Palin replied:
“Well, ya know, I don’t think Mr. Christ has a real understanding of what the GOP is trying to do to save America from the socialist death-spiral Obama has put us into.
In the Bible it states “work hard, and pull yourself up without any Government aide. If you need help from Caesar you are probably doing something wrong”, which clearly shows that Jesus wants Americans to hunker down and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
In the Bible it also states “go to the market and purchase good wares. Reward merchants with money, and God will smile upon you” which, I believe, shows that Jesus really wanted us to live in a free-market society.
Don’t forget the story of Noah’s Ark where God commanded Noah to build an Ark and take everyone except the poor and sickly away from people who were trying to steal their hard earned Gold.
Also, I’ve read the Bible plenty of times and I’ve never heard him say we should give welfare and food stamps to lazy people who don’t deserve it, which is what this Obama Administration is trying to do. They’re trying to make this country lazy and since Jesus was a man who did quite a bit of walking I would hope he would oppose such things.
Times have changed and I, for one, believe Christ is just confused and should probably re-read that most holy of books, the book that so many good, real Americans swear by, and just see, just really see, if he can get in there, ya know, and figure out if possibly he might have missed something. That’s what I would suggest Mr. Christ do.”
The media was quick to point out the many factual inaccuracies in former Governor Palin’s statement, but she fired back on Fox News today saying it was a “gotcha question” from the “liberal elite media”.
Mr. Christ’s lawsuit is set to move forward later this month. When asked if he would also be interested in filing a lawsuit for slanderous remarks made in the past, Allah declined comment.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Manage the remarkable balance between acting
from your heart and close to your gifts
with completing the obligations
that your labor and tasks require of you.
Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
HAPPY LABOR DAY, EVERYBODY!!!
from your heart and close to your gifts
with completing the obligations
that your labor and tasks require of you.
Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
HAPPY LABOR DAY, EVERYBODY!!!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Sunday School Video
I thought that for the next couple of weeks, I'd post up a couple of Alternate stories about Jesus Christ that I found on You Tube... this is the first one.
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BBC Documentary "The Chinese Are Coming" http://bit.ly/chinesecoming
This BBC 4 documentary examines the question "Did Jesus Die?". It looks at a bunch of ideas around this question until minute 25, where this examination of ideas takes a very logical and grounded turn with surprising conclusions that demonstrate...
The three wise men were Buddhist monks who found Jesus and came back for him around puberty. After being trained in a Buddhist Monastery he spread the Buddhist philosophy, survived the crucifixion, and escaped to Kashmir, Afghanistan where he died an old man at the age of 80.
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Uploaded by nasirjohn on Jan 16, 2011
BBC Documentary "The Chinese Are Coming" http://bit.ly/chinesecoming
This BBC 4 documentary examines the question "Did Jesus Die?". It looks at a bunch of ideas around this question until minute 25, where this examination of ideas takes a very logical and grounded turn with surprising conclusions that demonstrate...
The three wise men were Buddhist monks who found Jesus and came back for him around puberty. After being trained in a Buddhist Monastery he spread the Buddhist philosophy, survived the crucifixion, and escaped to Kashmir, Afghanistan where he died an old man at the age of 80.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Our emotions are real; the voice of knowledge that makes us suffer is not. Our suffering is true, but the reason why we suffer may not be true at all
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, September 3, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
There is only one force that moves and transforms everything. The force that moves the stars is the same force that moves the atoms in my body. This force is always present and obvious for me to see, but I cannot see it when my attention is focused on lies.
~don Miguel Ruiz
~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, September 1, 2011
100-plus former Obama workers to protest tar sands pipeline at White House | The Raw Story
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100-plus former Obama workers to protest tar sands pipeline at White House | The Raw Story:
Former staffers and volunteers who have worked under President Barack Obama will "lead more than 100 people in civil disobedience at the White House" Thursday in an the ongoing protest against the Keystone XL pipeline, according to a release from the group.
Courtney Height, a former youth voting director for Obama for America and current Energy Action Committee staffer, is among those who will protest and risk arrest.
"Young people mobilized in record numbers in 2008 to elect a leader they believed would fulfill his promise,” Height said in a prepared statement. “Tomorrow I'm sitting-in with hundreds of other young people to call on President Obama to fulfill his promise and stand up to Big Oil. He must reject the Keystone XL pipeline; his legacy relies on it."
The pipeline would transport 50,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Canada to Texas' Gulf Coast region. U.S. Energy Secretary David Chu suggested Wednesday that the pipeline would likely be approved. The State Department also gave the nod to the $7 billion project and said that it would have limited environmental impact.
Extracting oil from the tar sands of Canada emits three to five times more greenhouse gas emissions than other methods of oil extraction and the process of extraction and separation actually uses more energy than the oil produces.
However, the message prevails that if the U.S. doesn't buy the oil someone else will.
"Even without [the pipeline] ... the oil is going to develop and is going to get to different refineries that are demanding it," a State Department official said.
Chu also hinted that diplomatic concerns could play into the pipeline deal.
“It’s certainly true that having Canada as a supplier for our oil is much more comforting than to have other countries supply our oil,” Chu said.
Members of the Tar Sands Action protest group have been sitting outside the White House since August 20 and more than 700 have been arrested, according to their website. Among the high-profile arrests are actress Darryl Hannah, the author of Obama's 2008 fundraising emails, Greenpeace's executive director and one of NASA's top climate scientists.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that he had not discussed the protests with the president.
Bill McKibben, environmental author and spokesman for Tar Sands Action, said that the lack of attention being paid would alienate the president's base.
“This is the largest civil disobedience action in the environmental movement in a generation, and if they really aren’t even discussing it with the president, that signals a deep disrespect for their supporters, especially young people who have demonstrated that the environment is a top priority," he said.
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100-plus former Obama workers to protest tar sands pipeline at White House | The Raw Story:
Former staffers and volunteers who have worked under President Barack Obama will "lead more than 100 people in civil disobedience at the White House" Thursday in an the ongoing protest against the Keystone XL pipeline, according to a release from the group.
Courtney Height, a former youth voting director for Obama for America and current Energy Action Committee staffer, is among those who will protest and risk arrest.
"Young people mobilized in record numbers in 2008 to elect a leader they believed would fulfill his promise,” Height said in a prepared statement. “Tomorrow I'm sitting-in with hundreds of other young people to call on President Obama to fulfill his promise and stand up to Big Oil. He must reject the Keystone XL pipeline; his legacy relies on it."
The pipeline would transport 50,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Canada to Texas' Gulf Coast region. U.S. Energy Secretary David Chu suggested Wednesday that the pipeline would likely be approved. The State Department also gave the nod to the $7 billion project and said that it would have limited environmental impact.
Extracting oil from the tar sands of Canada emits three to five times more greenhouse gas emissions than other methods of oil extraction and the process of extraction and separation actually uses more energy than the oil produces.
However, the message prevails that if the U.S. doesn't buy the oil someone else will.
"Even without [the pipeline] ... the oil is going to develop and is going to get to different refineries that are demanding it," a State Department official said.
Chu also hinted that diplomatic concerns could play into the pipeline deal.
“It’s certainly true that having Canada as a supplier for our oil is much more comforting than to have other countries supply our oil,” Chu said.
Members of the Tar Sands Action protest group have been sitting outside the White House since August 20 and more than 700 have been arrested, according to their website. Among the high-profile arrests are actress Darryl Hannah, the author of Obama's 2008 fundraising emails, Greenpeace's executive director and one of NASA's top climate scientists.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that he had not discussed the protests with the president.
Bill McKibben, environmental author and spokesman for Tar Sands Action, said that the lack of attention being paid would alienate the president's base.
“This is the largest civil disobedience action in the environmental movement in a generation, and if they really aren’t even discussing it with the president, that signals a deep disrespect for their supporters, especially young people who have demonstrated that the environment is a top priority," he said.
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This Just In...
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Almost 10 years on, 9/11 conspiracy theories abound | The Raw Story:
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, September 1st, 2011 -- 8:26 am
For some Americans, the deaths of nearly 3,000 people was not the scariest thing about 9/11. It was realizing who carried out the attacks: yes, the American government.
Defying countless official and non-governmental enquiries, media reporting, and often common sense, a significant number of people fervently disbelieve that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda sent 19 hijackers to execute the September 11, 2001 massacre.
Instead, elements within George W. Bush's administration -- or perhaps Israeli agents -- used pre-placed explosives and missiles to blow up the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
A relatively milder version is that the US government didn't actually blow up its citizens, but knew full well the attacks were coming, then did nothing to stop them.
In both cases, the reasoning is that Bush's team sought to justify the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a domestic clampdown on civil liberties.
Wild as they might sound, the conspiracy theorists are not just some tiny fringe.
A 2006 Scripps Howard poll found 36 percent of Americans believed in some form of government 9/11 conspiracy. Other polls have found widespread support not only in the Arab world, but also in France, where a book called "Horrifying Fraud" sold 200,000 copies shortly after 9/11.
Even a decade later, the conspiracy movement is alive and kicking in the United States.
Groups such as Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, or Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, see themselves as serious researchers exposing perhaps the biggest cover-up in US history.
In fact the real loonies, says David Ray Griffin, author of "The New Pearl Harbor" and "Cognitive Infiltration," are those who believe the government version about the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
"If we define miracles as a violation of scientific principles, in particular the principles of physics and chemistry, there are about a dozen miracles in the official story," he told KPFA, a liberal radio station in California.
A summary of the leading theories is contained in "Loose Change," a homemade documentary viewed nearly 125 million times on Google and some 30 million worldwide on YouTube, according to director Dylan Avery.
Splicing news footage and interviews, all set to a catchy music beat, "Loose Change" collates and expands on all the urban legends about 9/11.
For example:
-- The Twin Towers could not have collapsed from airplane impact alone.
-- The astonishingly rapid collapse of World Trade Center tower 7, despite not being hit by a plane, bore the hallmarks of professional demolition.
-- Wall Street trading on stocks directly affected by the disaster showed some people knew in advance about what was coming.
-- A US missile, not American Airlines Flight 77, smashed into the Pentagon.
-- United Airlines Flight 93 did not crash in a Pennsylvania field, but vanished, perhaps after being shot down by a fighter jet.
The United States has long been fertile ground for conspiracy theories.
In this parallel world, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by anyone ranging from the CIA to Cuban exiles. The Moon landing pictures were taken in a studio, while the US government is covering up evidence of UFOs. And American GIs are still held in bamboo cages in Vietnam.
The most recent addition is the "birther" movement, which claims Barack Obama was not born on US soil -- and therefore is an illegitimate president.
The conspiracy theorists remain a minority and face the scorn of the counter-conspiracy movement on websites like www.debunking911.com and www.screwloosechange.blogspot.com, which claims to prove wrong almost every statement made during the film.
But Kathy Olmsted, who teaches history at University of California Davis, said extreme mistrust of government is understandable.
After all, the Bush administration spent huge energy promoting its own false conspiracy theories about Saddam Hussein, claiming that the Iraqi leader possessed weapons of mass destruction and insinuating that he was linked to 9/11.
"The Bush administration did certainly twist the truth, if not outright lie during the Iraq war," Olmsted said. "So people say, 'how do we know the truth about 9/11'?"
Conspiracy theories may also aid people still struggling to comprehend the shock of what happened ten years ago.
"It was difficult for people to believe that 19 men armed with box cutters could cause such damage and kill so many people," said Professor Rich Hanley, who lectures on the media and popular culture at Quinnipiac University.
"It plays to how shocking this was to the American psyche."
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Almost 10 years on, 9/11 conspiracy theories abound | The Raw Story:
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, September 1st, 2011 -- 8:26 am
For some Americans, the deaths of nearly 3,000 people was not the scariest thing about 9/11. It was realizing who carried out the attacks: yes, the American government.
Defying countless official and non-governmental enquiries, media reporting, and often common sense, a significant number of people fervently disbelieve that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda sent 19 hijackers to execute the September 11, 2001 massacre.
Instead, elements within George W. Bush's administration -- or perhaps Israeli agents -- used pre-placed explosives and missiles to blow up the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
A relatively milder version is that the US government didn't actually blow up its citizens, but knew full well the attacks were coming, then did nothing to stop them.
In both cases, the reasoning is that Bush's team sought to justify the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a domestic clampdown on civil liberties.
Wild as they might sound, the conspiracy theorists are not just some tiny fringe.
A 2006 Scripps Howard poll found 36 percent of Americans believed in some form of government 9/11 conspiracy. Other polls have found widespread support not only in the Arab world, but also in France, where a book called "Horrifying Fraud" sold 200,000 copies shortly after 9/11.
Even a decade later, the conspiracy movement is alive and kicking in the United States.
Groups such as Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, or Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, see themselves as serious researchers exposing perhaps the biggest cover-up in US history.
In fact the real loonies, says David Ray Griffin, author of "The New Pearl Harbor" and "Cognitive Infiltration," are those who believe the government version about the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
"If we define miracles as a violation of scientific principles, in particular the principles of physics and chemistry, there are about a dozen miracles in the official story," he told KPFA, a liberal radio station in California.
A summary of the leading theories is contained in "Loose Change," a homemade documentary viewed nearly 125 million times on Google and some 30 million worldwide on YouTube, according to director Dylan Avery.
Splicing news footage and interviews, all set to a catchy music beat, "Loose Change" collates and expands on all the urban legends about 9/11.
For example:
-- The Twin Towers could not have collapsed from airplane impact alone.
-- The astonishingly rapid collapse of World Trade Center tower 7, despite not being hit by a plane, bore the hallmarks of professional demolition.
-- Wall Street trading on stocks directly affected by the disaster showed some people knew in advance about what was coming.
-- A US missile, not American Airlines Flight 77, smashed into the Pentagon.
-- United Airlines Flight 93 did not crash in a Pennsylvania field, but vanished, perhaps after being shot down by a fighter jet.
The United States has long been fertile ground for conspiracy theories.
In this parallel world, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by anyone ranging from the CIA to Cuban exiles. The Moon landing pictures were taken in a studio, while the US government is covering up evidence of UFOs. And American GIs are still held in bamboo cages in Vietnam.
The most recent addition is the "birther" movement, which claims Barack Obama was not born on US soil -- and therefore is an illegitimate president.
The conspiracy theorists remain a minority and face the scorn of the counter-conspiracy movement on websites like www.debunking911.com and www.screwloosechange.blogspot.com, which claims to prove wrong almost every statement made during the film.
But Kathy Olmsted, who teaches history at University of California Davis, said extreme mistrust of government is understandable.
After all, the Bush administration spent huge energy promoting its own false conspiracy theories about Saddam Hussein, claiming that the Iraqi leader possessed weapons of mass destruction and insinuating that he was linked to 9/11.
"The Bush administration did certainly twist the truth, if not outright lie during the Iraq war," Olmsted said. "So people say, 'how do we know the truth about 9/11'?"
Conspiracy theories may also aid people still struggling to comprehend the shock of what happened ten years ago.
"It was difficult for people to believe that 19 men armed with box cutters could cause such damage and kill so many people," said Professor Rich Hanley, who lectures on the media and popular culture at Quinnipiac University.
"It plays to how shocking this was to the American psyche."
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Fucking with Perfection...
Boys and Girls, has anyone ever heard the question, "if it ain't broke, why fix it?" Click on the title below to go to the original article.
Nooo! George Lucas Makes More Changes to Original Trilogy | Movie Talk - Yahoo! Movies
Nooo! George Lucas Makes More Changes to Original Trilogy | Movie Talk - Yahoo! Movies
Many would argue that the original "Star Wars" films were masterpieces when they were first released (the prequels not so much). However George Lucas just can't stop futzing around with his creations. The billionaire filmmaker's latest change can be seen in the upcoming Blu-ray release of the original trilogy. In the battle between Luke Skywalker and the Emperor in "Return of the Jedi," Lucas has given Darth Vader a new bit of dialogue.
Originally, Darth Vader just stood and watched the Emperor electrocute Luke with lightning bolts before coming to his son's rescue. Not anymore. Now, right before Darth Vader comes out of his daze, lifts up the Emperor, and tosses him to his death, the Dark Lord of the Sith yells a helpless "Noooo!"
If you're having having flashbacks to the awkward moment in "Revenge of the Sith" when the newly created Darth Vader screams "Noooo!" after the Emperor lies to him about Padme's death (awesome parody here), you're not alone. "Star Wars" fans far and wide have voiced their displeasure. Among the disappointed is filmmaker Simon Pegg, who wrote on Twitter that he "always loved Vader's wordless self sacrifice." Pegg then goes on to use salty language to bring home his point.
Commenters at Entertainment Weekly are equally displeased. One person writes, "WHY? WHY? WHY? Mr Lucas — do you have sooo much time on your hands that all you want to do is to simply keep tinkering with the movies? Leave them alone and go fishing!" Another jokingly posts, "Oh, now I get it. Vader threw the Emperor down the shaft because he was saying "NOOOOO…." to what the Emperor was doing to his kid. And here I always thought it was just a big ol' bear hug that went wrong..."
Still, for all the outrage, Lucas has been unapologetic about his desire to alter his movies, probably because he truly believes he's improving them. In the past, he's made Han Solo shoot Greedo first, added Hayden Christensen to the end of "Return of the Jedi," and given Jabba the Hutt an ill-advised cameo in "A New Hope." None of thoes changes have gone over well with the fans who have made him a billionaire. Perhaps one day he'll digitally remove Jar Jar Binks from "The Phantom Menace." Would anyone complain about that? Anyone?
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WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER!!!
My 9th month posting on this blog... I can't believe it. Here's the quote of the day:
The mind is fertile ground for concepts, ideas, and opinions. If we believe a lie, that lie takes root in our mind and can grow big and strong, like a tree. one little lie can be very contagious, spreading its seeds from person to person when we share it with others.
~don Miguel Ruiz
The mind is fertile ground for concepts, ideas, and opinions. If we believe a lie, that lie takes root in our mind and can grow big and strong, like a tree. one little lie can be very contagious, spreading its seeds from person to person when we share it with others.
~don Miguel Ruiz
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