FREE TO BE HUNGRY

“FREE TO BE HUNGRY” is a neat title for a New York Times, Paul Krugman, article published 22 Sept. which deals with Food Stamps – which address “the third of his famous Four Freedoms — freedom from want — seems to have been turned on its head. Conservatives seem, in particular, to believe that freedom’s just another word for not enough to eat.”

The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) – formally known as Food Stamps – is a key element of economic growth.  You didn’t think of that, but it is reality.  People make spending choices, and when the choice is between food and consumer products, food wins.

Think about that in terms of “economic stimulus packages”. if the money is given to the rich, they use it to buy luxury items; donate it to foreign charities, or charities operating in foreign countries; they us it to expand their foreign business operations, or sit on it – buy stocks in companies that are already operating and therefore nothing is added to the national economy.

If we save people from diverting their limited resources to a buying of basic food stuffs (which are produced locally, therefore supporting the local economy), then their limited resources can support other local businesses and products.  Limited resources are not diverted to foreign luxury products.  SNAP is a true stimulus – it provides local economies with seven to ten times its local amount.  Every dollar in SNAP introduced to a local economy circulates seven to ten times … only then does it exit the local economy to enter the next provider economy … that economy is the domestic wholesaler’s locale.

Fortunately, the Republicans understand this; they have economic knowledge and advisors to tell them how the economy works – people who finance their operations and guide American resources into the realm of outsourcing.

The Republicans understand that (as al Qaeda has often stated) the destruction of America cannot be achieved with the destruction of its economy.  To destroy the economy, first money must be diverted from the bottom, the local communities where the average person lives – not the “manufacturing” communities, and certainly not the wallets of the people who are outsourcing all our economic potential.

The Republicans understand that they must starve the lower classes, must deprive them of medical care, must make their lives miserable and take away their hope for a secure future – that will, if nothing else, set the stage for rebellion.  Rebellion is good for those seeking the destruction of a nation – during the Cold War America sponsored many rebellions … but never took proper advantage of the result.  But again, that was REPUBLICAN administration policies.

 THE MOST HARM TO THE MOST PEOPLE

it begins with abuse of the poor.

it begins with those who do the day-to-day chores.

“Saint Paul’s Joke” takes many forms to be achieved.

The Book is working

New York Times, 15 June 2013, The Pope’s Gay Panic, By FRANK BRUNI.

Without acknowledging it, Frank Bruni is expanding on the words of Saint Paul’s Joke, and one of the failing of the Church which led Benedict XVI to resign and adopt a life of luxury before he must, like his predecessors, atone for a lifetime of sin.

In speaking of Francis I, Bruni stated: “What was clearer was his acknowledgment — rare for a pope, and thus remarkable — of the church’s worst-kept secret: a priesthood populous with gay men, even at the zenith. And that underscored anew the mystery and madness of the church’s attitude about homosexuality.” And then went on to state: “If homosexuality is no bar to serving as one of God’s emissaries and interpreters, if it’s no obstacle to being promoted to the upper rungs of the church’s hierarchy, how can it be so wrong? It doesn’t add up. There’s an error in the holy arithmetic.”

Saint Paul’s Joke, pointed out that Saul of Tarsus, St Paul, was very clear  in his mandate -- his followers were to abstain from sex, but if they were too weak to do so, they were to get married.  He did not say they were to marry and have children, and he did not say that marriage was restricted to a male and female – he did not even object to the idea of two men having sex.  In his day, even the Emperor of Rome publically, and with great fanfare, married a boy… and no follower of Jesus found cause to object.  Nor did any Jew have a basis to object.

There is one clause among the 613 Laws which deals with sex between two men – none which deal with it between two women – and that clause prohibits a man from having sex with BOTH men and women.  Either, or, but not both.

The design of Talumdic law is simple, if it is stated for one gender, it must be specifically stated for the other, or it only applies to the one.  Where  a law applies to both, the gender is expressed in a neutral manner (You/Thou shall not, as opposed to a man shall not, and/or a woman shall not). As pointed out in “The Genesis of Genesis”, Paul was rather specific:

In ROMANS {2:25} we are told: Circumcision profiteth indeed, if thou keep the law:  but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

Therefore, if you are Jewish (only they and the Egyptian priesthood were circumcised) you still had to practice the law, or be deemed a pagan and be lost.

In ROMANS {2:26} we are told: If then, the uncircumcised keep the justices of the law, shall not this uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

However, if you are a pagan who now followed Jesus, it was not necessary for you to risk your life in an adult circumcision, all you had to do was honor, obey, and adhere to the Law, and you would be counted among those who were circumcised – therefore be saved.

The beauty of the Catholic Church, and all of Christianity, is that they make it a point to violate the Laws – in terms expressed by Paul -- therefore none of them are subject to salvation.  When the Judgment day arrives – and Isaac Newton calculated it would arrive here within the next 20 to fifty years, a calculation agreed with in Saint Paul’s Joke --  something will happen and claim the lives and souls of Christians around the world… at least those who violate the law.  Who are they?  Start with asking about their Pork & beans Church functions, or bacon & eggs, or that bacon cheeseburger.  Of course, the real kicker comes with Christians who have sons... if they don't have a bris on the 8th day, they have officially screwed themselves -- the Law requires it, and Paul only exempted his converts, and only because of the pain and risks associated with adult circumcision.  But, to obey the Law meant the new born sons would  circumcised. 

Funny thing – Cheeseburgers are kosher.  The Law is, do not BOIL a CALF in its MOTHER’s MILK.   Abraham served the representatives of the deity meat and cheese and was blessed for it (the Haredim don’t tell you that, but they seldom understand the Law they are supposed to obey – look at their dating of biblical events and compare it to the Hebrew dates in “The Genesis of Genesis” … no Haredim knows, or could have published the facts you’ll find either in “The Genesis of Genesis”, or “Grandpa Was A Deity” ) .

Any case, pay attention to the news.  You will see more from “The Genesis of Genesis”, “Saint Paul’s Joke”, and “Grandpa Was A Deity”… though they might not provide the appropriate acknowledgement or citation.

Hold on to your hats…  al-Qaeda is planning an attack on Rome.