It's a sad tale

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It's a sad tale
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Dec 2nd, 2009
(This was written, Oct. 2005):This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001. The war lasts another five years,(Oct. 2010) it will cost nearly $1.4 trillion, calculates Linda Bilmes, who teaches budgeting at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.


Nearly every one of America's wars were for some kind of trade advantage or money or for territory or oil - which of course were always fought under different excuses, even as far back as the Civil War. They are trying to pull a compromise by replacing the American soldiers with Gulf War II, and keeping the war running to maintain the sick economy.
So Big Business continues to produce war toys, well-lubricated with the blood of human sacrifices, as usual."The Endless war"---Neoconservatives are wanting empire and, of course, the war on Iraq and Afghanistan! Arguing that international law has little validity and only gets in the way of American objectives. For them America is so strong, it can safely ignore other nations' national interests and "go it alone." It a sad tale!
Ted Rudow III,MA

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And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see.And I beheld, and to a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, ?A measure of wheat for a penny; and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine?? (Revelation 6:5-6 KJV.).

This black horse?s rider with the pair of balances in his hand symbolizes the rich capitalists who have a major impact on world conditions through their manipulation of national economies. Only one other verse in the Bible pictures a man with balances or scales: The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud? (Hosea 12:7 NIV).

Another prophet, Amos, also said the merchants the wealthy capitalists of his day who were robbing the poor instead of helping them set forth wheat, making the ephah [unit of measure] small, and the shekel [price] great and falsifying the balances by deceit.
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Black Friday?

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Black Friday?
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Nov 30th, 2009
“And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, ‘Come and see.’ And I beheld, and to a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, ‘A measure of wheat for a penny; and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine’” (Revelation 6:5-6 KJV.).

This black horse’s rider with the pair of balances in his hand symbolizes the rich capitalists who have a major impact on world conditions through their manipulation of national economies. Only one other verse in the Bible pictures a man with balances or scales: “The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud” (Hosea 12:7 NIV).

Another prophet, Amos, also said the merchants — the wealthy capitalists of his day who were robbing the poor instead of helping them — “set forth wheat, making the ephah [unit of measure] small, and the shekel [price] great and falsifying the balances by deceit ... that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail” (Amos 8:4-6 KJV).

The black horse, then, represents famine and poverty perpetrated by the rich who refuse to share with those in need. Oil and wine, throughout the Scriptures, symbolize abundance or luxury.

The fact that the oil and wine were “hurt not” indicates a situation where wealth and luxury exist alongside famine and poverty — and the gulf between rich and poor is only growing.

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No one wants to be reminded of the poor and the jobless panhandling for food, shelter and clothing. For many of us, these people are invisible or something to avoid in the street.

It makes it easier to think these people are scammers, happy to suffer on the street in the cold and rain.

There are scammers, but they’re outnumbered by the truly poor, the mentally ill and the homeless, dysfunctional veterans.

In this economy, the poor and homeless are bound to grow in numbers. You would feel better not having these homeless wretches distract you while driving to work or to your favorite dining. However, there’s a need to do something more than demand our police remove these distractions.

Remember “there but for fortune go you or I.”

Jose Martinez

Clovis
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November, 30 9:03 AM:
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see.And I beheld, and to a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, ?A measure of wheat for a penny; and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine?? (Revelation 6:5-6 KJV.).

This black horse?s rider with the pair of balances in his hand symbolizes the rich capitalists who have a major impact on world conditions through their manipulation of national economies. Only one other verse in the Bible pictures a man with balances or scales: The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud? (Hosea 12:7 NIV).

Another prophet, Amos, also said the merchants the wealthy capitalists of his day who were robbing the poor instead of helping them set forth wheat, making the ephah [unit of measure] small, and the shekel [price] great and falsifying the balances by deceit.
Ted Rudow III,MA

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Involved for more than 30 years in the politics of Iraq, Ali A. Allawi was a long-time opposition leader against the Baathist regime.

The inadaptability of Islam to modern life, the author argues, stems from its deep roots in the sacred. To be modern, according to Allawi, is to be liberated from the divine as the sole source of ethics and virtues. The author argues that the West's violent encroachment on the Muslim world in the 19th and 20th centuries shattered local institutions and economies and disrupted any natural evolution of Islamic society.

The first Gulf War had other effects as well. The sanctions imposed on Iraq since that time have devastated that poor country and further inflamed Arab and Muslim opinion against the U.S. And it sounded the death knell for any aspirations the Palestinians had for their own state.

Since that time the U.S. has been less and less willing to help them, the Israelis have been more and more hard-line and willing to oppress them, and the rest of the world has grown more and more appalled at the plight of these poor people, and more anti-American and anti-Israeli in their attitudes and actions.

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Involved for more than 30 years in the politics of Iraq, Ali A. Allawi was a long-time opposition leader against the Baathist regime.

The inadaptability of Islam to modern life, the author argues, stems from its deep roots in the sacred. To be modern, according to Allawi, is to be liberated from the divine as the sole source of ethics and virtues. The author argues that the West's violent encroachment on the Muslim world in the 19th and 20th centuries shattered local institutions and economies and disrupted any natural evolution of Islamic society.

The first Gulf War had other effects as well. The sanctions imposed on Iraq since that time have devastated that poor country and further inflamed Arab and Muslim opinion against the U.S. And it sounded the death knell for any aspirations the Palestinians had for their own state.

Since that time the U.S. has been less and less willing to help them, the Israelis have been more and more hard-line and willing to oppress them, and the rest of the world has grown more and more appalled at the plight of these poor people, and more anti-American and anti-Israeli in their attitudes and actions.

Ted Rudow III,MA
Palo Alto

More sides

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More sides
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Nov 18th, 2009
The Justice Department’s decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, in a federal court in New York City has elicited several criticisms. Most are pointless, but one — the idea that it will give a terrorist a platform from which he could stir up support in the Muslim world for his radical views — is well taken.


Yes, there are many more sides to this battle than former president Bush is letting on, and many more than the news media is aware of or suspects. The World Trade Center bombings, the real mastermind of this plot was not he, no matter who they used to carry it out. He's capable of using the Arabs as the scapegoats but of drawing the Israelis in as well, playing both sides against the other and against the U.S. at different times to suit his shifting purposes. It's a tangled web he weaves!
Your politicians and rulers from the greatest to the least have become perverse and are the tools of rich men, whose policies are bought and sold in secret deals and whose sins are manifest before all. The pursuit of wealth and worldly riches, at the neglect of others in the world, or even to the neglect of your own soul.
Ted Rudow III,MA

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If Palestinians were black, Israel would now be a pariah state subject to economic sanctions led by the United States. Its development and settlement of the West Bank would be seen as a system of apartheid, in which the indigenous population was allowed to live in a tiny fraction of its own country, in self-administered “Bantustans,” with “whites” monopolizing the supply of water and electricity.
Did they say, “OK, we renounce terrorism? We recognize Israel?”) Yes, exactly. And, they said, “We now declare the State of Palestine according to UN Resolution 242” and some other resolutions in which the land was partitioned between Israel and Palestine specifically. Certain portions were given to Israel, and the so-called West Bank and Gaza portions were given to Palestine, to the Palestinians.
Well, when this was done, Israel waged the war in which they grabbed by force of arms all of the areas of the West Bank and everything that the UN had said that they should give to the Palestinians. And you know the Israelis don’t plan to give it up.
So everybody is now sort of waiting to see what the US is going to do. They know what Israel is going to do! – They’re going to flatly refuse! They always have. All those lies that they told!

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Ninety years ago, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I, and the veterans who served in it. While the name has changed to Veterans Day, the purpose remains the same: to remember those who served this great nation.

While most people recognize veterans one day a year, veterans service organizations such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars strive to highlight the importance of veterans all year round.

It is easy to overlook the role that veterans play each day in America, but impossible to forget the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice. Some are older now, such as America’s last living World War I veteran Frank Buckles, and some are still in their 20s returning from combat duty in Afghanistan. But they all deserve to have one day where everyone stops to recognize the sacrifices they have made.

So while you and your family enjoy a day off, do not forget the real reason you are able to relax and have a day away from work. Take a moment to thank a veteran, and contact your local VFW Post for ways you can make a difference in veterans’ lives on Veterans Day and throughout the year.

Jim Rowoldt

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Department of California

Sacramento
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November, 11 :
My parents are sport fanatics! My Grandfather,Bill Grimm on my mother side, with my Great-Uncle(Warren O. "Wedge" Grimm) were named "Walter Camp's All-American" in football on the West Coast. Lt. Warren O. "Wedge" Grimm (March 9, 1888 - November 11, 1919), An All-American at the University of Washington and an officer in the United States Army, he served with distinction as part of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia stationed in Russia in 1918-1919. He was assassinated on November 11, 1919, by members of the IWW (Wobblies) during the Centralia Massacre in Washington State.
You would have thought having gone through the horrors of it themselves in the First World War they would have never done it again. At least the children who had had to go through the war, those men that had to go through the Hell would never have wanted to send their children into war again, but they did! It doesn't seem to take them long to forget the horrors and Hell of war!
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