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New York City
New York City is the epitome of fast-paced and with so much to see and do, our host family has to plan their trip very carefully. Riding the subways proves an efficient method of transportation as the Roberts family visits the major attractions like the Empire State Building, Times Square and Rockefeller Center, but there's much more to New York than attractions. A stroll through New York's ethnic neighborhoods is the perfect follow-up to learning about immigration at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island and then relax as the city's frenetic pace fades away in a gallop through Central Park by horse carriage.
Peru - The Inca World - Machu Picchu & Cuzco
The city of Cuzco, the famous center of the Inca world, is full of colorful history, culture and adventure waiting to be discovered as Nathan & Seamus explore the massive stone walls and a Spanish colonial town square. Take the train from Cuzco into the mountains to discover the majestic Inca city of Machu Picchu where soaring stone structures have stood for centuries and are surrounded by ancient footpaths and trade trails, perfect for hiking including the famous Inca Trail.
Costa Rica - Volcanoes and Rainforest Adventure
The family heads to eco-friendly Costa Rica to get a close-up look at the area's most active volcano, while staying at a hotel right at the base of the mountain. Then head up to the fabled cloud forests of Santa Elena and Monteverde to find all sorts of jungle creatures including sloths, iguanas and poison dart frogs. Canopy tours, weird wildlife encounters and rumbling mountains are all part of this Costa Rican interior adventure.
Florida: Miami & The Everglades
The crazy art deco buildings painted in an array of colors and a festive atmosphere has the Roberts grooving in the outdoor cafes of South Beach. Surrounded by water, Miami is an ideal place to discover the ocean, and the Roberts do just that...on board an amphibious vehicle, playing in the waves, and checking out an aquarium. Next, they head inland to explore the Everglades where they come face-to-face with alligators on an exuberant airboat ride and a hike through the backcountry.
Scotland - The Scottish Highlands
Scotland has long been known for its deeply rooted heritage. In this episode, the family heads for the hills...the Scottish Highlands that is. After a brief visit to Edinburgh, it's "All Aboard!" as the family head north by train through the craggily hills and open plateaus of the Scottish Highlands. Once there, the family finds all sorts of diversion as they explore the ancient and majestical forest, play in the snow, feed reindeer, taste haggis and try to get a snapshot of the famous Loch Ness monster.
Ireland: The Castles and Cliffs of County Clare
Known for its rugged limestone rock formations and ancient castles, County Clare offers all sorts of off-the-tourist-track exploration, and the kids are thrilled to discover it all. Explore tall sea cliffs at the famous Cliffs of Moher and head beneath the limestone for an underground adventure in the Aillwee Caves on The Burren. Although the kids may not be as impressed as adults by ancient dolmens, the giant castles of Clare like Knappogue and Bunratty are sure to spark their imagination of days gone-by filled with knights and kings.
The Roberts family hits the road running in Paris in attempt to be the first to find the incredible Eiffel Tower while getting sidetracked by the City of Light's artistic culture. Join the host family on a treasure hunt in the Louvre where they discover the gems of the art world; on the city's stinkiest tour in the Paris Sewers; and for a ride down the Seine River for a view of Paris how it was meant to be seen. Watch as the family finds the Eiffel Tower and it's time to climb, picnic, ride mules and go-karts and enjoy one of the greatest monuments in the world.
Costa Rica - Monte Verde and the Pacific Coast
Join the Roberts family as they explore the cloud forest of Monte Verde where snakes and bats have their own museums and the best way to get around is by horse or zip line. Next, head by ferry from the mainland to kick back on the Peninsula Nicoya on the Pacific Coast in the decades old backpackers village of Montezuma and experience the coastal magic of Costa Rica, one of the world's most diverse eco-zones, with jungle and ocean encounters with all sorts of creatures.
Alaska - Kenai Peninsula
Board an RV with the Roberts family as they head south through Alaska's well-traveled, but still remote, Kenai Peninsula. Spot eagles soaring in the skies and otters swimming about as they paddle through Kachemak Bay and discover ocean life as they dissect a squid and check out whales in Seward. Plus, board a scientific research vessel that still measures the effects of the oil spill and gives the kids an up-close look at massive glaciers crashing into the waters of Prince William Sound. The adventure continues when the kids meet a Iditarod musher and his dog sled team and hitch a ride.
England - Bath & Stonehenge
Beyond London, England has a much slower pace and a more natural surround. In Southern England, the Roberts discover area history in the Roman town of Bath and a tour of the world's most magnificent pre-historic relics, Stonehenge and meet the locals as a game of cricket is explained. In a boat tour up the Avon River, Nathan & Seamus enjoy the relaxing lifestyle of the English countryside.
England - The Lake District
After hopping a train to the north, the family finds a world of literature awaiting in the English Lake District, an area so abundant with beauty it inspired celebrated authors like William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. Nathan and Seamus get a chance to explore some of the area stories at the World of Beatrix Potter Museum and the natural surrounds as they bump through the countryside in an off-road adventure, steam down the lake and up the mountains and get to know some of the area's woodland and lake creatures.
The Rainforest
Head up the Amazon river basin in Peru to an eco lodge set deep in the rainforest. Join the family as they explore the thick jungle rainforests looking for monkeys, snakes, birds, bugs and other jungle creatures hiking through and up above the canopy and kayaking down the river. Plus, meet a local farmer who explains the healing powers of native plants and help Nathan and Seamus find clues to solve riddles along The Children's Rainforest Trail.
Heritage and Culture in the Southwest: Located in Southwestern Ireland, Killarney is a land of many charms, which natives will tell you is a paradise in the waiting. Using Killarney as a base, the Roberts hop a horse cart to Killarney National Park where they storm Ross Castle, drive the Dingle Peninsula where they learn about local marine life including Fungi the Dolphin and head to Blarney Castle where they, of course, kiss the stone and get the gift of gab.
Rome: Gladiators & Gelato of Rome
Explore the grand splendor of Rome, Italy! Center of world history and power created by the massive Roman Empire. Walk the winding streets of Rome finding Gelato, Pizza and Gladiators. Get an in depth look into the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and actually learn to be a Gladiator in a real Gladiator school! Trained Gladiators teach the kids the moves with wooden and metal swords to prepare for a duel. Then hang out in the fantastic Piazza Navona with it's wild street performers and people from all over the world. Shop at local markets to prepare authentic Italian meals and learn all about the local history, culture and family fun Rome has to offer.
Wales: History & Roman Legacy
Our journey in Wales begins in the capital city of Cardiff, where a cosmopolitan, modern atmosphere melds with ancient historical landmarks like the massive Cardiff Castle. With over 600 castles, Wales is alive with medieval culture. The kids get a feel for it as they learn to fly Harris Hawks at thWelsh Hawking Center. But, the history here is older than that. The shoreline near Cardiff is loaded with prehistoric fossils and the kids are excited to find them and learn more at the National Museum Wales and the National Showcaves Center, where natural rock formations and foliage are dotted with life size replicas of dinosaurs. A bit east in Brecon Beacons National Park, delve 300 feet underground into the "Big Pit" to learn about Wales' more recent history in coal mining. Stay in small farmhouses, surrounded by sheep and run the walls of the largest excavated Colosseum ruins outside of Rome!
Wales: Eco-adventure and Green Living in King Arthur's Land
Head out to Wales' southwest coast to learn how Wales is leading the Green movement in the U.K. and explore the dramatic natural surrounds. Discover new ways of using solar, water and wind for power at the Center for Alternative Technology and see it in action in Britain's Greenest City, St. David's. Explore caves, rocks, and hidden coves along the Pembrokeshire Path by foot and kayak all while munching on seaweed in an activity invented in St. David's called coasteering. To explore a bit further in the sea, our family hops on a boat to Ramsay Island, where they spot some rare animals. Climb Merlin's hill and go deep into an old coal mine to come face to face with the legend of King Arthur and Merlin at the Corris Craft Center and tend the sheep in an old restored farmhouse that uses solar and wind power.
The Florida Keys
The Florida Keys has been the subject of mystery and intrigue for many decades. Closer to Cuba than to the other United States, Key West is known for its independent spirit. Check it out by train in a tour of the sites, by boat at sunset and by bike. Be entertained by the vaudeville atmosphere of the famous Key West Sunset Ceremony, walk the plank at the pirate museum, hop on a bike and pedal your way through the revelers on Duval Street. The exciting atmosphere of Key West is contrasted by the quiet beaches as they head north to Key Largo where they get a slimy kiss from a friendly sea lion.
Ireland: Dublin
Ireland's biggest city, Dublin, is vibrant and has many stories to tell if you take the time to listen. In Dublin, discover the long and often turbulent history with the English at Dublin Castle and Kilmainham Jail, get a taste of hops history at the Guinness factory, and take a break for some kid's activities at St. Stephen's Green, the Natural History Museum and Dublin Zoo.
Baja Mexico: Whale Encounter
Head down the quiet and uncrowded back roads of Mexico's Baja peninsula for a once in a life time encounter like no other. This unique experience brings you face to face with the world's largest mammals.. whales. After loading up on a bus in California, our fearless family crosses the border at Tijuana and drives into the Baja sunset. Explore the bizarre shapes of the Central Desert, a scene that inspired the illustrations of Dr. Seuss, and stay at small, guesthouses along the way. At Scammons Lagoon, head out in small wooden boats to seek out the Gray whale, which mates and births in the bays of Baja. Thousands of whales on their annual migration have filled the lagoon to have their babies and they're not shy. They bump right up to the boats, where guests can reach in to pet them, and sometimes it's hard to tell who's watching whom.
London is world-renowned for its history rich attractions and fast-paced activity, but how will it do entertaining two young boys. The family finds out as they traverse the city by tube and double-decker bus learning all about its royal history at Buckingham Palace, its military past at the Cabinet War Rooms and its colonial ambitions at the British Museum. The host-family takes part in London tradition at a formal afternoon tea, a sun-soak in Hyde Park and hanging out with punks in Piccadilly Circus before heading to West End for a play. And they manage to see a few of London's famous landmarks...Big Ben, London Eye, Trafalgar Square.
Scotland - The City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a majestic city filled with incredible architecture and anchored by the massive Edinburgh Castle. Based out of Melville Castle, our host family takes you though the sites along the Royal Mile. Get crowned in Edinburgh Castle and visit some of the city's exciting museums with subjects like the earth, toys and Scottish history. Plus, the kids learn to bagpipe and hold a tarantula.
Ireland - Tracing Ancestry in the Northwest
In Ireland's northwest region, The family discovers their roots and hunts for the ancient castle of their ancestor, infamous Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen. After searching the wilds of the Connemara where they encounter a true Irish traffic jam - sheep in the road - our host family finds refuge at a farmhouse Bed and Breakfast, ironically enough owned by the O'Malley family. In their ancestry search, the family discovers the true meaning of heritage as they learn about the potato famine, sit in on a traditional music session and finally reach Clare Island and the home of Grace O'Malley.
Alaska - Kenai Peninsula
Board an RV and head south through Alaska's well-traveled, but still remote, Kenai Peninsula. In Homer, spot eagles soaring above and otters playing around their kayaks as they paddle through Kachemak Bay discovering giant starfish and eating seaweed.. In Whittier, board a scientific research vessel that still measures the effects of the oil spill and gets up close to massive glaciers crashing into the waters of Prince William Sound and navigate through icebergs. Follow a pod of dophins, eat seaweed from a kayak while discovering ten-legged purple starfish, come face to face with wild Moose in Homer.
The Bahamas - Cat Island & Grand Bahama
To explore a different side of the Bahamas, hop a flight to Cat Island where daily activities include watching the plane take off. On Cat Island they glide up an estuary to find turtles, kayak to their own private island and enjoy a beach to themselves. Learn the history or the British Loyalists during the American Revolution who fled to Cat Island, and the last slaves ships which left their human cargo on the island, who's descendants still live there. Then head to Grand Bahama, the number two tourist destination in the Bahamas, to kayak through a mangrove forest, find bats and head out on a snorkelboat and show their younger cousins what Travel With Kids is all about.
Jamaica - The Wild West Coast
Head to the Caribbean island of Jamaica, away from the mega resorts, to feel I'rie in the sun. Stay in a beach hut with not TV and no A/C set in a tropical garden along a gorgeous seven mile beach in an atmosphere laden with African roots and island music. Get off the tourist track in Black River and YS falls for some crocodile spotting and rope swings over the falls, jump off the world famous cliffs at Ricks Cafe and kayak and snorkel some of the Caribbean's best underwater scenery.
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Fun in the Baja Sun
Travel with Kids heads to the very tip of the Baja Mexico peninsula to find whales, dolphins, zip line over desert canyons, play in the sand & surf and go on their first scuba dive off the coast of Lands End "El Arco." Along the way, they discover the rugged coast and ending point of the Baja 1000 in their own Israeli army made desert dune buggy, take a ride on a bungee trampoline, shop the fun markets of Cabo and learn about the history and culture of this Mexico desert paradise.


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PARKVILLE, Md. - Fire officials say an auto repair shop employee was injured when a car he was working on caught fire.
The fire occurred Friday afternoon at the Mr. Tire on Harford Road in Parkville.
According to the Baltimore County Fire Department, the fire was contained to the vehicle and brought under control within 5 minutes. The employee suffered non-life- threatening burns and was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The fire was ruled accidental.
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Freebird Circles Quilt
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This looks wonderful, and at first glance I did think your circles were appliqued. Very nice quilt!ReplyDelete
I love this! And I completely thought the cirlces were appliqued!ReplyDelete
It's a beautiful quilt...so fun!ReplyDelete
Very nice! I will have to remember about quilting around dots! I have some Nicey Jane that may work well with.ReplyDelete
Ooh, I love all the circles and the block edge, looks fab!ReplyDelete
I love the quilting you did with the dots, it really makes them pop. I thought you had appliqued them all at first. Great finish!!ReplyDelete
oooh beautiful, cheerful quilt. And finished whoop whoop!ReplyDelete
Love Leanne
Wow, that's a great quilt! And I love that you used a print piece in the center - it makes it really quick to whip up, but looks awesome! And yes, I had to check twice to be sure that it was a print and not appliqued!!ReplyDelete
Nice. I like it a lot. Good job on getting one UFO off your list already.ReplyDelete
Wonderful, happy quilt. I learnt a new number "kajillion".ReplyDelete
Carol xx
I kept reading, hoping for details, because those dots DO look like they were appliqued. Very cool quilting trick! Love the pretty colors and your back is really fun too!ReplyDelete
xo -E
i was totally tricked! i thought they were all appliqued on! such a cute quilt! love it!ReplyDelete
I love this quilt and fabric line!!! And what a good idea to outline all the circles!ReplyDelete
I really thought they were appliqued! That's a really good trick that I will store away. I love the frabric too - nice finish - well done!ReplyDelete
Love the quilt! Great job :)ReplyDelete
Until you said otherwise, I really did think the circles were appliqued on! It turned out way cute!ReplyDelete
wow! love the fake applique. ;)ReplyDelete
I thought they were appliqued too. I am going to remember this for the future. Very nice quilt.ReplyDelete
I love it so much! The big dots make me happy. I have some of that fabric, I may just have to break it out and work with. Smiles~BethReplyDelete
I LOVE it! I've always thought that big circle print was too big for anything but the back of the quilt but I love how this quilt uses it as a panel instead. Beautiful.ReplyDelete
Freebird is my favourite line of all time and I made a quilt for my living room from it.
I loved that line of fabric too. Great quilt Amy!ReplyDelete
Love that quilt! Your quilt shop wouldn't have anymore freebird would it? I bought a few charm packs when it came out and I've been looking for some more for ages. I want to make a quilt for my brother with it and it's about the only color scheme he likes, go figure...ReplyDelete
What a lovely, fun quilt Amy!ReplyDelete
You mean all those dots aran't stitched on one at a time by hand?ReplyDelete
Brilliant quilting!
Great Quilt!ReplyDelete
Really nice, simple, fabulous quilt. What a great start to the New Year!ReplyDelete
Amy, that is darling! I love it and I love how the circles look appliqued on! Genius! Great photos too.ReplyDelete
I need to get back to you...I'll email you soon. Take care!
i was thinking when i saw this, "oh my goodness, she appliqued all those perfect circles!" you're pretty tricky, or maybe it was monica's mad skills. but i love still love it, deception and all. ;-)ReplyDelete
Very nice. I like the brown color mix with the red and lime too.ReplyDelete
I love it! That is one of my all time favorite fabric collections.ReplyDelete
Beautiful quilt Amy!! Never would have guessed about the circles- great job!:)ReplyDelete
I have to admit, you had me fooled. I thought the circles were appliqued on. Great quilt.ReplyDelete
Yes, those dots look like they were all appliqued!!! What a great quilt!ReplyDelete
So cool, Amy!! Love those faux applique circles, I will definitely remember that trick again for a future quilt!ReplyDelete
i absolutely thought that they were applique...that was the first thing i thought("man that is so cool, but it looks really hard")ReplyDelete
this is really fun!
totally cute!ReplyDelete
I love that quilt! Do you know if the pattern is available somewhere? I've looked, and can't locate it.ReplyDelete
I love your QUILT! Great job!ReplyDelete
Wow -- that outlining on the dots is awesome -- it was thinking maybe the dots were appliqued! Cute, cute quilt!ReplyDelete
I love the Freebird Circles quilt. I especially like the way you used the extra blocks on the back. Very good idea.ReplyDelete
That is one amazing quilt. I love those dots. I love this quilt!!ReplyDelete
This quilt is beautiful! When I saw the pics, my initial thought was to ask how long it took you to make so many perfect appliqued circles, and how long to piece it. Hah!! Great job Monica!ReplyDelete
My first thought was that you quilted the dots very nice.ReplyDelete
Fantastic!! I did think they were appliqued :)ReplyDelete
Super cute. The 'applique' dots look great!ReplyDelete
Where can I get the kit?ReplyDelete
I LOVE this quilt. With the big piece of unbroken fabric in the center and the pieced blocks on the outside, its kind of an inside-out quilt. As much as I would love the kit, I'd be happy with a pattern or measurements. Is that available anywhere?ReplyDelete
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This post may just turn into a discussion with myself...
One thing that always strikes me, is that just about every state has some kind of relationship with religion, though that relationship varies greatly. In some states, they use religion as a means of control (say, the religious theocracies of the middle-east), in other cases, the state tries to become the religion (the West)... trying to block out religious institutions as much as possible, and to take over their roles in controlling family and community issues.
The thing that is on my mind is... why the divide? Is it simply that people in the ME are more religious, so it's a more effective means of control? I mean, that can't have always been the case... but religious influence in the West has greatly diminished in recent decades... perhaps because of the intervention of the state.
Why has the West taken this route? More control being the religion, than relying on religion? If that's the case... why haven't the (primarily) Muslim states also taken this route? They just weren't as successful? Or was the Muslim religion more sufficient for control than the Christain ones? Do Christain theocracies still exist? Maybe in Africa, I guess.
Any thoughts on this?
I differentiate between indigenous/folk religion and imperialistic/proselytic religion. The former are generally tied to geographic locations and/or ethnic groups. The latter may have a base of operations but extend their influence into any territory and any ethnic group they can penetrate.
The "power" of religion lies in its folk origins. Religion is just a part of culture, nothing more or less. In different cultures it serves more or less roles but there is a small set of roles that religion plays in every culture: instruction by the elders and regulation of family functions (coming-of-age, courting/marriage, etc.) The imperialistic religions are invariably in a symbiotic relationship with the "secular powers" - that is, the taxing authorities - and assist them in hijacking and disrupting the social roles of religion in providing instruction by elders and regulation of family functions. This assists the State in weakening the subject populace and making them easier to rule; divide et impera.
This formula is the same in the West, the East and the ME. The distinctions often made in terms of the relative overt influence of religion and the State are merely cosmetic. In every region where the influence of imperialistic religion is felt and folk religion has been suppressed and the religious community subjugated, the power of the State is enlarged.
This is why it is my view that step 1 in overthrowing the State is religious originalism. We need to rebuild our families and our religious communities from the ashes. These communities were the "ideological castle walls" that defended us from the expropriatory parasitism of the imperial religion-State complex. By allowing them to be taken down whether by "secularism" or by "ecumenism", we allowed the monoculture to sanitize our communities of their unique identities, their unique aptitudes and geniuses. Instead, we became just another fiefdom, just another numbered entry in the ledger of tribute-payers to the imperial religionists/Statists. The pyramid grew another step taller.
As for why Christianity and Islam look different in these particular ways, I think it goes back to a basic difference in the imperial strategy utilized by each. Islam in the modern era is using the strategy of female oppression and the West in the modern era is using the strategy of male oppression. By copiously favoring one particular sex at the expense of the other, the State builds a rock-solid 50% base of support for itself which can be extended at the margins (certain women, in the ME - or certain men, in the West) to ensure it has a solid majority of support in the populace.
You can also think about how this creates a highly predictable demand for migration from one region to another as women seek to move to male-oppressed regions and men seek to move to female-oppressed regions. Ask yourself who controls the flow of individuals from one region to another.
Clayton -
Wait, how are men more opressed under Christianity than under Islam?
No polygyny, doh.
Seriously, I'm curious myself.
Men are oppressed under modern Christian culture. Ever heard of feminism? I will grant that a single male who has never been entangled in a relationship can pretty much be a free variable and not be particularly oppressed. But the moment you entangle yourself in a relationship with a woman, you are subject to a mind-bending set of rules that you've never even heard of, unless you are a domestic relations lawyer. And if you should be foolish enough to actually produce children with a woman, then they've got you by the balls and you will conform to the cultural expectations of the standard, emasculated suburbanite male (the female fantasy of the ideal man) or you will be emotionally, financially and legally destroyed in ways you cannot even begin to imagine.
Note that women weren't particularly oppressed under Islam in its golden age, either. In fact, by comparison to Christian women who were liable in many parts of Europe to superstitious and unsubstantiated accusations of "witchery", and other garbage, women in Islam were treated very well.
Religion plays a critical role in culture, and therefore it is important for the state to snake their way into it to win the support of the people in that particular religion. A brilliant example of how government can corrupt even the most peace-promoting religion is portrayed in the book "Zen at War."
As far as Islam goes, well I think that for the most part all of those laws were implemented in the Middle East because of Western interference. Just look at Iran. Tehran used to be known as the place where you could find a skirt shorter than in Paris. But it was Western intervention that allowed the promotion of ultra-reactionary fundamentals to take place.
Is modern feminism really the byproduct of modern Christianity though?
Is modern feminism really the byproduct of modern Christianity though?
Have you been to a church?
The less varied a religion is the more power it can have. All the pre-Christian Roman interaction did not change the Northern Europeans worldview or customs much greatly, might switch out a god here and there, the functions remained the same, the tribes were very independent from one another as far as legislation goes. Once Christianity made it's way up north everything changed, especially when the lawmakers took on the new religion, it then became the state religion and the native religion was to be dismissed or integrated into the new one.
I also do believe that there would have been different relations between Europeans and Native Americans if the Europeans retained their native religion instead of Christianity.
@ Clayton
I have. And let me tell you - I think the only reason they make us all stand up when they say "let us pray" is to keep everyone from falling asleep.
I recall reading an article a while back discussing the "alliance" between secular and religious feminists, each taking a different route to the same goal. Can't find it now (sorry!). I think that the most feministic Christian churches are the Pentecostals (pre-millenialists, generally) and some of the more liberal denominations of the mainline Protestant churches (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.) The Catholic Church itself is surprisingly anti-feminist but only "deeply Catholic" families are immune to the effects of feminism in the wider culture. IOW, attending Easter mass won't turn your butch wife into a believer in patriarchy.
The Progressive movement itself originated in the Christian churches with the "temperance movement" and it was a powerfully emasculating influence. Wives were empowered by God to "teach" their husbands sobriety by refusing to give them physical affection ("Lips that touch this [bottle] won't touch ours") and by publicly denouncing them as drunkards, and so on. The logic of religious feminism spread from here into all areas of life. This is when the narrative of men as less faithful than women and more fundamentally promiscuous than women came into the fore. Traditionally, it was women who were regarded as the sneaks in a marriage relationship, requiring careful watch to prevent infidelity. Modern Christianity was crucial in turning this on its head.
That sounds a lot like Bree from Desperate Housewives. Using a frosty mask to keep men under her thumb.
Freedom of markets is positively correlated with the degree of evolution in any society...
god forbid wives only have consentual sex, those evil progressives getting in womens heads telling them they don't have to be raped by drunk husbands
Well put cab21. If it weren't for you, someone might have gotten the idea that the NAP permitted drunk husbands to rape their wives.
clayton seemed to say nap was emasculating
Where the hell did you read that in his comments?
I'm a Catholic. I was unaware the Protestants had it so bad. You sure you don't all want to rejoin the Catholic church?
I can see the point about athiesm and more liberal protestantism being coorelated with the rise of modern (versus traditional) feminism. It really seems as if the entire family unit has been under attack in the past few decades. It is becoming the norm to come from a single parent household or, if you are lucky, from a mixed family. It doesn't seem as if this is the best method of bringing up children.
The Progressive movement itself originated in the Christian churches with the "temperance movement" and it was a powerfully emasculating influence. Wives were empowered by God to "teach" their husbands sobriety by refusing to give them physical affection ("Lips that touch this [bottle] won't touch ours") and by publicly denouncing them as drunkards, and so on.
he says it was emasculating
he said wives were empowered to refuse their husbands physical affection when the wives did not want physical touch from the husband.
he said wives were empowered to refuse their husbands physical affection when the wives did not want physical touch from the husband.
Married or not its still rape if sexual activity is involuntary.
"Since people are concerned that 'X' will not be provided, 'X' will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.""The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men."
Married or not its still rape if sexual activity is involuntary.
OMG, are you people retarded? READ what I wrote. They were taught that they were empowered by God to withhold affection in retaliation for consuming alcohol in order to teach him sobriety. Now, if a woman doesn't want to have sex with her husband for whatever reason, of course that's her decision. (Why am I having to explain this???) But if a woman is being taught by what she believes is God's spokesman (the Pastor) that she ought to do so in order to "teach" her husband sobriety, that's an entirely separate matter altogether. Is she her husband's mother? Is it her job to punish him for disobeying God? And since when did God give the Pastor the authority to invade the homes of his congregation through encouraging people within the home to emotionally manipulate one another??
Anyway, I'm sure you guys won't understand a word of that last paragraph if what I wrote earlier so completely escaped your comprehension as to think I was approving marital rape. Good god.
Don't get too upset by cab21. He's just trolling you. No one is that stupid.
well god does not exist so god does not tell anyone anything.
both church as state encourage emotional manipulation. how different is church marraige than state marraige. the state has lots of laws because pasters tell their congregations that god wants that law, or god wants that custom in the church.
this gary north guy that posts articles here, he has all sorts of stuff about gods heiarchy of man over women over child and all sorts of prescriptions for family life. his stuff seems to call for a big church state.
so these preachers said to do this for god, but not for the women? how does that empower women if it is not even done for the sake of the women? i figured the preachers were trying to get women to protect themselves and their children, rather than something just for the sake of god.
how does that empower women
Did I say it empowered women? I stated that it oppresses males. This resource may be helpful for you.
"Wives were empowered"
you said that
is your conclusion that withholding sex from drunks oppreses males.
Wives were empowered by God to "teach" their husbands sobriety by refusing to give them physical affection ("Lips that touch this [bottle] won't touch ours") and by publicly denouncing them as drunkards, and so on.
God is dead, and we have killed him.
@ Samuel Smith
This topic is of great interest to me athough my thoughts on it aren't really developed.
Those that rule understand the power of the myth. This is well exemplified in the inability of many people to realize the criminality of taxation. Fear itself is not sufficient to have rulership over a people, otherwise they will eventually conspire against you or try to secede. Rulership requires among the ruled a mixture of fear and love, often referred to as awe in the bible.
The West was able to ride the wave of a rising tide of anti-religious intellectualism, replacing the Abrahamic God with the Fabian one, which, after all, is said to be no less giving, protecting, loving, but also strict, fair and just. In rejecting one falsehood adamantly, it gained a new group of followers, pleased to see the enemy of their own cultural considerations toppled. It's purely for considerations of cultural trends: rejecting the Old God gains the New God, replete with the labels of reason, logic and other badges of Academia which were destined to win out.
This is actually something that bothers me about AnCap: there is no vessel for the God which people crave so much whether it be in omnipotent beings, or groups of quasi-potent beings. There is in it a vacuum; the god-hole is left wide open, and to be filled with what? The material pleasures of a wealthy society?
The destruction of man need not come from violence, he can degenerate into decadence, stupidity and baseness. It has often been the work of powerful or genius individuals to counter these degradations, state-wise or not.
The rituals, focus and ethics of religion are an important fabric to society but the individual contents of each are not necessarily. I see in the future, a combination of libertarianism with nationalism, for better or for worse.
I really enjoy your thoughts on secular religion. On the other hand, all judgments aside, don't you see 'the Nation' as a much more powerful center for that kind of effort? After all, it 'exists' and need not be made up like a secular religion, whose contents would almost certainly be appreciated much more by intellectuals than by 'the people'. The Nation is 'right there' in front of them and has a historical backing for them to refer to? What are your thoughts on the relation/conflict between these different Mythoses: God, State, Nation, and your Secular Religion?
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"Wives were empowered"
you said that
Yes, I meant that the Pastors - as spokesmen of God - "gave permission" to the women in their congregations to "teach" their husbands sobriety through emotional manipulation... "if you drink, don't try getting physical tonight". As I said, if a woman isn't in the mood for whatever reason, that's her prerogative. But the whole gist of such initiatives in the temperance campaign is that a wife who might otherwise be game should withhold sex to "teach" her husband to stop drinking. This is, of course, offensive, condescending and ultimately destructive of the family unit.
is your conclusion that withholding sex from drunks oppreses males.
Yes, that is my conclusion and it clearly follows from what I said above. (insert rolling-eyes emoticon here) Dude, please visit the link for free English reading classes online, you need serious help.
church teaches that neither husband or wife get drunk. each church does have it's moral teachings.
social interaction itself is emotional manipulation.
getting drunk is offensive, condescending and ultimately destructive of the family unit.
churches have condemed many consentual activities.
i don't think drunk sex helps out the family unit.
Jargon:@ Clayton
I really enjoy your thoughts on secular religion. On the other hand, all judgments aside, don't you see 'the Nation' as a much more powerful center for that kind of effort? After all, it 'exists' and need not be made up like a secular religion, whose contents would almost certainly be appreciated much more by intellectuals than by 'the people'. The Nation is 'right there' in front of them and has a historical backing for them to refer to? What are your thoughts on the relation/conflict between these different Mythoses: God, State, Nation, and your Secular Religion?
No, because the nation is inherently expropriatory and coercive, which pollutes any possibility of moral legitimacy. This is what is wrong with the Vatican. They make a pretense of being a wholly voluntary organization but they really are not, they are entangled with mafia and political corruption and intrigue over the entire globe and whatever moral legitimacy they might otherwise be able to command is thus completely null and void.
There are only two kinds of leaders - natural leaders and rulers (coerced, imposed leaders). A natural leader is someone that people gravitate to of their own, free will. Think of any celebrity, talk show host, advice author, etc. These are natural leaders. Their revenues are evidence that people believe what they have to say is valuable (worth paying for). Before the State inserted itself into the religion business, moral leaders were men who taught things that people thought were worth listening to. Maybe they might bring gifts or donations or whatever. The moral leader commanded respect on the basis not only of the quality of his teachings but on the basis of his exemplary character.
Today, we have hordes of fake moral leaders, coerced leaders in the guise of voluntary, moral leaders. Think of all the big preacher scandals, the priest child abuse, and so on. This corruption is a symptom of the fact that the market in moral instruction is highly cartelized... the Catholic church is still around despite the child abuse revelations, something that would not be possible in a world where competition for "followers" was wide open. Such a revelation would instantly annihilate any organization that traffics in moral instruction in a world where anyone could enter the market. The State's subsidies of religious organizations thins the market.
The State is a mortal enemy of natural moral leadership because even the most elementary moral instruction leads instantaneously to the conclusion that the State is wholly immoral. Without the cooperation of the priestly class, taxation is doomed to be an amoral business... you don't refuse to pay taxes for the same reason you don't walk in a dark alley at night... it's dangerous to your well-being. But there is no moral or patriotic dimension to it whatsoever. Only with the assent of the priestly class can the State succeeded in duping the masses into believing such a ridiculous idea as that the State has a moral prerogative to collect taxes. This illustrates the animosity between the church and the State as well as why they share power.
In the modern era, however, I believe that the Church (yes, I primarily mean the Vatican) is playing a gambit against the State. Basically, the modern Statist order rests on this insane idea of "fiat legitimacy"... the State is legitimate because, well, it just is. In the old days, the King could point to the Church and say "ask them why my power is legitimate" and it was up to the Church to give the run-around in terms of theological justifications for temporal authority, and so on. In other words, the Church is a specialist in moral authority and its primary mechanism for claiming moral legitimacy was its "character", that is, its pretense of righteousness. The Church does not deal in the dirty affairs of the secular powers. It does not sully itself with wars and territory and wealth and power. Nevertheless, it acknowledges that God has chosen to administer the affairs of men through the auspices of government, that is, Kings and nobles. This acknowledgement is pure gold because - while people may not believe in the moral purity of the King - people generally do believe in the moral purity of the Church on the basis of its non-involvement in secular affairs.
But all that has gone away with secularism and modern secular government. Now we just have governments parading around and pretending to the moral high ground on the basis of literally nothing. While the conventional wisdom is that this will continue to work indefinitely because, well, people are just that stupid, I'm not so sure. To me, I think that the only reason that this continues to work is that the Church has not yet called the bluff of the secular powers. If the Church were to launch a concerted campaign undermining the moral legitimacy of the modern State, I think that the collapse in confidence in the State would be nothing short of apocalyptic. So, the conventional wisdom here is that the State has the complete upper hand but I don't think so... I think there's an uneasy balance-of-power between the Church and the secular powers and, furthermore, I think that the Church is engaging in a conscious strategy of "withdrawal" from the public sphere in order to lure the secular powers into overconfidence in their fiat moral legitimacy. At a time of their choosing, the Church can launch a campaign attacking the moral legitimacy of the State with such extreme consequences as to nearly or completely collapse the State in very short order.
The State is an illusion based on false moral legitimacy and corrupted morality. Without the assistance of the priestly class, the State has to rely on its own trumped-up, fiat legitimacy. By withdrawing completely from the political sphere, the priestly class can lay a trap for the State and lure it into overconfidence in its own fiat legitimacy. By "calling the State's bluff" at some point, the priestly class can instigate a collapse in confidence in the State, deflating the illusion of moral legitimacy. This is all still secular power plays, of course, so none of this is based on any real moral legitimacy of the priestly class. I just don't accept the conventional wisdom that the Church is a bygone force. It's as relevant as ever.
I didn't mean Nation as in Nation-State, but as a group of people with a shared heritage. German people would still be germans without the state due to a shared history of music, language, food just as more specifically bavarians would still be bavarians without a German state for the same reasons. That is the sense in which I mean Nation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
this turns to
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, no government.
I didn't mean Nation as in Nation-State, but as a group of people with a shared heritage. German people would still be germans without the state due to a shared history of music, language, food just as more specifically bavarians would still be bavarians without a German state for the same reasons. That is the sense in which I mean Nation.
Well, I think that the Nation is just one stage along the State's imperial aggrandizement from the tribe to global government. As you pointed out, Bavarians would still be Bavarians... their German identity is dispensable at that level of locality. This is why I say "all power is ultimately private" - in other words, natural power starts with private ownership, with family. This is already how the ruling Elites are structured. What is evil about them is that they actively disrupt those below them from utilizing the same social technologies (e.g. male primogeniture, matrilineal family structure (the boundaries of "family socialism" delineated by matrilineal descent), untaxed inheritance, patriarchy with the power of disinheritance, and so on). This disruption needs to stop and people generally need to be encouraged to utilize the best-in-class social technologies to rationalize their family structures and privatize their power where it cannot be preyed upon by the ruling Elites who drain their productive energies to support the hordes of the parasitic class.
once we again have male primogeniture, humanity will be saved. that and drunken sex. the power of masculine drunks will prevail.
Is there a reason you like to troll people on these forums?
it's because i am not a firstborn.
The state comes from religion, so any relationship should come as no surprise.
it's because i am not a firstborn.
LOL, Mises actually discusses this!
The Anti-Capitalist Mentality, Sec. 1.8:
However, there are families in which the eminent capacities required for entrepreneurial success are propagated through several generations. One or two of the sons or grandsons or even great-grandsons equal or excel their forebear. The ancestor's wealth is not dissipated, but grows more and more.
These cases are, of course, not frequent. They attract attention not only on account of their rarity, but also on account of the fact that men who know how to enlarge an inherited business enjoy a double prestige, the esteem shown to their fathers and that shown to themselves. Such "patricians," as they are sometimes called by people who ignore the difference between a status society and the capitalistic society, for the most part combine in their persons breeding, fineness of taste and gracious manners with the skill and industriousness of a hard-working businessman. And some of them belong to the country's or even the world's richest entrepreneurs.
It is the conditions of these few richest among these so-called "patrician" families which we must scrutinize in order to explain a phenomenon that plays an important role in modern anticapitalistic propaganda and machinations.
Even in these lucky families, the qualities required for the successful conduct of big business are not inherited by all sons and grandsons. As a rule only one, or at best two, of each generation are endowed with them. Then it is essential for the survival of the family's wealth and business that the conduct of affairs be entrusted to this one or to these two and that the other members be relegated to the position of mere recipients of a quota of the proceeds. The methods chosen for such arrangements vary from country to country, according to the special provisions of the national and local laws. Their effect, however, is always the same. They divide the family into two categories—those who direct the conduct of affairs and those who do not.
The second category consists as a rule of people closely related to those of the first category whom we propose to call the bosses. They are brothers, cousins, nephews of the bosses, more often their sisters, widowed sisters-in-law, female cousins, nieces and so on. We propose to call the members of this second category the cousins.
The cousins derive their revenues from the firm or corporation. But they are foreign to business life and know nothing about the problems an entrepreneur has to face. They have been brought up in fashionable boarding schools and colleges, whose atmosphere was filled by a haughty contempt for banausic money-making. Some of them pass their time in night clubs and other places of amusement, bet and gamble, feast and revel, and indulge in expensive debauchery. Others amateurishly busy themselves with painting, writing, or other arts. Thus, most of them are idle and useless people.
It is true that there have been and are exceptions, and that the achievements of these exceptional members of the group of cousins by far outweigh the scandals raised by the provoking behavior of the playboys and spendthrifts. Many of the most eminent authors, scholars and statesmen were such "gentlemen of no occupation." Free from the necessity of earning a livelihood by a gainful occupation and independent of the favor of those addicted to bigotry, they became pioneers of new ideas. Others, themselves lacking the inspiration, became the Maecenas of artists who, without the financial aid and the applause received, would not have been in a position to accomplish their creative work. The role that moneyed men played in Great Britain's intellectual and political evolution has been stressed by many historians. The milieu in which the authors and artists of nineteenth-century France lived and found encouragement was le monde, "society".
However, we deal here neither with the sins of the playboys nor with the excellence of other groups of wealthy people. Our theme is the part which a special group of cousins took in the dissemination of doctrines aiming at the destruction of the market economy.
Many cousins believe that they have been wronged by the arrangements regulating their financial relation to the bosses and the family's firm. Whether these arrangements were made by the will of their father or grandfather, or by an agreement which they themselves have signed, they think that they are receiving too little and the bosses too much. Unfamiliar with the nature of business and the market, they are—with Marx—convinced that capital automatically "begets profits." They do not see any reason why those members of the family who are in charge of the conduct of affairs should earn more than they. Too dull to appraise correctly the meaning of balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, they suspect in every act of the bosses a sinister attempt to cheat them and to deprive them of their birthright. They quarrel with them continually.
It is not astonishing that the bosses lose their temper. They are proud of their success in overcoming all the obstacles which governments and labor unions place in the way of big business. They are fully aware of the fact that, but for their efficiency and zeal, the firm would either have long since gone astray or the family would have been forced to sell out. They believe that the cousins should do justice to their merits, and they find their complaints simply impudent and outrageous.
The family feud between the bosses and the cousins concerns only the members of the clan. But it attains general importance when the cousins, in order to annoy the bosses, join the anticapitalistic camp and provide the funds for all kinds of "progressive" ventures. The cousins are enthusiastic in supporting strikes, even strikes in the factories from which their own revenues originate.* It is a well-known fact that most of the "progressive" magazines and many "progressive" newspapers entirely depend on the subsidies lavishly granted by them. These cousins endow progressive universities and colleges and institutes for "social research" and sponsor all sorts of communist party activities. As "parlor socialists" and "penthouse Bolsheviks," they play an important role in the "proletarian army" fighting against the "dismal system of capitalism."
Troll on, cousin...
the article does not talk about a firstborn male being a capitalist and all others being cousins. that women are all communists with no business sense. even if there had been the case, it's simply a matter of societys training and nurture rather than nature.
that article paints a picture where the firstborns( or the most successfull of a family) would not be drunks, so the priests would not being using the name of god to opress the males by having the wives emotionaly manipulate them.
the drunk firstborn would/could/should lose his enheritence and it would go to the next in line who could be responsible, so that can be emotional and material manipulation as well,
this has more firstborns as entreprenours, but more nonfirstborns as executives. someone taking over a estate would be more of a executive than someone starting his/her own venture.
other quotes from the article you posted
In a society based on caste and status, the individual can ascribe adverse fate to conditions beyond his own control. He is a slave because the superhuman powers that determine all becoming had assigned him this rank.
It is quite another thing under capitalism. Here everybody's station in life depends on his own doing.
your primogeniture stuff is not capitalism, it's a system based on caste and status.
cab21, you are getting tiring. Is English your second language? It's either that or you are purposefully trolling Clayton hardcore. No one could misunderstand what he is saying unless they had trouble with English.
well what did he say?
it seemed he said the elite use a caste system such as primogeniture, and that every family ought to use primogenture as a best practice.
so sure i can have trouble with english
the article does not talk about a firstborn male being a capitalist and all others being cousins. that women are all communists with no business sense. even if there had been the case, it's simply a matter of societys training and nurture rather than nature.
that article paints a picture where the firstborns( or the most successfull of a family) would not be drunks, so the priests would not being using the name of god to opress the males by having the wives emotionaly manipulate them.
the drunk firstborn would/could/should lose his enheritence and it would go to the next in line who could be responsible, so that can be emotional and material manipulation as well,
I can tell you that your above comments have nothing to do with the actual words Clayton typed. Separately, do you understande what a caste system is? Do you understand the difference between caste and clan?


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran has floated specific dates for reopening talks with the U.S. and other world powers about its nuclear program. At the same time, Tehran has left U.N. nuclear inspectors empty-handed when it comes to addressing Western suspicions that it's conducting tests related to nuclear weapons.
Iran's split personality over creating space for possible nuclear concessions has complicated calculations by Washington and allies on whether to head back into negotiations more than six months after the last round ended in stalemate. But it also offers insight into Tehran's strategy as Western sanctions press harder on the economy, experts say.
Iranian leaders know the only route to ease the economic pressures _ and possibly undercut threats of military action by Israel _ is through potential deal-making with six world powers _ the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany.
Making grand gestures to the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, would likely bring praise from the West, but it is unlikely to roll back sanctions, which have so far reduced Iran's critical oil exports by 45 percent.
"Tehran ... sees any cooperation with the IAEA as a potential bargaining chip that is better reserved for the talks that really matter," said Suzanne Maloney, an Iranian affairs expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "The Iranians want a payout and the IAEA cannot deliver that."
Iran has proposed restarting talks as early as next month. But while Iran's desire to revive dialogue with the world powers suggests an acknowledgment that the sanctions have taken a bite out of its economy, there still are no clear signals on whether it means a greater willingness to make concessions.
Three rounds of talks last year made no headway on the West's main demand: That Iran halt its highest-level uranium enrichment.
Washington and others worry this level of nuclear fuel, at 20 percent enrichment, could be turned into warhead-grade material much faster than the 3.5 percent enriched uranium needed for Iran's lone energy-producing reactor.
Iran insists it does not seek nuclear arms _ repeatedly citing a 2005 edict by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that called atomic weapons a violation of Islamic tenets _ and says it only wants reactors for electricity and medical research.
For Iranian negotiators, the only workable compromise is seen as part of a reciprocal pact: The easing of Western sanctions in return for promises to trim uranium enrichment. So far, however, the U.S. and its allies have given no indication of favoring such a deal. Instead, they have moved to further tighten the economic squeeze and isolate Iran.
Iranian envoys appear to favor getting the dialogue restarted to at least keep channels open with Washington. That could also gain support from the Obama administration, which favors diplomatic efforts to end the nuclear standoff. Critics, including Israel's Prime Benjamin Netanyahu, contend Iran is only seeking to drag out negotiations while it expands its stockpile of enriched uranium.
"Iran's leaders are adopting a grand-bargain strategy," said Mehrzad Boroujerdi, a Syracuse University professor who follows Iranian affairs. "They don't want to get bogged down with the IAEA and see the only way to get what they want _ meaning getting some sanctions off their back _ is through the world power talks."
But Iran's cold shoulder to U.N. envoys could further weaken Western interest in reopening talks, leading to another dead end.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Friday that the U.S. was disappointed that "once again" Iran and the IAEA failed to agree on allowing inspectors to visit a military site, known as Parchin, where the U.N. agency suspects Iran might have carried out nuclear weapon trigger tests.
The agency has visited Parchin twice _ the last time in 2005. But at the time, it did not have access to satellite imagery and new intelligence presumably supplied by the United States, Israel and other IAEA member states. Iran says it wants assurances from the IAEA that the Parchin file will be closed for good if it allows another tour of Parchin and nothing is detected.
Herman Nackaerts, who headed the IAEA team, said the two sides would meet again on Feb. 12 in the Iranian capital. That's after Iran's proposed timeframe to restart talks with the world powers talks. The official IRNA news agency reported that envoys were working on an early February resumption.
There has been no official response from Washington or the European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, but reopening talks that quickly appears difficult without even an agreement on where they would be held.


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Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has said it would be "admirable" if the Staffordshire Hoard could remain in the West Midlands. He told the Houses of Parliament yesterday that he was working with the regional development agency and others to make sure that happened.
This is the second time that the government has given public support to the Anglo-Saxon treasure staying in the West Midlands. Earlier this month at the Museums Association conference the Tourism Minister Margaret Hodge said:
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