Sojka's Call

Good article on Brin's blog about Dominionism.  Why should you care?  The “American ISIS is called “Dominionism” – an offshoot of fundamentalist Christianity that proclaims its desire for a coming apocalypse, as foretold in the gruesomely sadistic and opposite-to-Jesus-in-all-ways Book of Revelation. Moreover, while they strive to topple our civilization, they also fervently declare that: * The United States once was, and should again be, a doctrinal Christian nation, denying the equality of other religions, or even other versions of Christianity. • Dominionists endorse theocratic visions. The U.S. Constitution should be seen as a vehicle for implementing Biblical principles. • Dominionists hold that wealthy people are superior to the rest of humanity and that government should be captured by them to serve only them. There is also an article about Dominionism over at The Atlantic. Check it out here >>>> Click!  Not a happy subject but a good reaso...

http://sojkascall.blogspot.com/2014/10/modern-day-roosevelts-and-us-hegemony.html After watching the Ken Burns series on Teddy, Eleanor, and Franklin Roosevelt it is easy to wonder where the bigger than life visionary leaders have gone in the last 30 years. Are they really gone or have circumstances not provided the need for those kind of people?  Teddy was a complicated person that on one hand was a social progressive who was the first to prosecute anti-trust cases, expanded the national park system, regulated industry, supported striking coal miners, and took on the party bosses who controlled legislation and maintained a corrupt political system . The other side of Teddy was an almost neanderthal guy who believed men had to fight in wars to be men, started wars for almost the express purpose of being able to fight, and expanded executive powers in a way that changed the presidency forever.  FDR did not start out as a dynamic personality but when circumstances like ...

My email friends and I have some very spirited exchanges about politics bordering on acrimonious and sometimes going over the line. About half of them will vote for whomever the Pubs put up, 40% want the best candidate and 10% will vote for Obama. Those in the Pub camp keep pointing to government regulations as their deciding factor. The rest want someone who will be good for the economy primarily. They asked me for my opinion.