Displaying 1,381 To 1,410 Of 18,974 Comments Coalition Of Church And State: Destroyed From Within. My pleasure, monicaangela, I’m sure you will both sort it out amicably. Sometimes it’s difficult when we just write things and are misunderstood. It’s often harder explaining ourselves than actually speaking face to face. See you soon. » Posted By Kalima On July 14, 2014 @ 6:01 pm Monicaangela, if I may just butt in, the reason Sue would feel insulted is that she has written about the RR extensively here and on another site, and has researched them for years. Here are some of her articles on the subject. The bottom link is to all of her other work here. https://planetpov.com/2012/03/20/the-religious-right-assault-on-america-education/ https://planetpov.com/2012/04/01/the-religious-right-assault-on-america-your-bedroom/ https://planetpov.com/2012/05/05/dominionists-the-mighty-oak-is-not-always-a-good-thing/ https://planetpov.com/2012/03/13/the-christian-right-assault-on-america-government-and-the-military/ https://planetpov.com/author/sueinca/ » Posted By Kalima On July 14, 2014 @ 5:29 pm We are so O/T, but it’s your post. š I’m dancing my way to the kitchen now, listening to the song, so I’m moving too. You are such a good sport, Sue, always fun to talk to. Have a good Saturday, and goodnight from me in Tokyo. » Posted By Kalima On July 12, 2014 @ 7:32 am Morning Sue, just caught this before I sleep, so I’ll answer quickly. All posts automatically go to our Twitter account, and yes, just click on Facebook under the post, and it goes to your Facebook page. š It’s never too late to learn. In fact it’s fun. This is my message for you. š https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM » Posted By Kalima On July 12, 2014 @ 7:05 am My pleasure, Sue. Have a good evening too and see you later. » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 6:52 pm All fixed, Sue. š Now I’m off to do some work here. Take care and see you soon. » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 6:42 pm Thanks Sue, your post will disappear shortly but will have it back up as soon as I can. To to be sure, is this it? Coalition of Church and State: Destroyed from Within. By the time the typhoon reached Tokyo, it had weakened considerably, so we just had a lot of rain. Today is blue skies and 33C. » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 6:33 pm Ok Sue, is that the title you have decided on, let me know and I’ll update it straight away, or I can put it back in Draft for you so you can change it yourself. Either way, no problem. » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 6:19 pm The opening is the key to the whole article, Sue, and yes, you could change the title just in case someone decides to do a Google search, just to be safe. Sorry I haven’t got to your article yet, have a bit of a crisis here, but will be back as soon as I can. Great to see you posting articles again btw. š Do you want me to change the title to this post, and if so, should I use the one you have suggested as I think it’s perfect? » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 6:07 pm Sue, it’s your work, so it should really be be cross-posted as it is, with full credit to you and The Planet at the top where people can see it. That’s always been our policy for cross-posting articles elsewhere. If people at DK want to read it, they will. » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 5:02 pm Could Hillary Clinton Become the Next Republican President? Much too kind Noman, but I think that it must be the Taurus in me. Good Day and a goodnight from me in the East. » Posted By Kalima On July 12, 2014 @ 8:55 am Thank you, Noman, all I can say is I tried. *sigh* » Posted By Kalima On July 12, 2014 @ 7:42 am All people have to do is scroll down this page to see who you were replying to cyndi, I said that I had reposted your comments, and that’s what I did. There was no ulterior motive so you can stop with that false accusation, and I only have the use of my right eye so it’s difficult to C&P everything. There are no “personal” posts here, everyone has the right to jump in whenever they want to. This is an open public site. I run The Planet together with AdLib, so I think I’ve earned the right to jump in wherever I want to, and so can the rest of our members. If you want to reposts the replies from other members, please feel free to do that, but it won’t change a thing. FYI, I’m in a totally different time zone from all of you, so whatever you are implying by where and when I choose to or choose not to “inject my assistance” makes absolutely no sense to me. Nevertheless, I hope I’ve been of some assistance, and cleared a few things up for you. » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 2:31 am Sorry cyndi, but everyone here reacted to exactly what you wrote in your comments on this post. Maybe you should read your comments and replies here again, or better still, I’ve put them all together in my comment. You are not a victim here, you actually wrote these opinions, and when others replied, you accused them of attacking you. No one attacked you and please point to the “vitriol”, everyone just strongly disagreed with you. There is a huge difference. If you are going to make bold and overreaching statements, you should be prepared for others to take you on or you could provide the proof. cyndibru says: “Makes me wonder about all those claims of GOP obstructionism being the problem with things today thoughā¦.if one of the big progressive concerns about HRC is that she might actually be better at working with the other side of the aisle and possibly get some things you care about done.”
cyndibru says: cyndibru says: cyndibru says: cyndibru says: TresL wrote: āHRC had all those advantages in 2008 and still lost. I can only hope the same is true in 2016.ā I responded: āYes, but thereās no potential of the āfirst black Presidentā to compete with this time around, nor will there be the same starry-eyed swallowing of the rhetoric of āhope and changeā and jumping on the āyes we canā bandwagon.ā This led to quite a few comments filled with negativity and going off in tangents having absolutely nothing to do with what I actually said. Obviously my comments are pointing out two things that will be different and significant IMO between this Democratic primary and the one in 2008. Why so many of you canāt separate your personal feelings about Obama and his agenda from talking about what goes on in the wider political arena of this country completely bewilders me. That you take such offense to pointing out the obvious facts that many of your fellow Americans voted for President Obama for less-informed reasons than your own, much less assume that by pointing out the facts I am ācritiquingā his campaign or the fact that he is black or that he is a progressive again mystifies me. It is obvious that Barak Obama ran a brilliant campaign in 2008. It is also obvious that whomever challenges HRC for the nomination this time will not have what I named as advantages in going against her. While I realize that many of you are NOT disappointed in Obamaās presidential performance, many other Americans who voted for him are, some for justifiable reasons, some not. ā¦.just like people vote for a candidate for various reasonsā¦.some justifiable, some not. But for those who believed the campaign rhetoric and were disappointed (some because he didnāt go far enough to do what he promised, others because they misunderstood what he wanted and was promising), theyāre not going to be as blindly believing this time around. Like it or not, a lot of people feel like they didnāt get their āhope and changeā. ā¦even if most of them canāt even define it in concrete terms (which actually is the point of such rhetoric). Sorry, but Iām a realist. There will be people who vote for HRC simply because she is a female, and there will be people who vote against her for the same reasonā¦..and those will be their only reasons. The same thing happened in 2008 with Obama, on a racial basis. If that fact bothers you and leads to vitriol and personal attacks basically calling me a racist, thatās your problem, not my problem. And if you disagree that soaring oratory and rhetoric had any effect, I know youāre intellectually dishonest, no matter how many here back you up. For the record, his mastery of public speaking and persuasion is one of the things I happen to admire about President Obama. » Posted By Kalima On July 11, 2014 @ 1:10 am What’s wrong with “Hope and Change” in the context of how it was intended when the last government almost handed you a whopping recession, trashed your precious Constitution, spied on you, and over 4,000 fellow Americans lost their lives fighting in an illegal war? If you think President Obama was only elected because he’s black (mixed race actually) then you obviously were more concerned with his skin colour than the majority of people who voted for him, and heard nothing about what he had to offer the American people. Yes, he is black for those who can only see the surface and nothing else, but that’s not why he won twice. Strangely enough, he actually cares about what happens to the American people and wants to better their lives. Now fancy that. I cringe every time someone says that they will vote for someone who will work with the other side. Are you serious? That is all the President tried to do in his first term. How can you compromise with a party who planned to oppose him on everything from day one, encouraged disgusting racism at every turn, and privately thought/still think, that Obama should be serving their dinner instead of living and working in the White House? Anyone who missed that glaring fact must have been living on another planet for the past 5 years, or chooses to have selective memory. He held out his hand to them, and the most unworthy of them bit it, the others refused to shake it. Nothing in the least bit “starry-eyed” about it, in fact that term is rather insulting to millions. If people just vote for Hillary because she is a woman, they are letting their country down just to feed a selfish need. What does your party offer those without healthcare or without jobs? As far as I can see, just more of the same as they pamper the rich as usual, and tell Americans how to lead their private lives according to their misguided interpretation of the Bible. The fanatics will vote for that because they are just as sick as the politicians who push it, but the majority trying to survive, will not. Sneering at something you cannot grasp, and millions of people wanted after 8 years of bondage and shame with Bush, almost calling the President a con man, won’t help you change hearts and minds here if that is what you were planning to do. » Posted By Kalima On July 9, 2014 @ 11:25 pm Two articles recently posted on MB. —- How the Clintons went from ādead brokeā to rich: Bill earned $104.9 million for speeches At time of austerity, 8 universities spent top dollar on Hillary Rodham Clinton speeches » Posted By Kalima On July 8, 2014 @ 9:11 pm slm, if you ever find the time, this is from the MB archives from the time, even the day of the earthquake and tsunami, and beyond when we grasped the extent of the devastation. Here is the link, and members here were very supportive though some very scary days. https://planetpov.com/2011/02/12/morningblog/comment-page-10/#comments » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 6:09 pm Have fun, Sally! See you Sunday afternoon on my Mac. š » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 5:20 pm So now dear Planeteers, I have to leave you as it’s my Saturday morning, the house needs cleaning, and somebody has to do it. Stinky litter boxes and all. š Have a great what is left of your 4th of July celebrations, and see you soon. Take care. » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 5:10 pm The President there now is the daughter of a very tough general. She hates Japan and wastes no opportunity to say it in public » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 5:03 pm That’s the main problem with reclaimed land, Sue and it’s been going on for decades, but people continue to build on it or rebuild in the same spot where their house was destroyed by a landslide. It shouldn’t be allowed because we get a lot of torrential rain here , and if Tokyo had no buildings, it would be a lush jungle because our heat last from May to October. » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 4:58 pm The Abe government is losing popularity Sue, many are now protesting almost every month against nuclear power, and also about changing the Constitution. It’s only the Far Right who are pushing it, and although they make a lot of noise, they number very few. Sound familiar? » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 4:50 pm I now feel as if I have been officially adopted for the second time in my life. š Thank you, Nirek, I appreciate it and you. Peace. » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 4:44 pm Deaths from radiation can take up to 10 years and of those working and living directly near the Daiichi plant, there have been many deaths due to exposure. If you count the suicides of farmers having to cull their cattle, and those living for years in temporary housing, the count continues to climb. School grounds, homes and land are contaminated so that many can never go home again. Maybe your friend should come here and take a dip in our glorious side of the Pacific Ocean. š » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 4:40 pm Thanks Sally, don’t worry, I’ve made my opinions known since I came here to those who listen, and those who don’t. When I see injustice I speak up, and they would have to cut my head off to stop me. One thing I will do next year is cast a vote against those thieving Tories in the GE, here we will have to wait for more voters to take an interest and vote Abe and his henchmen out. There have been more protests here in the last few years than I can remember in all the years I’ve lived here. I have hope. Yes, a citizen of the world is what I feel I am. š » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 4:28 pm Hi slm, when our disasters happened in March 2011, I braved the strong aftershocks which lasted through to the end of the year, to give daily news and links in my Morning Blog. I still do it now although not every day for many reasons, one of them being that I can’t see much out of my left eye, and the other because I often have difficulty typing because of a chronic illness, so tackling more than a few paragraphs is a challenge for me, but thanks for the suggestion. If you are interested in news from here, or international news, option pieces and human interest stories, you can find me on MB every Thursday and Sunday. I’m in the Features box above the Recent Comments and Recent Posts to the right of your screen. The problem is real, the company TEPCO and the government are lying, and we have had radioactive hotspots as far south as Tokyo. Here is the link. https://planetpov.com/2013/11/20/morning-blog-11-20-13/ » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 4:17 pm Hello Sally, nice post. In a way I envy you all as I no longer have a country I can truly call home and feel proud of. I haven’t lived in the country of my birth and childhood for many decades even though I have visited relatives often. My adopted country is going to the dogs run by incompetent Tories out to privatise everything that isn’t fastened down, coddling their rich friends, starving the poor, taking healthcare and education away from the needy and elderly and poor children. The third country I now live in doesn’t give me a voice because of course as a non citizen I can’t vote out the RW thugs who now want to continue with nuclear power even after our 2011 disasters, and now want to change the Constitution so that they are freer to use the military even though they are forbidden to have a standing army since after WW2. So after reading your post, and many of the comments around the site of the pride they feel for their nation, warts and all, I started wondering how it would feel, and decided that I really do miss it. » Posted By Kalima On July 4, 2014 @ 3:53 pm Then I’m happy you found it, monicaangela. A beautiful poem indeed. I’m always touched by the fact that the things we cannot fully explain, inspire such powerful and moving words in humans. » Posted By Kalima On July 6, 2014 @ 4:47 pm Thank you, Nirek, too kind. Just saw your message about your other post, and found it under the Speaker’s Corner category under the PlanetPOV logo. Just click on Speaker’s and the posts are all there. Here is the link to SC, and the link to your post. https://planetpov.com/category/speakers-corner/ https://planetpov.com/2014/06/26/god-mother-nature-or-the-higher-power/#comments » Posted By Kalima On July 5, 2014 @ 6:32 pm Hello Nirek, such beautiful pictures. To have nature at your doorstep like that must be awe inspiring, especially since you appreciate it as much as you do. People are too busy to take the time to look around them these days. A shame really because being one with nature is so much better than dealing with stress or taking medication for it that you maybe don’t really need. Here is a poem, and again, thank you for your post, it made my morning. Peace. The Heaven of Animals
If they have lived in a wood Having no souls, they have come, To match them, the landscape flowers, For some of these, More deadly than they can believe. May take years Under such trees in full knowledge At the cycles center, James Dickey 1961 » Posted By Kalima On July 5, 2014 @ 4:13 pmComments Posted By Kalima
07/09/2014 at 1:50 PM (Edit)
After reading all of these comments, I feel a LOT better about the probability that HRC will be our next president. I knew in 2008 I preferred her to Obama, so it was already an improvement, but seeing how much āprogressivesā dislike her and will have to āhold their nosesā if she is the Dem nominee really helps. Makes me wonder about all those claims of GOP obstructionism being the problem with things today thoughā¦.if one of the big progressive concerns about HRC is that she might actually be better at working with the other side of the aisle and possibly get some things you care about done. Perhaps not to your complete and total satisfaction, and perhaps with the other side getting some things it wants tooā¦..which is what I suspect is the bigger fear than gridlock for some people.
07/10/2014 at 9:22 PM (Edit)
If you sincerely think that Obamaās race had nothing to do with his election, then you also likely think that no one opposes him for exactly the same reason. I happen to abhor both sets of circumstances, but I donāt ignore the fact that they exist. There are many people who voted for Obama for no other reason than to elect the first black president and knew or cared nothing about his actual policies, and there are many people who oppose him personally for the same reason rather than opposing his policies. To acknowledge those facts in no way āsimplistically reduces the argumentā. I also addressed the fact that he was really good with rhetorical uplifting motivating speechifying. I did leave out that because of dissatisfaction with Bush, some voters were voting simply against the GOP, just as will be the case in reverse in 2016. I realize you support the man, and many people obviously did and some still do. But if you truly think the majority of Americans voted on his issues and his promises, I think youāre incorrect. The vast majority of Americans (even the ones who vote), couldnāt tell you the issues much less frame any of the specifics. They swallow the sound bites and the rhetoric they find most appealing.
07/10/2014 at 10:13 PM (Edit)
How do I know such things? Because I read, see and hear interviews with voters, and know and understand human nature, and donāt discount facts I dislike. Iām sorry, but I find it hilarious that so many of you constantly talk about the āuninformed votersā, the ādisinterested votersā, the lack of political knowledge of the general populace, but are now OFFENDED by the notion that it applies to Americans in general, even if they supported the same candidate you did. To acknowledge racism is not the same as agreeing with it. Those who dislike President Obama because he is half-black are racist. Those who support President Obama because he is half-black are ALSO racist. To pretend that the election of ANY politician in this country is not influenced by race, both ways, is ridiculous.
07/09/2014 at 9:58 PM (Edit)
Yes, but thereās no potential of the āfirst black Presidentā to compete with this time around, nor will there be the same starry-eyed swallowing of the rhetoric of āhope and changeā and jumping on the āyes we canā bandwagon.
07/10/2014 at 10:03 PM (Edit)
I wrote : āHRC has a lot of female support and quite an organization and funds already in place ā a big jump on any other candidate. I think itās pretty much hers to lose, but of course that could certainly happen.ā
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