eagleye13 Loc: Fl

More Americans need to figure this out.
I am not sure if it is possible to get a non bought candidate on an R or D ticket anymore.

BearK Loc: TN

Boy, I'd move with you, if I didn't have family here - and they seem to always depend on me. Well, if the Lord blesses you with strength, I believe you are obligated to stand on it.

Spankem Loc: NJ

Never ceases to amaze me how many people do not use common sense, don't seem to have any, or the degree to which they don't use it.

A complaint of being too present ?

BearK Loc: TN

Some people will make up an imagined complaint, they just don't want others to be happy or enjoy something. Check out (on chit-chat) "The Beach was too Sandy."

PL, I believe you will not let some complaining twit keep you from posting.

Spankem Loc: NJ

No, a complaining twit might only encourage me, thanks.

son of witless

I know my European and American history pretty well, but most of what you posted was unknown to me. I found your Ben Franklin stuff interesting. Years ago I read Franklin's Autobiography. I don't remember much now, but I doubt there was much or anything concerning the Jews in there. I also recently browsed through a biography of John Paul Jones and in the notes were many references to false and forged documents concerning Jones.

Apparently false information about Revolutionary figures is common.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

If you thought that was widely untaught in schools, then you would be shocked to learn about Henry Ford. Perhaps after this section gets off the ground, I will do the second part of this and discuss the history up to present day. For now, I think I will allow others to place their own posts.

fiatlux

I grew up in the Roman Catholic Church a generation after the common understanding that Jews were "Christ-killers." But it lingered. I remember baiting a Jewish girl on our soccer team, constantly poking at her in very raw terms. She never blinked or had a word to say in defense. Our first game we played last year's state champions. This game was crucial to our season from the get. I was a starter and ready to give my best. The coach benched me in favor of playing the "Christ-killer." I was utterly beside myself with rage and frustration. We won two to nothing on her two goals. She walked up to me afterwards and just said, "And..." All that I could muster then was a murmured "Great game." But I was changed. We never became good friends yet she is one of the few I still talk to. And for some reason one of the few she still talks to.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

When I went to school, I was called that and worse. I recall being pushed into mud, being called big nose, kike, and a host of other things. But, the one that I remember to this day was a when a boy walked up to me spit in my face and said it was too bad that I was not toasted along with the other scum. I walked away feeling that somehow being born a Jew was a curse from God, that somehow I had displeased him or disappointed him that he was punishing me. I guess I was perhaps 7 years old and I am now 65, I can see the face of that boy, the contempt in his eyes, the utter hate. I think about him now and again, I wonder what became of him; what he did with his life.

fiatlux

Crushing. Sorry. That is the worst pain I can imagine. And I did it. In a weak defense I do not intend to mount, I thought of it as sport, not technically cruel or vile just in keeping with tradition and the way of things, as I understood it. There was not an injured party, only a guilty one yet unaware of their enormous harm. The harm? Being a Jew. Hey, they rejected and killed Christ: their race and religion indicted all.

Jews were not people but part of a threat to a belief system I was taught to adore. Like all good genocidal thinking, they were not just antagonists to being righteous in the Lord, somehow they were less than human. This is nothing I consciously thought but more an inculcated view, an insidious poisoning. Jews are evil.

Marla gave me a great, big slap in the face. "Thanks, I needed that." I really did. I am now stunned completely at my former (in lock-step) attitude. How could I, very intelligent person that I am, be so totally blind?

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Actually it made me stronger, as we believe, all things are part of God's plan. When bad things happen, we are not privy to why. I never held it against the kid and don't even recall being angry with him. I did, however, avoid him and in fact most of the other kids. I still live in the same town, and I do remember when he and his family moved away. I was not happy about his departure, but I have often thought about him.... and I always prayed that he would someday change his opinion about me.

Your story is not too unusual. What is unusual is your taking the time to talk about it. I admire that! I too, have done many wrongs in my life and some I still can not find the strength to talk about. I have said hurtful things that I am certain harmed others. Of course I always apologized, but as my wonderful Papa taught me.... Words are the biggest and strongest weapons ever used. Worse than a bomb, worse than a bullet, and it stings worse than any cut. All physical harm; a cut, a shot.... all heal. But, once words are spoken they can never be recalled the pain and harm is done.

I understand how your felt. Very intelligent or like me, an average woman with average intelligence can easily fall into wrong actions or thought. I worked in a hospital for a few years. In the start, the patients were only thought of by their particular condition. It was not until after the third week or so, after I spent time talking with them that those people became individuals and their conditions became a side bar, something that needed to be cured.

BearK Loc: TN

I grew up in an area of mainly Germans and Scandinavians, so most were Catholic or Lutheran. I don't remember differentiating Christian from Jew. I knew and had classes with some who were Jews, three that I remember were Larry Goldberg, Bernard Ugent, and a very pretty girl whose first name was June, but I forget her last name. They were smart, and so was I so we had classes together. As far as I saw it, they were very accepted.

The tongue is a two edged sword, such a small part of our body, but a part that can cut, slice, and dice. It can spew curses in one moment, and blessings in the next. Once your words are spoken, they are forever, you cannot take them back. Remember, you speak into existence what you say.

As an aside, I will try to do a devotional on the purpose of pain.

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

That would be wonderful, I look forward to it. Pain is very educational.


And I so agree with you. The power of speech!!!

Comment Loc: California

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I support the Jewish people & their country. All my life I have heard more racism directed at them. My dad, God bless his soul, used to say: "Jew them down" when referring to a bartering deal. I think he was not being racist but, referring to the hard bargaining that Jewish people tend to do according to is view. That by itself didn't cause my attitude formation as a lad: What persuaded me most was the Bible's promulgation that Jesus was a Jew. God chose the Jewish people in which to plant his son. Then I rationalized that the Jewish people can't be bad because God chose them. I have not known thousands of Jewish people but, everyone I have met exhibited the best of character, ambition and intellect. Before I die I too wish to visit them in Israel. God bless Israel and her people.

The Franklin proclamation???? Does not accurately describe the Jewish people. As I was reading it I recognized that it described Negros. High % of criminals among their population, they segregate in neighborhoods which they quickly turn into ghettos, high % don't believe in God (criminals), they are destroying the country due to dependency, ---truncated!!!

BearK Loc: TN

The sad thing about the blacks is they used to have strong family ties, but when they began to receive welfare, in order to get more money, the father (at first) reluctantly left. That left the kids with no father figure to look up to, boys began to join gangs and 'look up' to the leader. It has really broken that segment of the population down, and now they are starting the same thing with poor white families. Destroy the family, and it's easier to enslave the people.

I am not defending the crime, etc. that goes on in the ghettos, or among their population. The black on black crime is extremely high, and very tragic. Besides taking away the father, it has taken away the pride one has in themselves, and in doing a good job. I happen to be white, but old enough to be able to see what welfare has done to families.