Re: Mind's Eye Re: Madness and Sanity

I always thought that confession was a way for the soul to escape punishment..

If my memory serves me right there are some very strict conditions
involved.. not just a few prayers..


On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:46 PM, rigs <rigs117@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think Confession was an attempt to bare the soul. It's said
> Shakepeare returned to Catholicism on his deathbed and he knew
> practically everything about human nature, didn't he?
>
> On Feb 22, 12:50 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well Neil,, I only could wish I was that smart. though it will take
>> me quite a while to read through the paper Ii did notice a term i
>> have not seen before kleptocrats -- strange work wen I looked it up I
>> thought it was a newly created word like banksters is only to find
>> whole pages on the term.. but when I went to use itit was not in the
>> spell checker.
>>
>> I glanced at the chart showing corruption,, funny who wrote it..
>>
>> How does a person deal with kleptocrats and corporate kleptocrats..
>> this selfishness is definitely not good for the soul.. Strange how
>> religions seems to hide the soul behind smoke and mirrors rather than
>> understand it..
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 3:28 AM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue55/Hudson255.pdf
>>
>> > reminded me of you Allan.
>>
>> > I tend to agree rigs - though I think we're being broken by modern
>> > ADMASS of bread and circus rather than welfare per se. People are
>> > alienated by ideological promises. We had the bulk of our lives when
>> > toil brought reasonably fair reward and this is largely gone - but the
>> > exhortations to equal opportunities and fair reward for hard work
>> > remain.
>>
>> > On Feb 21, 2:56 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> self-sufficiency/planning.. == marry into wealth.. that line is
>> >> full of crap.. and though there is some semblance to mid evil courts
>> >> that is all the effect of the legal community and its controlling
>> >> greed. The problem with the legal community many lack morality and
>> >> lying becomes a way of life in the university
>>
>> >> Maybe lawyers need to be band from politics.. and their income from shady deals
>>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 3:29 PM, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Benefits create a dependency versus self-sufficiency/planning. Of
>> >> > course one would feed the beast. It is Medieval- you're right- and
>> >> > governments are such a huge bureaucracy it reminds me of the courts of
>> >> > former kings/queens minus the wigs, hoopskirts and cod-pieces.
>>
>> >> > On Feb 20, 8:42 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> Very thoughtful rigs - though which way do people on benefits vote?
>> >> >> The food stamp would be unnecessary in a world with a decent job
>> >> >> guarantee - there's an interesting Islamic point that society has a
>> >> >> duty to people and that if it does not provide necessities there can
>> >> >> be no crime in taking them. I am now as disgusted with our
>> >> >> professional and rentier classes as I ever was with the Soviet
>> >> >> nomenclature. No one in the Eastern Block believed the Soviet
>> >> >> Paradise jargon even as they uttered it - the officials less than
>> >> >> any. Economic systems are broadly farcical - it has taken us
>> >> >> (apparently) a long time to realise welfare is both food stamps and
>> >> >> bankster bailout - though the Duke of Edinburgh (actually an old Greek
>> >> >> oligarch) told us here in the 1970's that mortgage tax relief was the
>> >> >> biggest welfare cost in the UK. I suspect the current madness is
>> >> >> leading us back to feudalism - that feudalism in which the poor fight
>> >> >> in those parts of wars anyone is likely to die in (very medieval).
>> >> >> I'd bring back the draft to focus attention.
>>
>> >> >> We picked our grandson up from school today - I watched the kids leave
>> >> >> en masse and saw no sign of the pathetic 40% obese or overweight kids
>> >> >> our society is supposedly full of - rather the opposite. We can
>> >> >> guarantee 40% of these kids will be unemployed soon. Very handy for
>> >> >> war mobilisation.
>>
>> >> >> On Feb 20, 5:03 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:> Then Rigsy consider your self blessed the US has not really know war
>> >> >> > on its own soil since the civil war.. but the politicians keep the
>> >> >> > country locked in fear so they can control the population.. the
>> >> >> > world trade center was nothing more than an act of terrorism. (In my
>> >> >> > opinion they demolished two of the ugliest buildings in NYC,, what a
>> >> >> > blessing in disguise.) but this act of terrorism resulted in loss of
>> >> >> > thousands of american lives.. not to say anything about the 200,000
>> >> >> > people murdered by american random sheet bombing.. not counting the 5
>> >> >> > trillion dollars of debt the republican party in the disguise of war..
>>
>> >> >> > It is this reckless spending that brought on the rescission the world
>> >> >> > is in right now.. and yet the people who actually caused it are
>> >> >> > pointing at everything and everyone else other than themselves..
>>
>> >> >> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 3:37 PM, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > > Civil divisions, disorders, crimes and general suspicion and unrest
>> >> >> > > cannot be called wars if one is looking for redcoats or the
>> >> >> > > Confederates marching down the street. The postman bringing bills is
>> >> >> > > certainly a genial chap. And we have such a razzle-dazzle culture to
>> >> >> > > enertains us, don't we? The internet has expanded the hype- our
>> >> >> > > opinions in print- we create our own fame at last! Everyday there's
>> >> >> > > something to distract us- far more interesting than the value of our
>> >> >> > > dollar or food prices. Everyone on food stamps is in the pocket of a
>> >> >> > > politician. One may not live to eat but eats to live, afterall.
>>
>> >> >> > > On Feb 20, 12:47 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >> Well the war in Iraq was the sole cause of Bush and his Cronies..
>> >> >> > >> and there never has been a war in the IS other than the revolutionary
>> >> >> > >> war. the civil war and the invasion of Canada,, the so called drug
>> >> >> > >> war is just law enforcement that and that is easier to control with
>> >> >> > >> taxes than jail..
>>
>> >> >> > >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:52 PM, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >> > I did vote- just not for the winners.
>>
>> >> >> > >> > War has not been avoided. The battleground has been moved abroad-
>> >> >> > >> > that's all.
>>
>> >> >> > >> > On Feb 19, 10:38 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >> >> Ah from what I gather you did not vote.. thats okay they don't bother
>> >> >> > >> >> to count my vote either .. Islam well it is something else..
>> >> >> > >> >> liberals drive me as crazy as conservatives do
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> As for what europe has done to avoid war.. well try the EU to start
>> >> >> > >> >> the purpose is to avoid war again.. that is the main function..
>> >> >> > >> >> Trading block is just secondary..
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:26 PM, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >> >> > Distrusted Islam from the very beginning.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> > Did not vote for Bush41, Clinton either time, Bush43 either time or
>> >> >> > >> >> > Obama either time.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> > Dropped relationships and affiliations that suscribed to loony
>> >> >> > >> >> > Liberalism.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> > Just waited like the rest of humanity to watch the chaos unfold.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> > Post 9-11, is probably the point of no return.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> > What did Europe and Britain do to avoid the wars of the 20th C.? I
>> >> >> > >> >> > doubt a trade agreement with the EU will make a difference. The
>> >> >> > >> >> > balance of power has tilted. Just don't send us horsemeat- it reminds
>> >> >> > >> >> > me of Napoleon's deadly retreat from Russia.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> > On Feb 19, 1:56 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >> >> >> What you don't realize our pathetic response as you put it was done
>> >> >> > >> >> >> under Nixon,, and that pathetic also effectively ended terrorism
>> >> >> > >> >> >> within the US.. you didn't even know it was going on.. And Ii am not
>> >> >> > >> >> >> for any party in reality.. republican or democrat.. What I am is for
>> >> >> > >> >> >> the USA fighting for which cost me my health..
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> >> Starting with Reagan the terrorist threat became a none priority,
>> >> >> > >> >> >> ripping off the government and elimination of taxes on the
>> >> >> > >> >> >> wealthiest.. hat became the focus,, not taking care of the all
>> >> >> > >> >> >> citizens of the US.. The greatest part of this activity has occurred
>> >> >> > >> >> >> under the control of the republican extremist politicians disguising
>> >> >> > >> >> >> themselves as conservatives.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> >> Under Bill Clinton the National debt came down despite the best
>> >> >> > >> >> >> efforts of the house and senate.. What happened to the line item veto
>> >> >> > >> >> >> that the republican fought so hard to get,, when it was used against
>> >> >> > >> >> >> their special programs???
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> >> Bush Sr had to get into a limited war with Iraq to protect Kawait..
>> >> >> > >> >> >> when that was done he with drew. I liked President Nixon, worked under
>> >> >> > >> >> >> him and even meet him.. I try to look at people and base my like or
>> >> >> > >> >> >> dislike by their actions,, I will support good actions and bad actions
>> >> >> > >> >> >> I will not support....
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> >> In Europe what was going on in Iraq was well known and that was to
>> >> >> > >> >> >> what The US was trying to sell.. .. In the US they only knew what
>> >> >> > >> >> >> the political parties were selling them.. You had a failing
>> >> >> > >> >> >> government and administration that would grab any old straw to make
>> >> >> > >> >> >> them look good.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> >> September 11th was the straw they grabbed and sold to the american
>> >> >> > >> >> >> public.. playing on and instilling their fear.. anything to survive
>> >> >> > >> >> >> rather than use common sense.. They got the excuse to impose their
>> >> >> > >> >> >> extreme what if solution.
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> >> Now Rigsy tell us just what you did to prevent terrorism pre Sept 11??
>>
>> >> >> > >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:22 PM, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >> >> >> > No,
>>
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