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[pct-l] Bush is my shepherd
Even though we are a largely likeminded group, politics are SPAM on
this list. Take them elsewhere. Please.
-mike
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From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Bluce Ree
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:41 PM
To: Lars Nilsson; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bush is my shepherd
I'd love to take the politically correct high road and say "take it to
a political discussion board"... nahh.
Since war is such a drastic and unrealistic solution (yet it happens)
why not look to the unrealistic (and
obvious) solutions:
1. Ban all newly produced petroleum based products.
2. Religion and State keep separate (the great
loophole)
3. Stop using that car. NOW. And don't even tell me you're driving an
SUV!
The future belongs to the consumer. What are you gonna to do about it
CONSUMER?
aloha, Bluce Ree
PS-Remember what america's biggest pop star once said:
"If you want to make the world a better place take a look at yourself
and make the change." <lol> See you in Neverland!
--- Lars Nilsson <lars@standardarmament.com> wrote:
> Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want.
>
> >He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests.
>
> >He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness.
>
> >He restoreth my fears.
>
> >He leadeth me in the paths of international
> disgrace for his ego's
> sake.
>
> >Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution
> and war,I will find
>
> >no exit, for thou art in office. Thy tax cuts for
> the rich and thy
>
> >media control, they discomfort me. Thou preparest
> an agenda of
>
> >deception in the presence of thy religion. Thou
> anointest my head with
>
> >foreign oil. My health insurance runneth out.
>
> >Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall
> follow me all the days of
> thy term,
>
> >And my jobless child shall dwell in my basement
> forever.
>
> Bush is my President and even though I voted for him I will not
follow
> him like a lamb.
> I too "dwell in want" because that is the human condition. We try
to
> harmoniously balance our "wants" with the NEEDS of those we are
> obligated to (spouse, children, parents, tax-collecting governmental
> entities, etc.) and our own needs. If you are not in want, you are
> either dead physically or spiritually.
> I wish he had started cutting the bark beetle infested trees in
SoCal
> before they burned and destroyed hundreds of homes last year. The
NFS
> has to balance the "wants" of a plethora of groups.
> Considering that
> the logging industry is at most a quarter of the size it was a
> generation ago, I suspect there are still a few trees standing
> somewhere.
> As a backpacker, I enjoy wilderness as much as anyone and have spent
> some time in wilderness in CA and Montana over the past several
years.
> I haven't seen a truck yet, but maybe others on this list have.
> What "fears"?
> I was born in Sweden, and all my extended family still lives there.
> Frankly, I don't give a damn what any of them think of the US.
Thirty
> years ago Swedes were all blonde and blue eyed. Now with 10% of the
> population foreign born, they are concerned about immigration and
> preserving Swedish values. Sixty years ago they allowed Nazi troop
> trains to use their rail system so Norwegians could be slaughtered.
> Don't get me started on the French and Germans.
> "Valley of pollution" - forty years ago as a child in Los Angeles I
> remember my lungs burning often from smog when hiking in the hills
or
> playing baseball. My kids have only experienced that problem once
or
> twice in their lives, despite the population being more than double
> what it was back then.
> "Thou annointest my head with foreign oil". I'm SHOCKED to hear
that
> we are importing oil into this country. This must have just begun
> after Jan. 20, 2001! Does the press know yet?
> "My health insurance runneth out". Move to a smaller home; drive a
> more frugal car; cut out the lattes; stop smoking; get a cheaper cel
> phone plan; drop your cable TV and internet subscriptions; keep the
pc
> one or two generations longer; postpone the thru-hike until you have
> provided for your family. If health insurance is not a top priority
> of yours, why do you think it should be the government's?
> "My jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever". Since this
is
> a paraphrase of the 23rd Psalm, I suggest you turn to the book of
> Proverbs. Chapter 22, Verse 6 says, "Train up a child in the way he
> should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." As a
> parent, my job is to train up good, moral, self-sufficient children.
> With one of the lowest unemployment levels in our nation's history,
> maybe you should get your kid the classified section everyday until
he
> gets off his butt and looks for work!
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Lars Nilsson
>
>
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