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Went to office max and had the smaller artemis honey labels printed up.\u00a0 Now it’s time for a workout then the vikes at 7:00.<\/p>\n
As to demagoguery in our time.\u00a0 Glenn Beck and his band of merry men and women, almost all white, want to return the country to the God drenched republic it was in the golden days of the American revolution.\u00a0 Let’s aside for the moment that the bulk of the revolutionary leadership, among them Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and many others were not Christian, but deists who believed in a watchmaker god, one who set the universe in motion then stood back to watch how things turned out.\u00a0 Let’s set aside for the moment the fact that Beck show the same date and place as Martin Luther King chose for his rally 47 years ago.<\/p>\n
Instead, let’s look at an ancient Greek idea, one that preceded Christianity and Deism, MLK and Glenn Beck, hubris.\u00a0 Hubris means extreme haughtiness or arrogance. Hubris often indicates being out of touch with reality and overestimating one’s own competence or capabilities, especially for people in positions of power…The word was also used to describe actions of those who challenged the gods or their laws, especially in Greek tragedy, resulting in the protagonist’s downfall.\u00a0 When a person, or persons, claims to have the mantle of the Almighty around their shoulders and intimates they know what this God wants, then the word hubris applies since that person has pitted their knowledge of God’s will against God.<\/p>\n
Demagogues, political leaders who seek support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument, will, as Jesus once said of the poor, always be with us.\u00a0 A democracy can fall prey to them, witness George Wallace, Huey Long, Nathan Bedford Forrest, David Duke, but the self correcting political process can and usually does reject them sooner or later. Beck’s brand of conservative populism fits into this history and his style, co-opting both Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King in one gesture, shows his cunning.<\/p>\n
Here’s an example of the though world in his crowd:<\/p>\n
Becky Benson,<\/a> 56, traveled from Orlando, Fla., because, she said, \u201cwe Perhaps Ms. Benson and Mr. Beck have not thoroughly read their bible:<\/p>\n Luke 4:<\/p>\n 18<\/sup>“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Artemis Moon Went to office max and had the smaller artemis honey labels printed up.\u00a0 Now it’s time for a workout then the vikes at 7:00. As to demagoguery in our time.\u00a0 Glenn Beck and his band of merry men and women, almost all white, want to return the country to the God … Continue reading Well, You Gotta Think About It.<\/span>
\nbelieve in Jesus Christ, and he is our savior.\u201d Jesus, she said, would
\nnot have agreed with what she called the redistribution of wealth in the
\nform of the economic stimulus package, bank bailouts and welfare. \u201cYou
\ncannot sit and expect someone to hand out to you,\u201d she said. \u201cYou don\u2019t
\nspend your way out of debt.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nbecause he has anointed me
\nto preach good news to the poor.
\nHe has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
\nand recovery of sight for the blind,
\nto release the oppressed,
\n19<\/sup>to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”<\/p>\n