Frozen Food For Thought

2011-02-28T23:56:00.001-05:00

Corporation = Capital Union?

2006-08-07T22:57:00.000-04:00

The Rapture:
America's Exit Strategy !!

Does it all make sense now?

2006-08-01T21:32:00.000-04:00

The civilization that will survive the seeming war ahead of us, will be the one that has a greater love for survival than for destruction of a perceived enemy. It will also be the one that can express its truths without the need for advanced technological media. Whatever can only be communicated via the internet, wireless, and other forms of telecommunications is not likely to perpetuate. The ability to know someones mind and heart through awareness alone will become an evolved capability, and it requires being fearless, but not foolish, in the presence of the powerful and paranoid.

2006-02-10T01:42:00.000-05:00

Incentivizing Peace

One of the common economic arguments for the cessation of war is the so called “peace dividend.” Unfortunately, these dividends do not accrue to those who specialize in military commodities. As such there is a strong incentive for them to lobby for, and promote, military solutions to social conflicts. As Galbraith phrases it, “Boom Times for War Inc.” Clearly, there is not enough reason for corporations to avoid war, when it can be, in a myopic way, so profitable. Can peace be made more profitable? Can a tax structure be used to incentivize peace?

Corporations are treated as persons for legal purposes. What if corporations were treated as “citizens” or “non-citizens” (based on their declaration), such that they are given different tax treatment based on the war status of a nation. Now consider the following scenario: citizen corporations are given a lower tax (income and/or revenue) rate than non-citizen corporations during official peace time, however, as citizens they are considered having a duty to support the nation during a time of war. This is done by their being required to provide their goods and services to the government for zero profit during war time. This can be presented on patriotic/ethical grounds – corporations that attempt to profit during war time are hindering the war effort by forcing the government to use scarce resources during a time of crisis. This does not hinder these corporations from making a profit from sales to non-governmental entities during war time, if the corporation has the resources to do so. The combination of lower peace time tax rates, and zero profits during war time, would encourage businesses to take on a “citizen” status and then invest in keeping the world peaceful. Note that the defense industry can still make profits during peace time, which, if they truly are there to support the defense of our nation, is similar to a doctor getting paid for keeping their patients healthy.

Whether or not this plan is ever implemented, it seems that in a time of corporate power and nationalism the path to peace must wind its way through both. It is not enough to say how peace can benefit humanity, it will be necessary to make peace beneficial for the institutions that organize humanity.

2005-12-22T02:22:00.000-05:00

ImagamI

God is not an imaginary being.
God is the imagination.
God is Imagination.
All of the imagination through and around the universe.

Where there was the void, Imagination could still distinguish between light and dark.

When Adam was created it was in the imagination of God, and as being that has imagination.

What separates us from the other creatures is not tools, nor language, nor war, nor desire.
What separates us the existence of imagination through our minds.

We see what nothing else sees.
We hear what nothing else hears.
We know what is unknown to others.

When part of Imagination energizes the human mind, the awareness of something greater than the mere physical universe dawns.

For some, who do not have the outlet to express this energy, Imagination is a terrible burden, something which they believe can be relieved through destruction.

For some, who are blessed with the space and materials to manifest, Imagination is a blessed member of their consciousness, which they joyfully express through creation.

The way to peace is not through the elimination of Imagination, nor through making others imagine only as you do, nor to follow our imaginings without question.

The path first starts with recognizing that we are part imagination and part of Imagination.
How we imagine Imagination is how we curse or bless ourselves and each other.

And for this we must respect that every ones relationship with Imagination and with God.
Whether it be through words, through experience, through everything or not at all.
For the desire to silence any way through which God finds self-expression, is a sign that one is not at peace with God nor with themselves.

The physical world is a synaesthetic canvas through which Imagination shares itself with itself as something else. How else could we imagine that there is a reality?

2005-12-06T16:49:00.000-05:00

Humans may have the right against self-incrimination ...

but how does one repent without doing so?

2005-12-02T09:04:00.000-05:00

Freedom may not be free ....

but are we being overcharged for it?

2005-11-28T14:14:00.000-05:00

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