God bless the moderate ones for they catch hell from both sides.
This has been a frustrating time during the last few months.
The principles of Jesus Christ are the best principles to live by, but people don’t understand Jesus Christ. Read Roman Catholic laity, James Wills’s book, What Jesus Meant. Read Episcopalian, Laura Butler Bass’s book, Christianity for the Rest of Us.
Those who hop on the Christian conformity bandwagon of the masses are being led astray, whether it’s Pat Robertson with his massive following in the Media or Eternal Way Network. Jesus said: “The road to hell is broad and spacious and many [mega] will be on it.” I don’t know which road I am on, but I try to avoid the “mega-sized” road which many are following.
I also DON’T impose my values upon others, while many bullies on that wide and spacious road have attempted to impose their values upon me.
My grandmother said, “Judge not lest ye be judged.” I always assumed she was quoting from Jesus, but I am not so proud as to admit that I don’t know everything. But the message I get from what my WISE grandmother told me: I stand before my CREATOR and my CREATOR (GOD) will decide my fate. I believe in a loving God who will make certain my fate is a good one. Period. No dogma. No rhetoric. Pure and simple. If I have made my God unhappy, oh well, then I have made the Creator unhappy and I face the consequences. But I don’t believe in my heart that I have made the Creator unhappy. On the other hand, I don’t need someone else telling me THEIR opinion and interpretation about what makes our Creator happy or not.
I live by the principles of Jesus: don’t be greedy, egotistical, lying, and deceptive. Period. It drives everything else in my life, from everyday work, recreation, and relaxation. And this means it also drives my life with regard to sex. I don’t need my life micro-managed by some puritanical bastard bullies. I will treat others as I expect them to treat me: with respect. However, I am intolerant of hateful people. I will respect them as long as they leave me alone. I don’t have to accept the opinions of hateful people because Jesus Christ told us: “love your neighbor as you would yourself.”
But also I should love my Creator, too, for God made humans to stand with intelligence above the animal species – in the image of God, not animals. However that happened – and I don’t care about the details – but there is a Creator there who is far more powerful to be able to put our pieces together so everything works together in a marvelous wondrous way. I don’t attempt to form a concrete image of the Creator – based on traditional images – because all the images might just be wrong.
I also believe in original blessings and find “original sin” to be horse s*** designed by people who are like Latin American banana republic dictators (and a pope) to impose fear and intimidation upon people – and keep us all as slaves. “Original sin” creates an atmosphere with no opportunities to pull our self up by our “boot straps.” The pope and banana-republic-type (Hitler- Mussolini- Stalin- Mao-tse Tung- Tojo- type) autocrats create slaves. Period. There is a more human way of leadership, but it takes great skill to do it. It’s easy to be an autocrat, but to be a democratic leader, there are many more difficulties to overcome. Autocrats are cowards lacking humility to learn what it takes to be a true leader. On the other hand, there are those who try to achieve leadership in the name of democracy – sincerely try to do it – and they either have not learned the skill or are just plain unable to do so. FDR was a true democratic leader. FDR achieved a 96% election win over his opponent in 1936. Reagan was an autocratic bully. He never achieved anything CLOSE to that figure, yet he sure did attack FDR on many occasions – out of cowardice jealousy. Reagan had a narrow view with an ideology. FDR was a problem-solving leader who rejected ideology.
Despite the lies of Reagan, Bush, and many Republicans (particularly the tea party), FDR followed the American heritage of welfare and safety nets which existed from the founding of the Republic. FDR sought solutions to re-define safety nets for the American people because the safety nets of the late 18th Century and the 19th Century (government bounty land grants) no longer exist. The problem lies in the Democrats (and Republicans) who followed FDR, NOT FDR – as Reagan would have us believe. Reagan was an ignorant jerk who knew how to communicate effectively.
The long-term investments of real estate were also the “welfare” state of the 19th Century. A 19th-century single mom (Jane) who was left with land from a Revolutionary War land grant could sell the land at a profit in order to support her family of four children (true story) after the father died. Single moms were “created” due to death rather than divorces (during this era). Jane had no recourse of “child support” (and attacking a man in order to receive handouts) nor did she have government food stamps or a welfare check. She had the safety net of a huge land grant which had been divided among the descendants of a Revolutionary War veteran (her deceased husband’s grandfather) – and she sold it for a profit. Without an income during her lifetime (and little for investment in savings accounts), but due to hard work in growing her own food and raising four children by herself, she was rewarded by her children who took care of her until she was nearly 100 years old.
Jane is not the only example. There were many others whose descendants probably still own the land from the original land grants following the American Revolution. They perhaps have an income and don’t need welfare – as did any of their ancestors.
The American heritage was to help one another out in order for each to become what he/she is capable of being – back when land investments were plentiful. By the time veterans of World War I returned home, land grants had dried up. Republican KKK-supported Hoover fired on the veterans who protested in Washington about not having housing (at the height of the Great Depression). That same American heritage to “help one another out” – a sense of community – was the driving force behind FDR’s solutions and decisions (the New Deal). The small merchants and farmers were no longer as prevalent as America became more urbanized by herding people into the cities as slaves – combining with the influx of immigrants who were also herded into urban areas. In order to help Americans continue to have a piece of the pie which characterized the rural life, unions were developed in the same manner that small merchants (and farmers) created cooperatives in order to provide more clout within a capitalist marketplace. Economics is about balance, but there are those greedy wealthy bastards who refuse to live life in balance with others in the community. They are pigs. (Snort snort).
Both cooperatives and unions have been ruined, I believe, by deliberate forms of corruption imposed by greedy bastards who stubbornly and persistently refuse to accept balance in this system – particularly since bitch Ayn Rand has propelled these people with confidence like never before in a belief system based solely on greed. The tea party person with whom I recently spoke – the military brat – defended Ayn Rand like never before. He describes himself as a “former Marxist.” I believe he knows very little about how America has operated for several centuries.
Side point: Another great “communicator” (Reagan described as a “great communicator”) with a lousy product: Bill Gates of my generation. He is an ignorant jerk (a Democrat, too) with a lousy product, but knows how to communicate (market) effectively.
My solutions, not my values and ideology, are important. Solutions are proposed in order to make life better for the American COMMUNITY rather than just for those who have the most money. All American citizens are important (notice I used the word, “citizen”). We need solutions with the community of Americans in mind, not those of greedy bastards who would define happiness for slaves. Period.
Give me an America where I am able to pursue “life, liberty, and happiness” without conforming to the ways of religious fascists. Don’t define my happiness for me. My happiness is the same happiness which defines the five nations with the happiest people on earth.
My ancestors came to this nation rejecting the puritanical horse s*** in England. They arrived here in 1638. They arrived here looking for a better cup of ice cream.
Stop the polarization horse s*** caused by the tea party in Congress. Senator Paul is an asshole. Rep. Ryan is an asshole. Lacking any sense of compromise, none of these people deserve the seats they have in Congress, so go to hell.
Often on this post, I have commented about my Dutch family relationships to the Roosevelt family. By marriage, my Dutch family, the Schoonmakers, are related to the Roosevelts. This is well documented in the Schoonmaker genealogy which is available from the Huguenot Historical Society in New Paltz, NY.
Had it not been for my ancestor, Capt. Frederick J. Schoonmaker, financing the American Revolution to the brink of his own bankruptcy, this nation may have had a Schoonmaker with a huge mansion running for president. But Capt. Frederick “lost his shirt” by financing the building of the chain across the Hudson River (one end of the chain was on the present-day location of West Point). He is an example, unlike the Bush family, which derives from the same geographic area as the Roosevelts and Schoonmakers, of commitment to community and one who takes a dim view regarding the love of money. This is the same contrast of a wealthy Schoonmaker with the Koch brothers and others today.
The hateful people of the 21st century tea party quote the original Tea Party, but abandon all sense of community which existed among those who funded and supported the American Revolution. They all do this out of love for money and reckless abandonment of love for the human community. The tea party’s actions are being performed in the name of a 20th-century atheist bitch (so-called Jew – a traitor to her Jewish roots) who was pissed at the Soviet government when she came to America acting like she was some kind of expert about what life in America should be about. These things are being done in the name of a wealthy family which once owned a chain of salons in a Caribbean nation and also in the name of a former legislative leader of the government on that island nation. None of these people understand the American way of life and our heritage for love of community, so there actions are those of hatred – in support of the fascist Bush family. There is no toleration of an opinion regarding hatred. It is not an opinion.
Last night, I viewed the DVD, Eleanor and Franklin. It was quite revealing. Many people, both Republicans and Democrats, could learn from Franklin D. Roosevelt. Having read a great deal about FDR and Eleanor, the film appeared to be quite close to reality.
A scene the ideological Republican tea party members need to consider. A belligerent reporter approached President Roosevelt (standing on crutches, by the way, due to his polio – need I remind pigs today who don’t know what it feels like to be helpless), he asked four questions and the president addressed each one. The reporter asked FDR: “Are you a communist?” The president answered, “no!” The reporter continued: “Are you a capitalist?” FDR: “No!” The reporter: “Are you a socialist?” FDR: “No!” The reporter: “What are you?” FDR: “A Christian and a Democrat!”
Today, FDR’s answer to the last question probably should have been: “An Episcopalian and a Democrat” – because so many so-called Christians have lost sight of the focus of Jesus Christ and mis-represent Him. But then, a Nigerian Anglican archbishop, the Episcopal bishops in Pittsburgh and central Florida also mis-represent Jesus Christ, too.
A lesson for President Obama and the Democrats. FDR made a comment about “putting Americans back to work,” but I never heard him talk about “jobs creation.” To me, jobs are just one part of “putting Americans back to work.” But Democrats today focus ONLY on that one little aspect, forgetting the opportunities (as do the tea party folks) which give Americans the ability to invest in their future. On the opposite extreme, the tea party folks think ONLY about entrepreneurship (greedy selfish entrepreneurship which abandons any sense of community) and these tea party people toss out every aspect about creating jobs. Thus, we have a polarization in America today – stimulated by the vengeful attitudes of fascists like the Bush family.
FDR created opportunities in the form of “bonds.” Victory Bonds and the like. Democrats never propose strings attached to the tax cuts of the wealthy. For instance, Democrats never propose the following to the wealthy of America: if you want the tax cuts, then here is where you need to invest the money from your tax cuts: Bonds… in Housing, Education, Food, or Health bonds. Government bonds underwritten by the private sector. An alliance of public and private in order to make this nation healthy and “put Americans back to work.”
FDR believed in “unemployment compensation,” but I believe he would have been appalled at what he would see in the system today. Corruption. People who have become lazy and LOOK for the “shortest distance between two points.” Construction workers located in the cold snowy areas of the nation who collect during times when weather prohibits them from working. Teacher unions don’t get this type of unemployment during the summer, but are under attack today. I knew a union member (now deceased) in the trades who was appalled at the existence of such horse s*** unemployment “handouts.” Yet union members are the ones taking it on the chin today? During World War II, this now-deceased CWA member fought valiantly against fascist Mussolini, losing a thumb in the conflicts in Italy. This union member also admired FDR and Nelson Rockefeller of New York.
Solution: if weather prohibits people from working, then the government provides funding to help such people bring home income, rather than handing out unemployment checks. For instance, Vermont imports students from Australia to run the ski lifts during the winter – while unemployed construction workers in the northeast sit on their asses with no work. The government could be the catalyst to help bring employers and potential employees together, rather than providing handouts which ultimately create lazy people.
I believe, if the Bush family and others would drop their goddamn vindictiveness against FDR – which clouds their decision-making capabilities – then we could, as a community of Americans solve our problems more effectively.
Drop the goddamn ideology and solve our problems – NOW! Stop the horse s*** and develop a better cup of ice cream!
29 July 2011
July 27, 2011
George Bush, Jr, promoted the idea of the Chilean retirement system. The Republicans today wish to tear apart our PUBLIC SOCIAL INSURANCE RUN BY CAPITALISM (in reference to Social Security) and create a culture like that of the Chinese Communists (actually, it is an age-old Chinese culture, but the communists are in charge): children take care of their parents and senior citizens are relegated to the garbage heap with no independence and no choices.
To Georgie Porgy and the fat cat Republicans: what’s wrong with AMERICAN ideals and to fix them when they are broken? Fixing means getting to the root of the problem: “the love of money is the root of all evil.”
Ayn Rand’s philosophies are evil because they promote the love of money, which is translated as greed. Ayn Rand is an antithesis to Jesus Christ, yet proclaimed “Christians” such as Georgie Porgie, Jebbie, Rick Perry, and other fascist bigots proclaim Ayn Rand as god. Selfishness and greed are the number one priority.
Jesus Christ was against fornication and adultery. But both fornication and adultery are the products of greed – “the love of money [greed] is the root of all evil.” Those who push their religious thoughts down our throats – regarding anti-abortion, anti-recreational sex among consenting partners, anti-homosexuality – are greedy. Fascists who stubbornly insist on only ONE WAY of doing something are greedy. Yet I never hear these fascists condemn Rick Scott or others for stealing and acting in a deceptive manner.
Deception is another product of greed. Jesus Christ took an adamant stand against deception and greed. Two times. It led to his crucifixion. In order to make people forget this little fact, the “opiate of the people” mesmerize the people with Jesus dying on a cross and the “passion” which is evoked due to that. Fact is, Jesus Christ got their due to his CLEAR opposition to deception and greed by lousy SOBs who called themselves “business people.” The truth hurts, so Jesus got crucified.
Jesus Christ actually stood among the prostitutes, pornographers, and homosexuals of his day. He did not call for their arrest – like a bigoted bitch from Minnesota might do. Christ’s beef was with the deceptive lawyers of his day. Christ’s beef was with corrupt government officials of his day. Christ’s beef was with deceptive, greedy business practices of his day. Taking undeserved bonuses and raising CEO salaries beyond belief are greedy and deceptive practices today. Yet, conservative bitches and bastards look the other way while condemning the lives of peaceful people in the Middle Class who attempt to do the best they are able to do – in order to survive in a world created, perpetuated, and sustained by these beasts of the devil.
Tioga Herald 
6 August 2011
If millions of people believe false and stupid information, it does not suddenly make that information correct. It just means that many people are stupid and unable to discern fact from fiction.
If a large number of people wish to use a “simple majority” to impose rules and regulations upon a minority of people, this is NOT democracy, but is no different from the genocide imposed by Hitler upon minorities and upon the genocide imposed by Saddam Hussein upon the Kurdish people.
Just because a “simple majority” makes a decision which adversely impacts a group of people, does not validate the decision as one of democracy. The best example of this is: Dixie Jim Crow Laws imposed by a “simple majority” of white folks upon people with a different color of skin. Another example of this: denial of homosexual monogamous relationships and the legal contracts which define such relationships and allow people in those relationships to adopt children and create a family (also called same-sex marriage).
To invoke Jim Crow Laws and exclusive heterosexual marriage laws – or any laws that adversely impact a minority of people, there should be a UNANIMOUS decision by all involved with the issue. Period. Then true democracy has been practiced. So why do we waste our government tax dollars considering such stupid issues when there are more pressing issues at hand?
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