Guilty as charged! But of course I do have my own spin on what this
Season represents. True, I still insist on calling December 25,
Christmas, but I do not spend my day worshiping a mythical Son of a
Made-up God. And of course, only a very few dedicated Souls do that.
But to me it is a Season of Good Will, Love and Sharing.
And besides, Christ represents Man's recognition that he is flawed, if
he is to survive. The concept of Christ envisioned a change of heart,
a move from our violent self to a communal, caring People. But of
course our not so loving spiritual leaders perverted the basic
meaning, creating a violent loving God who drove fear into Men's
hearts and caused them to turn to killing one another in His Holy
Name.
There is a side of me that longs for a Hereafter. That would also
mean that Hell exists. And every pompous, self-righteous, controlling
Spiritual Leader would be lined up and marched into the eternal fire
and brimstone.
Since no such place exists, we will need to do the job ourselves. The
day will arrive when what few humans remain on this stinking,
destroyed planet, will set out to cleanse the land of those Evil
Beings.
And besides, Seattle whupped Cleavland. How much better could a day
be? We always tape the game and watch it as we skip past the
commercials. I wonder how long it will take our Corporate Masters to
put an end to such behavior?
Carl Jarvis
On 12/21/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm shocked! shocked! You were manipulated by the corporate world to
purchase more stuff to celebrate a holiday that is the be all and end all
of
the religion at which you scoff!
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 10:40 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: I tried...I really, really tried to
listen...
As I said, I could not make it through the entire debate. The theme I
noted
was one of shaking fingers under the Corporate noses, shaming them for
their
greed, while condoning their violence around the world. Who ever settles
into the presidents chair in 2017 will forget all the political promises
and
at best we will see an extension of Obama. At worst? It's too scary to
contemplate.
At times I feel like a crew member on the Titanic, watching the ship go
down
while I'm bailing frantically with a coffee cup.
We went Christmas shopping today. Marlene, Cathy's sister, took me to Bed,
Bath and Beyond where I spent gobs of money on stuff I think Cathy will
like. Then we took their mother to Chinese Buffet and Cathy and I stopped
at the Christmas Tree Farm and cut a seven foot Noble Fir. Then we settled
down in our recliners and spent some quality time watching the Seattle Sea
Hawks whip the Cleavland Browns.
After all of that, I stuck my nose out the door and found that the world
had
changed very little.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/20/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, here's my story. I couldn't watch the first debate because Iafford to lose the appearance of its power base.
only pay for basic cable so I don't think that CNN is included in
that. I didn't attempt to watch the second debate because I never
bothered to find out what channel was broadcasting it. The reason I
didn't bother to find out is that I, too, think the debates are just a
show and have little to do with the actual mechanics of choosing
candidates, electing them, or the governance of our country. I'd
rather read a good book. But this time, I thought maybe I'd watch at
least part of the debate. I even knew what channel it was on and what
time it started. But when I pressed the on button on my remote,
nothing happened. I don't know why. We put new batteries in it a while
back and I never use it so the batteries should have been fine. So
much for the debate.
I read summaries of it on Truthdig and Alternet this morning, which is
quite sufficient. But someone does have to find out why the TV that I
never use, wasn't working.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 9:48 AM
To: blind-democracy
Cc: Virginia Jarvis
Subject: [blind-democracy] I tried...I really, really tried to listen...
Say what you want about last evenings debate, and yes, it was better
than the republican clown show, but it is still a part of the
Two-Headed Monster, The Corporate Empire.
I really tried to listen to the differences between the three
combatants, but in the end they will knuckle under and find ways of
justifying our Corporate Empire's need to dominate the World.
We once talked about the Industrial/Military Complex . But it has
morphed into what I now call, The Military/Corporate/Greed-Driven,
Empire.
"Times they are a changing", far faster than our ability to adjust to
the World we now live in. While Corporate Giants duke it out for
dominance, we wander about with one foot back in the Mister Rogers
World, and the other foot in Lah Lah-Land.
But just for the record, and so folks can later on say, "I told you
so!", here is my spin.
The Republican Party is scared
that Donald Trump just might become their presidential candidate. So
in back rooms, formally, smoke filled back rooms, the Corporate
Masters of the Republican Party, have decided to set up a backup plan.
That plan would be to quietly support Hillary Clinton. She is already
mostly under their control...maybe all under their control, so they
would avoid the disaster which would surely occur if Trump were
elected, and they could continue quietly bleeding the American Public
dry. The old adage, Divide and Conquer, is only good if you can
control the divisions. Trump and his radical backers are threatening
to split this nation wide open, filled with angry little divisions,
unwilling to join forces with any other division. The nation could
well fall into disarray. While, on the one hand, the Empire no
longer needs the United States of America, on the other hand it cannot
Which brings me back to why I could not view the entire debate last
night.
It, along with the Republican Side show, are nothing more than a
distraction. More entertainment without substance. Frankly, I'll get
more substance from watching Seattle beat up on Cleveland, later today.
Carl Jarvis
