"In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us."~ Thich Nhat Hanh - Vietnamese monk, activist and writer.
"The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government."~ Thomas Jefferson
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." ~ George Washington
"Many are they who are touched at the heart by these things. those they sent forth they knew; now in place of the young men urns and ashes are carried home to the houses of the fighters.... The citizens speak: their voice is dull with hatred. The curse of the people must be paid for." ~Agamemnon (lines 432-436, 456-7, Grene and Lattimore translation)
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wymzie, im tired of words, they accomplish nothing, never have. we can all talk til the cows come home and not one thing will ever change. the average person doesnt care or is to stupid or in denial to even reconize the state of this nation, this world, this reality. i believe that the american middle class will have to all be homeless befor they wake up to the reality of the world that capitalistic power devils have created to control and profit from the average working person. im tired of waiting and words are useless.
9:41 What's your suggestion?
You don't believe the pen is mightier than the sword?
We have written history to study to hopefully help us direct the future. Not everyone gets this, and not everyone believes that history often repeats itself.
It is my belief that we as a nation are traveling down a very dangerous road toward fascism and with the intentional 'dumbing down' of our children masses aren't even noticing.
Your probably right, most will have to have terrible trauma like homelessness or worse to realize what is happening.
But I'm sorry 9:41, I won't stop yelling from the rooftops until I have no more breath.
wymzie,
how did we win our freedom from britain?
how did we win when the country was devided?
how did we get the african americans civil rights?
how did we save europe from the nazis?
how did we stop communist aggression?
how did we take this country from the natives?
how will we save this nation from the capitalistic corporate power devils that are eliminating any resemblence of the american dream for the average working american?
Haven't you noticed that Wymzie only picks quotes that suit her anti- Zionist, anti-American bullsh**. She seems to forget that there a a zillion quotes on the other side of ANY argument.
She quotes Jefferson,but forgets to mention that he was a state representative, foriegn minister, vice president, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence. As such, he whipped up our zeal to overthrow another government and set up the one she hates so badly now. (And then has the nerve to quote the great man) He was a THINKER; she is a quoter. Does she ever have an independent thought of her own?
Oh, that's right! She hates Israel's right to Zion, the land that God gave them. She feels SO bad for the terrorist Palestinians! Let me see: If a group Nanticoke Indians demanded her home and property because it was once theirs but taken away? Would she have the same moral shame and indignation she feels for some terrorist Palastinians?? Would wymzie give it to those that she( with her anti-Zionist zeal, would surely regard as the "rightful owners" without a fight. If they resorted to terrorist tactics, I wonder if she would scream bloody murder at our government for protecting her life and property?
(Big on quotes, little on thought) That's why we've never had a woman president.
I'm not against a woman president. I think secretary of state, Rice would make an excellent president, and would whip the sh** out of Iran in short order!
Thomas Augustus Littleton
Mr. Littleton,
You take great liberties in labeling what you believe to be my belief system, and on that Sir you are totally off base.
Oppression from any movement, government, military ad nauseaum is wrong.
I am a Christian and believe that God gave the Jews the Holy Land. He gave it to them not us, not Great Britain, not Germany, not Palestine, not any other people on earth, he gave it to the Jewish people.
Yet we (America) support the Israelis and the and the Palestinians and other enemies of Isreal with not only money but weaponry.
Have you ever read anything about the thousands of Israelis who are against the occupation of Israel. Yes, even Jews think that it is an occupation, and much of the animosity that is felt around the world is because of OUR two faced approach to the situation.
The Jewish people are not guiltless in this horrible situation and many Israelis find the behavior of their own government reprehensible.
As a matter of fact they liken the way the soldiers treat the Palestinians with the way Hitler and other oppressors of the Jewish people treated them.
On the matter of Quotes...I enjoy reading and finding that many profound things have been said by numerous imperfect vulnerable men. Hence the reason God loved David. 'He is a Man after God's own heart'. David was by no means perfect, he screwed up so royally, but God loved him nonetheless.
Imperfection, and mistakes in judgment do not negate really great thoughts or an entire life's work. Pondering the thoughts of great minds is something that I personally find enriching. My submission of 'Quotes of the Day' for the SBY.News readers is a way of providing a daily thought from great individuals and gives our increasingly dumbed down society an sound bite sized opportunity to get a glimpse into these individuals minds. If you find my selections offensive, you can certainly click the little red box at the top right hand side of your screen. As you stated "there a a zillion quotes on the other side of ANY argument" I am just providing readers my take on things happening in the world around me.
The question of whether I have any original thoughts of my own, is actually a thought that I have pondered as did my mother on a regular basis.
When one reads history one is often reminded of the book of Ecclesiates and the passage that 'there is nothing new under the sun'.
Mr. Littleton, I'm not sure I have completely original thoughts, but then again, I'm not so sure anyone does, including yourself, as all of your responses to anything I have written have been extremely sexist, chauvinistic and demeaning.
This is too great. One can't make up bullsh** like wymzie just commented!
Wymzie wrote the following:
"I am a Christian and believe that God gave the Jews the Holy Land. He gave it to them not us, not Great Britain, not Germany, not Palestine, not any other people on earth, he gave it to the Jewish people.
Yet we (America) support the Israelis and the and the Palestinians and other enemies of Isreal with not only money but weaponry.
Have you ever read anything about the thousands of Israelis who are against the occupation of Israel. Yes, even Jews think that it is an occupation, and much of the animosity that is felt around the world is because of OUR two faced approach to the situation.
The Jewish people are not guiltless in this horrible situation and many Israelis find the behavior of their own government reprehensible.
As a matter of fact they liken the way the soldiers treat the Palestinians with the way Hitler and other oppressors of the Jewish people treated them."
Wymzie, This is quite possibly the most ill conceived, fuzzy brained string of words I have ever read.
You first state that you believe God gave the holy land to the Jews, then spend the rest of the pargraph condemning them for occupying the land God gave them, and us for supporting them. I'm still laughing! Great thinking!
You state that David "screwed up royally," But do you even have a clue what his great sin was? Was it having hundreds of wives and hundreds more concubines? No, guess again. A king needs his fun; I believe the wisest of men, Solomon, had even more! Were they sexist too? Think carefully, lady; remember David was a man after God's own heart! We don't want to call God sexist because he designed different roles for the sexes, do we?
Wymzie then continues: " If you find my selections offensive, you can certainly click the little red box at the top right hand side of your screen."
Nice,wymzie, NICE! Are you any relation to ex-chancellor Hitler?
Another sure sign of a small, cloudy mind: You are posting on a public forum, then, when someone counters your vicious pokes at men, Zionizm and our government, you tell them to click off. What a gal!
Wymzie's confusion goes on: "all of your responses to anything I have written have been extremely sexist, chauvinistic and demeaning."
The first posts I read from this foggy brained woman were a demeaning piece of trash condemning McCain for his support of Zionism, and then a sexist joke demeaning the intelligence of men.
The fuzzy intelligence of someone who says she "believes God gave the Jews the Holy land," then condemns the aforementioned Jews for accepting God's gift is almost worthy of pity. (I ask you, what the hell kind of logic is that?)Sound's like wymzie has a problem with what God chooses to do! I find it almost as ridiculous that someone who posts demeaning, sexist jokes can't take it when fire is returned in wonderfully good humor:)
Oh, and wymzie, you seemed to have completely avoided the question I posed as to whether you are not, yourself, an "American Zionist!" It's pretty well accepted that we Europeans, in a most strong armed fashion, took this continent from the Native Americans while proclaiming it to be "manifest destiny." Since you live on land taken from Native Americans, are you not an occupier just like any Israeli that you condemn? You gonna give your home & land back to Native Americans? Well, are ya? If not, lady, you are living in a glass house and should stop throwing stones at the Israelis. Donate your property to a Native American cause, and I'll nave more respect your condemnation of Israel, even though you concede God gave it to them:):):)
Believe it or not, I get along great with people, including women, till they show themselves to be sexist, or anti-Israel or anti-American. Then I am not shy about challenging them or you with words of actual reason & truth! After perusing your fuzzy logic, I'm not sure you are really mentally aware enough to be held responsible for the poison you spout, so I shall leave you to bump around in your fog!
Have a wonderful day!
THOMAS AUGUSTUS LITTLETON
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