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Bridge crumbled like America crumbles
Editor,She is crumbling and will continue to crumble under the weight and pressure of the repercussions of this mighty blow of the decay of the cities. It’s going to be the belly button of the whirlpool that will drain America of its resources. Pain and suffering have been poured out on others for years by the Americans. America struggles to hold on to its wealth. Half a trillion dollars is wasted in Iraq and the Mideast. Instead of helping the poor, she conquers and destroys the poor. She’d been living on borrowed money all the time and wasn’t even raising enough money for her current expenses, much less to pay back her debts.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Monday, August 13, 2007
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Editor,
I believe Nathan Mollat when he proclaims how parents who allow their children to idolize Barry Bonds is beyond him. ("Sports Lounge" in the July 31 edition of the Daily Journal) Clearly, many things are beyond the mental grasp of Nathan Mollat.
"Parents are nuts not to let their kids know that many professional athletes are not the people to emulate. Forget the baseball aspect, the media paints Bonds as not a nice guy. Why parents would allow their children to idolize Bonds is beyond me. When I was growing up, I never looked at professional athletes as heroes or as someone after which to pattern my life. Maybe I'm in the minority."
Here, Here for Nathan! He had the guts to say it!!!
The link toward violence and steroids is a fact! "How they manage the risks of using steroids and other physique-enhancing drugs; how they understand the alleged steroid-violence link..." ("Bodybuilding, Drug and Risk," Lee Monaghan)
It's just like the grades in school now! What was a "B" 25 years ago now is an A++! Bonds, Romanowski and many others who had been accused of taking steroids. So they take steriods and the world just loves it!
Dr. Morris Mellion of the University of Nebraska Medical Center has made a strong case that exercise addiction is every bit as real and serious as drug addiction and eating disorders and is very much like them in the way it works. He described the growing trends among young athletes engaging in more high-risk behaviors, such as drinking, taking drugs, having more sexual partners and higher rates of sexually-transmitted diseases, using steroids, violence, impaired academic work and smoking. "Without concluding that sports are necessarily bad for our kids' behavior, clearly something is going on here. Parents, school administrators and coaches need to get a grip on it."
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Editor,
I believe Nathan Mollat when he proclaims how parents who allow their children to idolize Barry Bonds is beyond him. ("Sports Lounge" in the July 31 edition of the Daily Journal) Clearly, many things are beyond the mental grasp of Nathan Mollat.
"Parents are nuts not to let their kids know that many professional athletes are not the people to emulate. Forget the baseball aspect, the media paints Bonds as not a nice guy. Why parents would allow their children to idolize Bonds is beyond me. When I was growing up, I never looked at professional athletes as heroes or as someone after which to pattern my life. Maybe I'm in the minority."
Here, Here for Nathan! He had the guts to say it!!!
The link toward violence and steroids is a fact! "How they manage the risks of using steroids and other physique-enhancing drugs; how they understand the alleged steroid-violence link..." ("Bodybuilding, Drug and Risk," Lee Monaghan)
It's just like the grades in school now! What was a "B" 25 years ago now is an A++! Bonds, Romanowski and many others who had been accused of taking steroids. So they take steriods and the world just loves it!
Dr. Morris Mellion of the University of Nebraska Medical Center has made a strong case that exercise addiction is every bit as real and serious as drug addiction and eating disorders and is very much like them in the way it works. He described the growing trends among young athletes engaging in more high-risk behaviors, such as drinking, taking drugs, having more sexual partners and higher rates of sexually-transmitted diseases, using steroids, violence, impaired academic work and smoking. "Without concluding that sports are necessarily bad for our kids' behavior, clearly something is going on here. Parents, school administrators and coaches need to get a grip on it."
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Friday, August 10, 2007
The Crash
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The Crash
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Friday Aug 10th, 2007 3:20 PM
"The Dollar, the green Dollar, the Green Pig, is literally inflating right now very rapidly-the whole world monetary system will collapse!--And the bankers and capitalists will be left sitting on their stacks of bank notes which will be worthless!--
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The monetary system is about to explode and cause the capitalistic financial system to collapse! But how could that affect the Mideast? America would try to attack the Arab Countries and grab the oil ! Whatever super power possesses and controls those Arab countries would have all the oil and they would have what would be the most valuable things in the world at a time of crisis like that!" This was written in 1973-4 by David Brandt Berg and it a fulfillment of what happen today in the Mideast! There is a crash coming, no matter how often the feel-good economists predict that all things will continue as they are, just because they have been for the last several decades. The world's economy is a house built on the sand of debt, and a storm is coming, and great will be the fall of that house (Matthew 7:24-27). Ted Rudow III,MA
The Crash
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Friday Aug 10th, 2007 3:20 PM
"The Dollar, the green Dollar, the Green Pig, is literally inflating right now very rapidly-the whole world monetary system will collapse!--And the bankers and capitalists will be left sitting on their stacks of bank notes which will be worthless!--
-->
The monetary system is about to explode and cause the capitalistic financial system to collapse! But how could that affect the Mideast? America would try to attack the Arab Countries and grab the oil ! Whatever super power possesses and controls those Arab countries would have all the oil and they would have what would be the most valuable things in the world at a time of crisis like that!" This was written in 1973-4 by David Brandt Berg and it a fulfillment of what happen today in the Mideast! There is a crash coming, no matter how often the feel-good economists predict that all things will continue as they are, just because they have been for the last several decades. The world's economy is a house built on the sand of debt, and a storm is coming, and great will be the fall of that house (Matthew 7:24-27). Ted Rudow III,MA
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Ted Rudow III,MA
Sacbee: Opinion Newsletter
The Sacramento BeeNews Sports Business Politics Opinion Entertainment Lifestyle Cars Homes Jobs Shopping Contact Bee Customer Service Contact sacbee.com Advertise Online Privacy Policy Terms of Use Help Site Map GUIDE TO THE BEE: Subscribe Manage Your Subscription Contacts Advertise Bee Events Community Involvement Sacbee.com SacTicket.com Sacramento.com Go to Home PageContact The Bee: (916) 321-1000 E-MailGuide to The BeeSubscribe Editorial: Move over, HenryThursday, August 9, 2007Violence and steroidsThe link toward violence and steroids is a fact! Bonds has broken the home run record, but at what cost? Bonds,Romanowski and many other who had been accused of taking steroids. So they take steroids and the world just loves it! But what does it teach our children? Dr. Morris Mellion of the University of Nebraska Medical Center has made a strong case that exercise addiction is every bit as real and serious as drug addiction and eating disorders and is very much like them in the way it works. He described the growing trends among young athletes engaging in more high-risk behaviors, such as drinking, taking drugs, having more sexual partners and higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, using steroids, violence, impaired academic work, and smoking. Without concluding that sports are necessarily bad for our kids behavior, clearly something is going on here. Parents, school administrators and coaches need to get a grip on it."
Ted Rudow III,MA
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Frog in the pot of water
Sacbee: Opinion NewsletterEditorial: Caving in on surveillanceTuesday, August 7, 2007 Frog in the pot of waterYou see, folks, all of this surveillance and monitoring is just for your good”to help protect you from criminals and hooligans, to protect your children from abuse, to protect the environment from forest fires or oil spills, and to manage disaster relief. And no doubt all these purposes will be served, but this technology is a two-edged sword”it cuts both ways, for good or for ill, depending on how it's wielded. In the days to come, this same technology will also be used for evil, employed by the A.C. system in keeping an eye on anyone who might be a threat, and to monitor any religious believers who might try to "subvert the populace." And, if you'll notice, it's being established in Europe, which in many ways is already becoming an anti-religious stronghold. The creeping destruction of liberty and privacy in these Last Days, And the odd thing is, most of the world doesn't even realize it yet, since it's proceeding so gradually in most places, like the frog in the pot of water that's slowly being brought to a boil doesn't know what's happening to him.Ted Rudow III,MA
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Editor,Hiroshima marked the 62nd anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the United States has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third-world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them.The United States is no paragon of virtue. However, the funny thing is that most Americans do not realize it, or if they do, then they do not generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America, the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it is because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.Ted Rudow III,MAMenlo Park
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Editor,Hiroshima marked the 62nd anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the United States has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third-world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them.The United States is no paragon of virtue. However, the funny thing is that most Americans do not realize it, or if they do, then they do not generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America, the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it is because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.Ted Rudow III,MAMenlo Park
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Hiroshima
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Hiroshima
by Ted Rudow III,MA Wednesday Aug 8th, 2007 11:39 AM
Hiroshima marked the 62th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the US has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them. The U.S. is no paragon of virtue, but the funny thing is that most Americans don't realise it, or if they do, then they don't generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it's because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.
TED RUDOW III,MA
Hiroshima
by Ted Rudow III,MA Wednesday Aug 8th, 2007 11:39 AM
Hiroshima marked the 62th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the US has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them. The U.S. is no paragon of virtue, but the funny thing is that most Americans don't realise it, or if they do, then they don't generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it's because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.
TED RUDOW III,MA
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Defend spy
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Bush aides defend spy law amid storm of criticism
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Tuesday Aug 7th, 2007 12:51 PM
You see, folks, all of this surveillance and monitoring is just for your good—to help protect you from criminals and hooligans, to protect your children from abuse, to protect the environment from forest fires or oil spills, and to manage disaster relief. And no doubt all these purposes will be served, but this technology is a two-edged sword—it cuts both ways, for good or for ill, depending on how it's wielded.
-->
In the days to come, this same technology will also be used for evil, employed by the A.C. system in keeping an eye on anyone who might be a threat, and to monitor any religious believers who might try to "subvert the populace." And, if you'll notice, it's being established in Europe, which in many ways is already becoming an anti-religious stronghold. The creeping destruction of liberty and privacy in these Last Days, And the odd thing is, most of the world doesn't even realize it yet, since it's proceeding so gradually in most places, like the frog in the pot of water that's slowly being brought to a boil doesn't know what's happening to him!
Bush aides defend spy law amid storm of criticism
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Tuesday Aug 7th, 2007 12:51 PM
You see, folks, all of this surveillance and monitoring is just for your good—to help protect you from criminals and hooligans, to protect your children from abuse, to protect the environment from forest fires or oil spills, and to manage disaster relief. And no doubt all these purposes will be served, but this technology is a two-edged sword—it cuts both ways, for good or for ill, depending on how it's wielded.
-->
In the days to come, this same technology will also be used for evil, employed by the A.C. system in keeping an eye on anyone who might be a threat, and to monitor any religious believers who might try to "subvert the populace." And, if you'll notice, it's being established in Europe, which in many ways is already becoming an anti-religious stronghold. The creeping destruction of liberty and privacy in these Last Days, And the odd thing is, most of the world doesn't even realize it yet, since it's proceeding so gradually in most places, like the frog in the pot of water that's slowly being brought to a boil doesn't know what's happening to him!
US wars
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U.S. wars, U.S. slaves
As for terrorism, the United States has sponsored terrorist groups in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Cuba, El Salvador, Congo, Nicaragua, Angola, Sudan and Indonesia. The U.S. tried to assassinate Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Iran’s Islamic leadership, that crazy Ghadafi in Libya. Nearly every one of America’s wars were for some kind of trade advantage or money or for territory or oil. My God, how many wars have been fought in the name of freedom?American people are slaves, too, total slaves of their government. Taxes and burdens are so heavy that they’re working totally for the government half the time just to pay their taxes.Ted Rudow III,MAMenlo Park
U.S. wars, U.S. slaves
As for terrorism, the United States has sponsored terrorist groups in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Cuba, El Salvador, Congo, Nicaragua, Angola, Sudan and Indonesia. The U.S. tried to assassinate Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Iran’s Islamic leadership, that crazy Ghadafi in Libya. Nearly every one of America’s wars were for some kind of trade advantage or money or for territory or oil. My God, how many wars have been fought in the name of freedom?American people are slaves, too, total slaves of their government. Taxes and burdens are so heavy that they’re working totally for the government half the time just to pay their taxes.Ted Rudow III,MAMenlo Park
The decay
Fall of the US EmpireSacbee: Opinion Newsletter
Rod Dreher: Fall of the U.S. empireThursday, August 2, 2007 To hold to it wealthShe is crumbling and will continue to crumble under the weight and pressure of the repercussions of this mighty blow of the decay of the cities! It's going to be the belly button of the whirlpool that will drain America of its resources. Pain and suffering have been poured out on others for years by the Americans. America struggles to hold on to its wealth. 1/2 trillion dollar is wasted in Iraq and the Mideast. Instead of helping the poor, she conquers and destroys the poor. She'd been living on borrowed money all the time and wasn't even raising enough money for her current expenses, much less to pay back her debts. Ted Rudow III,MA
Rod Dreher: Fall of the U.S. empireThursday, August 2, 2007 To hold to it wealthShe is crumbling and will continue to crumble under the weight and pressure of the repercussions of this mighty blow of the decay of the cities! It's going to be the belly button of the whirlpool that will drain America of its resources. Pain and suffering have been poured out on others for years by the Americans. America struggles to hold on to its wealth. 1/2 trillion dollar is wasted in Iraq and the Mideast. Instead of helping the poor, she conquers and destroys the poor. She'd been living on borrowed money all the time and wasn't even raising enough money for her current expenses, much less to pay back her debts. Ted Rudow III,MA
The path of nonviolence
The path of nonviolence
Home About Us Advertise Archives Forum Classifieds ePaper Subscribe Contact us Search Daily Star Sections Middle East Egypt Lebanon Middle East News Politics Business Editorial Opinion Arts & Culture Lebanon Examiner Special Reports Interviews Readers' Letters Reader's Feedback Published on 04/08/2007Readers' Letters and Opinionsletters@dailystar.com.lbThe Daily Star is pleased to provide a forum for debate on a range of subjects, from local cultural activities to international politics. Dozens, sometimes even hundreds, of letters fall into the editor's mailbox daily. In order to keep the letters timely, The Daily Star generally produces a special letters section. When the influx of letters is particularly large, extra space is made available accordingly.If you would like to submit a letter for publication, please remember to include your full name (first and last) and address, including city. The Daily Star only publishes letters under 400 words, and these are subject to editing. The Daily Star will not acknowledge unsolicited submissions. Yet the path of nonviolence would not bring the Palestinians freedom and justice, only His return will do that. For the Palestinians are an occupied people, and unlike the British in India, those who occupy them will not withdraw. And, for the time being, there is pressure in the West that can be brought to bear on the Israelis. Those in power in the US will scarcely dare to criticize Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians, and if they do, their protest is more of a ritual than a heartfelt condemnation. And the common people of the US are either solidly pro-Israel or they do not understand the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and think the Palestinians are the aggressors, "Muslim terrorists and fanatics," or simply do not wish to be bothered with what they consider a complex issue. So Israel will continue its oppression, whether the resistance is violent or not, for it has no reason not to. The oppression will go on in secret, out of sight of the world, invisible to the media and the rest of the world.Ted Rudow III,MACalifornia, United States
Home About Us Advertise Archives Forum Classifieds ePaper Subscribe Contact us Search Daily Star Sections Middle East Egypt Lebanon Middle East News Politics Business Editorial Opinion Arts & Culture Lebanon Examiner Special Reports Interviews Readers' Letters Reader's Feedback Published on 04/08/2007Readers' Letters and Opinionsletters@dailystar.com.lbThe Daily Star is pleased to provide a forum for debate on a range of subjects, from local cultural activities to international politics. Dozens, sometimes even hundreds, of letters fall into the editor's mailbox daily. In order to keep the letters timely, The Daily Star generally produces a special letters section. When the influx of letters is particularly large, extra space is made available accordingly.If you would like to submit a letter for publication, please remember to include your full name (first and last) and address, including city. The Daily Star only publishes letters under 400 words, and these are subject to editing. The Daily Star will not acknowledge unsolicited submissions. Yet the path of nonviolence would not bring the Palestinians freedom and justice, only His return will do that. For the Palestinians are an occupied people, and unlike the British in India, those who occupy them will not withdraw. And, for the time being, there is pressure in the West that can be brought to bear on the Israelis. Those in power in the US will scarcely dare to criticize Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians, and if they do, their protest is more of a ritual than a heartfelt condemnation. And the common people of the US are either solidly pro-Israel or they do not understand the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and think the Palestinians are the aggressors, "Muslim terrorists and fanatics," or simply do not wish to be bothered with what they consider a complex issue. So Israel will continue its oppression, whether the resistance is violent or not, for it has no reason not to. The oppression will go on in secret, out of sight of the world, invisible to the media and the rest of the world.Ted Rudow III,MACalifornia, United States
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Scope?
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'Islamo-fascists'
“President George W. Bush understands the scope of the worldwide assault on freedom posed by the Islamo-fascists,” according to Karen King, chairwoman of the San Mateo County Republican Party.
And those who call themselves Christians and loudly proclaim their love of God, but then even more loudly beat the drums of war and rain death and destruction on the innocent while at the same time filling the coffers of their masters and cronies with the profits of war, make His name and those who are called by His name to stink in the nostrils of the world.
These do abominable works in His name, and so do more to hamper His cause than those who actively fight. These shall reap the wrath of both man and God for their hypocrisy and wickedness.
That statement is why she is so ignorant about of the rest of the world! And so the U.S. has done much to destroy any peace!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
THE EXAMINER/INDEPENDENT Weekend Edition,August 5-6, 2006
FROM READERS:
'Islamo-fascists'
“President George W. Bush understands the scope of the worldwide assault on freedom posed by the Islamo-fascists,” according to Karen King, chairwoman of the San Mateo County Republican Party.
And those who call themselves Christians and loudly proclaim their love of God, but then even more loudly beat the drums of war and rain death and destruction on the innocent while at the same time filling the coffers of their masters and cronies with the profits of war, make His name and those who are called by His name to stink in the nostrils of the world.
These do abominable works in His name, and so do more to hamper His cause than those who actively fight. These shall reap the wrath of both man and God for their hypocrisy and wickedness.
That statement is why she is so ignorant about of the rest of the world! And so the U.S. has done much to destroy any peace!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Morals
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As difficult a decision it was to make to forfeit the season, Sequoia High Principal Morgan Marchbanks said it was necessary to preserve the school’s integrity.
“I think the sports program is integral to high school. But our model of teaching morals is paramount,” Marchbanks said. “While this was a painful action to take, we had to clean our house in order to set an example.”
I went to Menlo-Atherton High School and played basketball from 1967-1970. I also played with Charles Johnson at Cal, who was the best basketball player ever at Sequoia High. I was an academic counselor at San Jose State University in the ’90s.
More than half of the freshman class at San Jose State Unversity took remedial English and math. It was the dumbing down of the academic standards and now any school’s moral integrity.
For students, it has meant wholesale confusion about moral values: learning to question values they have scarcely acquired, unlearning values taught at home, and concluding that questions of right and wrong are always merely
subjective.
It is because the failure of moral education in the schools. In brief, students are being taught by the wrong method — a method that looks more and more like a fad that won’t go away.
It has meant that the development of moral education curriculums has been turned over to theorists who have repeatedly expressed disdain for concepts such as virtue, character and good example; the same theorists have dismissed past culture and history as being irrelevant to the search for values.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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Morals Must Be Taught
As difficult a decision it was to make to forfeit the season, Sequoia High Principal Morgan Marchbanks said it was necessary to preserve the school’s integrity.
“I think the sports program is integral to high school. But our model of teaching morals is paramount,” Marchbanks said. “While this was a painful action to take, we had to clean our house in order to set an example.”
I went to Menlo-Atherton High School and played basketball from 1967-1970. I also played with Charles Johnson at Cal, who was the best basketball player ever at Sequoia High. I was an academic counselor at San Jose State University in the ’90s.
More than half of the freshman class at San Jose State Unversity took remedial English and math. It was the dumbing down of the academic standards and now any school’s moral integrity.
For students, it has meant wholesale confusion about moral values: learning to question values they have scarcely acquired, unlearning values taught at home, and concluding that questions of right and wrong are always merely
subjective.
It is because the failure of moral education in the schools. In brief, students are being taught by the wrong method — a method that looks more and more like a fad that won’t go away.
It has meant that the development of moral education curriculums has been turned over to theorists who have repeatedly expressed disdain for concepts such as virtue, character and good example; the same theorists have dismissed past culture and history as being irrelevant to the search for values.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Thursday, February 02, 2006
U.S. pushes for democracy?
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The future of the Middle East entered a new era of uncertainty Thursday, as the militant Palestinian opposition group Hamas snatched power from the ruling old guard and made skeptics of many key players in the peace process. "There was a peaceful process as people went to the polls. And that's positive," Bush said. While he reiterated that the United States will not deal with the organization as long as it seeks Israel's destruction, he called.
U.S. isn't really against terrorists; it's just against terrorists who aren't its friends and allies! After all, if it were against terrorists, it would be against Israel, against the various Israeli governments which have thrown the Palestinians off their land and seized it, bulldozed their houses, torn up their olive trees and orchards, herded the people into virtual concentration camps, shot their children for throwing stones, etc.
So as far as I'm concerned, that is one more nail in both Israel's and the U.S.' coffin! Because the World is going to demand justice for the Palestinians and I don't think it is going to be very far away.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Wednesday, February 1, 2006
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The future of the Middle East entered a new era of uncertainty Thursday, as the militant Palestinian opposition group Hamas snatched power from the ruling old guard and made skeptics of many key players in the peace process. "There was a peaceful process as people went to the polls. And that's positive," Bush said. While he reiterated that the United States will not deal with the organization as long as it seeks Israel's destruction, he called.
U.S. isn't really against terrorists; it's just against terrorists who aren't its friends and allies! After all, if it were against terrorists, it would be against Israel, against the various Israeli governments which have thrown the Palestinians off their land and seized it, bulldozed their houses, torn up their olive trees and orchards, herded the people into virtual concentration camps, shot their children for throwing stones, etc.
So as far as I'm concerned, that is one more nail in both Israel's and the U.S.' coffin! Because the World is going to demand justice for the Palestinians and I don't think it is going to be very far away.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Endless war
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Editor,
President Bush vigorously defended his decision to continue spying on Americans, stating that it had helped in the fight against terrorism.
However, in all actuality, the United States has sponsored terrorist groups in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Cuba, El Salvador, Congo, Nicaragua, Angola, Sudan, and Indonesia. The United States even tried to assassinate Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, eliminate Iran’s Islamic leadership and get rid of that crazy Gadhafi in Libya.
Nearly every one of America’s wars has been either for some kind of trade advantage, for money, for territory or for oil.
Not against terrorism!
America has waged many horrible wars during its existence, and one day it will pay the full price for them. The Lord’s word is true, sure and steadfast — we reap what we sow, whether good or bad.
“The Endless War” — war and glorifying war is a part of the American culture, what the country was built on and thrives on!
War is how the country was won and how it grew from coast to coast, fighting the British, the Indians, the Spanish, the French and others, slaughtering multitudes.
And when the Lord returns to rule in righteousness, He’ll do away with war, and men will beat their swords into plowshares, thank God!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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Editor,
President Bush vigorously defended his decision to continue spying on Americans, stating that it had helped in the fight against terrorism.
However, in all actuality, the United States has sponsored terrorist groups in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Cuba, El Salvador, Congo, Nicaragua, Angola, Sudan, and Indonesia. The United States even tried to assassinate Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, eliminate Iran’s Islamic leadership and get rid of that crazy Gadhafi in Libya.
Nearly every one of America’s wars has been either for some kind of trade advantage, for money, for territory or for oil.
Not against terrorism!
America has waged many horrible wars during its existence, and one day it will pay the full price for them. The Lord’s word is true, sure and steadfast — we reap what we sow, whether good or bad.
“The Endless War” — war and glorifying war is a part of the American culture, what the country was built on and thrives on!
War is how the country was won and how it grew from coast to coast, fighting the British, the Indians, the Spanish, the French and others, slaughtering multitudes.
And when the Lord returns to rule in righteousness, He’ll do away with war, and men will beat their swords into plowshares, thank God!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Americans' support for war
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Bush's war and the religious right Ted Rudow III,MA (650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com)
No matter how bad it gets, nothing seems to change Americans' support for war, which for some reason is stiffest among Christian supporters of the Bush administration. Bush's war is working, do not seek out evidence of the maiming and killing of our troops or of Iraqi civilians, have been immunized against thinking for themselves or doubting the Bush administration with certain Bible verses.
You just can't imagine people in this supposedly civilized age of intelligent sane people, even many Christians, actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame – A culture that says war is all right, that it's legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can't imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity! They're declaring war in the name of peace.
The government propagandizes people in so many ways to try to make their war justified. It's amazing just how easily the sheep are led astray. It's insanity; it's a power lust. They don't care how many lives they throw away just to get their own way.
We will continue to slide into the kind of moral relativism that causes others to wonder why we are so bloodthirsty. When all they're doing is trying to possess the oil! As Bush even said in one of his first speeches about this crisis, "To preserve our way of life." That's all America's concerned about!
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Bush's war and the religious right Ted Rudow III,MA (650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com)
No matter how bad it gets, nothing seems to change Americans' support for war, which for some reason is stiffest among Christian supporters of the Bush administration. Bush's war is working, do not seek out evidence of the maiming and killing of our troops or of Iraqi civilians, have been immunized against thinking for themselves or doubting the Bush administration with certain Bible verses.
You just can't imagine people in this supposedly civilized age of intelligent sane people, even many Christians, actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame – A culture that says war is all right, that it's legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can't imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity! They're declaring war in the name of peace.
The government propagandizes people in so many ways to try to make their war justified. It's amazing just how easily the sheep are led astray. It's insanity; it's a power lust. They don't care how many lives they throw away just to get their own way.
We will continue to slide into the kind of moral relativism that causes others to wonder why we are so bloodthirsty. When all they're doing is trying to possess the oil! As Bush even said in one of his first speeches about this crisis, "To preserve our way of life." That's all America's concerned about!
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It’s not just the issue of abortion. Judge Samuel Alito supports giving unprecedented powers to the executive branch, meaning George W. Bush, with no oversight and no checks on his power. This represents a radical view of presidential authority, extending to the point of overriding Congress’ jurisdiction in passing laws.
The only way that the president can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. Well, it’s not likely the Supreme Court and Congress are going to make a dictator because there are plenty of both of them. It’s not likely that the president is going to be able to control the Congress too well and become a dictatorship. But if he can get control of five men or women.
He can then tell them what he wants and what he doesn’t want. He can have them declare any law that he doesn’t like unconstitutional, because it’s purely a matter of opinion, judicial opinion. Then the Congress is totally hamstrung.
They are absolutely ineffective because they cannot pass one single law against him. The Supreme Court will throw it out as unconstitutional. He can declare any law unconstitutional he doesn’t like, so that they can’t do anything unless they pass laws to suit him.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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18
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It’s not just the issue of abortion. Judge Samuel Alito supports giving unprecedented powers to the executive branch, meaning George W. Bush, with no oversight and no checks on his power. This represents a radical view of presidential authority, extending to the point of overriding Congress’ jurisdiction in passing laws.
The only way that the president can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. Well, it’s not likely the Supreme Court and Congress are going to make a dictator because there are plenty of both of them. It’s not likely that the president is going to be able to control the Congress too well and become a dictatorship. But if he can get control of five men or women.
He can then tell them what he wants and what he doesn’t want. He can have them declare any law that he doesn’t like unconstitutional, because it’s purely a matter of opinion, judicial opinion. Then the Congress is totally hamstrung.
They are absolutely ineffective because they cannot pass one single law against him. The Supreme Court will throw it out as unconstitutional. He can declare any law unconstitutional he doesn’t like, so that they can’t do anything unless they pass laws to suit him.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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But no matter how bad it gets, nothing seems to change Americans’ support for war, which for some reason is stiffest among Christian supporters of the Bush administration. Bush’s war is working, do not seek out evidence of the maiming and killing of our troops or of Iraqi civilians, who have been immunized against thinking for themselves or doubting the Bush administration with certain Bible verses.
You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilized age of intelligent, sane people, even many Christians, actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can’t imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity. They’re declaring war in the name of peace.
The government propagandizes people in so many ways to try to make their war justified. It’s amazing just how easily the sheep are led astray. It’s insanity, it’s a power lust. They don’t care how many lives they throw away just to get their own way.
We will continue to slide into the kind of moral relativism that causes others to wonder why we are so bloodthirsty. When all they’re doing is trying to possess the oil. As Bush even said in one of his first speeches about this crisis, “To preserve our way of life.” That’s all America’s concerned about.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
January
09
2006
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Editor,
But no matter how bad it gets, nothing seems to change Americans’ support for war, which for some reason is stiffest among Christian supporters of the Bush administration. Bush’s war is working, do not seek out evidence of the maiming and killing of our troops or of Iraqi civilians, who have been immunized against thinking for themselves or doubting the Bush administration with certain Bible verses.
You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilized age of intelligent, sane people, even many Christians, actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can’t imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity. They’re declaring war in the name of peace.
The government propagandizes people in so many ways to try to make their war justified. It’s amazing just how easily the sheep are led astray. It’s insanity, it’s a power lust. They don’t care how many lives they throw away just to get their own way.
We will continue to slide into the kind of moral relativism that causes others to wonder why we are so bloodthirsty. When all they’re doing is trying to possess the oil. As Bush even said in one of his first speeches about this crisis, “To preserve our way of life.” That’s all America’s concerned about.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Stealing oil
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To the Editor:
When the British were in charge of Palestine, Menachem Begin was a Jewish terrorist belonging to the Irgun Gang, who shot British in the back just because they had a uniform on. They went around blowing up police barracks and shooting the British as well as the Arabs, and did some of the most dastardly deeds you could possibly imagine, horrible atrocities.
Begin, the past president of the Jewish state, and they will still have nothing to do with any peace settlements which involve those PLO "terrorists" after over 30 years. They will not talk to them or sit at the same table with them.
They grab off a few countries that have oil - first Iraq, then Iran - and they can do it under the excuse of saving Israel. The only thing that'll ever stop them is rationing. However, I have an idea that rather than have their gasoline rationed and their vacations shortened and their big cars cut down, the Americans would much prefer to go to war and steal it. Oil consumption in U.S. has not gone down the slightest bit.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
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To the Editor:
When the British were in charge of Palestine, Menachem Begin was a Jewish terrorist belonging to the Irgun Gang, who shot British in the back just because they had a uniform on. They went around blowing up police barracks and shooting the British as well as the Arabs, and did some of the most dastardly deeds you could possibly imagine, horrible atrocities.
Begin, the past president of the Jewish state, and they will still have nothing to do with any peace settlements which involve those PLO "terrorists" after over 30 years. They will not talk to them or sit at the same table with them.
They grab off a few countries that have oil - first Iraq, then Iran - and they can do it under the excuse of saving Israel. The only thing that'll ever stop them is rationing. However, I have an idea that rather than have their gasoline rationed and their vacations shortened and their big cars cut down, the Americans would much prefer to go to war and steal it. Oil consumption in U.S. has not gone down the slightest bit.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Rejoice!
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There's no debate about what to call this day -- Merry Christmas!
Editor -- Rejoice this Christmas!
There's never been a time in all of history when the world has been in such sin and sorrow as it is now. There's so much talk about the advancement and betterment of mankind -- advanced medicine, modern technology, new inventions, better governments to make it a better world to live in -- so much talk of progress, when in reality things are regressing all the more.
Look around. You can't deny it.
What better way to live Christmas each and every day of the year than to continually give to those around you, to truly live how He taught us, to show His love in all the little ways throughout the day. It's just human nature to sometimes confuse the words you say, but there's no confusion when they see it put into practice.
It's like that poem by Edgar A. Guest, which says: "I'd rather see a sermon, than to hear one any day. I'd rather one would walk with me than merely tell the way. For most people to accept the truth, they not only need to hear the sermon, but they need to see the sample as well.''
Be the living sample of the message, the living proof that it works! This is the real meaning of Christmas.
TED RUDOW III,MA
Menlo Park
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There's no debate about what to call this day -- Merry Christmas!
Editor -- Rejoice this Christmas!
There's never been a time in all of history when the world has been in such sin and sorrow as it is now. There's so much talk about the advancement and betterment of mankind -- advanced medicine, modern technology, new inventions, better governments to make it a better world to live in -- so much talk of progress, when in reality things are regressing all the more.
Look around. You can't deny it.
What better way to live Christmas each and every day of the year than to continually give to those around you, to truly live how He taught us, to show His love in all the little ways throughout the day. It's just human nature to sometimes confuse the words you say, but there's no confusion when they see it put into practice.
It's like that poem by Edgar A. Guest, which says: "I'd rather see a sermon, than to hear one any day. I'd rather one would walk with me than merely tell the way. For most people to accept the truth, they not only need to hear the sermon, but they need to see the sample as well.''
Be the living sample of the message, the living proof that it works! This is the real meaning of Christmas.
TED RUDOW III,MA
Menlo Park
Monday, December 12, 2005
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The Editor, Sir:
Christmas Day gets lost in the days and weeks surrounding it. In fact, many Christmas cards and signs simply state 'Season's Greetings' with no mention of Christmas. Now it's a 'holiday tree' rather than a 'Christmas tree'. They even call it 'XMAS' to cross Jesus out of Christmas. In other words, to take Christ out of Christmas. In some cities, all you ever see are signs of 'Xmas Holidays', 'Xmas Sale', 'Xmas Shopping', 'Xmas, Xmas, Xmas'. They wouldn't think of putting up 'Christmas', that's the name of Jesus Christ!
And, of course, they've got a new god called Santa Claus, who is really the big department store! One of the horrible horrors of it is that when they teach their children about Santa Claus, and then they start teaching them about Jesus, the truth and the real story and meaning of Christmas, the poor kids think, "Oh, this is just another stupid idiotic fairytale like the one you told me about Santa Claus!"
There's so much more to Christmas than trees, decorations, Santa Claus, presents and all the make-believe and materialism associated with it today. Christmas is celebrating the day that God sent his love into the world, in the form of a tiny, weak and helpless baby, almost 2,000 years ago! He was born to a simple, humble, young woman who miraculously conceived, having never slept with any man. In fact, the news of her pregnancy was so shocking that when the man she was going to marry learned about it, he promptly decided to break the engagement and call off the wedding, until a powerful, heavenly being intervened and convinced him to stay with her and rear and protect this very special child she was carrying. Merry Christmas!
I am, etc.,
TED RUDOW III,MA
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The Editor, Sir:
Christmas Day gets lost in the days and weeks surrounding it. In fact, many Christmas cards and signs simply state 'Season's Greetings' with no mention of Christmas. Now it's a 'holiday tree' rather than a 'Christmas tree'. They even call it 'XMAS' to cross Jesus out of Christmas. In other words, to take Christ out of Christmas. In some cities, all you ever see are signs of 'Xmas Holidays', 'Xmas Sale', 'Xmas Shopping', 'Xmas, Xmas, Xmas'. They wouldn't think of putting up 'Christmas', that's the name of Jesus Christ!
And, of course, they've got a new god called Santa Claus, who is really the big department store! One of the horrible horrors of it is that when they teach their children about Santa Claus, and then they start teaching them about Jesus, the truth and the real story and meaning of Christmas, the poor kids think, "Oh, this is just another stupid idiotic fairytale like the one you told me about Santa Claus!"
There's so much more to Christmas than trees, decorations, Santa Claus, presents and all the make-believe and materialism associated with it today. Christmas is celebrating the day that God sent his love into the world, in the form of a tiny, weak and helpless baby, almost 2,000 years ago! He was born to a simple, humble, young woman who miraculously conceived, having never slept with any man. In fact, the news of her pregnancy was so shocking that when the man she was going to marry learned about it, he promptly decided to break the engagement and call off the wedding, until a powerful, heavenly being intervened and convinced him to stay with her and rear and protect this very special child she was carrying. Merry Christmas!
I am, etc.,
TED RUDOW III,MA
Tedr77@aol.com
PO Box 1222
Menlo Park, C.A.
Via Go-Jamaica
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
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The truth about Santa; a milestone on the road of life?
Posted 12/05/2005
So many people are in need at Christmas, wanting love, feeling lonely, needing comfort and assurance that they matter. So many others are giving gifts at Christmas, hurrying here and there to buy things, to find the perfect present, to not be caught short having forgotten someone. ... But does all that material gift-giving really make a difference? Of course it can be a help, but think of those who are lonely, the ones who are hoping for a little company, a little friendship, someone they can connect with. What would they appreciate most?
Why don't you give yourself this Christmas? Why don't you give of your time to talk to someone, to invite them into your home for a bit or to visit them in theirs? Why don't you see what you can do to make a difference in someone else's life? If they're interested and ready for it, why don't you tell them about Jesus, and how He can warm every corner of their heart? They'll be glad you did, and so will Jesus! In fact, that's the very best gift you can give to Jesus on His birthday, because He wants nothing more than for others to know Him and His Father's love.
His Gospel is love. Will you live it? Will you give it? You might not feel equal to the task, but God is, and He'll help you if you try.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
San Jose Spartan Daily
A child without a mother or a father is missing out
Posted 11/28/2005
I've never seen a child yet that didn't need a father or a father image, somebody to play the part of a father. But I'll tell you I've sure seen some kids without fathers who sure needed them! They needed a father's heavy hand to straighten them out when the mother didn't have what it took.
There aren't too many women capable of being both a mother and a father to a child. They don't have the guts, firmness and hardness that it takes to lay down the law. Fathers are usually the disciplinarians of the family who won't let the kids get away with it and who really sock it to them. Every child needs a father. Especially as he grows older he needs a father more than a mother. A father comes into the picture loud and clear in the later years when the child really needs discipline and strength.
It's alot like our relationship with God: in some ways the Holy Spirit is like a mother, sweet, loving, gentle; the Spirit that conceives a spiritual babe, brings it to birth & bears it and gives birth to to a new-born babe in the Kingdom of God, a Child of God. But as we grow older and become aware of what's going on we're apt to need a father's image of God Himself and be more afraid of Him than we are of the Holy Spirit, a gentle wooing dove-afraid of His word of correction and His judgements and His very heavy hand that enforces His strict rules. So that's the way I see it.
The babies and children are not just womens' work! God gives a baby and both the father and mother had better want it. I can't imagine why they wouldn't want babies! Especially when it's a gift and a creation of God! You'd better want it and be thankful for it and start off by taking good care of the baby by taking good care of the mother! Any man who's not going to take good care of the mother is not going to take good care of the baby either, and that's plain pure selfishness! Very selfish! God give us fathers!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
San Jose Spartan Daily
Holiday fantasy squashed every season
Posted 12/05/2005
Often, Christmas Day gets lost in the days and weeks surrounding it. In fact, many Christmas cards and signs simply state "Season's Greetings," with no mention of Christmas. Now it's a "Holiday tree" rather than a "Christmas tree".
They even call it"X-MAS"--to cross Jesus out of Christmas. In other words, to take Christ out of Christmas. In some cities, all you ever see are signs of "Xmas Holidays", "Xmas Sale!", "Xmas Shopping!", "Xmas, Xmas, Xmas!" They wouldn't think of putting up "Christmas"--that's the name of Jesus Christ!
And of course, they've got a new god called Santa Claus--who is really the big department store! One of the horrible horrors of it is, that when they teach their children about Santa Claus, and then they start teaching them about Jesus--the truth and the real story and meaning of Christmas--the poor kids think, "Oh, this is just another stupid idiotic fairly tale like the one you told me about Santa Claus!"
There's so much more to Christmas than trees, decorations, Santa Claus, presents and all the make-believe and materialism associated with it today. Christmas is celebrating the day that God sent his love into the world, in the form of a tiny, weak and helpless baby, almost 2,000 years ago! He was born to a simple, humble young woman who miraculously conceived, having never slept with any man.
In fact, the news of her pregnancy was so shocking that when the man she was going to marry learned about it, he promptly decided to break the engagement and call off the wedding - until a powerful heavenly being intervened and convinced him to stay with her and rear and protect this very special child she was carrying. Merry Christmas!
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
The truth about Santa; a milestone on the road of life?
Posted 12/05/2005
So many people are in need at Christmas, wanting love, feeling lonely, needing comfort and assurance that they matter. So many others are giving gifts at Christmas, hurrying here and there to buy things, to find the perfect present, to not be caught short having forgotten someone. ... But does all that material gift-giving really make a difference? Of course it can be a help, but think of those who are lonely, the ones who are hoping for a little company, a little friendship, someone they can connect with. What would they appreciate most?
Why don't you give yourself this Christmas? Why don't you give of your time to talk to someone, to invite them into your home for a bit or to visit them in theirs? Why don't you see what you can do to make a difference in someone else's life? If they're interested and ready for it, why don't you tell them about Jesus, and how He can warm every corner of their heart? They'll be glad you did, and so will Jesus! In fact, that's the very best gift you can give to Jesus on His birthday, because He wants nothing more than for others to know Him and His Father's love.
His Gospel is love. Will you live it? Will you give it? You might not feel equal to the task, but God is, and He'll help you if you try.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
San Jose Spartan Daily
A child without a mother or a father is missing out
Posted 11/28/2005
I've never seen a child yet that didn't need a father or a father image, somebody to play the part of a father. But I'll tell you I've sure seen some kids without fathers who sure needed them! They needed a father's heavy hand to straighten them out when the mother didn't have what it took.
There aren't too many women capable of being both a mother and a father to a child. They don't have the guts, firmness and hardness that it takes to lay down the law. Fathers are usually the disciplinarians of the family who won't let the kids get away with it and who really sock it to them. Every child needs a father. Especially as he grows older he needs a father more than a mother. A father comes into the picture loud and clear in the later years when the child really needs discipline and strength.
It's alot like our relationship with God: in some ways the Holy Spirit is like a mother, sweet, loving, gentle; the Spirit that conceives a spiritual babe, brings it to birth & bears it and gives birth to to a new-born babe in the Kingdom of God, a Child of God. But as we grow older and become aware of what's going on we're apt to need a father's image of God Himself and be more afraid of Him than we are of the Holy Spirit, a gentle wooing dove-afraid of His word of correction and His judgements and His very heavy hand that enforces His strict rules. So that's the way I see it.
The babies and children are not just womens' work! God gives a baby and both the father and mother had better want it. I can't imagine why they wouldn't want babies! Especially when it's a gift and a creation of God! You'd better want it and be thankful for it and start off by taking good care of the baby by taking good care of the mother! Any man who's not going to take good care of the mother is not going to take good care of the baby either, and that's plain pure selfishness! Very selfish! God give us fathers!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
San Jose Spartan Daily
Holiday fantasy squashed every season
Posted 12/05/2005
Often, Christmas Day gets lost in the days and weeks surrounding it. In fact, many Christmas cards and signs simply state "Season's Greetings," with no mention of Christmas. Now it's a "Holiday tree" rather than a "Christmas tree".
They even call it"X-MAS"--to cross Jesus out of Christmas. In other words, to take Christ out of Christmas. In some cities, all you ever see are signs of "Xmas Holidays", "Xmas Sale!", "Xmas Shopping!", "Xmas, Xmas, Xmas!" They wouldn't think of putting up "Christmas"--that's the name of Jesus Christ!
And of course, they've got a new god called Santa Claus--who is really the big department store! One of the horrible horrors of it is, that when they teach their children about Santa Claus, and then they start teaching them about Jesus--the truth and the real story and meaning of Christmas--the poor kids think, "Oh, this is just another stupid idiotic fairly tale like the one you told me about Santa Claus!"
There's so much more to Christmas than trees, decorations, Santa Claus, presents and all the make-believe and materialism associated with it today. Christmas is celebrating the day that God sent his love into the world, in the form of a tiny, weak and helpless baby, almost 2,000 years ago! He was born to a simple, humble young woman who miraculously conceived, having never slept with any man.
In fact, the news of her pregnancy was so shocking that when the man she was going to marry learned about it, he promptly decided to break the engagement and call off the wedding - until a powerful heavenly being intervened and convinced him to stay with her and rear and protect this very special child she was carrying. Merry Christmas!
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
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Only Bush's imaginary friend can help president out of mess
Posted 11/20/2005
Peace could have been given a chance, but Bush demanded peace only on his terms. He did not want to negotiate a settlement. He preferred confrontation, conflict and conquest. He wanted the world to see just how powerful America is so that no other upstart would try to take on America. His "Christian" conviction has instead become a "lying spirit" in his own mind and in the mouths of his advisers. And his self-righteousness has made him to stink in the nostrils of most of the world. No one loved Saddam, but now Bush has made him a martyr.
America is concerned for its own interests, and especially for the lifestyle of its people. Although the world envies that lifestyle, much of it is based on greed and selfishness, to the point that Americans feel they have a right to run the world and hog its resources. In their pride they even wage war in the name of peace. But their pride and their arrogance irritate and exasperate many countries of the world.
The wealth and riches of the U.S. will be sapped by this war, and the distrust of the rest of the world will bring about more and greater division in finances as well as in political matters. Again‚ this is but one more step in the sequence of events that are unfolding before you.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Spartan Daily
Is drilling oil in the Arctic Refuge a good way to achieve energy independence? NO
Posted 11/20/2005
So many of the things that America once gloried in have now been turned into shame! America gloried in having the strongest economy in the world. Her manufacturing base is now collapsing and the economy is in shambles. In the past ten years America has gone from being the world's greatest creditor nation to the number one debtor nation. America once gloried in her educational system, which has now fallen far behind that of most other industrial nations.
No other nation on earth embodies this prophetic picture of the "Great Whore" as much as materialistic America! (Revelation 18) God Himself will put it into the hearts of the coming One World Government to destroy her. Why would God allow a nation that once professed to be Christian to suffer a fiery nuclear annihilation? Because she had the Light of God's truth, and rejected it and went her own way.
Some people have been reading the handwriting in the desert sands for a long time and have been trying to get the world’s attention. But like all true prophets, they only get the attention of a few, and those few aren’t enough to make a difference. It will be a while before the effects really start to be felt. Production will peak and then slowly fall away. The phony prophets of peace have the money on their side, so don’t expect a lot of publicity to be given to this. And then every time a true prophet brings this up, you can be sure he or she will be ridiculed. But that’s the way it goes for true prophets.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
The Caledonian-Record News
St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Monday, November 21st, 2005 · Updated 10:10am
Letters to the Editor
Unholy terrors
Monday November 21, 2005
To the Editor:
In a Veterans Day speech at an Army depot here, Mr. Bush made his most aggressive effort to date to counter the charge that he had justified taking the United States to war by twisting or exaggerating prewar intelligence.
"In Flanders Fields, the poppies grow, between the crosses row on row." (There is a vast soldiers' graveyard there of little white crosses and flowers stretching as far as the eye can see, thousands upon thousands!)
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, and nobody cheers anymore, nobody cares, nobody even remembers!
They say they won their freedom at least, but what freedom? Freedom to fight another war? That's what happened. Freedom to fight another war, to lose more lives, kill more boys, lose more countries and lose more colonies and bankrupt their economies, so there's less freedom today than there was then. They didn't gain anything at all.
Nobody ever wins a war. Everybody loses: All the dead and broken bodies, suffering and sadness and sorrow and pain and hunger and grief and the mourning. Nobody ever wins. Everybody always loses.
War is hell. And the poor boys. They go through hell. A hell of a war that they didn't even want and had nothing to do with making, yet their dictators make them fight it like slaves, and they have to be the sufferers and losers. Well, there's coming a day when there'll be war no more, thank God. Until that time, don't let yourself be propagandized by war in the media. Man's wars aren't noble crusades, but unholy terrors.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Only Bush's imaginary friend can help president out of mess
Posted 11/20/2005
Peace could have been given a chance, but Bush demanded peace only on his terms. He did not want to negotiate a settlement. He preferred confrontation, conflict and conquest. He wanted the world to see just how powerful America is so that no other upstart would try to take on America. His "Christian" conviction has instead become a "lying spirit" in his own mind and in the mouths of his advisers. And his self-righteousness has made him to stink in the nostrils of most of the world. No one loved Saddam, but now Bush has made him a martyr.
America is concerned for its own interests, and especially for the lifestyle of its people. Although the world envies that lifestyle, much of it is based on greed and selfishness, to the point that Americans feel they have a right to run the world and hog its resources. In their pride they even wage war in the name of peace. But their pride and their arrogance irritate and exasperate many countries of the world.
The wealth and riches of the U.S. will be sapped by this war, and the distrust of the rest of the world will bring about more and greater division in finances as well as in political matters. Again‚ this is but one more step in the sequence of events that are unfolding before you.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Spartan Daily
Is drilling oil in the Arctic Refuge a good way to achieve energy independence? NO
Posted 11/20/2005
So many of the things that America once gloried in have now been turned into shame! America gloried in having the strongest economy in the world. Her manufacturing base is now collapsing and the economy is in shambles. In the past ten years America has gone from being the world's greatest creditor nation to the number one debtor nation. America once gloried in her educational system, which has now fallen far behind that of most other industrial nations.
No other nation on earth embodies this prophetic picture of the "Great Whore" as much as materialistic America! (Revelation 18) God Himself will put it into the hearts of the coming One World Government to destroy her. Why would God allow a nation that once professed to be Christian to suffer a fiery nuclear annihilation? Because she had the Light of God's truth, and rejected it and went her own way.
Some people have been reading the handwriting in the desert sands for a long time and have been trying to get the world’s attention. But like all true prophets, they only get the attention of a few, and those few aren’t enough to make a difference. It will be a while before the effects really start to be felt. Production will peak and then slowly fall away. The phony prophets of peace have the money on their side, so don’t expect a lot of publicity to be given to this. And then every time a true prophet brings this up, you can be sure he or she will be ridiculed. But that’s the way it goes for true prophets.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
The Caledonian-Record News
St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Monday, November 21st, 2005 · Updated 10:10am
Letters to the Editor
Unholy terrors
Monday November 21, 2005
To the Editor:
In a Veterans Day speech at an Army depot here, Mr. Bush made his most aggressive effort to date to counter the charge that he had justified taking the United States to war by twisting or exaggerating prewar intelligence.
"In Flanders Fields, the poppies grow, between the crosses row on row." (There is a vast soldiers' graveyard there of little white crosses and flowers stretching as far as the eye can see, thousands upon thousands!)
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, and nobody cheers anymore, nobody cares, nobody even remembers!
They say they won their freedom at least, but what freedom? Freedom to fight another war? That's what happened. Freedom to fight another war, to lose more lives, kill more boys, lose more countries and lose more colonies and bankrupt their economies, so there's less freedom today than there was then. They didn't gain anything at all.
Nobody ever wins a war. Everybody loses: All the dead and broken bodies, suffering and sadness and sorrow and pain and hunger and grief and the mourning. Nobody ever wins. Everybody always loses.
War is hell. And the poor boys. They go through hell. A hell of a war that they didn't even want and had nothing to do with making, yet their dictators make them fight it like slaves, and they have to be the sufferers and losers. Well, there's coming a day when there'll be war no more, thank God. Until that time, don't let yourself be propagandized by war in the media. Man's wars aren't noble crusades, but unholy terrors.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Letters
SAN MATEO DAILY JOURNAL
Nov. 29,2005
Letters
Spreading horror
Editor,
Refugees continue to report the use of white phosphorous weapons - of seeing dead bodies with no bullet holes in them, just scorched patches of skin. A leading campaign group has demanded an urgent inquiry into a report that U.S. troops indiscriminately used a controversial incendiary weapon during the battle for Fallujah. Photographic evidence gathered from the aftermath of the battle suggests that women and children were killed by horrific burns caused by the white phosphorus shells dropped by U.S. forces.
The Pentagon has always admitted it used phosphorus during last year's assault on the city, which U.S. commanders said was an insurgent stronghold. But they claimed they used the brightly burning shells "very sparingly" and only to illuminate combat areas. A top United Nations human rights official has called for an investigation of alleged abuses in Fallujah including disproportionate use of force and the targeting of civilians.
The U.S. has declared "mission accomplished" in Fallujah, with the U.S. military claiming to have killed over 1,000 people in the week long assault. "They are dying of starvation and a lack of water, especially the children," a Red Crescent spokeswoman said. The wars and atrocities the United States has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous.
The United States has been an agent of death and destruction in many third world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them. So the United States is no paragon of virtue, but the funny thing is that most Americans don't realize it, or if they do, then they don't generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of the United States as the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes, and they quickly forget the horrors it spreads.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
The Commentator
www.thecommentatorjm.com
November 2005 Edition
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Jesus was NOT gay! As Michael Dingwall stated erroneously, "However, will our Christians accept Jesus if he was really a homosexual (or bisexual, at any rate)?--From these accounts and others not mentioned, it appears that Jesus did have a preference for guys.
The first thing St. John says in His Gospel is: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made" (Jn.1:1-3). It seems that only John really grasped the deepest and greatest meaning of Jesus, that Jesus was the Word of God, the Expression of God, the Love of God, as well as the Son of God! Jesus was most of
all the Word of God!
So in Genesis, because Jesus created everything "All things were made by Him", therefore Jesus created Adam and Eve! "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. So Jesus promoted sex! Male and Female, not sex-same or bisexual! GEN.2:25 -- And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Ted Rudow III,MA (650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com)
The Commentator www.thecommentatorjm.com November 2005 Edition
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Hands of the rich Ted Rudow III,MA (650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com)
President Bush on Friday worked to smooth the United States' troubled image in Latin America, commending Argentina's efforts to improve its damaged economy. "The economy has changed in quite dramatic fashions thanks to the wise decisions you have made," Bush told the President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner.
"The economy has changed in quite dramatic fashions thanks to the wise decisions you have made," Bush told the President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner
"The leadership in Washington which dominates IMF policy is responsible for this economic catastrophe... Our political class bankrupted the country in the 1990s by implementing Washington's neo-liberal economic prescriptions." - Juan Luis Coraggio, Argentine economist and university rector.
By September 2001, Argentina had a total public foreign debt of at least $140bn, and perhaps as much as $160bn; its total indebtedness was perhaps $210bn. But austerity was the only weapon in the IMF's armory, each round deeper and bitterer than before. The Center for Child Nutrition Studies, which advises the World Health Organization, reports that one Argentine child in five is suffering from malnutrition, due to these conditions.
So I question the Bush statement, as all of Latin America suffered through the World Bank and the IMF. The only thing they think of with their little narrow minds is, how can I hang on to my money--my investments--my big dollars in the banks--to protect all my interests? And to hell with the poor! They think by hanging onto them, they can protect them.
But God's method of protecting them is to give to the poor--give them out--keep it in circulation--You're going to have to be better to the poor, or you're going to go bankrupt. You cannot amass all this wealth in the hands of a few rich and get away with it. (Luke 12:15-21
Nov. 29,2005
Letters
Spreading horror
Editor,
Refugees continue to report the use of white phosphorous weapons - of seeing dead bodies with no bullet holes in them, just scorched patches of skin. A leading campaign group has demanded an urgent inquiry into a report that U.S. troops indiscriminately used a controversial incendiary weapon during the battle for Fallujah. Photographic evidence gathered from the aftermath of the battle suggests that women and children were killed by horrific burns caused by the white phosphorus shells dropped by U.S. forces.
The Pentagon has always admitted it used phosphorus during last year's assault on the city, which U.S. commanders said was an insurgent stronghold. But they claimed they used the brightly burning shells "very sparingly" and only to illuminate combat areas. A top United Nations human rights official has called for an investigation of alleged abuses in Fallujah including disproportionate use of force and the targeting of civilians.
The U.S. has declared "mission accomplished" in Fallujah, with the U.S. military claiming to have killed over 1,000 people in the week long assault. "They are dying of starvation and a lack of water, especially the children," a Red Crescent spokeswoman said. The wars and atrocities the United States has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous.
The United States has been an agent of death and destruction in many third world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them. So the United States is no paragon of virtue, but the funny thing is that most Americans don't realize it, or if they do, then they don't generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of the United States as the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes, and they quickly forget the horrors it spreads.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
The Commentator
www.thecommentatorjm.com
November 2005 Edition
Letters [3]
Go Directly to Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [Next Page] [Previous Page] [Disclaimer] [Contact]
Jesus was NOT gay! As Michael Dingwall stated erroneously, "However, will our Christians accept Jesus if he was really a homosexual (or bisexual, at any rate)?--From these accounts and others not mentioned, it appears that Jesus did have a preference for guys.
The first thing St. John says in His Gospel is: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made" (Jn.1:1-3). It seems that only John really grasped the deepest and greatest meaning of Jesus, that Jesus was the Word of God, the Expression of God, the Love of God, as well as the Son of God! Jesus was most of
all the Word of God!
So in Genesis, because Jesus created everything "All things were made by Him", therefore Jesus created Adam and Eve! "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. So Jesus promoted sex! Male and Female, not sex-same or bisexual! GEN.2:25 -- And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Ted Rudow III,MA (650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com)
The Commentator www.thecommentatorjm.com November 2005 Edition
Foreign Affairs [7]
Go Directly to Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [Next Page] [Previous Page] [Disclaimer] [Contact]
Hands of the rich Ted Rudow III,MA (650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com)
President Bush on Friday worked to smooth the United States' troubled image in Latin America, commending Argentina's efforts to improve its damaged economy. "The economy has changed in quite dramatic fashions thanks to the wise decisions you have made," Bush told the President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner.
"The economy has changed in quite dramatic fashions thanks to the wise decisions you have made," Bush told the President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner
"The leadership in Washington which dominates IMF policy is responsible for this economic catastrophe... Our political class bankrupted the country in the 1990s by implementing Washington's neo-liberal economic prescriptions." - Juan Luis Coraggio, Argentine economist and university rector.
By September 2001, Argentina had a total public foreign debt of at least $140bn, and perhaps as much as $160bn; its total indebtedness was perhaps $210bn. But austerity was the only weapon in the IMF's armory, each round deeper and bitterer than before. The Center for Child Nutrition Studies, which advises the World Health Organization, reports that one Argentine child in five is suffering from malnutrition, due to these conditions.
So I question the Bush statement, as all of Latin America suffered through the World Bank and the IMF. The only thing they think of with their little narrow minds is, how can I hang on to my money--my investments--my big dollars in the banks--to protect all my interests? And to hell with the poor! They think by hanging onto them, they can protect them.
But God's method of protecting them is to give to the poor--give them out--keep it in circulation--You're going to have to be better to the poor, or you're going to go bankrupt. You cannot amass all this wealth in the hands of a few rich and get away with it. (Luke 12:15-21
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Control
The Caledonian-Record News
St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Friday, November 4th, 2005 · Updated 10:10am
Letters to the Editor
Control
Friday November 4, 2005
To the Editor:
Newly installed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to fulfill a pivotal Supreme Court vacancy; then President Bush nominated Harriet Ellan Miers, his White House counsel and former personal attorney, to the Supreme Court. Bush has fulfilled what neoconservatives were looking for.
The only way that the president can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. But, if he can get control of five men.
Both Roberts and Miers are very "religious." The rich also need religion and rich religious organizations like the churches to try to comfort themselves for all the evil they've been doing, the poor they've been robbing, the wars they've been fighting, and also to subdue the poor and keep them from complaining about their poverty.
This is what Hitler said, this is what Stalin said, this is what every dictator has said! "First make your own country strong! Get rid of these enemies within!" The function of the religious system is to bless and sanctify rightist way. Mussolini and the Nazis had the blessing of the Pope, because the Catholic Church depends upon the right for its existence.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Friday, November 4th, 2005 · Updated 10:10am
Letters to the Editor
Control
Friday November 4, 2005
To the Editor:
Newly installed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to fulfill a pivotal Supreme Court vacancy; then President Bush nominated Harriet Ellan Miers, his White House counsel and former personal attorney, to the Supreme Court. Bush has fulfilled what neoconservatives were looking for.
The only way that the president can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. But, if he can get control of five men.
Both Roberts and Miers are very "religious." The rich also need religion and rich religious organizations like the churches to try to comfort themselves for all the evil they've been doing, the poor they've been robbing, the wars they've been fighting, and also to subdue the poor and keep them from complaining about their poverty.
This is what Hitler said, this is what Stalin said, this is what every dictator has said! "First make your own country strong! Get rid of these enemies within!" The function of the religious system is to bless and sanctify rightist way. Mussolini and the Nazis had the blessing of the Pope, because the Catholic Church depends upon the right for its existence.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Leakage
San Jose Spartan Daily
Media suffers from name leakage
Posted 10/30/2005
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Sunday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should apologize for the actions of their aides in the CIA leak case. He said Bush and Cheney "should come clean with the American public."
Losing I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, perhaps the most influential national security official without a formal cabinet rank, marks a serious blow to the George W. Bush administration and particularly to the hawks who led the drive to war in Iraq. He has been by all accounts a formidable bureaucratic operator who used the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to push U.S. foreign policy hard in a unilateralist, if not neo-imperial, direction."
"The Endless war"---Neoconservatives are wanting empire and, of course, the war on Iraq. 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." Then other nations will fall in line and follow Washington's demands, they used to argue. It believes that in the "war against terror" any tactic is justified, whatever the "collateral" damage. "If we say a man is a terrorist, then that is what he or she is. And if we get it wrong, that's simply a casualty of war.
That neo-imperial is crumbling before the eyes of the world! Yes, there are terrorists, but do not think that those who would sow terror and destruction are the greatest danger. More dangerous yet are those who use these people for their own ends, encouraging fear and distrust to set up the sort of society which will welcome the Beast and his rule, and which will be ready-made for surveillance and control.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Media suffers from name leakage
Posted 10/30/2005
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Sunday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should apologize for the actions of their aides in the CIA leak case. He said Bush and Cheney "should come clean with the American public."
Losing I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, perhaps the most influential national security official without a formal cabinet rank, marks a serious blow to the George W. Bush administration and particularly to the hawks who led the drive to war in Iraq. He has been by all accounts a formidable bureaucratic operator who used the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to push U.S. foreign policy hard in a unilateralist, if not neo-imperial, direction."
"The Endless war"---Neoconservatives are wanting empire and, of course, the war on Iraq. 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." Then other nations will fall in line and follow Washington's demands, they used to argue. It believes that in the "war against terror" any tactic is justified, whatever the "collateral" damage. "If we say a man is a terrorist, then that is what he or she is. And if we get it wrong, that's simply a casualty of war.
That neo-imperial is crumbling before the eyes of the world! Yes, there are terrorists, but do not think that those who would sow terror and destruction are the greatest danger. More dangerous yet are those who use these people for their own ends, encouraging fear and distrust to set up the sort of society which will welcome the Beast and his rule, and which will be ready-made for surveillance and control.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Halloween
San Jose Spartan Daily
Halloween a time for remembering history's rule-breakers
Posted 10/25/2005
The Horrors of Halloween
The true name of Halloween is "Samhain." This was the Celtic Lord of the Dead! For 3 days from Oct 29-31, the Celtic people, along with their priestly class called Druids, would hold an ancient rite which would mark the beginning and the end of the year.
The priests of the Celtic tribe, the Druids, would meet in giant megalithic circles during the nights of Oct 29-31. One of the most famous of these circles is known as Stonehenge. They serve 3 functions: 1)temple complexes of worship 2) used as astrological observatories, and 3) they were used as temples for the rite of human sacrifice! Underneath Stonehenge alone, archaeologists have unearthed over 4,000 human, skeletal remains!! And there are HUNDREDS of these stone circles throughout the British Isles.
The Druids would meet within these circles and fill a cauldron with an apple cider like substance and then light a fire underneath it. Once this was done, then they would wander the countryside and visit the homes of various members of nobility. They would knock on the door and yell, "Trick or Treat."
This was a two part expression that would send waves of fear over everyone. The Treat would come about if you, as the head of the house would give a servant, or a family member over to the Druids to be used as a human sacrifice offering to Samhain for that night. In return, the "Treat" the Druids would give you would be a pumpkin which had been previously hallowed out and filled with human fat! The Druid would place this pumpkin on the front door step and light it. This would then serve as a protection for you and your family against those demonic forces which they would be summoning for those nights. Now, heres the "Trick." If you did not cooperate with the Druid, they would take human blood and draw a huge hexagram on your front door. The hexagram is the foulest, most evil of all symbols in the occult. If you are going to summon up a demon, a LITERAL demon. to this plane of existence, you need the hexagram in order to do so. Once the Druids had drawn this symbol on the door, someone would usually die from all the demonic forces that had been summoned. After they had wandered for 3 or 4 hours, they would return back to the stones with their human sacrifice offerings in tow.
Usually a week before the rites of Samhain began, the Druid had ordered the people of the Celtic tribe to disperse throughout the countryside and gather thousands of wicker reed. This is a very strong and durable stick. Wicker furniture has been made from it and most of us are familiar with it.
They would then construct a giant human effigy that would stand from 30 to 50 feet, as the Wicker Man. Many cages had been built within it. Each prisoner would be tied to one of the cages. Then the Druids began their idea of fun and games.
These so called departed souls were nothing more than demonic spirits taking on the form of someone's departed loved one. Just another demonic deception.
So, as you can now see, the practice of Halloween is FILLED with OCCULT practices. Yet, I have seen many Christian churches throughout this nation hold Halloween Parties within the church building. Some call it a "Harvest Party." You will find Scarecrows, Pumpkins, Bobbin for Apples, Orange and Black Crepe paper, Candy, Hot Apple cider, Ghost Stories, Costumes (Christian or not). Every single one of these things is directly from the celebration of Samhain. So, here we are as Christians DUPLICATING ONE OF SATAN'S HOLIDAYS. The Scarecrows are derived from the Wicker Man, the Pumpkin or "Jack 0 Lantern" same thing used by the Druids as protection against demonic forces. Bobbin for Apples in the horrible cauldron. Orange and Black-specific colors in the occult world. The two traditional colors for autumn to this very day. Candy the food offering for Samhain. Hot Apple-Cider from the liquid in the caldron!! Ghost stories. Costumes, even if you dress up as King Solomon or Moses, you are STILL COUNTERFEITING the Devils Holiday!! You are simply trying to turn something evil into something good! Isaiah 5:20. We pray this helps you to NOT be a partaker of this "holiday
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Halloween a time for remembering history's rule-breakers
Posted 10/25/2005
The Horrors of Halloween
The true name of Halloween is "Samhain." This was the Celtic Lord of the Dead! For 3 days from Oct 29-31, the Celtic people, along with their priestly class called Druids, would hold an ancient rite which would mark the beginning and the end of the year.
The priests of the Celtic tribe, the Druids, would meet in giant megalithic circles during the nights of Oct 29-31. One of the most famous of these circles is known as Stonehenge. They serve 3 functions: 1)temple complexes of worship 2) used as astrological observatories, and 3) they were used as temples for the rite of human sacrifice! Underneath Stonehenge alone, archaeologists have unearthed over 4,000 human, skeletal remains!! And there are HUNDREDS of these stone circles throughout the British Isles.
The Druids would meet within these circles and fill a cauldron with an apple cider like substance and then light a fire underneath it. Once this was done, then they would wander the countryside and visit the homes of various members of nobility. They would knock on the door and yell, "Trick or Treat."
This was a two part expression that would send waves of fear over everyone. The Treat would come about if you, as the head of the house would give a servant, or a family member over to the Druids to be used as a human sacrifice offering to Samhain for that night. In return, the "Treat" the Druids would give you would be a pumpkin which had been previously hallowed out and filled with human fat! The Druid would place this pumpkin on the front door step and light it. This would then serve as a protection for you and your family against those demonic forces which they would be summoning for those nights. Now, heres the "Trick." If you did not cooperate with the Druid, they would take human blood and draw a huge hexagram on your front door. The hexagram is the foulest, most evil of all symbols in the occult. If you are going to summon up a demon, a LITERAL demon. to this plane of existence, you need the hexagram in order to do so. Once the Druids had drawn this symbol on the door, someone would usually die from all the demonic forces that had been summoned. After they had wandered for 3 or 4 hours, they would return back to the stones with their human sacrifice offerings in tow.
Usually a week before the rites of Samhain began, the Druid had ordered the people of the Celtic tribe to disperse throughout the countryside and gather thousands of wicker reed. This is a very strong and durable stick. Wicker furniture has been made from it and most of us are familiar with it.
They would then construct a giant human effigy that would stand from 30 to 50 feet, as the Wicker Man. Many cages had been built within it. Each prisoner would be tied to one of the cages. Then the Druids began their idea of fun and games.
These so called departed souls were nothing more than demonic spirits taking on the form of someone's departed loved one. Just another demonic deception.
So, as you can now see, the practice of Halloween is FILLED with OCCULT practices. Yet, I have seen many Christian churches throughout this nation hold Halloween Parties within the church building. Some call it a "Harvest Party." You will find Scarecrows, Pumpkins, Bobbin for Apples, Orange and Black Crepe paper, Candy, Hot Apple cider, Ghost Stories, Costumes (Christian or not). Every single one of these things is directly from the celebration of Samhain. So, here we are as Christians DUPLICATING ONE OF SATAN'S HOLIDAYS. The Scarecrows are derived from the Wicker Man, the Pumpkin or "Jack 0 Lantern" same thing used by the Druids as protection against demonic forces. Bobbin for Apples in the horrible cauldron. Orange and Black-specific colors in the occult world. The two traditional colors for autumn to this very day. Candy the food offering for Samhain. Hot Apple-Cider from the liquid in the caldron!! Ghost stories. Costumes, even if you dress up as King Solomon or Moses, you are STILL COUNTERFEITING the Devils Holiday!! You are simply trying to turn something evil into something good! Isaiah 5:20. We pray this helps you to NOT be a partaker of this "holiday
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Cost
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Cost of the Iraqi war Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history. This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001.
If the war lasts another five years, 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 was 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.
Ted Rudow III,MA, 650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com
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Cost of the Iraqi war Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history. This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001.
If the war lasts another five years, 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 was 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.
Ted Rudow III,MA, 650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com
Chivalry?
San Jose Spartan Daily
What ever happened to chivalry?
Posted 10/24/2005
I believe in Love!--Love for God and others, for "God is Love!" (1 John 4:8). That's my religion--Love!
Love is everything, for without Love there is nothing!--No friends, no families, no fathers or mothers or children or sex or health or happiness or Heaven. There could be none of these without Love! And none of these is possible without God, for God is Love!
This is the solution to all of Man's problems of today as well as to his problems of the past: Love, true Love, the Love of God and the love of fellow man! The Spirit of God's divine Love which helps us all to fulfil His great commandment to love one another!--This is still God's solution, even in such a complex and confused and highly complicated society as that of the World today!
For it is Man's rejection of the Love of God and His loving laws that causes him to be selfish and unloving and vicious and cruel and unkind to his neighbour.--Man's inhumanity to Man, which is so apparent in today's weary World with all of its enslavement by oppression, tyranny and exploitation, robbery by the rich, with people suffering from hunger and malnutrition, disease and ill health, poverty and homelessness, overwork and evil abuse, the tortures of war and nightmares of perpetual fearful insecurity.
All of these evils are caused by Man's lack of love for God and each other and his defiance of God's laws of love and faith and peace and harmony with Him, each other and His whole Creation. "For he that loveth not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God Whom he has not seen?" (1 John 4:20).
A lawyer Jesus was speaking to then asked Him, "Who is my neighbour?" And with the story of the Good Samaritan, He tried to show them that it is anyone who needs our help, regardless of their race, creed, colour, nationality, or condition!:
Ted Rudow III,MA
Former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
What ever happened to chivalry?
Posted 10/24/2005
I believe in Love!--Love for God and others, for "God is Love!" (1 John 4:8). That's my religion--Love!
Love is everything, for without Love there is nothing!--No friends, no families, no fathers or mothers or children or sex or health or happiness or Heaven. There could be none of these without Love! And none of these is possible without God, for God is Love!
This is the solution to all of Man's problems of today as well as to his problems of the past: Love, true Love, the Love of God and the love of fellow man! The Spirit of God's divine Love which helps us all to fulfil His great commandment to love one another!--This is still God's solution, even in such a complex and confused and highly complicated society as that of the World today!
For it is Man's rejection of the Love of God and His loving laws that causes him to be selfish and unloving and vicious and cruel and unkind to his neighbour.--Man's inhumanity to Man, which is so apparent in today's weary World with all of its enslavement by oppression, tyranny and exploitation, robbery by the rich, with people suffering from hunger and malnutrition, disease and ill health, poverty and homelessness, overwork and evil abuse, the tortures of war and nightmares of perpetual fearful insecurity.
All of these evils are caused by Man's lack of love for God and each other and his defiance of God's laws of love and faith and peace and harmony with Him, each other and His whole Creation. "For he that loveth not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God Whom he has not seen?" (1 John 4:20).
A lawyer Jesus was speaking to then asked Him, "Who is my neighbour?" And with the story of the Good Samaritan, He tried to show them that it is anyone who needs our help, regardless of their race, creed, colour, nationality, or condition!:
Ted Rudow III,MA
Former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Newly
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The Right Ted Rudow III,MA (650-814-1077 or Tedr77@aol.com)
Newly installed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was brought forward to fulfill a pivotal Supreme Court vacancy, and then President Bush nominated Harriet Ellan Miers, his White House counsel and former personal attorney, to the Supreme Court. Bush has fulfilled what neo-conservatives were looking for. The only way that the President can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. But, if he can get control of five men?
"Bush has fulfilled what neo- conservatives were looking for. The only way that the President can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court" Both Roberts and Miers are very "religious". The rich also need religion and rich religious organization like the churches to try to comfort themselves for all the evil they've been doing, the poor they've been robbing. The wars they've been fighting, and also to subdue the poor and keep them from complaining about their poverty.
This is what Hitler said, this is what Stalin said, and this is what every dictator has said! "First make your own country strong! Get rid of these enemies within!"
The function of the religious system is to bless and sanctify rightist way. Mussolini and the Nazis had the blessing of the Pope, because the Catholic Church depends upon the right for its existence.
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Newly installed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was brought forward to fulfill a pivotal Supreme Court vacancy, and then President Bush nominated Harriet Ellan Miers, his White House counsel and former personal attorney, to the Supreme Court. Bush has fulfilled what neo-conservatives were looking for. The only way that the President can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. But, if he can get control of five men?
"Bush has fulfilled what neo- conservatives were looking for. The only way that the President can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court" Both Roberts and Miers are very "religious". The rich also need religion and rich religious organization like the churches to try to comfort themselves for all the evil they've been doing, the poor they've been robbing. The wars they've been fighting, and also to subdue the poor and keep them from complaining about their poverty.
This is what Hitler said, this is what Stalin said, and this is what every dictator has said! "First make your own country strong! Get rid of these enemies within!"
The function of the religious system is to bless and sanctify rightist way. Mussolini and the Nazis had the blessing of the Pope, because the Catholic Church depends upon the right for its existence.
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Price
Caledonian-record.com
St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Thursday, October 20th, 2005 · Updated 11:40am
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The price of war
Thursday October 20, 2005
To the Editor:
Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history. This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001.
If the war lasts another five years, 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.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Thursday, October 20th, 2005 · Updated 11:40am
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The price of war
Thursday October 20, 2005
To the Editor:
Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history. This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001.
If the war lasts another five years, 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.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Court
Spartan Daily
San Jose Spartan Daily
Was it important for President Bush to have nominated a woman to the Supreme Court? NO
Posted 10/17/2005
Newly installed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to fulfill a pivotal Supreme Court vacancy,then President Bush nominated Harriet Ellan Miers, his White House counsel and former personal attorney, to the Supreme Court. Bush has fulfilled what neoconservative were looking for.The only way that the President can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. But, if he can get control of five men.
Both Roberts and Miers are very "religious". The rich also need religion and rich religious organisation like the churches to try to comfort themselves for all the evil they've been doing , the poor they've been robbing. The wars they've been fighting, and also to subdue the poor and keep them from complaining about their poverty.
This is what Hitler said, this is what Stalin said, this is what every dictator has said! "First make your own country strong! Get rid of these enemies within!" The function of the religious system is to bless and sanctify rightist way . Mussolini and the Nazis had the blessing of the Pope, because the Catholic Church depends upon the right for its existence.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
San Jose Spartan Daily
Was it important for President Bush to have nominated a woman to the Supreme Court? NO
Posted 10/17/2005
Newly installed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. to fulfill a pivotal Supreme Court vacancy,then President Bush nominated Harriet Ellan Miers, his White House counsel and former personal attorney, to the Supreme Court. Bush has fulfilled what neoconservative were looking for.The only way that the President can get a dictatorial control on the country is to get control of the Supreme Court. If any two of those can get together, they can control the other. But, if he can get control of five men.
Both Roberts and Miers are very "religious". The rich also need religion and rich religious organisation like the churches to try to comfort themselves for all the evil they've been doing , the poor they've been robbing. The wars they've been fighting, and also to subdue the poor and keep them from complaining about their poverty.
This is what Hitler said, this is what Stalin said, this is what every dictator has said! "First make your own country strong! Get rid of these enemies within!" The function of the religious system is to bless and sanctify rightist way . Mussolini and the Nazis had the blessing of the Pope, because the Catholic Church depends upon the right for its existence.
Ted Rudow III,MA
former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park,CA
Friday, October 14, 2005
Liars
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St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Friday, October 14th, 2005 · Updated 10:15pm
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Just like Bush's lying spirit in Iraq, one of the Republicans' most visible leaders, a defiant DeLay, said he had done nothing wrong and denounced the Democratic prosecutor who pursued the case as a "partisan fanatic."
He said, "This is one of the weakest, most baseless indictments in American history. It's a sham." DeLay, 58, was indicted on a single felony count of conspiring with two political associates.
Politicians are expert liars, because they make their living by telling people what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. Otherwise, they wouldn't get elected - at least in the U.S. (ha!). And once they do get elected, especially when they rise as far as the presidency, they just continue to lie - it becomes a habit with them. I think it's gotten worse and more blatant in recent years than it used to be.
Bush is setting the tone as politicians, authorities and government agencies can be very disagreeable toward those who disagree with them! Because the bigger the lie is, the more people are apt to believe it, because they can't possibly believe you would dare to tell such a big lie unless it was the truth! Big lies are often hard to refute, it's the little lies that can be proven false.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont · Friday, October 14th, 2005 · Updated 10:15pm
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Just like Bush's lying spirit in Iraq, one of the Republicans' most visible leaders, a defiant DeLay, said he had done nothing wrong and denounced the Democratic prosecutor who pursued the case as a "partisan fanatic."
He said, "This is one of the weakest, most baseless indictments in American history. It's a sham." DeLay, 58, was indicted on a single felony count of conspiring with two political associates.
Politicians are expert liars, because they make their living by telling people what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. Otherwise, they wouldn't get elected - at least in the U.S. (ha!). And once they do get elected, especially when they rise as far as the presidency, they just continue to lie - it becomes a habit with them. I think it's gotten worse and more blatant in recent years than it used to be.
Bush is setting the tone as politicians, authorities and government agencies can be very disagreeable toward those who disagree with them! Because the bigger the lie is, the more people are apt to believe it, because they can't possibly believe you would dare to tell such a big lie unless it was the truth! Big lies are often hard to refute, it's the little lies that can be proven false.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, Calif.
Military
Spartan Daily
San Jose Spartan Daily
Military "don't ask, don't tell" rules still in conflict with campus anti-discrimination policy
Posted 10/09/2005
Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history. This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001.
If the war lasts another five years, 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.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park
San Jose Spartan Daily
Military "don't ask, don't tell" rules still in conflict with campus anti-discrimination policy
Posted 10/09/2005
Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history. This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001.
If the war lasts another five years, 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.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Former Grad Student
Tedr77@aol.com
Counselor
Menlo Park
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Still, oil companies and governments are betting “at least in public” that new discoveries and technology will keep the world supplied for at least the next generation. And there are those who would welcome the tipping point, believing the psychological impact will push the world into a serious drive to wean itself off oil.
The U.S. Geological Survey has predicted that a peak in recoverable oil production won’t come until 2037. More recent predictions also focus on high demand and lagging resupply exploitation efforts, noting a worrisome drop in oil discoveries in recent years.
In a speech six years ago, before he became U.S. vice president, Richard Cheney spoke of estimates of 2 percent annual growth in global oil demand and at best a 3 percent annual decline in production from existing reserves.
Some people have been reading the handwriting in the desert sands for a long time and have been trying to get the world’s attention. But like all true prophets, they only get the attention of a few, and those few aren’t enough to make a difference. It will be a while before the effects really start to be felt. Production will peak and then slowly fall away.
The phony prophets of peace have the money on their side, so don’t expect a lot of publicity to be given to this. And then every time a true prophet brings this up, you can be sure he or she will be ridiculed. But that’s the way it goes for true prophets.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Still, oil companies and governments are betting “at least in public” that new discoveries and technology will keep the world supplied for at least the next generation. And there are those who would welcome the tipping point, believing the psychological impact will push the world into a serious drive to wean itself off oil.
The U.S. Geological Survey has predicted that a peak in recoverable oil production won’t come until 2037. More recent predictions also focus on high demand and lagging resupply exploitation efforts, noting a worrisome drop in oil discoveries in recent years.
In a speech six years ago, before he became U.S. vice president, Richard Cheney spoke of estimates of 2 percent annual growth in global oil demand and at best a 3 percent annual decline in production from existing reserves.
Some people have been reading the handwriting in the desert sands for a long time and have been trying to get the world’s attention. But like all true prophets, they only get the attention of a few, and those few aren’t enough to make a difference. It will be a while before the effects really start to be felt. Production will peak and then slowly fall away.
The phony prophets of peace have the money on their side, so don’t expect a lot of publicity to be given to this. And then every time a true prophet brings this up, you can be sure he or she will be ridiculed. But that’s the way it goes for true prophets.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
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OIL COMPANIES and governments are betting — at least in public — that new discoveries and technology will keep the world supplied for at least the next generation. And there are those who would welcome the tipping point, believing the psychological impact will push the world into a serious drive to wean itself off oil.
The U.S. Geological Survey has predicted that a peak in recoverable oil production won't come until 2037. More recent predictions also focus on high demand and lagging resupply exploitation efforts, noting a worrisome drop in oil discoveries in recent years.
In a speech six years ago, before he became U.S. vice president, Richard Cheney spoke of estimates of 2 percent annual growth in global oil demand and at best a 3 percent annual decline in production from existing reserves.
Some people have been reading the handwriting in the desert sands for a long time and have been trying to get the world's attention. But like all true prophets, they only get the attention of a few, and those few aren't enough to make a difference. It will be a while before the effects really start to be felt. Production will peak and then slowly fall away.
The oil cartel has money on its side, so don't expect a lot of publicity to be given to this. And then every time a true prophet brings this up, you can be sure he or she will be ridiculed. But that's the way it goes for true prophets.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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OIL COMPANIES and governments are betting — at least in public — that new discoveries and technology will keep the world supplied for at least the next generation. And there are those who would welcome the tipping point, believing the psychological impact will push the world into a serious drive to wean itself off oil.
The U.S. Geological Survey has predicted that a peak in recoverable oil production won't come until 2037. More recent predictions also focus on high demand and lagging resupply exploitation efforts, noting a worrisome drop in oil discoveries in recent years.
In a speech six years ago, before he became U.S. vice president, Richard Cheney spoke of estimates of 2 percent annual growth in global oil demand and at best a 3 percent annual decline in production from existing reserves.
Some people have been reading the handwriting in the desert sands for a long time and have been trying to get the world's attention. But like all true prophets, they only get the attention of a few, and those few aren't enough to make a difference. It will be a while before the effects really start to be felt. Production will peak and then slowly fall away.
The oil cartel has money on its side, so don't expect a lot of publicity to be given to this. And then every time a true prophet brings this up, you can be sure he or she will be ridiculed. But that's the way it goes for true prophets.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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Saturday, September 17, 2005
conflict
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"I mean instead that for the greater part of ancient history - that past in which the Jewish people anchor their claim to Israel - the Gaza Strip was not part of the Jewish state. But in reality, the Gaza Strip and the coastal towns to its north, for most of the years between, say, 1250 B.C. and 135 A.D. - the era in which the Jews lived in and often ruled the land of Israel - eluded firm Israelite or Judean control and, indeed, Jewish habitation." -- Benny Morris, op-ed contributor
The Israelis as a whole don't want peace; they just want to keep what they've got, which is all of Israel as well as a chunk of Jordan (the West Bank), a chunk of Syria (the Golan Heights), and a sliver of southern Lebanon. Why should they give up anything? What's in it for them? Oh, they might get a few extra billion dollars from the U.S., but they get plenty from the U.S. already.
The Americans won't make them do it, the U.N. can't make them do it, and the rest of the world is powerless to influence them. So all things will continue as they are, with the cycle of violence and death rising and falling.
So there's more conflict and war ahead for the Mideast, sad to say. Sharon hasn't changed his warlike ways. He's so ruthless and brutal that he even shocks many Israelis! But they knew what he was like when they voted him in, and they elected him anyway.
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"I mean instead that for the greater part of ancient history - that past in which the Jewish people anchor their claim to Israel - the Gaza Strip was not part of the Jewish state. But in reality, the Gaza Strip and the coastal towns to its north, for most of the years between, say, 1250 B.C. and 135 A.D. - the era in which the Jews lived in and often ruled the land of Israel - eluded firm Israelite or Judean control and, indeed, Jewish habitation." -- Benny Morris, op-ed contributor
The Israelis as a whole don't want peace; they just want to keep what they've got, which is all of Israel as well as a chunk of Jordan (the West Bank), a chunk of Syria (the Golan Heights), and a sliver of southern Lebanon. Why should they give up anything? What's in it for them? Oh, they might get a few extra billion dollars from the U.S., but they get plenty from the U.S. already.
The Americans won't make them do it, the U.N. can't make them do it, and the rest of the world is powerless to influence them. So all things will continue as they are, with the cycle of violence and death rising and falling.
So there's more conflict and war ahead for the Mideast, sad to say. Sharon hasn't changed his warlike ways. He's so ruthless and brutal that he even shocks many Israelis! But they knew what he was like when they voted him in, and they elected him anyway.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Thursday, September 01, 2005
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It is ‘Thou shalt not kill’ and ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness.’ The leaders of America are doing both, and most of them know this.
Pat Robertson is promoting Bush’s agenda. He is not Christian! He is Pharisee as Jesus said, “All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.”(Mat.23:3-4)
King Solomon of old, reputedly the wisest mortal to ever walk the earth, wrote, “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins” (Proverbs 10:12). If you hate somebody, your interactions with them are likely to breed disagreement and conflict. But if you love them, even if they have wronged you, it’s possible to look beyond their faults and accept and forgive them.
This may sound like a noble aspiration — to overlook and forgive all the flaws and failings of others — but realistically, who is capable of suddenly releasing resentment, hatred, fear or other deep-seated negative attitudes they may harbor towards individuals or entire groups of people? Most of us lack the resolve and emotional wherewithal to do that.
The Bible tells us that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). He is the all-powerful Spirit of love who created the universe and brought us all into being. Try it, Pat!
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Pat Robertson needs help Editor,
It is ‘Thou shalt not kill’ and ‘Thou shalt not bear false witness.’ The leaders of America are doing both, and most of them know this.
Pat Robertson is promoting Bush’s agenda. He is not Christian! He is Pharisee as Jesus said, “All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.”(Mat.23:3-4)
King Solomon of old, reputedly the wisest mortal to ever walk the earth, wrote, “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins” (Proverbs 10:12). If you hate somebody, your interactions with them are likely to breed disagreement and conflict. But if you love them, even if they have wronged you, it’s possible to look beyond their faults and accept and forgive them.
This may sound like a noble aspiration — to overlook and forgive all the flaws and failings of others — but realistically, who is capable of suddenly releasing resentment, hatred, fear or other deep-seated negative attitudes they may harbor towards individuals or entire groups of people? Most of us lack the resolve and emotional wherewithal to do that.
The Bible tells us that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). He is the all-powerful Spirit of love who created the universe and brought us all into being. Try it, Pat!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
America's Idol
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America's 'idol'
ALAN GREENSPAN renewed a warning recently about the sizzling housing market, saying home prices may fall, slowing consumer spending, a chief ingredient for the economy's good health. A day earlier, he cautioned the public against thinking the value of homes and other investments will only go higher. If house prices fell suddenly or if interest rates rose quickly, it could clobber homeowners and lenders. Rising prices have helped make many people feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend.
In July 2001, Paul McCulley, an economist at Pimco, the giant bond fund, predicted that the Federal Reserve would simply replace one bubble with another.
"There is room," he wrote, "for the Fed to create a bubble in housing prices, if necessary, to sustain American hedonism." If housing enters a post-bubble slump, what's left? One reason for the real estate boom is that people begin to have faith in their money.
The American dollars are no longer green and growing. They have turned to ashes. They only look green if you think that gray is green when green has really turned to gray. But it only exists if you believe it exists, the "greenback," or the American dollar. It's like this Green Pig is the god of America; it is America's idol that is worshipped. It is all in the imagination.
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America's 'idol'
ALAN GREENSPAN renewed a warning recently about the sizzling housing market, saying home prices may fall, slowing consumer spending, a chief ingredient for the economy's good health. A day earlier, he cautioned the public against thinking the value of homes and other investments will only go higher. If house prices fell suddenly or if interest rates rose quickly, it could clobber homeowners and lenders. Rising prices have helped make many people feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend.
In July 2001, Paul McCulley, an economist at Pimco, the giant bond fund, predicted that the Federal Reserve would simply replace one bubble with another.
"There is room," he wrote, "for the Fed to create a bubble in housing prices, if necessary, to sustain American hedonism." If housing enters a post-bubble slump, what's left? One reason for the real estate boom is that people begin to have faith in their money.
The American dollars are no longer green and growing. They have turned to ashes. They only look green if you think that gray is green when green has really turned to gray. But it only exists if you believe it exists, the "greenback," or the American dollar. It's like this Green Pig is the god of America; it is America's idol that is worshipped. It is all in the imagination.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
King?
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"AMERICA HAS a president, not a king. But just like royalty, the nation's commander in chief can keep his distance from the common man or woman."
Cindy Sheehan, the California mother of a son who died in Iraq, is camped out in Crawford, Texas, trying to get a face-to-face meeting with the vacationing President Bush. The Vacaville woman wants to tell the president he should pull American troops out of Iraq. Her son, Casey, was killed at age 24 in the Sadr City section of Baghdad on April 4, 2004
This pride of the president of the United States is going to turn to ashes. Now he has the pride and the glory, but it’s going to turn to ashes. He’s cocky, he’s really cocky. Americans are always gung-ho for war. Always. What hypocrisy. What self-righteousness. What confidence in the arm of the flesh. What a terrible mess he’s getting the world into.
Bush is a liar and a hypocrite that he flip-flops with things so often. The question they need to put to the American public is: “Is that oil really worth American blood and the lives of our boys? Is it worth fighting and dying for just to keep gasoline prices down so you can go for more joy rides?
Well, as far as I’m concerned, it’s not worth it. I can’t understand how any man, much less the president of the United States, could think about sending 250,000 men into war. But war is hell. God is absolutely against it.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Posted 08/29/2005
"AMERICA HAS a president, not a king. But just like royalty, the nation's commander in chief can keep his distance from the common man or woman."
Cindy Sheehan, the California mother of a son who died in Iraq, is camped out in Crawford, Texas, trying to get a face-to-face meeting with the vacationing President Bush. The Vacaville woman wants to tell the president he should pull American troops out of Iraq. Her son, Casey, was killed at age 24 in the Sadr City section of Baghdad on April 4, 2004
This pride of the president of the United States is going to turn to ashes. Now he has the pride and the glory, but it’s going to turn to ashes. He’s cocky, he’s really cocky. Americans are always gung-ho for war. Always. What hypocrisy. What self-righteousness. What confidence in the arm of the flesh. What a terrible mess he’s getting the world into.
Bush is a liar and a hypocrite that he flip-flops with things so often. The question they need to put to the American public is: “Is that oil really worth American blood and the lives of our boys? Is it worth fighting and dying for just to keep gasoline prices down so you can go for more joy rides?
Well, as far as I’m concerned, it’s not worth it. I can’t understand how any man, much less the president of the United States, could think about sending 250,000 men into war. But war is hell. God is absolutely against it.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Sunday, August 21, 2005
The Flood
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The Flood In fact, although the theory of evolution has long been taught as fact in most schools and universities with the Bible's account and other opposing views being given little or no voice, a growing number of respected scientists are joining the "creationist" camp. Evolutionists are fond of stating, "Evolution is a fact." But a fact is incontrovertible, meaning it is certain, undeniable, and not open to question. The truth is that the theory of evolution is not as factual and convincing as its proponents pretend.
The next big issue with which evolutionists take exception to is the Genesis account in chapters 6-9 of the worldwide flood, commonly called Noah's Flood. Did it cover the whole world? Is there any evidence today that such a flood ever occurred? How could all those animals fit in the Ark?
According to Genesis the Ark measured 300 x 50 x 30 cubits (Genesis 6:15), which is approximately 140 x 23 x 13.5 meters or 459 x 75 x 44 feet. The ratio of length to width to height is 30:5:3. Tests on models of the Ark made to exact specifications have shown that it could survive capsizing by waves of up to 200 feet high, and that even if it pitched to a near 90 degree angle it could then right itself.
The total volume of the Ark was 43,500 cubic meters or about 1.5 million cubic feet “equal to that of 522 standard American railroad livestock cars, each of which can hold up to 240 sheep. That means the Ark could hold over 125,000 animals, if the average size were that of a sheep. The Bible says that Noah took two of every kind of animal, bird and reptile, except when they were
"clean" animals he took seven. (There is some debate as to whether it was seven pairs or just seven in total.)
About 8,000 genera have been identified, including extinct ones. That would mean that there would have been about 16,000 animals, birds, and reptiles in the Ark. There was plenty of room for all the animals on Noah's Ark.
There is also the question of the very large animals, such as the dinosaurs or even elephants. How did they get in the Ark? There is no mention that Noah took fully developed adult animals onto the Ark. Most animal experts say that younger animals are much easier to handle, so it would seem sensible for Noah to take adolescent or even younger animals. If this were the case, then only about 10% of the animals would have been bigger than sheep.
So since the Ark could theoretically hold. Many questions about how this or that happened remain unanswerable by means of scientific investigation, but more and more evidence is being uncovered that indicates the universe and all that is in it was the work of an intelligent designer, not chance.
Ted Rudow III,MA, Tedr77@aol.com
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The Flood In fact, although the theory of evolution has long been taught as fact in most schools and universities with the Bible's account and other opposing views being given little or no voice, a growing number of respected scientists are joining the "creationist" camp. Evolutionists are fond of stating, "Evolution is a fact." But a fact is incontrovertible, meaning it is certain, undeniable, and not open to question. The truth is that the theory of evolution is not as factual and convincing as its proponents pretend.
The next big issue with which evolutionists take exception to is the Genesis account in chapters 6-9 of the worldwide flood, commonly called Noah's Flood. Did it cover the whole world? Is there any evidence today that such a flood ever occurred? How could all those animals fit in the Ark?
According to Genesis the Ark measured 300 x 50 x 30 cubits (Genesis 6:15), which is approximately 140 x 23 x 13.5 meters or 459 x 75 x 44 feet. The ratio of length to width to height is 30:5:3. Tests on models of the Ark made to exact specifications have shown that it could survive capsizing by waves of up to 200 feet high, and that even if it pitched to a near 90 degree angle it could then right itself.
The total volume of the Ark was 43,500 cubic meters or about 1.5 million cubic feet “equal to that of 522 standard American railroad livestock cars, each of which can hold up to 240 sheep. That means the Ark could hold over 125,000 animals, if the average size were that of a sheep. The Bible says that Noah took two of every kind of animal, bird and reptile, except when they were
"clean" animals he took seven. (There is some debate as to whether it was seven pairs or just seven in total.)
About 8,000 genera have been identified, including extinct ones. That would mean that there would have been about 16,000 animals, birds, and reptiles in the Ark. There was plenty of room for all the animals on Noah's Ark.
There is also the question of the very large animals, such as the dinosaurs or even elephants. How did they get in the Ark? There is no mention that Noah took fully developed adult animals onto the Ark. Most animal experts say that younger animals are much easier to handle, so it would seem sensible for Noah to take adolescent or even younger animals. If this were the case, then only about 10% of the animals would have been bigger than sheep.
So since the Ark could theoretically hold. Many questions about how this or that happened remain unanswerable by means of scientific investigation, but more and more evidence is being uncovered that indicates the universe and all that is in it was the work of an intelligent designer, not chance.
Ted Rudow III,MA, Tedr77@aol.com
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They ( the Americans)refuse to share their wealth with the rest of the World and its poor, their selfishness, their wickedness, their refusal to give communally with the rest of the World! We would rather lose our children, our son, our daughters and our babies to try to save our own necks, our own cities, our own wealth, our own selfish wicked living! !"--That is the cry of America today!
She refuses to surrender her wealth to the poor of the World, refuses to give, but is selfishly luxuriating in all kinds of extravagance, opulencea and luxuries--$20,000 bathtubs, $250,000 automobiles that guzzle the gas like mechanical drunkards, gorging themselves with food and throwing half of it away, wasting over one-half of the World's priceless resources while millions are starving!
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Scusate, ma come si puo' dare credito ad matto che parla/scrive Cosi?
America e' la piu' generosa del mondo e questo tizio parla di bagni $ 20'000 e di auto di $ 250'000, come se fosse una cosa ordinaria. Sicuro che i miliardari ci sono da per tutto. Allora?
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Una delle sue lettere.
They ( the Americans)refuse to share their wealth with the rest of the World and its poor, their selfishness, their wickedness, their refusal to give communally with the rest of the World! We would rather lose our children, our son, our daughters and our babies to try to save our own necks, our own cities, our own wealth, our own selfish wicked living! !"--That is the cry of America today!
She refuses to surrender her wealth to the poor of the World, refuses to give, but is selfishly luxuriating in all kinds of extravagance, opulencea and luxuries--$20,000 bathtubs, $250,000 automobiles that guzzle the gas like mechanical drunkards, gorging themselves with food and throwing half of it away, wasting over one-half of the World's priceless resources while millions are starving!
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Scusate, ma come si puo' dare credito ad matto che parla/scrive Cosi?
America e' la piu' generosa del mondo e questo tizio parla di bagni $ 20'000 e di auto di $ 250'000, come se fosse una cosa ordinaria. Sicuro che i miliardari ci sono da per tutto. Allora?
Saturday, August 13, 2005
CAFTA LIMITS GROWTH
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The overall situation for the people in Central America and the Dominican Republic is characterized by high levels of poverty and a growing gap between the rich and poor — a gap that is also widening in the United States. Trade is vitally important to the development of these countries.
However, a recent joint statement of Central American and U.S. Catholic bishops observed that trade is about more than economics; it is about people's lives and livelihoods. The trade rules that make up the Central American Free Trade Agreement severely limit the ability of these countries to use the very tools that the United States used in the past (and still uses) to build and maintain our competitive economy.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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The overall situation for the people in Central America and the Dominican Republic is characterized by high levels of poverty and a growing gap between the rich and poor — a gap that is also widening in the United States. Trade is vitally important to the development of these countries.
However, a recent joint statement of Central American and U.S. Catholic bishops observed that trade is about more than economics; it is about people's lives and livelihoods. The trade rules that make up the Central American Free Trade Agreement severely limit the ability of these countries to use the very tools that the United States used in the past (and still uses) to build and maintain our competitive economy.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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Sir: Hiroshima marked the 60th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the US has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them.
The U.S. is no paragon of virtue, but the funny thing is that most Americans don't realise it, or if they do, then they don't generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it's because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.
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Sir: Hiroshima marked the 60th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the US has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them.
The U.S. is no paragon of virtue, but the funny thing is that most Americans don't realise it, or if they do, then they don't generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it's because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.
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In advance of Bush’s announcement, Democrats said Bolton would start his new job on the wrong foot in a recess appointment. But Republicans appearing on Sunday’s news shows said Bolton is the man the White House wants and he’s the right person to represent the United States at the world body.
It’s a end-around! Just like Iraq,the Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq’s oil before the 9/11 attacks. The Founding Fathers saw individual rights as bulwarks against government abuses. Bush and his neo-cons acts as if individual rights are barriers to public safety and Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, characterized Mr. Bush’s move as “the latest abuse of power by the Bush White House,”
President Bush and Great Britain’s Tony Blair react so angrily when someone suggests that terrorist attacks are a response to American and British foreign policy. If they are a response, then obviously the attacks are the fault of the policy-makers.
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In advance of Bush’s announcement, Democrats said Bolton would start his new job on the wrong foot in a recess appointment. But Republicans appearing on Sunday’s news shows said Bolton is the man the White House wants and he’s the right person to represent the United States at the world body.
It’s a end-around! Just like Iraq,the Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq’s oil before the 9/11 attacks. The Founding Fathers saw individual rights as bulwarks against government abuses. Bush and his neo-cons acts as if individual rights are barriers to public safety and Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, characterized Mr. Bush’s move as “the latest abuse of power by the Bush White House,”
President Bush and Great Britain’s Tony Blair react so angrily when someone suggests that terrorist attacks are a response to American and British foreign policy. If they are a response, then obviously the attacks are the fault of the policy-makers.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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