March 25, 2016

  • Messianic determinationism

     

    When Ron Suskind wrote a article in vanity fair that the white house didnt like, in talking to one of the white house aides, the aide said that 'guys like Suskind' were ''in what we call the reality-based community.'' He defined this as people who ''believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.'' He  nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut Suskind off.

    ''That's not the way the world really works anymore,'' the aide continued. ''We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.''

    Original Post 4/18/2007

     

     

Comments (11)

  • Your posts always have something to stimulate thoughts

    I like your Imus and the Duke case analogy below and your critique of the Jesus Camp...

    I thought the trailer showed the camp as rather bizarre...

    I mean, I don't think I could be in the camp and not have my faith struggle, you know?

  • HAHA

  • The hazards of hubris.

    On your comment:

    I think you are right.  The tax is a judgment.  And so is the inequity of our sentencing procedures.  The government's view on it is they get to decide who to go after criminally to get the most social bang for the bucks spent on prosectution.  I'm sure they figured they'd be better off letting Willie work off his tax bill.  But in Phil's case, their calculus probably indicated that they'd get more mileage out of making an example of him.  That way, both Christians and musicians could be reminded to be afraid.

    For some interesting reading, take a look at the IRS Tax Manual:  http://www.irs.gov/irm/index.html 

    These are the directions given to revenue agents and special criminal investigators.  Take a look at section 9.5.3 to see the many ways they use to investigate the citizenry.

  • ROFL

  • Love the Amazing Grace video!!!!

  • I'm not really getting the point of this post.

    ~IM_R

  • IRM- It is following the underlying thoughts of a few of the posts that preceded it, how many people see President Bush as messianic.

    Susan-thanks, if you want the code I can give it to you. I like it because it follows Newtons version and thought line.

    FKI-thanks

    Vic- glad I follow the thoughtline of the post and you coincide with it.  I read a couple sections of the IRS code. I could see a real interesting study in profiling the thought process of a IRS agent. Thanks for the link, its bookmarked.

    Angie-hope you are feeling better soon girl, hope you got the link and it was helpful.

    Jimmy, as always a pleasure to see you stopped by. Hope all is calming down and that finals will be done with soon, not that it will slow you down....glad it provokes thought, and if you occassionally agree even better!

  • Thanks for the link John!!
    I'm sure that is our problem.I'm totally frustrated.I'm the only one who believes this is our problem.
    I'm tired of my kids being sick and tired of feeling bad myself. I'm tired of carrying the weight of this
    big responsibility alone. Good night! Laying with a 9mth old congested,coughing temp of 100.5 baby.
    Working on a crossword puzzle for stress relief.
    Blessings,
    Angie

  • HA HA.
    Love Recycled material!!!

    Sitting with healthy 10 month old Mister Chubbs.
    Getting ready to finish cooking dinner so I may go dance.
    Blessings!!
    Angie

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