Saturday, October 9, 2010
Waiting for "Superman"- Official Trailer
There is nothing more important to the future of humanity than the education and general well-being of our children. I am really looking forward to seeing this.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Police Say Woman Went After Jesus Art With Crowbar
LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) A truck driver from Montana who is accused of destroying a controversial piece of artwork at a public art gallery in Loveland was scheduled to appear before a judge through a video link on Thursday afternoon.
Kathleen Folden allegedly screamed "How can you desecrate my lord?" on Wednesday at Loveland Museum and Art Gallery just before breaking some plexiglass surrounding the print of "The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals" with a crowbar. She then allegedly tore the print and sat on the floor until police arrived.
"Romantic Cannibals" was a 12-panel lithograph that depicted Jesus involved involved a sex act and it also included comic book characters, Mexican pornography, Mayan symbols and ethnic stereotypes. It ws part of an 82-print exhibit by 10 artists that opened in mid-September and was scheduled to run through late last month.
I would rather see Jesus depicted having a little fun than being brutally tortured or told we are eating him and drinking his blood.
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Obama Blocked The Oil Spill Figures To Defraud Taxpayers and Prevent Redress Of Grievances
When the the government puts the interests of corporations, foreign corporations even more so, are put above the interest of the people, and that is considered business as usual, even Mussolini would have called that government fascist.
Barack Obama accused of exaggerating terror threat for political gain
The only real difference between a Democratic and a Republican politician is that the Democrat might give you a reach around.
A US terror alert issued this week about al-Qaida plots to attack targets in western Europe was politically motivated and not based on credible new information, senior Pakistani diplomats and European intelligence officials have told the Guardian.
Let us not forget that he is also helping the people that put him in power to make more money. Do not worry about the reality, let's keep arguing about which imaginary friend he pretends to talk to. Blah...
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A US terror alert issued this week about al-Qaida plots to attack targets in western Europe was politically motivated and not based on credible new information, senior Pakistani diplomats and European intelligence officials have told the Guardian.
The non-specific US warning, which despite its vagueness led Britain, France and other countries to raise their overseas terror alert levels, was an attempt to justify a recent escalation in US drone and helicopter attacks inside Pakistan that have "set the country on fire", said Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the high commissioner to Britain.
Hasan, a veteran diplomat who is close to Pakistan's president, suggested the Obama administration was playing politics with the terror threat before next month's midterm congressional elections, in which the Republicans are expected to make big gains.
He also claimed President Obama was reacting to pressure to demonstrate that his Afghan war strategy and this year's troop surge, which are unpopular with the American public, were necessary...
Let us not forget that he is also helping the people that put him in power to make more money. Do not worry about the reality, let's keep arguing about which imaginary friend he pretends to talk to. Blah...
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Sights and Scenes from the "One Nation" Rally in Washington, D.C.
I put this up because even big anti-war pro-people rallies are not covered properly by main stream corporate media. Oct. 2, 2010, in Washington, D.C
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Southern Baptist leader on yoga: Not Christianity
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Southern Baptist leader who is calling for Christians to avoid yoga and its spiritual attachments is getting plenty of pushback from enthusiasts who defend the ancient practice.
Southern Baptist Seminary President Albert Mohler says the stretching and meditative discipline derived from Eastern religions is not a Christian pathway to God.
Mohler said he objects to "the idea that the body is a vehicle for reaching consciousness with the divine."
"That's just not Christianity," Mohler told The Associated Press.
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Some Neil deGrasse Tyson
I respect this guy's ability to relate complex ideas in simple terms. I saw this first one this morning, but I can't stop with just one.
and oh so many more.....
Bible in Classroom
World to End In 2012...or Not
The God of the Gaps
and oh so many more.....
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Entrapment or Foiling Terror? FBI’s Reliance on Paid Informants Raises Questions about Validity of Terrorism Cases
Prosecutors and defense attorneys made their final arguments this week in the trial of the Newburgh Four, a high-profile case that has made national headlines as a potent example of so-called "homegrown terror."
Bang Goes The Theory: Richard Dawkins on Eye Evolution
This argument comes up occasionally. I do not recall them mentioning it in this video, but there is a salamander that has an eye that is de-evolving, if you will. It is blind now. There is an eel, the Anguila ciega, has lost its eyes all together.
Hillary Clinton now Cosey with Henry Kissinger?
"Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that they threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government."by: Henry Kissinger (1923- ) Former US Secretary of State Source: Speaking at Evian, France, May 21, 1992. Bilderburgers meeting. Unbeknownst to Kissinger, his speech was taped by a Swiss delegate to the meeting.
Christian Lady Sees Jesus in Tumor
Example of not only a strangely diluted woman, but also very poor journalism. How hard is it to do a google search and find out that seeing faces in toast and, this is new to me, tumors is due to the large section of our brain devoted to facial recognition and our minds strong tendency to imagine patterns? Anyway, it is to laugh..
The Twelve Steps of Religion Anonymous
The relative success of the R.A. program seems to be due to the fact that a religious fundamentalist who no longer believes in man-made religions has an exceptional faculty for "reaching" and helping another religious fundamentalist.
In simplest form, the R.A. program operates when a recovered religious fundamentalist passes along the story of his or her own problems of resulting from man-made religious brainwashing and describes finding peace he or she has found in R.A. and invites the newcomer to join. The heart of the suggested program of personal recovery is contained in Twelve Steps describing the experience of the earliest members of the Society:
1. Understood and admitted we were powerless over religious fundamentalism indoctrination and that our lives had become unmanageable by accepting man-made religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, new ageism, and others on blind faith instead of rational thought.
2. Understood that while there may be a Creator, it really doesn’t matter that we know who he, she, or it is and that all religions were made up by men to control men’s lives while placing women in servant roles and were culturally, not spiritually inspired.
3. Understood and made a decision not to rely on blind faith and the man-made religions to tell us how to believe and to take responsibility for ourselves by studying history, anthropology, archeology, and biology and draw our own conclusions on how we got here and how to conduct our lives though rational thoughts.
4. Understood that by acting on the love in our hearts instead of hate we will be taking the right action and not by following man-made religions that were based on ancient cultures that were spiritually immature by today’s secular standards.
5. Understood that by believing in man-made religions, we were putting our lives in jeopardy as well as our loved ones by not thinking for ourselves and allowing others to think for us.
6. Understood that by believing in man-made religions, we would be inclined to take sides in international conflicts on the wrong side because we were brainwashed into thinking we were doing our particular god’s work instead of doing righteous actions based on rational thoughts.
7. Understood how believing in man-made gods stunted real spiritual growth.
8. Understood how wrong we were by trying to convert others to our own particular man-made religions and be willing to make amends to them all.
9. Understood how man-made religions have been and are the major causes for conflicts in the world.
10. Understood how political and religious leaders use man-made religions to manipulate their people to do unthinkable irrational things while knowing all the time that religions are nothing more than myths and tools to entice and excite people to do their bidding.
11. Understood that through education and meditation we would improve our conscious contact with a Creator higher than the man-made gods as we understood them, studying for knowledge and the power to carry that out instead of accepting man-made religious ideology that is irrational and contradicts science and common sense thus insuring true spiritual growth.
12. Understood after having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to religious fundamentalist and to practice these principles in all our affairs so as to enlighten religious fundamentalist and set them free from the brainwashing they have experienced in their past.
Newcomers are not asked to accept or follow these Twelve Steps in their entirety if they feel unwilling or unable to do so. They will usually be asked to keep an open mind, to attend meetings at which recovered religious fundamentalist describe their personal experiences in achieving the truth, and to read R.A. literature describing and interpreting the R.A. program. R.A. members will usually emphasize to newcomers that only fundamentalist themselves, individually, can determine whether or not they are in fact a religious fundamentalist.
At the same time, it will be pointed out that all available spiritual testimony indicates that religious fundamentalism is a progressive illness, that it cannot be cured in the ordinary sense of the term, but that it can be arrested through education and thinking for one's own self instead of having to rely on blind faith and believing in the myths and ideology of man-made religious fundamentalism. This includes all major and minor religions of the world!
submitted by Just Sam.
In simplest form, the R.A. program operates when a recovered religious fundamentalist passes along the story of his or her own problems of resulting from man-made religious brainwashing and describes finding peace he or she has found in R.A. and invites the newcomer to join. The heart of the suggested program of personal recovery is contained in Twelve Steps describing the experience of the earliest members of the Society:
1. Understood and admitted we were powerless over religious fundamentalism indoctrination and that our lives had become unmanageable by accepting man-made religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, new ageism, and others on blind faith instead of rational thought.
2. Understood that while there may be a Creator, it really doesn’t matter that we know who he, she, or it is and that all religions were made up by men to control men’s lives while placing women in servant roles and were culturally, not spiritually inspired.
3. Understood and made a decision not to rely on blind faith and the man-made religions to tell us how to believe and to take responsibility for ourselves by studying history, anthropology, archeology, and biology and draw our own conclusions on how we got here and how to conduct our lives though rational thoughts.
4. Understood that by acting on the love in our hearts instead of hate we will be taking the right action and not by following man-made religions that were based on ancient cultures that were spiritually immature by today’s secular standards.
5. Understood that by believing in man-made religions, we were putting our lives in jeopardy as well as our loved ones by not thinking for ourselves and allowing others to think for us.
6. Understood that by believing in man-made religions, we would be inclined to take sides in international conflicts on the wrong side because we were brainwashed into thinking we were doing our particular god’s work instead of doing righteous actions based on rational thoughts.
7. Understood how believing in man-made gods stunted real spiritual growth.
8. Understood how wrong we were by trying to convert others to our own particular man-made religions and be willing to make amends to them all.
9. Understood how man-made religions have been and are the major causes for conflicts in the world.
10. Understood how political and religious leaders use man-made religions to manipulate their people to do unthinkable irrational things while knowing all the time that religions are nothing more than myths and tools to entice and excite people to do their bidding.
11. Understood that through education and meditation we would improve our conscious contact with a Creator higher than the man-made gods as we understood them, studying for knowledge and the power to carry that out instead of accepting man-made religious ideology that is irrational and contradicts science and common sense thus insuring true spiritual growth.
12. Understood after having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to religious fundamentalist and to practice these principles in all our affairs so as to enlighten religious fundamentalist and set them free from the brainwashing they have experienced in their past.
Newcomers are not asked to accept or follow these Twelve Steps in their entirety if they feel unwilling or unable to do so. They will usually be asked to keep an open mind, to attend meetings at which recovered religious fundamentalist describe their personal experiences in achieving the truth, and to read R.A. literature describing and interpreting the R.A. program. R.A. members will usually emphasize to newcomers that only fundamentalist themselves, individually, can determine whether or not they are in fact a religious fundamentalist.
At the same time, it will be pointed out that all available spiritual testimony indicates that religious fundamentalism is a progressive illness, that it cannot be cured in the ordinary sense of the term, but that it can be arrested through education and thinking for one's own self instead of having to rely on blind faith and believing in the myths and ideology of man-made religious fundamentalism. This includes all major and minor religions of the world!
submitted by Just Sam.
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see
Another one of those "must see" videos...
The History of Oil - Robert Newman
Robert Newman tactfully documents the real story of the politics of oil.
I Am Voting Republican Because (Satire)
I wish the Dems were not bought and paid for, but this is funny because it's true...
Jesus Tapdancing Christ on a Stick! Why Yet Another Blog?
How many times have you seen an article, video, or some such that you wanted to share with everyone possible but hesitated because of whatever reason to post it to Facebook? Okay, maybe that has not happened to you, but it happens to me almost daily. There are real stories by real journalist still being produced, and if you are like me, it was difficult and time consuming to find the sources you could trust. I hope to save you the trouble. That is not to say that sources should not always be checked. Please do, and let me know what you find.
I will also do my best to show no respect for religion and the religious where none is deserved, not just Christianity but all religions. If I offend, and I feel I would have failed if I did not offend someone at some point, then I hope to at least be consistent to reality and equality. As Mark Twain observed,
“You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into.”
After years of trying, this is becoming more apparent. Everyone is welcome, but atheist, humanist, brights, and the like will enjoy this blog much more and it is you to whom I am catering.(byob) I am not sure that laughter is the best medicine, as Nathan in The Jerk was instructed, I too tend to see a doctor and get rid of it, but if it made me laugh, I will share it here. If it made me think, I will also share it here. It it seems it is important, I will share it here.
That about sums up the whys, whats, and here to fors, so time to get on with it.
I will also do my best to show no respect for religion and the religious where none is deserved, not just Christianity but all religions. If I offend, and I feel I would have failed if I did not offend someone at some point, then I hope to at least be consistent to reality and equality. As Mark Twain observed,
“You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into.”
After years of trying, this is becoming more apparent. Everyone is welcome, but atheist, humanist, brights, and the like will enjoy this blog much more and it is you to whom I am catering.(byob) I am not sure that laughter is the best medicine, as Nathan in The Jerk was instructed, I too tend to see a doctor and get rid of it, but if it made me laugh, I will share it here. If it made me think, I will also share it here. It it seems it is important, I will share it here.
That about sums up the whys, whats, and here to fors, so time to get on with it.
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