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s this that made him listen with pleasure to the words you shall be as gods genesis 3 5 which they would much more readily have accomplished by obediently adhering to their supreme and true end than by proudly living to themselves for created gods are gods not by virtue of what is in themselves but by a participation of the true god by craving to be more man becomes less and by aspiring to be self sufficing he fell away from him who truly suffices him accordingly this wicked desire which prompts man to please himself as if he were himself light and which thus turns him away from that light by which had he followed it he would himself have become light this wicked desire i say already secretly existed in him and the open sin was but its consequence for that is true which is written pride goes before destruction and before honor is humility proverbs 18 12 that is to say secret ruin precedes open ruin while the former is not counted ruin for who counts exaltation ruin though no sooner is the highest forsaken than a fall is begun but who does not recognize it as ruin when there occurs an evident and indubitable transgression of the commandment and consequently god s prohibition had reference to such an act as when committed could not be defended on any pretense of doing what was righteous and i make bold to say that it is useful for the proud to fall into an open and indisputable transgression and so displease themselves as already by pleasing themselves they had fallen for peter was in a healthier condition when he wept and was dissatisfied with himself than when he boldly presumed and satisfied himself and this is averred by the sacred psalmist when he says fill their faces with shame that they may seek your name o lord that is that they who have pleased themselves in seeking their own glory may be pleased and satisfied with you in seeking your glory augustine of hippo the city of god book xiv chapter 13 posted by s r piccoli a 11 30 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette philosophy quote of the day religion december 6 2011 monti s save italy decree stay tuned it s just the beginning mario monti has called it the save italy decree and the markets liked it the spread over safe haven german debt securities fell below 400 basis points for the first time in more than a month it s a 30 billion package 12 13 billion in cuts to public sector spending and 17 18 billion in new taxes which includes a two percentage point hike in the value added tax rate iva to 23 the reinstatement of a property tax repealed in 2008 a 1 5 tax on income repatriated under the so called tax shield amnesty program tax incentives for businesses that hire women and young people and an increase in the retirement age to 62 for women and 66 for men from 60 and 65 respectively but the nastiest surprise la carognata roughly translated in english as a really lousy thing to do as italian economic journalist and commentator oscar giannino called it was that only the minimum pensions up to about 950 a month will be protected from inflation in 2012 and 2013 that s also why by the way at a press conference the welfare minister elsa fornero was overcome by emotion as she announced the decision elsa fornero s crying and well i actually think her weeping was genuine et pour cause if we think of the effect that could have on some of the most vulnerable members of italian society and to think that as some commentators observed it could have been enough to raise the tax on income repatriated from 1 5 to 2 to obtain the same effect yet the markets agreed with super mario and that s no small thing furthermore to see the glass half full besides the overdue increase in the retirement age the save italy decree did not include a one off wealth tax nor did it raise the top rate of income tax irpef overall however there are two main criticisms to monti s decree the first is about the package s heavy reliance on tax increases mr monti s measures are long on tax hikes and short on serious reform and they merely reflect a familiar brussels mindset that values short term tax revenue over long term prosperity as the wsj puts it the second is that despite the prime minister s promises of fairness too much is being loaded on to the poor admittedly both criticisms are well founded but at the same time they are possibly too severe and too hurried in fact as to the first criticism mario monti replied in a press conference with the foreign media that he understood concerns that the austerity package may worsen the recession but then again he added we need to think about what italy would be without this package our package is very different from others this year without this package we believe italy will collapse italy will become like greece a country for which we have a lot of sympathy but which we do not want to become well i think he is quite right this is just an emergency decree the first step in a long process as he himself has repeatedly stressed and perhaps the best of monti s method is yet to come however one thing is certain according to reuters mario monti s new approach and special relationship with the foreign press is the biggest news if any reminder was needed that the fate of italy lies outside the country it was prime minister mario monti s decision to hold a highly unusual separate news conference for foreign reporters on monday to explain his economic programme monti the respected head of a technocrat save italy government impressed investors with a 30 billion euro package of painful and rigorous austerity measures unveiled on sunday italian bond yields which had flirted last week with eye popping rates above 7 percent dropped back almost a full percentage point on monday but it was difficult to separate the impact of monti s measures from a broader mood of optimism that euro zone leaders may finally have summoned enough resolve to provide a concerted plan to restore investor confidence in the euro at a summit at the end of this week all along much of italy s fate has remained outside the control of monti despite the sighs of relief that met his appointment last month after mounting exasperation over the antics of his billionaire predecessor silvio berlusconi so monti s decision to hold a long and detailed news conference on monday for the foreign press before he presents his measures to parliament was astute he knows they play a vital role in the crucial foreign perception of whether italy can fight the two headed dragon of huge debt and a decade of almost stationary growth in a clear drive to win over the foreign reporters monti said he had brought forward his cabinet meeting by a day specifically so he could talk to the foreign media on monday before going before parliament he also emphasised that he was speaking to them before his scheduled appearance on tuesday night on one of italy s most watched television programmes to explain his austerity package to the nation in monday s news conference monti said his government intended to set up special structures for dealing with foreign journalists who have been deeply frustrated for decades by the reluctance of italian officials to give out information official spokesmen are reluctant to be quoted in anything but the vaguest terms even when the inquiry is mundane whatever the new prime minister s motives his change of style compared with the scandal plagued and flamboyant berlusconi was clearly appreciated some members of the foreign press many of whom felt ignored by berlusconi and reciprocated with scathing coverage were so happy to have a prime minister visit their association in rome that they broke into respectful applause when monti entered and left the room posted by s r piccoli a 7 58 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette economy europa italy s politics december 2 2011 a unique case in the history of the world while reading mitt romney s no apology the case for american greatness a few days ago a very interesting read by the way i came upon this passage during my tenure as governor of massachusetts i had the opportunity to join a small group of people in meeting shimon peres israel s former prime minister and current president in casual conversation someone asked him what he thought about the ongoing conflict in iraq given his american audience i expected him to respond diplomatically but with a degree of criticism but what he said caught me very much by surprise first i must put something in context he began america is unique in the history of the world in the history of the world whenever there has been war the nation that is victorious has taken land from the nation that has been defeated land has always been the basis of wealth on our planet only one nation in history and this during the last century was willing to lay down hundreds of thousands of lives and take no land in its victory no land from germany no land from japan america america is unique in the history of the world for its willingness to sacrifice so many of its precious sons and daughters for liberty not solely for itself but also for its friends everyone in the room was silent for a moment and no one pressed him further on his opinion about iraq i was deeply moved and i was reminded of former secretary of state colin powell s observation that the only land america took after world war ii was what was needed to bury our dead okay folks a quote within a quote is if not a unicum at least a rarity in the blogosphere but if this isn t worth a blog post i don t know what is posted by s r piccoli a 1 10 pm 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette america books us politics december 1 2011 saudi women no more naked tempting eyes okay let s suppose they pull it off and that the orwellian entitled saudi arabia s committee for the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice succeed in getting their claim approved namely that they have the right to stop women revealing attractive and particularly tempting eyes in public well do you think their problems will magically fade away if you think so you are wrong read this especially the last paragraph to find out why are we to assume that there will be guidelines set on which eyes are deemed the most alluring and will the thousands employed by the committee to ensure islamic laws are upheld get the job of deciding which eyes are sexy and which aren t it could lead to all sorts of trouble this those poor men landed with the job of gazing into all those sexy lash framed pools how will they stop themselves from being overcome with lust and what about the poor women whose eyes aren t deemed sexy they could be well offended can t they see that the only reason eyes become extra seductive is because everything else is covered up if saudi men cannot resist a pretty pair of eyes why don t they get the veils h t il mango 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