Sunday, November 23, 2008

Wherehave all the leaders gone?

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Where have all the leaders gone?
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Sunday Nov 23rd,
But the best immediate indicator of what an Obama administration might look like can be found in the people he surrounds himself with and who he appoints to his Cabinet. And, frankly, when it comes to foreign policy, it is not looking good.
Obama has a momentous opportunity to do what he repeatedly promised over the course of his campaign: bring actual change. But the more we learn about who Obama is considering for top positions in his administration, the more his inner circle resembles a staff reunion of President Bill Clinton's White House.
Unstable global financial markets, waves of bankruptcy, deepening unemployment, economic busts, markets plunging, collapsing consumer confidence, banking systems crashing—it does not seem that there is any place on earth immune from the financial crisis. Who will be able to rescue the world from this mess? Where have all the leaders gone? Who is capable?
Though he's unknown to most people, his presence can be felt as he manipulates and put things in line and sets the stage for his grand entrance.There is a strongman behind the scenes (not Obama) who is bringing to the attention of the world the need for a savior, someone to come forward and take the reins. But it will cost your soul?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Bush and his band of thieves

November 19
Bush and his band of thieves

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November 18, 2008
"We’re now two weeks into President-elect Barack Obama’s (It still feels weird to say that. It really does.) transition, which is probably the most-watched in the past 25 years or so. We’ve read — or at least I have — story after story in the media reminding us of Bill Clinton’s supposedly disastrous transition, and how Obama should avoid his mistakes. Obama, who does seem to be moving quite a bit faster than Clinton, selected his Chief of Staff quickly. Rahm Emanuel, a centrist once associated with the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and serious policy wonk, is an excellent choice for the job. He’s also filled several other staff positions with loyalists like Valerie Jarrett. Despite leftist criticism, Emanuel’s selection indicates Obama’s desire to govern from the center.----
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Many people have been asking us, “Could Bush actually pardon himself?”. Would it be despicable? Would it be shameless and cowardly? Yes, that and that too what we saw in Iraq in the Green Zone and what we’re seeing in the US Treasury. It’s sort of the Green Zoning of the US Treasury. It has been very much a corporate war. So these sort of corporate welfare bums now want to use the language of anti-protectionism to go into other countries.
This bailout is really not a bailout at all; it’s a parting gift to the people that the Bush—that George Bush once referred to jokingly as “my base.” . It to what European colonial rulers used to do when they finally realized they had to hand over power; they would loot the treasury on the way out the door.
Two of the most modern and significant are Hitler and Nitler, the term we prefer to use for Hitler’s American presidential heir. Hitler was an expert at distracting his people’s attention from their real problems. Another trick from a whole bag of tricks by Bush and his band of thieves? It doesn’t matter to him and his if other governments fall and political careers are tragically destroyed and lives lost as long as his own power is preserved!–Like Hitler!

Bush and his band of thieves

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Bush and his band of thieves
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Nov 19th, 2008 10:02 AM
Many people have been asking us, "Could Bush actually pardon himself?". Would it be despicable? Would it be shameless and cowardly? Yes, that and that too what we saw in Iraq in the Green Zone and what we’re seeing in the US Treasury.
It’s sort of the Green Zoning of the US Treasury. It has been very much a corporate war. So these sort of corporate welfare bums now want to use the language of anti-protectionism to go into other countries
This bailout is really not a bailout at all; it’s a parting gift to the people that the Bush—that George Bush once referred to jokingly as “my base.” . It to what European colonial rulers used to do when they finally realized they had to hand over power; they would loot the treasury on the way out the door.
Two of the most modern and significant are Hitler and Nitler, the term we prefer to use for Hitler's American presidential heir. Hitler was an expert at distracting his people's attention from their real problems. Another trick from a whole bag of tricks by Bush and his band of thieves? It doesn't matter to him and his if other governments fall and political careers are tragically destroyed and lives lost as long as his own power is preserved!--Like Hitler!
Ted Rudow III,MA

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Margaret Colgate Love: In defense of pardon
As President Bush's term nears its end, rumors abound that he will grant a lot of final pardons. Hundreds of clemency applications have been filed with the Justice Department in the past year, a reflection of the popular belief that pardoning is an end-of-term phenomenon in which all presidents indulge. Media reports have identified prominent individuals who are seeking Bush's mercy, and there is speculation about a blanket amnesty for those engaged in counterterrorism efforts.Yet presidential pardons have rarely been concentrated in the weeks between Election Day and the inauguration of a new president. There was no precedent for the torrent of irregular grants issued by Bill Clinton on his last day in office, many of which were the product of special pleading by Clinton friends and family.Historically, pardoning has occurred regularly over the course of a president's term, more frequently in the middle than at either end.........


11/19/2008
Many people have been asking us, "Could Bush actually pardon himself?". Would it be despicable? Would it be shameless and cowardly? Yes, that and that too what we saw in Iraq in the Green Zone and what we’re seeing in the US Treasury. It’s sort of the Green Zoning of the US Treasury. It has been very much a corporate war. So these sort of corporate welfare bums now want to use the language of anti-protectionism to go into other countries. This bailout is really not a bailout at all; it’s a parting gift to the people that the Bush—that George Bush once referred to jokingly as “my base.” . It to what European colonial rulers used to do when they finally realized they had to hand over power; they would loot the treasury on the way out the door. Two of the most modern and significant are Hitler and Nitler, the term we prefer to use for Hitler's American presidential heir. Hitler was an expert at distracting his people's attention from their real problems.
Ted Rudow III,MA

November 18
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To compare Rose Parks' stand to same-sex marriage in a civil right mode is ludicrous. If "to the pure all things are pure" and "all things are lawful unto me," and if, under this Law of grace and Love, extramarital sex and all of these other things are lawful, then where do things like sodomy fit in? If you are truly pure and loving, you wouldn't do such things, because they're definitely not good for you physically or spiritually, and they're hurtful. Just because "all things are lawful" unto us doesn't mean that we can go around murdering or killing or torturing people! That's not love!
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Dear Editor: The new Congress is different from the last one as far as the balance of power is concerned, but its fear of the pro-Israel lobby will be unabated. True, the influence of the Zionist evangelicals will be much diminished, but the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is alive and kicking, and its kicks will be as painful as ever. The new doorkeeper, who bears the ringing Israeli name Rahm Emanuel, grew up in a Jewish home, speaks Hebrew and rushed to the aid of the Israeli army during the first Gulf War.

I don't know his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he certainly will not block the path of the Israeli prime minister to the President Obama. There is no chance for progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace without American pressure on the Israeli government. That has been true for decades, and that remains true today. So America and Israel will stick together to the bitter end, as they have proven in every Israeli-Palestinian war so far. But that end together may be sooner than they think, because of recent developments. We shall see.

Ted Rudow,III,MA

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Marcos Bretón: Is gays' intolerance on Prop. 8 the best strategy?

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Published: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 | Page 1B

We're tied up in knots about gay people tying the knot.

The election is over, voters approved Proposition 8, and gay people are prevented from legally marrying in California.

But they refuse to be bridesmaids at heterosexual-only weddings.

Gay people are fighting intolerance with intolerance. They stayed largely in the closet in an election campaign that was about them – but waged with ads largely devoid of their images. And now they are out.

They are flexing their muscle, a little late for Election 2008, but not too late to underscore their unwillingness to retreat on the right to marry, no matter what the vote results say.

It made national news this week when the artistic director of Sacramento's California Musical Theatre resigned under pressure after his $1,000 donation to the "Yes on 8" campaign was made public.-----

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To compare Rose Parks stand to same sex marriage in a civil right mode is ludicrous. If "to the pure all things are pure" and "all things are lawful unto me," and if, under this Law of grace and Love, extramarital sex and all of these other things are lawful, then where do things like sodomy fit in? If you are truly pure and loving, you wouldn't do such things, because they're definitely not good for you physically or spiritually, and they're hurtful. Just because "all things are lawful" unto us doesn't mean that we can go around murdering or killing or torturing people or give them AIDS! That's not love!

Ted Rudow III,MA

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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The new Congress is different from the last one as far as the balance of power is concerned, but its fear of the pro-Israel lobby will be unabated. True, the influence of the Zionist evangelicals will be much diminished, but the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is alive and kicking, and its kicks will be as painful as ever. The new door­keeper, who bears the ringing Israeli name Rahm Emanuel, grew up in a Jewish home, speaks Hebrew and rushed to the aid of the Israeli army during the first Gulf War.
I don’t know his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he certainly will not block the path of the Israeli prime minister to the President Obama. There is no chance for progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace without American pressure on the Israeli government. That has been true for decades, and that remains true today. So America and Israel will stick together to the bitter end, as they have proven in every Israeli-Palestinian war so far. But that end together may be sooner than they think, because of recent developments.
We shall see.
Ted Rudow,III.MA

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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A groups of trainees in the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps march down Market street to the applause of onlookers.



Veterans and several hundred citizens of the greater San Jose area participated in the 90th annual Veterans Day celebration Tuesday with a parade along Santa Clara and Market streets.

"I think (the parades) are important, especially on this date," said Bill Milam, who was a ground electronics server in the Vietnam War. "This is the official date of the Armistice of World War I."

A memorial ceremony took place at 11 a.m. at the intersection of South Market Street and Park Avenue prior to the beginning of the festivities. San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed was one of several speakers.
Reed thanked veterans for their services and said Veterans Day was the "most important holiday of the year."

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On Nov.11,1919,the nation celebrated the first anniversary of the armistice ending World War I. Almost everywhere,it was a time for joy. Lt.Warren O. "Wedge" Grimm (March 9, 1888 - November 11, 1919) was 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. My Grandfather, Bill Grimm also server in the Great War but he was safe. He later became another All-American at the University of Washington.
You know, it's like all the cheers are gone, the cheers of the throngs to the passing parade, to the soldiers as they go to war. All the glory and the glamour as they march off to war as the people throng and cheer them--all of a sudden it's hushed.--And then there they lie, silently, the biggest parade of all, nobody cheers any more, nobody cares, nobody even remembers. What terrible things wars are. They lose their governments, countries and colonies and economies. They all lose everything. They all lose. Nobody win, you know?
Ted Rudow III,MA
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" I think it’s absolutely correct that every major and minor city is either building a stadium or arena or being asked to estimate somewhere around $2 billion a year of public money going into these buildings, a very, very small percentage of which comes back in terms of, you know, tax benefits or actually benefits to the cities. You know, when the Yankees and the Mets first announced their deals, Mayor Bloomberg said, “Oh, you know, we don’t make subsidies; we make investments, and we get our money back.” Neil Demaus This is the same thing that Bush did! President Bush, who will go down in history as the great tax cutter, owes almost all of his fortune to a tax increase that was funneled into his pocket.What happened is, an oil man named Eddie Chiles wanted to sell his money-losing Texas Rangers baseball team. So George Bush put together a group of very wealthy investors to buy the team. He put up himself $600,000 of borrowed money
A perfect picture of the certain self-destruction of corrupt Capitalism by its own selfish weakness and rottenness and cruelty, as predicted by both Marx and the Bible! So there you have it, in the plain Words of Scripture, especially in Revelation 17 and 18!--Read it! And even so shall be her own destruction! For thy merchants were the great men of the Earth, and by thy sorceries (the deceitfulness of riches and the witchcraft of wealth!) were all nations deceived! American affluence is the dream of every country the world over, and her luxuries, sins and violence, from her music to her crimes, are imitated by nations around the world!
Ted Rudow III,MA

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This Stanford Life: The cult of investment banking

By: Paul Craft
November 13, 2008
"This Stanford Life: The cult of investment banking"
I first came across the plaque this past summer. Returning from
Jackson Library at the Graduate School of Business, I noticed a black
marble square that read, "Corporate and Foundation Investors. The
Stanford Graduate School of Business gratefully acknowledges the
following donors for their generous support of the school." It then
proceeded to list big-time corporations and the investment banking
stalwarts: Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and the like.

But by late September, the plaque was gone. In its place was a large
rectangle of butcher paper and, underneath the paper, a bare stone
wall. Until recently, the butcher paper remained taped to the wall.
In the last few weeks, the GSB replaced it with an updated, "2007-
2008" sponsors plaque, which lacked any of the big Wall Street names.

September's financial crisis didn't just unexpectedly alter on-campus
recruitment cycles and tighten the job market — the crisis altered
the landscape of American elite universities. The implosion humbled
or outright destroyed institutions that Stanford students have long
worshiped with reverence.

The September crisis just may have ended the cult of investment
banking as we know it — and possibly for the better.

The collapse's short-term effects have been amply documented by
college newspapers, including The Daily. Hiring is down. Firms are
more conservative about recruiting. The Cornell Sun — serving a
student body close to Stanford in the pecking order of elite
recruiting — had some interesting statistics. According to Cornell
Finance Professor Charles Chang, the big Wall Street firms recently
hired back about 80 percent of interns. This year they could only
hire 40 percent of interns.--------

Contact Paul at pcraft "at" stanford.edu.

" I think it's absolutely correct that every major and minor city is
either building a stadium or arena or being asked to estimate
somewhere around $2 billion a year of public money going into these
buildings, a very, very small percentage of which comes back in terms
of, you know, tax benefits or actually benefits to the cities. You
know, when the Yankees and the Mets first announced their deals,
Mayor Bloomberg said, "Oh, you know, we don't make subsidies; we make
investments, and we get our money back." Neil Demaus
This is the same thing that Bush did! President Bush, who will go
down in history as the great tax cutter, owes almost all of his
fortune to a tax increase that was funneled into his pocket.What
happened is, an oil man named Eddie Chiles wanted to sell his money-
losing Texas Rangers baseball team. So George Bush put together a
group of very wealthy investors to buy the team. He put up himself
$600,000 of borrowed money. The partners then gave him a 10 percent
stake as the managing partner.Then they held a special election in
January of the year in question to increase the sales tax in the town
of Arlington, Texas, by one half-cent. That money was used to build a
new baseball stadium. It's an incredibly nice baseball stadium.–
A perfect picture of the certain self-destruction of corrupt
Capitalism by its own selfish weakness and rottenness and cruelty, as
predicted by both Marx and the Bible! So there you have it, in the
plain Words of Scripture, especially in Revelation 17 and 18!–Read
it! And even so shall be her own destruction! For thy merchants were
the great men of the Earth, and by thy sorceries (the deceitfulness
of riches and the witchcraft of wealth!) were all nations deceived!
American affluence is the dream of every country the world over, and
her luxuries, sins and violence, from her music to her crimes, are
imitated by nations around the world!
Ted Rudow III,MA

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Occupied East Jerusalem

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Occupied East Jerusalem
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Tuesday Nov 11th, 2008
Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated on Monday that Israel
must give up most of the Arab territories it has held since 1967,
including Occupied East Jerusalem, if it wants peace.
"This government, any government, owes it to tell the truth and that
truth will force us to separate from many parts of the homeland in
Judaea and Samaria [the Occupied West Bank], in Jerusalem and on the
Golan Heights," Olmert said in a speech to Parliament. "There were
times when we wanted to seal our presence on every inch of land - and
I was one of those people - but we were wrong."
Jewish Israel in Arab Palestine was a literal, aggressive, and
belligerent military invasion by European and American Jews! Then let
Israel and Palestine solve their problems on their own. It will save
their food, their oil, their environment and their lives as well as
world peace. And without America, Israel will be forced to make peace
with her neighbours as Olmert said.The Arabs and Israelis actually
need each other and have what each other needs.
Let there be peace in Jerusalem!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Election

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by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Nov 10th, 2008

The new Congress is different from the last one as far as the balance of power is concerned, but its fear of the pro-Israel lobby will be unabated. True, the influence of the Zionist Evangelicals will be much diminished, but AIPAC is alive and kicking, and its kicks will be as painful as ever.
The new doorkeeper, who bears the ringing Israeli name Rahm Emmanuel (Rahm means high, Emmanuel means God with Us), is the son of an Irgun underground veteran. Rahm grew up in a Jewish home, speaks Hebrew and rushed to the aid of the Israeli army during the first Gulf War.
I don’t know his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he certainly will not block the path of the Israeli Prime Minister to the President.There is no chance for progress towards Israeli-Palestinian peace without American pressure on the Israeli government. That has been true for decades, and that remains true today. So America and Israel will stick together to the bitter end, as they have proven in every
Israeli-Palestinian war so far. But that end together may be sooner than they think, because of recent developments. We shall see!

Election

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Published: November 10, 2008
Steal This Column: A retroactive diary of Election Night",
They don’t call me the Bill Simmons of The Daily for nothing. In fact, they don’t call me the Bill Simmons of The Daily at all. Regardless, in the spirit of the nation’s second-most popular syndicated columnist (behind only our very own Stuart Baimel of “Stu’s Views” fame), I give to you Election Night: a running diary.

.........................................................................................................................
The new Congress is different from the last one as far as the balance of power is concerned, but its fear of the pro-Israel lobby will be unabated. True, the influence of the Zionist Evangelicals will be much diminished, but AIPAC is alive and kicking, and its kicks will be as painful as ever.The new doorkeeper, who bears the ringing Israeli name Rahm Emmanuel (Rahm means high, Emmanuel means God with Us), is the son of an Irgun underground veteran. Rahm grew up in a Jewish home, speaks Hebrew and rushed to the aid of the Israeli army during the first Gulf War.
I don’t know his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he certainly will not block the path of the Israeli Prime Minister to the President.There is no chance for progress towards Israeli-Palestinian peace without American pressure on the Israeli government. That has been true for decades, and that remains true today. So America and Israel will stick together to the bitter end, as they have proven in every
Israeli-Palestinian war so far! But that end together may be sooner than they think, because of recent developments. We shall see!

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Obama picks

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By Charles P. Henry
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Sunday, Nov. 09, 2008 | Page 1E

......Neither McCain nor Obama said one word about redistributing wealth to those most in need – the growing numbers of poor people (the highest in the developed world). Can we really expect peace and prosperity while maintaining a permanent underclass? Can we afford to put more of them in jail when we already have the largest prison population in the world?

Let's remember all of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. It didn't stop with the content of the individual's character. Many like to freeze King's legacy in place at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. Yet King moved beyond individual prejudice to tackle what he called the triple evils of militarism, racism and poverty. Electing Obama and ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq give us a head start on the first two. Let's not forget the third. After all, they are linked. Racism and war have been major causes of global poverty. Let America be America."

Charles P. Henry is a professor and chair of African American studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author and editor of seven books and dozens of articles on black politics, public policy and human rights.
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11/09/2008
The new Congress is different from the last one as far as the balance of power is concerned, but its fear of the pro-Israel lobby will be unabated. True, the influence of the Zionist Evangelicals will be much diminished, but AIPAC is alive and kicking, and its kicks will be as painful as ever.The new doorkeeper, who bears the ringing Israeli name Rahm Emmanuel (Rahm means high, Emmanuel means God with Us), is the son of an Irgun underground veteran. Rahm grew up in a Jewish home, speaks Hebrew and rushed to the aid of the Israeli army during the first Gulf War. I don't know his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he certainly will not block the path of the Israeli Prime Minister to the President.There is no chance for progress towards Israeli-Palestinian peace without American pressure on the Israeli government. That has been true for decades, and that remains true today. So America and Israel will stick together to the bitter end, as they have proven in every Israeli-Palestinian war so far! But that end together may be sooner than they think, because of recent developments. We shall see!
Ted Rudow III,MA

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In recent history America was even making pennies out of aluminum when copper was scarce.--And of course paper coinage is quite a modern invention in fairly recent history, which came in with the invention of paper and printing press. Nevertheless, for the past few years the world has continued to drift dreamily along, still believing in the power and value of the American dollar, supposedly backed by the power, worth and word of the American government. So that, since America went off both the gold and silver standard and no longer has to exchange either for her dollars, the world has continued to drift dreamily along on pure faith in the paper tiger of America, the Green Paper Pig, the dollar, and that it's worth what its government says it is worth! When actually the dollar is really worthless and without any intrinsic value whatsoever with no backing or redeemability in coinage of actual value such as gold and silver! If you think that past generations and cultures were foolish for worshipping gods of gold and silver and wood and stone, give a second thought to modern man who has been worshipping gods made only of paper, and very thin paper at that, for a good many years now! But he's now beginning to lose faith in his paper gods, these worthless currencies, and they're beginning to fall! They'll soon be worth so little they'll be cast away as worthless, and only things, services, goods, products and materials of actual value and usefulness will be considered of any worth.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Saturday, November 08, 2008

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Friday, November 7, 2008

.....Some say the inglorious success of Prop. 8, the brutally regressive measure that removes the rights of very specific people who love very specific other people from ever marrying them, can be blamed on multiple factors. Some say it was Gavin Newsom's smugness and political recklessness. Some blame Feinstein for daring to support Prop. 8's defeat. Some blame the black and Latino communities for their shocking and rather heartbreaking support of what essentially amounts to a civil rights abuse of the very kind they themselves fought so hard to overcome. Or maybe it's all those sad, white, central portions of the state, the huge chunks of voters who live in places without much culture or perspective or major universities, who only hear certain strains of spiteful rhetoric and thin fearmongering, whose general lack of education means they apparently still believe certain flavors of love will poison everyone's soup and ruin the sanctity of the time-honored 50-percent heterosexual missionary position Christian divorce rate. And I must say -- and you might not want to hear this -- a big chunk of blame for 8's passage has to go to the No on 8 campaign's initial arrogance, followed by their utterly limp reaction when the Yes campaign started attacking and gaining real steam. As one of my politically savvy Chronicle colleagues put it, "No on 8 was a bad campaign. Bad bad bad. Inept, amateurish, incompetent and, above all, guilty of committing the first and worst sin of politics: taking the voters for granted." .....................

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No matter what scientific names they call it, it's still spiritual power. If they were able to scientifically analyse it they'd probably call it natural, and in a way these are natural forces, natural powers.--that there really are such things. The people who let him and his flies, his dirty little demons, hang around today. But there are literally spiritual forces behind the scenes with which they're dealing, and that in so doing they're really playing with fire! They're really taking chances. They could get possessed or a lot of other things could possibly happen.I'm not condemning them who has some kind of satanic perversion or demonic impulse that drive them into that kind of a relationship. It's really sad and I feel sorry for them! But I know that if they will sincerely pray and ask the Lord to free them and deliver them from that spirit, He will! The first thing to remember is that you can't do much for people who don't want to be delivered. ( Mk.1:23-26 ; Mt.8:29 ).
Ted Rudow III,MA

Friday, November 07, 2008

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Mark PowellIssue date: 11/6/08 Section: Opinion


Barack Obama will be our next commander-in-chief. And I'll never fully understand.

I'll never fully understand why hundreds of people congregated at the John Carlos and Tommie Smith Statue on Tuesday night, just a few moments after Sen. Obama secured his spot as this country's 44th president.

I'll never fully understand the absolute, unadulterated joy that beamed from the faces of the SJSU African-American students who made the impromptu trek from the dorms to the symbolic statue.

They were in Heaven.

I'll never fully understand their angelic singing, their strong "O-ba-ma!" chants or the palpable buzz that their presence created.

I'll never fully understand because I'll never really know what black people have been through - no matter how many History Channel programs I've viewed or how many black friends I have.

Honestly, I only have a couple.

I'll never fully understand because I'll never be told by my parents that they faced racism, that they had basic opportunities taken away from them because they couldn't control the color of their skin - that they prayed the U.S. would someday have a president that shared their ethnicity.

I'll never fully understand because I'll never look back through my family's history and see photos of "Whites Only" bathrooms or read accounts of expulsions from restaurants.

I was born and raised in a city in California's central valley. I'm half white, half whiter.

I'm not ashamed of my background, but I'm aware that I've had less to fight for than people of color. I'm aware that friends from back home would probably never vote for a black man. Any black man.

I'll never fully understand why those teens from Jena, La., sought vengeance after six nooses were hung in their 21st-century neighborhood.......
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Ted Rudow III,MA

Bush and others will be judged accordingly for the darkness that they are spreading. The poor of the world who are being ravaged by the violence and the destruction and the sectarian hatred, those whose lives and happiness are being stolen from them by the selfishness of others, will be rewarded accordingly in the next life. As sad and heartbreaking a time as it will be, it must come so that it can pass.
If he pushes for war and special executive police powers before the end of his term, it'll be a very difficult time for people everywhere, but especially for the poor people in the Mideast. It's beyond words, beyond description. But it has to get worse before it can get better. The world has to fall into gross darkness before the coming of the light.
Bush and his so-called Christianity is as far from Christ and real Christianity as darkness is from the light. Bush's testimony is so contrary to real Christian values that he is working against them, and by doing so is hastening the advance of an anti-Christ world and solidifying anti-Christ sentiment within the world. May Obama appease his war-like spirit and bring peace!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Class of 1996

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

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BECAUSE DARKNESS CANNOT STAND THE LIGHT and wrong cannot bear the right, and the big lie cannot tolerate the truth, and them that are bound bitterly resent the freedom of the free; because by all of these the wrongful majority are exposed for their sins of darkness, evil, deception, greed and the enslavement of the exploited, they must, therefore, furiously endeavor to smother the light, say that wrong is right, attempt to shout down and drown out the voice of truth, frustrate and bind the free, and exterminate them that would terminate and expose the System's own hypocrisy. As the lawyer said to the hippie in "Easy Rider," they have to kill you because you're free, and it proves they're not, and they can't stand being reminded that they're slaves of the chains of conformity forged by their own hands!
Ted Rudow III,MA

Monday, November 03, 2008

Even great villains

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Classes held on Election Day, despite criticism


By: Fatima Wagdy
November 3, 2008
"Classes held on Election Day, despite criticism",

Election Day is right around the corner - an historic day that happens only once every four years. On such a day, some students ask: Should they even have class at all? The response from professors, apparently, has been an overwhelming, “Yes, you should.”

At Stanford, no specific policy exists that dictates whether or not class should be held on Election Day. Many students and professors agree that there is no need to cancel class next Tuesday, but other students feel that class should be canceled and that Election Day should be a national holiday.

Some believe canceling class would be unnecessary because of the demographics of Stanford students. Most Stanford students do not live close to their voting districts and would therefore have to vote absentee even if they lived in California. Many other students live out of state, so they would have to vote absentee anyway--.

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There’s also a distinction that needs to be made between a person’s personality characteristics & his leadership characteristics. If we were to judge all politicians on their publicly displayed personalities, most of them would probably rate pretty high. This is particularly true of presidential candidates, because in order to be a candidate for the presidency, you usually have to be able to portray yourself as somewhat charismatic. You have to have some kind of personal appeal, some kind of personality, the ability to relate to people & get along with people, because most Americans, at least, judge candidates more on their personalities than on the political issues they stand for.
On the other hand, when we are talking about someone’s leadership role & what they have accomplished or have not accomplished as a politician or leader, we are not necessarily criticising their personality & their personal traits of sympathy or kindness or tender-heartedness for their wife, their children & victims of natural disasters. Presidents & politicians & highly-placed leaders can appear to be very human & display some of the nicest, sweetest characteristics. That’s part of their job! Of course, such displays are often politically motivated, but sometimes they do show their natural disposition & personality coming out, which works to their political advantage.
So you need to realise that there is often more than meets the eye.There have been many human interest stories of even great villains who have shown themselves to be very sweet & kind with their wives or their children. People are just amazed & say, “Oh, how could that possibly be true when they were such villains?”

Sunday, November 02, 2008

The harder they fall!

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November 2nd, 2008
America is a sick society, where schoolchildren are slaughtering each other, serial killers roam the streets, nearly two million people are locked up in prisons and jails, gangs and drugs and violence are commonplace, abortion is astronomical, and the worship of Mammon long ago overtook the worship of God.

Many Americans are Christians and love the Lord, but a lot also have a form of godliness without the power thereof, self-righteousness without real righteousness. So they’re sort of insulated against their problems and they don’t see how serious things have become until something like a high school massacre happens to wake them up and jolt them from their lethargy for a moment or two.

But then they settle back down to their comfortable chairs and couches in front of the television, ready to be entertained and lulled asleep, without realizing how their culture is collapsing around them. After all, America is the world’s sole remaining superpower, isn’t it? Yet they’re losing their own children as well as the respect of the rest of the world. Superpowers come, and they also go. Empires rise, and they also fall. And the bigger and more arrogant they are, the harder they fall!'

— Ted Rudow III, MA, Menlo Park, CA

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Some $45 million to be dropped from general funds for University

As the U.S. economy struggles to keep its head above water, Stanford will ax some $45 million from its general funds budget for each of the next two fiscal years, President John Hennessy told The Daily on Thursday.The $800 million general funds budget pays most faculty and staff salaries, core administrative operations and other non-research expenses.






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America is a sick society, where schoolchildren are slaughtering each other, serial killers roam the streets, nearly two million people are locked up in prisons and jails, gangs and drugs and violence are commonplace, abortion is astronomical, and the worship of Mammon long ago overtook the worship of God.
Many Americans are Christians and love the Lord, but a lot also have a form of godliness without the power thereof, self-righteousness without real righteousness. So they’re sort of insulated against their problems and they don’t see how serious things have become until something like a high school massacre happens to wake them up and jolt them from their lethargy for a moment or two.
But then they settle back down to their comfortable chairs and couches in front of the television, ready to be entertained and lulled asleep, without realizing how their culture is collapsing around them. After all, America is the world’s sole remaining superpower, isn’t it? Yet they’re losing their own children as well as the respect of the rest of the world.
Superpowers come, and they also go.