All
the networks including Fox News have called it. Congratulations to
everybody here, this arguably means more to us that to anybody else.
Reposted from Joe
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma November 6, 2012
Election Day
Voting
is a manifestation of the law of interdependence: Each of our actions,
no matter how small, affects the whole cosmos. Our votes count.
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- Susan Moon, "Ten Practices to Change the World"
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Via JMG: Cuomo Slams Rabbi Who Claims Sandy Was God's Revenge For Gay Marriage
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has denounced Rabbi Noson Leiter, who made news earlier this week with his claim that Hurricane Sandy was God's retribution upon the state for legalizing same-sex marriage.
“The comments made by Rabbi Noson Leiter that sought to link the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy to our state’s embrace of marriage equality are as offensive as they are ignorant,” Mr. Cuomo said. “This catastrophic storm claimed the lives of more than forty New Yorkers. This kind of hateful rhetoric has no place in our public discourse, and is particularly distasteful in times of tragedy.” Governor Cuomo went on to demand an apology from the rabbi. “Our state is proud to offer equal rights to all our citizens, and we will never tolerate the use of a tragedy like Hurricane Sandy to promote a divisive and bigoted agenda,” he said. “I call on Rabbi Leiter to apologize immediately for his hurtful comments.”Leiter is supporting GOP state Senate candidate Neil DeCarlo, who is working (with NOM's help) to unseat Sen. Stephen Saland, one of the four Republicans who voted in favor of New York's marriage bill. GOP former Gov. George Pataki has also denounced Rabbi Leiter and has demanded that DeCarlo distance himself.
Pataki called on fellow Republican Neil DiCarlo — who is running on the Conservative Party line for a state Senate seat from the Hudson Valley — to denounce the remarks of Rabbi Noson Leiter. DiCarlo opposes gay marriage, and the orthodox rabbi made the statements in support of his third-party candidacy. “It’s simply incomprehensible that anyone could attribute the devastation and loss of life caused by Hurricane Sandy to divine retribution against the New York State legislature,” Pataki railed. “It’s like blaming America’s belief in freedom for the attacks of Sept. 11,” Pataki added. Pataki argued that because Leiter’s remarks were made in support of DiCarlo, the candidate “has a responsibility to repudiate them.” Reached by phone, DiCarlo refused to take that step when asked repeatedly. He instead questioned Pataki’s motives. “Ask Mr. Pataki why he endorsed my opponent, and why he is bringing this up two days before the election — and then I’ll answer your question,” DiCarlo said before hanging up.
Labels: 2012 elections, Andrew Cuomo, crackpots, crazy people, natural disasters, New York state, NY Senate, religion
Via JMG: Final Nate Silver Forecast
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma November 5, 2012
Politics on the Path
One
way to read the injunction for Right Conduct, an essential part of the
Eightfold Path, is to see it as calling us—as citizens—to translate the
dharma into specific acts of social responsibility. In a democratic
republic, that surely means voting for those initiatives that we believe
will reduce suffering and violence, ignorance and hatred—and the very
divisions fueled by politics itself.
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- Charles Johnson, "Accepting the Invitation"
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 2, 2012
Nothing Happens Without a Cause
Nothing
happens without a cause. Things are the way they are not because of
chance or the will of a deity but because people have acted in
particular ways and generated particular consequences. The world we
inhabit is the product of our actions, which are themselves reflections
of our minds.
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- Andrew Olendzki, "Medicine for the World"
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma November 1, 2012
Learning from Relationships
You
do not learn non-attachment by disengaging and avoiding the intensity
of relationships, their joy and their pain. It is easy to disguise as
non-attachment what is not non-attachment at all, but your fear of
attachment. When you really care about someone and you are willing to
commit to that friendship, then you have fertile ground to learn about
both attachment and non-attachment.
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- Judy Lief, "Tying the Knot"
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