Showing posts with label Bible. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bible. Show all posts

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Ten Documentaries about the Frankfurt School, the Soviet Union, Anarchy, Nephilim, and more

This is a random collection of ten documentaries, with my description of each.  I post a different documentary, every time I watch a new one.  To prevent the documentary page from taking an extremely long time to load, I create separate pages for older documentaries.  This is page 9.

The Privatization of Roads and Highways | Walter Block (added 12/05/14)

When the topic of freedom, free-markets, and the problem with government involvement, is being discussed, one question that usually comes up is, "without the government, who will build the roads?"  This is the question addressed by Anarco-Capitalist philosopher, Walter Block, in this 97 minute presentation.  Block makes a moral, as well as an economic, case, for the privatization of roads, including his belief that road accidents would be reduced if the roads were not managed by government.  This presentation also includes Block briefly discussing libertarian punishment theory, as well as taking critical questions from his fellow panelists.



Monday, December 10, 2012

Local: Waterbury Reverend Works With The FBI, Possibly Part of FEMA Clergy Response Team



While attending a public board meeting in the City Hall building, downtown Waterbury, I came across a conversation between a popular Reverend in the city, and a city board member.  The city board member was speaking on a new program within the Waterbury Police Department that is going into various neighborhoods and recruiting members to a "citizens police academy".  The board member was proudly boasting that he was part of this "citizens police academy", and telling everyone how great it was for the city to do this.  The Reverend, not to be out done, wanted to quickly boast his credentials, working with law enforcement, when he shouted "I'm with the FBI!".

Immediately I found this disturbing, why is a Reverend, who gets trusted with the most intimate knowledge of peoples lives, working directly with the Federal Government law enforcement division?  When I confronted him on it, the Reverend, at first, was downplaying the significance of his role with the FBI, and said he only receives training once in a while.  Having more knowledge on the subject that I am sure he assumed me to have, I continued to probe and asked about the specifics of his training, including whether or not the FBI specifically told him which bible verses to preach to his "flock", including Romans 13.  At this point, the Reverend seemed to be getting irritated, defensive, and told me that this (City Hall) is not the place to discuss scripture.  Rather than continue the tense exchange, I chose to let the public meeting continue with its regularly scheduled agenda.

So why is the Federal government involved with training local religious leaders?  The best answer I have come across is, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association) is working with thousands of religious leaders across the country, to create, what they call, a FEMA Clergy Response Team.