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First, I said that <span style="font-weight: bold;">what Williams said</span> was "stupid, beyond grotesque . . . " I trust that Gary understands the difference between that and my calling the man himself "stupid, beyond grotesque . . ." I trust also that Gary doesn't much care, but I do. Williams may really be stupid, but it's not for me to make that call, and I didn't.<br><br>Second, it doesn't require a degree or professional expertise in economics, history, or taxation to point out Williams' lamentable comparison. That such a comparison is the fruit of a degree and professional expertise isn't my problem.<br><br>Third, I am no more nor any less a "spokeswoman" for my faith than anyone else. But in my housewifely ignorance of taxation and economics, I do know a bit about the Bible. Thus, between floor-moppings, I do find myself defending, without apology, the distortion of Christian teaching seen here. Guess what? I will 'til my dying day.<br><br>Fourth, I kinda prefer "Ms. Keely Emerine Mix," and "housewife" doesn't really do it for me -- at least, not without the "bored, strident, bon-bon eating" modifier. Still, I'm privileged to be an at-home mom and trust that other moms are accorded a bit more respect from Gary than I am. Gosh, I have nice kids AND the laundry's all done. From my perspective, life's good.<br><br>Keely<br><br><br><br><blockquote><hr>From: jampot@roadrunner.com<br>To: kjajmix1@msn.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] real slavery?<br>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:28:44 -0700<br><br>
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<div><font face="Arial">Let's see, Dr. Walter E. Williams, distinguished economist
and professor, author of over 150 publications on labor and the economy and, oh
by the way, African American has an opinion on slavery and the current state of
taxation in the United States.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Mrs. Keely Mix, lily white housewife with, to the best of
my knowledge, zero expertise in any field relevant to this topic also has an
opinion. She opines that Doctor Williams is "...stupid, beyond grotesque,
beyond insensitive, and beyond belief..." She then holds herself out
as noted Christian spokeswoman to apologize for others imagined bad
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<div><font face="Arial">Who's bringing more game to the arena? Williams
writing at a major forum for all of America to see and comment or
Mix ranting on our little local bulletin board, waiting for her like
minded crony pals to effusively congratulate her for her excited exclamations.
You decide.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">I guess I'd have an opinion as well if my sides
didn't hurt so much from laughing.</font></div>
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"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people,
under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."<BR>
---Thomas Jefferson <BR></div>
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<a title="kjajmix1@msn.com" href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</a>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:34
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] real slavery?</div>
<div><br></div><br>My nomination for "Most Offensive, Outlandish, Insensitive,
Inaccurate and Divisive" post of the month is yet again from Courtney's
Right-Mind blog, wherein he features Walter Williams, an African-American
libertarian conservative, commenting that real slavery still exists
today. <br><br>No, not the women of Sudan, or the women of the FLDS, and
not immigrant children in U.S. cities, nor poor men and women in Third World
nations throughout the world. The truly enslaved are, to Williams,
Courtney, and other foaming libertarians, the American Workers. Yes,
Williams calls "slavery" the government's tax claim on the income of the
American worker. This "slave" apparenlty toils from January to the end
of April every year to satisfy the State's thirst for providing social service
programs -- some "Christian" libertarians call this "theft" -- and inflating
an ever-bloated war machine brought about, curiously, by a "conservative"
President. This is the real slavery of history, Williams asserts, and
Courtney, ever one to gild the rotting lilly, tags the post with another
mocking slam of Moscow's liberals, those of us who protested "slavery" in 2004
in light of the pompous melange of stupidity and horrid judgment that is
"Southern Slavery as it Was." Boy, he's just dying to see us repent and
come to his side, where men are men, slaves are his kind, and liberals are . .
. well, withering in a haze of daft posturing and naivete.<br><br>To equate
the American wage earner as a victim of slavery, and a victim just as "owned"
and exploited as the African slave of the Southern States, is beyond stupid,
beyond grotesque, beyond insensitive, and beyond belief -- almost. But
since this covenant head and chosen one of God has found his home in a
theology that rationalizes inaction in addressing racism, injustice, and
poverty and rests in the presumed "laziness" of the poor -- see his pastor's
blog on the Proverbs, poverty, and laziness -- I guess it's not too
surprising. What is surprising, what continues to puzzle me, is how Dale
and his buddies manage to find anything at all appealing in the person and
work of Jesus Christ. They've constructed a patriarchal palace
buttressed by dubious theology and alliance with the hyper-free market secular
world that constitutes something that may be a religion, but is nothing like
the Christianity of the Bible. But Jesus -- he doesn't change, he can't
be tampered with, and he embodies those things that our covenant libertarians
seem to find truly offensive. The attraction escapes me . .
.<br><br>It's disgusting, and I apologize yet again for this sinful
misrepresentation of How Christians View Slavery, the State, and
Injustice.<br><br>Keely<br><br><br>
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