Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The truth will out.

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lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
transitionculture.org
oilcrashmovie.com
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From dispatches from the youth climate movement
itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/11/11/satyagraha-say-what
Satyagraha
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagraha#cite_note-0
Satya is the Sanskrit word for “truth”; agraha means "great enthusiasm and interest"[1]. The two words combined may be rendered as "the firmness of truth.” The term was popularized during the Indian Independence Movement, and is used in many Indian languages including Hindi. It can also mean "the force of truth."

"Its root meaning is holding onto truth, hence truth-force. I have also called it love-force or soul-force. In the application of satyagraha, I discovered in the earliest stages that pursuit of truth did not admit of violence being inflicted on one’s opponent but that he must be weaned from error by patience and compassion. For what appears to be truth to the one may appear to be error to the other. And patience means self-suffering. So the doctrine came to mean vindication of truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent, but on oneself."
~Gandhi
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liebermanmustgo.com
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To investigate a rumor that a Bush ancestor was involved in opium smuggling between India and China at the time of the Opium Wars, and to investigate some nasty conspiratorial allegations (can't remember what they were) I read about Obama, I googled the following words and phrases:
"Bush's great grandfather" opium "James Smith Bush" India Obama "Prescott Bush's grandfather" "James Smith Bush"
and (among other webpages) came up with
iviewit.tv/senatecultbill.htm
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Pittsburgh Students Against the War
facebook.com/group.php?gid=10989896095
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community.worldofgood.com/econsciousmarket/blog/2008/11/07/peak_oil__it_is_the_economy
...$700 Billion bailout “solution” is no solution. It’s a simple quick fix that only feeds the addiction. It may temporarily stop the shakes, sweats and shudders that accompany detoxification, but, what are we going to do when the last hit of credit wears off?
PEAK OIL - IT IS THE ECONOMY
by Rex Wyler
As the era of cheap liquid fuels draws to an end, everything about modern consumer society will change. Likewise, developing societies pursuing the benefits of globalization will struggle to grow economies in an era of scarce liquid fuels. The most localized, self-reliant communities will experience the least disruption...
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1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

im really proud of wat they are doin so im really happy that the youth has taken this step .......

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