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Thursday, May 31, 2012
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Dear Dr Laura and people who quote the bible to excuse their sickness
Dear Dr. Laura:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination... End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is, my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath.Exodus 35:2. clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?
6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?
7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle- room here?
8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?
9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
Your devoted disciple and adoring fan
Laura Schlesinger is a US radio personality, who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. She recently said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination, according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstances. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura which was posted on the Internet.
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination... End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is, my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath.Exodus 35:2. clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?
6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?
7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle- room here?
8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?
9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
Your devoted disciple and adoring fan
Laura Schlesinger is a US radio personality, who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. She recently said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination, according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstances. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura which was posted on the Internet.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A Perfect slice of New Zealand. The Union Report 14 May 2012
Issue 1 - What is this dispute actually over, what are the work conditions for Meat Workers like?
Issue 2 - How has Tally's behaved since becoming 100% owners of Affco.
and Issue 3 - What does it say for NZ's industrial relations when a multi-million dollar family can simply deem to throw a union out of its business?
Working is not working, if at the end of the day you'r still a slave to your debt. Talley's just another Fucking Corporation gone sick in the head. Gotta root it out.
These are the email contacts for Talley's, why not send them a group email telling them you've noticed what terrible Bosses they are. Start with: inquiries@talleys.co.nz, and then BCC: margaret.reti@ch.talleys.co.nz, karl.stevens@nn.talleys.co.nz, nzsales@talleys.co.nz, robert.darragh@talleys.co.nz, talleys.auckland2@xtra.co.nz, mark.longhurst@talleys.co.nz, talleys.auckland2@xtra.co.nz, nzsales@talleys.co.nz
Friday, May 11, 2012
To Dick , love you Bro, Songs:Ohia "Division St. Girl" 2002
Division St. Girl
Painted Up division street girl
She's a pretty denim queen
Bird of paradise eyes
Bird of paradise dying eyes (diony-sus)
But i could sight read those slangy lips
I could sight right those hips
And anyway out loud she says
Hey sucker
Are you lonely
Well that's alright
You don't have to say anything
I can always tell when
You lost something big
Something real big
Well we all did
A jukebox in an empty room
Conjures up the blues
They got my song on it
Want to dance
Cause it's just you and me and the gravity
You and me down on division street
And it's like we've landed on the enemy's side
And the other guys all quit
And they left us with nothing when they split
Except the cold and the quiet
And the blues to sing about it
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Unexceptionalism: A Primer | Common Dreams
Published on Monday, April 30, 2012 by The New York Times
Unexceptionalism: A Primer
To achieve unexceptionalism, the political
ideal that would render the United States indistinguishable from the
impoverished, traditionally undemocratic, brutal or catatonic countries
of the world, do the following:
PHASE ONE
If you’re a justice of the Supreme Court,
ignore the first sacrament of a democracy and suspend the counting of
ballots in a presidential election. Appoint the candidate of your choice
as president.
If you’re the newly anointed president, react
to a terrorist attack by invading a nonterrorist country. Despite the
loss or disablement of untold numbers of lives, manage your war so that
its results will be indeterminate.
Using the state of war as justification, order
secret surveillance of American citizens, data mine their phone calls
and e-mail, make business, medical and public library records available
to government agencies, perform illegal warrantless searches of homes
and offices.
Take to torturing terrorism suspects, here or
abroad, in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which
prohibits the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment. Unilaterally
abrogate the Convention Against Torture as well as the Geneva
Conventions regarding the treatment of prisoners of war. Commit to
indeterminate detention without trial those you decide are enemies. For
good measure, trust that legislative supporters will eventually apply
this policy as well to American citizens.
Suspend progressive taxation so that the
wealthiest pay less proportionately than the middle class. See to it
that the wealth of the country accumulates to a small fraction of the
population so that the gap between rich and poor widens exponentially.
By cutting taxes and raising wartime
expenditures, deplete the national treasury so that Congress and state
and municipal legislatures cut back on domestic services, ensuring that
there will be less money for the education of the young, for government
health programs, for the care of veterans, for the maintenance of roads
and bridges, for free public libraries, and so forth.
Deregulate the banking industry so as to
create a severe recession in which enormous numbers of people lose their
homes and jobs.
Before you leave office add to the Supreme Court justices like the ones who awarded you the presidency.
PHASE TWO
If you’re one of the conservative majority of a
refurbished Supreme Court, rule that corporations, no less than human
beings, have the right under the First Amendment to express their
political point of view. To come to this judgment, do not acknowledge
that corporations lack the range of feelings or values that define what
it is to be human. That humans can act against their own interest,
whereas corporations cannot act otherwise than in their own interest.
That the corporation’s only purpose is to produce wealth, regardless of
social consequences.
This decision of the court will ensure
tremendous infusions of corporate money into the political process and
lead to the election in national and state legislatures of majorities of
de facto corporate lobbyists.
PHASE THREE
Given corporate control of legislative bodies,
enact laws to the benefit of corporate interests. For example, those
laws sponsored by weapons manufacturers wherein people may carry
concealed weapons and shoot and kill anyone by whom they feel
threatened.
Give the running of state prisons over to
private corporations whose profits increase with the increase in inmate
populations. See to it that a majority of prisoners are
African-American.
When possible, treat immigrants as criminals.
Deplete and underfinance a viable system of
free public schools and give the education of children over to private
for-profit corporations.
Make college education unaffordable.
Inject religious precepts into public policy so as to control women’s bodies.
Enact laws prohibiting collective bargaining. Portray trade unions as un-American.
Enact laws restricting the voting rights of possibly unruly constituencies.
Propagandize against scientific facts that would affect corporate profits. Portray global warming as a conspiracy of scientists.
Having subverted the Constitution and
enervated the nation with these measures, portray the federal
government as unwieldy, bumbling and shot through with elitist
liberals. Create mental states of maladaptive populism among the
citizenry to support this view.
PHASE FOUR
If you’re a justice of the Supreme Court,
decide that the police of any and all cities and towns and villages have
the absolute authority to strip-search any person whom they, for
whatever reason, put under arrest.
With this ruling, the reduction of America to unexceptionalism is complete.
© 2012 E.L. Doctorow
E.L. Doctorow is an
American novelist. His works are noted for their mingling of American
history and literary imagination through the interaction of fictional
and real-life characters. His most recent novel is “Homer and Langley.”
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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