Saturday, 11 April 2009

Why the Tea Parties?
On tax day, April 15, there will be hundreds of taxpayer protests all over the nation, more than 360 of them in all 50 states. Here in Oregon, one organization, Americans for Prosperity, is sponsoring 15 such protests, from Astoria to La Grande and from Medford to Portland. The popular enthusiasm for such taxpayer protests is staggering. One has to wonder why. The current administration has not yet dropped any new and burdensome taxes on anyone. What’s the beef with taxes?........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Swift/jack107.htm
by Attorney Jack Swift

Not My Tea Party
Over mankind's long history, there have been numerous successful attempts by some men to sell despotism as if they were offering the people liberty. These surprisingly successful moments have been a part of emotional appeals to populations more anxious for the comfort of a promised solution than a people diligent in the honest introspection and self examination required to maintain a truly free society. The We the People Stimulus Package video has been one of those moments......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Gregory/williams104.htm
by Brother Gregory Williams

The Crazy Factor
Perhaps it began with men clubbing each other to death, followed by the use of fire, rocks, spears, guns, bombs, viruses, and satellites. Violence is the chosen substance of men clearly addicted to power and winning. I’ve long thought the addiction is based in greed, but I’ve changed my mind. For man to relentlessly prey upon man for thousands and thousands of years, it is clear to me that the addiction is to violence and conquering. This is mankind’s pathology. And by mankind, I mean “men.” How bizarre that hunting for food is the dialectical description of violence and that man’s violence upon man is historically justified.
http://www.newswithviews.com/Levant/nancy126.htm
by Nancy Levant