[Buddha-l] greed, hatred, & delusion

[Jim Peavler]

You sound depressed!  Need to fix yourself a nice gin and tonic and  
think about some soothing Buddhist content. I would suggest non- 
attachment, but then we would have Richard all pissed off too, and  
nobody wants that.


On Aug 27, 2008, at 4:04 PM, jkirk wrote:

> http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/189
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> "...America is a land founded upon greed (for all the grant
> rhetoric about inalienable rights, the revolution was basically
> about not wanting to pay taxes, after all, and that obsession
> appears not to have changed much down the years), developed
> through greed, and it looks like greed may ultimately destroy the
> place. Who better to deliver the coup de grace to a national
> economy than a guy who is so stinking rich he doesn't remember
> how many houses he owns? Who better to run the American Titanic
> into an iceberg than the Navy veteran son of two generations of
> admirals (especially one whose antics caused one of the biggest
> non-hostile disasters on a US aircraft carrier in history)? Who
> better to have to face the wrath of a nation than a guy who
> couldn't even stand up to a pantywaist bully of a president who
> had sucker-punched him repeatedly?
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> So I guess we can watch Obama channel Kerry and Gore with
> equanimity. The Republicans are going to get what they deserve
> anyhow, and we Americans, who bought the Kool-Aid for so long,
> will get ours too."
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> Amen, sister.
> Joanna
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