“Move a little further to the right, please. Then you too can be just another echo chamber for the AEI, Heritage Foundation, and The Weekly Standard. Also, remember to start sucking up to Pat Robertson, Richard Land and the rest of the ultra right so-called Christians. You’ll love it over there. Like the DLC, the right absolutely worships wealth above all else. Particularly wealth accumulated through the exploitation of workers and endless war, which is itself the exploitation of the disenfranchised and poor.

B’bye.”

Yeah, I know, “exploitation of the workers” is allegedly a far leftist phrase but if the foo shits, wear it. And the whole thing is probably a bit trite, but I didn’t figure they deserved a lengthy, intelligent, balanced screed regarding their inadequacies. Given three minutes at one of their meetings, however, I would only expand upon what I wrote.

I’m afraid I’m going to have to catch MtP on TIVO anyway, because The Peanut is watching Aladdin at the moment. *g* I’ll catch up with it in a little while at nap time.

Well, if you picked up MSNBC to watch Keith Olbermann, (basically the only reason I did), you can catch MTP at 7pm AND 10pm PDT.(I think that’s 10pm and 1am Eastern).

“When the Buddha says that sentient beings are ‘deluded,’ he means that they accept ‘false appearances’ as being wholly real. The Buddha described this state of delusion as being like a dream, but he did not mean that some absolute self or being (ego) is doing the dreaming. He meant that no self is dreaming, that the dream is dreaming itself, and that while the dream is dreaming itself, it has no ’stable essence.’ If we can awake from this dream, he said, then we will see that there exists an awareness that is far greater than anything we had imagined before.”

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The dream that is dreaming itself turns on the delusion (believed real without question) that manifestations (all manifestations) exist independently – including and especially the main character, ego.

Such narrowness of awareness ties expectations and intentions to the physical body, while clouding the mind with fears (of impermanence) and doubts (of permanance – what happens after ‘I’ die?) and ‘disappears’ the connection to the Ocean of Consciousness.

It should be obvious by now that there is a struggle going on for the soul, heart and mind of the Democratic Party.

And the DLC will not win that fight.

Ford was very condescending toward Markos.

The DLC are nothing but condescending towards the Democratic base.

Ford says he will be at next years NetRoots Nation convention.

A bit of a smoosh fest now.

That should be fun. I wonder what kind of reception he’ll get. Hopefully just stone cold silence.

What if Stephanop asked Brownback which Jim Bakker he would send?

“Based on your conservative ideal of the melding of Church and State in order to form an American Taliban, I have to ask for clarity’s sake: Which Jim Baker you are referring to? Tammy Fay’s husband or Bush family attorney?”

But that’s just how things seem from the outside looking in. If you are a Richardson supporter, why is that important to you? If you are going to toss a question into the ring, folks are going to want to know your motivation in tossing it out — so you ought to go ahead and answer that up front now.

(Long, boring story alert)

I spent 12 years living in New Mexico, where I was an extremely active advocate for children with disabilities. About 4 or 5 years ago, Richardson publicly announced a restructuring of disabilities services programs. We felt his decision was poorly thought out and could have a major negative impact on children in the state.
I was the Chair of the largest advocacy committee at the time, and proceeded to make a serious PITA of myself. I made so much noise that I eventually got to sit down with Richardson, and make the case for further study of the issue.
He then publicly retracted his decision (citing the need for more study) and put together a group to look at options and make recommendations surrounding the restructuring. I felt this showed that he was willing to listen, and wasn’t afraid to admit being hasty.
(/boring story)

When I heard he was running for president, I was rather bemused. After all, who is Richardson, right?
But the more I listen to him talk, and the more I know about his stance on topics, the more I think he’s the best candidate.
That said, he does have his flaws. I’m not impressed with his stance on gay marriage, and I’m a bit concerned that perhaps he has too much ethnic bias. (After all, he first came out in support of AGAG simply because AG was hispanic.)

He is a bit unpolished, and he can be his own worst enemy. I guess that actually works for me. He’s not your average talking head career politician.

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