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lves and when that happens we all lose don t say it can t happen to either movement history proves you wrong posted by alan beggerow at 10 52 am 0 comments labels ows tea party wednesday june 01 2011 random thoughts on the prophet amos for a long time i ve been reading the book of the prophet amos in the ot amos is my favorite prophet probably because his message of justice resonates so deeply within me the language of amos not only tells it like it was in ancient israel and judah but for our times too sometimes the best way for me to really get something is to go whole hog read it reflect on it read other commentary about it so that s what i m doing this summer with amos and here s a tidbit of commentary that lifted the veil from my eyes so to speak the commentary refers to amos 6 12 14 and i quote from the new interpreter s bible at the center of this passage lies the issue of wishful thinking amos speaks of people who put their trust in a strong military force thinking prosperity for themselves is assured as long as their borderers are secure as long as the enemy can be located outside their borders the remedy is simple keep the army strong and enjoy life at home the sickness within can be ignored as long as the parties can continue but for amos the measure of the health the continuing viability of a nation is justice and he has seen it turned to poison there is no quick fix for the internal problems of a society that has turned against itself but in every generation wishful thinking turns to force as its quick fix the realism of amos recognized that force will not solve the problems created by the failure to maintain justice for all but are there not still more wishful thinkers than realists in the world in the past extremely severe penalties for stealing did not stop the hungry from stealing when they saw no other way to stay alive in the present more police on the streets and mandatory or longer sentences may seem to be a quick and straightforward way to make communities safer and indeed they may have some useful effect if people in those communities are hungry and hopeless however there will still be no peace in the land and so it goes in the time of amos and in our time without justice for all there will never be peace in the land peace and security cannot be brought about by force only by justice that so many people are concerned for their own personal justice at the expense of others underlines the greed the self serving the exclusivity of the teaparty and other ultra conservative political advocates as well as the holier than thou religious and as for some of the so called liberals is it possible that they are doing more harm than good is it possible that some of the so called peace advocates are also doing more harm than good if justice is not served equally for all despite economic social or racial status how will the world ever find peace how can the united states presume to be the leader of the free world when questions of national security and blood redemption lead to the invasion of a foreign sovereign nation and the assassination of a foe is that justice and is that how we as a nation want to serve justice i wonder when will the babylonian captivity of america happen or has it already begun posted by alan beggerow at 8 07 pm 1 comments tuesday may 11 2010 random thoughts on change we were all bombarded with the promise of change for this country in the last presidential election but the radical change we hoped for isn t going to happen overnight if ever not with obama not with anyone else elected within our system of big money politics but how many people are really ready for the type of change that may be necessary i wonder i once did some in house training for the steel mill i worked at before it shut down i was asked to develop the training and present it i learned more than the people taking the class as was often the case whenever i did any training i learned that many people i daresay the majority of people are set in their ways habit is a strange thing for even the most inefficient action if performed often enough can become a habit once it is a habit humans can get a sense of comfort by repeating it no matter how wrong headed it may be and bad habits seem much easier to acquire than good ones so it went with the people that were in the class i trained classes of union employees lower middle and upper management employees and it was pretty much the same most thought that what they were doing personally was good hence they didn t need to change it was those other people that needed to change there is a saying that goes if you continue to do what you ve always done you ll continue to get what you ve always got if you re getting what you need then it makes sense to continue on the same course if you aren t getting what you need you need to change your course of action but the false comfort of habit overrules the necessity of changing time and time again that goes in varying degrees and with differing people with politics personal relationships money religion you name it there are a ton of people in this country it seems that ignore what is in their best interest for the sake of maintaining the status quo doing what they ve always done holding with tradition creatures of habit right or wrong it is the fettering of human creativity and inventiveness caused by the rigid adherence of tradition and habit that may be one of the root causes of some of the reactionary responses to change i am not without some of the same feelings of comfort that can be derived from habit and tradition but i have learned that whenever a major life change has happened to me it is an opportunity for growth not fear for hope not despair the older i get it seems that for every door that closes more than one door also opens i do not like all the changes that have happened in my life but after so many i ve learned to go with them instead of against them i don t embrace change for the sake of change but change for the sake of improving humankind my life has forced me to be the opposite of reactionary there are some things to be sure that still work and are viable but there are sure as hell many things that aren t those are the things that need to change change is far from the dirty word some make it out to be change is necessary or there is no progress without progress the inequities injustice taking of life through unnecessary war and all the negatives that plague our modern world will never cease we need change in our government in the system in those that are elected to lead us in those that elect them in the population in general a mindset that embraces change that makes the lives of human beings better is a positive not a negative putting such a high value on the profit motive does not make the lives of the majority of human beings better not in this country or the world posted by alan beggerow at 9 39 am 0 comments saturday october 25 2008 random thoughts on tax cuts with a few days left before the election the issue seems to be the economy with a national debt growing like a weed with a 700 billion bail out bill already passed and who knows how many more government bail outs around the corner with the occupation of iraq still in full swing and costing how many billion a month and hundreds of billions of other dollars being spent on who all knows what but the candidates have laid out their plans for recovery and what do both of them want to do cut taxes john mccain wants to cut capital gains tax cut corporate taxes because this will stimulate the economy by helping to create jobs the premise being that if businesses investors and capital gains earners get a break they will invest more money into growing existing businesses and starting new business ventures first off there s very few business persons that will start a business or expand a business with only their own money some don t have enough to do it others that have the money already have the money invested and making money for them credit is the key factor here the amount of money a person has determines how much credit they can get credit can be a funny thing as the people who prove they don t need it because of their assets are the most likely to get it so if a person has money earning more in a percent of return than he can borrow at why would they spend their own money remember that the prime interest rate is only given to those that have the best credit the ones that really don t need the loan in other words and on top of it give them a capital gains tax rate cut why are not capital gains income because if we allow the wealthy to have more money via a lower capital gains rate it will help all the rest of us i really don t have anything against the wealthy there have always been and will continue to be folks that out of ambition hard work skulduggery inheritance or a combination thereof will have more than most but they sure don t need to be given any more advantage than they already have barack obama is advocating a tax cut for those making less than 250 000 and a tax hike for those that make more than that there s even a tax cut calculator on obama s website that will tall you how much you ll get in tax cuts as long as you don t go over the magic 250 000 figure my tax cut is around 1 000 now i can buy into that more than a tax cut for the rich which tells you how much i make a year but this is pandering for votes just as sure as mccain s plan is it s just pandering to a different base while i d sure take the tax cut will it make my life demonstrably better so history will show that the turning point in this election was when the economy tanked at least when it tanked bad enough that it hurt more than just the ones towards the bottom of the economic ladder and right in the middle of it both candidates tried to buy votes by offering lower taxes for certain people in essence both candidates tried to buy votes with whose money the very same people who pay them in the first place as for me i d rather see some old time electioneering and have the candidates buy me a ham sandwich and a beer on election day and where have the other issues gone buried under an avalanche of lipstick on a pig 150 000 wardrobe spending guilt by association allegations not experienced for the job a bad thing obama not experienced for the job palin a good thing and so many other non issues and all the while things that have a direct affect on the state of the economy are not even glossed over they re not even mentioned the occupation of iraq the grand plan of how to pound sand down a rat hole at the most cost possible still goes on what s really sad is that life is still being lost there and in afghanistan without much being said about it but the people have to be shown what s in it for them historically it has been a chicken in every pot or a full dinner pail now tax cuts are offered both candidates must think that a lot of voters are in this game for the money i ll be damned it looks like they re right but if the economy doesn t turn around if this country continues to have over 300 military bases around the world and spend more in defense spending than the rest of the world combined will tax cuts really do anyone any good posted by alan beggerow at 9 24 pm 0 comments tuesday april 01 2008 the inspired the confused the angry senator barack obama continues his quest for the democratic nomination for president with an eloquence that inspires some confuses others and angers and scares far too many i understand the ones that are inspired obama from the first has had the gift of connecting to his audience you really don t know how powerful a speaker he is until you hear and see him in person being skeptical by nature obama s charisma has made him suspect in my book i don t look at any candidate through rose colored glasses no matter how eloquent they may talk and the few rabid obamaites that have put him on a pedestal are setting themselves up to be disappointed he is human after all but i do believe among the candidates still in the running he is hands down the best one for the job at least i am willing to give him the chance to try and walk the walk that he s talking i understand the ones that are confused obama s message is inclusive to a degree that has not been heard in recent memory the past 12 years has been the ultimate in partisan politics i ll not lay blame on one party over the other while it is true that republicans controlled congress and the white house for 6 years the democrats have done little to change things since their winning a majority in both houses in my opinion those that have grown accustomed to one party control no doubt can t fathom how anything would get done without partisan politics obama s message is one of working together across party lines a time when the majority party has a loyal opposition party to help keep them honest obama s talk of inclusiveness has lead to much criticism from both sides of the aisle conservatives don t want to compromise their values to a liberal and vice versa whenever both sides of the aisle do not like or do not agree with what someone is saying it should give pause for reflection on the likelihood that the opinion in question may be the correct course of action lastly the ones that are full of anger and fear running the gamut from racism to contempt of anything less than a conservative political philosophy might as well throw hatred into the mix along with anger and fear for all three emotions are connected and feed off each other what obama has done with his speech about race is to try and open the door to a dialogue about race relations in this nation a dialogue that has been needed for a long time but as long as fear hatred and anger rule the hearts of some all of the hope obama represents will not bear fruit that some fan the flames of hatred is obvious to me to get power to keep power for money whatever the rationalization that certain members of society the media and political leaders benefit or think they benefit from fanning these flames is despicable in these times of the monied and powerful same thing elite in this country that is not to be condoned but expected but for those that fall outside of the monied elite and powerful that harbor so much hatred and fear it is an example of the degree of ignorance that some folks are infected with obama is but the catalyst it is up to us to spread the word reframe the discussion peacefully engage people in discussion be willing and able to maintain our composure when we are inevitably confronted with naked prejudice and hatred from all races from all sides this is the hope that obama represents to me not pie in the sky daydreams but the beginnings of making the right steps towards bettering race relations in this country to my mind senator obama has shown much courage in speaking out the way he has regrettably race relations are in such a state that he has left himself wide o...