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Reflections on Religion, Current Events, and Other Subjects

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Tuesday,March 30,2004

The beginning of the twenty-first century was, in my view, in 1991, with the demise of the Soviet Union and the subsequent elevation of the United States to a global empire.

posted at 01:27:00 AM by Dr. Mark A. Foster

In my view, Whites do not have a right to criticize the legitimate struggles for liberation by minorities, especially those who have been historically oppressed by Whites. Likewise, however much I may disagree with the ultimate objectives of al-Qa'ida, I also do not think that Americans, as citizens of the new global empire of the 21st century, should criticize the legitimate objections that much of the Third and Fourth Worlds, including predominantly Muslim nations, have to U.S. hegemony.

>>To compare the NAACP and the NAAWP is totally insulting to the reader's intelligence. The former promotes racial equality; the latter promotes the existing racial privilege of whites over blacks (regardless of whatever goals it claims to promote).<<

Some people, mostly White supremicists and White separatists, argue that the NAAWP also promotes a racial equalization which, in their view, has been offset by affirmative action.

I may, on a purely intellectual level, express disagreement with a few of the specific views of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan even while refusing to criticize his legitimate struggles for liberation.

Likewise, although I might encourage the Palestinian freedom fighters to engage in civil disobedience rather than suicide bombings, I would never criticize their own choices in this matter.

Well, I am obviously not afraid of controversy. ;-)

posted at 10:47:20 PM by Dr. Mark A. Foster

I'll tell you a secret: In some ways, I actually hope that Dubya wins in November. It is not because I have suddenly suffered from total amnesia or had an ideology transplant. The reason is simple. It is because I suspect that the longer this criminal is in the White House, the quicker, and more likely, it will be that the United States will be totally purged of Amurekuh, or, to put it another way, that the nation of Amurekah (the country of conservatives and liberals) and Amurekans will be brought to their knees leaving only the nation of America, the true leftist nation, in this country.

How can Bush remain on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue without the multitude of contradictions in the U.S. coming to a head?

posted at 02:14:09 PM by Dr. Mark A. Foster

Happy anniversary! If the Afghan war didn't do it, a year ago today, with the start of the Iraqi war, established, for once and for all, that Dubya and his henchman are war criminals.

posted at 07:27:52 PM by Dr. Mark A. Foster

posted at 04:43:47 PM by Dr. Mark A. Foster

According to Fox News Channel, the fact that the Spanish socialists have been victorious after the (possibly al-Qa'ida) counterterrorist strike in Madrid is "appeasement."

The socialists have won in Spain. It is a shame that it took the tragedy in Madrid to unseat a government which supported the most great terrorist (Bush), but so be it. As that country, and perhaps others as well, is now less likely to support American hegemony, the world has taken one more step toward the downfall of the Great Satan (the U.S.).

posted at 02:41:35 PM by Dr. Mark A. Foster

Intriguing. Fox News Channel has sunk to a new low today, if anyone thought it was impossible. It has started calling conservatives who point out literals "whistle blowers."

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Bombings in Madrid, Spain, today:

... Professor Antonio Guch, a well-known specialist in the domestic policy of Spain, said in a live TV programme in Paris, that the explosions at the railway terminal of Madrid had been staged with the help of Al Qaeda. “Everybody says today that the separatist group of ETA is the organiser of the explosions. I am of the opinion, however, that it could not have staged that act of terrorism without the help of Al Qaeda,” he said. According to Professor Guch, the degree of the involvement of the international terrorist network in the preparation and staging of the explosions in the trains and at the railway terminal of Madrid is very high.

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=527640&PageNum=0

posted at 07:27:29 AM by Dr. Mark A. Foster