ignorance

Again we have an illustration of how ignorance is king

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This story appeared in my local newspaper, it was about how excited and happy church members are about Barack Obama being elected President:At many SouthCoast churches on the first Sunday after Barack Obama's election as president, Cape Verdean and black parishioners rejoiced in his victory, expressed hope for a new day and prayed for the safety of the nation's first black leader.Following Sunday'

I try not to display my supreme observance because everyone has too many secrets to hide and too many lies to cover up; it causes fears in them. We have to forge ignorance at times to avoid being distant away.There may be little things that cause displeases to us but we have to overlook them in case things blow up.Have you tried too hard to show that you care for someone when you subconsciously do

My kid sister just got a job in my favorite sandwich shop. She finished her undergraduate work last May, and she's quickly discovered that holding a BA from a prestigious liberal arts university means very little in the work world. To get a real career in her field, she'll have to go back for a Master's (at least). Despite her brilliance and her work ethic, she's joined the ranks of thousands o

To my friends & fans, Still breathing! I’ve been really busy with work and haven’t had as much time to record m’madness. To my detractors, Still breathing! I’ve been really busy with work and haven’t had as much time to get f***ed… The Canadian Conservatives - the only arithmetically inclined, honest party in Canada today - won a definite [...]

Humans are one sick specie. Ignorance kills prosperity.

Did you see this on CNN?  This is word for word what was said: Woman at rally: I don’t trust Obama. I have read about him and he’s an Arab. Sen. John McCain: No ma’am, no ma’am. He’s a decent family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. That’s what this [...]

It is becoming increasingly clear that the complicit left wing media refuses to showcase the hateful idiotic hatred that the left has for Sarah Palin. While the harpies on the left claim that McCain's campaign is "sowing the seeds" for racism, it is the left themselves that is clearly demonstrating who they hate. Where is the outrage for the t-shirts that are being sold that says abort Sarah? Wher

Bush The Arrogant — George Bush promised humility and delivered Ignorance and Arrogance. The legacy of this grim epoch, should be equally offensive to conservatives and liberals. President Bush’s latest permutation of crisis management is the last straw. But who best to roll back the excesses? An LA Times Editorial Published: September 28, 2008 As the Bush administration [...]

I don't have any medical insurance coverage of any kind. My employer offers no coverage options at all and the cost of individual insurance that has any real value is simply not within my financial reach. This scenario is not unusual in America today even though our country boasts the best health care in the world for its citizens...if you can pay for it. So, that is how it is and I just liv

We’ve dealt with the barangay as a government, as a corporation, and as an economy. Anyone who doesn’t know why these three aspects are important or how each is supposed to be managed has no business demanding or preaching about good governance. And any official who doesn’t know how to make each one functional has no business staying in office. It’s been over a decade and a half since the

i find it annoying that people go around preaching about being understanding and act self righteous about social behavior but they themselves have NEVER been treated like a second class citizen based on race, religion or creed. I find it inappropriate for them to voice their opinion on something they know nothing about. If you've never been a minority then you have NO idea what its like. you have

While taking part in the “Sturgis Rally 2008” at Buffalo Chip, South Dakota, yesterday John McDUMB offered his wife Cindy McCain — a recovering drug-addict and a thief, to enter the “Miss Buffalo Chip” contest — a topless, bottomless and sometimes NUDE beauty pageant.    [Enlarge Pic] Said McCain: “I told her with a little luck, she could [

Oh my God, I found someone who actually was willing to put in print for all to read his colossal stupidity. This is the type of individual Obama was talking too and despite the remarkable lack of common fucken sense this dude bought into Obama’s empty rhetoric. This particular individual seems to think that the Negro [...]

  “We must end the age of oil in our time.” --Barack Obam-uh-uh-uh-uh, today

Please Read the Website's TERMS OF USE before proceeding.20 MARCH, 2006REPUBLISHED ISSUE - "A PRIVATE DIARY"Testaments for Ignorance and UnprofessionalismIn the ideal world, many leaders dream of a certain gift they've long hoped for - A blessing of sweat and blood they've poured in the past. But what catches up is when POOR QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP influenced human behaviors - How are they outlined

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appeared on Hannity and Colmes and showed Fox News viewers just how well informed he is on energy issues. While Barack Obama was discussing energy issues he suggested that if Americans inflated the tires in their cars to the proper levels it would save fuel. Gingrich proposed airing a clip of this suggestion to the public in which they would apparentl

[UPDATE - 8/2/08] Cory has since adjusted his perspective on this.  He has shown once more why he is to be respected, despite his beliefs.  Although we disagree, the fact that he continues to show honesty and cordiality, and our continued success at finding some common ground, he has great quality.  I hope one day he will find that to be completely honest he needs to drop his belief

This morning, I went to attend services at First Churches in Northampton, Mass. The church is a merging of American Baptist and a United Church of Christ congregations, and is a landmark in the town, as it was the home parish of Jonathan Edwards, perhaps the most famous American theologian ever. Jonathan Edwards is credited with starting and being a major driving force behind the first of the G

"Sails", Sydney Biennale 2008@Cockatoo Island, Sydney.When the illusion of anonymity is shattereda certain joy of freedom is lostMaybe ignorance really is bliss and maybe if we really tried hard enough, we may start to believe it.It's been a while since i last blogged. I think i finally feel like everyone's forgotten enough about this dusty lil blog so that i can blog in blissful anonymity again.

I was sent a very interesting New York Times article today from a friend.  It is by the author of Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt. In it, he tells his tale of being in the Harvard Society of Fellows, a society for the brightest of the bright to rub elbows and study in different departments [...]

It’s with this quote by the great physicist Stephen Hawking, that we’ll begin a series of posts about the top censored news of the history. WHAT IS MODERN CENSORSHIP? At Project Censored, we examine the coverage of news and information important to the maintenance of a healthy and functioning democracy. We define Modern Censorship as the subtle [...]

In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying On the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and campaign advertisements to hear the truth: Sen. Barack Obama, born in Hawaii, is a Christian family man with a track record of public service. But on the Internet, in his grocery store, at his [...]

Acting on an anonymous tip, police discovered that a woman had been held in her family home in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, near Naples, for the last eighteen years of her liife due to the stigma associated with her psychiatric...

From Victor Hanson's essay "The new learning that failed" (The New Criterion, May 2008):[W]e can assess the value of classical learning in the life of the university by illustrating how non-Hellenic are the contemporary university agendas of popular culture, therapy, political correctness, and vocationalism. The Greeks remind us that there are rules to acquiring knowledge not found on the street,

So yesterday I joined a forum for local moms. I was pleased to find a place where I might find other moms like me in my area. And, I suppose I did. But I was so repulsed by a few peoples' comments... Please visit for more!

"I admit to being a tad despondent about this global belief that Obama would be better in managing world affairs. Let’s be clear cut, you want to talk to anyone including America’s sworn enemies without pre-conditions, you want to pull back forces from overseas, draw down the military, move money away from military programs, retire carrier battle groups, pull away from hot spots.... and this

A church over in Shreveport, Louisiana recently decided to have an old fashioned book burning which was picked up by the local news. Nothing new, really. Small Christian communities do it all the time here in the south it seems. In fact, there’s a church about 30 minutes north of here that should be [...]

All this sounds very plausible, as so many other things that Senator Obama says sound plausible. But, like so many of those other things, it will not stand up under scrutiny.

Turkey is currently embroiled in a religious debate concerning the extent to which religion can be allowed in its education system. The overwhelming majority of Turks are Muslim, but about 40% cling to strong secular tenets which forbid religion in school. Sevki Aydin, of the Religious Affairs Dirtectorate, argued a major problem is lack of [...]

Bill Cresswell kindly transcribed this video clip from the BBC website. Jump to HERE for the transcription and video. Bryan Adams held a photographic exhibition to raise awareness about hearing loss, showcasing photos of celebrities. I thought it (almost) funny that he was keen to raise awareness, as is the BBC, but I couldn’t even [...]

Appalachia is a thirteen state region that stretches along the Appalachian mountain range from southwestern New York to northeastern Mississippi. Along with its spatial location, the area is characterized by its extensive historical reliance upon extractive resources, namely coal, as its main economic sector. While coal is no longer the largest employer for most counties [...]

Filed under: Celebrity Justice TMZ.com: Granted, we break lots of stories about lawsuits — but it’s always amusing when we know before the celeb defendants.So when we caught up with Pete... Continue to www.MadHollywood.com

... or at least etymologically speaking. The word "nice" has one of the most interesting etymologies in the English language, as its meaning has completely changed over the centuries.The word "nice", like many words in the English language, came to us through Old French and ultimately from Latin. The Latin word nescius means "unaware," "not knowing," or "ignorant." We can see this more clearly whe

I found this piece in today's Globe and Mail quite fascinating. It is about an Amazon tribe in Brazil that has remained almost completely cut-off from the rest of the world, albeit with the caveat that "Anthropologists say almost all of these tribes know about western civilization and have sporadic contact with prospectors, rubber tappers and loggers". The article also mentions the Sentinelese who

Predictions of grave consequences from carbon dioxide emissions creating a more acidic ocean could just be plain bogus, according to this article at GoreLied.Blogspot.com. A recent study found that the lowering of pH in the ocean could actually help marine life and that the sea doesn’t work anything like expected. gorelied.blogspot.com Tags: carbon, carbon [...]

Students Promoting Awareness About North Korea or SPAANK which they're more known for, is a UCLA campus organization led by a team of dedicated people with a clear mission: Create awareness about the atrocities and horrific truths going on in North Korea today and partner with organizations in raising up activists through creative mediums. Their latest effort is a benefit concert called "Ignorance

HONG KONG (AP) - ”Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” star Zhang Ziyi says she’s outraged by what she says is ignorance about the recent earthquake in China. Read more! Bookmark to: Continue to www.MadHollywood.com

HONG KONG (AP) - ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' star Zhang Ziyi says she's outraged by what she says is ignorance about the recent earthquake in China.[...] Read more!

I'm going to side with Obama on this one. The guy didn't know about Hanford. There are many local issues and I don't expect a presidential candidate to know every single one. It reminds me of McCain's admission that he didn't know as much about the economy as he does foreign policy- honest and not damning in the least. Powered by b2evolution.

~Snooper~Barack Hussein Obama is clearly unfit for command of the United States not because he is black, white or green but because he hasn't the experience of an Executive to any degree. All he has is hope and change he can believe in. Sorry. That doesn't quite get it. He has been tainted by Saul Alinsky and other such social order reorganizers in the model of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Nic

I love the quote at the end: When you’re in a hole, stop digging. Check it out and feel free to laugh out loud:

I am about to educate you about Democrats and Republicans and why I am the only candidate (besides Kat Swift) who can bring real change. Democrats like to make you feel like a victim.  If you are not a victim, then you are an evil Republican and must be stopped. Republicans like to blame everybody but themselves.  [...]

KKKobb County Marietta, GA tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with "Obama in '08" scrolled underneath, are "cute." But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past. To read the entire story, head over to AJC

I apologize for the sporadic posts lately. I have a bit more than usual on my plate and some things just get pushed down the list. Unfortunately, this site is one of the things that has to suffer. I posted a few days back about "Energized Incompetence" and hopefully communicated that not only do you need to ensure people have a reason to change behavior but that they also have the skills

Filipe Soares Franco revolted up this Thursday against the list circulated by the association of players (SJ) and that includes the Sporting between the clubs with salary arrears. The president said that unfair obligations with the players are in day and believes that the president of SJ, Joaquim Evangelista, acted as "bad faith" or "ignorance" and requires an apology."Today is, for me, as chairma

  Ok so I’ve complained many times about my crappy job but I will do it again. MY JOB SUCKS!!! Today was one of those days when you just want to just walk into your bosses office, take a shit on the desk, walk out, and tell them to have a good life. It’s [...]

The Ugly American never seems to leave town.

Mohammed Hafidh Abdul-Razzaq had been summoned by U.S. Embassy officials who wanted to make amends for the killing of his 10-year-old son. The boy died during a shooting involving employees of Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. security firm. Deputy Chief of Mission Patricia A. Butenis told him that she was sorry for what had happened, Abdul-Razzaq recalled. She gave him a sealed envelope. It had his name written on it. Abdul-Razzaq pushed it away. “I told her I refuse to receive any amount,” the auto parts dealer said. “My father is a tribal sheik, and we’re not used to taking any amount unless the concerned will come and confess and apologize. Then we will talk about compensation.” In September, Blackwater contractors protecting an embassy mission killed 17 Ir

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. Carl Sagan addthis_url = [...]

WE OFTEN MENTION THE WORD "FETTERS." THIS IS A BUDDHIST CONCEPTION, BUT IS VERY CLEAR TO UNDERSTAND ONCE IT IS DEFINED. BUDDHISTS ALSO USE WORDS SUCH AS "BONDS," "CHAINS," "SHACKLES," AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE, "ENTANGLEMENTS." ALL THESE WORDS ARE INTENDED...

My children grow older and bigger in the cosmopolitan, open minded bliss of Silicon Valley in California. We are so used to our children that on the whole we bimble along our trajectory with only the occasional blip. Public blips usually cause me more concern that private blips. In public there is always a dilemma, should I explain and excuse, or be evasive? I feel uncomfortable announcing to perfect strangers that my boys are autistic, especially if the children are there to overhear. I wondered sometimes if this was because I was ashamed or embarrassed or both? Even now, as I think back, I believe the underlying truth was far different from such social trifles.The difficulty was the need to protect the person that you told. When you tell someone something that they are not expecti

This morning I awoke before sunrise and said my sad good-byes to my daughter and her finance in our UK village home of the last year. Our Cheshire home was set on a high plain and overlooked idilic pastures, sheep, protected forest and quaint cottages. Living in England for the past two years has been [...]

I have discovered, through a Google Alert for "Moderate Muslims Rejecting Terrorism", another exemplar of ignorance. I post a few gems of ignorance below interspersed with my comments. March 29, 2008 Charleston Gazette: Storm Fallout from film Anyone who reads the daily news knows that thousands of horrible, tragic, murderous incidents around the world involve Muslims. Actually, much of the endless slaughter targets fellow Muslims. But it's unclear whether the bloodshed has any link to Islam and the vast faith's 1 billion adherents - or whether it arises from just a tiny fanatic fringe, rather like the few extreme Christians who murdered abortion clinic workers. What is that phrase the terrorists shouted when they slew the children at Beslan, hijacked the airliners and hacked off those

Hello readers! So sorry about the delay for a new post! I have had some recent computer problems, but finally got a half-decent laptop, so I’m back in business. Thank you for being patient, if there are any of you out there!Last night marked the Opening Night of the 2008 Major League Baseball season and needless to say, it jump started in good fashion. The Washington Nationals’ new ballpark was christened with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth for a Nats win.Most clubs open up their seasons today or tomorrow, including our beloved Mets, down in Florida against the Marlins. I am sure we all look forward to a great and exciting season ahead of us. Don’t forget to keep up with my pre-season predictions!So there are a few things I would like to touch on in this post. Keeping

Michelle Obama came under new criticism Thursday as opponents seized upon remarks the would-be first lady made in a speech in January, when she told a group of students that they need to take advantage of diversity on campus so they can stop feeling “justified in your own ignorance … That’s America.”

I have been reading this book for awhile now. It's called "The Book of General Ignorance .. Everything You Think You Know is Wrong". As I started thumbing through it I was perplexed by all the misinformation that we are given. Thank goodness for this book; I can now put all those [...]

י'ה באדר ב' תשס"חRaven 16Kabbalah teaches there are four categories of ignorance. They are passive ignorance, active ignorance, essential ignorance, and enlightened ignorance.Passive ignorance is easy to understand and easy to come by. It's what fills a person's head after a lifetime spent in front of a television set. It is the inevitable and automatic outcome of doing nothing with one's mind.The passively ignorant do not care to understand anything.Active ignorance is commonly mistaken for knowledge, so that although we imagine that we go to school in order to fill our heads with wisdom, we are really there to exchange one type of ignorance for another. Active ignorance is particularly deceptive because it parades in academic (or religious) trappings. Moreover, it often refle

John McCain has been portraying himself as the man with experience, after all, he has made more trips to Iraq than any other member of Congress. Senator McCain insists Barack Obama lacks his foreign policy experience and the United States needs someone as president who can make the right decisions when the phone rings at [...]

~Snooper~OK. So, they may not be lies because he just may very well believe the rhetoric of the racists Wright, the good preacher of Barack's church of two decades or so. Now, Michelle Obama truly and indeed believes the good preacher because in her thesis, she reveals and exposes just how angry she is about chez whitie.I despise racists no matter the nationality or color. We cannot say that about the Obamas...they revel in it; promote it; and use it to feed themselves power from the ignorant masses.The speech today as given by Barack Obama in response to the non-reverent Rev Wright can be read here and there are two other interesting pieces here and here. All three are must reads. One of the articles addresses the first test of a potential president as he faces a crisis and the other

 By: Mimi Rothschild “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” Mark said as he used a feather and ink to scribble down a phrase on the back of a napkin. “What, isn’t school and education the same?” Mark’s friend, Ignorance, asked. Mark shook his head as he looked into the mirror at his age and [...]

You know we bring a lot of stuff on ourselves as a people. No matter what our race or gender, in America, there are certain things expected if one wants or claims to be a citizen of this countryFirst off, I am one that believes if one doesn’t know their rights, hey you have no rights, and don’t give me this constitutional shit about amendments and all. I would even venture to speculate that most folk’s aint never even read the constitution and may have even complained when they had to read it 8th grade civics class.Personally, I consider myself to be a sovereign entity, or citizen-sovereign, for I and only I can “so ever reign” over myself. In fact, I may be wrong, but this is what I have reduced the general corpus of discussion to be about at and during the Constitutional conv

You know we bring a lot of stuff on ourselves as a people. No matter what our race or gender, in America, there are certain things expected if one wants or claims to be a citizen of this countryFirst off, I am one that believes if one doesn’t know their rights, hey you have no rights, and don’t give me this constitutional shit about amendments and all. I would even venture to speculate that most folk’s aint never even read the constitution and may have even complained when they had to read it 8th grade civics class.Personally, I consider myself to be a sovereign entity, or citizen-sovereign, for I and only I can “so ever reign” over myself. In fact, I may be wrong, but this is what I have reduced the general corpus of discussion to be about at and during the Constitutional conv

Image from Between Heaven and Earth.My last post on what I would say when confronted by a mom who wanted to exclude a dad from a playgroup reminded me of this post about Doug's experience with apparent bigotry in a playground. Now this woman didn't have a problem with Doug taking his daughter to the playground in the middle of a weekday, but she had some serious ignorance about Asian-Americans. Shortly after I posted, he related another story. She had been having back pains so she went to see a doctor that someone recommended. She said he was a Chinese doctor and seemed very knowledgeable, but she didn't understand why he didn't suggest acupuncture.OMG, is she serious? Do people really think that all Chinese doctors are acupuncturists? Hello, we live in the US, where western medicine

IslamOnline.net & Newspapers "Under Islam, I am respected. It tells me that I have a right to an education and that it is my duty to seek out knowledge," said Ridley. CAIRO — Award-winning British reporter Yvonne Ridley has blamed the ignorance of Western politicians and media for the ongoi

I’ve spoken before about how much I love the written language. How I enjoy playing with words as if they were building blocks, crafting lofty structures in idiosyncratic shapes to convey a concept or action as precisely and uniquely as possible. In this sense, if no other, I consider myself a writer - [...]

The ABC News GOP debate in New Hampsire produced a serious exchange on foreign policy (transcript). The candidates were asked whether they would continue the Bush policy of nation-building and attempting to spread democracy throughout the world.REP. PAUL: Well, I certainly agreed with his foreign policy that he ran on and that we as Republicans won in the year 2000 -- you know, the humble foreign policy, no nation-building, don't be the policeman of the world. And we were strongly critical of the policy of the Clinton administration, that did the opposite. And we fell short. Of course, the excuse is that 9/11 changed everything, but the Bush doctrine of preemptive war is not a minor change. This is huge. This is the first time we as a nation accept as our policy that we start the wars. I d

I am often astounded by the stupidity of others. But nowhere am I more aware of it than when I'm riding public transportation and I am subjected to other people's conversations. Sometimes I chuckle to quietly, sometimes I shake my head -- but I never ever say anything out loud. Because, like my rule about not honking at people while driving on highways in places where people are known to carry guns, you never know what people are going to do next.For example, on the New York subway, some people got the crap beaten out of them for responding to a "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Hanukkah." According to the CNN article:Two women who were with a group of 10 rowdy people then began to verbally assault Adler's companions with anti-Semitic language, Hellerstein said.One member of the group allegedly yelled, "Oh, Hanukkah. That's the day that the Jews killed Jesus," she said.When Adler tried to intercede, a male member of the group punched him, she said.No, you idiot, Hanukkah is somethi

NOT bliss. Remember that. Sure, watching the news can be extraordinarily upsetting and you might’ve been a million times better had you not seen it, in general, it’s a good thing to know what’s going on in the world, the environment and your health. More specifically, you have to know that it is, in fact, essential [...]

~Snooper~We reported on this the other day and as predicted, the Leftinistra Moonbats of the anti-Americanist Fruit Loop Brigades are having to change soiled panties seemingly on the hour.Bush-Bashing Is FunBut here's what you missed amid the Iranapalooza excitement. Some of the elusive and much sought-after political progress in Iraq: (read the rest...it won't disappoint)The above is from Jules Crittenden. The below is from the disheartened and so mentally deficient losers of the left:It has been a trying few days, as our animus to cry angrily and fearfully for vengeance against an unending succession of exaggerated foreign threats has been dampened by disappointing news regarding the supposed nonexistence of the Iranian nuclear threat, according to certain intelligence sources against whom our resentment is now rising. (read the rest and bring your tissues...I laughed so hard I thought I was going to snot myself)The pathetic loons of Trolldom and Doom and Gloom have been beaten...

By now you’ve probably heard something about a teddy bear in the news. But it seems to me that the way people understood the story had a lot to do with where they heard about it. So in the tradition of this piece, I’ve created two very different interpretations pared down from different news sources. First we have, edited from Andrew Heavens’s story of last Friday, what I like to call “Crazy Muslims At it Again”: KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Hundreds of Sudanese Muslims, waving green Islamic flags, took to the streets of Khartoum on Friday demanding death for the British teacher convicted of insulting Islam after her class named a teddy bear Mohammad. “No one lives who insults the Prophet,” the protesters chanted, a day after school teacher Gillian Gibbons, 54, was sentenced to 15 days in jail and deportation from Sudan. At least 1,000 protesters shook their fists or waved banners or ceremonial swords and chanted religious and nationalist slogans after

Insanity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That is, if you define words based on e-mail forwards and commonly used sayings, as opposed to looking them up in the dictionary. I think I have enough naturally-occuring insanity, so I needn't tempt fate by doing the same things over and over again....I could land myself in an asulym! That said, I am considering a new approach to my feelings about Black men. Before I continue, let me tell you this: I used to be one of those sisters who was sooooo all about the Black man. “Oh, they so great, they so strong”, etc. Then I grew up and started seeing things for what they are and not what I want to them to be. You can say what you want about me being a hater or an asshole, but I will never back down from these two statements: the Black man has let the community down and the Black man, since he has been freed from chattle slavery, has consistently mistreated and abused the Black woman. And on

Thousands of Sudanese protested on Friday in Khartoum, Sudan, calling for the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad.(Abd Raouf/The Associated Press) In Sudan, demonstrators call for execution of British teacher NAIROBI: Hundreds of

We've heard some French Quebeckers express racist remarks at the Bouchard-Taylor Commission's hearings. Now, we hear other Quebeckers being so proud of their ignorance without looking racist! Indeed, it's about time that someone tells them that the Christmas tree is not a Christian symbol.A Sikh man said that no preferential treatment should be made in terms of religious accommodations. He supported his lame argument by suggesting that all religions must be treated equally, because we let the Christmas tree being shown in public places. Most of all, he upheld that the Christmas tree is a Christian symbol.Either this man is a chronic moron or an innocent ignorant.Needless to remind you that in France, a country that forbids the display of religious symbols in public places, the Christmas tree can be put in public places. Some will say that this is a preferential treatment to Christianity. However, if it can be put in public places in France, it's because the Christmas tree is not a

We find that all Redeemers were treated badly by the world. Jesus, Socrates, Mansoor, Bruno etc. Why is it so?Aurobindo answersHard is the World Redeemer's heavy taskThe whole world becomes his adversary.Those whom he came to save are his enemiesThose he would redeems are his adversariesThis world is in love with its own ignoranceIts darkness moves away from the Saviour LightIt gives the Cross in payment for the Crown ! ( Savitri - The Book of the Redeemer) This is a benighted humanity or an ignorant race !A man who was about to become the Redeemer aks HeavenWhy should I throw my arms against the shut Heavens Or struggle against a mute inevitable FateOr hope in vain to uplift an ignorant raceWho hugs their lot and mocks the Saviour Light ? !

By this time I’m positive that y’all have heard on the unfortunate situation Mr. West is enduring. His mother recently passed and although its is the job of us as journalist to report important headlines, there is a necessary discretion that most ignore for attention. Salacious headlines are entertaining as long of the threshold of insensitivity and basic human respect is not disregarded. But as most things dear, this was violated by NY magazine’s website that recently titled the story “Kanye West’s Mom Goes Out Olivia Goldsmith Style“. In reference to the famous author of The First Wives Club, who passed under similar circumstances. There is no place for ridicule in a situation like this, it is unmitigated dishonor. Shots out to Sandra Rose who broke the article. Still afflicted by the insensitive gall? Email Nymag and demand respect… Related PostsCam’ron apparently kicked out of DipsetGeorge Bush Vs. Miss Teen South Carolina (video)N

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‘I’m a recovering alcoholic, you know. I’m just like you.’ In signing the $50 million five year extension to his existing contract, Glenn Beck, 43,  becomes the newest, and youngest, entrant into an exclusive club of  highly compensated radio stars. The new contract would make Mr. Beck the third highest-paid talk radio host, surpassed only by Rush Limbaugh,  the most popular terrestrial talker for two decades and whose show is also syndicated by Premiere, and Sean Hannity, whose Citadel Broadcasting show is routinely ranked second. The full, surreal story is here:  A Folksy Guy, in Recovery, Is About to Land Millions.

I thought this was a great quote for each and everyone of us, myself included, to consider as we daily evaluate our lives."Involuntary ignorance is not charged against you as a fault; but your fault is this---you neglect to inquire into the things you are ignorant of."~Augustine~

When I was reading Cindy's blog post the other day, I didn't realise before this, that when you intend to get a plasma TV, you would have to purchase a plasma mount as well.. LOL! How ignorant of me.. Of course, then what would you mount it on, right?? But then again, do you actually have to purchase one seperately? Or is it included together with the plasma TV? Hmm.. Maybe I should ask my hubby

I’m tired of it. Just plain tired. Ignorance is not now, nor has it ever been, bliss. Bliss—extreme happiness, perhaps spiritual in nature—is not caused by ignorance of the world around you. If discovering the message of Jesus is bliss, than ignorance clearly is not. For it is only through knowledge—becoming aware that Jesus died for your sins—that one can enter into a state of joyfully heightened awareness. Lest this get too biblical, we should be clear that this is true of many things other than religion. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard a person say, “I wish I knew less about that.” But though no one will overtly say this, they often tacitly imply it. I can’t even count the number of people I’ve met who say they dislike politics and so let someone else tell them how to vote. Some just don’t vote. I understand why people can be turned off by politics—it frequently looks like a playground game that’s ne

I have been ignorant all thru my life and still am.And the sad part is i don't regret it.I have never known real people even existed.I am not a pessimist , no but it's just my basic character that i dont trust people easily.Ofcourse it does come from personal experience but still now,i am not able to change my perceptions about people.Sometimes i feel i am ignorant and stupid and confused for reasons unknown.I am very happy for all i know.But still the art of socialising and getting to know people better give me the creeps.People say i am kind of detached and that's 100% true and i know very well that i am not what people expect from me.I just don't want to get disappointed.When you expect something from someone and when they don't live upto your expectations,you feel all sober and dejected.I am not allowing these things to happen to me,just by being detached.I don't know if it's correct or wrong,but atleast this suits me best.Many take me for an extrovert which is real sad.When

Hate defiant, dis functioning superego men in pick-up trucks following you as if they are some under cover cop? Wildly honking and flashing lights at you

A Commentary on the Mundaka Upanishad

What is Jahiliyyah?Jahiliyyah or Jahalia is a term used in islamic literature to indicate a condition of ignorance. Jahiliyyah simply can be translated as arrogant ignorance. Sometime it is used to mean the "ignorance of divine guidance" or "the state of ignorance of the guidance from God". But apart from theological implication, it has a lot to do with psychology, or more correctly, group or collective psychological condition. It is deep rooted ignorance in the mind of the people and at the same time being arrogant of that ignorance in behaviour and practice. Some even call the term equivalent to 'ignorant barbarism'.In Islamic concept it refers to the condition Arabs found themselves in pre-Islamic Arabian society prior to the divine guidance by Prophet Muhammad, the Last Messenger and through revelation, the Qur'an. The term is used several places in the Qur'an as well.Jahiliyyah of TodayKabir Helminski, a sufi shaikh of Mevlevi order, a prolific author and translator. On shari

I just returned from the Inman Conference in San Francisco. The place was packed with people who understand that the Internet is a fabulous tool for growing their relationships, their business and their incomes. In the course of mixing and mingling I posed these questions to several Realtors and Brokers: “Why are only a relatively small number of Realtors using the Internet to market effectively? Why are so many continuing to do things the ‘traditional’ way and ignoring the power and importance of the Internet?” Here’s what they had to say. Almost all Realtors know that 80% of all buyers use the Internet in their home searches. But the vast majority of sellers don’t demand a strong Internet campaign by their Realtors. Sellers don’t demand it because they only focus on their own behavior. They don’t know that half the universe of buyers – particularly people age 45 and younger – use the Internet extensively in their home searches. So while most buyers rely heavily on

I just returned from the Inman Conference in San Francisco. The place was packed with people who understand that the Internet is a fabulous tool for growing their relationships, their business and their incomes. In the course of mixing and mingling I posed these questions to several Realtors and Brokers: “Why are only a relatively small number of Realtors using the Internet to market effectively? Why are so many continuing to do things the ‘traditional’ way and ignoring the power and importance of the Internet?” Here’s what they had to say. Almost all Realtors know that 80% of all buyers use the Internet in their home searches. But the vast majority of sellers don’t demand a strong Internet campaign by their Realtors. Sellers don’t demand it because they only focus on their own behavior. They don’t know that half the universe of buyers – particularly people age 45 and younger – use the Internet extensively in their home searches. So while most buyers rely heavily on

So yesterday my old boss instant messaged me out of the blue. She was always like a mother to me and I really loved working with her. However here is how the conversation started: MA says: Hey, send me your blog site again so that I can see your Hawaiian pictures. I didn't get to look at them before. Aimée says: http://newsfromthewhitehome.blogspot.com/ Aimée says: I don't put very much on there unfortunately so it hasn't been updated in awhile Aimée says: how are you? MA says: I am good. I went to the site and your pictures are great. You look way too thin. Are you losing weight? Your trip looks wonderful.one of the photos she would have been referring to me looking "way too thin" Now after I read that last line I felt like she had just punched me in the face. For me that statement would come across EXACTLY the same way as if she had said it the opposite way, “You look way too fat. Are you gaining weight?” Had anyone said that to most people in America yo

By Jack KrohnIn a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Medtronic, Inc., they found that 67 percent of people incorrectly believed a cure existed for type 1 diabetes.The survey also showed that nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults don't know the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.Type 1 Diabetes develops when the body's immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the only cells that make insulin, a hormone that regulates blood glucose. About 1 million Americans with type 1 diabetes are insulin dependent for survival.Only half (fifty-one percent) of the survey respondents knew there were two types of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is non-insulin-dependent diabetes. It appears mostly in older adults, but it's on the rise in younger adults due to the exploding obesity rate in the United States. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90-95% of all diabetes cases in the U.S.This is particularly disturbing in light of the fact that 90 % of type 2 diabetes can be prevented or reverse

Original Title: American Ignorance Author: Mark Velasquez Photography