A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Subject: Stay off FOX
To draw attention to its biased coverage, President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.
I signed a petition urging Democrats to support President Obama's stance by staying off FOX as long as he does. Can you join me at the link below?
http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/?r_by=17603-538505-1HB2w4x&rc=paste
Thanks!
National Equality March: "Imagine"
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| CNN Leaves It There | ||||
| www.thedailyshow.com | ||||
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Double Quote of the Day
“The first principle Bahá'u'lláh urged was the independent investigation of truth. "Each individual," he said, "is following the faith of his ancestors who themselves are lost in the maze of tradition. Reality is steeped in dogmas and doctrines. If each investigate for himself, he will find that Reality is one; does not admit of multiplicity; is not divisible. All will find the same foundation and all will be at peace."
– ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i Scriptures, p. 276.
"The basic principle of the Cause is independent investigation of truth. This applies to us as much as to our children. They should be free to chose for themselves any religion they wish. To promise that they will belong to a certain Faith and not to another is therefore not only contrary to our precepts, but is also a futile promise to give. How can we make the future generation think as we do or follow our dictates. God has made them free. All that we can do is to open their eyes and tell them of what we think to be the truth."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, March 3, 1931)
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 155)

