Seeing the shocking decline of the Christian religion in America today, many groups in the Christian Left are advocating a return to government oppression.
"When you went back to the good ole days of the early Christian Church, when witnesses were fed to lions and crucified upside down, why the Church was abuzz with activity! We were winning new converts, sharing possessions, expanding across the globe, and gave birth to, like, dozens of incredible Christian thinkers! Plus it made for great entertainment." An unnamed representative of the Christian Left told us on Friday. He did not want his name given away lest he be known as a sadist.
"Look, we're supposed to help the poor! And for the past few decades, it has been customary to attack all sorts of people for committing sin, so since we've already engaged in violence against homosexuals, we should definitely sic the IRS on rich people who aren't giving enough to charity." We are grateful for the memory of this particular whistleblower, as he got struck by lightning on the very next street corner after speaking to us.
"We are told that all authority is appointed by God. Therefore, I am full heartedly in support of all of Obama's policy, right or wrong."
"But what about Jesus standing up to the Pharisees?" My friend is silent.
"See, all freedom is evil. And it's evil cause it makes us do evil things and be evil. See, without freedom there wouldn't be any evil people."
One of the chief arguments for the liberal approach to Christianity is once we conform to some centralized will, that will can in turn conform to God's Will, and then we can all conform to God's Will at once, and all inherit the kingdom of heaven together. No one gets left behind! And no one gets unfair treatment. Not one bit.
See, Jesus just couldn't find enough man in him to hold us all up by the shirt collar and say "WWWWASZZZZZZZZ DDDDAAAAA BIGGGGGG IDDDEEEEAAAAA???????" So he relies on government to do it for him. He just was too soft of a guy. He just wasn't strong enough. I don't know, somehow he just lost his heart after the Old Testament. After all, we all know that strong people would never let themselves possibly be taken advantage of. And that you should never tolerate any mistreatment or poverty, rrrriiiggghhhhttt? Unless of course it involves being fed to lions, which is entertaining. As it is written, "the busy bodies shall inherit the earth." (Epistle to the New Englanders, Chapter 6, verse 8)
And besides that, how can you possibly support voluntary charity and support individualism? I mean, the two things are like, totally against each other! I mean, for any individual to possibly even consider having a purpose to his life or any sense of honor is fundamentally appalling! How could you! And besides, didn't that Anianas guy get struck dead for, oh wait, no, he lied.
It is also written that: "In my father's house there is exactly one room. And if you don't fit in to it, by gully, you're goin' to hell! Squeal little piggy squeal! I'm gonna SMACK YA HARD BOY!" (Gospel of Stalin, Chapter 15, verse 3.141583)
And it is commanded: "When poor people are not given rich people's money, highly distasteful, expensive and offensive cupcake shops, specialty stores and lawn gnome producers are allowed to sprout on streetcorners, providing people with grotesque lawn decoration that is highly offensive and degrading to the neighborhood as a whole. It is our duty as good Christians to eliminate all lawn gnome producers and specialty stores for the sake of good taste. After all, 'love thy neighbor as thyself' and 'friends don't let friends own lawn gnomes.'" (Epistle to the New Englanders, Chapter 9, verse 72)
It is written also that: "When the widow goes to find work, she shall find none, due to our extremely high levels of taxations against business and absurd regulations, so that good government will have to give grace to her and my love for the poor be known while my IRON FIST against the wealthy, middle-class, anyone who wants a job, and well-to-do clamps down harder and harder and harder.... MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! You shall feel my wrath poor earthlings!" (Gospel of Stalin, Chapter 3*i + 4, verses 5*i + 3.141583*e^22)
And it is commandment: "Thou shalt support exploitive actions in every way, that you shall have more ways to help each other and thus love one another." (Screwteronomy, Chapter self, verses Can't, Not, and Won't.) It is also written: "Blessed are those who are completely worthless, for they shall never mind the growing interference of government." (Gospel of Stalin, Chapter 0, verses 0, paradigm lost)
It is suggested further that: "If you allow anyone to be free, accursed is you, for you have made any part of my creation meaningful and any part of my good sacrifice good, so that now, I can't give as much grace. Accursed is also you if you prevent anyone from sinning in any way other then sending them to jail, that in jail I may save them from a creepy guy named 'Speck' who is gazing at his victims private areas suspiciously." (Gospel of Stalin, Chapters 5 million, verses Avagadro's Number)
As it is written: "If we don't run our government and politics just the right way, then all the people who die in a given year will instantaneously be condemned to Hell while Christ sits at the judgement, going, "tsk tsk tsk, you poor sinners. To think I was going to forgive you all until you refused socialism. And now, I have to send you all to hell. I know, I know, all those boring chruch sermons, those days standing out on the street corner freezing asking for donations and looking 50 years old while people told you to 'go to Hell,' I know, it was for nothing. All those times when your wife cheated on you and you forgave her because she was one of my children, meaningless. I mean, you should've been like my friend Stalin here. I mean, sure, he was a mass-murderer, never turned the other cheek or followed any of my advice or loved me, and oppressed my church, but his politics were shinin' man!"" (Gospel of Stalin, Chapter [3, 1, 0], verse [1, 3, 5]*infinity - infinity + 1*(World Peace equation) + Avagadro's Number*pi*i)
But once government becomes truly oppressive, by gully, life will improve! It will be like heaven on earth! Oh how we shall love each other, or else...
Showing posts with label Partisan Politics. Show all posts
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Black Kingdom
Not long after the windows on the Westin were replaced, a brand new storm of fury whipped through Downtown Atlanta
A memo had been released. The AJC reported friday that "The memo notes that for the first time since 1974, “African Americans could lose the mayoral seat in Atlanta, Georgia, especially if there is a runoff;" Worse, "a Norwood (white) mayoral candidacy" might replace Shirley Franklin (hold that thought.) "Time is of the essence..." and "and the key is a significant black turnout in the general election..." Of course, all three black mayoral candidates have distanced themselves from the memo.
Even incumbent mayor Shirley Franklin was offended by this memo, calling it "bigoted" and "multiple variations on the word."
But notice, in the actual quote (before AJC applied qualifiers) the adjective was "Norwood," a neighborhood of Atlanta that is somewhat, well, suburbanish. But it's still part of the city, and it's citizens are still allowed to run for high office if they so choose.
There are really two threads to this memo. One of them, the outrageous one, is the racial overtones, the idea that black people "must be" represented against all other groups (White, Asian & Hispanic) in the city, at least two of those (White & Hispanic) about even in number with Blacks. The other, and the one that really says more about what Atlanta is, is the one that attacks Norwood. Why is it that Norwood people aren't Atlantans?
What is Atlanta exactly? You look at a map, and you see this odd conglomeration and butchered, twisted, tortured line advancing across the landscape, bending here, curving in there, shooting in and then shooting out, a mess, a mess of many locales over vast distances. Downtown is a place of tall towers, fancy restaurants, and constant activity, while sleepy Norwood, Home Park, and much of Buckhead and Collier Hills are single family houses with large lawns that don't have crowds, don't have action, don't have the city. They also have money and in some of these places (Norwood especially, and also much of Collier Hills) don't have to see homeless people.
When Aaron Turpeau, the author of the article, responded to the response, he said: "Everybody has an agenda. The developers have an agenda, downtown business has an agenda, the gays have an agenda, the Hispanics have an agenda." And he was trying to draft the black version. Included in his vision was "Economic equality, access to City Hall, and respect for those displaced by development." In other words, welfare/socialized taxation, controls on development (Norwood), and preferential treatment for his people (not Norwood).
On a level, these ends are loving. He has lots of friends who have little (unlike Norwood), he sees people driven out of what they have by the rising prices that always accompany development (and Norwood), and his friends, of course, he wants them at the front of the line (ahead of Norwood.)
But someone has to be at the back of the line, sir, and there is someone you don't know who you are pushing back. Further that same development that you so hate creates jobs, stable taxation for educational development in places unlike Norwood, and the abillity to take care of more people with the same land and resources. Not only does this help Atlanta, HIS FRIENDS, and blacks, but it helps the entire country, by taking pressures off places that simply cannot support the same level of development.
If you push Norwood out, just like the last time wealthier folk were pushed out of Atlanta, the taxation base for the kind of government services that Turpeau wants will wither away and the books will be dipped in red ink. By forcing Norwood to be second-class against the rest of Atlanta, effectively what folks like Turpeau lead to, you are encouraging a city to secede from Atlanta to break the heavy burden placed on its back.
Further, Norwood is governed by Atlanta and thus has every right to be represented in it. So are those Whites (outside of Norwood) and Hispanics. Until the day when Norwood leaves this city, they have a right to vote and to engage with City Hall every bit as much as Grant Park and Downtown.
In short, he's not seeing the big picture. And instead of aiding Atlanta & America away from this narrow thinking, this kleptocracy of taking from one group and giving to another, he wants to discourage justice and harmony to avoid the risks of a few years without power. He has, by way of his own cynicism and narrow-mindedness, become an enemy of justice.
What about all those Hispanics? They're not well off either. Now, you can say that what benefits your people will benefit theres, but the minute that's no longer true, they're out in the cold. Why are blacks so much more deserving then hispanics? Why should Blacks put themselves one step ahead in the line and trample on Lations whenever convenient?
In fact, let's go even further. Why should blacks be ahead of whites? Why do you think that creating more injustice and more social violence and more hate and more theft to balance out the injustice before is going to settle people's hearts and put them at peace? And how will it benefit blacks to resegregate society from the human heart outwards? People's actions are, after all, the fruit of their heart, and hearts that see themselves as anything other then human will take no compassion towards those whom they do not see as their kin.
We need to see people for who they are, not the color of the skin or what club they belong to. For as long as we continue this exclusive club way of handling our politics and society, we will always empower those who hate and push down those who wish for progress.
A memo had been released. The AJC reported friday that "The memo notes that for the first time since 1974, “African Americans could lose the mayoral seat in Atlanta, Georgia, especially if there is a runoff;" Worse, "a Norwood (white) mayoral candidacy" might replace Shirley Franklin (hold that thought.) "Time is of the essence..." and "and the key is a significant black turnout in the general election..." Of course, all three black mayoral candidates have distanced themselves from the memo.
Even incumbent mayor Shirley Franklin was offended by this memo, calling it "bigoted" and "multiple variations on the word."
But notice, in the actual quote (before AJC applied qualifiers) the adjective was "Norwood," a neighborhood of Atlanta that is somewhat, well, suburbanish. But it's still part of the city, and it's citizens are still allowed to run for high office if they so choose.
There are really two threads to this memo. One of them, the outrageous one, is the racial overtones, the idea that black people "must be" represented against all other groups (White, Asian & Hispanic) in the city, at least two of those (White & Hispanic) about even in number with Blacks. The other, and the one that really says more about what Atlanta is, is the one that attacks Norwood. Why is it that Norwood people aren't Atlantans?
What is Atlanta exactly? You look at a map, and you see this odd conglomeration and butchered, twisted, tortured line advancing across the landscape, bending here, curving in there, shooting in and then shooting out, a mess, a mess of many locales over vast distances. Downtown is a place of tall towers, fancy restaurants, and constant activity, while sleepy Norwood, Home Park, and much of Buckhead and Collier Hills are single family houses with large lawns that don't have crowds, don't have action, don't have the city. They also have money and in some of these places (Norwood especially, and also much of Collier Hills) don't have to see homeless people.
When Aaron Turpeau, the author of the article, responded to the response, he said: "Everybody has an agenda. The developers have an agenda, downtown business has an agenda, the gays have an agenda, the Hispanics have an agenda." And he was trying to draft the black version. Included in his vision was "Economic equality, access to City Hall, and respect for those displaced by development." In other words, welfare/socialized taxation, controls on development (Norwood), and preferential treatment for his people (not Norwood).
On a level, these ends are loving. He has lots of friends who have little (unlike Norwood), he sees people driven out of what they have by the rising prices that always accompany development (and Norwood), and his friends, of course, he wants them at the front of the line (ahead of Norwood.)
But someone has to be at the back of the line, sir, and there is someone you don't know who you are pushing back. Further that same development that you so hate creates jobs, stable taxation for educational development in places unlike Norwood, and the abillity to take care of more people with the same land and resources. Not only does this help Atlanta, HIS FRIENDS, and blacks, but it helps the entire country, by taking pressures off places that simply cannot support the same level of development.
If you push Norwood out, just like the last time wealthier folk were pushed out of Atlanta, the taxation base for the kind of government services that Turpeau wants will wither away and the books will be dipped in red ink. By forcing Norwood to be second-class against the rest of Atlanta, effectively what folks like Turpeau lead to, you are encouraging a city to secede from Atlanta to break the heavy burden placed on its back.
Further, Norwood is governed by Atlanta and thus has every right to be represented in it. So are those Whites (outside of Norwood) and Hispanics. Until the day when Norwood leaves this city, they have a right to vote and to engage with City Hall every bit as much as Grant Park and Downtown.
In short, he's not seeing the big picture. And instead of aiding Atlanta & America away from this narrow thinking, this kleptocracy of taking from one group and giving to another, he wants to discourage justice and harmony to avoid the risks of a few years without power. He has, by way of his own cynicism and narrow-mindedness, become an enemy of justice.
What about all those Hispanics? They're not well off either. Now, you can say that what benefits your people will benefit theres, but the minute that's no longer true, they're out in the cold. Why are blacks so much more deserving then hispanics? Why should Blacks put themselves one step ahead in the line and trample on Lations whenever convenient?
In fact, let's go even further. Why should blacks be ahead of whites? Why do you think that creating more injustice and more social violence and more hate and more theft to balance out the injustice before is going to settle people's hearts and put them at peace? And how will it benefit blacks to resegregate society from the human heart outwards? People's actions are, after all, the fruit of their heart, and hearts that see themselves as anything other then human will take no compassion towards those whom they do not see as their kin.
We need to see people for who they are, not the color of the skin or what club they belong to. For as long as we continue this exclusive club way of handling our politics and society, we will always empower those who hate and push down those who wish for progress.
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