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Thanks to the air travel industry, radio, television and the internet we are all truly poised to be A Global Citizen: now what?
A Call for Meditation and Prayer for the Burmese People
The following list is of men who epitomize common criminals, thieves, slavers, extortionists, genocidal maniacs, and murderers that define the word despot.
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YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from a devastating cyclone in Myanmar could reach more than 10,000 in the low-lying area where the storm wreaked the most havoc, the country's foreign minister warned Monday.
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Handguns and rifles are tools, they are inanimate and don't kill indiscriminately, its the individual(s) handling or using them that exploit their destructive power. For the most part, they (as a class of weapons) aren't to be found laying about the streets in mainstream America in spite of all the...
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When I was a much younger boy, prepubescent actually, there was very little that didnt fascinate and hold my curiosity; from bugs to frogs or from misty rains to cloud castles in the sky. Colors, smells and sounds piqued my curiosity and delighted my imagination. I drew pictures and wrote constan...
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Toward the end of a Sunday service, the Minister asked, 'How many of you have forgiven your enemies?'
80% of the congregation held up their hands.
The Minister then repeated his question.
All responded this time, except one small elderly lady.
'Mrs. Neely?'; 'Are you not willing to f...
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Stomach flu, diarrhea, soil or soiled, poo, crap each an innocuous little word that fails to fully express the hell on earth they can confer onto the target of their attentions. And those unwelcome diverse demon possessed offal offings should strike terror into the hearts of all
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Sometimes there aren't words enough to describe anything as abstract as an opinion, but this works for me. There is no ambiguity here. It may work for you as well.
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America is not ABSOLUTs to give away, even as an advertising gimmick, this is way over the top and down right insulting. Boycott ABSOLUT Vodka Products. The ad is outrageously offensive and divisive, especially in light of the strained climate that exists between the countries over illegals and ...
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In a recent post entitled, What Constitutes, Spewing? authored by SL Bradish, she took umbrage with the entire membership of Orble by inference. She then proceeded to write a self effacing argument that attempted to berate the opinions of her fellow Orblers, who have concerns and issues with he...
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The Bush administration, positing another knee jerk reaction, is proposing the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression. This is flawed thinking and will ruffle feathers; guaranteed.
The bulky document, printed on recycled toilet paper and which was to be released Mond...
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When I was a young teenager, living in Spokane Washington, I knew a lady that had an over flowing garden that was a jungle of brush in the fall and a sheer delight of exotic blooms in the spring. Rumor had it, that the woman that lived there was weird and quite possibly a witch. My siblings and I ...
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How far would you go to protect your life, or the lives of your spouse, children, unborn child, family, neighbor, and friends?
How far would you go to protect your person, children, unborn child, family, neighbor, or...
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Have you ever considered suicide? I do all of the time. I am more afraid of living than I am of dying. The moral question surrounding the matter has me at odds with my desire. And as long as that battle rages and remains unresolved, I'll hang out with the rest of the planets' slaves to life.
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What starts as an innocent difference of opinion escalates to arguing, confrontation, physical aggression, violence and armed conflict? It can be and often is, seeded by words. Some deliberately goading and some bias based anecdotal ignorance. For example, below is a situation I baited to il...
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A Call for Meditation and Prayer for the Burmese People
The following list is of men who epitomize common criminals, thieves, slavers, extortionists, genocidal maniacs, and murderers that define the word despot.
They enrich and protect their family at the expense of their charges: may they be blessed ten fold with the karma they so richly deserve while still on earth. I invite and encourage everyone to focus on these so called leaders and meditate for their collective removal from office and that they are all held accountable for their treachery.
A cow that aspires to be a King
Head of State Than Shwe, Senior Geneal
Prime Minister THEIN SEIN, Gen.
Min. of Agriculture & Irrigation HTAY OO, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Commerce TIN NAING THEIN, Brig. Gen.
Min. of Communications, Post, & Telegraph THEIN ZAW, Brig. Gen.
Min. of Construction SAW TUN, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Cooperatives TIN HTUT, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Culture KHIN AUNG MYINT, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Defense THAN SHWE, Sr. Gen.
Min. of Education CHAN NYEIN, Dr.
Min. of Electric Power 1 ZAW MIN, Col.
Min. of Electric Power 2 KHIN MYAUNG MYINT, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Energy LUN THI, Brig. Gen.
Min. of Finance & Revenue HLA TUN, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Foreign Affairs NYAN WIN, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Forestry THEIN AUNG, Brig. Gen.
Min. of Health KYAW MYINT, Dr.
Min. of Home Affairs MAUNG OO, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Hotels & Tourism SOE NAING, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Immigration & Population MAUNG MAUNG SWE, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Industry 1 AUNG THAUNG
Min. of Industry 2 SAW LWIN, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Information KYAW HSAN, Brig. Gen.
Min. of Labor AUNG KYI
Min. of Livestock Breeding & Fisheries MAUNG MAUNG THEIN, Brig. Gen.
Min. of Mines OHN MYINT, Brig. Gen.
Min. of National Planning & Economic Development SOE THA
Min. of Progress of Border Areas, National Races, & Development Affairs THEIN NYUNT, Col.
Min. of Rail Transport AUNG MIN, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Religious Affairs THURA MYINT MAUNG, Brig. Gen.
Min. of Science & Industry THAUNG
Min. of Social Welfare, Relief, & Resettlement MAUNG MAUNG SWE, Maj. Gen.
Min. of Sports THURA AYE MYINT, Brig. Gen.
Min. for Transport THEIN SWE, Maj. Gen.
These men have demonstrated despicable and callous disregard for their own people; Pol Pot would be proud of them for purging hope from their citizenry.
Raven
YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from a devastating cyclone in Myanmar could reach more than 10,000 in the low-lying area where the storm wreaked the most havoc, the country's foreign minister warned Monday.
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The government misled people. They could have warned us about the severity of the coming cyclone so we could be better prepared," said Thin Thin, a grocery store owner.
No big surprise, this has been a matter of policy.
The radio station broadcasting from the country's capital, Naypyitaw, said 3,939 people had been killed. Another 2,879 people were unaccounted for in a single town, Bogalay, in the country's low-lying Irrawaddy River delta area.
If they were so concerned, why didn’t they warn the public?
But Foreign Minister Nyan Win told Yangon-based diplomats that the death toll could rise to more than 10,000 in the Irrawaddy delta, according to Asian diplomats at the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity because it was held behind closed doors.
That figure is probably wrong, because the Generals realize they have an opportunity for the score of a lifetime.
Myanmar's ruling junta, which has spurned the international community for decades, appealed for aid on Monday. But the U.S. State Department said Myanmar's government had not granted permission for a Disaster Assistance Response Team into the country.
This is going to be about change in Myanmar and I hope an end to the military junta; but until those military wankers greed is slaked or they’re deposed, the world will be flushing aid money down the crapper trying to help the public.
Sadly, this is going to get volatile, any wagers? Besides prayers for the safety and well being of the general population, there may not be much to be done for the citizens in a country where the leadership is content to let them die at hands other than their own.
Raven
This one pisses me off - their government knew it was a matter of time before they got caught in a disaster.
An Update: State media reported on Tuesday that 22,464 people had now been confirmed dead and another 41,054 people missing as a result of the cyclone. As rescue teams get to areas presently cut off, those figures are expected to rise.
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Handguns and rifles are tools, they are inanimate and don't kill indiscriminately, its the individual(s) handling or using them that exploit their destructive power. For the most part, they (as a class of weapons) aren't to be found laying about the streets in mainstream America in spite of all the media hype.
Although they might be found laying about in warring regions around the world; the infamous AK-47 is a classic, but we're focusing on the handgun element in the US.
The waiting period in the US to purchase a handgun is 7days and is referred to as a cooling off period. During that time a background check is made (the data base has been greatly enlarged) so that known terrorists, criminals and mentally defective persons aren't allowed to purchase weapons legally. BTW, that system is improving by leaps and bounds.
Many of the guns sold on the streets were smuggled into the US along with illegal drugs and other contraband, including human organs and slaves and offered for sale by criminal organizations of one form or another. Some are sic, state sponsored criminal elements from foreign entities such as China, Russia, Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran to name a few.
Some of those weapons offered for sale are too dangerous to even operate, they're of such poor quality.
Another issue that hasn't been seriously explored or brought up; those elements that seek the destruction of the US through the internal erosion and exploitation of our cultures infrastructure. As diverse as our culture is, rogue elements seek to play on the fears and differences to the detriment of our society as a whole. If the US melts down internally (their dream), it's the fault of the country and what they perceive as our moral decay.
In the event of an internal melt down, their hands are clean in the eyes of the world, candidates for this tactic; Venezuela, Ecuador, Columbia, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico and that is just the countries south of our borders add them to the list above.
There are so many other elements involved with the gun issue, besides the obvious ones, that it's understandable for debates to get myopic.
Do I want anyone to be injured with guns that are used irresponsibly? No.
Are modern societies stable enough to maintain peace without the individual remaining vigilant and responsible for their personal safety? No.
Are guns a viable tool for self defense, Yes.
Are guns used responsibly in the US, for the most part, Yes.
And things are gradually improving.
Raven
When I was a much younger boy, prepubescent actually, there was very little that didn’t fascinate and hold my curiosity; from bugs to frogs or from misty rains to cloud castles in the sky. Colors, smells and sounds piqued my curiosity and delighted my imagination. I drew pictures and wrote constantly, rolled in tall grasses, waded in muddy creeks and explored mysterious caves. However, my biggest delight was in seeing new people, big n tall, short n small, and every thing in betwixt and between. Sadly, I was to shy to approach strangers.
Warm weather was savored and spent fully out doors tracking animals, tasting different plants, making clay toys from the deposits by a nearby stream and firing them in campfires; to be finished later by painting them with berry or grass juices.
Rainy wet weather was a delightful time to go out and explore with bare feet; wet grass feels so good on naked flesh and mud oozing up between your toes is sheer heaven, while foraging around flooded streams was always a sure time to find and rescue displaced critters.
Winter snow was a magnet that drew siblings and me outside wearing a double layer of clothing, a thin jacket and socks for gloves to make snow angels and snow men, snow caves, or to smell the impossibly cold air while using our body's as human projectiles to plummet down a hillside riding our cardboard steeds.
Fall colors and smells could bring me to tears with its great beauty and sadness as I walked through the forest covered in spent leaves, which I’d pile high and lay upon with my brothers and sister just to watch the clouds and sniff the air and tumble about with my siblings like the puppies we were. We were never far apart.
Life on the reservation was wonderful, our god mother with her raven black hair, warm brown black eyes was always patient and kind; ready always to comfort and kiss away our fears or comfort us as we experienced the bumps and bruises of growing up. We always knew the wonder of something larger and grander than ourselves.
We never listened to the radio or even cared that they existed; we never knew that we were poor until some unkind ignorant and unhappy soul informed us that we were. We never went to church; we lived in the grandest of cathedrals. We never knew we were different until the bullies on the reservation tried to beat us up and the kids in public schools tried to beat up us kids from the rez .
I never learned to hate, not even when as a Marine I learned to kill and found that I was good at it; it was never with malice. Always with deep and profound sadness! I never had to search for the face of our creator, he was inside looking out; but now that time has calloused my soul, I have to search harder to find that which was eroded away from me.
There isn’t any deep moral message or hidden profundity stashed away in my words today, only a soul wrenching sense of loss that I am experiencing. I have fought, injured and killed defending my country and person; but it was always in the name of god (little~g) whose name reflects yours or mine.
Never in the name of the all pervasive sentient energy I know as the Creator of All, some call God (big~g). To do so would profane all that he/she is to me.
To kill in the name of religion is to kill the spirit of God.
Raven
Toward the end of a Sunday service, the Minister asked, 'How many of you have forgiven your enemies?'
80% of the congregation held up their hands.
The Minister then repeated his question.
All responded this time, except one small elderly lady.
'Mrs. Neely?'; 'Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?'
I don't have any.' She replied, smiling sweetly.
'Mrs. Neely, that is very unusual. How old are you?'
'Ninety-eight.' she replied.
'Oh, Mrs. Neely, would you please come down in front & tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years & not have an enemy in the world?'
The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle,
faced the congregation, and said:
'I outlived the bitches.'
You know I love this granny joke.
Raven
Stomach flu, diarrhea, soil or soiled, poo, crap each an innocuous little word that fails to fully express the hell on earth they can confer onto the target of their attentions. And those unwelcome diverse demon possessed offal offing’s should strike terror into the hearts of all
Let me elaborate and illustrate an atypical encounter with the beast
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Sometimes there aren't words enough to describe anything as abstract as an opinion, but this works for me. There is no ambiguity here. It may work for you as well.
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America is not ABSOLUT’s to give away, even as an advertising gimmick, this is way over the top and down right insulting. Boycott ABSOLUT Vodka Products. The ad is outrageously offensive and divisive, especially in light of the strained climate that exists between the countries over illegals and border encroachments by Mexican troops and drug traffickers .
Further, ABSOLUT exporters should have a universal embargo levied against their products and should be barred from doing future business within the USA or its territories; until they retract the ads and apologize to the US and Mexico
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In a recent post entitled, What Constitutes, “Spewing?” authored by SL Bradish, she took umbrage with the entire membership of Orble by inference. She then proceeded to write a self effacing argument that attempted to berate the opinions of her fellow Orbler’s, who have concerns and issues with her writing. In that same post she issued the following challenge: Could somebody tell me where my opinions are being "spewed" and firmly believing that I qualify under that loose definition, I am responding.
Some of the concerns follow:
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Alaska, break free now....please!!!
The Bush administration, positing another knee jerk reaction, is proposing the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the Great Depression. This is flawed thinking and will ruffle feathers; guaranteed.
The bulky document, printed on recycled toilet paper and which was to be released Monday by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, proposes giving broad new powers to the Federal Reserve to combat the type of severe credit crisis currently gripping financial markets
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