Lessons of the Homeless: Object Poverty

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Wednesday August 05, 2015 · 7:53 AM PDT

2015/08/05 · 07:53

Every object you own costs you time and energy. Who cares if you got a great deal on Black Friday?

Every object demands to be dusted.

Made space for.

Rent paid for.

Picked up.

Put away.

Cleaned.

Walked around.

Stumbled over.

Moved from here to there.

Repainted.

Made over.

Repurposed.

Worried about breaking.

Insured.

Guarded against theft from everybody who doesn't have one.

Repairing.

Replacing.

Upgraded.

Probably requires slave labor or the equivalent to be manufactured, transported, stored, and sold.

Not to mention the wage slavery to purchase it.

And contributes to the death of the planet.

I'm exhausted thinking about it.

Can you really afford the burden of that spare toothbrush you're eyeing in the dental aisle at Walmart?

Shut up, Mahony. WTF happened?

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Wednesday February 27, 2013 · 6:26 AM PST

2013/02/27 · 06:26

Yes, this is a rant inspired by this diary.

"Cardinal" Mahony? One step from being Pope? AND infallibility?

Every time this man says "Jesus," my stomach turns over. He is becoming the poster boy for organized religion. Which is too bad.

I remember the time after Vatican II. Nuns and priests actually fought in South American wars on the sides of the peasants. Nuns stood up for wome's rights. The Singing Nun reached out to popular culture. The Church took position after position for social justice. They called out for all humanity to unite, regardless of creed or color, in love.

The ancient, decrepit, corrupt Roman Catholic Church was briefly leading the charge for a New Age.

There were Catholics who meant something to me. Spoke to me. The Desert Fathers. Thomas Merton, mebbe most of all.

I was fucking PROUD to be a Catholic. Even for a good while after I left the church as a teenager.

What the fuck happened.

It's not sad.

It's disgusting.

And, of course, it's not just the Catholics. They just hog the headlines. I don't know of a church or denomination not touched with this same horror.

If there are to be End Times--fat chance, someone must have declared it every few months in my 60 years on earth alone--it will be the churches that bring it on.

Cuz if there is a god, he/she/it must be just as fucking tired of their bullshit as I am....

J.P.

Ladies: Wayne LaPierre Wants 2 Save U!

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Sunday February 03, 2013 · 8:34 AM PST

2013/02/03 · 08:34

It aint fair! Can U imagine how safe a single vulnerable lonely lady cld feel if she was strapping an atom bomb when 47 black man break down her door & threaten to rape her & her 17 tiny babies?

Her 2nd amendment rights have been stolen from her by our communist, Muslim, BLACK president.

I say assault weapons and grenade launchers simply aren't enuff. There are brown ppl and liberals E V E R Y W H E R E.

And they want our women!

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Tuesday November 30, 2010 · 10:40 AM PST

2010/11/30 · 10:40

I must get an email a day from Mitch Stewart, Director of Organizing for America.

He always wants something.

I should send him $$$ right now because of the crisis of the day.

I should volunteer doing this, I should volunteer that.

But most of all:

IT"S NOT OUR FAULT. THE NASTY REPUBLICANS DID IT. AND THEY WON"T COOPERATE WITH US. SOB. TELL EVERYONE WHO WILL LISTEN TO YOU.

I'm freakin' tired of it.

I finally wrote the guy back.

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Thursday November 18, 2010 · 1:01 PM PST

2010/11/18 · 13:01

Look, I think the subject line says it all. So no need to read further if you already get it.

Here's the proverbial nutshell:

If the Democrats can't DO something, I can't see any reason to give them my dollars to get re-elected and not DO something yet again.

I'm fucking tired of this Lucy-with-the-football schtick.

Like most of us, I was gobstopped when Obama was elected. I never thought I would see an African American president in my lifetime—except on the vicarious sadomasochistic freak show, "24."

And such a candidate!

He had heart. He had brilliance. He had dreams for this country even an aging democratic socialist like me didn't dare to mumble about in my sleep.

The truth is, I still believe he is all that.

Poll

16 votes Show Results

I'm ready to:

16 votes Vote Now!

I'm ready to:

Fucking DO something for ourselves.

3 votes

boycott the Dems until they grow a pair.

7 votes

ready to wield a bat.

2 votes

put up a website or Facebook page.

0 votes

make a really cute and clever "No balls? No BUCKS" bumpersticker.

0 votes

give up and emigrate.

2 votes

just keeping going along to get along. They only punish people who do something wrong.

1 vote

PIE. With a side of Jack Daniels. And a heroin chaser.

1 vote

Updated: FDL what are you thinking? Not a diary. More a scream!

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Monday December 14, 2009 · 10:31 AM PST

2009/12/14 · 10:31

FDL is out in force pushing their latest project: To get Hadassah Leiberman fired.

Do you really think going after Leiberman's spouse will win us any brownie points with the public?

I can see it would start a huge flap, with the attendant publicity, but the blowback could be murderous for us.

And frankly it looks like bullying and cowardice.

So what are you trying to achieve? Payback? Or are you actually thinking this would help our case in the Senate?

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Friday March 06, 2009 · 10:38 AM PST

2009/03/06 · 10:38

I am a therapist specializing in recovery from toxic groups, abusive churches, and cults.

As you might imagine, I'm quite concerned about the faith-based initiatives started by Bush -- and now continued by President Obama. (I'm a huge Obama fan, but feel he is making a mistake on this issue.)

I'm a strong believer in freedom of religion. But I also have a passionate belief in the separation of Church and State.

Religious tolerance is one thing. Putting money in the hands of Scientology and similar groups is another.

You may have heard of the upcoming McCartney/Lynch Concert to benefit the David Lynch Foundation's initiative to teach Transcendental Meditation in the public schools.

Many critics feel this is a clear Church/State violation because of the religious trappings of Transcendental Meditation.

Read on if you are concerned about civil liberties, including the separation between church and state.

Poll

771 votes Show Results

Are you concerned about TM being taught in public schools?

771 votes Vote Now!

Are you concerned about TM being taught in public schools?

I am concerned about Churh/State issues, but think TM in schools is okay

580 votes

I am concerned about Church/State issues, and think TM in schools is a violation

129 votes

Church/State issues are less important to me than other national priorities.

10 votes

I am not concerned about Church/State issues.

52 votes

The Grieving Room: My Cultic Relationship

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Monday December 08, 2008 · 6:00 PM PST

2008/12/08 · 18:00

A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

I wrote a Grief Room diary about grief issues facing former cult members November 10.

I left part out. My own story. My own cultic relationship with Transcendental Meditation.

Read on.

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Monday November 10, 2008 · 6:13 PM PST

2008/11/10 · 18:13

A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

"I don't know what's wrong. I just can't do anything. I lay on the couch for hours everyday. I'm afraid to go out of the house. I've tried four different meds, but nothing touches my depression. It's like the world turned black the day I left my cult. They warned me my life would turn to [crap] if I ever left the group. Maybe they were right."

Read on for personal stories of a world I hope you are never unfortunate enough to experience.

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 · 10:43 AM PDT

2008/08/13 · 10:43

This unnoticed storyon Reuters has me worried.

"You have heard the statement by the U.S. president that the United States is starting a military-humanitarian operation in Georgia," Saakashvili said in a television address.

"It means that Georgian ports and airports will be taken under the control of the U.S. defense ministry in order to conduct humanitarian and other missions. This is a very important statement for easing tension."

Is it just me, or do American boots on the ground raise the specter of incidents with Russian troops?

Just how scary is that?

PREDATE: A much more detailed diary on this development here. My apologies for the duplicate post!

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No balls? NO BUCKS. n/t

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