When one sits down and reads all the BS you guys write about
healthcare, Obama, the Tea Party and the keep your Hands off my
Medicare then I wonder when the men in the white suits will pick you
up.
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> Brainwashed by religious rituals. [1 Update]
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> Topic: Day by Day Cartoon by Chris Muir
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> Travis <baconlard@gmail.com> May 22 08:33PM -0500 ^
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> Topic: Brainwashed by religious rituals.
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> NoEinstein <noeinstein@bellsouth.net> May 22 02:32PM -0700 ^
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> Long ago I heard that a person will have the most friends if he or she
> never discusses these two subjects: religion and politics. Now, it
> seems that those two subjects are so intertwined that no 'possible'
> candidate for public office can have even a hope of winning an
> election unless such has made a strong commitment to support the
> religious doctrine of the sought-after voters, or to support the…
> 'planks' of either the Republicans or the Democrats. In short, most
> in-the-mold candidates have already SOLD their souls to the failed
> rituals of Washington, before the first campaign speeches have been
> made!
>
> While most Americans go-out-of-their-way to give Muslims 'their
> space', few of those same Americans will deny the clear threat—both to
> US security, and to World Peace—that the billion plus Muslims pose to
> the world. Are all Muslims bad people? Of course not! *** The
> likely reason Muslims represent such a threat to the world is due to
> their over zealousness to conform to the RITUALS spelled out in the
> largely out-of-date Koran, i.e., it never has been updated to be apt
> to modern times. When the latter was written, there was no media and
> no organizational structures to define who "the believers" are. To
> help establish easy identity, a ritual, for example, required men to
> participate in over-ordered, daily prayers. And it required that
> married women wear burkes. In that era of barbarism, such highly-
> covering garments probably offered some protection from being raped.
>
> Most of the severe punishments for breaking Muslims' religious rules
> was to force conformity to those rules, not to maim or to kill as many
> people as possible. Romans dreamed up crucifixion, not so much for
> inhumanely torturing and killing as many people as possible, but to
> force conformity to their mandated-by-force-of-arms regulations. In a
> somewhat similar way, my New Constitution will force public officials
> to conform, because such document will hang for treason any of their
> number who advocate an even vaguely socialistic or communist policy in
> government. They must swear, on penalty of death, to agree to and to
> uphold this sentence: "Fair play and democracy shall have supremacy in
> the USA!". Socialism and communism aren't fair! It is my hope that
> most public officials will conform, and few will need to be hanged.
>
> Barack Obama, our deluded Manchurian Candidate "president", wishes to
> align himself with the massive number of Muslim, "world order"
> voters. He supposes that the lesser number of Jewish voters can be
> sacrificed so that the majority of disadvantaged people in the world
> will be inspired to vote for him, Barack Obama, the obvious anti-
> Christ. My own, earlier-proposed solution to the problems with Israel
> is simply to create an architectural master plan that has LAYERED
> ownership of property that's not tied to the 'footprint' of the bounds
> of the land—but rather is deeded much like a high-rise condominium.
> There can be layered roads and walkways as well, so that there is no
> "forced" interaction between Jews and Muslims. The resulting
> courtyards can become beautiful gardens that attract more tourists.
>
> The most direct route to world peace is for Israel to ADMIT that they
> took the territory of others without just compensation. The crying
> need of Muslims, who have been slighted far too often, is to be taught
> how to live, work, survive and prosper in a FAIR capitalist economy!
> Because few in the world understand capitalism better than Jews, it
> should be the responsibility of the Jewish Nation of Israel to become
> a learning center for those of all faiths for the purpose of fostering
> business development and capitalism. Where there are now deserts—
> which aren't too conducive to having compassionate people living
> thereon—there could be green forests, sustained by weather-control
> technology that can gradually reclaim the Sahara, and other arid
> areas, for a higher level human habitation as well as prosperity. But
> such technology can't be applied if the citizens of those arid nations
> are militant toward receiving outside help. Israel must set the right
> tone.
>
> The UK was wise to enact laws aimed at preventing Muslim or other
> religious from concentrating in enclaves. The wearing of burkes, or
> even scarves on the head, is a statement saying: "I am in lock-step
> with the teachings of my religion, and anyone who is otherwise is my…
> enemy." *** In all of world history, nothing has been more hurtful to
> more people than organized religions! They are the most divisive and
> wasteful institutions ever conceived! As with Muslims, Catholics have
> their "conformity rituals", such as the attending of morning masses;
> playing with their prayer beads; going to confessions; wearing lacy
> scarves; and lighting prayer candles. Catholics are, in fact, so
> overly indoctrinated, that they know less about the Bible from first-
> hand reading and analysis than those of, say, the Protestant
> religions. A major indication of their naïveté is Catholics' crusades
> to see, for example, frescoes that… "cry", or other links to their
> near idolatry of the Virgin Mary.
>
> Recently, when Pope John Paul II was Beatified, over a million of the
> vacuous faithful showed up—as if their attendance at such an event
> would surely guarantee a higher position in heaven. I had the same
> sort of feeling seeing the ¾ million who showed up in Washington
> 8/18/2010 to attend Glenn Beck's religious crusade.
>
> I admire Pope John Paul II for saying the following (I paraphrase):
> "It is STEALING for an employer to pay wages that are lower than the
> value of the work that the employees do; and it is STEALING for
> employees to demand and get (to blackmail, as by labor unions), wages
> that are in excess of the value of the work they produce." That same
> principle of FAIRNESS is at the heart of my New Constitution! Since
> socialism pays people for work not performed, that is STEALING, and is
> thus unconstitutional! Don't people realize that if they support a
> Democratic 'plank' favoring socialism or communism, that they are
> aiding and abetting crimes? What about "Thou shall not steal!" do you
> leftist, liberal 'progressives' not understand?
>
> I was both heartened and disheartened by the declared candidacy of
> that dignified Black, Herman Cain. On the night of the SC debate, I
> was inadvertently preoccupied with making my (yes, ritualistic)
> replies on these news groups. So, I missed the debate that I had
> wanted to hear. Later, I heard excerpts of Cain's replies and was
> impressed. His appealing to the "Tea Party" is of little importance.
> But his appealing to doing morally correct things is VERY important!
> Do the latter and government will start being run more cost effectively
> —which is morally correct!
>
> Cain erred when he cited correcting the decline in our religious
> values as the first tine in his three-prong goals for improving this
> country. Commentators, later, said that Cain will appeal to
> evangelicals. When Cain, consciously, tries to appeal to any 'group',
> that amounts to the damnable continuation of the same group-against-
> group divisiveness that is sure to destroy this country. My New
> Constitution says: "1st Amendment: No law shall be made regarding the
> establishment of peaceable religion or prohibiting the free exercise
> thereof, but government, its campaigns, processes, slogans, and
> disbursements shall be secular." The USA shall never make the mistake
> of having our government be associated with evangelicals, nor any
> religion whatsoever! Don't Muslims already have enough reasons to
> hate us without our being just another "Jew-like" enemy of theirs?
>
> As George Carlin knew, and Bill Maher knows, religions make little
> practical sense. Wouldn't the world have been better served if the
> hundreds of millions of dollars wasted on constructing the Vatican,
> and filling it with gold-encrusted artwork, had, instead, been spent
> on correcting the energy deficiency that caused North African
> countries to deplete organic matter, which, in turn, allowed the
> Sahara to triple in size in half a century? Wouldn't the world have
> less hunger and starvation? Can anyone JUSTIFY any religion, Judaism
> included? If so, then give it your best shot!
>
> I am a fan of Franklin Graham. He travels the globe (as his church)
> looking for ways of improving the world condition. That is the type
> of labor that Jesus Christ would sanction—not the labor of
> constructing gold-domed mosques, or tall-steepled churches, wherein,
> those who join are brainwashed into believing that they're the chosen
> group that's best positioned to be going to Heaven; and all others are
> their enemies. As was evinced in the movie '2012', I don't recommend
> running into any religious edifice as a protection, or as proof of
> one's suitability for salvation. I hope Herman Cain, who happens to
> look like Danny Glover, has a better fate. *** His "outsider-to-
> government" image will be best served if he will REJECT the entire,
> unconstitutional, primary system. By running as an independent, I can
> assure you that the "mad as hell and not going to take this anymore"
> crowd, in sufficient numbers, will be able to locate his name on the
> ballot come election day.
>
> Sometime in August, Glenn Beck is going to Israel hoping he can have
> another 8/18 type event—this time on the world stage. Don't put your
> money on that man. Put your money on every individual in the world
> (except, perhaps, the psychotic mass murderers) having value in the
> overall scheme of things. As is explained in my little book, 'The
> Shortest Distance; Harmony Through Prosperity'—when individuals give
> their due and get their due, the world will start being a better
> place. No government edicts will be needed, nor any crusades having
> to be fought. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!";
> "Love thy neighbor as thyself!"; and "Pay it forward!", practically
> speaking, are about as much 'religion' as the world needs. I hope
> Franklin Graham will agree.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> — John A. Armistead — Patriot
>
> AKA NoEinstein on Google's news group sci.physics.
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> Topic: Keep Your Government Hands Off My Medicare
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> MJ <michaelj@america.net> May 22 06:23PM -0400 ^
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> Keep Your Government Hands Off My Medicare
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> Posted by Laurence Vance on May 22, 2011 03:38 PM
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> That's what was seen on a sign during the debates over the healthcare bill
> at an anti-Obamacare rally. Now, in a recent McClatchy-Marist poll, 70
> percent of those who identify with the Tea Party oppose cutting Medicare and
> Medicaid to deal with the federal budget deficit. Here are two other
> questions with disturbing answers from Tea Partiers.
>
> Do you support or oppose doing each of the following to deal with the
> federal budget deficit: Increase taxes on income over 250,000 dollars? Only
> 53 percent opposed this. Do you support or oppose doing each of the
> following to deal with the federal budget deficit: Reduce military spending?
> Only 32 percent supported this. Oh, and a majority approved of the job
> Republicans are doing in Congress. And here's a surprise, 18 percent of Tea
> Partiers have a favorable impression of President Obama. That's almost as
> funny as the over 50 percent that claim in other polls to have a favorable
> impression of George W. Bush.
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