There was a guy on 1150 radio saying when it comes to how much violence pervaids any civilization to remember the three E's. They are economics, empire and ethnicity. Usually violence will pervade a society or nation upon the decline or dissolution of an Empire alltogether. When the strong distator leaves, the mice will play. This is how it was in India in 1947 when the Brittish left and there was violence between Hindu and Moslem. In that case they decided to partition the country and we best learn from that experiance. It is said that George Bush has a "Wilsonian" approach to the world. Woodrow Wilson thought if the nations of Eastern Europe and in the Balkins were exposed to democracy then peace would spontaniously break out. But he went on to say that most or none of those democracies didn't last. It is said perhaps George Bush should have consulted a historian before going into Iraq. It is also said that the term of "Islamo-fasciest" is a misnomer, and that it is silly to think we can fight World War II over again. The whole thing with Iraq is that we sided with the Shiites. This is understandable because all of our "personal grudges" are with the Sunis, either with Saddam or else Al Qaida and Bin Laden. But 9 - 11 wasn't Pearl Harbor and to treat it as if it could be won with a conventional war was a mistake. Of course one conservative pundit (Bill O Riley?) said that if we left Civil War would break out. This has happened. He said that the Shiites would win and sympathisers of Al Qaida would be sent packing. I'm asking, "Is this a bad thing?". Obviously in any Civil War one side is going to win and one side is going to lose. I guess the first thing we Americans need to do is figure out whom we want to win. The liberals make one mistake. They say "The problem with all war is Hatred. If we could just get rid of hatret we'd be rid of all War". They see HATRED as some kind of a THING that comes out of nowhere and messes up an otherwise perfect world. Religious people do this, The conservatives make another mistake. Their whole thing consists of the buzzwords of "Weakness" and "Apeasement" and if we just didn't succumb to either of those two things there would be no problems in the world. Many conservatives want to fight the Viet Nam War over again. Besides having a political position of "Kill Them All" (like the Metallica album) this philosophy won't work. It would seem to me that right now the Shiite is the lesser of the evils right now. The Sunis attacked them yesterday, after all. Conservatives are alarmed by the prospect of some massive alliance wall with Hez Ballah and then Syria and Iraq and Iran, all in some massive anti US block. You know, there used to be a branch of communism (opposed to Bolshivisum) that said "in the end things will evolve and work themselves out the way we want them to. It would seem to me that we should take this "wait and see" stance with Iraq. We've done everything we can do militarily in Iraq, as far as I know. At least Henry Kissinger says so. I think in time the US culture will pervaid more of the mideast as it has already pervaided Iraq and Iran. There are segments of those societies that have already embraced our values. At the rate people get killed in the mideast, the young people, who are on our side, will be running the place soon.
And now a catigory of things stupid people like the Simpson's shouldn't Do
You don't spend your Christmas money on having your son's tatoo removed. You make him live with his mistake, if it is one. This is especially true if you are not sure you will ever get any more Christmas money from another source
You don't have your entire crew jump off an anchored boat in the water without someone checking to see if the ladder has been let down first.
If you're Lisa Simpson at a spelling bee and you're afraid you'll spell a word RIGHT because someone told you to throw the contest, you save your defiance speech till AFTER you have taken a stab at the word. If you spell the word wrong you won't have to make the speech.
You never play Truth or Dare with anyone more willing to play the game than you are. In fact, basically that is one game you never want to play at all.
If you're a Christian you never do or say anything that can be tested in the world that can be proven either right or wrong. I made this mistake in my Prophecy book listing times and places. (When you're right they never notice) Acting as if an imaginary God is actually real is, shall we say, stupid. (Selah)
You don't spend money for a war when you don't have it and have no set goal what you are even fighting for or a way to pay for it. A stupid person will never admit he made a mistake.
You don't cut housing equity when it's the only wealth asset people have actually prospered in the last few years. Growing rifts between rich and poor is short sighted economics, or as John Kennedy once said, "If a society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich" (Selah)
If someone asks you to do a favor for them you never commit to doing it without first asking what it is.
If the greatest of all sins is to claim authority from God you don't have, the stupidest thing you can do to insure the hottest place in hell is to claim to be the Messiah.
Welcome to version number three of this blog post. Some Christmas songs deserving of honorable mention not listed here are "Little Drummer Boy", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Here Comes Santa Clause" and "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me" (the previous three songs by Elvis) "Sleigh Ride Together" by the Ventures, "Little St. Nick" and "The Man With All the Toys" by the Beach Boys, and yes there's that Mc. Cartney song we are dropping.
If the Beatles can do a repackage so can we. This is a nice little Christmas package to put in your basket this Christmas featuring one CD disk of regular songs and one CD disk of Christmas songs. The current count is 15 songs for the first CD and 17 for the Christmas CD. There will be other commentary with this blog once I get around to doing the rest.
A BRIEF INTERLUDE
Fire On High (Electric Light Orchestra)
Give Me Shelter (Rolling Stones)
Smiling Faces (Undisputed Truth)*
Nature Trail to Hell (Wierd Al Yankivic
Breaking the Law (Judas Priest)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (accoustic Anthology version)
My Love On The Telephone (Foreigner)
Having a Wonderful Time, My Dear (Alice Cooper)
Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top)
What do you do for Money (AC / DC)
Vera Gemini (Blue Oyster Cult)
My Fairy King (Queen)
Pink Pussy Cat (Devo)
Two Little Hitlers (Elvis Costello)
The Cautious Lip (Blondie
THE ALMOST ALL CHRISTMAS ALBUM
New and Improved
White Christmas (Drifters with Clyde Mc. Phatter)
Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt)
Merry Christmas, Baby (Charles Brown)
Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley)
Run, Run, Rudolph (Chuck Berry)
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee)
Santa Clause is Coming to Town (Four Seasons)
Walking in a Winter Wonderland (Crystals)
A Christmas Song (Jethro Tull)
Santa Clause & His Old Lady (Chick and Chong)
Father Christmas (Kinks)
A Tab of Yellow Sunshine LSD (Mushroom Tabernacle Choir)
Smow for Christmas (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
I'll Be Stopping By (Jim Croce)
Night Rider (Electric Night Orchestra)
Please Come Home For Christmas (Eagles)
Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Elmo & Patsey)
