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More Madness.  An article today in the Telegraph.co.uk tell us that parents today are uncomfortable with traditional fairy tales.  Seems they just aren’t politically correct.  I would have let this slide, but for one detail.  They have a problem with Snow White.  It turns out that the title “Dwarves” is demeaning.  For anyone that remembers me from Jill’s, you can imagine my reaction.  WHAT????? You gotta problem with midgets?????

But I digress. 

From the article:

Favourites such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Rapunzel are being dropped by some families who fear children are being emotionally damaged.

A third of parents refused to read Little Red Riding Hood because she walks through woods alone and finds her grandmother eaten by a wolf.

One in 10 said Snow White should be re-named because “the dwarf reference is not PC”.

Rapunzel was considered “too dark” and Cinderella has been dumped amid fears she is treated like a slave and forced to do all the housework.

The poll of 3,000 British parents - by TheBabyWebsite.com - revealed a quarter of mothers now rejected some classic fairy tales.

This means that over a quarter of the newest generation will never know the thrill of walking over a bridge, scared out of their minds that a hungry troll lives beneath.  More than 25% of our children will die never having met the witch in Hansel and Gretel.  While the witch was definitely scary, the tradeoff is never nibbling on a gingerbread house.

Instead these parents are promoting such exciting books as “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”…*yawn*, by Eric Carle.  While I’m sure it’s a fine story, can it really compare with 7 midgets?  And a creepy old lady bearing poisoned apples????

So for your enjoyment, I give you a politically correct bedtime story:

Little Red Riding Hood - A Politically Correct Fairy Tale

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by Jim Garner

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There once was a young person named Red Riding Hood who lived with her mother on the edge of a large wood. One day her mother asked her to take a basket of fresh fruit and mineral water to her grandmother’s house — not because this was womyn’s work, mind you, but because the deed was generous and helped engender a feeling of community. Furthermore, her grandmother was not sick, but rather was in full physical and mental health and was fully capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult.
So Red Riding Hood set off with her basket of food through the woods. Many people she knew believed that the forest was a foreboding and dangerous place and never set foot in it. Red Riding Hood, however, was confident…

On her way to Grandma’s house, Red Riding Hood was accosted by a Wolf, who asked her what was in her basket. She replied, “Some healthful snacks for my grandmother, who is certainly capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult.”

The Wolf said, “You know, my dear, it isn’t safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone.”
Red Riding Hood said, “I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid worldview. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must be on my way.”

Red Riding Hood walked on along the main path. But, because his status outside society had freed him from slavish adherence to linear, Western-style thought, the Wolf knew of a quicker route to Grandma’s house. He burst into the house and ate Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as himself. Then, unhampered by rigid, traditionalist notions of what was masculine or feminine, he put on grandma’s nightclothes and crawled into bed.

Red Riding Hood entered the cottage and said, “Grandma, I have brought you some fat-free, sodium-free snacks to salute you in your role of a wise and nurturing matriarch.”

From the bed, the Wolf said softly, “Come closer, child, so that I might see you.”

Red Riding Hood said, “Oh, I forgot you are as optically challenged as a bat. Grandma, what big eyes you have!”

“They have seen much, and forgiven much, my dear.”

“Grandma, what a big nose you have — only relatively, of course, and certainly attractive in its own way.”

“It has smelled much, and forgiven much, my dear.”

“Grandma, what big teeth you have!”

The Wolf said, “I am happy with and what I am,” and leaped out of bed. He grabbed Red Riding Hood in his claws, intent on devouring her.

Red Riding Hood screamed, not out of alarm at the Wolf’s apparent tendency toward cross-dressing, but because of his willful invasion of her personal space.

Her screams were heard by a passing woodchopper-person (or log-fuel technician, as he preferred to be called). When he burst into the cottage, he saw the melee and tried to intervene. But as he raised his ax, Red Riding and the Wolf both stopped.

“And what do you think you’re doing?” asked Red Riding Hood.

The woodchopper-person blinked and tried to answer, but no words came to him.

“Bursting in here like a Neanderthal, trusting your weapon to do your thinking for you!” she said. “Sexist! Speciesist! How dare you assume that womyn and wolves can’t solve their own problems without a man’s help!”
When she heard Red Riding Hood’s speech, Grandma jumped out of the mouth, took the woodchopper-person’s axe, and cut his head off. After this ordeal, Red Riding Hood, Grandma, and the Wolf felt a certain commonality of purpose. They decided to set up an alternative household based on mutual respect and cooperation, and they lived together in the woods happily ever after.
originally appeared in “Comic Relief” April, 1993

You can check out more about  Jim Garner (James Finn Garner) and his Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by going here

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Oi Vey.  The love affair Obama is having with the former Clinton administration is getting annoying.  How is this change?  Sounds to me like we are going backyards in time instead of looking forward.

Here’s a good one for you.  The newest pick for CIA director was made public without Obama’s permission.  The media got their information through leaks.  Oh yea.  That makes me feel safe. 

From the NY Times:

The choice (Leon Panetta), disclosed Monday by Democratic officials, immediately revealed divisions in the party as two senior lawmakers questioned why Mr. Obama would nominate a candidate with limited experience in intelligence matters.

In the middle of a war with terrorists Obama thinks its a good idea to nominate someone who has only been a politician.  Oh weeee, this is getting fun, isn’t it?

Here is what experience Panetta has:

As President Clinton’s chief of staff for two and a half years, Mr. Panetta regularly attended daily intelligence briefings in the Oval Office, and he has a reputation in Washington as a skilled manager and power broker with a strong background in budget issues. But he has little direct intelligence experience, and did not serve on the House Intelligence Committee during his 16 years in Congress.

No experience in intelligence, only experience as a politician.  You may be wondering what others think of this pick:

Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and the new chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee……“My position has consistently been that I believe the agency is best served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time,” she said.

Senator John d. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia….shares Ms. Feinstein’s concerns….

Ms. Feinstein’s Republican counterpart on the Intelligence Committee, Senator Christopher S. Bond of Missouri…..“looking hard at Panetta’s intelligence expertise and qualifications.”

“It’s a puzzling choice and a high-risk choice,” said Amy Zegart, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles………“The best way to change intelligence policies from the Bush administration responsibly is to pick someone intimately familiar with them,” Ms. Zegart said. “This is intelligence, not tax or transportation policy. You can’t hit the ground running by reading briefing books and asking smart questions.”

I saw only three positive remarks for this pick in this article.  Only 1 of those positive ones actually had a full quote.

So why did Panetta get chosen?

Democratic officials said Mr. Panetta’s gravitas and ties to Mr. Obama would give the C.I.A. a powerful voice within the administration, particularly in bureaucratic jockeying with the Pentagon, which has a much bigger budget and more bureaucratic clout.

Hasn’t the Democratic party had enough problems with pay-to-play scandals?  Oh – and another reason he  may have been picked is because he doesn’t believe in the CIA’s interrogative techniques.  We all know how Obama wants to have tea parties and beg our enemies not to hurt us.  He just may have nominated a CIA director who believes the same thing.

Now for the most disturbing points in that article:

If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Panetta would take control of the agency most directly responsible for hunting senior leaders of Al Qaeda around the world.

Now I bit more information from Fox News:

Sens. Diane Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller, the incoming and outgoing intelligence committee chairmen, wanted Kappes or an intelligence professional chosen for CIA director.

Feinstein’s spokesman said the California senator did not receive a phone call about Panetta from anyone in the Obama camp and  learned about the decision from news reports.

A source told FOX News that the news got out before the transition was ready to announce it, and suggested Feinstein would have been consulted at some point. However, it seems as if she would have been informed rather than consulted, inasmuch as they have already chosen Panetta.

So Obama’s change is going to be keeping secrets from the people who need the information and not getting advice from the people who have the experience.  Oh yea. 

Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa

It will help to have a little background on the peoples of Rwanda/Burundi.  Two of three groups are involved in what took place there.  The Hutu and the Tutsi.

The Tutsi are a people who live in Rwanda, Burundi, and the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They have much in common with the other groups of this region, the Twa and the Hutu. Their cultures are similar, and they all speak the same language.

In the past, the Tutsi were cattle herders. They were a minority of the population. However, most of the upper-class rulers were Tutsi. A system of cattle trading helped keep peace among the different groups. The wealthier people (often Tutsi) lent cattle to the poorer ones (often Hutu). In return they gained their labor, loyalty, and political support.

Social relations in Rwanda and Burundi were changed by European rule. The Germans held power

from the 1890s until World War I (1914–18). Then the Belgians ruled until 1962. For most of this period, the Europeans treated the Tutsi better than the Hutu. In the 1950s, however, the Belgians urged the Hutu to challenge Tutsi power. In 1959 Hutu leaders overthrew the Tutsi monarchy in Rwanda. Many Tutsi fled to nearby countries. In Burundi, the change to independence was more peaceful. The mwami (the Tutsi king) helped the Tutsi and Hutu sides reach an agreement. However, the peace did not last. The Hutu tried to gain power by force, and they were defeated.

When the colonial period ended, opposite sides controlled Rwanda and Burundi. The Hutu held power in Rwanda until 1994. The Tutsi still rule Burundi. Hutu power in Rwanda ended in 1994 when Tutsi rebels overthrew the government. However, this Tutsi victory occurred at a great cost in human lives. As many as one million people were killed.

Most of the Tutsi are Roman Catholic.  The Hutu are a mix of Roman Catholic and Protestant.  While religion did not play a significant role in the genocide there, it is important to note, as the nation as a whole was predominantly Catholic, and Mary chose to appear there.

Many of the messages given to the children were requests for prayer and turning back to God. 

Here is the dialogue that took place between Marie Claire and Mary on April 2, 1982:

Mary: “Do repent! Do repent! Do repent!”

Marie Claire: “But I do!”

Mary: “When I tell you this, I do not speak to you alone, but I speak also to all the others. Men of our times have emptied each thing of its true meaning: he who commits a fault does not recognize that he did wrong.”

Marie Claire: “We are weak, without strength. Give us the strength to recognize our faults and to ask forgiveness for them.”

Our Lady recommends to us to say the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows, to obtain the contrition of our sins.

On May 31, 1982, Our Lady said to Marie Claire:

“What I ask of you is repentance. If you recite this chaplet, while meditating on it, you will then have the strength to repent. Today, many people do not know any more how to ask forgiveness. They nail again the Son of God on the Cross. So I wanted to come and recall it to you, especially here in Rwanda, for here I have still found humble people, who are not attached to wealth nor money”.

This message was for the government officials and statesmen:

Here are excerpts from a Message of our Heavenly Mother to the seer Alphonsine during Her last Apparition on November 28, 1989. It was published in the May-June, 1990 issue of “Michael”:

“I speak to you who hold power, and who represent the nation: save the people, instead of being their torturers. Don’t rob the people; share with others. Be careful not to persecute, to muzzle those who want to denounce your errors. I say it to you, I repeat it, whatever you do, even though you try everything to harm somebody because he loves his fellow men, defends human rights, fights for the respect of the life of others, and for the truth and all that is good, and even because he fights so that God may be loved and respected, whatever you do, you can do nothing against him.”

The Virgin also said to Alphonsine: “I love you very much. If I came, it is because you needed it.”

Some of the messages however, were not so broad.  One, was very ominous indeed.

On August 19, 1982, the seers saw “a river of blood, people who were killing each other, abandoned corpses with no one to bury them, a tree all in flames, bodies without their heads.”

In February 1994, Our Lady prepared Agnes in a private apparition for the painful events. In that vision Agnes saw her parents as being killed in Kibeho.

“There isn’t much time left in preparing for the Last Judgment. We must change our live, renounce sin. Pray and prepare for our own death and for the end of the world. We must prepare while there is still time. Those who do well will go to Heaven. If they do evil, they will condemn themselves with no hope of appeal. Do not lose time in doing good and praying. There is not much time and Jesus will come.”

In April of that year, the Hutu implemented one of the most horrendous cases of genocide in history.  Between 800,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed in by militant Hutu members.  They used machetes that had been imported from China.

The Hutu, now without opposition from the world community, engaged in genocidal mania, clubbing and hacking to death defenseless Tutsi families with machetes everywhere they were found. The Rwandan state radio, controlled by Hutu extremists, further encouraged the killings by broadcasting non-stop hate propaganda and even pinpointed the locations of Tutsis in hiding. The killers were aided by members of the Hutu professional class including journalists, doctors and educators, along with unemployed Hutu youths and peasants who killed Tutsis just to steal their property.

Many Tutsis took refuge in churches and mission compounds. These places became the scenes of some of the worst massacres. In one case, at Musha, 1,200 Tutsis who had sought refuge were killed beginning at 8 a.m. lasting until the evening. Hospitals also became prime targets as wounded survivors were sought out then killed.

In some local villages, militiamen forced Hutus to kill their Tutsi neighbors or face a death sentence for themselves and their entire families. They also forced Tutsis to kill members of their own families.

By mid May, an estimated 500,000 Tutsis had been slaughtered. Bodies were now commonly seen floating down the Kigara River into Lake Victoria.

Rivers of Blood.  Abandoned Corpses.  Bodies Without Heads.  The exact scenario that Mary described to the Children of Kibeho almost 10 years earlier.

And what became of our visionaries?

Alphonsine is now a cloistered nun living in the Saint Claire convent of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She took the name Alphonsine de la Croix Glorieuse, or Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross.

 
Nathalie resides at the Kibeho parish where she works in dedication to the Church. Her most cherished duty is preparing the altar for Mass. She remains a shy and humble witness to the apparitions.

Marie Claire married Elie Ntabadahiga in 1987 and moved to Kigali to live with him. She was killed in the genocide in 1994. Eyewitness accounts vary, but the clearest indication is that her husband was taken prisoner by militants; when she begged for his release, she was murdered.

Emmanuel died while trying to escape.

The whereabouts of Stephanie is unknown.

“Although I am the Mother of God,  , I am simple and humble.  I always place myself where you are.  I love you as you are.  I never reproach my little ones.  When a child is without reproach in front of her mother, she will tell her everything that is in her heart.  I am grateful when a child of mine is joyful with me.  That joy is a most beautiful sign of trust and love.  Few understand the mysteries of God’s love.  Let me as your Mother embrace all my children with love so that you can confide your deepest longings to me.  Know that i give all your longings to my Son Jesus, your brother.”

The Minnesota senate election is getting embarrassing.  It’s getting down to the Demorates wanting to defraud every vote so they can win.  It’s a disgrace.  From the Wall Street Journal:

Thanks to the machinations of Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and a meek state Canvassing Board, Mr. Franken may emerge as an illegitimate victor.

Mr. Franken…..who was insisting on "counting every vote" wants to shut the process down. He’s getting help from Mr. Ritchie and his four fellow Canvassing Board members, who have delivered inconsistent rulings and are ignoring glaring problems with the tallies.

(I)t appears some officials may have failed to mark ballots as duplicates, which are now being counted in addition to the originals. This helps explain why more than 25 precincts now have more ballots than voters who signed in to vote.

And one Canvassing Board member, State Supreme Court Justice G. Barry Anderson, has acknowledged that "very likely there was a double counting." Yet the board insists that it lacks the authority to question local officials and it is merely adding the inflated numbers to the totals.

(Hennepin County) officials may have accidentally run the ballots through the machine twice on Election Night — the Canvassing Board chose to go with the Election Night total, rather than the actual number of ballots in the recount. That decision gave Mr. Franken a gain of 46 votes.

Ramsey County precinct ended up with 177 more ballots than there were recorded votes on Election Night. In that case, the board decided to go with the extra ballots, rather than the Election Night total, even though the county is now showing more ballots than voters in the precinct. This gave Mr. Franken a net gain of 37 votes, which means he’s benefited both ways from the board’s inconsistency.

Many Franken-leaning counties did so (re examining rejected absentee ballots), submitting 1,350 ballots to include in the results. But many Coleman-leaning counties have yet to complete a re-examination. Despite this lack of uniformity, and though the state Supreme Court has yet to rule on a Coleman request to standardize this absentee review, Mr. Ritchie’s office nonetheless plowed through the incomplete pile of 1,350 absentees this weekend, padding Mr. Franken’s edge by a further 176 votes.

And the Canvassing Board appears to have applied inconsistent standards in how it decided some of these challenged votes — in ways that, again on net, have favored Mr. Franken.

Minnesota’s other Senator, Amy Klobuchar, is already saying her fellow Democrats should seat Mr. Franken when the 111th Congress begins this week if the Canvassing Board certifies him as the winner. This contradicts Minnesota law, which says the state cannot award a certificate of election if one party contests the results.

(W)e can’t recall a similar recount involving optical scanning machines that has changed so many votes, and in which nearly every crucial decision worked to the advantage of the same candidate. The Coleman campaign clearly misjudged the politics here, and the apparent willingness of a partisan like Mr. Ritchie to help his preferred candidate, Mr. Franken.

I believe Mr. Franken has been certified by the board as the winner now.   He’s already made his victory speech.

So, lets see.  Since Obama’s win we have Democratic Illinois governor, Blagojevich, being charged for trying to sell Obama’s senate seat which hasn’t stopped him from nominating Roland Burris as the new Senator.  Bill Richardson, Democratic Governor of New Mexico, had to withdraw from being nominated as Commerce Secretary because he’s being investigated for pay-to-play dealings (which completely blew me away!).  And now Democratic Al Franken may be Minnesota’s next Senator under obvious fraudulent recounts.

This is giving Democracy a bad name. 

This is getting pathetic.  The intolerant hate mongers that can’t handle that the will of the people voted against them is at it again:

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)  — Vandals may have marked up the wrong church Saturday night in an apparent revolt against Proposition 8 supporters.

Black spray-painted swastikas marred the front of Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in San Francisco’s Castro district. Though the church itself is gay friendly……

Pastor Steve Meriweather told KCBS his parishioners actually share the vandals’ sentiment against Prop 8. "I think it’s unfortunate that they selected our community to attack," said Meriweather, "because it’s the wrong one."

Some attending mass at Holy Redeemer in the heart of the Castro are calling it a hate crime. San Francisco Police have been called in to investigate.

Oopsie.  That isn’t the way to keep supporters is it?  How pathetic.  In their hate, they hurt one of the few Catholic Congregations that would stand by them.  Perhaps they should do their research a tad bit better next time. 

The good news.  These hate mongers are more than likely the minority.

Michael Mazzaferro stood outside the church after mass, explaining to his two adopted young children that the vandals share his feelings but expressed themselves in the wrong way.

"Just the conflict between being Catholic and being a parent, and being in a same-sex relationship, there are a lot of challenges, and these are no different than any other challenges they’re going to face in life," said Mazzaferro of his children.

The Catholic League had this to say:

“In the wake of Proposition 8, innocent persons have been assaulted, churches have been vandalized, a white substance resembling anthrax was sent to the Knights of Columbus and to Mormon temples, supporters of traditional marriage have been branded Nazis, African Americans have been called the ‘N-word,’ houses and cars have been trashed, etc. Unfortunately, most of those in the gay community have been silent about these acts.

“Part of the blame for the latest attack goes to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Both Newsom and the Board have shown nothing but contempt for the First Amendment rights of Catholics. When crucifixes are sold as sex toys and Catholic sensibilities are assaulted by naked men in the street at the annual Folsom Street Fair, they say nothing. When gay men dressed as nuns show up at Mass—at the same church—they say nothing. But the Board was quite vocal about condemning the Catholic Church in 2006, something which led to a lawsuit triggered by the Catholic League and the Thomas More Law Center.

“For those who love to write about ‘root causes,’ let them ponder the guilt of these public officials. Moreover, leaders in the gay community show no leadership when it comes to denouncing incivility committed in the name of gay rights. This has got to end.”

He’s right, its got to end.  Why do the Church goers always have hear how horrible we are just because we voted in a way we felt was right? Isn’t that why the proposition was put on the ballot?  So the state could vote on it?  No one should be afraid to vote in a manner they feel is right.  This is intimidation at its worse!

I was wondering when this was going to happen.  The laws in Italy are getting more and more off base with the Catholic Teachings, it only makes sense that this has happened.

The Vatican City State, the world’s smallest sovereign state, has decided to divorce itself from Italian law.

Vatican legal experts say there are too many laws in Italian civil and criminal codes, and that they frequently conflict with Church principles.

With effect from New Year’s Day, the Pope has decided that the Vatican will no longer automatically adopt laws passed by the Italian parliament.

All Italian laws will be examined one by one before they are adopted.

A senior Vatican Canon lawyer, Monsignor Jose Maria Serrano Ruiz, has gone on record as saying that Italian laws are too many, too unstable and too often conflict with the moral teachings of the Catholic Church.

The reaction from the Italian government has been that from a technical point of view, the Vatican may well be right.

An Italian government minister admitted Italian laws are often badly written and are sometimes difficult to understand.

An Italian parliamentary commission is at present working out how to delete tens of thousands of obsolete laws from Italy’s civil code.

The Vatican has also decided to scrutinise international treaties before deciding whether or not to adhere to them.

Some legal observers believe that the Vatican is simply trying to assert its legal independence in cases involving for example, civil unions, divorce, living wills, or euthanasia.

To be honest, I can’t believe it took this long.  I always wondered how The Holy See handled abortion not only being legal in the first trimester but the government of Italy paying for all abortions.  There is also the push for legalizing Euthanasia in Italy right now as well.  Along with many other conflicts that have been in the legal debates or becoming legal for over 2 decades now.

I think it will be good for the Vatican to be on its own now.  The world is going to Hell in a Hand basket with no one noticing or caring.  Thank Goodness  The Pope is standing up for what is right.

If there is any doubt in your minds that the world has become a place where we eliminate our problems rather than deal with them, the following two stories should remove it.

On August 1st, a 12 year old boy from Sierra Vista, Arizona was told to clean his room.  He did not talk back.  He did not complain.  He did not argue.

Instead, he took a took a .22 caliber pistol and shot his mother 8 times, killing her.  It is unclear whether or not he ever cleaned his room.

Conlogue ruled that prosecutors had proved the boy acted intentionally and with premeditation when he shot Sara Madrid, 34, eight times on Aug. 1. The shooting happened after the boy had argued with his mother over his chores.

Madrid had left the family home after the argument, and the boy got a .22-caliber pistol from her bedroom closet, waited for her to return and then repeatedly shot her, according to court testimony.

Madrid’s live-in boyfriend of 10 years, Alfonso Munoz, witnessed the shooting and said the boy gave him the empty gun afterward.

Munoz, who helped raise the boy, said he had taught the child how to use the weapon for emergencies and self-defense.

The boy’s lawyer, Sanford Edleman, had argued that the boy did not intend to kill his mother but only wanted to get back at her for abusing him.

His aunt described him as “a docile, and sweet boy”.  Yikes.

Last Friday, 22 year old Danny Platt, of New Orleans, didn’t want to pay child support.  He felt it was unfair.  He did not complain.  He did not argue.  He did not go to court.  Instead he killed his 2 1/2 year old son. 

NEW ORLEANS —  A man who initially told police gunmen kidnapped his 2 1/2-year-old son was arrested Saturday, accused of committing an “extremely hideous” murder because he was ordered to pay child support, Police Superintendent Warren Riley said.

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As a child, I can remember looking at National Geographic Magazine.  I was fascinated by the fact that the women in the pictures were all topless.  I know that some boys have looked at these pictures inappropriately, but even at that young age I sensed there was something “right” about the pictures.  The women were not “posing”. They weren’t wearing makeup.  Usually they had very serious faces.  Often they had a child perched on their hip.  If there were men in the pictures, they seemed oblivious to the women standing around half naked.

So what did they know, that we didn’t?  I suppose that cultural circumstances dictated a much more practical approach to sexuality.  We speak of “total giving”, but they live it.  To hold anything back would be to jeopardize the entire social unit.  I doubt these women even heard of birth control.  We would call them backward.  But perhaps, they are not so much “backward” as simply in the “right” place.  Maybe they are so backward, that they have gone all the way back to Eden.

I’m not trying to claim that we should all be going around topless.  Nor am I saying that these tribes have everything right.  Earlier this week, I posted on one such tribe that buried their own children alive for breaking the social laws.

But on the subject of the body as it pertains to sexuality, I think they might have something.  They are not ashamed of their bodies, because in their culture, their bodies are not viewed as separate from their souls.

Our bodies are not meant to be separate from our souls.  We are not a body on the right side and a soul on the left.  Just as Jesus was not half man and half God.  He was FULLY man.  And FULLY God. We are FULLY Body and FULLY Soul.

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This whole "bail out" epidemic is beginning to tick me off.  Who should we tax into oblivion?  We can’t tax the low to middle income people because Obama promised he would do that - so where is all the money going to come from?

Sam Eldrige at the McCook Gazette has some idea’s:

1. Big Abortion……Dr. George Tiller, dubbed Tiller the Baby Killer, in Kansas, earns about five grand for every baby he kills. Planned Parenthood abortion mills are building bigger, and newer killing centers all over America. We need a new "Windfall Abortion Tax" so that the rest of America can share in this…"prosperity" of Abortion.

2. Big Hollyweird.  Oh my, it isn’t "fair" that some Hollyweird weirdos get to make millions of dollars a movie, while the peons in Hollyweird make so little…….A Hollyweird Tax of major stars is just the right thing to do, to help their buddy and messiah, Obama, make his dream of a Marxist America a reality.

3. Big Education. This industry has been at the heart of the Marxist revolution for years……We need the Ward Churchill Nutty Professor Tax. Tax professors at a much higher rate, so that they may fully participate in an Marxist America they helped bring about.

4. Big Porn…..Fifty years ago, we sent missionaries and Bibles around the Globe, and the World loved us…now, we send filth, and the world hates us. Smart aren’t we? Now that Big Porn makes more money each year than ABC,CBS, and NBC combined, we need a Porn Star Tax……

5. Big Media……Big Media has turned into a propaganda machine that would have made Hitler drool. Never could the Nazi’s have come up with the lies, distortions, half-truths, and omissions that our media came up with in their quest to ruin America as a super power. We need a Big Media Whore tax, to let these self inflated egomaniacs share in the demise they worked so hard to accomplish.

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