Today I have some questions about God, being that from Fri through Sunday is suppose to be his time according to Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

When reading the Ten Commandments, it begins with:

"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God… "

and continues with...

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

Now, I am confused, if these are actually the words of God, how does one square such words that could be interpreted as being jealous, arrogant, and envious? According to 1 Cornthians 13:

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

The line about not having carved images... what about the statues of saints and the crosses with Jesus, are they not carved images? Do people not pray to thdem as fervently as they do to God?

I think Mark Twain got it right, when he write "Letters from Earth". If you are not familiar with amazing work, I highly recommend it as a powerful testament to the possibilities of spirituality, without having to be dragged into organized religions that are not always loving and that often times appears jealous, arrogant and envious.

I believe is goodness and joy, love and respect, I believe that all people have a right to dignity, family and peace, without be forced to conform to other's belief systems. That does not mean that those who do believe in God are completely wrong, but that they are also not completely right.

Some rambling thoughts today...
In Zimbabwe yesterday, an independent agency stated that the opposition candidate actually won the election. So today, the ruling party had this agency's office raided and people arrested. The pictures show soldiers enforcing the raid. Do they not know that once Mugabe is dead, those who survive are going to remember who enforced the illegal raids and who made the false arrests?

Follow the money...

With gas prices skyrocketing, I wonder if we are going to see the big oil companies posting more huge profits for their management teams and claim that they are not doing anything wrong, nor that they hold no responsibility for escalating food costs or so-called food shortages.

Follow the money...

It is now costing approximately 700 million dollars a day to run the war. Who is getting all of that money? Surely not our soldiers, who are doing all of the fighting and dying.

Follow the money...

Good, ole' King George sits on his throne in Washington DC and now says that, yes the economy is not doing as well as he'd hoped. No more is he saying things are alright. Weeks ago he proclaimed that the rebate checks, that are suppose to going out from the IRS soon, will provide a needed boost to our economy. Today he is quoted as saying that he now hopes that the rebates will help, but that he is not sure that it will be enough to make that big of a difference. Now< I know he didn't say exactly that, but between the lines that is what he means.

Follow the money...

Are therse various people so blinded by money and power not to see that if things do not change for the better soon, change will be forced upon them by powers that they will have little control of stopping unless the world de-evolves into a police state. When that happens, those who have will rule and those who don't will suffer. It's happened time and again throughout history. Ultimately though, when that happens, a time will come when the people will rise up and take back what has been stolen from them and they will follow the money and punish those who took advantage of difficult times or who were actually responsible for opening chaos' door and allowing the weak to suffer just so that they can get fat and rich off of the efforts of others.

Follow the money...

The Chinese government has lost face ofver the Tibet crisis. And, like the local bully, they are placing the blame on others, rather than looking at their own behavior.

Below is a statement taken from a Yahoo article...

"The Chinese government said through official media that formerly restive areas were under control and accused the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, of trying to harm China's image ahead of the summer games."

"The Dalai clique is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage to force the Chinese government to make concessions to Tibet independence," said the People's Daily, the main mouthpiece of the Communist Party."

Yet, the behavior attributed to the Dalai Lama is so out of character for Tibetian Buddhists. This is not how Tibetian Buddhists really act. If, why has the Dalai Lama always professed peaceful solutions to problems. The Dalai Lama is about peace and the Chinese government is all about blame. They need to grow up and start acting like adults who are serious about solving problems, rather than just wanting to point fingers like a spoid child, who didn't get their way. It's getting old and tiresome.

Good afternoon...

For this first time in too many years, the Democrats have the ability to take the White House and Congress. Unfortunately, like children who can not play well together in the same sandbox, the Democrats have this uncanny ability to screw things up just by opening up their mouths without taking the time to really thnk about what they are going to say.

Below, is a recent statement by former President Bill Clinton:
"I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country...And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics."

Shut up, Bill!!! Once again, you are messing things up for the party. If the US is going to have a chance at fixing the mess that the Republicans have saddled us with then the Democrats need to clean up their message and start acting like leaders.

Perhaps a careful study of "The West Wing" might be helpful. At least there, the fictious candidates are campaigning on issues and not on crap.

Instead of criticizing opponents, why can't this year's campaign be solely on the issues and not on the back stabbing. That is how young children behave. It's time that we have real adults running for real office and let's leave the babies at home. We can get them a sitter who can change their diapers wheneven they spout out more poop.

President Clinton either stop with the BS and address the issues (that would help your wife out more) or shut up and get off the stage. This is a Presidential campaign and not a Toastmaster's club.

Close your eyes...
Imagine our world without colonialism. Imagine what our world would have been like if no 1st World country ever tried to create a 3rd World country in their image. What would today look like.

The human race has accomplished much. But in doing so, we have also given up much, as well.

At what price? For everything has a price. It might not be measured in dollars, euros or yen, but it still has a value.

Just a small thought to engage your imagination.