Book Burning

I'm not really in favor of burning books, but if I were being forced to choose, my pile would consist of The Bible, Koran, Analects, Bhagavad Gita, Talmud, Tao-te-ching, Upanishads and Vedas. There are probably others but these would be a good start. I think these books have propagated most of the mass evils perpetrated on the peoples of this planet. Sure there are the demented few who commit violent crimes without the coaxing of some religious text but I'm talking about all those that feel what is written in these books gives them carte Blanche to commit atrocities in the name of God.

So much evil has been perpetrated on innocent people in the names of these books, the Spanish Inquisition, "Manifest Destiny" and now extremist Islamic Terrorism. All of these tenets were (and are) deemed justified due to the teachings of some "holy" book. It is man's true shame that he can't learn peace simply by opening his eyes and seeing what has truly been placed on his plate.

O'connor announces Resignation... This is not good.

July 1, 2005

Sandra Day O'Connor sent a letter to President Bush announcing she will step down as soon as a successor has been confirmed.

This is sad, indeed terrible news, for the liberal side of the political system.

O'Connor has been the swing vote in many issues such as abortion and gay rights and that vote will soon be gone.

I personally see this as a harbinger of more dark days to come for this country. The "conservative" right is actually doing more to destroy true American values than to conserve them. The recent ruling to allow local governments to decide what eminent domain means (which O'Connor dissented) is evidence of a socialist attitude. Destruction is not conservation. Even war is not a "moral value".

America is headed down a dark tunnel and Americans are allowing it because they have been duped in to believing that it is for the "greater good". Doing something with the pretense that it is for the greater good is the lie that every tyrannical regime has forced on its people for thousands of years.

Will it ever end? Not while the far right is in power. O'connor's resignation will only increase that power. We are in trouble people.