Dear F,
Thanks for your email.
Yes, it is frustrating to witness yesterday's shoddy vote counts in Kansas and Ohio's 12th District.
Prudence, an intrinsically moderate (and moderating) virtue -- totally absent among the impassioned liars and conspiracists on "the right side of the aisle" -- is advisable. (Speaking of which... I just finished the following post about Alex Jones and am pleased with the outcome. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/08/pizzagate-is-real-alex-jones-httpswww.html)
The human condition is intrinsically mucky and imprecise.
Apparently, that's the way God/Universe designed it.
Any firm expectation of "perfection" -- especially "from the get-go" -- is an open invitation to disappointment, if not despair.
We have to work our way through the muck, and to some extent, we will get mucky in the process. (And thank God! Otherwise we would be such insufferably arrogant, self-satisfied sons-of-bitches that everyone would be wearing SOBMF's smirk, not just the good, white Christians who elected him.)
Watch conservatives. And notice the regularity with which they justify their own selfish villainy (disguised by self-righteousness or some other device that insures their "salvation"). In the Christian tradition, "righteousness" (an open invitation to self-righteousness) enables the good church-goers to can wag their fingers at every imperfection (real or perceived) on the other side of the aisle. (I will note that modern translations of the bible are substituting the word "Justice" for "Righteousness" - and not because the translators are deviating from the intended meaning but because "Justice" renders more accurately the intended meaning.)
"Righteousness/Self-Righteousness" is the fundamental Pharasaic Ruse - the precise behavior that evoked immeasurably more of Yeshua's fury than all the whoremongers and wine tipplers put together. If the 4 canonical gospels are to be believed, Jesus much preferred the company of "sinners" to those who saw themselves as already saved.
Just busy yourself pointing fingers at "the other guy" and you will NEVER get around to pointing a finger at yourself.
Yet without that fundamental act of humility -- without recognizing that I may be a woebegone mofo in the eyes of God -- the self-perceived "perfect people" (or if not perfect, "the already saved") become the most evil -- not by the criteria of "carnal sins," but by the core corruption of "spiritual sins" which incline people to incessant, systematic evil: the people who are first to beat war drums, to cheer the dropping of atomic bombs, to execute the poor bastards who never had a chance in life, to insure shitty healthcare so dark-skinned people die early and with lousy pain management.
The list goes on, and it tends to be very political.
Not surprisingly, "the good churchgoers" insist that virtue is a private matter - NEVER a matter of politics, never a matter of collective political will.
Just busy yourself pointing fingers at "the other guy" and you will NEVER get around to pointing a finger at yourself.
Yet without that fundamental act of humility -- without recognizing that I may be a woebegone mofo in the eyes of God -- the self-perceived "perfect people" (or if not perfect, "the already saved") become the most evil -- not by the criteria of "carnal sins," but by the core corruption of "spiritual sins" which incline people to incessant, systematic evil: the people who are first to beat war drums, to cheer the dropping of atomic bombs, to execute the poor bastards who never had a chance in life, to insure shitty healthcare so dark-skinned people die early and with lousy pain management.
The list goes on, and it tends to be very political.
Not surprisingly, "the good churchgoers" insist that virtue is a private matter - NEVER a matter of politics, never a matter of collective political will.
You have heard "the good people" harp on about "fraud, waste and abuse" -- everything they deem to be fundamental proof of government's intrinsic vility -- and yet...
"The National Review" Admits The Elimination Of "Waste, Fraud And Abuse" Is A Drop In The Bucket
The National Review
"Waste, Fraud And Abuse" Is A Magic Spell Chanted By "Conservatives." To What End?
But since "the good people" care more about alternative truths than Truth itself, not one in bizillion will alter a single comforting delusion about "waste, fraud and abuse" even though America's premier conservative publication declares all three taken together a trivial tempest in a teapot.
The National Review
"Waste, Fraud And Abuse" Is A Magic Spell Chanted By "Conservatives." To What End?
But since "the good people" care more about alternative truths than Truth itself, not one in bizillion will alter a single comforting delusion about "waste, fraud and abuse" even though America's premier conservative publication declares all three taken together a trivial tempest in a teapot.
When The Electorate Is This Stupid, Is Any Delusional Thinking Out Of Bounds?
"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories can be put into practice. The more perfect, the more idealistic the theories, the more dreadful is their realization. We are at last beginning to rediscover what perhaps men knew better in very ancient times, in primitive times before utopias were thought of: that liberty is bound up with imperfection, and that limitations, imperfections, errors are not only unavoidable but also salutary. The best is not the ideal. Where what is theoretically best is imposed on everyone as the norm, then there is no longer any room even to be good. The best, imposed as a norm, becomes evil.”
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton
The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism
The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die.
The sooner the better.
Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right."
To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice, hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html
Having poked their own eyes out, they fail to see that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall.
"Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander,” by Trappist monk, Father Thomas Merton
The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism
The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die.
The sooner the better.
Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right."
To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice, hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html
Having poked their own eyes out, they fail to see that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall.
The Evangelical Persecution Complex
(Projection's Finest Hour)
Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment.
Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold.
Remarkably, although they are prone to believe all manner of Trumpeted nonsense, none of them are tempted to believe in their own spiritual peril.
The Pharisees Are Always With Us.
Here's What They "Look Like" Today
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-pharisees-are-always-with-us-heres.html
Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment.
Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold.
Remarkably, although they are prone to believe all manner of Trumpeted nonsense, none of them are tempted to believe in their own spiritual peril.
The Pharisees Are Always With Us.
Here's What They "Look Like" Today
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-pharisees-are-always-with-us-heres.html
"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out God hates all the same people you do."
Tom Weston S. J.
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A
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 5:20 PM FV wrote:
No, I didn't. Why is it so hard to count votes correctly the first time? Makes me think that every result is wrong and every recount will give a different result. There is something wrong with this system.
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On Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 5:12 PM Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:Dear F,
Thanks for your email.Please keep me posted on Michael Moore.Did you see this?
PowerPost Kobach lead over Colyer cut in half after vote-tallying error discovered in Kansas GOP primary Kobach's lead drops from 191 votes to 91 votes. By Amy B Wang and Felicia Sonmez • Read more »
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AOn Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 4:24 PM FVwrote:
Documentary looks good.
Michael should be on the making the late night rounds pushing it soon.I'll be watching.LoveF
On Thu, Aug 9, 2018, 4:01 PM Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
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