Herenmuiterij En Volksopstand In Gereformeerd Nederland

In een reactie op Berkelaar's column op protestant.nl , schrijft ND hoofdredacteur Bergwerff:

"Maar in aanleg was er religieus geweld aan twee kanten. Dat had deels ook een sociologische achtergrond. De afgescheiden traditie had modern positivistische trekken. Daarin was ze kind van haar tijd. Er zat iets van geestelijk negentiende-eeuws maakbaarheidsdenken in, iets van dopers activisme. Rechte lijnen trekken, heldere grenzen stellen, gaan voor het ideaal, hoorden daarbij. Tonen van besef van gebrokenheid en onvermogen klonken minder luid. Geen ‘halven’, maar ‘helen’, dat had Christus’ kerk in de traditie van Kuyper en Schilder nodig"

populaire stelling waarbij Kuyper en Schilder geslachtofferd worden ten gunste van bevindelijkheid en "diepe geloofsherkenning". Wat mij betreft een doodlopende (snel)weg richting oppervlakkig moralisme en zoetsappig middenklasse geloof. Ongetwijfeld, Kuyper en Schilder prikkelden en daagden volk en de hoge heren uit. De spanning die zich manifesteerde in de gereformeerde zuil sinds de democratiseringsbeweging aan het eind van de 19de en begin 20ste eeuw is ook in andere delen van de samenleving zichtbaar geworden. Zowel in Nederland als daar buiten. In zekere zin kun je scheuring van 44 en de jaren zestig daarom zien als het omgekeerde van de "herenmuyterij" binnen de ARP. De synode vertegenwoordigde in beide gevallen de gemakzucht.

War On Minorities & The Police State

Jeffrey Tucker interviews Daniel D'Amico, assistant professor of Economics at Loyola University New Orleans, and discusses Dan's ongoing research on the economics of crime and punishment.

A great interviw that explains how Ron Paul's version of libertarianism could help fight the police state and the incarceration of minorities. Very instructive video to understand how the police state is ennemy number one of minorities in the US.

Congolese say South Africa’s Congolese immigrant sweep targeted anti-Kabila refugees

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila shook hands with South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma in Lumumbashi, the capital of Congo’s Katanga Province, on June 21, 2011, five months before Congo’s presidential and parliamentary elections. On Nov. 12, five months later and only two weeks before the election, Zuma witnessed as the energy ministers of South Africa and the DRC inked the two countries’ hydroelectricity deal in Johannesburg. In December, in his capacity as chair of the Southern African Development Community organ on politics, defense and security cooperation, Zuma declared that Kabila’s re-election was valid, even though the EU, the Carter Center, the International Crisis Group and Congo’s Catholic Church had all declared it massively fraudulent.

Read more at Congolese say South Africa’s Congolese immigrant sweep targeted anti-Kabila refugees, San Francisco Bay View Newspaper.

Someone Greater Then Jonas Is Here

We read in Matthew 21 an example of crowdsourcing:

"Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them, and bring them to Me. 3“And if anyone says something to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them".

Could we call the numerous references to old testament texts also crowdsourcing? It reminds me of how Google calculates authority by evaluating the links to a certain texts. It would be interesting to have a bible online that had all the (internal )linking between the new and the old testament integrated. How would search engines deal with that? The way search engines calculate authority is an interesting principle to apply to the bible.

In Matthew 12 Jesus compares himself to Jonas. A reference which reminds us of the references made elsewhere to Abraham, Moses, Salomo and the temple. A claim to greater authority based on all these different people who link to him. Jesus at the heart of a collaborative project that goes back to Abraham.

Spokesperson For Things Nobody Wants To Talk About

Toronto based artist and historian Monika Berenyi met Ron Paul in june and gave her impressions:

"I believe firmly we are going to look back on this epoch in history and we are going to try to understand ... his ability to be the spokesperson for things that nobody else seems to want to talk about."

Best Case For Ron Paul Ever

Communitarians Tony Blair & Eric Cantor Meet

Yesterday House Majority leader Eric Cantor met a communitarian politican from Europe: Tony Blair. When is the GOP base going to vote these communitarians out of office?
Let's not forget Brad Dayspring, Cantor's spokesperson who dismissed Ron Paul's win of the CPAC strawpoll in 2010.

Cameron, Huckabee and Santorum apparently are part of this same communitarian line of thinking.

Will Nevada's Casino Owner Take Down Mitt Romney?

Stewart J. Lawrence has written a great article on the dynamics of the Republican race Is Mitt Romney's campaign about to go south? In which he mentions Sheldon Adelson from Nevada:

A key factor in the Gingrich rebound was the decision by a prominent Nevada casino owner, Sheldon Adelson, to donate $5 million to Gingrich's Super PAC to wage his South Carolina campaign. Gingrich originally requested $20 million, and he may well get the balance if he scores a big win on Saturday. And if that happens, all bets are off in the next GOP primary in Florida scheduled for January 31.

Lumumba is an idea

Lumumba is an idea  (Link to sfbayview.com)

Rwanda will never be the same, after Victoire Ingabire’s return

Rwanda will never be the same, after Victoire Ingabire’s return