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"Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better" -- Martin Luther King, Jr
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 Debacle
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 7:51am
Does anyone remember Paul Wolfowitz stating plainly to the world that the Iraqi people would welcome US invaders with open arms and bouquets of flowers? [This statement will probably go down in history as the most lunatic assessment of one culture by another.]
Do you recall Donald Rumsfeld touting the superiority of the US ‘fighting machine’ with colourful cliches like, "shock and awe?" [The only one in shock is Rumsfeld and his military.] As for "awe" – the whole world is in awe of the stupidity and gullibility of the American people for believing the spin and other fabrications created by the neo-cons.
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 Dick Cheney
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 7:50am
A recent news broadcast regarding bombings against US occupation in Iraq depicts Dick Cheney and George W (parroting the same remarks) "they’re testing our wills." (story and 1 image)
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Genius
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 7:45am
Regardless of methods of analysis or the opinions and deductions of all the think tanks and geniuses there is no escaping the conclusion that even a child could draw. Peace and Love are the solutions for the ills that beset our world (and ourselves.)
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George W Bush and the Christian right
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 7:34am
Christianity teaches that people will turn away from the essential message of Christianity (Peace, Love and Unity.) Jesus himself stated that in the future many would use his name to justify their perverse ways. He emphatically called them false. We do not have to look very far to verify the accuracy of those statements.
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Comments re: Bush and the Christian right
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 7:24am
Due to the number of responses relating to the above article, I am obliged to elaborate on some of the points raised. I hoped that enough information was initially supplied; however, it would seem that a more reactive rather than analytical understanding occurred. Nevertheless, I am always happy to respond to all criticisms, they are all constructive regardless of the intent of some. (story and 1 image)
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Illusions of Power
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 7:16am
Power is process not object or thing – it manifests solely in relation to something – it is a relative social dynamic constantly renewed as process. This process is simply the surrender of self-determination to the determination of another. This ‘other’ then (temporarily) becomes endowed in direct proportion to the number of people who have surrendered their sovereignty.
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Illusions of Wealth
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 7:05am
With the exception of the simple necessities of life, nothing has any intrinsic value whatsoever. We are born in societies and socialised by the values of those societies. Consensus is the imperative of ‘value’ – the majority in any society must first agree (consciously or unconsciously) that something is valuable in order for it to be endowed with ‘value.’ The custodians of ‘wealth’ are therefore the masses! The wealth of a nation quite literally rests with the people. The smallest shift in the attribution of value by the masses can reduce the existing ‘rich’ to poverty and can devastate a capital oriented society. Therein lies the ease with which social transformation can occur!
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Disintegration
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 6:53am
Need we wonder why the modern age is now a global insane asylum and worsening by the day? This is the reward for a population that would passively accept flagrant hypocrisy, contradiction and deception from the institutions that are supposedly the custodians of the highest ideals of society. Apathy, selfishness, lack of vigilance, denial, fear and our cowardice are to blame. These ‘noble’ qualities have allowed the situation to deteriorate to its present state. Faced with the breakdown of the institutions of morality, should we remain passive or do we change course for the better?
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Antithesis
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 6:28am
The slave trade is alive and well. Who would fight the wars of businessmen if slaves didn’t exist? Who would work for Corporations for a pittance if slaves didn’t exist? Who accepts disparity and inequality if not slaves.
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Endnote
cleaves, Sunday, Jan 16 2005, 5:03am
It was recently brought to my attention that I had not addressed Islamic fundamentalists with the usual vigour I reserve for other religious hypocrites. After deliberating on this oversight – more a result of my lack of knowledge of Islam – I have decided to completely abandon the general approach of opposition and highlight instead the similarities in all religions and the unity of humankind. Which was always the underlying theme in my previous papers.
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