tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567752059248900661.post8072797916632323749..comments2008-11-15T15:04:11.722-07:00Comments on Taming The Monkey Mind: Bodhisattva VotingMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13915368002686508121noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567752059248900661.post-82800848303652579872008-10-24T10:37:00.000-06:002008-10-24T10:37:00.000-06:00I know the range of what you make because I work f...I know the range of what you make because I work for the same company as you. <BR/><BR/>My bona fides <BR/><BR/>I have worked in homeless shelters in St. Louis and LA.<BR/>My wife ( who doesnt work because she doenst need to ) works as an unpaid fundraiser for a local hospital.<BR/>We support orphanages and adoption programs in third world coutries.<BR/><BR/>My point is that compassion in All of the religions you cited is a PERSONAL thing not a corporate thing. So you have shown some compassion, good for you. <BR/><BR/>I see that anonymously you will debate. ;) just not face to face.<BR/><BR/>Voting for a person will not ease the suffering in the world. Personally doing something about it will, giving to charities that feed the hungry will. Socialism (the form of compassion you speak of) will not. Any time the government starts saying "we are here to help" run, they are going to screw it up. <BR/><BR/>Compassion is you (personal not government) doing something about it, Government will always make the situation worse.<BR/><BR/><BR/>BTW - I can show you quotes from so called compassionate side saying exactly the same thing as Bush about the Iraq war before he said them. Hmm is it a lie when your pollitical affilation says it? or just when the people you dont like say it.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000535441229901207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567752059248900661.post-469676325255415402008-10-24T09:24:00.000-06:002008-10-24T09:24:00.000-06:00So as to establish my bona fides...I spent 5 years...So as to establish my bona fides...<BR/><BR/>I spent 5 years working at Covenant House, a shelter for homeless children in Times Square, New York. My next series of jobs was working as a public defender, representing poor people in courts in New York state. I made less then I would in private industry, to say the least. Currently I work on projects for Habitat for Hummanity and I give to "political" causes, like the Sierra Club and the ACLU, which are not technically charities. <BR/><BR/>I can not say how you know how much I make, as I have no idea who I am responding to, however, how much any one person gives to charity is not the point here. The point is how our vote willease the suffering in the world. Bush's charitable giving may be admirable, but his lying to start a war was certainly not, and certainly did increase suffering in the world.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915368002686508121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567752059248900661.post-26614313889210417532008-10-24T08:37:00.000-06:002008-10-24T08:37:00.000-06:001. The Secret Service has stated in congress that ...1. The Secret Service has stated in congress that none of the agents at the Palin rally where someone supposedly yelled "Kill him" heard it. The people tasked with protecting the candidates say that it is not true, so lets not spread untruths.<BR/><BR/>2. You tell me that you going to vote for the compassionate ticket. hmmh if they are so compassionate why did Mr Obama and Biden give < 1% of their respecitve income to charity while on the other hand that uncompassionate jerk Bush gave 18% of his income to charity.<BR/><BR/>I was always taught that money talks and BS walks. Mike Put your money where your mouth is, I know for a fact that you and your wife make more than I as a single income earner do. Im pretty sure that you gave a much smaller % to charity than I did last year, since you wont tell me im wrong on that point. Just so you can catch up I gaved 14% of my gross to charity. Dont lecture on compassion until your money talks, where I come from doing that is call hypocrisy.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000535441229901207noreply@blogger.com