Grant Lawrence

                 

I work as a school counselor and mental health counselor in Gallup New Mexico.

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170 Articles

Sunday, February 7, 2010
The Most Important Development of the 20th Century: "The Coming of Buddhism to the West"
(7 comments) The radical transformation of humanity will fundamentally alter how we view spirituality. The fundamentalists of every religion will not be able to fit their fixed views based on centuries old paradigms into that brave new world.

Monday, February 1, 2010
The New Progressive, Eco-Friendly Bin Laden
(5 comments) In some surreal Madison Avenue Edward Bernays style of advertising campaign, Bin Laden has become a spokesman for Progressive and Environmental ideas and causes. He is being used by the Military Industrial Complex to negatively brand Progressive-ism and Environmentalism with Terrorism.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer Speaking the Truth about the Right without the 'Right' Words
Bauer doesn't believe he has said anything wrong. Rather he thinks he just has a problem with the right words. You see Bauer, like the rest of the American Right, believe they can hide inhumane policies designed to work for the rich with the right phrases.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Haiti Relief Supplies Sit at Airport--Why?
This lack of an effective aid response seems eerily reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina here in the US when supplies and manpower were not mobilized to save lives in New Orleans. What is even more amazing is that President Obama has tapped former President George W. Bush to help with the Haiti relief effort.

Friday, January 22, 2010
Hope and Change Died When Obama Took Office
President Obama, or any American President under our present system, can only kill Hope with the illusion of Change. Sadly, that is the best that we can hope for.

Thursday, January 21, 2010
A Sure Shot for Jesus--Removing Blind Spots
(2 comments) I am not sure what the meaning behind the bible codes on the high powered rifle sights. But I guess that the company putting them there must think it will help make the shooter a better shot. Or perhaps the company thinks that it will give the shooters more comfort in their holy work.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
'Beyond Vietnam'-- Martin Luther King's Message of Compassion for Today
"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."

Sunday, January 17, 2010
President Obama Slams the Banks, Wants Americans' Money Back
(7 comments) If Obama doesn't initiate real change somewhere and soon, he will not be given a second term to continue to fool the American people.

Saturday, January 16, 2010
So If Haiti was Destroyed for Devil Worship, Was New Orleans Destroyed for Christian Worship?
Fortunately, there is the Rev. Pat Robertson. He has a broad understanding of history as well as a broad understanding of God. Therefore he was able to determine that the terrible suffering of Haiti was brought on by God's wrath and not by geologic forces.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Do the Fake Bin Laden Videos Prove he is Dead?
(12 comments) If Bin Laden is alive, why doesn't he make a real video of himself?

Sunday, January 10, 2010
American Kids Less Educated than Parents--Why?
(43 comments) According to a recent report, Americans aged 25-"34 have attained less education than their parents' generation.....

Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Economy is a Disaster
(6 comments) Someday things will likely get bad enough that people will no longer be able to take the lies of the government and their lap dog accomplices in the managed media.

Saturday, January 9, 2010
Fighting for the Soul of Tiger Woods
(10 comments) Mr. Hume would have us believe that the over 2 billion Christians in the world are somehow special when it comes to the sins of the flesh.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Promise of a Trickle Down Recovery Must be Nurtured with Hope and Patience
(10 comments) We can't lose faith in trickle down economics or recoveries no matter how many people are out of work or hungry.

Sunday, January 3, 2010
Forget Full Body Scans, We Need Body Cavity Searches
(4 comments) Think about it. If we had implemented a body cavity search on the Nigerian with links to Yemen terror bomb suspect then he would not have been able to try to blow up that plane.

Saturday, January 2, 2010
Government "Lying" about Detroit Airliner Terror Incident Says Attorney, Eyewitness Passenger
(17 comments) Attorney Haskell has been through hell. He almost lost his life on Flight 253, but just as emotionally devastating to him, is the discovery that his government is lying.

Saturday, January 2, 2010
Ireland's Blasphemy Law a Blasphemous Mislead
(2 comments) A blasphemy law is blasphemous to the wonderful ideas and ideals that arose during the Enlightenment and blasphemous to the democratic tradition and principles proclaimed (but not often practiced) here in the West.

Thursday, December 31, 2009
Rush Limbaugh's Lack of a Heart for Those that Don't Get to 'Rest Comfortably'
Rush is suffering from more than a heart attack at this point. He is suffering from a lack of a heart.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Congressman Ron Paul "Anti Semitic" for Questioning
(7 comments) What is wrong with Ron Paul? First, he tells us that the Federal Reserve is a private institution that should be audited and now he tells us this way out 'Jew hating' theory that people that are occupied and bombed will strike back.

Sunday, December 27, 2009
Detroit Airliner Terror Incident: A Convenience Theory
(11 comments) I am not one that sees conspiracies everywhere, but I do like a good Convenience Theory.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A Priest's Message of Love this Christmas: Shoplifting May be the Best Option for Some
"The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath". Or, morality should be used as a guide but it doesn't mean that humanity is to be enslaved or brutalized by it.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Say Goodbye to TV Land
We have bought TV reality and in the process, we have degraded our consciousness. In a sense, we have destroyed our minds for a Big Mac.

Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Rise of Robots, What Would the Buddha Think?
As humanity takes control of its own evolution man and machine will likely evolve into a cybernetic organism. But no matter how we evolve in the future, there will still be as much need for ethics and compassion.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
God is Running Short of Cash, I Got an Idea
(4 comments) It looks as if the churches are cash strapped. Evidently they need to practice what they preach in a great big statement of faith.

Monday, December 14, 2009
Obama's Nobel War Speech in Less than 10 Words
(4 comments) Hopefully you didn't waste your time, like I did, actually listening to President Obama's Nobel War Speech.

Friday, December 11, 2009
Whatever Happened to Nazi Synthetic Gas and Oil Technology? Scarcity Scams Examined
(4 comments) Scarcity, lack, and fear make for big profits. That is why we need to understand that we really know little of what we have in technology to meet our energy needs because we can't trust the power structure that controls that information and that technology.

Thursday, December 10, 2009
Google's CEO Offers 'Blame the Victim Argument' for Technological Police State
(4 comments) "If you have something that you don't want people to know, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place"

Monday, December 7, 2009
Fed up with the 'Fed'?
(2 comments) Today, it is clear that we have few politicians that care enough for America or the American people to strike at the Federal Reserve. So the American people have to demand that the Federal Reserve is abolished. Just getting rid of Bernanke will not do anything.

Thursday, December 3, 2009
Why I Appreciate Atheists
(31 comments) I not only appreciate Atheists, but I also admire them for their character and bravery. I admire them for their thinking skills and their sense of honesty.

Saturday, November 28, 2009
Past Life Recall and other Mystical Psychic Events: What Good are They?
(16 comments) Whatever the truth of these events, the evidence seems clear that generally these experiences are transformative.

Saturday, November 28, 2009
War Crimes, Exploitation, Abuse, and Suffering Brought to You by the 'Big Lies'
(8 comments) In TV reality, the suffering and the exploitation offered by the Military Industrial Complex to the world is ignored or sometimes even applauded by Americans. Unfortunately, Americans can no longer hide behind the entertainment, the booze, and the pills.

Saturday, November 21, 2009
Would Americans be Pro-Wars if They Had to Pay for Them with Higher Taxes?
(11 comments) I wonder if Americans would opt for blood or revert to the greed if they knew their occupations would hit them right in their own wallet right now.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
President Obama: The Agonizer-in-Chief
(7 comments) Will President Obama send more troops to die for the occupation in Afghanistan?

Monday, November 16, 2009
Massive Die Offs, Eco System Collapse, Don't Worry About It
(19 comments) I hate negative people always complaining.

Sunday, November 15, 2009
Silly Texas Gov. Rick Perry Pretends to Think Fascism is Socialism
(8 comments) Texans as well as Americans are in deep trouble. Not because of the Socialism that is coming but because of the Fascism that is here.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Nearly Half of Congress Millionaires While Only Earning 6 Figures
(6 comments) Congress members find service to corporate friends has big payoff.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Bodhi Bits: Where do You Live In Your Mind?
(5 comments) No matter how we have lived our lives we can "open the gates of heaven" in this very moment by changing the focus in our minds.We can begin to form a Heavenly mental habit.

Sunday, November 1, 2009
Solution to Poverty: Allow Rich Men More Wives
(12 comments) This proposal would make the Republicans happy because it is a private plan to help end poverty.

Saturday, October 31, 2009
Deadly Public Option is Safe for the Elderly and Congress but it Will Kill the Rest of Us
(3 comments) These stooges in congress are being bought off by the insurance companies and pharmaceutical industry and quite honestly they don't give a damn if you or I live or die.

Sunday, October 25, 2009
Not Making This Up: GW Bush to be Motivational Speaker on Leadership
(6 comments) This Bush speaking engagement promises to be a momentous event in 'leadershiping.'

Sunday, October 25, 2009
Animals Think--But Monty Wishes More People Would
I have been counseling my progressive pug, Monty, but he displays resistance.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
"Sick Puppies"-- The Bush Family and the American Malady
(13 comments) As in the case with so many of history's sicko leaders, like Hitler, Stalin, etc., the question is not that a person and family sometimes are quite twisted. But the question is how these 'sickos' are able to capture the public's imagination and rise to great power in their countries.

Friday, October 16, 2009
The Dow is Up but Your House is Gone
(10 comments) But the good news is the Dow is up.

Saturday, October 10, 2009
A List of Greats that Never Won a Nobel Peace Prize
I guess it isn't so bad that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. One year they gave it to Henry Kissinger

Saturday, October 10, 2009
The Death of the Pistol Packing Soccer Mom: The Moral of the Story
(7 comments) Put Away Your Guns and Pick Up the Holy Spirit of Love

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Bill Clinton's 'Vast Right Wing Conspiracy'
(2 comments) Americans are caught up in a type of profound mass hypnosis, in which the 'Controllers of their Minds' present their reality.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Bodhisattva's Vow: Moving Past the Prison of the 'Self'
(2 comments) To the Occidental mind, this present life is really all there is. There may be a judgment and then an eternal heaven or damnation or there may be nothing after death, depending on whether that mind has a scientific or religious bent. But from an oriental perspective, this is only one of many lives.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Bodhi Bit--Karma is Not a Cosmic Retribution System
(5 comments) The concept of Karma is a way to help us understand that our past thoughts, words, and deeds will have an effect but it is not the sole determinant of our Lives. Instead, we are in deep communion with all of life. We are in fact a community of being under an illusion of an individual identity.

Monday, September 21, 2009
America's Consumerist Psyche: A Sickness Killing the Country
The American psyche is often very perplexing to those that still want to assign some human decency to it. I am not one of those.

Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Book of Revelation: Bad News for Those Waiting on 'End Times'
(58 comments) The bottom line here is for all of you waiting for Armageddon and End Times, you might want to think long and hard about that. Let's face it, the odds stink and you woman are out of luck.

Friday, September 4, 2009
Americans: A Silly People Concerned by the Inane While the World Burns
(28 comments) I am completely serious when I write that I sometimes feel as if I am trapped amongst a type of zombie race of people that have lost common sense and reasoning by a mass disease that attacks and destroys the frontal lobe.

Monday, August 31, 2009
Bodhi Bit--Contemplating Death
If we take a few moments to contemplate our own deaths, it can have a way to bring us quickly back into reality. A few moments thinking about how, like a firefly flashing about on a warm summer's night, our lives are very short in time will appropriately rock our world.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Senator Joe Lieberman: Recession Not a Good Time for Health Care Reform
(2 comments) What if we took away health care coverage for Congressman and Senators and the rest of Federal government employees?

Sunday, August 23, 2009
Bodhi Bit--Healing Attitudes to Soul Force
(25 comments) In my work as a counselor to children and teens, I have found certain attitudes to be helpful for healing.

Monday, August 17, 2009
Stupid Theoretical Physicist Stephen Hawking Supports Socialized Medicine
(15 comments) I get a little upset when I see the people over in Great Britain and other countries claiming how great their health care system is, just because it is free and effective.

Monday, August 10, 2009
Death Panels Already Exist, They are Called Corporate Health Insurance Bureaucrats
(8 comments) The most intrusive system to life saving medical care is already occurring.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Bernanke's Economic Hit on America: Bankrupted and Destroyed by Design
(8 comments) Still, despite the supposed angst and anger of Ben Bernanke over the trillions of dollars he had to give to the banksters, things are going just as planned for the Federal Reserve and the Economic Hit Men that control much of the world's economy.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Bodhi Bit--The Shadow
(19 comments) Being human is Being a Hypocrite. Morality is a capricious fiance, we want to marry her but we can never live with her. Moralists must live in the hell of their own condemnations.

Friday, July 17, 2009
Bodhi Bit--Instant Karma?
(14 comments) When we develop a certain level of consciousness we become more aware of the fruit of our consciousness acting in our lives and some call that instant Karma.

Sunday, July 12, 2009
Bodhi Bit--Christ Consciousness
(54 comments) Many think that adopting a heart and mind similar to Jesus or the Buddha is unattainable. For sure it is rare when people attain such levels of compassion and understanding. But the message of Jesus and the Buddha was to have people rise to that level of being that brings great joy and wholeness (holiness) into their lives and into the world.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Jesus Would Take His Gun to Church [Satire]
(11 comments) Wait, you don't believe Jesus would take his gun to church? You don't even think Jesus would carry a gun?

Sunday, July 5, 2009
Alaska's Greatest Gift to America, Sarah Palin, Gave Alaska a Great Gift
But I am really not sure how Palin matches up with Joe Reddington, the sled dog musher or Joe Juneau, the prospector. I will say that I am partial to Jack London the great author of books like "The Call of the Wild" as being a greater gift to the United States than Sarah Palin.

Saturday, July 4, 2009
Tennessee's Law Allowing Guns in Bars Doesn't Go Far Enough
(22 comments) Tennessee must know that a lot of shootings occur at home and maybe this is the government's way of trying to slow the rate of domestic shootings and violence.

Saturday, July 4, 2009
More on Akwesasne Mohawk Peace Caravan Protest
(3 comments) The Mohawk people and their numerous supporters should be applauded for standing up for peace, in the spirit of the Great Peacemaker and according to their constitution, the Kaianereh'ko:wa/Great Law.

Thursday, July 2, 2009
Happy Birthday Canada! America Could Learn A Lot from You
(11 comments) Now I know you Canadians don't like to brag or appear too egotistical. But you are a great country and we Americans have a lot we could learn a lot from you.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
American Southwest Geoglyphs--a Message to Ancient UFO Visitors?
(16 comments) Certainly the native peoples of the southwest didn't have craft to see the Intaglios. But, maybe they were signaling those that could see their art. Many Native tribes have stories of their star origins. Possibly these supposed "myths" have some connection to the truth of ancient interactions from star visitors.

Friday, June 26, 2009
Pissed Off Monkey Pisses On a Politician
There is this monkey that did the world a favor.

Friday, June 26, 2009
Runaway S.C. Gov. Should Resign for Being Stupid
(5 comments) South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford became the first governor to reject some of his state's share of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus money.

Thursday, June 25, 2009
Mental Health: Supportive Relationships Key
(3 comments) "What works is being kind and listening to people, encouraging them to be optimistic and treating them with respect."

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Obama Administration Continues to Throw Money at Failed Charter School Concept
(13 comments) We have recently seen what the market solution has done to the nation's economy. The government allowed the financial interests to run Wall Street and the country and both collapsed. The market solution didn't work on Wall Street and it certainly won't work in public education.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Iran: What do the Protests Really Mean?
(4 comments) For the masses to risk imprisonment and death over the election of a largely puppet position seems odd.

Monday, June 22, 2009
Transmigration of the Soul: A Helpful Concept
(6 comments) Life's complexity offers endless possibilities, all of them fascinating.

Saturday, June 20, 2009
No Unemployment Compensation for Many Americans
(2 comments) Being Unemployed in America is most often a brutal experience.

Thursday, June 18, 2009
$100 can get You a House in Detroit
The city used to be the heart of America. Now the heart has been ripped out of America.

Monday, June 15, 2009
VP Biden: We Were too Stupid about the Economy
(11 comments) Most Americans are getting tired of this pretend game of "we were just too stupid to know." These people running the country aren't stupid and they do know, but unfortunately they just don't care about the American people unless we make them care.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009
"Free Trade" Destroying Amazon Rain Forest and Killing Indigenous People
(8 comments) We have seen how globalization has wrecked the US and world economies. Obviously, trade is beneficial and helpful but there needs to be "fair trade" that makes it a win/win situation for all participants. Instead, we have "free trade" that exploits people and resources with little or no democratic governmental oversight. Most often the poor suffer the most.

Sunday, June 7, 2009
Americans are only "One Illness Away from Financial Ruin"
(7 comments) A recent study found that bankruptcies are really not due to people living it up in Hawaii and buying a Mercedes Benz. Rather, according to the study, 60% of people that go bankrupt are brought down by medical bills.

Saturday, June 6, 2009
Almost Former Senator Norm Coleman has a Worthless Idea to Save GOP
Well, I disagree with Senator Norm Coleman on everything but here I almost agree with him.

Saturday, June 6, 2009
Walk Therapy--Good for the Heart and Mind
(6 comments) I utilize something that I call "walk therapy" when working with my kids at school.However, it can work also for nearly everyone.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Bush was a Symptom of an Assault on Consciousness
(2 comments) Americans talk of freedom all of the time. But until they begin to free their own minds then there will never be much freedom in a land controlled and manipulated by the dark forces of Empire.

Monday, June 1, 2009
In America a Sucker Born Every Second: $546,668 Owed Per Household
(3 comments) Hell, those nasty no good s.o.b's taking our money for things like social security and medicare. This really is enough to make an American mad.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
An Open Letter to Jesus: My God Would Torture to Save Lives
(22 comments) Dear Jesus, A lot of your followers are into torture. They say, Jesus, that you wouldn't want to do it. But they say it is good for your followers to torture because it saves lives.

Monday, May 25, 2009
Why Socialism? This Guy Einstein is an Idiot
(28 comments) This man Einstein is an idiot. He obviously hasn't heard Rush Limbaugh and other "Ditto Heads" on the radio explain the dangers of socialism.

Sunday, May 17, 2009
Obama Says Too Much Change Is Bad When Asked about Healthcare for All
(2 comments) Funny what President Obama thinks Americans get upset about.

Sunday, May 17, 2009
Senate Allows Credit Card Banksters to Continue 'Loan Sharking'
(3 comments) The credit racket that actually makes the citizens worse than indentured servants because those servants of old were allowed out of their debt at some point.

Friday, May 15, 2009
No Future Money For Social Security--Gave it All to the Bankers
(4 comments) Sorry folks, but the bankers have robbed you of your future social security checks. You see there were trillions for the bankers and a trillion or so for wars, but there is no money for you.

Friday, May 8, 2009
The Dalai Lama: A Good Showman but an Empty Robe
(9 comments) Unfortunately the Dalai Lama has put his own cause above the cause of humanity.

Friday, May 1, 2009
Obama Says Waterboarding Torture--Now What?
(13 comments) According to the Nuremberg Principles, a set of guidelines on what constitutes a war crime, acts of torture authorized by government officials demands international justice.

Thursday, April 30, 2009
Jesus a Spirit Talker: Healing Through the Holy Spirit
(6 comments) Jesus was quoted as saying, "If these keep silence, the stones will cry out." (Lk. 19.40) Jesus had such a profound connection to the spirit of all life that he even knew that stones and minerals sing and have a life. The medicine healers of the tribes, like Jesus, know that there is the spirit life in all things.

Thursday, April 30, 2009
The Global Pandemic Coincidence
(4 comments) I guess I am cynical or a bit conspiratorial but when there is money to be made, goals to be met, and greater power to be gained then I have little trust in the present killing machine that runs much of the world.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Specter's Move to Democrats: So What?
Senator Arlen Specter becoming a Democrat, a Green, or resigning will not change the power dynamics in Washington.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Flow of Life is Found in the Truth of Life
(8 comments) How is it that we can spend more time in "the Flow" and less time in the struggle of life?

Sunday, April 19, 2009
The Flow of Life is Found in the Truth of Life
(3 comments) Once we realize that Life is divisible only in our minds then we come to an understanding that in reality there is only Life and we are all that Life.

Monday, April 13, 2009
How Chrisitan Fundamentalism and Social Darwinism Brought about the Collapse of the American Economy
(10 comments) Americans have always loved money but over the last several decades it became an all consuming desire brought on by something seemingly more powerful than God--Greed. Or in the view of Fundamentalist Christians, it was the power of greed that served God.

Sunday, April 12, 2009
All War is a Crime and There are No "Good Wars"
(13 comments) As long as people believe in "good wars" then they will be doomed to face the evils of war. There are no good wars and all war is a crime. Unless most of the world's population begin to look at war itself as a crime against humanity, we will be doomed to continue in an endless round of wars for good causes. (Editor note--timely although late to post on OEN)

Thursday, April 2, 2009
Ants and Bees Too Advanced--No Politicians, Bankers, or Lawyers
(8 comments) When I consider the ants and the bees, I think that we must be dealing with an enlightened bunch. But then I think about humans and it all goes down hill from there. Human beings are always looking to get one over on each other.

Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Great Peacemaker's Thunder Message
(14 comments) Dekanawida has passed on but his spirit remains in this great land. We are now living in troubled times and the message of the Great Peacemaker is more important than ever.

Friday, March 27, 2009
Military Industrial "War" Consciousness Responsible for Economic and Social Collapse
It is no accident that after years of war and preparing for war, our society is crumbling. Science and technological resources along with economic and natural resources have been squandered in the never ending pursuit of enemies.

Friday, March 27, 2009
How Much Does it Take to be Happy?
(24 comments) Americans require a lot to be happy and yet they are not that happy. But other countries and regions don't require a lot and are as happy or happier.

Sunday, March 22, 2009
Taxpayers Should Reward Gaming Industries--Win or Lose
(2 comments) I stand with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in asking that the federal government do more to help casinos tap into the stimulus money. After all, look at what the federal government has done to help other institutions that engage in gambling.

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Former President Bush Faces One of his Toughest Challenges
(10 comments) Times are tough for the country and the world but it seems that things aren't so great for former President George W. Bush. (Satire)

Monday, March 16, 2009
We Gave Billions to the Banksters and all we Got were these Cheap Tennis Shoes
(7 comments) In this new globalized world we live in, American taxpayers have to do more than support the super wealthy in America. We now have to support many of the big banks of Europe.

Sunday, March 15, 2009
2012--A Shift Away from Reptilian Consciousness?
(3 comments) Humans operate from a certain level of consciousness. It is from a certain level of being that we perceive our reality, make our choices, and act accordingly.

Friday, March 13, 2009
Oil Price Manipulation: A Weapon for the "Prevailing World Order"
(5 comments) "However, it is not all bad news, because the major oil producing countries have been the enemies of the prevailing world order." Global Financier George Soros

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Americans are Mentally Goosestepping to Another War
(23 comments) I remember watching films of Adolf Hitler when I was young and seeing the German army goosestepping and the overjoyed Germans worshiping their Fuhrer. I remember thinking "how could people be like that stupid?"

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Gorbachev and the Buddha--A Middle Way for Humanity
(26 comments) Both the Gorbachev and the Buddha have mapped out a Middle Way that can be applied to human development and human relationships for the benefit of humanity.

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Reverend Dollars Explains Why Christians Condemn Socialism
(4 comments) Lately, I have heard a lot of radio and TV preachers warn their flock that Americans are turning to Socialism. I sought out the Reverend Dollars to explain the danger. (Satire)

Saturday, March 7, 2009
A Health Care Plan that can Offset "Astounding" Job Losses
(2 comments) This plan is so beautiful in its simplicity that English logician and Franciscan friar, William of Ockham would certainly be touting it as the best plan.

Friday, March 6, 2009
Conservatives Need to Reject Limbaugh and the NeoCons
(2 comments) All during those illegal drug induced years, Limbaugh inspired conservatives by giving the same message he is delivering today. Which makes me wonder if he is still on something.

Friday, March 6, 2009
The Dangers of Health Care for All
(7 comments) Suppose everyone were to have health coverage then there would be more healthy Americans living longer.

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Advice for Tough Economic Times
(7 comments) To sum up my advice on tough times. Don't just lie down and take it.

Monday, March 2, 2009
British PM Brown: "Globalization is Not an Option"
(7 comments) Humanity doesn't have an option on whether they want their governments, science, and technology to work for them or to work for the global elite that presently run globalization.

Friday, February 27, 2009
Obama--The War President
(7 comments) America Voted for Change and Got Another War President.

Thursday, February 26, 2009
A Cosmic Religion of the Future
(19 comments) In this coming cycle of humanity, there needs to be a spirituality that fits our minds as well as our hearts. A spirituality that doesn't ask us to abandon wisdom and understanding in favor of rituals, traditions, and routine.

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Things to Come--A Green Economy or an Eco Nightmare?
(2 comments) The water war that we are seeing in the American South is surely a sign of things to come.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009
An Expert in Economics Explains Why the Rich Shouldn't Pay More in Taxes
(2 comments) Dr. Reaganomics has the answers.

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Change Your Focus and Change Your World
There is a Way Out of the Desperation

Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Good News of Economic Collapse
(2 comments) Amid the terrible economic news there was a bright spot in the economic collapse. A beaver was sighted in the Detroit River for the first time in 75 Years.

Thursday, February 19, 2009
The One State Solution to the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
(10 comments) As humanity moves out of the dark ages and accepts and appreciates the various races, ethnicities, and cultures of the world so must there be an awakening in Israel.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
You are the Fruit of your Relationships
(6 comments) Real wisdom comes in knowing the influence others have on you

Monday, February 16, 2009
The Bishop of London Proclaims the "Good News" Of Losing Your Job
(2 comments) An Obviously Well Fed and Comfortable Bishop of London Has Some Words of Encouragement to Laid Off Workers

Saturday, February 14, 2009
Progressive Republicans
(2 comments) This group "Progressive Republicans" is pretty funny.

Saturday, February 14, 2009
The Greatest Conspiracy Story Ever Told
(10 comments) Those gospel stories of Jesus and the supposed collusion between the Romans and the Jewish establishment of his time just can't be true.

Thursday, February 12, 2009
Are We All Socialists Now?
(30 comments) In a true socialist system the banks would be nationalized and the corporate interests would not control the economy and foreign policy.

Thursday, February 12, 2009
Nearly 1 Billion Starving
(6 comments) Not much to worry about unless you are included as one of the starving.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
"The Situation Could Not Be More Serious"
(9 comments) I agree with the President that the situation is terrible. Unfortunately, I don't think Mr. Obama's remedy is going to save the economy. Here's why.

Sunday, February 8, 2009
Become Nourished by the Great Mother and Gain Nothing
(3 comments) The Buddha was once asked what he had gained from enlightenment and he replied that he had gained nothing.

Saturday, February 7, 2009
It is Time to Move Past the "We Can't Talk to Them" Propaganda
(9 comments) I am a child of the Cold War and endless propaganda, leading to terrible fear and trauma, was drummed into me from nearly birth. We were all told that the Communists were evil doers and we could never negotiate with them.

Friday, February 6, 2009
Understanding America: Nearly Half of us are Crazy
(5 comments) The way things work here in America is that you have nearly half of the population that feel it is just plain wrong to give any government money to anyone but to the rich and the corporate elite.

Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Hidden Life and Its Healing Medicine Power
(7 comments) That is the Thunder message for humanity. Be still and open your hearts and minds. You will discover a love that will not only heal yourselves but will ultimately be the healing of this world.

Sunday, February 1, 2009
Let's Now Have Capitalism with a Human Face?
(6 comments) The Military Industrial Empire that has established global control based on the domination of markets and countries through a combination of military might and fascist capitalism is presently on the ropes.

Monday, January 26, 2009
The Power of Appreciation
(7 comments) An Ancient Remedy Used By Traditional Peoples for an Ancient and Modern Malady

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Heyoka's Guide to Earthly Living
(4 comments) Now that society has crashed from the abuses and excesses of living in greed and implementing terror for power we need the rise of the Heyoka Spirit.

Saturday, January 17, 2009
Some Noteworthy Coincidences
(6 comments) Coincidence Theories to Ponder

Monday, January 12, 2009
Past Life Experiences and What they Taught Me.
(7 comments) Life manifests according to what we vibe with. If we want to transform our lives then we must first transform our being.

Friday, January 9, 2009
Make Obama Do It
(14 comments) President-Elect Obama Offers a Way to Real Change

Sunday, January 4, 2009
The Thunderbird and Thunder Beings
(11 comments) A Sighting of the Great Bird and its Great Significance

Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Space Ships, Skin Walkers, Ghosts, and Beyond
(9 comments) My Experiences in the Navajo "Worlds"

Sunday, December 21, 2008
A Christmas Gift to All that Will Accept It
(4 comments) It is a very powerful and moving idea, and I believe a truth, that the way to a better world for ourselves is to seek a better world for all.

Saturday, December 20, 2008
The Trendy Formerly Homeless
Many Americans are Finding the American Dream by Breaking into Foreclosed and Vacant Homes to Live.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Cheney and Obama
(5 comments) Cheney is Impressed with Obama's Selections. Both Have a lot in Common.

Monday, December 15, 2008
"Bad Apples"
(4 comments) Writer Grant Lawrence asserts that all Americans share in the blame for "the terrible and sordid activities of the Bush Administration." [Ed]

Sunday, December 14, 2008
The Tao of Sanity
(9 comments) A Remedy for a Sick World

Saturday, December 6, 2008
The Beauty Way
(2 comments) The Spirit of the Navajo Embraces the Truth

Saturday, November 29, 2008
Break Out of Your Prison
(5 comments) Einstein Offers a Way Out

Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A Cold and Brutal Future
(14 comments) Iceland May be a Bellwether

Saturday, October 18, 2008
Peace is a Terrorist Weapon
(3 comments) Sometimes You Got to Destroy a Country to Save it.

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Republican Propaganda
Blame McCain

Saturday, October 11, 2008
Move Past the Deception
(7 comments) Uncivilize Yourself

Thursday, October 9, 2008
"My Fellow Prisoners"
Straight Talk from a Political Maverick

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tent Cities Are Good
(3 comments) Applying Palin's Positive Outlook to the New Global Economy

Saturday, October 4, 2008
WWJD
(2 comments) There is No Longer Any Question

Monday, September 29, 2008
The Game Explained
(2 comments) Take a Look at Your Likely Future

Friday, September 26, 2008
My Reactions to the First Debate
(3 comments) I Feel Your Pain

Thursday, September 25, 2008
I Wanted to Understand the New Economy
(2 comments) So I Asked an Expert

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Everything is Fine.... Not to Worry
(5 comments) Just Go Shopping

Thursday, September 11, 2008
Life in America Today
(2 comments) Messing Up Big Time Can Mean Big Bucks... But Not for You

Thursday, September 11, 2008
I Am Sick of Wasteful Tax and Spend Republicans
(4 comments) Where the Money Could Come from to Support a More Just Society

Sunday, September 7, 2008
"Conspiracy" Terrorists Arrested
(4 comments) We Should All be Sleeping Better

Saturday, September 6, 2008
Why 79 Million People Don't Count
Why Less than 1% of Americans are the Only Ones that Really Count

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A VP Pick for McCain
(4 comments) The Best Choice Might Surprise You

Saturday, August 23, 2008
The Solution to Much of Our Political Problems
Outsourcing is the Answer

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Are You a NeoCon?
(4 comments) Take A Simple Test

Monday, August 18, 2008
Bush Tours Disaster Area
(3 comments) "The Nightmare is Almost, You Know, Over," Bush Reassures Survivors. See this Onion News Network VIDEO.

Saturday, August 16, 2008
Looking for Bush Supporters
(4 comments) I talked to One

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Grand Empire Chessboard
(7 comments) Wars for Oil are a Necessary Part of It

Saturday, August 9, 2008
I am Boycotting the Olympics
(16 comments) One Person Doing What is Right Matters

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Wal-Mart Gets Unionized But Not Here
(14 comments) So What? Well, that depends on what you think is important.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The Neighbors Hate Us Because of Our Freedom
(6 comments) But We Have a Final Solution for the Ingrates

Monday, August 4, 2008
An Economic WMD
(1 comments) A Conspiracy You Shouldn't Ignore

 

 

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