14 Points of fascism (part 1)

clipped from www.oldamericancentury.org 14 Points of fascism 1.) Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays. 2.) Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights: Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc. 3.) Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause: The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

14 Points of fascism (part 2)

clipped from www.oldamericancentury.org 4.) Supremacy of the Military: Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized. 5.) Rampant Sexism: The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy. 6.) Controlled Mass Media: Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common. 7.) Obsession with National Security: Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masse 8.) Religion and Government are Intertwined: 9.) Corporate Power is Protected:

14 Points of fascism (part 3)

clipped from www.oldamericancentury.org 10.) Labor Power is Suppressed: Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed. 11.) Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts: Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts. 12.) Obsession with Crime and Punishment: Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations 13.) Rampant Cronyism and Corruption: 14. Fraudulent Elections: America is headed for a soft dictatorship by the end of Bush’s second term.

Considering the military capacity of the powerbrokers, this regime is making all other terrorist organizations pale into insignificance. What is most antagonistic about the situation is the way they appear to gloat. When they say George W is clutching at straws, they will mean straws with an axe concealed, a bundle the Romans knew as Fasces. When did the President stop being one of the people ? When he was elected. You can avoid the Law, ignore the law, 'be' above the Law, or even believe the Law is yours to write, but the Law of Nature will overrule.
Remember King Canute ? By insulating themselves from the people, and the problems of every day life, the elite become weak in body and spirit, preferring to let money talk for them. When they have to face the reality of survival, they are left defenceless. People can go deaf to the sound of paper.

If Fascism is to be overcome, we have to show that it is maintained by fiction, and fear. Like a horror story that people are prepared to believe. More and more people are refusing to believe lies that are contrary to known facts, as their only validation is in the reputation of a politician with a vested interest, or an 'Official' Government Report.

WashPost: Gore Inspires Energy Consumption; Paper Leaves Out Mammoth Electric Bill

clipped from newsbusters.org The summer of media love for Al Gore continues in the Washington Post today. An article by Lori Aratani boasts in the sub-heading that “Al Gore’s film has raised awareness of energy conservation, officials say.” The piece is actually on John Morrill, an Arlington County bureaucrat who has, for years, been “touting the cost saving benefits and environmentally friendly nature” of compact fluorescent lamps. He says in the past people ignored him but now, “thanks in part to ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ the issue has a higher profile.” While the article stumbles over itself bestowing platitudes on Al Gore’s “documentary,” it – of course – fails to mention that while Al was busy lecturing America about the evils of carbon emissions, his own house in Tennessee was using over 20 times more energy than the national average. berating people like you and me for not using the right kind of light bulb, Al, the green guru himself, was racking up electric bills of $1,300 dollars per month.

Can't make this stuff up!

Posted by Doreen1722
with the tags al gore, media, gloral warming, double standard

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Sohil 07-14-2007 2.14am

Well at least he's inspiring other people, as opposed to millions others.

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Filby 07-14-2007 2.33am


"Dorine1722 Writes Deceptively-Selective Popurl Post; Post Leaves Out Gore's Carbon Credit Participation"

Unlike you, Dorine, Gore takes actions to offset his energy usage by various measures (like planting more trees to produce more oxygen from co2). Its well-documented and you've no excuse whatsoever for not knowing it if you're so 'well-informed' on the topic that you post about it.

Dorine1722, you and your slimy type aren't getting away with your usual slandering Swift Boat bullshitting half-truths this time around, not by a long shot. Be forewarned that you're telling your lies in a very, very exposed setting where you can be revealed for what you truly are in an instant.

Like now for example.

Gore is far more responsible than any other politician could hope to be, and you partisan loons try to lie by omission to obscure the fact? Since when did he ever state he was the perfect human being you apparently think needs to be cut down? What exactly is wrong with spreading the word about better ways to live that you find so objectionable?

Don't you have a war-hero-multiple-amputee to slander or something, you scumbag? Or is war hero Max Cleland off your radar to make room for this latest brain dead, sure to backfire character smear attempt on a popular Vice President?

Go back under your bridge, Dorine. Chalk this one up as your failure to 'get away with it'.

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Sohil 07-14-2007 2.35am

Sorry Filby, those aren't very nice things to say about people. If you read dorine's clips, you'll notice that her affiliation with the right does very little to influence her clips and be a participant of Clipmarks unlike many here (who I need not name and am sure you met).

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Doreen1722 07-14-2007 2.42pm

Thanks, sohil.

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Michellezm 07-14-2007 4.44pm

Filby, you are nothing but a nasty vicious troll. You are attacking, undeservedly, the nicest person on Clipmarks. How dare you!!! You coward. You hide behind your anonymity and hurl judgments at someone you don't even know But you have displayed to us all the type of person you are and it's not a pleasant sight. If there's a slimy person on Clipmarks, it's you. I notice you haven't CLIPPED ONE SINGLE ITEM, yet you've had the nerve to comment on 28. Clipmarks is the poorer for having you on.

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Doreen1722 07-14-2007 5.07pm

Thanks, michelle. I was taken by surprise at this clipper's response to my clip. Pointing out media bias or double standards brings out the wackos. Looks like I struck a nerve. Thanks for your support.

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Michellezn 07-14-2007 5.23pm

Dorine, I just want to let you know that I appreciate your clips and your comments so much. You have demonstrated your good and gentle nature. The quality of your clips are consistently good and interesting and informative. Please don't let this 'creature from the night' disrupt their flow. You are a lady of substance and a decent and courteous human being. Clipmarks would be the poorer if you were not one part of it. I cannot recall when last I felt this much anger. I am enraged at the absolute injustice of those words aimed at you. One nice thing though, we have the power to screen out or censor another clipper and this individual can be shunned and shut out if he/she does not, or cannot control themselves. Filby's rant was so bizarre that I wonder if he/she is not actually mentally ill or of sub-normal intelligence. It's a distinct possibility.

Clip on, Dorine.

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Dorine1722 07-14-2007 5.50pm

Michelle, your kind and encouraging words have left speechless. Thank you so much!

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Righthand 07-21-2007 4.00pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P6nTAR2MVYQ
Al Gore's new book: report in 90 seconds

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WashPost: Gore Inspires Energy Conservation; Paper Leaves Out Mammoth Electric Bill
By Joe Steigerwald | July 13, 2007 - 17:47 ET

The summer of media love for Al Gore continues in the Washington Post today. An article by Lori Aratani boasts in the sub-heading that “Al Gore’s film has raised awareness of energy conservation, officials say.”

The piece is actually on John Morrill, an Arlington County bureaucrat who has, for years, been “touting the cost saving benefits and environmentally friendly nature” of compact fluorescent lamps. He says in the past people ignored him but now, “thanks in part to ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ the issue has a higher profile.”

While the article stumbles over itself bestowing platitudes on Al Gore’s “documentary,” it – of course – fails to mention that while Al was busy lecturing America about the evils of carbon emissions, his own house in Tennessee was using over 20 times more energy than the national average.

That’s right folks! While Al was criss-crossing the country, berating people like you and me for not using the right kind of light bulb, Al, the green guru himself, was racking up electric bills of $1,300 dollars per month.

In contrast to Al’s house of energy horrors, George W. Bush’s Crawford ranch has called an “eco-friendly haven.”

What, did Al accidentally leave a light on during all those cross-country trips?

Of course people caught up in the hysteria of the green movement constantly “forget” to include little things like that in their stories. Mentioning such a thing about their hero Albert is obviously off-limits.

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racist, apartheid supporter,

patronised by a sexist bigot.

disloyal

Michellezm, Xenophobia,

WashPost: Gore inspires energy conservation

Michellezm 07-14.2007 4.44pm

Filby, you are nothing but a nasty vicious troll. You are attacking, undeservedly, the nicest person on Clipmarks. How dare you!!! You coward. You hide behind your anonymity and hurl judgments at someone you don't even know But you have displayed to us all the type of person you are and it's not a pleasant sight. If there's a slimy person on Clipmarks, it's you. I notice you haven't CLIPPED ONE SINGLE ITEM, yet you've had the nerve to comment on 28. Clipmarks is the poorer for having you on.

Dorine, I just want to let you know that I appreciate your clips and your comments so much. You have demonstrated your good and gentle nature. The quality of your clips are consistently good and interesting and informative. Please don't let this 'creature from the night' disrupt their flow. You are a lady of substance and a decent and courteous human being. Clipmarks would be the poorer if you were not one part of it. I cannot recall when last I felt this much anger. I am enraged at the absolute injustice of those words aimed at you. One nice thing though, we have the power to screen out or censor another clipper and this individual can be shunned and shut out if he/she does not, or cannot control themselves. Filby's rant was so bizarre that I wonder if he/she is not actually mentally ill or of sub-normal intelligence. It's a distinct possibility.

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I will rape, kill your wives" says South African police chief

Michellezm 07-20-2007

"Mr Robert MCBRIDE
Synopsis Chief of the Metropolitan (metro) Police: Chief of Ekurhuleni Municipality, Ekurhuleni Municipality; He was convicted for the "Durban Bombing" 1986, he was released from prison in 1992. He was granted amnesty by the TRC for his actions.; In 1998 he was arrested by the Mozambican police for alleged gun smuggling, he was later released".

This man, under the apartheid era, planted a bomb in a nightclub and killed and maimed several people. He is now our Metro Police Chief. Fine country we live in hey?

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Thunderscot 07-20-2007 3.07 pm

But at least he's not a racist...

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Anyone for crocodile?

Thunderscot

We eat Gators here in Jawja.

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Apartheid's Victims as Victimizers - zenophobia in South Africa

Michellezm 07-10-2007

www.time.com
In a tiny room at the back of a Somali restaurant near Port Elizabeth's harbor, Abdi Maolin, 26, has spent 11 months lying on a dirty mattress, eating kitchen leftovers and urinating through a tube attached to his bladder. Propping himself up on his elbows, Abdi digs out a police report that describes how on June 6 last year, six men stormed a Somali grocery store where Abdi and his elder brother Mohammed worked. One shot Mohammed in the forehead, killing him. When Abdi ran, another shot him in the spinal chord, paralyzing him from the chest down. Abdi says the killers wanted him to know why. They told him he was stealing South African land, taking South African money. They called him "kuwara" — nigger. "But they were black," says Abdi. "They were African, like me."

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As the richest nation in a blighted continent, South Africa is a magnet for immigrants. And, as in Western Europe and the U.S., the more foreigners arrive, the greater the hostility to their presence.

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Righthand 07-10-2007 5.05pm

African immigrants in South Africa are not unaware of the irony of their treatment in the self-proclaimed "Rainbow Nation," whose constitution declares "that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity." But for Betri Jama, 21, whose shop in Motherwell was razed in February, South Africans are not learning from their own history: "The same people who know oppression, who know dehumanization, they are the people who are oppressing us now," she says.

This is a very hostile article. You get the strong impression that the writer would prefer the old apartheid white rule was back!!

"The same people who know oppression, who know dehumanization, they are the people who are oppressing us now," she says.

These words would be more appropriately applied to the US's client state where the oppressed certainly have become the oppressors of totally innocent victims. A case of the camp inmates becoming the guards!!!

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Michellezm 07-10-2007 7.55pm

This is a very hostile article. You get the strong impression that the
writer would prefer the old apartheid white rule was back!!!

I disagree with your judgment. There is no hostility and I certainly don't get the impression that the writer would prefer apartheid white rule back. Frankly, if you knew the extent and severity of zenophobia in SA you may rethink that statement.

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Axelsenzon 07-11-2007 7.51pm

you spelled xenophobia wrong. btw

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Michellezm 07-11-2007 8-06pm

You are so right. I am so wrong. Thanks for the correction. Spelling isn't my strong point.

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Postcard from Port Elizabeth

Apartheid's Victims as Victimizers

Monday, Jul. 09, 2007

By ALEX PERRY

Thirteen years after the country's first democratic election, the constitution's promise of a nation united in its diversity may remain more an aspiration than a reality. In today's South Africa, whites, coloreds and blacks still segregate themselves into single-race neighborhoods — not by law, but consent and economic circumstance. "It's the continuation of the apartheid mindset," says Lefko-Everett. And apartheid's saddest legacy turns out to be this: it didn't just make racists out of whites.

America's Wildest Weather Cities
Michellezm 07-23-2007 9.07 pm

Why do I remember Yuma, Arizona? It was hell-hot, the tarmac was melting and I had a babbalas (hangover) from a wild night in Las Vegas. I stepped out of the mini-van, slammed the automatically locking van door and found myself key-less and barefoot. My melting feet left yeti-like imprints as I hopped, skipped, jumped and sprinted (screeching all the way) across a busy road to find relief in a supermarket. My feet were blistered. Yuma is deeply burned into my memory!

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fingers as credit cards
Michellezm 07-23-2007 11.12pm
That's no lie, Haraya. In South Africa, where many people are illiterate, thumb prints are accepted. Though it's rare, It's been known for family members to retain the thumbs of deceased pensioners in order to continue claiming their benefits.

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Vendor arrested for selling "Impeach Him" buttons

Michellezm 07-24-2007 10.34am

Shades of South Africa under the Apartheid Regime. You have no idea how bad it can get.

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Bulger's boy killer 'to get married'

Righthand 07-23-2007 9.09pm

we have the power to screen out or censor another clipper and this individual can be shunned and shut out if he/she does not, or cannot control themselves.

Please explain. Who is the 'we' that you write of?

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Michellezm 07-23-2007 9.41pm

The comment was directed at Dorine and the "we" I was referring to was the both of us (but that, obviously, doesn't preclude anyone else from doing the same). Some people are so persistently offensive that in order to enjoy the experience of Clipmarks one has to take drastic action. It's always a pity to have to do it, but necessary at times. So, righthand, if you ever find me offensive, you have the power to stop seeing my clips, stop me from commenting on your clips and hide my comments on other people's clips. I thought it was a brilliant Clipmark idea and gives each clipper the right to banish the horrible and focus on the enjoyable.

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Dorine1722 07-23-2007 9.45pm

I'm confused. Was this meant for another clip?

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Michellezm 07-24-2007 2.07am

Not sure myself Dorine, or why the "we" part should be an issue. But, nevertheless .....

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Kkcapricorn 07-24-2007 2.07am

I am totally out of the zone!
But, my comment is "Why do we afford protection to this monster?" (we in the collective sense). Who protected the poor little boy they killed?
I am always ready to give a second chance & not to judge, but I have seen up close & dirty, when kids are that sociopathic, they are 99% beyond redemption.
One can only hope the girl friend reads the internet avidly.
If not, I hope they never have children.

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Righthand 07-25-2007 12.17pm

I love Clipmarks. I'm only a relative newbie on Clipmarks. It is less than two months. I got attacked by rightwing fascist early on.

I'll always watch our for the bullied. It's in my nature. When I see an attack on a newbie then I'll try to aid him/her. Else where will be no newbies. So I'll try anyway. When I read...

we have the power to screen out or censor another clipper and this individual can be shunned and shut out if he/she does not, or cannot control themselves.

..then I get very worried. It infers that there is some hidden censorship or power in operation. Your explanation ...

The comment was directed at Dorine and the "we" I was referring to was the both of us (but that, obviously, doesn't preclude anyone else from doing the same).

...does not hold up. If you did not intend others to read your 'private' message then an email would have been proper and not for all to see.

If there's a slimy person on Clipmarks, it's you. I notice you haven't CLIPPED ONE SINGLE ITEM, yet you've had the nerve to comment on 28. Clipmarks is the poorer for having you on

...is excessive, IMO. If I was that newbie then I'd think for a long time before I'd get involved further with Clipmarks. I've pondered the correct manner of handling this. Should I have posted a separate clip?

@Kkcapricorn

I am always ready to give a second chance & not to judge, but I have seen up close & dirty, when kids are that sociopathic, they are 99% beyond redemption.

Agreed. And they did do their time. The UK is not yet a fascist state. Hopefully under Brown, it will be less so. God got Blair and f----ed him up.

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Dorine1722 07-25-2007 3.53pm

@ righthand, I've been confused by all of this. The newbie you were referring to had made a direct attack on me for reasons I still don't understand. Although I was taken aback by his comment, I just chocked it up to him being a troll.

I have never censored anyone at Clipmarks. I'm here to learn, share, and have fun. Occasionally, I clip a political piece that I find interesting, ironic, loaded with bias, or double standard, otherwise, I leave the friendly banter to those who are better at it than I am.

As to the contents of this clip, I'm appalled that the woman is being kept from the truth about her soon-to-be husband. She should know what he did. I'd want to know, wouldn't everybody?

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Michellezm 07-25-2007 4.17pm

Righthand, you're just spoiling for an argument and I won't bite. As for my discussion with Dorine, I'm entitled to say what I want, when I want to, provided I don't deliberately set out to hurt people. I don't need you to tell me when and how I communicate. I suggest you go trawling/trolling/badgering someone else. You're splitting hairs over inconsequential things - things that don't even concern you and I suspect your motive is to provoke an argument Don't start with me, bud! And yes, I have banished people and will do it again if necessary.

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Righthand 07-25-2007 7.17pm

Doreen1722, I have absolutely no problem with any part you had. You were unjustly attacked for no reason. Other came to your defence in fair ways. One did not and threatens repeat performances in the future.

Only on a very minor level do I question your judgment in accepting the content of any newspaper as fact and particularly a rag. You can be certain that if this bloke's intended does not know by now, then the rag will be the first to broadcast it to the world, in the public interest of course.

As to the contents of this clip, I'm appalled that the woman is being kept from the truth about her soon-to-be husband. She should know what he did. I'd want to know, wouldn't everybody?

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You're splitting hairs over inconsequential things - things that don't even concern you and I suspect your motive is to provoke an argument Don't start with me, bud! And yes, I have banished people and will do it again if necessary.

Bullying will always concern me. Obviously it is admitted that this is repeat behaviour. Very unladylike. I cannot remember ever being threatened in this fashion by a real female.

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Michellezm 07-25-2007 7.42pm

Righthand, I've seen your clips. I've read your comments, and I've come to the conclusion that the only bully is you. You are aggressive and argumentative.

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Michellezm 07-25-2007 8.23pm

Because you have chosen to continue badgering and have now resorted to insults, I have decided to utilize the censorship option. I can tell, you're not the sort that will stop - you're too aggressive. I refuse to allow an individual like you to spoil my experience on Clipmarks.

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Bush

Is George Bush an agent of a Foreign Power

Kkcapricorn 07-17-2007 8.23pm

I may be paranoid,, but I cannot see Bush giving up his power. All this recent "talk" about an Al-Queda attack in the US, seems to me, a possible strategy for him to enforce one of his "secretly signed policies" and call for a state of emergency; then he would cancel the 2008 election.

Even worse, there are those who think that he was involved in the 9/11 attacks. If so, he could arrange another disaster in the US and and use it for his own purposes.
That is why we must IMPEACH, Arrest,Prosecute and incarcerate.

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Religion

Religious Extremists disrupt Senate prayer

Righthand 07-13-2007

As a former Christian, may I comment and say that their behaviour has nothing to do with the Christianity of JESUS CHRIST as I knew the faith.

It is these pseudo Christians Retributionists that the Lord would have thrown out of the temple.

Love god, Love thy neighbour. All of them. And if they can love an idea so much, then it should be easy to love any red blooded neighbour. All of them.



Pope correcting Jesus

Righthand 07-20-2007 1.16pm

@yptim

Johanna G I don't think you can place this joke squarely at protestant's feet (although that maybe where it originates). The pope in this picture could be replaced by hundreds of leaders from different protestant denominations and still would be accurate.
PS - and I'm a protestant

Yes, very Christian. Dread to think what bilge there would be if he said something nice about say, Muslims. Hang him high!?

At one level this is the gang leader saying only our gang, as virtually every gang leader does. BUT, on another, there are issues for some people who believe they are Christian who really have not a Christian bone in their body!
This from an interested, godless, former catholic, with no axe to grind, who believes in the words of Jesus Christ as worthy of practice by man.

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The Gospel Quiz - prove your knowledge
8-05-2007 11.26pm

It amazes me the lengths of denial you people go. You believe because you want to believe.

Well, it doesn't amaze me. They are also the Bush supporters even while everyone else SAYS that the emperor has NO CLOTHES on! They know little of what JC said and practice less, but they KNOW THEIR BIBLE! They're the type of people that you want on your side, AWAY AWAY out to the side! And they know they're right. VERY VERY RIGHT.

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No, Rivkele, The Jews Weren't Driven into Exile by the Romans

righthand 8-09-2007 8.04 am

Then there are those that even if their god appeared to them to revel the truth, they would deny him too. How often have they denied Jesus Christ? How often do they speak his words? Do they ever live his words? Love?

The emperor has no cloths!!! Can you not see?

Retribution is mine alone, said the lord. Mankind cannot be trusted while your heart is not pure.

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