Showing posts with label Pope Benedict. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Benedict. Show all posts

12.05.2012

Beam Me Up Scotty, No Need to Christmas Shop


Well, here we are, one month after the re election of America's first Black President, and it's time for the world to end, again. It's due to end on December 21, 2012. That's 20 days from today and the reasons for it vary.

If you recently bought a Mayan Calendar, then your calendar ends in 20 days, at about noon, and since time ends when the Mayans Calendar ends, so does the earth according to doomsayers. We can't really ask any Mayans for verification of their arithmetic, because all the Mayans, themselves, have died or were killed off a long time ago by marauding Conquistadors who infected them with white man's disease when they didn't kill them outright. Historians say it's not gonna happen. The EOWAWKI (end of the world as we know it) folks have cyphered wrong, and basically all they are doing with their predictions is driving kids crazy or to suicide.

If you believe in aliens and follow NASA and all space happenings, then look to the sky because some rogue planet named Nibiru is heading toward earth on collision course. Doesn't matter that nobody can see it. Hell, nobody has ever seen it in the sky. NASA says no such planet or moon has ever existed. But it's there, say all the astro-nuts waiting for it.

Many of these astro-nuts are congregating in a small town in French Alps to wait for the Earth to Nibiru head-on collision. Seems there is a portal there to take anyone who wants to survive the collision to another planet or dimension.The portal, or dimensional doorway is in somebody's garage.

It's gotten so bad that the town mayor has issued a “do not come” order to those thinking of coming. He is shutting down the border right about now. So people will have to choose another vantage point or find another garage from which to “beam up.”

Run of the mill Christians are still waiting to be Raptured ala Revelation. You can read about it in the bible written by good King James of England. But don't ask Rev Harold Camping out in California. He's missed his due date twice, and his followers are all pissed off at him since they sold or gave away all their earthly possessions and are still here and have to face the bill collectors. So now he refuses to tell us heathens just when the world will end.

Of course you can always pray for continued good health for Pope Benedict. Once upon a time, long ago, in 1590, Irish Saint Malachy said there would be 112 popes to reign over the Holy See in Rome and then the world would end. Pope Bennie is pope number 111. The last pope would be Peter the Roman who will nourish the sheeple through many trials and tribulation and when he dies, the city of seven hills will be destroyed and the judge of judges will exact punishment on his people. The End.

Many people think this last prediction was actually Nostradamus playing tricks on the Catholic Church...that St Malachy was in fact Nostradamus in drag. Who knows.

Maybe those of us who live in cities built on seven hills, like Cincinnati, Ohio, should move to other locations just to be safe.

Personally, I'm not doing any Christmas shopping until December 22nd. No sense in wasting the money, if nobody is gonna be here to rock around the Christmas tree on Christmas.

The End of the World cancels Kwanzaa, too. But considering that most of this end times crap is a response to America's first Black President, maybe killing Kwanzaa was the real goal in the first place.

HA! We done figured it out now. Ya'll don't want the world to end....ya'll just want to kill Kwanzaa...

Another conspiracy theory laid bare.










3.29.2011

Forget the Nuke Meltdowns. Jesus is Coming on the 21st


The end of the world is less than two months away, give or take a few days, according to some preacher out in California. He's told his followers and everyone else who'll listen that the Son of God will once again walk the earth starting May 21, 2011. Shortly after that, he says, the fire and brimstone will fall from the sky.

It's the end of the world as we know it.

No need to prepare for the ending as predicted by the Mayan Calendar, which says the world will end on December 21, 2012. Now in full disclosure, the Calendar doesn't predict the end of the world. It just ends, period. Doesn't necessarily mean the world may end. Nobody knows for sure why the calendar stops at December 21, 2012. It just does and since there aren't any Mayans around, any explanations about the abrupt ending are coming from scientists, sky watchers, and the superstitiously deranged who keep track of this kind of stuff.

The guy out in California, meanwhile, is so sure of his prediction that he's put up billboards so that even the non believers will know the day of reckoning and be ready.

Of course, he's done this before. He's prepared at least four other times for Jesus' return. But I guess somebody forgot to tell Jesus. Or maybe JC just wasn't ready. Or maybe JC is a diva who loves keeping folks waiting breathlessly for his big entrance.

Don't know. But preach says JC is really, really coming this time. Really.

End days predictions have become a cottage industry since Barack Obama was elected president. The first Black man to occupy the White House has prompted comparisons to the anti christ and as a first sign that the end as talked about in Revelation is nigh. Some churches have seen their ranks swell as sometime Christians start planning for their future in heaven, like they're part of the chosen few who will actually be raptured and  see heaven.

Rapture occurs when the chosen few are snatched away into the afterlife, while the rest of the uncivilized fall into chaos and ruin down here on earth. Rapture people point to all the natural disasters and wars currently plaguing earth as a sign that end days are upon us.

Maybe it's time to grow dreads so JC can get a good hold, the better to snatch folks up to heaven.

Honestly, I can't wrap my head around the world ending suddenly...just like I can't imagine committing suicide, simply because there is no reason that I would deprive this world of me... Ya'll don't deserve that.

I can' t really conceive that one morning I'm gonna wake up and by noon the earth is going to be torn apart, taking all of humanity with it.

Until I'm dodging asteroids, earthquakes, radiation from a Japanese nuke meltdown,  or looking out my window and see  Jesus walking down Victory Parkway, I'm not going to believe it.

It's one of those things that will happen, when it happens...but not yet...I don't plan on worrying about it until it happens.

Besides, Christians have been predicting the end of the world since they became Christian. There are so many end of times signs and predictions, including one involving the current Pope Benedict. Ya'll better hope the Pope lives an extra long time and he's already really old, now.

What? You say...

St. Malachy, an Irish priest made some end of world predictions back in his day circa 1590. These prophecies are sometimes attributed to Nostradamous, and that Malachy was simply an alter ego of the great prognosticator. Gossips back in the day claimed "NO" passed this one off on Malachy because he didn't want to be blamed for bringing down the Catholic Church.

Whatever...

According to Malachy/NO...This one says there will be 112 Popes and then The Holy See (Catholic Church) will end. It reads like it's talking about Rome and the Catholic Church and not the rest of us, primarily because the rest of us didn't exist. In 1590 there wasn't much to the world at that time.

In fact, the world  was flat according to most...is still flat according to Sherri Shepard, despite the wayward Chris Columbus and the other ancient explorers.

My point is that according to St Malachy, the world is presently seeing it's 111th Pope, Benedict who will reign through the ultimate persecution of the Holy Church.

Benedict will then be followed by the last Pope, referred to as Peter the Roman, who will nourish the sheep through many tribulations, and when he's done, the City of Seven Hills will be destroyed and the fearsome Judge will Judge his people. The End.

Hmmmm....Cincinnati is built on seven hills, just like Rome...Maybe I should just leave Ohio.

Maybe JC is coming back to earth to be Oprah's last interview. She's set her last show date as May 25th. Maybe that's what California preach is reading in the signs.... not the end of the world.

Maybe it's the end of  the Oprah show as we know it....Don't know.

So, who are you going to believe....The California billboard preacher or St Malachy/Nostradamous?

Me, I'm going to do what I always do on a Sunday, which is what the day after May 21st is...I'm going to watch CBS This Morning with Charles Osgood...do some exercise...some meditation....walk my dogs and maybe pick up a hoe to work my garden.








1.18.2011

Palin, The Popes and The Patriot Act

Been reading all the rationales, defenses and support for Lady Sarah and her nearly 8 minute video on the recent events in Tucson. Didn't intend to write anything myself because my thoughts on what she said were purely negative and it takes soooo much energy to answer negativity with more negativity. There is already enough of that out there.

However today, I read columnist Stanley Fish, who among other things compared Palin to a Frank Capra story, specifically, Mr Smith Goes to Washington. Fish obviously did a lot of work on the column, as have most who have weighed in on this issue. To me, however, all are missing the point. Fish's column is here.

The 8 minute video by Palin was simply a bad audition tape put together by a wannabe broadcast journalist who has found that huffing politics is a better high that can last for years, if you work it right. She looked uncomfortable in the staged setting. Even her clothing didn't seem to fit right. She was playing the part of a presidential candidate or at least what in her mind was a presidential looking person.. And then, there was that thing she does with her mouth when she finishes a sentence.

Those ticks can make or break you on camera. Instead of taking her cues from Reagan, who was very photogenic, she should have taken one or two from Nixon, who refused to wear make up during his debates with the luminous JFK. That one thing cause Nixon to look bad on camera and probably, more than anything else, lost him the election in 1960. Palin should practice in front of a mirror while she is studying up on policy. It is not only what you say..it is how you look when you say it.

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Doesn't there seem to be a rush on to make a saint out of the late Pope John Paul II? His miracle was reportedly curing a French nun of Parkinson’s disease. Well, what about the 2000 or so children who were abused during his reign as Pope? What kind of miracles did he work for them? The evidence is getting stronger every day that he actively took part in the three decade long coverup which was overseen by the current Pope Benedict.

Santo subito? I think not....

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The Patriot Act is coming up for renewal once again. This nefarious piece of legislation, which was passed before the ash and dust settled on the World Trade Center, takes away many, many freedoms that we citizens take for granted. Under the Patriot Act, the government can come into your home without a warrant...they can gain access to your phone records, your emails, or your medical records...just to name a few things....without ever having to show that you are suspect of crime. They don't have to ask for them either.

And...there is an on going “gag order” meaning that anyone involved cannot tell you that you are under suspicion, either.

Everything we, write, say or do is now under surveillance by the government, if this act stays on the books. This act means I can be arrested and jailed for what I am writing now.

A simple call or email message to your congressman will help. Big brother really is watching...

6.11.2010

Friday Rap

Hey Ohio...John Boehner and the Chamber of Commerce want taxpayers to foot the bill for the BP oil spill....

What was all that talk about a free market society where corporations are allowed to do their own thing without regulation? Well, in a real free market they have to clean up their messes on their own, too...not just rake in the cash...

John Boehner
still siding with his rich benefactors rather than working for the people....and of course he and other GOP will come up with some kind of Obama made me do it kind of excuse while pocketing the money......

Meantime...

A Congressman from the not so great state of Georgia says that little chump change the government calls unemployment compensation is really not a good thing for people to have...

Says it actually discourages people from looking for work and he doesn't want to enable bad behavior....Guy's name is John Lindner if you want to give his office a call and convince him to see the error of his ways...


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A non NY state of mind

That fool who won't light the Empire State Building to honor Mother Teresa also won't honor the United States Marine Corp either. We know the Mother Teresea thing is a personal dispute between the owner and some guy..but no word on why he hates The Corp.

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The Pope repents

Pope speaks out for the first time on sex abuse scandal. Blames the abusers but says nothing about the coverup that has allowed these men to flourish over the years.

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Codifying Racism in to State Law and it's Obama's fault

Mad that his aunt was living in public housing.... has fueled the anger against illegal immigrants causing Democrats to sponsor a measure in Massachusetts that is worse than Arizona's repugnant law.

Public benefits and housing subsidies are the problem as Boston sees it...take away benefits and no more illegal brown people walking their pristine streets....

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Judy...Judy....Judy!

Oprah may be the queen of daytime TV...but judge judy is the boss...she's beating Oprah in the ratings these days..
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OJ Redux

Lawyers in court today to argue an appeal based on past taint...says OJ was convicted on the robbery charges due to prejudice dating back to his initial trial for the murder of his wife and Ron Goldman

It's still Nicole's fault that he is being victimized in other words..

and CNN is going to cover it live....WOW! Ever sit through appeals court arguments....about as riveting as watching paint dry on the side of a building..


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Ending on a bittersweet note...the great granddaughter of Nelson Mandela was killed in a car accident last night on the eve of the World Cup. Our prayers go out to a great, great man in his hour of grief. One of Mandela's stated goals was to bring the World Cup to Africa...He suceeded...

Let the games begin. Been there, done that and will do it again.. there really is nothing like it...

This Time...for the First Time it's Africa!

3.26.2010

Friday Rap

Cincinnati...five murders in five days, including two shot, a couple stabbings...WTF? It ain't that warm outside, yet people...chill...probably a turf war of some kind going on...

Cincinnati PD took down a large gang last year...locked em up...so naturally, the other wannabe knuckleheads want to expand their turf....

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White lion...white tiger...big cat seen by several people going over a fence yesterday morning...Folks are laughing... not believin'.....well...ask that lady near the zoo who woke up one morning a couple of years ago, to find a panda on her back porch looking for food...baby was hungry...smelled some bamboo bakin'....

Zoo said all their lions and tigers and bears are accounted for...sorry couldn't resist..

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Legalizing marijuana has made it to the ballot in California...Amid reports of the arrest of the guy making the most money selling weed to Americans (12 million dollars a month), comes another attempt to legalize the drug.....

Sounds good to me. Taxing marijuana, and treating it like alcohol would generate an estimated 1.4 billion dollars a year in tax revenue for California alone. Imagine what it could do for American government coffers.

No need to study the matter. Just look at the arrested dude's monthly cash flow. Making it legal stops all the killing that is threatening to overwhelm our southern borders.

At the very least, decriminalize possession. This stops the 3 to 1 profiling arrests of Blacks...Blacks get locked up 3 times more than whites according to statistics, despite using less of the stuff then whites.

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Black GOP dude, named Poitier running for something in South Florida. Calls Obama “buckwheat” while bashing Health Care Reform to a bunch of Republicans. District is 57% Black.

Toast Poitier..has a good ring to it..

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Running scared republicans...its' no fun when the bullets, bricks and nasty names are aimed at you is it. Guess maybe it is a good idea to tone down the rhetoric somewhat...because some people on both sides can't tell the difference between "kick his ass" and "kick his ass, wink, wink!" chuckle, chuckle....

Ya'll need to get over that fear of education and book learning and go back to school...

It's also time to start going after those who incite violence. Freedom of speech is a law, but there are also laws against inciting violence...there are laws against sedition and defamation...some kind of libel law should apply here as well.

I'm not a lawyer...just thinking out loud..

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SAVE THE REPUBLIC

There is a rally on fountain square on Sunday March 28th at noon in Cincinnati.

Event: Save the Republic
Start Time: Sunday, March 28 at 12:00pm
End Time: Sunday, March 28 at 3:00pm
Where: Fountain Square

Those attending are asked to wear a white t shirt with a peace sign on it or bring signs talking peace and solidarity..America is for crazy people and sane people and black people and white people and yellow people, and brown people...we need to speak up to drown out the crazies with guns and threats and empty rhetoric...join us...

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Pope still hanging in..had a tough week...can't seem to understand why the flock is pissed at him and his boys in the Vatican. Well, Pope Benny, it's never a good idea to sit in judgment while blaming the victim for crimes, that you, yourself helped to cover up.

And it's not just about the abuse scandal, it's about the Church pulling away from or canceling outright all those social services that Jesus talked about in the Bible, just because you're afraid a gay might get through and ask you for help, or god forbid actually receive aid and understanding..

Can't work the gospel when you spending all that time protecting the brothers and their extracurricular activities.

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Sarah Palin has apparently inked a deal to star in an 8 part documentary series for the TLC channel. The show will be called Sarah Palin's Alaska, naturally.

I guess she is going to do her best Sacajawea impression. Said to be getting a million dollars per episode. Talk about cashing in...but then this is what politicians do...get elected...retire or quit and sit back and rake in the money..

It's not unusual for reality TV stars from survivor-like shows to translate from scripted reality to real television...Elizabeth of The View comes to mind and that girl from the Bachelor is turning up all over infotainment TV..

But it still remains to be seen if the former Alaskan governor cum tour guide will be allowed to take her act to the White House, should she so choose.

Personally, I don't think she will...the paycheck that comes with the White House is not big enough....

And Dear Sarah has proven in a very short time that it really is all about the Benjamins...

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Another non story in the news...Some stupid reporter apparently on deadline with nothing to write about is fantasizing about all the other magazines that will not let Gabby Sidibe on their racist covers...

The article was a made up rant to slam Gabby about her weight...Nobody asked her to comment and nobody asked the lover of all things anorexic, Anna Wintour, for her opinion either, but that didn't stop this lousy excuse of a reporter from writing about it...