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"Lift up your fellow man, lend him a helping hand"
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Dec 24th, 2012
Many poor folks in the world haven't yet found the real meaning of Christmas. So many people are lost, lonely, downtrodden, weak and weary. Some are weak in their bodies, weary in their flesh; others are weak in their minds; and yet others are weak in body, mind and spirit. There are the trampled-on, the poor, the persecuted, the hungry; those who are victims of war and crime and exploitation; those who nobody wants and for whom nobody cares; those who have so little in the way of worldly goods, who are lacking in food, clothing and shelter -- even the basic necessities.
There are others who do have material goods and riches. They can extend hands to those who are found wanting; those who have ache inside; those who are engulfed in a sea of emptiness. We can spread a little more love and light and cheer!
"Lift up your fellow man, lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart."
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Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Many poor folks in the world haven't yet found the real meaning of Christmas. So many people are lost, lonely, downtrodden, weak and weary. Some are weak in their bodies, weary in their flesh; others are weak in their minds; and yet others are weak in body, mind and spirit. There are the trampled-on, the poor, the persecuted, the hungry; those who are victims of war and crime and exploitation; those who nobody wants and for whom nobody cares; those who have so little in the way of worldly goods, who are lacking in food, clothing and shelter -- even the basic necessities.
There are others who do have material goods and riches. They can extend hands to those who are found wanting; those who have ache inside; those who are engulfed in a sea of emptiness. We can spread a little more love and light and cheer!
"Lift up your fellow man, lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart."
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When they forgot they were enemies
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When they forgot they were enemies
by Ted Rudow III, MA
When they forgot they were enemies…
Ted Rudow III, MA,
British soldiers were spending Christmas Eve 1914 on a French battlefield during World War I. After four months of fighting, over a million men had perished in the bloody conflict. The bodies of dead soldiers were scattered between the trenches of the opposing armies. It was in the middle of a freezing battlefield in France, that a miracle occurred! British troops watched in amazement as candle-lit trees appeared above the German trenches. “From the German parapet, a rich baritone voice had begun to sing a song I remember my German nurse singing to me ... the grave and tender voice rose out of the frozen mist. It was all so strange ... like being in another world,” a young British soldier wrote in his diary. “Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm. All is bright.”
When the German soldiers finished singing, the British decided to retaliate. Rather than retaliate with the roar of a cannon, the army chaps from England sang, “The first noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ...” When the boys from jolly old England finished, “Born is the King of Israel!”, the enemy began clapping and struck up a rousing rendition of “Oh Tannebaum!” When the British troops began singing, “Oh Come All Ye Faithful!”, it was at that moment that the Germans immediately joined in. They were singing with the enemy. This was the most extraordinary event taking place in the middle of a blood-drenched battlefield! Two opposing nations were singing the same Christmas Carol in the middle of a fierce war. It is recorded that enemy soldiers greeted each other in the no-man's-land that just minutes before had been a killing zone. Soldiers wished one another a Merry Christmas and agreed not to fire their rifles on Christmas Day.
When they forgot they were enemies
by Ted Rudow III, MA
When they forgot they were enemies…
Ted Rudow III, MA,
British soldiers were spending Christmas Eve 1914 on a French battlefield during World War I. After four months of fighting, over a million men had perished in the bloody conflict. The bodies of dead soldiers were scattered between the trenches of the opposing armies. It was in the middle of a freezing battlefield in France, that a miracle occurred! British troops watched in amazement as candle-lit trees appeared above the German trenches. “From the German parapet, a rich baritone voice had begun to sing a song I remember my German nurse singing to me ... the grave and tender voice rose out of the frozen mist. It was all so strange ... like being in another world,” a young British soldier wrote in his diary. “Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm. All is bright.”
When the German soldiers finished singing, the British decided to retaliate. Rather than retaliate with the roar of a cannon, the army chaps from England sang, “The first noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ...” When the boys from jolly old England finished, “Born is the King of Israel!”, the enemy began clapping and struck up a rousing rendition of “Oh Tannebaum!” When the British troops began singing, “Oh Come All Ye Faithful!”, it was at that moment that the Germans immediately joined in. They were singing with the enemy. This was the most extraordinary event taking place in the middle of a blood-drenched battlefield! Two opposing nations were singing the same Christmas Carol in the middle of a fierce war. It is recorded that enemy soldiers greeted each other in the no-man's-land that just minutes before had been a killing zone. Soldiers wished one another a Merry Christmas and agreed not to fire their rifles on Christmas Day.
When they forgot they were enemies…
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Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
British soldiers were spending Christmas Eve 1914 on a French battlefield during World War I. After four months of fighting, over a million men had perished in the bloody conflict. The bodies of dead soldiers were scattered between the trenches of the opposing armies. It was in the middle of a freezing battlefield in France, that a miracle occurred! British troops watched in amazement as candle-lit trees appeared above the German trenches. “From the German parapet, a rich baritone voice had begun to sing a song I remember my German nurse singing to me ... the grave and tender voice rose out of the frozen mist. It was all so strange ... like being in another world,” a young British soldier wrote in his diary. “Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm. All is bright.”
When the German soldiers finished singing, the British decided to retaliate. Rather than retaliate with the roar of a cannon, the army chaps from England sang, “The first noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ...” When the boys from jolly old England finished, “Born is the King of Israel!”, the enemy began clapping and struck up a rousing rendition of “Oh Tannebaum!” When the British troops began singing, “Oh Come All Ye Faithful!”, it was at that moment that the Germans immediately joined in. They were singing with the enemy. This was the most extraordinary event taking place in the middle of a blood-drenched battlefield! Two opposing nations were singing the same Christmas Carol in the middle of a fierce war. It is recorded that enemy soldiers greeted each other in the no-man's-land that just minutes before had been a killing zone. Soldiers wished one another a Merry Christmas and agreed not to fire their rifles on Christmas Day.
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Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
British soldiers were spending Christmas Eve 1914 on a French battlefield during World War I. After four months of fighting, over a million men had perished in the bloody conflict. The bodies of dead soldiers were scattered between the trenches of the opposing armies. It was in the middle of a freezing battlefield in France, that a miracle occurred! British troops watched in amazement as candle-lit trees appeared above the German trenches. “From the German parapet, a rich baritone voice had begun to sing a song I remember my German nurse singing to me ... the grave and tender voice rose out of the frozen mist. It was all so strange ... like being in another world,” a young British soldier wrote in his diary. “Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm. All is bright.”
When the German soldiers finished singing, the British decided to retaliate. Rather than retaliate with the roar of a cannon, the army chaps from England sang, “The first noel, the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ...” When the boys from jolly old England finished, “Born is the King of Israel!”, the enemy began clapping and struck up a rousing rendition of “Oh Tannebaum!” When the British troops began singing, “Oh Come All Ye Faithful!”, it was at that moment that the Germans immediately joined in. They were singing with the enemy. This was the most extraordinary event taking place in the middle of a blood-drenched battlefield! Two opposing nations were singing the same Christmas Carol in the middle of a fierce war. It is recorded that enemy soldiers greeted each other in the no-man's-land that just minutes before had been a killing zone. Soldiers wished one another a Merry Christmas and agreed not to fire their rifles on Christmas Day.
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It's a Wonderful life
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It's a Wonderful life
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Dec 13th, 2012
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, that was based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", written by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1939, and privately published by the author in 1945.
This is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls.
A desperate George appeals to Potter for a loan. Potter mockingly and coldly turns George down, and then swears out a warrant for his arrest for bank fraud. A flood of townspeople arrive with more than enough donations to save George and the Building and Loan.
This is the most wonderful life in the world-- thankfulness and being content. It's full of lessons on fighting, on perseverance, on pouring time into others, on inspiring confidence, not giving up, on following your dreams, on bitterness and forgiveness, on trust and faith and love. It is a sweet, touching story of the struggles in life and brings out the need to fight to rise above your circumstances.
Ted Rudow III, MA
It's a Wonderful life
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Dec 13th, 2012
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, that was based on the short story "The Greatest Gift", written by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1939, and privately published by the author in 1945.
This is director Frank Capra's classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls.
A desperate George appeals to Potter for a loan. Potter mockingly and coldly turns George down, and then swears out a warrant for his arrest for bank fraud. A flood of townspeople arrive with more than enough donations to save George and the Building and Loan.
This is the most wonderful life in the world-- thankfulness and being content. It's full of lessons on fighting, on perseverance, on pouring time into others, on inspiring confidence, not giving up, on following your dreams, on bitterness and forgiveness, on trust and faith and love. It is a sweet, touching story of the struggles in life and brings out the need to fight to rise above your circumstances.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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On July 16, 1945, the United States of America detonated the first atomic bomb in the barren desert of New Mexico. Less than a month after this first explosion, the U.S. dropped two atom bombs on the heavily populated cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. This first usage of the horror bomb indiscriminately wiped out over 100,000 civilian woman, children and old people--and condemned many others to a very slow and painful death.
Contrary to what's taught in schools across the country, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were militarily unnecessary and morally indefensible. That's the origin myths of this. Every school kid is still learning this: We dropped the bomb because we had to, because the Japanese resistance was fanatic, and we would have lost many American lives taking Japan. This is one there's no alternative to that story. The bomb did not have to be dropped for strategic reasons and also because it was morally reprehensible. But strategically, it made no sense.
It made no sense because the Japanese were already defeated. The Japanese emperor asking for peace. It was not the bombing. Generations of Americans have been taught that the United States reluctantly dropped atomic bombs at the end of World War II to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of young men poised to die in an invasion of Japan. Many Americans view World War II nostalgically as the "Good" War in which the United States. By the time it was over, 60 to 65 million people lay dead, including an estimated 27 million Soviets.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Good war?
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Good war?
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Dec 6th, 2012
On July 16, 1945, the United States of America detonated the first atomic bomb in the barren desert of New Mexico. Less than a month after this first explosion, the U.S. dropped two atom bombs on the heavily populated cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. This first usage of the horror bomb indiscriminately wiped out over 100,000 civilian woman, children and old people--and condemned many others to a very slow and painful death.
Contrary to what’s taught in schools across the country, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were militarily unnecessary and morally indefensible. That’s the origin myths of this. Every school kid , is still learning this: We dropped the bomb because we had to, because the Japanese resistance was fanatic, and we would have lost many American lives taking Japan. This is one—there’s no alternative to that story. The bomb did not have to be dropped for strategic reasons and also because it was morally reprehensible. But strategically, it made no sense.
It made no sense because the Japanese were already defeated. The Japanese emperor asking for peace. It was not the bombing. Generations of Americans have been taught that the United States reluctantly dropped atomic bombs at the end of World War II to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of young men poised to die in an invasion of Japan. Many Americans view World War II nostalgically as the "Good" War in which the United States. By the time it was over, 60 to 65 million people lay dead, including an estimated 27 million Soviets.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Good war?
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Dec 6th, 2012
On July 16, 1945, the United States of America detonated the first atomic bomb in the barren desert of New Mexico. Less than a month after this first explosion, the U.S. dropped two atom bombs on the heavily populated cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. This first usage of the horror bomb indiscriminately wiped out over 100,000 civilian woman, children and old people--and condemned many others to a very slow and painful death.
Contrary to what’s taught in schools across the country, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were militarily unnecessary and morally indefensible. That’s the origin myths of this. Every school kid , is still learning this: We dropped the bomb because we had to, because the Japanese resistance was fanatic, and we would have lost many American lives taking Japan. This is one—there’s no alternative to that story. The bomb did not have to be dropped for strategic reasons and also because it was morally reprehensible. But strategically, it made no sense.
It made no sense because the Japanese were already defeated. The Japanese emperor asking for peace. It was not the bombing. Generations of Americans have been taught that the United States reluctantly dropped atomic bombs at the end of World War II to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of young men poised to die in an invasion of Japan. Many Americans view World War II nostalgically as the "Good" War in which the United States. By the time it was over, 60 to 65 million people lay dead, including an estimated 27 million Soviets.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Dear Editor: Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on "Black Friday" weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6 percent to $423.The true purpose behind having a holiday called Thanksgiving is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans who are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out of control plague. But for most Americans life is still relatively normal, and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
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Dear Editor: Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on "Black Friday" weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6 percent to $423.The true purpose behind having a holiday called Thanksgiving is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans who are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out of control plague. But for most Americans life is still relatively normal, and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
Ted Rudow III,Palo Alto
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Ted Rudow III, MA , Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on Black Friday weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6% to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called "Thanksgiving" is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans that are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out of control plague. But for most Americans life is still relatively "normal", and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
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Tsunami of greed
Dear Editor: Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on "Black Friday" weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6 percent to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called Thanksgiving is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans who are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out-of-control plague. But for most Americans, life is still relatively normal, and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
Ted Rudow III,
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November 27, 2012 6:39 AM GMTUpdated: 11/26/2012 10:39:07 PM PST
Tsunami of greed
Dear Editor: Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on "Black Friday" weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6 percent to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called Thanksgiving is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans who are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out-of-control plague. But for most Americans, life is still relatively normal, and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
Ted Rudow III,
Palo Alto
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Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on Black Friday weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6 percent to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called “Thanksgiving” is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans that are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that the recession is over, and yet poverty continues to spread like an out of control plague. But, for most Americans, life is still relatively normal, and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn’t really affect them.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
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Dear Editor: Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on "Black Friday" weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6 percent to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called Thanksgiving is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans who are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out-of-control plague. But for most Americans, life is still relatively normal, and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
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Dear Editor: Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on "Black Friday" weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season. Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6 percent to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called Thanksgiving is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans who are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out-of-control plague. But for most Americans, life is still relatively normal, and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Nov 26th, 2012
Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on Black Friday weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season.Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6% to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called "Thanksgiving" is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans that are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out of control plague. But for most Americans life is still relatively "normal", and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday Nov 26th, 2012
Drawn by aggressive discounts and earlier-than-ever opening hours, shoppers opened their wallets on Black Friday weekend in record numbers and handed retailers a promising start to the holiday season.Merchants raked in an estimated $59.1 billion in sales from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, up from $52.4 billion a year earlier, as millions flocked to stores and browsed online, according to the National Retail Federation. Spending per shopper jumped 6% to $423.
The true purpose behind having a holiday called "Thanksgiving" is being totally obliterated by a tsunami of greed. Meanwhile, more Americans than ever are living in poverty this year and very few people even seem to notice. However, perhaps we should all take time this week to remember the tens of millions of Americans that are going to be deeply suffering this winter. They keep telling us that "the recession is over" and yet poverty continues to spread like an out of control plague. But for most Americans life is still relatively "normal", and so the horrible suffering going on out there doesn't really affect them.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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The elite white liberal establishment is a minority. The white poor is not part of that. The white working class is not part of that. If you really want to talk about being dependent on government, $16 trillion for Wall Street, not one of them gone to jail involved in the criminal activity linked to predatory lending, market manipulation or insider trading. The government protects them. Jamal gets caught with a crack bag; he going to jail. But Mr. McGillicuddy gets caught on Wall Street; he's protected by the government. Neither administration Bush, Obama have any investigations, no prosecutions at all.
So the folk who are really dependent, they get interest-free loans from the Federal Reserve. Wouldn't it be nice if students could get interest-free loans we're living in a society where everybody is up for sale. Everything is up for sale. They have sold their souls for a mess of Obama pottage. Is he going to put himself on the line for poor people? Is he going have an honest conversation about drones? To assassinate American citizens based on executive power? That's not that is authoritarian. That's autocratic. It's crypto-fascist.
Ted Rudow III. MA
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by defaultuser Oct 25, 2001 12:00 am Sept. 11
Sept. 11 attacks make no sense"
Here's the commentary from Ted Rudow. In his Oct.19 letter, Rudow states, "For all we know, the government could
just be framing those people, Osama bin Laden and all his
cohorts."
I must admit; I'm a little disappointed. Why stop there? Nothing
really happened at the World Trade Center. In fact, the story on the
East Coast is of a hijacked plane crashing into the Hollywood
sign. Oddly enough, they're celebrating in Time Square.
And what about that Holocaust thing (Letters, Oct. 19)? Does
anyone honestly buy that anymore? Our government has made up
all of this.
Silliness aside, when it comes between putting faith in my
country's leaders or in Rudow's paranoia, I'm going to choose my
leaders. What they say makes more sense than a man who
jumps at his own shadow. If our government wanted to fabricate
evidence against Osama bin Laden in order to quench our "lust"
for war, they could have done that with the Oklahoma City
bombing.
However, Rudow does make one valid point, and that is the young
generation is handed the dirty work of those in charge. This does
not make the decision of our leaders any less valid. Sadly, war is a
young man's game, and as a young man I have to prepare myself
for possible enlistment if not drafting, depending on how events
pan out.
But before we bemoan the unfairness of it all, every person in
power was young once, too, and many of them had to accept the
same facts of life. For example, President John F. Kennedy served
in WWII.
Furthermore, the sacrifice of our troops is not the same as the
sacrifices of children made to the ancient deity Molech (Lev. 18:2
1), which Rudow outrageously conveys, attempting to sound
righteous.
We are not sacrificing young Americans to some god in a ritual.
Rather we are accepting the possible sacrifice of some as a result
in our goal to bring about justice.
Of course, Rudow's not the only one using apathetic religion to
oppose war. There's also Todd Hendry, who states in "Opposing
Views," Oct. 17, "We should just leave everything in the hands of
God."
Well gee, what a cop-out excuse to do nothing.
Jonathan Dekle Reagan
junior
English
Thursday, November 22, 2012
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If you really want to talk about being dependent on government, talk about $16 trillion in covert bailouts for Wall Street, and not one of those involved in predatory lending, market manipulation or insider trading has gone to jail. The government protects them. Jamal gets caught with a crack bag; he's going to jail. But Mr. McGillicuddy gets caught on Wall Street; he's protected by the government. Neither administration—Bush, Obama—has pursued any investigations or prosecutions.
So the folks who are really dependent, they get interest-free loans from the Federal Reserve. Wouldn't it be nice if students could get interest-free loans? We're living in a society where everybody is up for sale. Everything is up for sale. They have sold their souls for a mess of Obama pottage. Is he going to put himself on the line for poor people? Is he going have an honest conversation about drones? To assassinate American citizens based on executive power?
—Ted Rudow
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In recent years, it's been discovered that these chemicals are very valuable,and they're now being extracted from the waters of the Dead Sea.
They estimate that the chemicals of the Dead Sea, including bromides, from which they make ethyl gasoline and medicines, nitrogen for explosives and potashes, which are used for fertiliser, so on, are worth $250 trillion!
The Dead Sea is worth more money than is in all the banks in the whole world: $250 trillion worth of chemicals!--A very valuable prize for any conquering nation that would like to have it! One of these days, according to Bible prophecy, Russia is going to march on Israel and try to capture all of this wealth. At the present time, Israel touches part of the Dead Sea. On the other side, it's surrounded by Jordan, which used to be called Trans-Jordan, because it was across the Dead Sea and across the Jordan.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Ted Rudow III, M.A, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
The elite white liberal establishment is a minority. The white poor is not part of that. The white working class is not part of that. If you really want to talk about being dependent on government, $16 trillion for Wall Street, not one of them gone to jail involved in the criminal activity linked to predatory lending, market manipulation or insider trading.
The government protects them. Jamal gets caught with a crack bag; he is going to jail. But Mr. McGillicuddy gets caught on Wall Street; he's protected by the government. Neither administration -- Bush, Obama -- have any investigations, no prosecutions at all.
So the folk who are really dependent get interest-free loans from the Federal Reserve. Wouldn't it be nice if students could get interest-free loans? We're living in a society where everybody is up for sale. Everything is up for sale. They have sold their souls for a mess of Obama pottage.
Is he going to put himself on the line for poor people? Is he going to have an honest conversation about drones? To assassinate American citizens based on executive power? That's not that is authoritarian. That's autocratic. That's crypto-fascist!
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November 19, 2012, 05:00 AM
Editor,
Gone are the days when former President Dwight D. Eisenhower launched bold government programs to cover a country 27 times the size of Germany with a network of interstate highways. Gone are the years when former President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty and enacted federal laws declaring that there could be no second- or third-class citizens, regardless of skin color. And gone is the spirit of renewal after former President John F. Kennedy’s visionary promise to send Americans to the moon within a decade, a program that would cost taxpayers billions.
That’s when an ultimatum expires. That is known as the “fiscal cliff,” which Democrats and Republicans set for themselves after the dramatic failure of their budget negotiations in the summer of 2011 so as not to drive the world’s largest government budget against a wall. If both sides can’t agree to a joint solution, budget cuts and tax increases will automatically take effect on Dec. 31, which will massively reduce the deficit by $900 billion.
President Obama has announced that he will veto any proposal that doesn’t include higher taxes for the rich. Now the United States alone, one government alone, owes that much money to the world! And of course, the rest of the world, they owe their governments too because they’re all operating on deficit spending.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Caught on Wall St
by Ted Rudow III, MA
Friday Nov 16th, 2012
The elite white liberal establishment is a minority. The white poor is not part of that. The white working class is not part of that. If you really want to talk about being dependent on government, $16 trillion for Wall Street, not one of them gone to jail involved in the criminal activity linked to predatory lending, market manipulation or insider trading.
The government protects them. Jamal gets caught with a crack bag; he going to jail. But Mr. McGillicuddy gets caught on Wall Street; he’s protected by the government. Neither administration—Bush, Obama—have any investigations, no prosecutions at all.
So the folk who are really dependent, they get interest-free loans from the Federal Reserve. Wouldn’t it be nice if students could get interest-free loans we’re living in a society where everybody is up for sale. Everything is up for sale. They have sold their souls for a mess of Obama pottage. Is he going to put himself on the line for poor people? Is he going have an honest conversation about drones? To assassinate American citizens based on executive power? That’s not—that is authoritarian. That’s autocratic. It’s crypto-fascist.
Ted Rudow III. MA
Caught on Wall St
by Ted Rudow III, MA
Friday Nov 16th, 2012
The elite white liberal establishment is a minority. The white poor is not part of that. The white working class is not part of that. If you really want to talk about being dependent on government, $16 trillion for Wall Street, not one of them gone to jail involved in the criminal activity linked to predatory lending, market manipulation or insider trading.
The government protects them. Jamal gets caught with a crack bag; he going to jail. But Mr. McGillicuddy gets caught on Wall Street; he’s protected by the government. Neither administration—Bush, Obama—have any investigations, no prosecutions at all.
So the folk who are really dependent, they get interest-free loans from the Federal Reserve. Wouldn’t it be nice if students could get interest-free loans we’re living in a society where everybody is up for sale. Everything is up for sale. They have sold their souls for a mess of Obama pottage. Is he going to put himself on the line for poor people? Is he going have an honest conversation about drones? To assassinate American citizens based on executive power? That’s not—that is authoritarian. That’s autocratic. It’s crypto-fascist.
Ted Rudow III. MA
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