On God?
MINGORA, Pakistan – A Pakistani official said Saturday that the Taliban and the Pakistani government had agreed to a "permanent cease-fire" in the restive northwest Swat Valley.
A Taliban spokesman would not directly confirm the arrangement.
The announcement by Syed Muhammad Javed, commissioner of the Malakand region, which includes Swat, was short on details but came amid government efforts to persuade the Swat Taliban to stop fighting in return for the imposition of Islamic law in the one-time tourist haven.
This kind of truce is the last thing that greedy American defense contractors and morbid, vengeful, and warmongering republicans want.
It seems very sinister that Billy Graham, The Pope, Rabbis, etc can not influence their leaders not to war! For generations these religious leaders have made their little token statment and them their leaders go right on waring. It is very hard for me to believe that these clergy person believe that a God would look favorably on their failure and inability to influence an end to wars.
John Kerry and many other wiser humans are correct when they said that 9/11 was a criminal act and not an act of War. However, cowardly and hostile southern republican and democrat politicians sought a bloody and vengeful war over precise and targeted covert enforcement action... this at the expense of thousand of innocent civilians and American soldiers. John Kerry was also correct when he suggested that it is not any kind of morbid patriotic calling, but unemployment, poverty, and despair that motivates poor and underprivileged Americans to enlist in the arm services. There will never be "change" in America until these kinds of unpopular truths begin to prevail over contrived political lies between democrats republicans.
The problem with having a Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Obama, or any other conservatives or pro war democrat as president is that these types have never been in a physical fight in their lives, so they will most often use war and their commander in chief title to prove their man-hood or toughness. A John Kerry type has seen war atrocities, blood, and death up close, so his kind is reluctant to get involved in war. A Bill Bradley type did battle ever day in the land of giants so his type would never need to use war to prove himself or his man hood. Then there is the Mohammad Ali type who is the toughest kind of man on earth and would never need to start a war or follow state a command to kill strangers in order to prove his manhood. Ten men carried out the attacks on 9/11 and they all died as martyrs in that attack. Then there were a few others who planned that attack. However, ninety-nine percent of the humans, who Americans killed in retaliation for 9/11, had nothing to do with that attack.
Fact: The failure of a two party system in Venezuela is the reason for Mr. Chavez rise to power. Tom Dashel is proof that Democrats are only a little less evil and corrupt than conservative republicans. Collusion between democrats, republicans, and corporate America has jeopardized this democracy.
America’s two major political parties have used America’s flawed voters profile to keep power and control between democrat and republican elites. There are four distinct groups of citizens in America; there are the 26% monolithic racially conservative citizens who always vote republican, the 31% rational and logical progressive citizens who most often vote democrat, the 7% percent ac/dc voters, and finally there is the largest group, the 36% who consistently do not vote. It is an outrage that democrats, republicans, and American leaders in positions of power and authority are content with this many Americans not participating in the political process. Recent American elections, elections in Mexico, and elections in other nations show a near draw, parity, a 50/50 dead heat between conservative versus progressive voters. Politicians have made little effort to include this non-voting majority into this democratic process because this is an unknown, uncontrollable, and unpredictable populace. And while Obama, democrats, and republicans fight for the favor of the wealthy minority and middle class, this is the true majority electorate that they all consciously ignore.
The trend of the day is for the corporate controlled press and both parties to ignore and suppress the truth. For example, how is it that one day it is disclose that Israel has acquired nuclear weapons but no one in politic, the media, or the public question when this happened or how and why it has been cover up by all world leaders, government, and press? Did America provide Israel with nuclear WMDs or did Israel build its own with American blessing or assistance?
It is extremely painful for me to try to watch the networks’ so called round table discussions like PBS; Washington Week In Review, ABC’s This Week, NBC’s Meet The Press, CBS’s Face The Nation, etc because like the world economy all these programs are doomed props, failures, and free press aberrations. And when I watch token and inept pawns like Gwen Iffel and Cookie Roberts trying to be funny or try to interject humor into these dire times it irks the hell out of me!
The problem with media and press coverage of this failing economy is that all those reporting on this recession have jobs that insulate them from the reality of these hard times. And because they are representatives of corporate America and capitalism thus they must promote a positive spin to the end and the recession that was not become a depression. These reporters pretend to cover event and circumstances to which they really cannot or do not relate. There is becoming little difference between the lies told on "hate radio" and repetitive rants on the major networks.
There is little truth being told about this supposedly world economy. If God were presiding over this world economy, would he allow a failed CEO make $400,000 while his workers only make $20 - $30,000?
What is your spiritual Plan B?
The late, great, and wise George Carlin questioned, "What kind of idiot would think that a true God would bless America before or above all other nations."
Recently I asked a friend if it were reveal tomorrow that the greatest secret of the secret bone and skull society is that, within this secret society they have always known that the idea of God was manufactured by ruling aristocracy of the past, for purpose of instilling a paralyzing, pacifying, and controlling fear into the heart and minds of servants and pheasant. Moreover, if this were reveal, what would be her plan-B? In recent weeks and months I have began to wonder where true liberals really stand on God, heaven, and hell. I know about the blasphemous, self-serving, disingenuous, racist religious rhetoric coming from conservative false prophets, but why are liberals so silent on religion. From all that I have witness, after America invaded and allowed the lynching of Saddam Hussein, I wonder if it is a coincidence that all the nations that sided with the giant America against the little Iraq, now are all on the verge of financial collapse!
I have never seen any image of Osama Ben Laden loosing his cool or in a rant like Bush and conservative republicans. Osama gave up a fortune to fight against foreign secular intrusion into his holy land while American politicians and executives are selling out their nation, families, and souls for ill-gotten profit.
Judging from this worsening secular, capitalist, world economy, has God said enough? In this war of good versus evil which are truly the bad guys? Is all this time of God's making to reveal the truth?
Another similarity between republicans and democrats is that judging from their collective deeds and actions neither seems to be true believers. Like Reverend Wright said, a real Minster must speak the absolute biblical truth on issues of social injustice, greed, war, race, etc. while politicians will say whatever is takes to be a politician!
Wake up Obama!