<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Sunday Open Thread</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:56 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: property casualty insurance</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-582403</link> <dc:creator>property casualty insurance</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:44:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-582403</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Great Site…...&lt;/strong&gt;[...]check this out as this contains important information about[...]...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Great Site…&#8230;</strong></p><p>[...]check this out as this contains important information about[...]&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Conveyancing Solicitor</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-535642</link> <dc:creator>Conveyancing Solicitor</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:22:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-535642</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Conveyancing Solicitor...&lt;/strong&gt;[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Conveyancing Solicitor&#8230;</strong></p><p>[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-346802</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:45:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-346802</guid> <description>nt</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nt</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: malletgirl02</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-231838</link> <dc:creator>malletgirl02</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:45:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-231838</guid> <description>&quot;Many people believe blacks are simple-minded, trusting and child-like. Religious beliefs do nothing to counteract that image.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So you agree with that? Yeah and all white people are logical, right. and you also think it is ok for a broker to mislead people, just because they are as knowledgeable as you are?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Many people believe blacks are simple-minded, trusting and child-like. Religious beliefs do nothing to counteract that image.&#8221;</p><p>So you agree with that? Yeah and all white people are logical, right. and you also think it is ok for a broker to mislead people, just because they are as knowledgeable as you are?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: TruthSeeker</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-213255</link> <dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:26:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-213255</guid> <description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Alternative forms of healing is not as new age as folks are led to believe. I&#039;ve always seen Oprah as someone who shares her knowledge, gives folks more options, and allow them the FREEDOM to make their own life choices.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;I agree.  And clearly, it works for her.   I rarely catch her show, but admire the woman, and her poise, greatly.   And one thing is true, she does not cultivate her own, or the ignorance of others.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i><br /><blockquote>Alternative forms of healing is not as new age as folks are led to believe. I&#39;ve always seen Oprah as someone who shares her knowledge, gives folks more options, and allow them the FREEDOM to make their own life choices.</p></blockquote><p></i><br />I agree.  And clearly, it works for her.   I rarely catch her show, but admire the woman, and her poise, greatly.   And one thing is true, she does not cultivate her own, or the ignorance of others.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: TruthSeeker</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-213252</link> <dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:20:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-213252</guid> <description>That&#039;s a surprising dismissal of someone as consistently successful, iconic and respected as Oprah.    Oprah promotes what she finds useful in her own life, and one cannot argue that her own life is very &quot;full&quot;.    She is the single most successful black woman in America..a surprising dismissal, indeed!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Perhaps Oprah fans should have you and Justice pray for them instead?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, now Town.....are you cultivating your own ignorance?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#39;s a surprising dismissal of someone as consistently successful, iconic and respected as Oprah.    Oprah promotes what she finds useful in her own life, and one cannot argue that her own life is very &#8220;full&#8221;.    She is the single most successful black woman in America..a surprising dismissal, indeed!</p><p>Perhaps Oprah fans should have you and Justice pray for them instead?</p><p>Now, now Town&#8230;..are you cultivating your own ignorance?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: TruthSeeker</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-213239</link> <dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-213239</guid> <description>I don&#039;t have the patience to do an English comprehension class.  Suffice it to say that the central point is the cultivation of ignorance...cultivating ones own, and cultivating the ignorance of others.  The idea that HIV is engineered is only an example.  There are far more homogeneous beliefs held by the church.  That the earth is 6000 years old, for instance.  Or that a young girl became pregnant without benefit of sperm.   These all fall into the category of &quot;cultivating ignorance&quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The provision of sub-prime loans is also another form of dogma...and is also &quot;cultivating ignorance&quot;.   The willingness to believe, blindly.    The submission of oneself to lesser things.   The resistance to new ideas.   The rejection of readily available, and credible information.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Well, what do you know, I do have the patience after all.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#39;t have the patience to do an English comprehension class.  Suffice it to say that the central point is the cultivation of ignorance&#8230;cultivating ones own, and cultivating the ignorance of others.  The idea that HIV is engineered is only an example.  There are far more homogeneous beliefs held by the church.  That the earth is 6000 years old, for instance.  Or that a young girl became pregnant without benefit of sperm.   These all fall into the category of &#8220;cultivating ignorance&#8221;.</p><p>The provision of sub-prime loans is also another form of dogma&#8230;and is also &#8220;cultivating ignorance&#8221;.   The willingness to believe, blindly.    The submission of oneself to lesser things.   The resistance to new ideas.   The rejection of readily available, and credible information.</p><p>Well, what do you know, I do have the patience after all.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-213067</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:45:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-213067</guid> <description>The media is going after Oprah because she is a powerful woman who wields power and TENS OF MILLIONS of people tune in to her show.  What ever she showcases turns to gold!  $$$$$$$.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alternative forms of healing is not as new age as folks are led to believe.  I&#039;ve always seen Oprah as someone who shares her knowledge, gives folks more options, and allow them the FREEDOM to make their own life choices.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;After 20 years,of public life, I wouldn&#039;t expect anything less from Oprah or anyone else but changes.  She owns her own studio.  She&#039;s her own woman.  As with Oprah&#039;s show and in life, I take what is useful to help me grow and leave what&#039;s not.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So, now the MSM is starting their SMEAR Campaign on Oprah.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The healthcare industry in America is the TRUE CULPRIT.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The media is going after Oprah because she is a powerful woman who wields power and TENS OF MILLIONS of people tune in to her show.  What ever she showcases turns to gold!  $$$$$$$.</p><p>Alternative forms of healing is not as new age as folks are led to believe.  I&#39;ve always seen Oprah as someone who shares her knowledge, gives folks more options, and allow them the FREEDOM to make their own life choices.</p><p>After 20 years,of public life, I wouldn&#39;t expect anything less from Oprah or anyone else but changes.  She owns her own studio.  She&#39;s her own woman.  As with Oprah&#39;s show and in life, I take what is useful to help me grow and leave what&#39;s not.</p><p>So, now the MSM is starting their SMEAR Campaign on Oprah.</p><p>The healthcare industry in America is the TRUE CULPRIT.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-213057</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:34:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-213057</guid> <description>What I find interesting about the media&#039;s  &quot;LET&#039;S GET OPRAH&quot; meme is the timing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;MSM leading the charge, just in time for the healthcare bill.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I, for one am suspicious of folks who ridicule and mock alternative forms of healing.  My own experiences with various forms of healing  in conjuction with traditional medicine have proven to be life-saving.  It comes down to choices.  And I don&#039;t want my freedom to choose threatened by corporations.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There&#039;s room for all forms of healing, but the medical field, insurance companies and phamacuetical Co. can&#039;t afford to let alternative forms of healing  taking of cut of their big chunks-o-chedar.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We all know Oprah has a lot of power and the medical world knows it too; after all TENS OF MILLIONS of folks watch her show.  she owns her own studio, she&#039;s her own woman.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;IMO, Oprah&#039;s not misleading any one, that is what the MSM, who are owned by the corporations and lobbist who own the health insurance companies and phamacies, who don&#039;t want folks educated about preventative and alternative healthcare, or 40 million Americans to have access to SINGLE PAY healthcare.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I find interesting about the media&#39;s  &#8220;LET&#39;S GET OPRAH&#8221; meme is the timing.</p><p>MSM leading the charge, just in time for the healthcare bill.</p><p>I, for one am suspicious of folks who ridicule and mock alternative forms of healing.  My own experiences with various forms of healing  in conjuction with traditional medicine have proven to be life-saving.  It comes down to choices.  And I don&#39;t want my freedom to choose threatened by corporations.</p><p>There&#39;s room for all forms of healing, but the medical field, insurance companies and phamacuetical Co. can&#39;t afford to let alternative forms of healing  taking of cut of their big chunks-o-chedar.</p><p>We all know Oprah has a lot of power and the medical world knows it too; after all TENS OF MILLIONS of folks watch her show.  she owns her own studio, she&#39;s her own woman.</p><p>IMO, Oprah&#39;s not misleading any one, that is what the MSM, who are owned by the corporations and lobbist who own the health insurance companies and phamacies, who don&#39;t want folks educated about preventative and alternative healthcare, or 40 million Americans to have access to SINGLE PAY healthcare.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212956</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:11:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212956</guid> <description>Ditto!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ditto!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212949</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:05:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212949</guid> <description>Newt, y&#039;all some fickle cats.  Make up your minds.  Y&#039;all  want to &quot;surround&quot; us or do you want us to&quot; surround&quot; you?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Newt, y&#39;all some fickle cats.  Make up your minds.  Y&#39;all  want to &#8220;surround&#8221; us or do you want us to&#8221; surround&#8221; you?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Justice58</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212932</link> <dc:creator>Justice58</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:38:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212932</guid> <description>I stopped watching her a long time ago.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stopped watching her a long time ago.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212927</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:28:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212927</guid> <description>Tavis aint got nothing to say about blacks being referred to as &quot;mud people.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That&#039;s Obama&#039;s problem.  He&#039;s holding PBO ACCOUNTABLE, remember.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tavis aint got nothing to say about blacks being referred to as &#8220;mud people.&#8221;</p><p>That&#39;s Obama&#39;s problem.  He&#39;s holding PBO ACCOUNTABLE, remember.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: B-Serious</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212924</link> <dc:creator>B-Serious</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:24:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212924</guid> <description>Evening thread is up.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Evening thread is up.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spirit_55z</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212923</link> <dc:creator>spirit_55z</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:23:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212923</guid> <description>LOL!  And how&#039;s that working for ya, Angelar?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL!  And how&#39;s that working for ya, Angelar?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Town</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212896</link> <dc:creator>Town</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:54:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212896</guid> <description>Oprah doesn&#039;t know her own mind, which is why she runs off touting every pie in the sky &quot;spiritual&quot; theory that comes across her desk.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Anyone who believes ANYTHING coming out of Oprah Winfrey is a silly ass fool.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oprah doesn&#39;t know her own mind, which is why she runs off touting every pie in the sky &#8220;spiritual&#8221; theory that comes across her desk.</p><p>Anyone who believes ANYTHING coming out of Oprah Winfrey is a silly ass fool.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212880</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:17:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212880</guid> <description>It will truly be a cold day in hell before I start taking lessons on morality or religion from Newtie!   How he gets out there and does this with a straight face is mind blowing!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It will truly be a cold day in hell before I start taking lessons on morality or religion from Newtie!   How he gets out there and does this with a straight face is mind blowing!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Plantsmantx</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212879</link> <dc:creator>Plantsmantx</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:11:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212879</guid> <description>For your critique to really mean anything, the idea that HIV was engineered would have to be conventional wisdom within the black church.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For your critique to really mean anything, the idea that HIV was engineered would have to be conventional wisdom within the black church.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: TruthSeeker</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212875</link> <dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:53:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212875</guid> <description>Unethical, indeed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But my point was that what was the &quot;hearth&quot; of the black home(the church) - if you will - doing to counsel, protect it&#039;s congregants from this scourge?   Really, the church is complicit in the victimization of it&#039;s flock.   &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My point is showing there really is no qualitative difference between believing HIV is engineered, and accepting a sub-prime mortgage when you qualify for better.   It&#039;s the curse of cultivating ignorance, and for those who allow their ignorance to be cultivated in religious matters, will also allow that ignorance to be cultivated in financial matter and ...perhaps deserve it&#039;s &lt;i&gt;rewards&lt;/i&gt;.  But then, I vacillate between seeing the flock as victim, and victimizer of it&#039;s own self.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unethical, indeed.</p><p>But my point was that what was the &#8220;hearth&#8221; of the black home(the church) &#8211; if you will &#8211; doing to counsel, protect it&#39;s congregants from this scourge?   Really, the church is complicit in the victimization of it&#39;s flock.</p><p>My point is showing there really is no qualitative difference between believing HIV is engineered, and accepting a sub-prime mortgage when you qualify for better.   It&#39;s the curse of cultivating ignorance, and for those who allow their ignorance to be cultivated in religious matters, will also allow that ignorance to be cultivated in financial matter and &#8230;perhaps deserve it&#39;s <i>rewards</i>.  But then, I vacillate between seeing the flock as victim, and victimizer of it&#39;s own self.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Myth</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/sunday-open-thread-54/comment-page-1/#comment-212873</link> <dc:creator>Myth</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:50:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=11977#comment-212873</guid> <description>LMFAO</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LMFAO</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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