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we wear plain clothing, and engage in an alternative economy as much as we can, in order to promote what we believe are the values that best reflect the character of Jesus and early Christ-centered communities. It is a voluntary public witness to our Quaker testimonies. We hope not to inspire others to dress plain, but to think seriously about the world around them, and develop their own community driven public witness to peace, justice, and the salvific character of Jesus the messiah.

If we experience such a leading and gathering, can our communities reach out to convince others of the joy and liberation that comes from living God’s way, in such numbers that we can choose life for…

Like so much else in the slow economy, a regional Catholic high school for Gloucester County is going to have to wait. “The project is on hold because of the recession,” said Andrew Walton, spokesman…

Who’s behind corporate fraud on Wall Street?
[√] Google!
Who’s behind the real estate bubble?
[√] Google!
Who’s behind high gas prices?
[√] Google!

Microsoft new Bing.com search engine is here to help us “feel right” again. They will help freckled-faced red-headed twelve year old girls buy expensive video cameras and freckled-faced red-headed nine year old boys purchase plane tickets (the black amputee doesn’t seem to need a computer but maybe it’s sufficient that he looks so hot working out at the gym!!!).

All those things we WANT and we DESERVE that we can’t afford because GOOGLE ruined our WAY OF LIFE by giving us the WRONG search results can be OURS again if we put our trust in Microsoft.

Yes, you see rising gas prices have nothing to do with dwindling reserves, over-consumption and spending of trillions of dollars in wars to get our oil out from under their sand. Detroit isn’t in trouble because of two decades of crappy cars with terrible mileage that people didn’t want. Real estate prices haven’t fallen because of vaporous numbers games played by Wall Street insiders and Americans who thought their $25,000/year jobs entitled them to half-million dollar McMansions. The real reason is that too many Americans have spent too much time typing search queries into Google, which sometimes returned humorous viral videos.

In past economic crashes it’s usually been the Jews that get scapegoated for being at the root of the problem. Microsoft is clearly (and rather ridiculously) blaming Google for just about everything. The ad is certainly of the genre of old-fashioned scapegoating. The ad is totally tone-deaf but it’s disturbing that Microsoft thinks it will motivate people. Surely, they’ve done the requisit consumer testing?

The Microsoft commercial was created by JWT, maintainers of the Anxiety Index and purveyors of “Brand Answers for an Anxious World”. Fear sells.

Personally, I think it’d be refreshing if Microsoft brought back the old gonzo style that  current CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrated back in 1986:

The anecdotal evidence collected by the Association of Theological Schools, which covers 250 graduate institutions in the United States and Canada, has found job listings for ministerial positions down by about one-third at major seminaries serving both evangelical and mainstream Protestant denominations. The Jewish newspaper The Forward reported last month that Jewish seminaries accustomed to placing nearly all their newly minted rabbis were finding jobs this year for only about half.

I know it’s tough on employees, but Chrysler and Chrysler Financial alienated us so much I can’t feel too sorry about this.

Francis trying out the newly-leased Chrysler Pacifica in 2006. In March 2009 we tried to buy it out and even got a bank loan but were stymied by ever-shifting buy-out numbers.

“People often ask why I left the New Yorker. After all, I had a staff writer job. Isn’t that the best job in journalism? Yes.

“Nobody leaves a New Yorker job voluntarily. I was fired. And over the next few days, I’ll tell that story here, in 140

“Character chunks”

Great to see GOP activists criticizing abuse of Presidential powers and warning about crazy federal budgets & economy. Welcome to the Left!

Tired of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own - NYTimes.com

At last Meeting for Worship, the state of the economy was mentioned several times, always followed by comments like “their greed”, “they put us into this mess”, “they”, “they”, “they”. I rose at…

spooked to see Russian/Ukrainain resource war heating up, a direct result of economy. The last Great Depression brought on a World War.

Texas Pastor’s Advice for Better Marriage - More Sex, More Often - NYTimes.com

“President Bush will speak on Friday at 10 a.m. in an attempt to reassure people on the economy.” That’s what we need, happy days here again

Does this mean 2nd Great Depression has officially arrived? GW Bush took us from strongest economy in my lifetime to full collapse.

With economy this flucked up, with war this frucked up, I’m pissed this is even close. Obama, this should be easy. #current #debate08