It seems to me that the Radical White Right prefers warfare to welfare. I prefer that my tax dollars support social programs like Planned Parenthood, not foreign wars that enrich the wealthiest 'men' in the world who apparently pay little or no taxes and thrive on the demise of humankind.
Originating with the Great Law of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nation, the Seventh Generation Principle is based on the idea that decisions made today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future...[this principle] intensifies the bond of community, promotes stability, and provides concrete values with which each person can test his or her everyday actions" (from https://www.pbs.org/warrior/content/timeline/opendoor/roleOfChief.html).
In my mind, this principle is the fiscally prudent practice and the foundation of the New Green Deal (i.e., clean water, clean air, and a sustainable economy). Unfortunately, the Radical White Right won't even entertain the idea and worse, they will obstruct it.
The novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" which won a Pulitizer Prize in 1981 refers to an epigram from Jonathan Swift's essay "Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting:" 'When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.'
This is a spiritual principle clearly expressed in Biblical scripture as 'pride goeth before a fall' and 'a house divided against itself cannot stand,' a concept familiar to Abraham Lincoln's audience in 1851 as a statement by Jesus recorded in all three synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) [from http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/house.htm]. In the latter case, it was "morally courageous but politically incorrect." Huh? What part of 'woof' do you not understand?
The sad irony is that the very groups that claim a Christian ethic and the moral high ground act to subvert the very teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament and inspired singer-songwriter–-the late John Prine who succumbed to the COVID virus April 7, 2020--to pen the line, "Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose."
Errata: "A Confederacy of Dunces" won a Pulitzer in 1980 not 1981.
It seems to me that the Radical White Right prefers warfare to welfare. I prefer that my tax dollars support social programs like Planned Parenthood, not foreign wars that enrich the wealthiest 'men' in the world who apparently pay little or no taxes and thrive on the demise of humankind.
The zero-sum game may be the foundation of capitalism in the short run, but over the long term, economic sustainability is much more fiscally conservative to the body politic. The Radical Right operates on "take the money and run," which is not a fiscally conservative policy in the long run (i.e., the cost to clean up. "As of June 12, 2019, there were 1344 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in the United States" (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites, https://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/, and https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live).
Originating with the Great Law of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nation, the Seventh Generation Principle is based on the idea that decisions made today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future...[this principle] intensifies the bond of community, promotes stability, and provides concrete values with which each person can test his or her everyday actions" (from https://www.pbs.org/warrior/content/timeline/opendoor/roleOfChief.html).
In my mind, this principle is the fiscally prudent practice and the foundation of the New Green Deal (i.e., clean water, clean air, and a sustainable economy). Unfortunately, the Radical White Right won't even entertain the idea and worse, they will obstruct it.
The novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" which won a Pulitizer Prize in 1981 refers to an epigram from Jonathan Swift's essay "Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting:" 'When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.'
This is a spiritual principle clearly expressed in Biblical scripture as 'pride goeth before a fall' and 'a house divided against itself cannot stand,' a concept familiar to Abraham Lincoln's audience in 1851 as a statement by Jesus recorded in all three synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) [from http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/house.htm]. In the latter case, it was "morally courageous but politically incorrect." Huh? What part of 'woof' do you not understand?
The sad irony is that the very groups that claim a Christian ethic and the moral high ground act to subvert the very teachings of Jesus Christ in the New Testament and inspired singer-songwriter–-the late John Prine who succumbed to the COVID virus April 7, 2020--to pen the line, "Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose."