Showing posts with label jesus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jesus. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Somalia, Norway, the Sudan and Football. Weiner's Boners, Charlie's Rants and Lindsay's Drinks. What is Your News?

Do not view this post if you have a weak heart. You are warned.
I am spoiled.
It is hot, 105 today.
I saw a man walking on the sweltering campus today
wearing breezy shorts and a t-shirt;
his wife was wrapped up
in many layers of a dark blue canvas burka.
I fell into a vicarious heat swoon
but resisted violence.

There is a famine
of such intensity that women stagger many many miles
through africa's heat
with their children to find something, anything to eat or drink-
while men with weapons ride around shooting and assaulting people.
i thought congo was the last straw.  I thought Sudan Child Soldiers broke my heart all the way. 




Could YOU DO THIS?
african famine summary
and current video watch HERE




or is there a Non-Interference Clause?


Y'Know, survival of the fittest and all that?

well, is it true or not?



If there was a “theory of evolution” which was really pure math, pure numbers, pure physics, pure random, random bits of flotsam and jetsam floating, churning about, evolving into ever-more complex astounding collections of moving- parts-machines, like Data on Startrek
propagation of the genes -Dude,  hitler a total genius the lodestar of evolution?
that is, no spirit no soul no personality no consciousness of the self, no rightwrong No Thing is of value except the passing of material and the length of time it takes to change and the improbability of random chance that This long neck of the giraffe which reaches for plants also does not kill it when it drinks, head down, in the pond; then,

When does the self become the self? there would be no self.



I   I    I I  I'm
too sexy to wear socks

hold on here's my good side



american men's olympic skater

grammy winner

choose to fail
elected servant

vanity

getting away with it:
His   and   Hers










celebrity


yeah burkas for advertising.

Oh Michael Vick



more on gypsy HERE


when
 is it time to help?

when time to step up?
when is it too late?



do not proceed.


what do we do with Beauty?


do not proceed.






those are knives
 stuck in the animal on purpose.
Oh Yeah.
FAMINE.




"A well nourished Sudanese man steals maize from a starving child during a food distribution at the Medecins Sans Frontieres feeding centre in Ajiep, southern Sudan. from Tom Stoddart's iWitness Gallery"
(and if famine is not enough, how about the
UTTER corruption of leaders;
beatings, murder, and destruction of the land
 all at the expense of the people.
for example, POV--Zimbabwe, mugabe, and the



brutal idi amin
Rule of Law: watch the Mike Campbell case

Famine.

HERE i found this pic:

how to jar myself from my complacency?
HOW TO JAR MYSELF FROM MY COMPLACENCY??

modern slavery

noninterference  clause?
this sudanese girl was crawling to a feeding station
what does it mean to have nothing?

what if it is my brother there?
this tiny child is featured in the film linked at top of post.

There are many knds of famine
human compassion?
what if my mother had no help?

what if there were no clothes or food or water for ME?
Children desperate for water, for food...





time passes




What is it about Jesus?




Friday, April 22, 2011

"What, then, to do about Jesus of Nazareth?"

Listen below or click here   Lyrics:
Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you.
The Pharisees and priests are here for you.
Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here.
We've not much time, and quite a problem here
MOB (outside)
Hosanna! Superstar!
Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
A trick or two with lepers, and the whole town's on its feet.
He is dangerous! MOB (outside) Jesus Christ Superstar!

He is dangerous!
MOB (outside) Tell us that you're who they say you are.
The man is in town right now to whip up some support.
A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort.
He is dangerous! Jesus Christ Superstar!
He is dangerous!
Look Caiaphas, they're right outside our yard.
Quick Caiaphas, go call the Roman guard.
No, wait! We need a more permanent solution to our problem.
What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth?

Miracle wonderman, hero of fools.
No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans.

One thing I'll say for him -- Jesus is cool.
We dare not leave him to his own devices.

His half-witted fans will get out of control.
But how can we stop him?
His glamour increases
By leaps every moment; he's top of the poll.

I see bad things arising.
The crowd crown him king; which the Romans would ban.
I see blood and destruction,
Our elimination because of one man.
Blood and destruction because of one man.
Because, because, because of one man.
Our elimination because of one man.
Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of one man.
What then to do about this Jesus-mania?
Now how to we deal with a carpenter king?
Where do we start with a man who is bigger
Than John was when John did his baptism thing?
Fools, you have no perception!
The stake we are gambling are frighteningly high!

We must crush him completely,
So like John before him, this Jesus must die.
For the sake of the nation, this Jesus must die.
Must die, must die, this Jesus must die.
So like John before him, this Jesus must die.
Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!


If  you ever watched the musical or stage version of Jesus Christ, Superstar, you might remember the scene in which the sanhedrin were perplexed about the popularity of Jesus Christ.
Apparently, Lazarus had been raised from the dead in front of buku witnesses; when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem everyone was hailing him.
This was too much!
and this song has kept going through my head this past week,
 although i haven't seen the play or movie for years.
As they grumble together, they sing,
"What then,
to do about Jesus of Nazareth?"
around 2:05 in the youtube they break into this lyric.
2.17: Priest: "(this Jesus brings) No riots, no army, no fighting, no violence..."
Caiphas: "One thing I say for him... Jesus is coool"
I am finding this an interesting question for philosophers and economists alike.


Pictures HERE
More HERE and HERE
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