It's time to discuss my feelings regarding the shooting in Newtown Connecticut. I am angry at a lot of things, but especially the situation that caused this heinous tragedy. Those children committed no crime, they did not deserve this. They were innocent victims of a very sick individual.
Clearly, he needed mental health help, maybe even should have been institutionalized. Who is to blame for all this? What leads a disturbed child down the path of a mass murderer? Was it his mom, stockpiling guns and food, planning for some coming apocalypse? Was she abusive? It's possible but it's also possible there are other reasons. A sane person in control of their emotions and either using medications to keep them on an even keel, or someone mentally healthy and balanced, would more than likely ignore all the outside negative stimuli that we are continuously bombarded with. Someone like this murderer (I will not honor him by saying his name) clearly had no such control. Did mommy teach him hate? We will never know. It's also possible that the media is partly to blame, as all they are wont to report is negative stories, constantly. Was it the injustice of Wall Street, getting away with all their thievery? Was it Congress fighting the president on issues that were important to the American people? Clearly there is an imbalance of justice in this country, and that has to turn around. Now there is even talk of President Obama waffling in regards to cuts in Social Security and Medicare, when everyone knows damn well that the deficit is caused my money mismanagement; spending cuts and fair taxes on the rich are necessary. These people see the wrongs being done on a grand scale, yet no one is punished. Maybe some of them just snap. It's also possible I'm talking out of my ass, but I don't think so.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
WTF?
What is going on in this world? Especially in America? Have people become so intolerant? It has been said that "there are four boxes in the pursuit of liberty. The Soap Box, the Ballot Box, the Jury Box and the ammo Box. Use them in that order." It would appear people are not only intolerant of other belief systems here in America but these insane people are going straight to the ammo box.
In the last month (as of early August 2012) there has been, a shooting in a movie theater (Aurora, Colorado), a shooting inside a Sikh religious center (Oak Creek, Wisconsin), and just this weekend, the burning down of a mosque in Joplin, Missouri.
Have people just lost faith in the system, and if so, is it justified?
Many of us, myself included, are blaming several factors for this society's apparent breakdown: 1) intolerance taught by clergy (hate mongers if you ask me, not people of G*d) and Conservatives in both houses of Congress. These Conservatives are trying to take this country back to a time when freedom for the majority was only a dream, including people of color, and women.
If we don't stop this now, this country won't last.
People out there have the right and responsibility to impeach any elected official, especially if said official is not representing the people. Let us not wait till November, because the Conservatives in Congress can destroy us all by November. They are the consummate bullies, preying on the elderly and disabled.
The Republicans have admitted to having an agenda of getting Barack Obama out office by any means necessary, including not guaranteeing jobs to be created to put people back to work. Is that representing America? I think not. Get them out and get them out now.
In the last month (as of early August 2012) there has been, a shooting in a movie theater (Aurora, Colorado), a shooting inside a Sikh religious center (Oak Creek, Wisconsin), and just this weekend, the burning down of a mosque in Joplin, Missouri.
Have people just lost faith in the system, and if so, is it justified?
Many of us, myself included, are blaming several factors for this society's apparent breakdown: 1) intolerance taught by clergy (hate mongers if you ask me, not people of G*d) and Conservatives in both houses of Congress. These Conservatives are trying to take this country back to a time when freedom for the majority was only a dream, including people of color, and women.
If we don't stop this now, this country won't last.
People out there have the right and responsibility to impeach any elected official, especially if said official is not representing the people. Let us not wait till November, because the Conservatives in Congress can destroy us all by November. They are the consummate bullies, preying on the elderly and disabled.
The Republicans have admitted to having an agenda of getting Barack Obama out office by any means necessary, including not guaranteeing jobs to be created to put people back to work. Is that representing America? I think not. Get them out and get them out now.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Oy what a week.
What a week. A week of great triumph, great pain and disappointment, and me questioning whether I should remain on the Internet. Heavy I know. I apologize in advance for those who might be offended by this but I need to get this off my chest.
First, the triumph. My wonderful wife, Vanessa finally had weight loss surgery. She had Roux-en-Y and is healing quite nicely thank you very much.
Now for the disappointment. For me, other than the joy over Vanessa's surgery, it was a very bad week. I had seen videos and reports that the type of surgery she had would cure my diabetes. Despite the fact that the surgery could have been nixed due to my kidney issues, there was still the possibility. However, as it turns out, I'm likely ineligible for it because I had laproscopic surgery back in 1999 to fix a hiatal hernia, because the stomach had to be altered slightly. Guess I have to lose weight the old fashioned way. damn :)
Now for the real devastating part of the week. Some of you might be aware that an evil spirited amendment to the North Carolina constitution was proposed and put on the ballot on May 8th 2012. The amendment essentially allows discrimination and hatred towards certain people, to be the law of the land. It defines marriage, which is supposed to be the affirmation of love between 2 people, as only considered acceptable between a man and a woman. Despite the efforts of decent people everywhere, this amendment passed. The thing that hurt the most was all the so called Christian organizations that were so vehemently in favor of the passage of this amendment. Unfortunately, this should have come as no surprise to me, as so-called Christians throughout their history have used the name of Jesus Christ to do their evil against people not like them, for example the Jews, and for that matter, most indigenous people of whatever land they wished to conquer. Their treatment of the Jews is somewhat ironic since Yeshuah of Nazareth, the one they refer to as Jesus Christ, was not only a Jew but a rabbi. I call them so called Christians, or as I call them CINO's (Christians In Name Only) because even though I am a proud Jew, I don't believe Jesus would have found this type of hatred and exclusionary behavior acceptable.
Some might ask, “are you gay, is that why you support these people?” No I am Pansexual. Not many are familiar with the term. It essentially means that you can fall in love with and love anyone, be they male, female or transsexual. Vanessa is a Transsexual. To the ones who call us “gay”, you don't have a clue. You see, to me, it does not matter one iota what a person has between their legs. It's what's between their ears (mind) and shoulders (heart) that truly matters. It is said the the eyes are the windows to the soul. Well I looked into her beautiful blue eyes and saw the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. We had a Jewish wedding and have a Jewish marriage license. The puritanical theocracy of the US may not recognize it, but in my belief and in the belief of people who matter, G*D brought us together and we married in His sight.
Getting back to the amendment. There is no way the politicians who thought up this foolishness were being anything but hurtful when they proposed it. Their attitude had to be, “These people are different than we are, We must fear them. We must make it so that they don't have an equal right to what we enjoy. They are less than human. Our blood is redder than theirs.” To these politicians I say: Bullshit! Worse, when decent people tried to dissuade them, they pull out their favorite biblical weapon, Leviticus. Unfortunately, in this case they are Cafeteria Christians, because they pick an obscure part of Leviticus, a greatly misinterpreted section of Leviticus at that, and use it to spread their hatred. They ignore everything else in their bible. They seem like they can't get wrapped around the concept that G*D and Jesus just do not hate like humans do (are you listening, Fred Phelps?). G*D does not discriminate. G*D made all of us, not just white Conservative Republican Christians.
One thing the passage of this amendment did, was make me partly lose my sense that North Carolina was “home”. You may infer from all this that I despise gentiles. That is far from the truth. The people I despise are haters. People who cling to the old ideal that their belief system is the only one that can possibly be valid. People who will hate you just because you are different. Those are the ones that I despise. They are the ones who are not true Christians anyway.
The rare true Christians - know the true word of G*D. Love and respect for all different people. Let me give you an example of what I mean: One of those true Christians was Miep Gies. Don't know her? She hid several Jewish families including Anne Frank before they were betrayed by a neighbor (as I recall the story). Raoul Wallenberg was another great humanitarian. So was Oskar Schindler (yes, THAT Schindler, as in the movie). Another example of true Christians is the people of the town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France that helped many Jews survive the Holocaust.
Now, here is the reason I almost left the Internet. I was offering my opinion on the Asheville Citizen Times, expressing my anger and disappointment with what happened. This one person suggests I should read the KJV. I told him in no uncertain terms to mind his own business. Then he says he will pray for me. That is one of the most irritating statements by one of these “born-again” people, totally disrespecting my belief system. Then he announces to me and anyone else listening that I am outright going to hell because I am not Christian. At that point I was done. Other than ignoring this type of person, what else can one do?
First, the triumph. My wonderful wife, Vanessa finally had weight loss surgery. She had Roux-en-Y and is healing quite nicely thank you very much.
Now for the disappointment. For me, other than the joy over Vanessa's surgery, it was a very bad week. I had seen videos and reports that the type of surgery she had would cure my diabetes. Despite the fact that the surgery could have been nixed due to my kidney issues, there was still the possibility. However, as it turns out, I'm likely ineligible for it because I had laproscopic surgery back in 1999 to fix a hiatal hernia, because the stomach had to be altered slightly. Guess I have to lose weight the old fashioned way. damn :)
Now for the real devastating part of the week. Some of you might be aware that an evil spirited amendment to the North Carolina constitution was proposed and put on the ballot on May 8th 2012. The amendment essentially allows discrimination and hatred towards certain people, to be the law of the land. It defines marriage, which is supposed to be the affirmation of love between 2 people, as only considered acceptable between a man and a woman. Despite the efforts of decent people everywhere, this amendment passed. The thing that hurt the most was all the so called Christian organizations that were so vehemently in favor of the passage of this amendment. Unfortunately, this should have come as no surprise to me, as so-called Christians throughout their history have used the name of Jesus Christ to do their evil against people not like them, for example the Jews, and for that matter, most indigenous people of whatever land they wished to conquer. Their treatment of the Jews is somewhat ironic since Yeshuah of Nazareth, the one they refer to as Jesus Christ, was not only a Jew but a rabbi. I call them so called Christians, or as I call them CINO's (Christians In Name Only) because even though I am a proud Jew, I don't believe Jesus would have found this type of hatred and exclusionary behavior acceptable.
Some might ask, “are you gay, is that why you support these people?” No I am Pansexual. Not many are familiar with the term. It essentially means that you can fall in love with and love anyone, be they male, female or transsexual. Vanessa is a Transsexual. To the ones who call us “gay”, you don't have a clue. You see, to me, it does not matter one iota what a person has between their legs. It's what's between their ears (mind) and shoulders (heart) that truly matters. It is said the the eyes are the windows to the soul. Well I looked into her beautiful blue eyes and saw the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. We had a Jewish wedding and have a Jewish marriage license. The puritanical theocracy of the US may not recognize it, but in my belief and in the belief of people who matter, G*D brought us together and we married in His sight.
Getting back to the amendment. There is no way the politicians who thought up this foolishness were being anything but hurtful when they proposed it. Their attitude had to be, “These people are different than we are, We must fear them. We must make it so that they don't have an equal right to what we enjoy. They are less than human. Our blood is redder than theirs.” To these politicians I say: Bullshit! Worse, when decent people tried to dissuade them, they pull out their favorite biblical weapon, Leviticus. Unfortunately, in this case they are Cafeteria Christians, because they pick an obscure part of Leviticus, a greatly misinterpreted section of Leviticus at that, and use it to spread their hatred. They ignore everything else in their bible. They seem like they can't get wrapped around the concept that G*D and Jesus just do not hate like humans do (are you listening, Fred Phelps?). G*D does not discriminate. G*D made all of us, not just white Conservative Republican Christians.
One thing the passage of this amendment did, was make me partly lose my sense that North Carolina was “home”. You may infer from all this that I despise gentiles. That is far from the truth. The people I despise are haters. People who cling to the old ideal that their belief system is the only one that can possibly be valid. People who will hate you just because you are different. Those are the ones that I despise. They are the ones who are not true Christians anyway.
The rare true Christians - know the true word of G*D. Love and respect for all different people. Let me give you an example of what I mean: One of those true Christians was Miep Gies. Don't know her? She hid several Jewish families including Anne Frank before they were betrayed by a neighbor (as I recall the story). Raoul Wallenberg was another great humanitarian. So was Oskar Schindler (yes, THAT Schindler, as in the movie). Another example of true Christians is the people of the town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France that helped many Jews survive the Holocaust.
Now, here is the reason I almost left the Internet. I was offering my opinion on the Asheville Citizen Times, expressing my anger and disappointment with what happened. This one person suggests I should read the KJV. I told him in no uncertain terms to mind his own business. Then he says he will pray for me. That is one of the most irritating statements by one of these “born-again” people, totally disrespecting my belief system. Then he announces to me and anyone else listening that I am outright going to hell because I am not Christian. At that point I was done. Other than ignoring this type of person, what else can one do?
Friday, January 27, 2012
Kill Amendment One in North Carolina
This post will appear on my wall several times till May 8th 2012. It is aimed at friends and family from North Carolina and friends who have family and/or friends in North Carolina. The link below describes something on the North Carolina Ballot that should never have been put on it to begin with, but now that it's on there it needs to be resoundingly defeated by the general populace.
http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/North_Carolina_Same-Sex_Marriage_Amendment_(2012)
This measure can only be considered evil because it represents the smallness of a small group of people, most of them conservative Republicans. They are of the opinion that their blood is somehow redder than those of the ones they wish to hurt with this amendment. What they are trying to do is alter the North Carolina constitution, to restrict marriage to be between a man an a woman, which doesn't just hurt the LGBT community but it hurts all those people in loving relationships that do not fit into the mold of a man and woman being married. It is wrong, wrong, wrong, to want to put into a state constitution a restriction on personal freedoms. If they do, it is a slippery slope. What's to stop them from banning Jews from North Carolina Or Muslims, or Buddhists? Where would the line be drawn once this happens if it's allowed to be passed. Below is a link to an organization that is trying to et the word out, to kill this amendment.
http://www.protectncfamilies.org/
Thank you for listening.
http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/North_Carolina_Same-Sex_Marriage_Amendment_(2012)
This measure can only be considered evil because it represents the smallness of a small group of people, most of them conservative Republicans. They are of the opinion that their blood is somehow redder than those of the ones they wish to hurt with this amendment. What they are trying to do is alter the North Carolina constitution, to restrict marriage to be between a man an a woman, which doesn't just hurt the LGBT community but it hurts all those people in loving relationships that do not fit into the mold of a man and woman being married. It is wrong, wrong, wrong, to want to put into a state constitution a restriction on personal freedoms. If they do, it is a slippery slope. What's to stop them from banning Jews from North Carolina Or Muslims, or Buddhists? Where would the line be drawn once this happens if it's allowed to be passed. Below is a link to an organization that is trying to et the word out, to kill this amendment.
http://www.protectncfamilies.org/
Thank you for listening.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Some people are just antisocial
You know, it amazes me how easily offended some people can be. Someone on Facebook, used to post daily messages (Christian related) and the one she posted today made me make a comment. The message she posted was "Jesus, I need you desperately". My response to this was, "No, you need to take responsibility for your own life rather than depend on a dead rabbi who lived a couple of thousand years ago". She was quite offended by this exchange apparently, to the point that she blocked me (Thank You, btw) but left this parting shot as a message to me - "Listen Abe I blocked you already....GET LOST.....GET BEHIND ME SATAN" Never mind that Satan is a myth, exactly what did I say that was so offensive to warrant a statement like this? I ask you.
I can't believe she has the chutzpah to call me Satan! Just because I suggested she take responsibility for her own actions? If that's the way the majority of Christians act, Praise be to G*D that I'm Jewish!
I can't believe she has the chutzpah to call me Satan! Just because I suggested she take responsibility for her own actions? If that's the way the majority of Christians act, Praise be to G*D that I'm Jewish!
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