Discoursing With Pariahs Continued

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The Octogenarians

This is the anniversary of the second worst case of domestic terrorism in the U.S. The site was Oklahoma City.(O woe Oklahoma!) The perpetrators were Timothy MCVey and Terry Hollins.168 Americans died in the explosion of the Federal building.The reason was vengeance against the Federal government for the Texas Dravidian cult member slayings.McVey was executed and Hollins is serving three consecutive life sentences.They have nothing new to tell us because their message is the same as that of the Jonestown loyalists.The very vindictiveness of their response is the same phenomenon as the vindictiveness of today’s Isis converts who have no fulfilling identities within their home cultures.It is high time to learn from this redundant theme and to learn to give a sense of worth priority in human interchange.We have to unlearn “looking down” on others as a first response to our own sense of worthlessness and to curb the official…

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Law & Disorder While Judge Dredd Rides Again.

The Octogenarians

Another spate of police shootings,another series of video documentation of abuse of power or incredibly poor judgment mark the last few weeks.You begin to wonder what would happen if firemen used the fear for our lives mantra.I suppose fear of the smell of burning buildings and charred flesh would come close.An unarmed black man is shot to death in Tulsa by a 73 year old reserve officer who became confused and grabbed his 357 instead of his taser.It just happens that he was a financial supporter of the sheriff and his department.Did he purchase the right to play with human life thereby? We’ll likely never know ;his training records are mysteriously incomplete.Older news by a week or so, is the Harris case , a black man shot to death (eight shots fired,five in his back) while running away from a stop involving a broken tail light. In Arizona while one…

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Starbucks Sally Two or Silly Too ?

The Octogenarians

Starbucks management is still trying. The latest offering is full tuition coverage for a degree at Arizona State College(On Line).Voices on the left are already sounding off about the loss of the two cents/hr potential pay increase for the affected workers or about the offering being insufficient.Voices on the right are sounding off about the loss of autonomy and a federal plot(particularly if “Obama money” is anywhere involved.Management experts are talking about the loss of characteristic behavior and financial experts are calling it a drop in the bucket and nowhere and in no way involving the bottom line.In view of the need to change the business as usual money first and last orientation so prevalent today,let’s hear it for Starbucks!!

Disoursing with Pariahs.This time Jim Jones.
A few of us are involved in reexamination of material graciously contributed by Angela Sukhdeo the widow of the late Dr Hardat Sukhdeo who…

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