A Spiritual FDR
I am watching the extraordinary spectacle of the American presidential nomination with nothing less than astonishment. Here we are in 2012, beset with crises on every front – banking crises, terrorist crises, sovereign-debt crises, climate-change crises, energy crises, food crises, ecological crises – during very year the Mayans warned would mark cataclysmic change, and the best we can come up with as candidates for US President is a rogue’s gallery of business-as-usual opportunists, corporate flunkies and scaredy cats.
Men of the people
On the Republican side, we have multi-millionaire Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, trying to look like a man of the people, the half of all Americans who say they are now struggling on basic salaries to make ends meet, and promising to address the populist fury over America’s vast wealth inequality, but only in ‘quiet rooms.’
Romney has reason to keep things pretty quiet; he himself pays virtually no taxes because all of his holdings are off-shore. When asked about the fact that he only pays 15 per cent tax, he retorted that he ‘doesn’t make much’ in wages, only a ‘couple of extra bucks’ (as in $374,000 extra for his speaking engagements).
Then we have his chief opponent former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, champion of the Religious Right, who stands for ‘family values’ and who you may remember, was the chief prosecutor and witchhunter of former President Bill Clinton, demanding his impeachment over the Monica Lewinsky affair. It now turns out that around that time, Newt had his own mistress, first during his first marriage (a mistress who subsequently became Mrs. Gingrich No 2). When he tired of No 2, Gingrich asked her if she wouldn’t mind sharing him so he could have an open marriage and see other women, including his long-standing mistress (who became Mrs. Gingrich No 3).
All of this was disclosed by Marianne, ex-wife No. 2, who claimed that her ex-husband lacked the ‘moral character’ to be president.
Newt’s also been slammed for his nearly $2 million in ‘consulting fees’ from Freddy Mac, one of the mortgage giants responsible for the wealth of toxic mortgages in the US, as well as the fortune he’s amassed by getting paid to ‘consult’ with lobbyists and help them play the political game.
Burden of expectation
Things are not much better on the Democratic side. When Obama was elected, the weight of expectation around him so impossibly high that he was given a Nobel Peace Prize before he’d actually done anything besides winning an election.
After his inauguration, he was universally expected to create a new New Deal a la Franklin Roosevelt, a bullish program of investment in green technologies and government works programs that would create jobs, fix America’s broken infrastructure, and set the country up for a greener future.
He would end the wars abroad and put a halt to the war-mongering of his predecessor, reaching out to the Muslim world. He would achieve universal health care, a goal that has eluded most Presidents since Harry Truman, and he would finally heal the divisions both between the parties and between Americans.
Whenever I think of Obama, I think of a variation of the line delivered by Sean Connery, who plays the seasoned Chicago cop, in The Untouchables: You don’t bring a knife to a gunfight.
Making nice
The problem with Obama is what I suspected when he was first running. He’s too inexperienced in the ways of the Washington swamp (he was, after all, only there as a junior congressman for two years before he ran for President), and he hides this inexperience by trying to make nice with the Republicans.
Instead of a bold new vision on the economy or re-instating the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act, which separated casino from retail banking, Obama appoints as his chief financial advisors, two Wall Street cronies, both schooled by Goldman Sachs, who allow the financial sector to carry on essentially unfettered, and then cuts down his stimulus package in order to win Republican approval – which of course never arrives. Even his signature bill on healthcare reform got vastly compromised with porkbarrel additions by the time it was signed into law.
Although he has done some good through his first term (weakened Al Queda, health care reform, brought the boys home from Iraq, lowered unemployment, etc.,) the biggest problem is his public image. Obama will do anything to avoid a fight; when the Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling, even though public opinion was with him, he caved. And at every turn, he continues to buckle out of some misguided idea that if he compromises or waffles on his position, peace will be restored. He vastly underestimates the giant resources at the disposal of his adversaries, such as Fox News, the mouthpiece of corporate America, almost daily pumping out a litany of his failures and allowing him to be painted as a Muslim commie foreigner.
Obama’s biggest mistake, for which he is losing liberal support, is not ignoring his adversaries and taking his fight to the public, who voted him in because they believed that he had some bold vision up his sleeve.
He has refused stand up for a new vision, as FDR did, who once said of his detractors, ‘I welcome their hatred.’
Saber-rattling
In the UK where I live, things aren’t much better. The coalition government of Conservative-Liberal Democratic coalition government announced yesterday the possibility that they would strip Sir Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin, former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, of his knighthood, which he had received in 2004 for ‘services to banking.’
Under Sir Fred’s stewardship, RBS sustained the largest corporate loss in history, requiring a £45 billion government bailout. Even though taxpayers owned 84 per cent of RBS and have lost £26 billion on the much deflated current value of RBS stock, Sir Fred, you may recall, unapologetically paid himself a £700,000 pension (about $1.05 million) on leaving, and in late 2010, at least 100 RBS executives awarded themselves bonuses totalling £1 billion, despite the bank sustaining a loss of £1.1 billion that same year.
As symbolic as this removal of Fred’s ‘Sir’ may be, and for all the coalition government’s talk of fairness, moral capitalism and committees to assess executive pay packets, it remains largely saber-rattling. RBS is about to award its chief exec £4 million for last year and its top executives equally swollen paychecks when the public’s stocks are now worth half what we paid for them.
Recently, it was disclosed that giant Vodaphone’s tax debt of £6 billion has been entirely written off.
The spirit of leadership
Where are the leaders out there who refuse to be bought and paid for by lobbyists, but who are also bold enough to stand for fairness, morality and a new kind of societal structure? Who is brave enough to weather the corporate bully?
What’s required now is nothing less than a spiritual FDR, with an entirely new paradigm of ‘I win only when we all win’, unafraid to challenge and replace all the structures we have in place, even the very assumptions and thought processes on which our society is based.
Only then will we begin to fix what is now broken. Until we do, each of us must be the spiritual activist we don’t yet have in the White House.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
You ask: Where are the leaders who refuse to be bought...etc., etc. Unfortunately, it would appear, not in politics.
Time after time, around the world, the evidence indicates that the people, when we finally unite and raise our voices, are the ones who "lead" the change. Power to the people!
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WORTHY OF MY SUPPORT, IS THE ONE & ONLY WHO WILL RESPECT & FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION, END ALL THOSE WARS, SHUT DOWN THE 900 MILITARY BASES AROUND THE WORLD, & CUT AT LEAST A TRILLION DOLLARS FROM THE BUDGET WHICH WE COULD SAVE FOR OUR OWN DEFENSE AT HOME, PROVIDE FOR OUR OWN, & REBUILD AMERICA BACK TO THE FREE REPUBLIC THAT IT ONCE WAS. DR. RON PAUL IS THE ONE & ONLY CANDIDATE THAT HAS THE YOUTH & YOUNG PEOPLE SUPPORTING HIM BECAUSE OF HIS VISION TO AUDIT THE UNLAWFUL & UNCONSTITUTIONA L FEDERAL RESERVE & FINALLY SHUT IT DOWN ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! WWW.AUDITTHEFED.COM WWW.FEDERAL-RESERVE.NET WWW.FREEDOMTOFASCISM.COM RON PAUL IS THE ONE AND ONLY CANDIDATE THAT WILL SUPPORT THE TRUE NESARA LAW WHICH WILL REFORM & RESTORE OUR MONETARY SYSTEM & RESTORE COMMON LAW & CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. RON PAUL WILL SUPPORT NESARA, & HE ALSO HAS THE ENDORSEMENT & SUPPORT OF THE GALACTIC FEDERATION!!! WWW.GALACTICFRIENDS.COM WWW.TREEOFTHEGOLDENLIGHT.COM WWW.CONSTITUTION.ORG
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
We can no longer depend on our government to save us. We must unite for the good of all and work together to recreate our own economy.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I suggest Ron Paul- He's very Anti-Big Government. and very Pro-Peace!
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Mr. Bowmer: Ron Paul is an M.D. from Texas. His political positions are consistent with an extreme right wing background. Truth be told, they are antediluvian, and will never allow him to be a serious candidate for President.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Well done.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Excellent piece, thank you! The leaders for our new age are here, and I am quite confident they will step forward at the right time. This is not yet it. We are on the edge of the calamities you name. Most people are unwilling to face that they are upon us. It won't be until after things have fully fallen apart that true leadership would be embraced enough to overcome the financial and political power of corporations.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I agree, it is the normal corrupt stuff. We do not see who really rules behind the scenes. Over here, I am sure those behind the WallStreet banks are pulling most of the strings. Just look at where ex Goldman Sachs execs end up after leaving. It is clear they are the government, not just here, but in a lot of other places. They do not allow honest people to compete. Just look at what they do to totally ignore Ron Paul.
Perhaps the prophets are right, this will be a year of transition where this greed and corruption is not allowed. No one knows how, but that really is not our job, is it? We do not have long to wait. Each has a Supermarket of possibilities to pick for the near future for our Universe. We are all choosing now. So be it.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
What Lynne writes is excellent. Yet it is clear that Pres. Obama has no real power to do the things she has pointed out here. He is not simply making nice with adversarial forces, he could have no choice but to do so. His life or the lives of his family could be threatened.
I would say to Lynne, see the film "Thrive" by Foster & Kimberly Gamble. They lay it out very well where the power in the world really lies by following the money. And the information in their film parallels my own research since 1994 in trying to understand what happened to me in the military in 1980 and in what political, social and economic context it COULD happen.
In solving social, political and economic problems and using intention effectively in those arenas, one must first have a clear grasp of the true issues. Then one can hope to apply intention in a way where it can do the most good.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Not only [quote name="Niara Isley"]What Lynne writes is excellent. Yet it is clear that Pres. Obama has no real power to do the things she has pointed out here. He is not simply making nice with adversarial forces, he could have no choice but to do so. His life or the lives of his family could be threatened.
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Not only his life and that of his family but the population of this country!
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
[wiki]I suggest that each of us check into our own subconscious beliefs about whether we have "clear intent for effective government." You can check yourself by using AK - muscle testing on the statement "I am willing to have effective government." Clear Intent at the Conscious Mind level is often "blocked" by competing beliefs at the Subconscious level. The body (through high-integrity muscle testing) can give you the Subconscious truth. To change that Subconscious truth requires "transformation." Transformation requires moving the stuck emotion that holds in the beliefs, and THEN changing the beliefs. In the meantime, we're left to COPE with the hardwired beliefs that say "I can't have what I say I want." [/wiki]
[wiki]I have "cleared" myself. It was surprising to me what stood in my own way. Now I find myself complaining less and doing more toward my new expectation of effective government -- and clearly believing it will "come true." This is co-creation at work./wiki]
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I am glad I continued reading, it is so apparant yet many do not accept taking responsability for making peace and integrity within first, then in their own homes, then in their own communities and outward from there.
It is much easier to blame others for what we are not doing ourselves. When we choose fiscal responsability ourselves and peace ourselves we will see it in our world.
Blessings
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Howdy,
I personally think we should send intent to spread the word about Ron Paul. Obviously, nothing that would step on anybody's freewill. But, just enough for people to listen instead of hear his ideas.
Thanks,
G.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Build a house where the honest can live without attack, and the honest will appear. Yes, indeed...we're having quite a "row" with reality. I can't help but notice that these problems were looming long before the explosion happened.
Love yourself and watch -
Today, tomorrow, always.
To straighten the crooked
You must first do a harder thing -
Straighten yourself.--Buddha
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Love yourself and watch -
Today, tomorrow, always.
To straighten the crooked
You must first do a harder thing -
Straighten yourself.--Buddha
what a beautiful quote thank you!
The wise know that all that is needed is for each and every one of us to perfect ourselves, then and only then will all be perfect. Our reality is only a mirror of our inner selves, so that makes it easy..all you have to do is work on yourself..that's what you came here for, so get busy, do the work! Actually it's really a lot of fun and so fulfilling. Love u guys!
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I much prefer your spititual insight rather than your political insight. First, your "facts" are directly from the mainstream media, and it is not possible to draw objective conclusions from biased data.
Secondly, most people who comment publically on politics have an agenda, and that agenda must be considered in all other communications. I hate to see a spiritual leader of your calibre 'rassling in the mud.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I would encourage you all to read the article about President Obama in the latest issue of Newsweek. You may see some of Lynn's criticism in a different light. That said, the writer of the piece basically gives the President a pass on the Wall Street debacle.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
We are experiencing existence in a highly focused manner at present. Indeed to be 'present' is a 'present' from within. How one 'feels' and interacts with all of the 'outside' is the governing factor. We are indeed 'in' the playing 'Field'. Excitement reigns supreme. We are privileged, for we have all booked 'front row' seats as it were. We are all the 'surfers' and co-creators of life, catching waves, big & small. Sometimes we seemingly get dumped and sometimes we ride well with our awareness clear & true. Self does unto self for all is self. Oneness experiencing in many ways for the experience, the knowledge and the wisdom that comes with ALL experience. Awareness of our focus in the key, be ever vigilant in a calm and rested manner. Truly nothing has ever really 'moved'........To be a rock and not to roll..................
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
When you say spiritual that translates to conscience ,inner strength,what is in the best interest for all. RON PAUL has stood alone many of times on issues that promote God given freedoms,Spirit ual,Mental,and Physical! I honor him by voting my conscience! He speaks from the heart,no teleprompter needed!
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Voting your conscience will give us another 4 years of an Obama welfare state. How will that set with your conscience?
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I'm always astonished by the otherwise intelligent people who think Ron Paul is a good idea. His libertarianism is like a stopped clock - right twice a day, but otherwise not reliable. If he had his way he would end all environmental protections, all federal aid to the disadvantaged,c ancel the Civil Rights Act, end women's freedom to control their bodies, and toss the LGBT community to the wolves. He's supported by white supremacists. He wants to audit the Fed, but he doesn't want to regulate the big banks or anyone else. Please research ALL of his positions before you start endorsing him on forums like this.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
RON PAUL IS GREATLY MISUNDERSTOOD, HE WILL NOT DO ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING REGARDING THE FEAR MONGERING COMMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN. IF RON PAUL WAS SUCH A FAKE, HE WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING THE NESARA LAW, NOR WOULD HE BE GETTNG THE ENDORSEMENT OR SPIRITUAL SUPPORT OF THE GALACTIC FEDERATION. WWW.GALACTICFRIENDS.COM WWW.TREEOFTHEGOLDENLIGHT.COM WWW.AUDITTHEFED.COM WWW.FREEDOMTOFASCISM.COM WWW.FEDREAL-RESERVE.NET WWW.CONSTITUTION.ORG
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Please!! If Ron Paul is "misunderstood" after years of campaigning, he doesn't deserve to be elected. He is most certainly understood, and that is why he is so polarizing.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I am well aware of arguments against Ron Paul. But what is most important is restoring the full Constitution and system of checks and balances in government at this time. Ron Paul stands for Constitutional restoration. In such a restored government, a president would not be able to be a dictator or a tyrant. He would be subject to the system of checks and balances and the vote of the people. In the fascist regime we are headed for right now with other candidates, all the programs and "rights" you mention could be done away with and the people's voice would not matter one iota. Let's support a candidate who will restore the Constitution, then we can work on the rest of what serves us all best in a system of government for and by the people.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Quoting Niara Isley:
OK, so you're aware that he's a homophobic racist, and you're willing to overlook that. The credibility of your ideas just went to zero. Your libertarian paradise exists. It's called Somalia. Please try it out and report back - if you live.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
The credibility of my ideas stand on their own from years of documented research motivated by some pretty horrific personal experiences while in the USAF. You need not throw Somalia up to me. Atrocities are being committed right here on American soil, protected from oversight by the National Security Act of 1947 that created many alphabet agencies & a secret, unconstitutiona l govt within our govt. It's obvious that you have no idea at all just how far gone the USA is. To quibble about social programs when so much of what we hold dear as US citizens hangs by a thread shows a singular unrealistic grasp of what is truly going on in the USA. Though I support Ron Paul, I'm not convinced that anyone, no matter how good a person they might be could move into the Oval office today & have any hope of ironing out what's wrong with our gov't. But as long as we are having "elections" I support Ron Paul, unless another strong constitutional candidate steps forward.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Quoting Niara Isley:
Hardly. We worked hard for a society that was worthy of the United States and we're not going to throw that away just because you're scared of the black helicopters. My biggest objection to your position is that by supporting a fringe candidate you are giving up a vote for who will be our next President. In other words, you're making the one unforgivable activist mistake - you're being ineffective! But you'll feel good about it, and if one of the clown car Repugs wins, you'll say you did all you could.
Ask yourself - of the likely candidates (and Paul isn't likely), which is more likely to move the USA in the direction you want, even a little bit? For me, looking at Obama vs Romney/Gingrich, the answer is bold faced clear. Take your pick and support someone who might win so you can at least say that you had a vote.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
I am not interesting in fighting with you. The candidates are doing enough shit-slinging rather than focusing on real issues of importance. At this point, I know that I KNOW what I'm talking about, and the documentation is clear and highly credible. I have no need to argue with anyone about it.
Continue your argument if you want to on your own. I leave you in possession of the field.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Well said, Niara. Ron Paul has my vote. What people fail to realize is that in our country we do not look to government to solve our problems, we look to each other.
The larger that government becomes, the larger our problems become. It is so simple that people fail to see the simple Truth.
If people want real change, then there is one candidate who is willing to take on the leadership for that change.
Liberty, an open market providing goods and services that are of value to the people, a federal government stripped of its regulatory force co-opted by corporate interests and used to reinforce their monopolies and control economic markets,the restoration of family farms providing good, chemical free and nutritious food, the ending of the Big Pharma monopoly on health information, alternative modalities, the ending of our spreading military tyranny...the world, and our place in it will be quickly transformed into thriving.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Well, since Ron Paul will most likely not win, what is the next option you see?
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Jan 22, 2012Posted By
Thank you CC. I think Ron Paul has far more support than the media would lead us to believe. Last election I did the "don't throw my vote away" thing and voted for Obama, with a cautious optimism. We all see where that got us. As far as working with intention, we know that working as a group or collective is more powerful than individually. We are not a whole lot of little individual units of consciousness on Planet Earth, we are all in this together, interconnected. What affects one of us affects all of us at a deep level, whether we are aware of it or not. Just as we have to individually do our shadow work to reach enlightenment, we as a human collective also have to collectively do our shadow work and face into and through the dark back out into brilliant and unfettered Light. De Chardin's noosphere, Jung's collective unconscious, both models are guides to understanding our inescapable unity. (See next comment..)
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Jan 22, 2012Posted By
The things going on in government today & the general narcissism that's blaringly evident in politics & the media is humanity's collective shadow up for healing & integration. Just as we must do our shadow work individually, we also need to do it collectively. Our consciousness is divided up into superconscious, conscious & subconscious, individually and collectively. Need-to-know compartmentaliz ation & security classifications that have created this monster from our collective "Id" needs to be understood as such & when we do understand that, we can use intention in a powerful way to integrate that collective shadow & truly make positive change on Earth. As long as we see the evil elements of our society as evil "others" we struggle with our collective Id. The way out is to accept responsibility for the creation of what we see around us at a most fundamental, interconnected & quantum entangled level. Then true CHANGE becomes possible & We the People are empowered to make it happen.
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Jan 22, 2012Posted By
Niara, I agree with you about the collective shadow thing. I wrote an article recently that addresses this point in politics. bit.ly/nX9xBg
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Jan 23, 2012Posted By
Thank you Mark, it's good to see that others are thinking this way too. It's so easy to demonize others when we should be looking at what they are trying to teach us about ourselves and what we hold in our consciousness, especially our subconscious.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Wes:
Ron Paul is NOT a homophobic or a racist. Don't allow mainstream media to convince you otherwise. They are owned by the elite who are afraid of Ron Paul getting into the White House. Unless you are hearing it straight from Ron Paul's mouth directly, consider it suspect. There is no evidence that Ron Paul is against gays or minorities. NONE! I challenge you to prove otherwise without quoting one of the major media conglomerates.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
I don't know where you are getting your information regarding Ron Paul. It's totally inaccurate. You have to really listen to what he's saying in order to understand that he's for equality across the board (gays and minorities included).
Ron Paul on Gays in the Military: "We get our rights from our creator as individuals. Every individual should be treated the same way. It isn't the issue of homosexuality. It's the concept and understanding of individual rights." ~ Ron Paul youtu.be/uJnRkUJjazU
Everyone is equal regardless of whatever 'group' they choose to categorize themselves into. Labeling oneself is just another form of playing victim. It's the individual that matters - NOT the person's label (in this case sexuality)! Rock on Ron! You explained this beautifully!!!
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Ultimately it won't matter who is the president of the US or Prime Minister of the UK if you decide to live your life for yourself and focus on what you want to achieve in this experience.
Living vicariously through a candidate is simply a waste of your time...take action and create the world you want - not the world of someone else's choosing...
Write On!
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Patience is important right now along with love and a deep resolve not to go into fear. All good is coming and it is coming sooner than you think. Please don't give up on Obama, he has had the most difficult presidency of all time. That being said, I think he has some surprises for the population at large. Just don't lose hope and remember the government is the innocent mirror of collective consciousness. Consciousness must be raised in order to deserve a better country. Thank goodness that is happening as I write. Law of Nature: You cannot get what you do not deserve, so increase your deserviability by clearing your life of all negativity and all else will fall in line for after all is said and done, we are the creators of our reality....if you don't like it, change your mind, literally! LOVE AND LIGHT TO ALL
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
No mention of Ron Paul?????
The bigger issue is that the whole system is theater and a distraction. Both parties have been bought by corporations. Their agenda continues regardless of who gets in....RP could be our only hope.
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Jan 20, 2012Posted By
Folks, the system is broken, stop enabling it. Do not vote for "the evil of two lessers." (Ralph Nader) And if one choses to vote for Ron Paul, despite the fact that he surely will not win, do not call that candidate a 'spoiler' if he upsets the predicted election results. Honor the person who votes their conscience...... it's time conscience came into the picture in politics, not just greed.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Ron Paul has every chance of winning. Do not allow mainstream media to cloud your judgement. These channels are owned by the elite who fear Ron Paul's values and commitment to eliminate their control over the American people.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Ron Paul has almost no chance of winning. What's next?
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Why the Media Ignores Ron Paul: youtu.be/JViVLY_BRz4
They are scared!
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
I couldn't agree more with your analysis. Ron Paul appears to be the only candidate who's ready to challenge the elite, restore civil liberties and return freedom/control back to the people where it belongs.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Lynne: Obama was the junior Senator from Illinois, not a Congressman (Representative ). His positives greatly outweigh his negatives, in spite of the literally selfish obstructionism of the Republicans. He was a great candidate, then a learner President for a couple of years. Now he has found his stable position on the level of statesmanship. That position he now articulates forcefully from the basis of the people's interest. Only his financial advisors are questionable, but where does one find a Wall Street banker with both expertise and clean skirts? In truth Obama is in a league far above the GOP/TP hopefuls trying to compete with him for the presidency. That is a simple statement of fact.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Why can't we include or start an intention experiment starting with improvement of the economy, with no regard to any political affiliation. We could argue each side non stop with our opinions and never agree. I would like to see an intention experiment with the intention to improve the economy here in America and wherever else. Any thoughts? Thoughts are things. Lets get together on our thought of what we want to happen, and see what the universe gives us. Thank you. Evelyn
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
There is only one presidential hopeful out there in the US who appears ready to challenge the structures run by the global elite.
Ron Paul has consistently stood up against the Federal Reserve, Big Banks, Corporations and atrocities like the Patriot Act.
Ron Paul appears to be strongly committed to serving the people by reducing the Federal Government, eliminating expensive wars and helping the people regain their independence (self sufficient)and freedoms.
Ron Paul's momentum has been steadily growing along with his number of supporters (becoming the majority) who understand that the paradigm we currently have in government needs to change.
www.ronpaul2012.com/
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
Intention works best when your conscious intent (choice) is not wrestling with subconscious, instinctive reactions. To be more powerful we can find and transform our own beliefs and attitudes that go against our choices.
Transformation requires more than affirmations. We must dig into emotions that hold the old attitudes in place -- so we can truly CLEAR our Intent.
How to do that? Set your intent for healing ... then MOVE the emotions of "not getting what I say I want" until your inner truths start emerging, e.g., "I can't depend on a man ..."
When you see and OWN that these unloving truths are yours ... and that they are "creating your reality," then you can CHANGE those truths. Rewire with new, loving beliefs: "I'm willing to have men come into my life that I trust. I'm willing to have men in my life who are responsible. I'm willing to be responsible for myself, etc."
Empower yourself. We are the new leaders.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
I agree with Chatham Forbes that Obama is the right man for our times. He is of our emerging paradigm, where power comes from within -- not through “control over.”
Obama is having to navigate between the two paradigms. We are in the cauldron of change - and it is boiling hot.
I feel that to support him will best support our country and our world as we shift into new consciousness.
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Jan 21, 2012Posted By
We need leaders with different political belief, who are willing to collaborate with one another and not try to eliminate the opponent. When Obama had a favorable Congress in the first 2 years, he showed no interest in collaborating,u ntil he lost the house. Whether Ron Paul has good ideas or not, I question whether he's really interested in collaboration. Gingrich, while a Conservative, has a track record of working with the Liberals on various social and budget reforms. My vote is for him.
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Jan 23, 2012Posted By
My prediction is that someone will bubble up from the Occupy movement. Unfortunately not soon enough for this election cycle but within the next year or two. stay tuned....
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Jan 24, 2012Posted By
What a lively conversation! Yet the same thing keeps being made clear to me. In the majority of responses, someone is trying to argue their point of view AGAINST the point of view of someone else. There is an underlying agenda of persuasion for an imagined reader and attempt to justify a position.
Please review the true effects of intention. Anything you resist will persist. Arrange your personal emotional temperature to APPROVAL of all you are experiencing. If you cannot accept what is, you cannot release it's hold on your consciousness and it's control over you. Remember that YOU are the only one who can change the world. What do you want to see?
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Jan 28, 2012Posted By
i'm appalled that you use your web site to doal politics out. You are no better than the politicians. You are using people who trust you to bring another message. shame on you.
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