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    Quote Originally Posted by uscitizen View Post
    and which groups that force is brought to bear on.
    Pretty much. Hence we have political parties, ideologies, differences of opinions, beautiful argument, and work to promote the society we feel will do the best job of giving us the freedoms we so richly deserve and should consistently be vigilant of.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Pretty much. Hence we have political parties, ideologies, differences of opinions, beautiful argument, and work to promote the society we feel will do the best job of giving us the freedoms we so richly deserve and should consistently be vigilant of.
    and still keep losing freedoms.....
    Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
    Proving tax cuts work!

    Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
    The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by uscitizen View Post
    and still keep losing freedoms.....
    We can reverse that trend, if we act wisely.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
    - -- Aristotle

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    I have acted wisely, but the majority of the country.....
    Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by uscitizen View Post
    I have acted wisely, but the majority of the country.....

    ...comprises greater than half the country. yeah. We know what you mean,bro .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    It is true. Regular Kabbalists state that Madonna is an example of evil being attracted to purity. In this case she is attracted to Kabbalism but chooses a modernistic approach that they would deem outside and apart from their studies. Often in these populist versions they attempt to make practitioners believe that they can do magic and other unrealistic claims.
    I thought as much. Traditional cabbalism is exceedingly difficult and exacting: most people who take it up drop it very quickly. It's the study of a lifetime or not at all.
    "A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
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    Quote Originally Posted by OrnotBitwise View Post
    I thought as much. Traditional cabbalism is exceedingly difficult and exacting: most people who take it up drop it very quickly. It's the study of a lifetime or not at all.

    Your creating a distinction in your mind, with no real difference. Pretty pathetic.

    Madonna's cabalism is real cabalism. It's just that traditionally it's not supposed to be taught to non jews, or even jews under middle age or so. It's the "hidden teachings".

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