RayFltr - 071102 --- politics, economy, religion/politics
Politics:
Clay Jones says it best in this cartoon ---
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Women leaders/presidents - South America - Asia - Western Europe - Muslim countries - the US??? - why? - why not? ---
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The new Willie Horton - Latino immigration - racist - effective - where is the strong response? ---
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Religious/political right:
Evangelical crackup - is there real change? - are the Republicans losing their base? - don't bet the ranch - but there may be hope (contribution from Juanita) ---
---- comments on the above disagreeing ---
------ Blumenthal thinks it's worse --- http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/66638/
------ Bright seems to agree --- http://www.alternet.org/sex/66509/
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Maybe there is some justice ---
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Then there is the 'christian zionist' movement. A politically powerful group that would have no problem with genocide against the Palestinians and wants Iran wiped out. A counter website can be found at ---
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We have got to be aware of the awful sharpness of truth when it is used as a weapon. --- In fact, we must be careful how we 'use' truth, for we are ideally the instruments of truth and not the other way around.
--- Thomas Merton
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Economy:
Ethics in business? - accountability? - over-appraisals in subprime fiasco? - finally some action - first Spitzer now Cuomo - where are the rest of the States? ---
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Stand up to Wall Street? - wow! - I'm beginning to like what Pearlstein says - even though the FED cut the interest rate - will be interesting to see what happens ---
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War profiteers - for what? - against $3 knives? - against unprotected explosives? ---
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Science:
Supermassive black holes - God? - an important item - to science - to religion ---
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Jim's Food for Thought --- http://raymofda.typepad.com/contextperception/food_for_thought/index.html
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Previous Fltrs --- http://raymofda.typepad.com/contextperception/rayltr/index.html
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40s/60s - sunny - maybe a freeze next week - have a great weekend
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