Only Jesus Christ Saves - But Moses Invests © Frank H. Jump
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Pope’s UK Visit Stirs Animosities Old and New
LEEDS, England (Sept. 15) — England has been a thorn in the side of the Vatican since the days of Henry VIII. And Thursday’s planned papal visit — the first-ever state trip to Britain by any pontiff in history — isn’t likely to be any different. When Pope Benedict XVI arrives here for a four-day stay, he’s likely to find a more secular, belligerent Britain than ever before — a country just as ready to thumb its nose at papal authority as it was in the 16th century. Throngs of protesters are expected to greet him in Scotland, London and Birmingham, angry about the price tag for his trip, the church’s sex abuse scandal and its increasingly isolated stances on contraception, homosexuality and abortion. –Lauren Frayer, AOLnews Contributor
There'll Be No Kow-Towing to Jesus in the Year of the Tiger
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In this country if you are just trying to say what you think people want you to say, you have to kow-tow to Jesus – Max Kellerman (HBO) on the Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
Tiger Woods’ apology brings new attention to Buddhism By Dan Gilgoff, CNN
An Other Strange Fruit
Fruit: Comparing the Struggles of African-Americans for Civil Rights with the Struggles of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Peoples
by Miss Poppy Dixon, 06.01
The word ‘fruit’ has, in the context of this article, three meanings. Billy Holiday’s haunting 1939 rendition of the song “Strange Fruit” gave voice to a nation’s anguish over the lynching of African-Americans. [1]
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
The word “fruit” also refers derogatorily to homosexuals. A little more than a month after the nation was rocked by the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a black transgendered woman, Rita Hester, was stabbed to death in her Boston apartment. And on the 4th of July 2000, two teenagers murdered a gay African American man, Arthur “J.R.” Warren. He was kicked and beaten, his skull fractured, then driven over by his captor’s car four times. Hester and Warren violated the boundaries of both race and gender. To claim their deaths were caused by one prejudice, and not the other, would be presumptuous.
The meaning of the word “fruit” has bled into other categories.
Finally, I use the word “fruit” in the biblical sense, “…by their fruits ye shall know them,” from Matthew 7:20. The fruits of oppression in the United States have Christian roots; the same Bible once used to enslave blacks is now used to discriminate against black homosexuals, and white homosexuals. – Strange Fruit: Comparing the Oppression of African-Americans and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Communities
It's A Family Affair – Political Graffiti – Torino, Italy August 2008
Sunnis + US Christians + Hebrews = FIRE © Frank H. Jump
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- Sunni Islam – Wikipedia
- Zionism – Wikipedia
- Myth & Fact – Christians in Israel – United Jewish Communities
- Babylon & Beyond – ISRAEL: Atittudes toward Christians – LA Times Blog
- Israeli Extremists and Christian Fundamentalists: The Alliance – Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
A Memorial Day Weekend Cycle Through the Poconos
On Aberdeen Road - © Frank H. Jump
On Aberdeen Road, near Aberdeen. - © Frank H. Jump
On Aberdeen Road, near Aberdeen. A hare in the distance. - © Frank H. Jump
On Aberdeen Road, near Aberdeen. A hare in the distance. - © Frank H. Jump
A hare in the distance. - © Frank H. Jump
On Rte 435 near Moscow. - © Frank H. Jump
On Rte 435 near Moscow. - © Frank H. Jump
Old gas pump on Aberdeen Road, near Aberdeen. - © Frank H. Jump
Enzo in front of old gas pump on Aberdeen Road, near Aberdeen. - © Frank H. Jump
Old gas pump on Aberdeen Road, near Aberdeen. - © Frank H. Jump
brickbat on Papal Hypocrisy
The Pope Wears Prada - brickbatblog.blogspot.com
Red Italian leather shoes – $640
Papal hypocrisy – Priceless
Pope Benedict said Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. – brickbat
