Michelle Bachman Strikes Back

Last night they held the second of the "tea party debate" series in Tampa, Florida on CNN. They are calling it tea party now rather than Republican. That's how far things have gone. Of course the crowd is super nuts; you know that. People were saying last week that Michelle Bachman was "fading" in the debate. I never agreed with that to begin with. This week she came roaring back, and the biggest issue was the vaccination of 9 to 12 year old little girls for the papaloma virus in Texas. Supposedly even though this virus is associated with cervical cancer, it's sexually transmitted. Just how much sex does Rick Perry think nine to twelve year old girls are having. He said that he made a "mistake" and that next time he would let the state legislature decide. Personally I don't like the idea at all because of the implications. Michelle Bachman was clear and eloquent on this issue as she was on other issues such as immigration and social security. Bachman also profitted from the fact that Perry and Romney were sparring with one another. Perry attacked Romney on the health care issue in Massachusetts. And the others attacked Perry on the apparent approval of the "Dream act" in Texas where illegal aliens could get student funding. Also John Huntsman stumbled on a few issue including the notion of drivers licenses in Utah especially for illegal aliens. My position is that he they didn't have any form of ID they would be a lot easier to catch and be deported. Ron Paul stumbled in that he almost blamed US Foreign policy for the fact that Al Qaeda attacked us on 9 - 11. My position is that I don't care what made you a jerk, if you're going to be a jerk you can expect the consequences. He has a point to a small degree, but you can't reason with people like Al Qaeda. It's a mistake to think they have the same "reasonable" mindset we do. But I do agree with Ron Paul in his other contraversial statement that a thirty year old healthy man has a right NOT to buy health insurance, and to make his do so in unconstitutional. I did not have a medical plan till I began to remedy the situation in late October of 1997. The family was on my case about this on our drive over to see my brother's graduation from Fuller Theological College. Yes I had a few problems that needed dealing with. I had high blood pressure, I had Hepatisus B, and in the mid 'nineties I would have these headaches followed to nose bleeds and then I would expell this fiberous "worm" like thing from my nose like a Star Trek movie or something. But I didn't die. The world didn't come to an end because I didn't get coverage at eighteen. If someone gets sick they could die. Well as they say, "shit happens". Life is not risk free. The point was well made that in the old days your friends and relatives would endeavor to help you out. I think the way the people on stage talked about Social Security and the Federal reserve were silly. Oh they don't want to abolish them- - they just want to make them impotent. Some people say that the Wall Street crowd is aching to get their hands on that social security trust fund the minute social security is privatized. They are really showing their hand, though. They all think the 23% value added tax is wonderful, but when Romney or somebody proposed that taxes on credit cards and capital gains for people under $200,000 be done away with, the applause was decidedly lack-luster. You know what these people are really after, and that's tax redistribution from the rich to the poor. But once again the name of the game in these debates is to position yourself farther to the right than the other guy- and that can get strange.

There is some group passing out "talking points" to right wing radio stations like Rush Limbaugh telling them what points to stress about the President's jobs plan. Of course you know that the rich are always to be referred to as "job creators" rather than the idle rich. Let's go back to that cure all 23% value added tax on everything you buy no matter what you make, that some want to impose throughout the country on top of any state and local taxes. Apparently the thing is that this tax can be removed when goods are shipped to Germany or some place, so they are sold at a 23% "discount". The problem is the price was 23% higher to begin with. And there is nothing to stop the Germans from slapping on another fee. What this tax ammounts to is kind of a reverse terriff where it's US goods that you are penalized for buying. How the republicans can support this plan with a straight face is beyond me. Of course we are told Obama has raised all these taxes. But in reality - dollar for dollar - President Obama has CUT more taxes than George Bush did, and this is true even if you figure it as a percentage of the G N P. Of course President Obama has opened up MORE drilling in the Gulf and US oil production has never been higher. The problem with the left and the right is that both sides talk past each other and never mesh gears. There seems almost a mutual conspiracy on both sides not to "get to the heart of the matter" and work out their issues. Of course when people like Rick Perry says it is "Treason" for the Federal Reserve to keep the economy going- - we're all sunk.

Antony Summers has a book out now talking about the events of 9 - 11. I'm glad someone pointed out that after nine eleven that things weren't "wonderful" in this country. It was John Kerry that first broached this notion of a "spirit of unity" after 9 - 11. As I remember the period we were all pretty much scared to death. Not me personally but a lot of others were. There was a lot of patriotism, and Terry would point out all the people that were displaying U S flags on our way to church. But as I remember the period there was anthrax being sent through the mails to key congressmen. There was the shoe bomber, and there were all these Yellow and Orange "alerts". You know if George Bush SR were a police suspect he'd be in big trouble. The day of 9 - 11 he was having breakfast with a Saudi Arabian guy. And arrangements were made to quickly get the relatives of Bin Laden safely out of the country. And they did this without the F B I first asking them any questions. Of course we know now that Osama Bin Laden was never on the FBI most wanted list for the 9 - 11 attacks. A profile of the President is definitely emerging, and if you or I had that many "circumstances" surrounding us, the police would be all over us like white on rice until they had made their case. Some people say "You should be careful not to jump to conclusions". My response to that is, "How much more evidence do you need?"

I would like to talk about this idea of what I call the doctrine of Eternal Impossibility. This means that certain things are inherently without limit or breaking point no matter how far, and I mean really FAR you push them. Such a doctrine is counter intuitive to most of us. We can't conceive of a God who not only has great mercy, but that it is in fact Unlimited. It can never be exhausted. I have talked about the Einstein doctrine of "If something is chasing you, IT has the advantage, but if you are chasing someone in front of you THEY have the advantage". In a posting a month or so I discuss this "Everything is Fine" doctrine, and you can refer to that. But it can kind of be summer up this day. A person believes that if a little effort will produce what seems like a response- - then greatly increasing that effort in the same direction ought to produce a whole lot of response. Or you could put it simply "Are we responsible for our own actions and the consequences of them- - OR is it that what we do truely does not matter? In the area of ecology and global warming this issue comes to the fore. They say that we will be out of oil reserves in forty years. But my Dad told me that when he was in science class the teacher said we would be out of oil by 1960, and we know that's false. Rush Limbaugh believes species of trees that are endangered spontaniously evolve into other species that can survive, so there is no problem. It's really a question of- - not something being "far off in the future" but rather of being Eternally off in the future. It's like that sign "Free Gas Tomorrow". Tomorrow never arrives. Maybe Einstein is correct in his theory, but I don't see how. How does something that seems to be there and is getting closser all the time- - never arrive at all, were you to wait around ten lifetimes for it? I don't know. Some people have this "gift" of not worrying about anything. You might almost call it the "Gift" or iresponsability. For for the rest of us we are concerned about this planet and species extinctions and global warming are ongoing realities.

This final item I've been rolling around in my mind for a couple weeks. Suppose there really was an organization called the Baal Berith Confederation or BBC? Some would suggest the Sameritans which are shrunk in numbers now and hopelessly inbred, where they still conduct animal sacrifices to atone for sin. . Now also picture another scene entirely. Ramses the first (who was probably recalled due to product failure early on) was the Pharoah of Egypt and he drive out what they called the Hyksos or "Shepherd Kings". This was a band of war like beddowens in the desert. We know them as Midianites. These Midianites had a legond that they were descended from Abraham who came from Babylon seeking religious liberty, and that he had a wife named Keturah and she beget twelve sons that all became nations- - and the children of Dedan became the Arabs and eventually Islamic. Ramses the first had a brother of the same mother but the brother had a Midianite father so was half Midianite. The name of this man was Amoche. And Amiche was Guy Owens and Ramses I was Jim Morrison. They were close as brothers and Amoche was protective of his mother, Bithia's reputation. But the time came when they had a parting of the ways and Amoche wished to rejoin the people of his father. So Ramses I drove the Hyksos out of Egypt. As they were crossing the Sea of Reeds a wind came up and parted the waters for the Midianites, but there wagon wheels were getting stuck in the mud and most were on foot. And Ramses alias Jim Morrison said "This is a job for butchers not warriers, and I am not a butcher. I will not pursue. I will not turn the sword upon my brother. Let them go. Come on. We're heading back". But in the desert Amoche was stung by a scorpion and died, and the people mourned their leader. Meanwhile the Dardanians at an earlier date reigned from their Golden Temple in Salem on Mt Moriah. And they revered a King called Shem. At some point Solomon was their King and he had a son named Rehoboam who reigned after him. And the people of the north, the Perezites, were put in forced labor. Now Egypt attacked Rehoboam and looted the gold from the Temple such that Rehoboam was militarily weakened. And behold there was a traitor named Joseph in the ranks of the Perezites also know as Israelites. And Joseph tried to recruit many to serve in Egypt if they had to "Serve Somebody" at all, for the work was easier there. But a band of loyalists arose and slew Joseph and threw him into an abandoned pit where he died. And Jeroboam was victorious over the Dardanians and he set up alters to his god whom he called Jehovah. And so it is to this day. But as the nation of Msriam (Egypt) grew stronger they came and took slaves that were never heard from again. And a later King abandoned his throne and there was unsettlement in the land. At some point the race of the Iron men from Crete arrived from the sea, and many of them were giants. But a hero arose from among the Dardanians named Samson, who slew these Iron men. And soon after this many of the Dardanians took to the sea in boats, and they were followed in waves by others. Now the Perezites - that they originally were a desert nomad tribe with no memory of where they originated. But they had kept track of various clans. May I suggest that you not count Simion and Levi. They had this war god and were led by a hero named Joshua accross the Jordan. Since these people appeared in the land suddenly they were called Perezites, for they had "broken forth". But detractors said that they were the result of a quazi incestuous between a father and the whore betroth wife of his son. In the early days they had no sabbath. You will find there are vast portions of the Bible that make no reference to a sabbath. Now there arose a man named Gidian of the tribe of Manasseh. And they lived in the area known as Samaria. And the Lord blessed the house of Monasseh and they spread out over the land and became one people while their bretheren to the south engaged in various wars with the indigionous population. And in the city of Gilgal there arose a devout man named Samuel. And he heard the voice of the Lord. And he grew to a man of great stature and influence and was known as Priest, Prophet, and King. But behold a Dardanian Prophet appeared and prophesied against Samuel saying "Behold the time is coming when all you live for will be shown to be vanity". And at this time many warriers arose in the land, who are the patriots of old. At some point they did storm Mt. Moriah led by General Joab with David their king. Since much time had passed the city of Salem was now basically in ruins, compared to how it had once been known. But King David had many enemies and in our version they could not stay together but fell apart when David died, some preferring this heir, and another that one. And there was a time of upheaval and chaos. Eventually a King named Jehosaphat arose in the tradition of King David, and ruled from Mount Moriah. Now in Samaria too there was likewise no king at this time. And there arose various despot warriers who were of diverse mind from one another. But then there arose a deliverer, and he consolidated his leadership and made his position firm, and he set up the House of Omri or "Kumri". And so these Israelites are known as Bet Kumri to this day.