Americans have plenty of delusions. Here are some of my writings about
them.
- Israel
- The Jesus Craze
- Mississippi Gays
- The Free market
- Feeble minds
1. Israel
US foreign policy supports Israel to the point of overlooking every
crime it commits. See the crimes of Israel pages:
Dropping white phosphorous in Gaza
The victims in Gaza
A land belongs to the people who live there. No one can rightfully come
along and drive of an indeginous people. And expecially violently
killing a large number of them. But that is exactly what Israel
has done. The land occupied by the state of Israel was once home
to millions of Palastinians. Now they are nearly all gone, driven
out or killed. The refugees have been crammed into Gaza and other
areas. Fenced in by the Israeli military. Unable to support an
economy. Unable to trade with the rest of the world. Starving and
dying. This is a crime of genocide.
As for the Just War rationale one has only to look at the kill
ratio. When the kill ratio is 10 in a real war one can expect to
be winning. When the kill ratio is above 100 that is not a fair
fight. It is a genocide, a holocast. That is what we are seeing in
Gaza. According to the Just War protocol the Jews should ignore
the Palastinian attacks because they are insignificant compared to the
casualtys of this kind of war as everyone knows.
The Israelis are violating the Geneva accords by targeting homes
schools and hospitals with artillery. Let me remind you that
Palastinians launching rockets from such places if it happens is not a
violation the Geneva accords because these rockets are homemade junk.
The president of the US could end all this by just yelling "cool it" to
Israel. That would make the redical Jews in the US turn on the US
government like a pitt bull. But he won't because they have a
stranglehold on US politics.
See Amnesty International report:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=11644&tr=y&auid=4461128
Finally after all that Israel has done, no justice respecting person is
going to fail to deliver a full measure of condemnation to Israel. That
is why I am calling for assistance to the Palistinians and support for
the Hamas political position.
2. The Jesus Craze
The United States is plagued by a fanatical group of christians known
as
fundamentalists. These folk are hell bent on forcing their way of life
on the rest of us. They have a political campaign in support of
restrictive
legislation and they support an ancient mythology known as creationism.
In support of creationism they have written numerous documents
masquerading
as scientific work. These documents have been rejected by the
scientific
community because they fail to comply with professional standards and
do
not even use the scientific method. When interviewed by me one
individual
summed up his method as follows:
He decides what truth is by faith and then proceeds to manufacture
whatever evidence is needed to support his view and to label as invalid
any scientific evidence for the established scientific theory of
evolution.
His organization maintains a list of counter-claims against evolution
which
are demonstrably false and which they present in argument as
established
fact. This typical individual insists that scientists use the same
tactics
that he uses and insists that the rules of professional conduct are not
followed by the scientific establishment.
I am sufficiently familiar with scientific writings to know that the
standards of science are upheld in both physics and biology. In
particular
the requirement that every acceptable idea must have verifiable support
is a practiced standard in both physics and biology and in particular
Evolution.
I have also personally duplicated sufficient (thousands of) physics
experiments
to be confident in the present established theory.
2. The Mississippi Lesbians
On my return trip from New Orleans for the Christmas holidays, I tried
to visit Camp Sister Spirit. This retreat for gay women is located in
southern
Mississippi. It is close to I-59 , the route I usually take. It has
been
the subject of much publicity and resentment by the local community. At
a recent town meeting numerous individuals from the clergy and local
organizations
along with the townsfolk called for "Running the Lesbians out." A
popular
complaint which I heard on National Public Radio is that the lesbians
were
"forcing their perverted way of life on us." The fear was voiced that
they
would provide a sanctuary for battered wives and possibly influence
them.
Well I tried to find the place. When I got to Ovette I stopped at a
store
to ask directions. The directions were not good but I surveyed the
whole
area. There was no sign of a camp. It was well hidden in the woods. All
I saw was a dirt road and some bridge pilings with the graffiti "No
Gays."
I drove a short way down the very bad road. The mud holes were quite
deep
and it was beginning to rain. I turned back and decided to return some
other time when I could finish the trip on foot.
I could not believe what I had discovered. The incredible
distortions
of homophobia were revealed. The gay people are invisible to the
community,
yet they are accused of "forcing their way of life on us." It
shows
how insane the Mississippi christian community is.
3. The Free market
I've heard a lot of lies about the free market - "Everyone believes in
the free market", "It is the only system that works" on and on. They
are
saying these things because they make money for the rich folk. It turns
out that
what
they really have is a monopoly for the rich and their idea of freedom
is
free to practice monopoly. They say they don't
believe
in welfare but it is precisely the corporate proponents of the
"free
market" who are on welfare. They say they believe in freedom of speech
but they control the networks and deny speech to anyone who would
reveal
their corruption. Next time someone talks about the free market call
him
what he is - a liar. And send him to the Tax The Rich.org web site.
4. Feeble minds
Everyone knows about the corrupt politicians and how they are always
asking
for money, and getting it from the rich business community. It is
bribery
pure and crooked. Well it seems no one noticed what they do with most
of
that money. No it doesn't all go into their pockets. It goes to buy
television
advertisements. Yes the TV ads are the life blood of the politician
because
they control the vote. The politicians control the vote through ads
because
the American People are so feeble minded that a slick ad can control
their
minds. So the American people have no one to blame but themselves for
all
the corruption.
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