Articles on Christian Science | csmonitor.com
No, seriously. Rather than using highly selective rubrics which pick up on the most worldly, base, and grossly misinterpretted details and seat them above the transcendent themes which identify the scriptures as a message from the heavens, it's actually some Christian writing that craftfully applies those transcendent themes into both world and everyday reality. I highly recommend: any Christian can identify with it and I doubt a faithful adherent to any other religious tradition could argue with the message pulled out of it.
Speaking of which, I feel like talking about Jesus. And no doubt Muhammad, Sakyamuni, Zoroaster, Confucious, and Plato. So man, now being privy to the combined messages of all of the great prophets, should have gotten the point? No? Do we need another clue? I think we've run out of cash to buy another vowel. But maybe I'm wrong... maybe we really guessed the message years ago, and it just turns out that these priestly poetic prophetic philosophers were off their rockers. It could happen. The world is totally irrational, God could just be playing mind games with us. "You little fuckers, I'll make the men you worship the most, be completely wrong." The reason their message is still so potent isn't because its so close to the divine truth that it resonates within the mind of whomever takes the time to listen to it. The reason their message is still so potent is because they all sold their souls to the devil. It has to be. I mean, why else would it stick in your head. Freud taught us that we are in fact dirty, disgusting animals whose core is naturally compelled towards lustful ambitions and violence unless beaten down by the ever vigilant superego. Therefore, if something sticks in your head, its no doubt morbid enough to be able to vibrate on the same frequence as your dirty mind. Perhaps, man, it's all simply a charade. The P's were simply smarter than all of us and knew ethics and divine truths weren't real, but they would be laughing through eternity at the mess it got everyone into.
Or... maybe what those guys said wasn't really that bad for either you or any individual within you.
31.1.05
24.1.05
Officially the worst day of the year.
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | And now for something completely dreary
That's right, we now have scientific proof that today is the worst day of the year. I was always kind of curious. I would be lying if I said that I haven't spent sleepless nights wondering just which day was in fact the worst day of the year. I knew science would find the answer some day, but the waiting was terrible. But, this does give me hope. If science can in fact figure out which day is the worst day of the year, they can also figure out which day is in fact the best day of the year, which will allow me a chance to enjoy myself, as I have obviously forsworn such efforts today in respect to the unholiday which occupies the day. Also, if I know what the best day of the year is, I'll be able to plan important events on that day and ensure that they won't get screwed up cause of a bad day. Though, this news of the worst day is slightly depressing. It intimates that no matter what I do, and no matter what you do for that matter, we're all fated to have a terrible time today. It's not even really worth trying, which, I suppose is a positive statement as we've now been given a mandate from science to do nothing all day as it will all end in miserable failure. How could it not... its the worst day of the year? Though, as the BBC article reminds us, there is at least one thing to be cheerful about today... It's the 70th anniversary of beer being sold in cans. Sweet.
That's right, we now have scientific proof that today is the worst day of the year. I was always kind of curious. I would be lying if I said that I haven't spent sleepless nights wondering just which day was in fact the worst day of the year. I knew science would find the answer some day, but the waiting was terrible. But, this does give me hope. If science can in fact figure out which day is the worst day of the year, they can also figure out which day is in fact the best day of the year, which will allow me a chance to enjoy myself, as I have obviously forsworn such efforts today in respect to the unholiday which occupies the day. Also, if I know what the best day of the year is, I'll be able to plan important events on that day and ensure that they won't get screwed up cause of a bad day. Though, this news of the worst day is slightly depressing. It intimates that no matter what I do, and no matter what you do for that matter, we're all fated to have a terrible time today. It's not even really worth trying, which, I suppose is a positive statement as we've now been given a mandate from science to do nothing all day as it will all end in miserable failure. How could it not... its the worst day of the year? Though, as the BBC article reminds us, there is at least one thing to be cheerful about today... It's the 70th anniversary of beer being sold in cans. Sweet.
23.1.05
Do I smell a robot army?
BBC NEWS | Americas | 'Robot soldiers' bound for Iraq
Yes. I do.
I just hope other countries get the technology too... cause that would be sweet. You could just buy yourself a robot army and put 'em in the colliseum, let 'em duke it out robo e robo. Carlyle group too. Isn't that the one Bush Snr. chills with, eh? Perhaps. But seriously now, politics aside, a robot army. Like this has potential. I'm talking serious world domination. You can't fuck with a robot army, not unless you want a computer guided M249 shell in the chest. Sure, they'll blow a few up with road mines and such, but they'll just keep coming. People won't get pissed off about the death of another robot, they'll demand we send more. The moral questions of sending our own soldiers to their death for a misguided cause is factored out, in favor of a slight cut to the education budget. Freedom and liberty shall dominate.
Yes. I do.
I just hope other countries get the technology too... cause that would be sweet. You could just buy yourself a robot army and put 'em in the colliseum, let 'em duke it out robo e robo. Carlyle group too. Isn't that the one Bush Snr. chills with, eh? Perhaps. But seriously now, politics aside, a robot army. Like this has potential. I'm talking serious world domination. You can't fuck with a robot army, not unless you want a computer guided M249 shell in the chest. Sure, they'll blow a few up with road mines and such, but they'll just keep coming. People won't get pissed off about the death of another robot, they'll demand we send more. The moral questions of sending our own soldiers to their death for a misguided cause is factored out, in favor of a slight cut to the education budget. Freedom and liberty shall dominate.
19.1.05
CNN... you never cease to amaze me
CNN.com - Poll: Nation split on Bush as uniter or�divider - Jan 19, 2005
Yes... That indeed is the title of CNN's article... and CNN fails to appreciate the irony... maybe if they interpretted the results (i.e. 50% of the nation finding the president a divider and 50% a uniter likely means that the president is in fact a divider as that 50% that feels he's a divider is like the 50% that feels alienated and divided from him) we would feel a little bit more faith in the institution as a whole. But then again, CNN is a pretty peice of shit news organization.
Yes... That indeed is the title of CNN's article... and CNN fails to appreciate the irony... maybe if they interpretted the results (i.e. 50% of the nation finding the president a divider and 50% a uniter likely means that the president is in fact a divider as that 50% that feels he's a divider is like the 50% that feels alienated and divided from him) we would feel a little bit more faith in the institution as a whole. But then again, CNN is a pretty peice of shit news organization.
Where'd that blasted article go...
CNN.com - Pentagon blasts article�alleging reconnaissance missions in Iran - Jan 18, 2005
If you're looking for the Seymour Hersh article, or even the followup to the Seymour Hersh article which documents the Bush team responses to it... this is about the only link. CNN, using a highly effective rubric of journalism, decided that if you hadn't seen either link within 3 hours of its posting (generally around 8 a.m. EST) you probably didn't want to, which is why they stopped publishing links to them. Though they were still searchable, the more important events of the day were posted instead... for instance, Airbus had a party. So, let us commence to praising CNN for their commitment to the free flow of information through our public sphere, their ensurance that there's enough useless shit to overwhelm any information worthwhile, and the high standards they set for the government produced semen which they so greedily devour. Amen.
If you're looking for the Seymour Hersh article, or even the followup to the Seymour Hersh article which documents the Bush team responses to it... this is about the only link. CNN, using a highly effective rubric of journalism, decided that if you hadn't seen either link within 3 hours of its posting (generally around 8 a.m. EST) you probably didn't want to, which is why they stopped publishing links to them. Though they were still searchable, the more important events of the day were posted instead... for instance, Airbus had a party. So, let us commence to praising CNN for their commitment to the free flow of information through our public sphere, their ensurance that there's enough useless shit to overwhelm any information worthwhile, and the high standards they set for the government produced semen which they so greedily devour. Amen.
17.1.05
Nutso Leftist Journalist at it Again
CNN.com - Journalist: U.S. planning for possible attack on Iran - Jan 17, 2005
Seymour Hersh, the decidedly liberal journalist whose forays into the world of adults include blowing the My Lai massacre and its "cover-up" out of proportion, overexposing the prisoner abuse scandals in both Abu Ghraib and Gitmo, and providing decidedly anti-American quotes in his books and interviews...
[Hersh talked about a call he had gotten from a first lieutenant in charge of a unit stationed halfway between Baghdad and the Syrian border. His group was bivouacking outside of town in an agricultural area, and had hired 30 or so Iraqis to guard a local granary. A few weeks passed. They got to know the men they hired, and to like them. Then orders came down from Baghdad that the village would be "cleared." Another platoon from the soldier's company came and executed the Iraqi granary guards. All of them. "He said they just shot them one by one. And his people, and he, and the villagers of course, went nuts," Hersh said quietly. "He was hysterical, totally hysterical. He went to the company captain, who said, 'No, you don't understand, that's a kill. We got 36 insurgents. Don't you read those stories when the Americans say we had a combat maneuver and 15 insurgents were killed?']...
Yes, that very Seymour Hersh has done it again, this time making truly insane claims about the United States government wanted to bomb the shit out of Iran. And even if this is true, he denies the obvious fact, held no doubt by the men of vastly superior intelligence within our government, that if we do bomb the shit out of Iran, the Iranian people will rally to our side against the current oppressive Iranian regime. Iranians know who the good guys and the bad guys are, they just need an explosive impetus to give them the courage to stand up for what they beleive in. It's people like Seymour Hersh, making up all this goof-ball left-wing unpatriotic hippie conspiracy theory crap that ignites people against Americans world-wide. Why would people want to beleive in democracy when all it produces is an intelligensia who think themselves capable of making accurate assessments of our nation's current role in the world, when in all reality, that's the government's job... the government we very well elected to tell us what our nation's current role in the world is. Amen democracy, Amen.
Seymour Hersh, the decidedly liberal journalist whose forays into the world of adults include blowing the My Lai massacre and its "cover-up" out of proportion, overexposing the prisoner abuse scandals in both Abu Ghraib and Gitmo, and providing decidedly anti-American quotes in his books and interviews...
[Hersh talked about a call he had gotten from a first lieutenant in charge of a unit stationed halfway between Baghdad and the Syrian border. His group was bivouacking outside of town in an agricultural area, and had hired 30 or so Iraqis to guard a local granary. A few weeks passed. They got to know the men they hired, and to like them. Then orders came down from Baghdad that the village would be "cleared." Another platoon from the soldier's company came and executed the Iraqi granary guards. All of them. "He said they just shot them one by one. And his people, and he, and the villagers of course, went nuts," Hersh said quietly. "He was hysterical, totally hysterical. He went to the company captain, who said, 'No, you don't understand, that's a kill. We got 36 insurgents. Don't you read those stories when the Americans say we had a combat maneuver and 15 insurgents were killed?']...
Yes, that very Seymour Hersh has done it again, this time making truly insane claims about the United States government wanted to bomb the shit out of Iran. And even if this is true, he denies the obvious fact, held no doubt by the men of vastly superior intelligence within our government, that if we do bomb the shit out of Iran, the Iranian people will rally to our side against the current oppressive Iranian regime. Iranians know who the good guys and the bad guys are, they just need an explosive impetus to give them the courage to stand up for what they beleive in. It's people like Seymour Hersh, making up all this goof-ball left-wing unpatriotic hippie conspiracy theory crap that ignites people against Americans world-wide. Why would people want to beleive in democracy when all it produces is an intelligensia who think themselves capable of making accurate assessments of our nation's current role in the world, when in all reality, that's the government's job... the government we very well elected to tell us what our nation's current role in the world is. Amen democracy, Amen.
10.1.05
Taxes
The New Republic Online: Bait And ...
I'm beginning to think that a possible answer to our tax problem would be to create a flat income tax on all individuals... then tax the fuck out of corporate earnings from businesses over a networth of something like 10-20 million dollars (to ensure that small businesses remain)... so what if corporate entities flee america... who the fuck cares if we have small businesses to replace them and an army of consumers who remain to fuel the demand for more businesses... the ridiculous tax rate would keep businesses small, though it would encourage people to cheat the system by using 10 small businesses as if they were one. Hmm.
I'm beginning to think that a possible answer to our tax problem would be to create a flat income tax on all individuals... then tax the fuck out of corporate earnings from businesses over a networth of something like 10-20 million dollars (to ensure that small businesses remain)... so what if corporate entities flee america... who the fuck cares if we have small businesses to replace them and an army of consumers who remain to fuel the demand for more businesses... the ridiculous tax rate would keep businesses small, though it would encourage people to cheat the system by using 10 small businesses as if they were one. Hmm.
Freedom
Terrorism & Security | csmonitor.com
The word freedom means many things. 13 definitions are listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, and a host of connotations shade off from those strictly worded meanings. For example, as an American, the word freedom calls up images of the flag, our rights to free speech and free worship and free press, images of soldiers who died to protect those rights. In Iraq our politicians and military leaders are looking to bestow upon the Iraqi people similar images of freedom through the efforts of homegrown Iraqi men organized by their American benefactors into death squads used to hunt down and kill rebel leaders and their sympathizers. Yep, good ole' freedom.
The word freedom means many things. 13 definitions are listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, and a host of connotations shade off from those strictly worded meanings. For example, as an American, the word freedom calls up images of the flag, our rights to free speech and free worship and free press, images of soldiers who died to protect those rights. In Iraq our politicians and military leaders are looking to bestow upon the Iraqi people similar images of freedom through the efforts of homegrown Iraqi men organized by their American benefactors into death squads used to hunt down and kill rebel leaders and their sympathizers. Yep, good ole' freedom.
9.1.05
Advanced technology found to offer protection from tsunamis...
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...oh wait, those were trees. My bad. I figured, hey, things forced to adapt to nature's terrors through the course of evolution would never be nearly as effective or cost-efficient at defending against nature as our billion dollar science fair projects. Woo ah.
...oh wait, those were trees. My bad. I figured, hey, things forced to adapt to nature's terrors through the course of evolution would never be nearly as effective or cost-efficient at defending against nature as our billion dollar science fair projects. Woo ah.
7.1.05
jesus rocking out the fcc
While driving through Gobles, Michigan on Thursday, I noticed some friendly words on the message board of a community church which I felt the need to share.
Merry Christmas
Message approved by Jesus
Merry Christmas
Message approved by Jesus
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