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(12.13.10)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29836033651517313622007-04-17T04:00:00.000-07:002007-04-17T04:00:00.000-07:00THE BOOK OF THE PROPHETISAIAH CHAPTER 46 9 a Re...THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<BR/>ISAIAH <BR/>CHAPTER 46 <BR/> <BR/> 9 a Remember the b former things of old: for c I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is d none like me, <BR/> 10 a Declaring the b end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My c counsel shall stand, and I will do all my d pleasure: <BR/><BR/>YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN<BR/><BR/>Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God [John 3: 3].<BR/><BR/>About 3 years ago I dropped into a black hole – four months of absolute terror. I wanted to end my life, but somehow [Holy Spirit], I reached out to a friend who took me to hospital. I had three visits [hospital] in four months – I actually thought I was in hell. I imagine I was going through some sort of metamorphosis [mental, physical & spiritual]. I had been seeing a therapist [1994] on a regular basis, up until this point in time. I actually thought I would be locked away – but the hospital staffs were very supportive [I had no control over my process]. I was released from hospital 16th September 1994, but my fear, pain & shame had only subsided a little. I remember this particular morning waking up [home] & my process would start up again [fear, pain, & shame]. No one could help me, not even my therapist [I was terrified]. I asked Jesus Christ to have mercy on me & forgive me my sins. Slowly, all my fear has dissipated & I believe Jesus delivered me from my “psychological prison.” I am a practicing Catholic & the Holy Spirit is my friend & strength; every day since then has been a joy & blessing. I deserve to go to hell for the life I have led, but Jesus through His sacrifice on the cross, delivered me from my inequities. John 3: 8, John 15: 26, are verses I can relate to, organically. He’s a real person who is with me all the time. I have so much joy & peace in my life, today, after a childhood spent in orphanages [England & Australia]. God LOVES me so much. Fear, pain, & shame, are no longer my constant companions. I just wanted to share my experience with you [Luke 8: 16 – 17].<BR/><BR/>Peace Be With You<BR/>MickyMickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640944264646960474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85062691648139009742007-03-15T07:58:00.000-07:002007-03-15T07:58:00.000-07:00What a maroon!!!Everyone should check out this BBC...What a maroon!!!<BR/><BR/>Everyone should check out this BBC program called The Global Warming Conspiracy at Google.<BR/><BR/>http://video.google.com/<BR/>videoplay?docid=-4520665474899458831<BR/><BR/>Mach- you are clearly out of your league here and it would do you a world of good to get out a bit more and experience life through learning not just regurgitating tired propoganda. Basically, get a life and stop bothering the adults! Not that I am insulting kids, they are probably smarter too!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14171815476178197062007-03-15T05:20:00.000-07:002007-03-15T05:20:00.000-07:00machiavelli said... "Gore is sincere and thoughtf...machiavelli said... "Gore is sincere and thoughtful--he has done his homework. ....Godwin should recant, say he's unsure about global warming, concede that Gore has some chance of being right,"<BR/><BR/>Do YOUR homework. If someone after taking even a single weeks worth of looking into the facts, the lack of facts, and the equivocations made to sidestep both, by the global warming crowd, then I have no patience or respect for them, they're an idiot if thay still give it any credence. Even the New York Times recently called Gore a liar.<BR/><BR/>As for the rest of your comment... lets just concede that you are an idiot and leave it at that.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84696205781303462632007-03-15T05:06:00.000-07:002007-03-15T05:06:00.000-07:00machiavelli:Respectfully, your opacity is so multi...machiavelli:<BR/><BR/>Respectfully, your opacity is so multifaceted that we wouldn't know where to begin. Just assume you've been torn a new one. In a manner of speaking. Don't worry -- it's how the light gets in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20580920024564093752007-03-15T03:43:00.000-07:002007-03-15T03:43:00.000-07:00machiavelli,Not to side track this wonderful coonv...machiavelli,<BR/>Not to side track this wonderful coonversation with some silly horizontal environmental fantasies, but really you need to broaden your reading a bit. If you're paying attention there is a serious backlash abrewing against the whole man made global warming/global climate change quackery. Seems the ministers of climate change fantasies are overplaying their hands. Truth is starting to seep in from all over. Keep your eyes and your mind open for truth...it's out their.<BR/><BR/>Gore wants nothing more in this world than to have the title of President...all you have to do is listen very carefully to what he is not saying. Gore also actually has a lot invested in this global warming scam...he has an investment company that trades in the very carbon offsets that he's purchased to offset his extravigent energy compsumption and his investment company is placing financial bets on various climate related investments that should pay-off should this climate change hystaria continue.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it is very much in Gore's interest to continue to perpetuate the fantasy of man made climate changes.<BR/><BR/>Lucky for us, there are still many honest scientists out there that are committed to truth over political and wealth motiviations and they are starting to sing like canary's.phil ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486481489355451711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67102603064502690832007-03-14T23:29:00.000-07:002007-03-14T23:29:00.000-07:00Dilys: I'm glad you commented on my inexplicable ...Dilys: I'm glad you commented on my inexplicable liking of Al Gore; your comments were indeed helpful.<BR/><BR/>Upon reflection, its Gore's obvious intent to help that I key in on, and his lack of ego motives. (He does not want the presidency).<BR/><BR/>I hate to say this, but Gore seems more convincing than Godwin on global warming. Call Gore hysterical, but then produce your countervailing evidence.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Godwin strikes me as the more hysterical of the pair, in the sense that he seems reactive and intent on contradicting Gore for reasons that have nothing to do with the subject at hand, which is, after all, not a matter of religion or politics but hard science.<BR/><BR/>Crunch the numbers, talk to the experts, and then decide. Look at the dirty air yourself over our big cities, multiply it by thousands of such cities, and then see what your intuition says. <BR/><BR/>Gore is sincere and thoughtful--he has done his homework. <BR/><BR/>Godwin is also sincere and thoughtful, but he has not done his homework. He is reactively negative about global warming and about Gore only to advance his own religio-political agenda. That's what I see, and I see pretty good.<BR/><BR/>Godwin should recant, say he's unsure about global warming, concede that Gore has some chance of being right, and go on promoting his agenda without having to resort to straw-man tactics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84305349640059001152007-03-14T22:37:00.000-07:002007-03-14T22:37:00.000-07:00Oops. Here's what I meant to do...http://www.yout...Oops. Here's what I meant to do...<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgm9H3hmH1oNoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27365588055834964892007-03-14T22:07:00.000-07:002007-03-14T22:07:00.000-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emNoXQGFsq0A bit of...http://www.youtube.com<BR/>/watch?v=emNoXQGFsq0<BR/><BR/>A bit of fun.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80786918215402630312007-03-14T21:20:00.000-07:002007-03-14T21:20:00.000-07:00just when you think thesituation is in handsomeone...just when you think the<BR/>situation is in hand<BR/>someone sets you freerobinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88721416169203726152007-03-14T19:16:00.000-07:002007-03-14T19:16:00.000-07:00How about Big Joe Turner. As it so happens, my fi...How about <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMJ2XH_qHkU" REL="nofollow">Big Joe Turner</A>. As it so happens, my first date with Mrs G. was at a little club in Santa Monica where he was playing in 1984, backed by a great local band. He trundled out in a walker and sat down the whole time, but sounded exactly the same. He died not too long after.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84465100635518579052007-03-14T19:01:00.000-07:002007-03-14T19:01:00.000-07:00"Note as well that even God himself is then drawn ..."Note as well that even God himself is then drawn to this center, another profound lesson to meditate upon: And suddenly a voice came from heaven saying 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased' (Matt 4:17). "<BR/><BR/>Now there's something worth thinking upon. Yes indeed.<BR/><BR/>I was driving home from work today, and a 'Theologian' of the warm coals and brimstone school was attempting to 'reveal the good news' to the hosts audience. And I noticed that my neck was out of joint within just a few moments of listening to him. I felt like I was me 2+ years ago, logic whip ready to lash the chicken flesh from his bones. This supposed 'holy roller' (sorry folks, but it fit) had me feeling squashed into the horizontal plain like a bug under his boot in nothing flat. <BR/><BR/>It was disconcerting, the overwhelming sensation of hostility and revulsion I felt as he mouthed the words and names that you feel sure he'd been assured that the latest pew poll's garaunteed a spike in attention and admiration upon reciting. What I think felt the most offensive, was his purporting to be leading people to the Vertical, but he made the salt flats seemed mountainous in comparison.<BR/><BR/>I had to stop myself and turn off the radio, roll down the windows and let him blow away... 'he's only a movie, he's only a movie' I had to remind myself, just a two dimensional representation of the real thing, and as the real thing blew about me, it was over with. It still bugged me how quickly I was drawn down, but the sensation itself was gone.<BR/><BR/>Then after dinner tonight, within a few moments of reading here in the One Cosmos, it was all was all left behind, now that I had real meat to chew upon as I could feel myself soaring inwardly outwards.<BR/><BR/>The Center is at Hand indeed. Thanks Bob, for the Real Thing.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Dilys & Fishy Art - <I>Ex</I>cellent Picture!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52796238757527330472007-03-14T18:39:00.000-07:002007-03-14T18:39:00.000-07:00Where else but One Cosmos can you get the gospel o...Where else but One Cosmos can you get the gospel of John and the gospel of <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbyuzJsd-YE" REL="nofollow">Wanda</A>, the undisputed female Elvis, in the same place?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62529341230014503102007-03-14T17:13:00.000-07:002007-03-14T17:13:00.000-07:00Dilys,I think you're right about most people, most...Dilys,<BR/>I think you're right about most people, most Americans certainly, wanting the best for everyone. Unfortunately, thanks to ignorance, stupidity, and the people who know how to manipulate the stupid and ignorant (and I'm not excluding intelligent people from either category - intelligent people can sometimes be spectacularly stupid and ignorant, usually with a healthy dose of hubris thrown in. FWIW, I don't exclude myself from any of these categories, much of the time), many policies which <I>appear</I> to be a good idea are terrible, and often those which seem to do the most good in fact result in the most harm. Recent examples (most have been linked here in the past couple of weeks) include tire reefs, the DDT ban and warning pregnant women not to eat too much fish. All of these have been not just unwise, but spectacular failures, resulting in lives lost or irreperably damaged and ecosystems destroyed.<BR/><BR/>The road to hell is paved with good intentions.<BR/><BR/>Whenever people get worked up about something they don't fully understand, en masse they are likely to do exactly the wrong things to try and fix the problem. Enter Algore and his ilk, playing to peoples' worst fears, lying about how bad things are or will be, and preaching about changes <I>we</I> must make (or we're all dooooomed!), while at the same time being the absolute worst offender in these particular "crimes" of humanity.<BR/><BR/>The truth is, <I>everyone</I> wants a cleaner planet, with fresh air and a healthy ecosystem. The differences lie in how we propose to make things better. It's all well and good to say you want what's best for everyone, but the truth is that what's best for everyone is, more often than not, letting them make their own choices, or in the case of nature just staying out of it and letting it do what it does best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18502472720489701862007-03-14T17:10:00.000-07:002007-03-14T17:10:00.000-07:00Here's an example fo one of those small "centers a...Here's an example fo one of those small "centers at the periphery" that you talk about.<BR/><BR/>This guy just radiates wisdom. <BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekf7DBi6Gh4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45047169749634484972007-03-14T15:33:00.000-07:002007-03-14T15:33:00.000-07:00"To those people, we who "see through" some of tho..."To those people, we who "see through" some of those things, who parse their illogic, seem whimsically hard-hearted, hysterically negative, control freaking, and harshly dismissive for no good reason."<BR/><BR/>We could argue that wishing doesn't make it so and that we're dismissive from the good reason of experience.<BR/><BR/>If we could express that without coming across as hardened cynics, we might get a listen. (THough I find that the listener sometimes automatically supplies the cynicism themselves to whatever you say.)<BR/><BR/>The great conundrum of Who do you help and How do you help them is pretty much unsolvable to everyone's satisfaction. You just have to pick your spot on the bell curve of Prudence and Mercy as your (hopefully enlightened and centered) conscience dictates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57766647886254694992007-03-14T12:58:00.000-07:002007-03-14T12:58:00.000-07:00I'm glad manuel speaks up. I am having a similar c...I'm glad manuel speaks up. I am having a similar conversation with a truly good person (who admires Carter and Gore as "true Southern gentlemen") about Liberation Theology, something that without fail eventually plays into the hands of bloody marxist sweeps of the countryside, is <A HREF="http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/19850.php?index=19850â©=en#TRADUZIONE%20IN%20LINGUA%20INGLESE" REL="nofollow">hostile and deforming to the integrity of our understanding of the Vertical</A>, and gums up the welfare of its needy objects (it purports to be, a way of caring for our brothers and sisters. <EM>Not</EM>).<BR/><BR/>"Feelers" and "thinkers" have this ongoing conversation, even in the recent <A HREF="http://www.wonderlandblog.com/wonderland/2007/03/sxsw_will_wrigh.html" REL="nofollow">SXSW keynote</A> ["stories are about empathy, the interactive digital about agency"]. Both sides of the binary have serious blind spots, that kick in at different points.<BR/><BR/>How to say this? My take on people who are touched by any combination of Gore, Carter, Clinton, or the romantic image of e.g. Che, is not as dumb or foolish. Their empathetic and hopeful hearts just don't major in looking hard at the implications and outcomes of things, at the likely end from the honeyed beginning, stripping proposals down to the skeleton. To those people, we who "see through" some of those things, who parse their illogic, seem whimsically hard-hearted, hysterically negative, control freaking, and harshly dismissive for no good reason. <BR/><BR/>People like me, on the other hand, frequently for the good of all have to give way to Someone Else ["<EM>please! now! go home and shut up and don't be analytical in public any more for awhile!"</EM>] to execute good programs kindly and with the moral stamina required.<BR/><BR/>I would maintain that manuel is mistaken on the outcome of supporting anything Al Gore manufactures in the way of ideas or plans. But he is not "wrong" on his obvious ideals and receptivity. There is discernment, and discernment. If sane, effective, and cost-efficient opportunities were to be identified to aid energy-use and land-use transformation (and that's a huge "if"), manuel and others I have this discussion with would likely be excellent apologists, patient explainers, and administrators. And they are vital advisors at the decision level as to why a "good idea" needs to be concerned for people, not just the diagram. <BR/><BR/>I hope I have been helpful and not rude. I have been thinking about this for decades, where each competency should weigh in in the policy timeline. It takes, I conclude, a hard-bitten thinker to resist the relief of putting our hope in the kind of charismatic rascal that the media back-lights, in which the real person becomes pretty much indecipherable, and on account of which self-reliance is critical. The most empathetic people are the most wounded by disagreement at the idea and policy level, for they value agreement and comity. In some environments, a blessed strength. But not an Absolute Good. Different smoke detectors for house and coal mine.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy that he asked, and wonder if my comment is of any use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27146239416162717242007-03-14T11:35:00.000-07:002007-03-14T11:35:00.000-07:00PS - Administrator = I.T. Dorm Artisan.PS - Administrator = I.T. Dorm Artisan.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23733787956707233702007-03-14T11:14:00.000-07:002007-03-14T11:14:00.000-07:00Let's fix that Paglia link - It's a drawl!. Apolog...Let's fix that Paglia link - <A HREF="http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2007/03/14/coulter/" REL="nofollow">It's a drawl!</A>. Apologies...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12627122529280013672007-03-14T11:05:00.000-07:002007-03-14T11:05:00.000-07:00'What's the score on Gore?''Northeaster's ego chow...'What's the score on Gore?'<BR/>'Northeaster's ego chow.'<BR/><BR/>'What's the REAL score on Gore?'<BR/>'Slow Northeaster ego reach.'<BR/>or...<BR/>'Astrologer chants, "Here, woe!"'<BR/>or...<BR/>'Ow, Green Orchestrates Halo..."Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21071268814768027312007-03-14T10:56:00.000-07:002007-03-14T10:56:00.000-07:00River- Yeah,smart men with their heads up their as...River- Yeah,smart men with their heads up their asses can be very dangerous and annoying....Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90542943592606834222007-03-14T10:41:00.000-07:002007-03-14T10:41:00.000-07:00Strangely, Camille Paglia is "transversing" today'...Strangely, Camille Paglia is "transversing" today's orbit...<A HTTP://WWW.SALON.COM/OPINION/PAGLIA/2007/03/14/COULTER/ HREF="" REL="nofollow">It's a drawl!</A>. Peggy Noonan's on a similar wavelength. Bob bangs a gong and look what happens. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19532371632499891672007-03-14T10:27:00.000-07:002007-03-14T10:27:00.000-07:00lisa: As Paul would put it, 'Imaginations'.They ar...lisa: As Paul would put it, 'Imaginations'.<BR/><BR/>They are as deadly (and maybe more so) than the servants of the enemy. Lest anyone think they're safe in laying up their house with protective charms or removing all such 'occultive' objects altogether.<BR/><BR/>The material man can become violent and empty, the reasoning man self-idolatrous, cold and wicked, but the intellectual man gone bad is as bad or worse than any daimon.<BR/><BR/>Egogore... what a great word for it.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7468156380438531502007-03-14T09:57:00.000-07:002007-03-14T09:57:00.000-07:00"It goes without naying that the overwhelming majo...<I>"It goes without naying that the overwhelming majority of ideas do not -- and certainly should not -- survive the birdbrain that hatched them. It would have been better if most ideas had not been conceived at all."</I><BR/><BR/>. . . . " there's a kind of simple way to know whether something you just heard is something that should not have been said. It is: Did it make you wince? When the <A HREF="http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/" REL="nofollow"><B>Wince-o-meter</B></A> is triggered, it's an excellent indication that what you just heard is unfortunate and ought not to be repeated."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-966306422954286852007-03-14T09:25:00.000-07:002007-03-14T09:25:00.000-07:00Al Gore puts the "gore" in egregores or should I s...Al Gore puts the "gore" in egregores or should I say egogores!!!!<BR/><BR/>"For man is not bound by the convention concluded between heaven and hell; he can go beyond the limits of natural law and engender arbitrarily(italicized) malicious forces whose nature and action are beyond(italicized) the framework of the law....One has to guard against accusing the beings of the hierarchies of evil to their detriment of having played the role of Molochs, these being only creatures of the perverse collective of human will and imagination. These are egregores..."<BR/>Anonymous - Med On The TarotLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9682870019895331292007-03-14T09:19:00.000-07:002007-03-14T09:19:00.000-07:00ooops! anon above is ms. e, just in case you didn...ooops! anon above is ms. e, just in case you didn't pick up on the clue in the last line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com