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Sunday May 11, 2008

Mother's Day

I don't have much to say about it, but Hello Cool World and Interpares.ca have built a campaign around it:

Mother's Day Reclamation
Today's commercialized parody has strayed far from the dream of its founding mothers.

You wouldn't believe how far Mother's Day has strayed from its original intention. In fact, you'll probably be surprised to find out what that intention was. Is there an aspect of our lives left that corporations have not corrupted and turned to their financial advantage?

According to Big Business and George W. Bush, the job of civilians is to shop ourselves into debt to keep the banking system and the wars going, and the neo-Conservatives in power.

My mother, who is near 90, says her family always voted Conservative and she has always voted Conservative, and although she hears well enough, she doesn't seem to when I tell her that the Harper bunch are not the Conservatives she once knew.

She survived as a young mother whose husband went overseas at the beginning of World War II and wasn't allowed home until the bitter end after 6 long years. There were times when she didn't believe he'd ever return, and when he did he was a different man.

I'm glad for her sake that she's only vaguely aware of the wars going on now and that, so far, none of her relatives is involved.

In spite of her politics, I'm going to travel a hundred miles to give her a hug today and take her out for Chinese food (her choice) along with my siblings, and none of us is doing this because the Hallmark corporation thinks we should. Although my mother probably thinks we should. :-)

yayacanada

Saturday May 10, 2008

The looney bin
Canada is becoming so infected by American insanity that the name of our dollar has taken on a prophetic meaning

The closer John McCain gets to becoming the president of the US, Mexico and Canada, the more his pathology is revealed. The following article contains videos of him at his crude, ignorant and dangerous worst:

Chycho: John McCain, the Republican Lunatic and the War on Islam

In the first video, McCain reveals his ignorant rote learning when he says that Iran is the "axis of evil". He doesn't understand what an axis is, but let's "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" anyway. He pronounces Tehran "Tye-ran". He says the US has always known where the real trouble is coming from in the Middle East - yet they destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq anyway????

Watch the video of McCain's pal Pastor Rod Parsley who says "America's historic mission is to see Islam destroyed", and who McCain says is a great moral leader. The destruction of Islam, however, is not to be done by letting one's light shine so that others can see the good works of Christianity. It's to be done by slaughtering men, women and children.

As Chycho points out, 5 to 7 million Muslims live in the United States. What is Parsley advocating for America's own citizens? He uses the term anti-Christ in relation to Islam, but his own persona is so far from the image of a Christ that he is clearly projecting his own thought processes onto Muslims.

I can't help noticing that Parsley is taking on that beefy appearance common to the loudest haters in North America who call themselves moral Christians. I tell you, he's one of the group of pod people I mentioned in April who have been body snatched by a race of bloated aliens.

And how about that Jenna Bush wedding (CTV)? She's marrying the son of tobacco lobbyist John Hager, wearing a Hager family heirloom diamond, proving that smoking is a beneficial thing after all. And there are Americans flooding into Crawford Texas just to be near where it's all happening, to absorb the vibes, I guess. Who has taken away the lives of these poor, deranged souls?

Obama wants very badly to save America - all 57 States, he says. His problem is campaign burnout, but he'll get a good rest after the election.

Meanwhile he's bringing out the worst in Hillary Clinton (Telegraph).

As the Conservative Voice says: McCain can lose virtually the entire black vote and still win handily (Bush did it in 2000 and 2004, Bush's father did it in 1988 and Reagan did it in 1984 and 1980).

Of course, Bush won by disenfranchising many people who would have voted for Kerry(RollingStone), but with America so polarized anyway, and with electronic voting machines, it doesn't take much fiddling to tip the vote in the desired direction.

If by some miracle, Obama were to win I think something terrible would befall him - or else he would learn that he has to go with the NWO plan - just as our Canadian politicians have learned.

I'm glad to see that the Toronto Star has decided to take the issue of Bernier's girlfriend seriously.

I wrote about this yesterday and let the media and the political leaders know where to find what I wrote. As the Star says, it's not about whether all of the Hell's Angels are criminals (in fact a BC judge could find no evidence the Hell's Angels are a criminal organization), but about Harper's apparently hypocritical stance on law and order - when Couillard herself was associated with two men whose activities allowed the RCMP to blackmail them into becoming informants - brushing off the seriousness of the matter while at the same time using the term "ex-girlfriend" in order to distance himself and his cabinet minister.

It's even more serious when you consider that in April 2007 there were police raids on 40 Hell's Angels locations, with a highly original threat from OPP Commissioner Fontana: "You can run but you can't hide."

I still would like to know how Bernier and Couillard met. The Kingston Whig says they were introduced by "a mutual friend" and goes on to say: "Whether their relationship ended for personal or political reasons no one is saying."

In their typically boorish and sexist fashion, some of Harper's goons are calling this "a tempest in a D-cup". This alone shows how much respect they have for Bernier's choice of lady friends. I don't think these Reformists are capable of rational thought.

But then I suppose they don't have to be able to think clearly. In the Looney Bin, all a politician has to do is rote learn like John McCain while a few psychopathic corporations call the shots.

Other crazy stuff:

CanCom: Harper & Co. go to the brink once again over fate of Insite
YYC: A drug program that actually works is a no-no to Harper - and even to his loyal follower Ottawa's criminally charged mayor - in favour of a chance to lock them all up in privatized prisons.

MMN: JTF2 COUNTER-TERRORISM UNIT - IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S A... “UAV”?!?!
Canadian taxpayers are now forced to neglect repairs to roads, sewage systems and infrastructures of hospitals and schools, cut down education and all the legitimate concerns of the people. How juvenile is this? These little boys want to keep playing video games. There’s no “restart game” button to restore the lives that were lost or the environment that was polluted by their delusions that problems can be solved if you shoot ‘em up and blast ‘em to kingdom come.

yayacanada

Friday May 09, 2008

Is that a mole on your arm, Mr. Bernier?

PM Harper says that the company a politican keeps, on a salary paid by the taxpayer, is nobody's business. Meanwhile his government continues to hand over the taxpayers' private lives to corporations and microchips, and even tries to control our thoughts and speech.

For example: do you want to have a choice over how to stay healthy? Then you'd better holler about Bill C-51 because the government is on the warpath against healthfood stores and home remedies again. I don't buy products from health food stores myself - I keep my life even simpler than that - but Bill C-51 is part of the whole move to have every aspect of our lives controlled by a few corporations - in this case big pharm. Here's more info.

Right now I have a burning trachea and a disgusting cough that will be nicely soothed with no-name honey and no-name apple cider vinegar in hot liquid, while I rest and allow my body to heal itself. But it's hard to know what to do about a mole. Most are benign, but some are not, so says the medical wisdom that makes mistakes all the time (CBC) - but hasn't "wished any harm".

I've probably said this before: if I ever went to a doctor and was diagnosed with cancer, I would need at least 85 second opinions.

Now, as to Maxime Bernier's mole(Star), as I've been saying for quite some time about the Reformists who call themselves Conservatives, you can dress them up, but ...

For starters, it's too bad Mr. Bernier's lady friend has been so influenced by attention-seeking Hollywood celebrities that she thinks dressing up means baring as much of her bazooms as possible. But one has to wonder why the Liberals waited all this time, after Bernier says they've broken up, to create the fuss. More on this here (Cancom).

Still, Harper is wrong to say that it's nobody's business. Couillard married a drug dealer who turned mole and then ended up dead, then another guy who also became a mole. What's to say she's not a mole herself? And considering the losers she's been repeatedly attracted to, don't you think this says something about Bernier himself?

The Star shouldn't consider it sufficient to say it's unclear how the two met; they should darn well find out exactly how they met and whether there were recreational drugs involved.

Other stuff:

Remember this: if you don't have a leg to stand on, your only defence is name calling:

CanadaCom: Harper condemns criticism of Israel as thinly-veiled anti-Semitism "I guess my fear is what I see happening in some circles is (an) anti-Israeli sentiment, really just as a thinly disguised veil for good old-fashioned anti-Semitism, which I think is completely unacceptable," Mr. Harper said in an interview with CJAD/CFRB radio.

Unfortunately, the pejorative Harper chooses has been overused to the point of having lost all meaning - if it ever had any beyond the power of a taboo that creates reverse discrimination in that we can criticize China, for instance, but Israel is sacrosanct.

Harper's blind support of Israeli policies is based partly on religious indoctrination, partly on directives from the US, and perhaps more importantly, his hope of "the Jewish vote" (a prejudicial term if ever there was one, suggesting that all Jews think with the same noodles).

Is Harper anti-Asian when he criticizes China's human rights policies? He would likely be quick to deny it - which shows he's not being logical at all.

Speaking of discrimination:
CP: Provs should consider law to restrict older drivers with health issues: conference

We should all be giving up our drivers licences for several reasons.
1) The fuels used are killing and starving people all over the world and driving up food prices everywhere due to the use of farm lands for alternative fuels instead of food.
2) The scarcity and cost of fuels is going to increase, so you're going to have to take public transportation sooner or later.
3) The fumes from the exhaust of so many vehicles on city streets is causing all sorts of health problems.
4) Your next licence will probably be microchipped. (And that's why I won't be renewing my drivers' licence)

Hey, have you ever seen the movie "The World's Fastest Indian" starring Anthony Hopkins? If you want to know what "old" people are capable of when they're strong enough to resist all the negative "expert" myths about aging, see the film. It's a true story about New Zealand's senior citizen Burt Munro whose ancient speed bike was held together by Burt's home remedies, but it broke a speed record anyway!

Addendum:
I read recently that males 16-24 cause 10% of car accidents and the elderly cause almost the same percentage. That means that 80% of car accidents are caused by the group in between. Another good reason for scrapping cars in favour of public transportation and the insurance companies finding something more constructive to do?
Every 13 minutes, there is a death caused by a motor vehicle accident (lawyersource)

yayacanada

Tuesday May 06, 2008

Degree or not degree?
Is Charlie McVety's doctoral degree a cheap, Korean knock-off model? Yes, I think it is.

I've mentioned before that when I was 9 my parents got "saved". It's not an easy life on the road to heaven because you constantly have to adjust your thinking to the whims of the current pastor. One year TV watching is a sin; the next year it's just harmless entertainment. One minute makeup = Jezebel; next minute it makes you more gorgeous in God's eyes - see Tammy Faye Bakker. Movies were bad; now some movies are good, especially if God is mentioned. The jungle beat of Rock 'n' Roll was of the devil, but it's okay now if the lyrics are "Christian". Cussing was verboten, (and still is out loud), but if your pastor muttered, "Gingerale!" when he got mad at a flat tire, that didn't count as cussing, even though it sounds awfully like something else that is very bad cussing. My father used to say, "My eyehole!" to show his incredulity at something in the news, in the same way that I would say, "My great aunt Fanny's fanny", but my mother told him he might as well be saying the word it sounded like, so he stopped.

In those days a common expression among Born Agains was "educated fools" (now it's a rock group). The Bible says it's hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, but our pastor said that it's much harder for an educated man (or woman). I suppose because the educated - or even just smart people - are notorious for asking questions.

I never heard Billy Graham, for instance, mention that he had an undergraduate degree in anthropology (Wikipedia). It was a waste of time anyway, because soon after he graduated he decided to accept the Bible as literal. Maybe that's because his degree came from an evangelical university and maybe he didn't ask too many questions. He was smart enough, though, to turn down an offer of a bona fide theological education at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Just as a sidenote, Graham got his start as an evangelist by touring with Charles Templeton, who later became an agnostic and wrote a great book called Act of God" (Amazon), a fascinating novel about the discovery of the bones of Jesus, and the mysterious death of the anthropologist who dug them up. Who dunnit? Could it have been his friend the catholic cardinal? I'm no spoiler. You'll have to read it.

But you want to know something odder? Wikipedia tells only of Graham's undergraduate degrees, yet later on in the article it refers to him as "Dr. Graham". There's a whole list of awards and honours, but no mention of an honourary degree. Why? The answer may be here.

The point is, though, that it was important to call him "Dr. Graham"; it was important that he appear to have an advanced education. Obviously, even though an advanced education slams the pearly gates shut, fibbing about having one opens both heavenly and earthly doors (with possibly some help from a Vatican conspiracy).

Graham certainly had phenomenal success, even becoming pastor/confessor to a number of (Freemason?) presidents. This may have everything to do with the whole "Dr." trend in evangelism.

Fibbing may not have come easy to Graham, but he did it when necessary for the greater good. For instance, he denied having an "anti-Semite" conversation with Richard Nixon (Wikipedia), and then when he heard the tapes he said he didn't recall saying what he said.

Now, believe it or not, I really want to talk about Charles McVety, pastor to Prime Ministers - one at least, so it seems (HarperIndex). Would he have got where he is without "Dr." in front of his name? Hard to say. But one thing's for sure - he's going to get into heaven because he doesn't have an advanced education, only a mysterious advanced degree from the illusive California State Christian University (CSCU).

First of all, there is no state accreditation for religious degrees in the United States. There is a theological body, however, which governs accreditation: The Association of Theological Schools. Here is a list of their accredited member schools on which you will not find the institution that granted Charlie his degree.

In fact, I defy you to locate that university at all. Oh, it has a website, allright, which provides a locator map, but the map does not actually show a Devonshire St.

A Google map of the address given - 17145 Devonshire St., Northridge , CA 91325 - looks very different and has differently named cross streets.

A Metrobot map shows that what is located at that address is: KOREAN GOSPEL MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. Sure enough, in the "About" section of CSCU's website its history is given as having originated in Korea under the son (Samuel Saychang Kim) of a hero figure, "Dr." Chi Sun Kim, who studied theology in the United States in the 50s and 50s and returned to Korea to spread the gospel.

But, a Google search of "Korean Gospel Missions International, Inc." turns up this history written by a founder named Yoon Kwon Chae:

"My father was the first Christian Church minister in Korea ... I had the privilege of coming to the United States to study. I attended San Jose Bible College for B.A. degree and Lincoln Christian Seminary for M.A. degree. I returned to my country in 1961 with a prayer in my heart: "God, give me Korea.""

The colleges Chae says he attended were real, but in January 2007 someone named Lester LeMay added a comment to update Chae's credentials to a doctorate - obtained at "Immanuel Baptist Seminary of Atlanta, Georgia".

Google has no information for that school, but here's another guy who got a bunch of degrees there between 1996 and 2000, so it's not as if it disappeared or anything - if it ever existed.

It's not included in this long list of Christian Colleges (and neither is Charlie's college).

Google does come up with the name: "Immanuel Baptist Seminary" at
195 Fischer Rd, Sharpsburg, GA 30277, but there's no website. A search of Sharpsburg churches shows a College Heights Baptist Church at that address. No website for the church either, even though it apparently does double duty as a college offering doctorates.

Back to Charlie and his California State Christian University (CSCU). I suggest you don't phone the number given on the Contact Us page. Bill Kinnon (Achievable Ends) tried it a couple of times and never reached anyone but a woman who claimed to be unable to speak English but said to "call back tomorrow".

When did tracking down ministerial credentials become synonymous with "wild goose chase"? When evangelicals decided to become political and rule the world?

Oh, that's another thing. It used to be a sin to be political. It still is if you are the last holdout in a "Third World" country being invaded by multinational corporations and Christian missionaries, not necessarily in that order.*

* Excerpt from synopsis of film "The Tailenders":
How does the evangelical message of personal salvation sound, not in a developed country like the United States, but in a land of mass poverty like Mexico? For one thing, some evangelical missionaries in the developing world teach avoidance of political engagement, at least among the poor. Among the critics in "The Tailenders" are Mexican villagers who find that their evangelical neighbors no longer participate in community politics and organizing, or even in the villages' traditional saints' festivals, which the evangelicals consider idol worship. The money is better spent on things like cars, says one villager.

yayacanada

Credo:

"When I am dead, let it be said of me: 'He belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy, least of all to any regime except the regime of liberty.'" Gustave Courbet

"Whenever we bow the knee to any other human, or to any human-made institution, we forge the chains of our own oppression." YayaCanada

"Every reasonably sane person knows what's right, and if one has to go to great lengths to justify something, it's probably wrong." YayaCanada

“You don’t need a debate. You don’t need a filabuster. You need some action!” Malcolm X

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