[AGL] Jaxon again
Gerry
mesmo at gilanet.com
Tue Jun 13 07:56:20 EDT 2006
You'll love this one, deary.
G
Self Deception
A message from Ralph Nader
She sat on the board of Wal-Mart for six years.
She is Rupert Murdoch's new political buddy and beneficiary of his fund-raising draw.
She voted for Bush's illegal, immoral, and fabricated war in Iraq.
And she supports NAFTA and GATT-WTO.
She does not challenge the bloated, corruption-ridden, redundant military budget.
She does not challenge hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate welfare - subsidies, giveaways, bailouts...
She does next to nothing against the corporate crime wave sweeping through the inner cities of New York state and around the country - the poor pay more and are defrauded more...
And if the vote were held today, Senator Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic nominee for President in 2008.
And even the most progressive of Democrats would support Clinton in her campaign for the White House.
The philosophers have a word for this- it's called self-deception.
These Democrats are deceiving themselves into believing that they can support Clinton for President and live with themselves as conscientious human beings.
They cannot.
Self-deception is a major problem affecting conflicts throughout the world- in families, corporations, politicians, and in war zones.
Self deception arises when we deny our own humanity and the humanity of others.
Actions that contradict our own human standards.
And then we seek all kinds of ways to justify these contradictions...
This happened in 2004.
And it is destined to happen again in 2008.
The only way out is for the country to understand that it is in a box of collective self-deception.
And then to get out of the box.
And there is a way out.
See others as human beings.
Not as objects or subjects.
Once we do this, our humanity will not allow us to support pro-war, corporate candidates like Senators Clinton and Joseph Lieberman.
And we will begin to build a viable, strong, winning alternative to the corrupt, decaying, and deceiving two party system.
Here is one thoughtful way to see others as human beings. It comes from one of America's greatest philosophers of justice - John Rawls.
Rawls came up with a concept called the "veil of ignorance." Put on a "veil of ignorance," and imagine a just and fair society without yet knowing where you would place in it. Set the rules before you know whether you'd end up rich, poor, middle class, white, black, man, woman and so forth.
That's one way to put aside one's biases and class and see how you would design a fair and just society....
----- Original Message -----
From: Frances Morey
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AGL] Jaxon again
Wayne,
Ever get the feeling that Gerry and Jon can be counted on to counter whatever opinion you express. I, for two, agree with Clementine that you spoke for me as well. Perhaps the message boomeranged because Clementine doesn't know the protocal of deleting the message you are commenting on, just like you tend to do.
Best,
Frances
Wayne Johnson <cadaobh at shentel.net> wrote:
I don't understand why my message is being sent back to me.
Help.
wgJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Clementine Hall
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 3:45 PM
Subject: RE: [AGL] Jaxon again
What he said.
-----Original Message-----
From: austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net [mailto:austin-ghetto-list-bounces at pairlist.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:53 AM
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
Subject: Re: [AGL] Jaxon again
Oh, gee. What was he thinking?
Was his fear about physical stamina or emotional stamina?
I still can't believe that he could think, in some fashion, that there were NOT a large number of people who really valued him and his work and would have supported him to the best of their ability. In other words, helped him through the emotional roller-coaster of treatment. And perhaps helped him with physical therapy as well.
Further.
I don't understand why the blood medical practioners didn't recognize his fear and provide some kind of counseling. Both chemo and radiation have been around for decades and thousands of people survive...in hospices, at home, on golf courses in Florida and California.
Naturally, the quasi-religious sanctions by the ultra-moronic FDA and DEA against cannabis for suppression of nausea is a factor for those living and being treated in the US. But I imagine he would have been welcomed elsewhere, even if just temporarily, to recover.
This is so sad and, I think, so unnecessary.
Unilateral decisions, made in a state of extreme depression, can have such horrid consequences. This is one.
The world was a far better place with "Jaxon" in it.
wgJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Connie Clark
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AGL] Jaxon
Marilyn,
This is one email received on the ghetto2 list:
Lynn Howell is a close friend of Jaxon's who sees
him regularly, and saw
> him
> a few days ago at a party. Lynn said pretty much the
same thing that Tele
> did - that given his serious diabetes he didn't
think he had the stamina
> to
> undergo chemo for the prostate cancer.
Also Moriaty said that he took his own life at his parents' grave in Stockdale. We don't know much more yet.
Connie
Marilyn Wheless <mwheless at airmail.net> wrote:
I understand Jack passed away Wed. night. Do you know any details? Is there
an obit in the paper? If so, can you scan me a copy to this email? I will be
64 on 14 June,. Am not sure who all on this list remembers me!
marilyn in menard
West Texas Headquarters
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Eisenstadt"
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [AGL] period of consequences
> Happy Birthday, dear Connie.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Connie Clark"
> To: "BJ's List Ghetto 2" ; "Ghetto List"
>
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:33 AM
> Subject: [AGL] period of consequences
>
>
> > Yesterday was my 62nd birthday, and fate gifted me, through the kind
> > gestures of friends and family, tickets to hear Al Gore's multimedia
talk
> > about Global Warming. He was brought to speak in Houston by the
> > Progressive Forum, and every seat in the Hobby Center was filled.
> >
> > Noted in the program was:
> > "This Event's Carbon Footprint is Zero
> > Associated emissions from the theater's power usage and your
> > transportation to and from the event have been offset by a generous
> > donation by DrivingGreen.com which supports agricultural greenhouse gas
> > reduction projects by AgCert, Dublin, Ireland."
> >
> > Basically, this is what we all need to aim for in every thing we do, if
> > we are going to alter the progress of global warming. Buzzword: carbon
> > neutral.
> >
> > Another message from the lecture/talk was:
> > We can not wait for change of political will, or politicians, the
change
> > in policy needs a grassroots movement asking every politician and every
> > business now "what are you doing about global warming". That is what
his
> > personal appearances, book and movie is trying to encourage.
> >
> > My fear is that we are so used to issues-of-the-day, and distracted
from
> > one cause to another, that this one will soon be 'last seasons'
emergency
> > issue.
> >
> > Evidently, Al Gore has spent a lot of time over a number of years
> > face-to-face with scientists and visiting locations gathering
information.
> > He was a delighful speaker last night, going through power-point charts,
> > graphs, photos - all of which are in the book. You may have read about
the
> > Larsen shelf in antartica - the whole of Greenland is showing signs of
the
> > same demise. When Greenland goes, so goes major coastal areas of large
> > human populations. His talk was full of clever asides, joked a lot
about
> > himself. One of the funny lines was: "You win a few, lose and few, and
> > then there is that other category..." This particular Houston audience
was
> > very encouraging and appreciative, surpising that so many people in
> > Houston (oil industry center) would pay to hear his story. We stood in
> > line for an hour to get our books signed. Made my birthday!
> >
> > The Houston Progressive Forum has been bringing some very good speakers
> > to us since it was formed a couple of years ago. Last year we had Molly
> > Ivins, Seymour Hersh and Robert Kennedy, next year E. O. Wilson, James
> > Hansen and Bill Moyers to name just a few. Our own Rangeroo David
> > Crossley is listed on the board of directors for this 501(c) (3)
> > oganization. www.houstonprogressiveforum.org
> >
> > We were told that Gore's book, "An Inconvenient Truth", launched this
> > week, will debut #3 on the NYT best seller list. Published by Rodale
> > Press. Paperback edition only (lots of color photos) $21.95.
> >
> > Go see the movie, and turn off your lights, hope for and work for a
> > strong grassroots movement in this country for joining the Kyoto Treaty,
> > lifestyle choices, support environmental groups, buy green power, and
> > anything we can do to reduce greenhouse gasses.
> >
> > Oh btw, I am about to conclude from all said, that he is not going to
run
> > for president - he is far more interested in what he is doing now,
> > including Current TV and chairing an investment firm called Generation
> > Investment Management (sustainable investment). Did you know he is a
> > board director for Apple, and senior advisor to Google? About US's Iraq
> > war he stated something like "the single biggest strategic error in the
> > history of this country."
> >
> > Appropriate quotes from the book, lecture, movie:
> >
> > Speaking of fascism, Winston Churchil said
> > "The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling
> > expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are
> > entering a period of consequences."
> >
> > "Denial is a not a river in Egypt" - Dire Straits
> > "Despair is not the tire in the trunk - Al Gore
> >
> > Connie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Connie
> >
> > http://www.gatherthewomen.org/
> >
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