[Rhodes22-list] Was- Stan and Brad,now for Art, scooters

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

I think I remember you mentioning you had a scooter,a while back. What
have you got and what kind of mpg do you get.
I wore out a Honda Helix 250 (1999) last June,and replaced it with a 
Suzuki Bergman 400. The helix got about 56 mpg at wot.I took it easy for
a tankfull one time,and got 62 mpg,just wasn't worth poking around for
180 miles. The Burgy gets 54 mpg when I romp on it,and will get over 60
mpg all day long at 70mph,highway.
Anybody else have a plan to starve the middle east?

Jerry Lowe

On 3/28/2008, "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:

>Guys,
>We're slipping badly on the subject line, normally a gripe of Ed except when he is in the thick of it.  We shouldn't hide our 'Political' label on the subject line behind other 'topics' that creep in front.
>Art
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
>>Sent: Mar 27, 2008 7:48 PM
>>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  Stan and Brad
>>
>>
>>Stan,
>>
>>I will respond to your post next week...
>>
>>Brad,
>>       Chris said, "we need a break from the political sniping and dogmatic
>>suicide bombers of the political scene."  For Chris's request for a break, I
>>will comply for a few days.  However, before I depart for a place without a
>>computer, I will post the following educational piece:
>>
>>Black Liberation Is Marxist Liberation
>>By Anthony B. Bradley
>>
>>One of the pillars of Obama's home church, Trinity United Church of Christ,
>>is "economic parity." On the website, Trinity claims that God is not pleased
>>with "America's economic mal-distribution." Among all of controversial
>>comments by Jeremiah Wright the idea of massive wealth redistribution is the
>>most alarming. The code language "economic parity" and references to
>>"mal-distribution" is nothing more than channeling the twisted economic
>>views of Karl Marx. Black liberation theologians have explicitly stated a
>>preference for Marxism as an ethical framework for the black church because
>>Marxist thought is predicated on a system of oppressor class (whites) versus
>>victim class (blacks).
>>
>>Black Liberation theologians James Cone and Cornel West have worked
>>diligently to embed Marxist thought into the black church since the 1970s.
>>For Cone, Marxism best addressed remedies to the condition of Blacks as
>>victims of White oppression. In For My People, Cone explains that "the
>>Christian faith does not possess in its nature the means for analyzing the
>>structure of capitalism. Marxism as a tool of social analysis can disclose
>>the gap between appearance and reality, and thereby help Christians to see
>>how things really are."
>>
>>In God of the Oppressed, Cone said that Marx's chief contribution is "his
>>disclosure of the ideological character of bourgeois thought, indicating the
>>connections between the 'ruling material force of society' and the 'ruling
>>intellectual' force." Marx's thought is useful and attractive to Cone
>>because it allows Black theologians to critique racism in America on the
>>basis of power and revolution.
>>
>>For Cone, integrating Marx into Black theology helps theologians see just
>>how much social perceptions determine theological questions and conclusions.
>>Moreover, these questions and answers are "largely a reflection of the
>>material condition of a given society."
>>
>>In 1979, Cornel West offered a critical integration of Marxism and Black
>>theology in his essay, "Black Theology and Marxist Thought" because of the
>>shared human experience of oppressed peoples as victims. West sees a strong
>>correlation between Black theology and Marxist thought because "both focus
>>on the plight of the exploited, oppressed and degraded peoples of the world,
>>their relative powerlessness and possible empowerment." This common focus
>>prompts West to call for "a serious dialogue between Black theologians and
>>Marxist thinkers"--a dialogue that centers on the possibility of "mutually
>>arrived-at political action."
>>
>>In his book Prophesy Deliverance, West believes that by working together,
>>Marxists and Black theologians can spearhead much-needed social change for
>>those who are victims of oppression. He appreciates Marxism for its "notions
>>of class struggle, social contradictions, historical specificity, and
>>dialectical developments in history" that explain the role of power and
>>wealth in bourgeois capitalist societies. A common perspective among Marxist
>>thinkers is that bourgeois capitalism creates and perpetuates ruling-class
>>domination--which, for Black theologians in America, means the domination
>>and victimization of Blacks by Whites. American has been over run by "White
>>racism within mainstream establishment churches and religious agencies,"
>>writes West.
>>
>>Perhaps it is the Marxism imbedded in Obama's attending Trinity Church that
>>should raise red flags. "Economic parity" and "distribution" language
>>implies things like government-coerced wealth redistribution, perpetual
>>minimum wage increases, government subsidized health care for all, and the
>>like. One of the priorities listed on Obama's campaign website reads, "Obama
>>will protect tax cuts for poor and middle class families, but he will
>>reverse most of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest taxpayers."
>>
>>Black Liberation Theology, originally intended to help the black community,
>>may have actually hurt many blacks by promoting racial tension, victimology,
>>and Marxism which ultimately leads to more oppression. As the failed "War on
>>Poverty" has exposed, the best way to keep the blacks perpetually enslaved
>>to government as "daddy" is to preach victimology, Marxism, and seduce
>>blacks into thinking that upward mobility is someone else's responsibility
>>in a free society.
>>
>>Anthony B. Bradley is a research fellow at the Acton Institute, and
>>assistant professor of theology at Covenant Theological Seminary in St.
>>Louis. His PhD dissertation is titled, "Victimology in Black Liberation
>>Theology."
>>
>>See ya all next week...
>>
>>Ed K
>>Greenville, SC, USA
>>And Good night...
>>
>>
>>
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