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[Posted on
9/22/2K] "God is Dead!"
they cried, and many agreed. One of the most potent arguments against the existence of
God is the holocaust, how He could have permitted it. Some might have suggsted, and not without
justification, that somewhere around the invention of the A-bomb,
God took a good, long look at what He hadth wrought, threw up His hands, took a
header and pulled the sod o'er. R.I.P and good luck to the next deity
who takes upon Itself the idiocy of again proposing such a dunderheaded experiment as humancruel. All this, assuming
God existed in the first place. I'm proposing something radical. Not to say
that God wasn't, isn't and ever shan't be – I subscribe to the theory that
we create our own reality, completete with (or without) deity of one's choice, and afterlife. After all,
we give power to that in which we believe, & damned if I'm going to give it up to Fallwell's Satan – but that one can
chose to be a (wo)man, take responsibility for one'self by going beyond God to
a place where we behave as Jesus (or fill-in-the-blank) would have us
behave simply because it's right. I wrote this out at two in the morning
or somesuch, in one breath, so to speak, so take it as a thoughtful rant, but think about it.
Hey, it's your life.
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[Posted on
9/20/2K] REDALERT!RED ALERT!REDALERT!REDALERT!
(Speaking of Godless, atheistic Communists ....) Pacifist Nation frowns upon Cuba-bashing. Castro has no more blood on his hands than Reagan, Bush and
(heresey of heresies) Clinton, from the prosecution of the wars against the people of
Nicaragua and El Salvador to the 5000 infants under the age of five (the U.N.'s own figures
and I have personally had them verified) who die each and every month as a result of our
destruction of the Iraqi infrastructure and the U.N.-imposed, U.S.-directed sanctions. So we have little patience with
little people who are in such a snit over Castro's kicking U.S. companies (and the Mafia) out of Cuba that we
must wage an economic war against the innocent Cuban people. Anyway, here's a link to one of many great organizations
that are trying to bring sanity and reason (not to mention compassion) to this ugly scene. Check 'em out. And will somebody please
explain to me the virtue of being dead over being red. After all, all the Communists ever did in this
country was try to help the working people. And if you can't make the distinction between Stalinism (as in Naziism) and
American, philosophical Communism (as in labor movement) then please learn some history, then get back to us and we'll talk.
[Posted on
9/12/2K] As we approach the November election
Pacifist Nation faces a fundamental choice: Nader or Gore?
and PacNat is definitely leaning toward the left,
no surprise there. My dear friend John is dismayed at the progressives
failing to support the Democrats. The single strongest argument if favor of Gore is the
comtemplation of four (or even, horrors!, eight) years of Dubaya. Sad to say, it's the
Democratic Party that is deserting us. Nader speaks of Labor, rather than saying, “You
cannot win this election without us,” wimping out, licking the Donkey's hooves in fawning gratitude for
whatever scraps they deign to leave us, and for not selling them out too badly (define
‘too badly’.) We blindly accept whatever evil the DNP promulgates
because we hate the other guy worse. Any wonder we get no respect from our own
Party. We don't deserve it! Perhaps we need to sacrifice
our dear nation to the Hounds of Hell for four years and send the Donk a message:
“Better Green than mean!” Read the
Green Part Platform and decide for yourself.
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“Holy Cow!” First a cat, then a family of mice
arive at the Pearly Gates. All led exemplary lives, God asks what She can do for them. The cat had lived in poverty; the mice
had lived in fear. The cat was given a luxurious pillow on which to dream catnip dreams; the mice, roller skates to keep several steps ahead of their tormentors.
All were happy; God stopped by the cat's place to see how he was doing. “Most comfortable pillow
I ever could have imagined – but I particularly love those ‘meals on wheels’ you keep sending by!” Yes,
Pacifist Nation does indeed have a sense of humor but, jokes about slaughtering the poor, defenseless lettuce aside, Pacifist Nation is
a “Vegetarian Nation!”. The cow pictured here died for your sins, or
do you really believe that hamburger patties grow in vegetable patches? Read this thought-provoking piece by writer, Alison Green.
and re-examine the phrase, “life is sacred”.
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Consider the yin & the yang, if
you will. They both need each other, lest the universe be out of balance. So it is with
the conservative and the radical. Heretical it may sound, I believe we need each other.
I wrote this little note for the introduction of my mother's book on Puerto Rican independence.
It is so vital that we listen to each other. Check it out.
Social justice junkies, meet my folks, two originals: their modest Life & Times should be required reading
for anyone desirous of being counted among the "Usual Suspects."
As the world turns, there
are many excellent groups trying to make it a nicer place. Here are a handful
of my family's faves. Please
enjoy browsing!
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