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Do you know people who have grown up and they act like they are perfect and never did any wrong in their life. They are so pious and full of self righteousness that they vehemently attack people who make the same mistakes they did all the while acting like they are beyond reproach. Even if confronted with the truth they deny it because they are so full of shame they would rather live a lie, in fear of the truth, rather than face themselves head on and find healing.
This doesn’t just occur with people though, one only has to look at how people have tried to reform the confederacy and the truth of the civil war. Not only would they like everyone to forget that it was about slavery and white supremacy; they want ever\yone to ignore all of the writings of the confederate leadership and accept their fantasy that the south was being oppressed by the north. It was states rights they cry. They also want to pretend that segregation didn’t happen or deflect the issue; "yeah but look at so and so". They want to talk about history, rewrite the past and accuse others who stand against them of doing the same.

The thing about these lies though is that as they draw people in and they believe and spread these same lies; they now own them. They joyfully rally behind the lie. Will they accept the price though?

And you know, so what. Why do I really care, it is after all their right to say and believe what ever it is they want. In fact I support that right and would do so with my last breath. But it is hard, hard to watch young minds give themselves over to a lie or to a hate that shrouds itself in words like heritage and honor. Harder still to remain silent and not speak out even if no one would listen. I know that I am the least among all; no moral authority by any stretch, not a scholar either; just a simple person speaking out from my heart.

As we celebrate our independence and freedom today let us not forget the less fortunate among us who need our help.

Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness: The State of Homelessness in America 2015

 

Donald Trump makes racist, disparaging comments about an entire group of people and some conservatives rally behind him. George Takei makes racist, disparaging comments about an individual and some liberals may rally behind him.

Trump stands by his comments and doubles down on them seeming to relish the attention they have garnered. Others rally around him bemoaning political correctness. I would say he should apologize but he has shown he doesn’t care so what would be the point.

Takei tries to explain why he said what he did, his op-ed on msnbc gives us a peek into why he got so angry. Words said in anger though can be more hurtful than any other we express and I believe Takei should apologize to Clarence Thomas and grow as a person.

These are the power of words. They can divide or unite. They can reflect emotions boiling over, present a thoughtful reasoned argument or just sound stupid. They strengthen our relationships or tear them apart.

Whether it is talk of raising the minimum wage or changing the overtime regulations the same group of people lose their shit and bemoan the big bad government interfering and how this is going to hurt the economy.

Well boo fucking hoo. We have a poverty problem already and the same people bitching are the same people who vilify and bitch about the poor. Do they bitch about the businesses who don’t pay living wages, hire full time, steal wages and make salary employees work enough hours that in some cases they make less than minimum wage? Why is that? Why do some people exalt these businesses and the way they treat people?

The bottom line is that we need to tackle the poverty problem as a nation and if the businesses will not voluntarily pay living wages the government is left with no choice but to take measures. And if that hurts their anti everything feelings maybe they should take a page from their own playbook and do like they keep telling the poor, go somewhere else.

Does “Don’t Tread on ME” always come across as a one way street?

Why do some people always act like “We the People” in our “more perfect Union” is limited to white, christian, heterosexual, men with guns? We do have what is known as the No Religious Test Clause in the Constitution that states. “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” And then there is the first amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

 

Are we ready to get to work? Are we as a nation prepared to match education spending to military spending? To feed the hungry? Cloth and house the poor? Lift each other up, and extend our hands to those who need us the most?
Is the American Dream the one we have only for ourselves or are we the greatest nation that collectively can make the sacrifices and help others realize the dream?

powerful and moving, the full eulogy begins at 1:22:22 no cherry picked pieces. I hope all can listen with an open heart and mind

 

 

Used to be everywhere on everything. I even saw people with tattoos, big letters WWJD What Would Jesus Do So here are a few questions to ponder.
Talk honestly about racism in America, WWJD?
Fly a confederate flag, WWJD?
Feed and house the poor even through the government and taxes, WWJD? Provide healthcare to all people, WWJD?

Bring guns into a house of worship, WWJD?

So seriously what do professed Christians think of the questions? Based on the four gospels what do you think the answers might be to the questions?

A count by a research center found that non-Muslim extremists have been far more lethal than Islamic militants on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001, running counter to public perception.

Source: Homegrown Extremists Tied to Deadlier Toll Than Jihadists in U.S. Since 9/11 – The New York Times

 

This comment though really brings home why there is such disparity in how people in this nation view the attacks differently.

JonJ

Philadelphia 20 hours ago

“ ‘We understand white supremacists,’ [William Braniff] said. ‘We don’t really feel like we understand Al Qaeda, which seems too complex and foreign to grasp.’ ”

People tend to feel that they understand what fits into their preconceived picture of the world, and what supports their deeply felt religious and moral principles. Gov. Haley and others said that what the shooter in Charleston did was “incomprehensible” because a white man shooting 9 people in a church was incompatible with their notion of how the world works, or should work.

Americans “understand” Islamic terrorists because Islam is a foreign-seeming religion which is so far outside of most Americans’ ideas of how the world works that it is “understandable” that Muslims would do terrible things. In fact, it’s “understandable” that all Muslims would secretly sympathize with terrorists, despite what they say in public. But ordinary-looking young white men don’t do what Roof did, unless of course they’re “crazy,” so his action can be explained by mental illness and we don’t have to link it to racism as a general social fact. This is how everything that happens gets interpreted and re-interpreted until it fits people’s preconceptions.

Things went very well and I did not have to do any walnut blasting. During the tear down I actually found a bolt missing on the air intake causing a major air flow issue.
Finished the tear down and did find a bit of carbon build up that was easy to clean with a nylon brush and carb cleaner. Sent from my iPhone