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Fundamentalist Group Wants to Reform Court System
to 21 I remember the Pope condemning the run up to war, and when the Church and the Unitarians agree, we can say the opposition was widely spread, if not complete. The Pentecostals are denied the "mainstream" tag by other Christian groups on the issue of talking in tongues' and other practices unique to them and anathema to others. Lets say "mainstream" is vague, self defining and to be avoided. In any case the television evangelists, mostly Pentecostals, managed to out shout out the many groups opposed to the war, as you attest.— March 16, 2010 11:11 p.m.
Fundamentalist Group Wants to Reform Court System
to 22 Did I really compare the Soledad Cross to the Ku Klux Klan? I think I went too far. I must have been under the influence of that 16th century prose, which is hot blooded even for the internet. The people who erected the cross in 1954 acted out of love, not anger, but had full knowledge of the racial and religious deed restrictions that segregated the city. These restrictions are still in the fine print of title deeds today. I wish the Mt. Soledad lawsuit would go away, because it divides the city, and I resist fighting over symbol. But when the city is accused of breaking the constitution by preferring Christianity over other religions we should simply confess and take our punishment. After all He did.— March 16, 2010 9:49 p.m.
Fundamentalist Group Wants to Reform Court System
While on the topic of religion and the courts, we should note that the Mt. Soledad Cross was paced on ground with an active anti Jewish covenant, and this was common knowledge when it was erected. The meaning was closer to Ku Klux Klan travesty than Christian thought now. To express the belief of La Jolla today, we might need a Star of David. We have progressed, but we should still confess our sins, and not simply forget them.— March 16, 2010 2:25 p.m.
Fundamentalist Group Wants to Reform Court System
We should remember that all mainstream religions opposed the Iraq adventure until they felt the need to pray for our troops. Some Pentecostal groups supported it, perhaps due to their handling of venomous snakes, and the resulting lack of fear. Obama is pentecostal, I supported him for his unequivocal opposition to the start of war in Iraq, I support him now as he defends those who allied themselves with us in our misadventures. We may be forced to bring them all here as we did with the Vietnamese. Christianity is not monolithic nor is always noisy, Skip Frye believes and teaches, with the pounding surf behind him I am told. What Donna believes is her business, but her ethics come from somewhere. Christians are part of the consensus we need to save our city, and our nation. I don't follow or believe, but I endorse the few hours every week that some worship something other than money.— March 16, 2010 12:19 p.m.
Questions Abound in City's Planned Refunding of Stadium Bonds
The Balboa Park nine hole golf course is flat, valuable, and easily developable. The plan might be to send the buses there. To organize opposition, we must keep careful track of this three card monte three way land swap. The buses will annoy some, the five thousand units at the present Stadium will concern others, and tailgaters might not want to share their food with the homeless at the proposed new stadium site. Many will oppose these moves. The developed value of this land is well into ten figures. But many regard these parcels as priceless heirlooms for our children, that should be protected from thieves who wish to sell them.— March 16, 2010 11:22 a.m.
Fundamentalist Group Wants to Reform Court System
Isaiah 32 5 The vile person shall no more be called liberal. nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. Rise up ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, hear my voice ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. Once I thought these lines referred to the churlish Bush and the villainous Cheney, now perhaps they refer to the mayor and city manager, and predict the rise of Donna Frye and a new slate of candidates. Seriously, they tell us that our fight is an old one, and we can expect tag teams of charming fools and vile manipulators. Personally I don't follow this book or any other, but unlike some who claim to follow, I read it, and stand for generous, liberal things.— March 16, 2010 10:14 a.m.
Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
to 298 We should fight when union contracts expire, at that time even the union rank and file members may realize that fat pensions awarded their retired leaders have cost them their jobs. We can ethically ask for a judge's help when contracts expire and negotiations fail. We need a more impressive parade of leaders in orange jumpsuits to renege on current contracts. if a judge ruled that contracts could be voided on the basis of negligent stupidity from elected leaders, all public contracts could be nullified, after all, one party believes that Adam played with dinosaurs, and all debts will be settled soon by the second coming. Others find evolution and liberalism equally idiotic. First we must elect people that will fight for the city. We need to build a consensus, and the rape of our parkland inherent in the proposal to tear down our stadium is great place to start. Republicans also love to tailgate, play golf and enjoy our parks. We can do this.— March 15, 2010 3:35 p.m.
Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
to 296 The consensus on this blog intends to bring the city in compliance with the law and since Proposition 13 is law, we must follow it, but aspects of this law plainly stink. Proposition 13 requires a super majority to pass taxes, but leaves in place closed door negotiations for pay increases and other outlays. This is recipe for cooked books, and the public, which loves spending and hates taxes, is all too ready to follow this plan, and the pandering leaders who endorse it, into bankruptcy. Remember how Jerry Sanders used a promise of no new taxes to defeat Donna Frye? No candidate has ever promised no new spending.— March 14, 2010 1:30 p.m.
Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
We should demand pension give backs in exchange for job security, tax hikes, and even an orderly sale or lease of city real estate. Except for the job security it's all disgusting to someone, but that's the mess we're in. The public has been swindled of course, but all we can do is pay up for the past mistakes, and stop the bleeding now. The first step is to inform the citizenry and galvanize opposition. The proposed downtown stadium could be the act of hubris that wakes up the public. Remember Donna Frye rode her opposition to Sea World expansion to a council seat, and to a plurality in a mayoral election that was undone by a judge's scheming. If we can form a consensus to stop this atrocity, and save our beautiful, beloved Stadium, that same consensus might go to the polls and toss these bums out. People say you can't beat city hall, but no one says you can't beat the Chargers.— March 14, 2010 12:34 a.m.
Work for a Government and Rake in Bucks
The developers and unions that run this city rake in the dollars for the same reason, their political power. To stop their plot to bankrupt the city and sell or lease our priceless real estate portfolio, we need to form a consensus of concerned citizens. This blog for me is a start, because my liberal reflex was to defend unions and blame the developers and proposition 13, until I looked at the pension figures presented by Surfpup and others. We need coherent policy backed by an energized voting public to stop these powerful groups. We need candidates. Anyone endorsing anyone?— March 13, 2010 3:50 p.m.