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Congress Passes “Monsanto Rider”, Pushing Genetically Modified Foods Onto Our Plates

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 Do We Have a Right to Know If Our Food Has Been Genetically Modified?Painting by Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com.

We warned a little more than a week ago that Congress was poised to pass a bill that would make it more likely that genetically modified food ends up on your plate … and destroys the separation of powers.

Congress has – in fact – passed the bill … and Obama has signed it into law.

People are understandably furious that Congress and Obama have sold us out … and the congress critters responsible for passing the bill are scrambling to make excuses.

The International Business Times notes:

1.) The “Monsanto Protection Act” effectively bars federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of controversial genetically modified (aka GMO) or genetically engineered (GE) seeds, no matter what health issues may arise concerning GMOs in the future.

 

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[GMO food has never been subjected to any real government or private safety studies.]   Now it appears that even if those studies are completed and they end up revealing severe adverse health effects related to the consumption of genetically modified foods, the courts will have no ability to stop the spread of the seeds and the crops they bear. [Genetically engineered foods have, in fact, already been linked to obesity, cancer, liver failure, infertility and all sorts of other diseases (brief, must-watch videos here and here).]

 

2.) The provision’s language was apparently written in collusion with Monsanto. Lawmakers and companies working together to craft legislation is by no means a rare occurrence in this day and age. But the fact that Sen. Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, actually worked with Monsanto on a provision that in effect allows them to keep selling seeds, which can then go on to be planted, even if it is found to be harmful to consumers, is stunning. It’s just another example of corporations bending Congress to their will, and it’s one that could have dire risks for public health in America.

 

3.) Many members of Congress were apparently unaware that the “Monsanto Protection Act” even existed within the bill they were voting on. HR 933 was a spending bill aimed at averting a government shutdown and ensuring that the federal government would continue to be able to pay its bills. But the Center for Food Safety maintains that many Democrats in Congress were not even aware that the provision was in the legislation:

 

“In this hidden backroom deal, Sen. [Barbara] Mikulski turned her back on consumer, environmental and farmer protection in favor of corporate welfare for biotech companies such as Monsanto,” Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, said in a statement. “This abuse of power is not the kind of leadership the public has come to expect from Sen. Mikulski or the Democrat Majority in the Senate.”

 

4.) The President did nothing to stop it, either. On Tuesday, Obama signed HR 933 while the rest of the nation was fixated on gay marriage, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument concerning California’s Proposition 8. But just because most of the nation and the media were paying attention to gay marriage doesn’t mean that others were not doing their best to express their opposition to the “Monsanto Protection Act.” In fact, more than 250,000 voters signed a petition opposing the provision. And Food Democracy Now protesters even took their fight straight to Obama, protesting in front of the White House against Section 735 of the bill. He signed it anyway.

 

5.) It sets a terrible precedent. Though it will only remain in effect for six months until the government finds another way to fund its operations, the message it sends is that corporations can get around consumer safety protections if they get Congress on their side. Furthermore, it sets a precedent that suggests that court challenges are a privilege, not a right.

 

“I think any time you tweak with the ability of the public to seek redress from the courts, you create a huge risk,” Seattle attorney Bill Marler — who has represented victims of foodborne illness in successful lawsuits against corporations [said.]

New York Daily News asks:

Who’s more powerful, the world’s largest producer of genetically modified crops or the U.S. government?

But that's not the right question.

The right question is how destructive will the malignant, symbiotic relationship between big government and big corporations be to we the people?

Given the way that things are playing out with regard to the the Cyprus grab of bank deposits, the horse meat (and now dog meat) scandals, Fukushima and the BP oil spill, and various other scandals, the answer is very far indeed.

 

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Sat, 03/30/2013 - 05:08 | 3390946 NuYawkFrankie
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

-Ephesians 6:13

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 09:12 | 3391164 dark pools of soros
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The sheeple will never awaken.. They are already awake and only want blowjobs and pedicures

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 01:21 | 3390834 cornflakesdisease
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They will soon turn on religion and that will be the start of the end, and the begining of a new age.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:40 | 3391119 hootowl
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They will only turn against the One True Religion, and it has already begun.

Those who have managed to crawl out of the closet of state-controlled ignorance have read The Book.  We know how the story ends.

Keep The Faith.

STARVE THE BEAST!!!

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:53 | 3391136 hardcleareye
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Which "One True Religion" are you referring to??????

Which "Book" are you referring to, the Koran, the Torah or the Bible (and which Christian bible...)????

"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."    — Napoleon

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 09:07 | 3391154 dark pools of soros
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I only see people worship Mammon. I think the book was written by Jack Welsh or someone

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:03 | 3391080 onthesquare
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The west has had a great ride.  Those, over 60, have lived during the best times ever.  We have had cheap energy, plastic everything, un-believable HD porn, booze, mind altering drugs, unions, overtime pay, pensions, tow the line educational brainwashing, legal aid, drug plans, fast food, air conditioning everywhere, obesity, guns, army surplus, dental care, teeth straightening for everyone, cosmetic surgery, sex changes, sodomy, homosexuality out of the closet, Walmart, cheap education, cottages, boats, RVs, more than 1 wife, and so on

it has been a good ride.  Would I have done anything different? NO.  So why are we surprised with what is happening to the world?  

Fire all the guns at once and expode into space.

 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 10:37 | 3391280 Vooter
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Your post reminded me of the great Tubes song, "Proud To Be An American" (from an album with a very fitting name and cover):

http://youtu.be/we6Q6EtzIpo

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 11:19 | 3391385 WhyDoesItHurtWh...
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White Punks on Dope!

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:54 | 3391138 Hey Assholes
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More than 1 wife?

 

How can that be good?

:o}

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 09:03 | 3391150 dark pools of soros
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Maybe he gets them to fight amongst themselves

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 02:24 | 3390884 Ivan the Russian
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They've already started in the U.K; full on campaign against Christianity. For some reason the liberals believe that Islam will be a benign master.

 

 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 11:04 | 3391339 GeezerGeek
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It strikes me that Liberals (progressives) have an affinity for Islam partially because Islam and Fascism have a long history of playing nicely together, and we know how much Liberals adore fascism. The Liberals hate Christianity because true Christians do not place The State at the top of their worship list, and probably hope that Islam can be diluted via consumerism/hedonism, as has happened to so much of Christianity in the West. I often wonder how the feminists and militant homosexuals of the left can possibly make accommodations with a religion that actively suppresses women and gays, even in nations of the West.

Time will tell. I hope I'm not here for the final act in this tragedy.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 11:50 | 3391468 OccupyTVstations
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lol.  good thinking- if only we had a republican president, all would be better. < sarc off >

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 00:01 | 3390718 palmereldritch
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"An army marches on its stomach" - Napoleon Bonaparte

From the laboratory for "stomach share":

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/1999/12/22/gmfood991222.html

 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 07:56 | 3391070 Go Tribe
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No wonder so many people have food allergies nowadays. It's no longer "food".

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:58 | 3390714 Vooter
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Stop voting and start wrecking...

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 00:42 | 3390783 AGuy
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"Stop voting and start wrecking..."

The problem is that Congress is doing the voting and wrecking.

 If you want to real change, we need to give Congress a taste of their own agenda. We provide a free banquet with all your can eat, and reminding them to bring their spouse and children too. After they consumed it all, then tell it was GMO, Pink Slime, Poop Fed Fish, and the rest of the nastiest food Congress has "passed" that is fit for human consumption. The sad thing, is that the probably ask for seconds.

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:57 | 3390711 WTF_247
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The fact many who voted did not know that is in there shows again that reps DO NOT EVEN READ what they are voting on. 

If your not going to read it and use judgement then why are you even in office?  What is the point of being elected in the first place?  You are supposed to represent the people who elected you.  If you cannot even be bothered to read what you are voting for on their behalf perhaps you should not even be in office.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 11:07 | 3391352 GeezerGeek
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But, referring to Obamacare, Nancy told us we had to pass it to find out what's in it. Why should any other bill be any different?

As for "why are you even in office", the answer is intuitively obvious: get while the getting is good. 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:57 | 3391142 dark pools of soros
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Holy fuck what you wrote is hilarious.. Can someone pop this guy's cherry on real world corruption?

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 01:03 | 3390796 AGuy
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"If your not going to read it and use judgement then why are you even in office? What is the point of being elected in the first place? You are supposed to represent the people who elected you. If you cannot even be bothered to read what you are voting for on their behalf perhaps you should not even be in office."

That is not their agenda. When they get into office they simple abuse their power to enrich themselves, friends, and the businesses that fund their campaigns. Why else would the Bankers, politicians get away with fraud, cronism, theft, murder, extortion, prostitution, torture, arson, mass murder, wrongful imprisonment, and every single crime ever conceived? Getting elected is pretty much an lifetime immunity to commit crime without punishment.

And your wrong. They knew exactly what they were voting for! Campaign Money and kickbacks! The content of the Bill is irrelevant.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:12 | 3391092 onthesquare
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How many times have you struck a deal and they hand you a document to sign?  Then, when you sit back and begin to read it, they look at you puzzled and ask why you are reading it or state that you do not have to read it; suggesting that it is ok.

How many times have you began to alter the document and then had the salesman freak out?

It is a contract and most are written to give away everything.  

Congress follows the pak.  They think that a billion dollars is just a little more than a million.  These selfish pricks are only in the game for themselves.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 00:02 | 3390697 ToNYC
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"By His Own Rules" by Bradley Graham (2009) : his Rumsfeld bio shows how a man whose wife said, "Chemistry was not his thing." wrote aspartame into the orphan drug act of 1982 (p 154) to do essentially the same as The Monsanto Protection Act of 2013 when he took over Searle management  in 1977. His blood brother is Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld carried his magic power sack between 2 tricky Dicks. Nixon's the Other one.

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:31 | 3390668 Bicycle Repairman
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Hey "progressives", how you liking Obama now?  Anytime you want to find your voice.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 12:15 | 3391526 OccupyTVstations
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"Progressives" that were paying attention knew Obama was a phony before he was elected.

Find our voice? And who will publish it? Oh I know, that bastion of progressive news, Democracy Now. Ha Ha. Amy Goodman is the poster child for cointelpro news- her job is to make 'the left' boring, and she's very good at it. Even if a Fox News viewer starts to open their eyes, they will be asleep before the story finishes.

Every major news source is controlled by TPTB. They all have a purpose to further the blue team vs red team BS while knowing where to draw the line. Nobody is allowed to mention basic irrefutable facts, like that Aug 6th PDB memo Bush got while on vacation in 2001. Condi Rice told us at the 911 hearings it was titled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States" and Bush did nothing. No meetings, no Air Force on high alert, nada. Then after the towers came down, somehow bush was a hero?! wtf. It defies all logic... and that's what has made TPTB even more powerful.

 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 07:59 | 3391075 Go Tribe
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Like? They LOVE obama now and their voices are a finely tuned chorus of support for the monster.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 04:38 | 3390930 Longtermnotreally
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Most dangereous and vile administration ever

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:15 | 3391095 onthesquare
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I think it will get worse before it gets better.  We ain't seen nothing yet!

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:28 | 3390662 cherry picker
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I don't know how Americans can allow such a screwed up government control their lives.  Every bill should pass or fail on its own, not be attached to another bill.

Apathy will complete the process wherein the words freedom, liberty and justice will be deemed politically incorrect.

Obama is starting to look more and more like the devil and congress like demons.

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:26 | 3390656 ImReady
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How long until these asswipes tell us we can't grow our own food?

 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 11:24 | 3391402 Key-Rick
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Probably sooner than you think.  Get connected to a local food supply and grow your own food.  At least if you save your own seeds, they can't stop you by cutting off the sale of non-GM seeds. 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 10:04 | 3391210 DOT
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SCOTUS already ruled you can't if National Gobmint sez no. Harrison v. something or other; just breathing is also covered by the ruling as being under the power to regulate inter-state commerce.

 

 

 

edit: Wikard v. Filburn

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 01:14 | 3390830 rayduh4life
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Ask a farmer - already there.

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:54 | 3390707 WTF_247
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Already been tried. They tried to ban home gardens about a year or two ago, attached to another bill.  The "fear" was that someone could grow their own food then sell it and the FDA has not inspected it.

I guarantee they will be back and succeed.  You will have to pay a fee to grow your own food and be subject to FDA inspection - almost 100% certainty.

When Americans will stand up and say enough is only a matter of time.  Once the tide turns the govt will make use of the 2.1bil bullets they just bought.  And the will be justified in the building of  the FEMA camps in AZ.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 12:23 | 3391551 ljag
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Your fear of those bullets are aggagerated. If the past is any indication of the future, those bullets were sold out the back door moments after they arrived at the armory. And should they avoid detection by those unscrupulous thieves, the paperwork lost them within a week of purchase.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:17 | 3391098 onthesquare
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Once your in the camps then you can go on a hunger strike.  See the irony?

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 01:02 | 3390812 AGuy
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"When Americans will stand up and say enough is only a matter of time."

I don't see that happening. Have taken a look at the majority of Americans these days? Obese, Diabetic, taking prescription drugs, etc. They are getting fattened up and herded like cattle. But instead of slaudering them for meat, they use the for endless supply of labor and capital to steal from. Welcome to 1984!

" Once the tide turns the govt will make use of the 2.1bil bullets they just bought."

But there will no one left to buy their GMO crap and and take care of the basic services they depend on to live a life of luxary. Its a zero sum game.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 02:26 | 3390885 Ivan the Russian
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That's your zombie apocalypse right there.

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 23:50 | 3390698 MayIMommaDogFac...
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I think they're already working on that.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 01:59 | 3390865 knukles
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Agenda 21 and Codex Almentarius.....
Already in the works, full speed ahead, coming to kill you.

TO KILL YOU

Where you people been?

It's creating the formal structure for global unelected control of land use and crops, under the aegis of big agriculture like Monsanto, et al.

How do you say GMO?
I knew you knew it!

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 05:31 | 3390956 Ghordius
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I'm still quite skeptical about all this murky propaganda about Agenda 21 and Codex Alimentarius

After all, the case shown in the article is about domestic US laws

meanwhile from an european perspective the big battle starts in June 2013, when the UK/US diplomatic push will be for a TAFTA, a great trading zone encompassing the whole of North America and Europe - for the greater glory of GMO food exports out of the US and the lesser glory of the final UK push to destroy from within any EU import barriers

seen this way I start to wonder if opposition to Agenda 21 and Codex Alimentarius in principle is not just a distraction

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 02:45 | 3390895 mick_richfield
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If they just wanted to kill as many as possible quickly, they would release ebolapox in the airports and the world would end in two weeks.

I think the point of this is to reduce population 'slowly' (at least by ebolapox standards) -- especially by decreasing fertility.  BPA in the food cans, GMO in the food, traitors in the Congress.

We first became their slaves when we let them force fake money upon us.  Money touches everything.  It's the Ring of Power.  If we can find a way to live without their false money, we break their power.  If we don't -- then we should not be surprised at Congress selling us downriver every time they turn around.

We need real money, then real food, then real democracy.

 

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:49 | 3391130 dark pools of soros
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If you don't use their fake money, they'll use their real bullets

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 02:54 | 3390888 putaipan
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i'm with george....real food first?

if i didn't think a couple of years of rotating hemp crops would cure us of this i'd be really depressed.....

then real money, and then a new/old republic.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 02:30 | 3390887 JOYFUL
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I pointed out to another poster here a couple of days ago that the issue of GMO freakenfoods production dwarfs any other concerns about agricultural inputs or food supply issues in the USA...

and trumps the entire argument for 'staying n fighting' -by a wide margin.

They have poisoned the air which you breathe, the water you drink, and now, the food(which they weill soon nuff force you to eat!)supply is attacked with the same stealth modus operandi and purpose.

The physical and psychological well being of the general population is being intensely devalued...the simple ability to think clearly is being eliminated. Those who imagine a compound with immunity to these attacks can exist somewhere in Norte Merika have lost touch with their own survival instinct...and failed to understand the degree of evil we face.

and set themselves up for being ultimately herded into the same pens and the rest of the cattle. Your firepower and biodome gardens will not save you from the FEMA CAMPS and\or the double occupant coffins they have waiting....

We will beat back this assault upon humanity. But we will do it from outside their poisoned gulag zone. The fight will be to regain...not retain. Never defend a fixed perimeter in the face of overwhelming advantage to the opponent, and no hope of outside aid.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 03:15 | 3390908 LuchadorChumba
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Oye, not-so-Joyful, I am one who can no longer think clearly, mainly because my chonies are so tight (regardless of being the top Luchador Malvado). Pero u need to understand that most of the pissed in water and poisoned air are but side effects of a geo-engineering project gone malo. Mucho space-weather variables including coronal holes solar wind high density and speed bunching up at the wrong time and place, with a decreasing amount of active sunspot magnetics decreasing earths magnetic shield para veinte anos un pasado. Other stuff tambien.

There is another factor paisano...necesitamos seeds that are resistant to heavy metal exposure in the soil. Entonces...behold...GMO

The game can't go on if the all of the slaves, uh, I mean audience is muerte!

Esta no bueno to play el DIO grande when you're a mere scrawny scientist. Comprende, the heavy metals in the soil (all the Forest service knows) are wasting away the Norte forests like a luchador with syphiis.

The strontium is used for fun in the sky and ionospheric manipulation, the silver iodide for atmospheric heating and VLF microwave atmospheric heating enhancement.

GMO and Chemtrail slamdowns! The audience gets what coming to them. As if they didn't pay to see the show.

Me and you, see you in the 9th circle. Better start your chelation if you want to fight with the big muchachos.

Viva El Luchador!

http://www.askchumba.com

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 04:58 | 3390944 JOYFUL
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El hongo, muchacho, comelo, y se te hace muy duro...frente de Dios, Diablo y los mujeres dakini del cielo!

"You don't have time for this display, you fool," he said in a severe tone. "This, whatever you're doing now, may be your last act on earth. It may very well be your last battle. There is no power which could guarantee that you are going to live one more minute."
"I know that," I said with contained anger.
"No. You don't. If you knew that you would be a hunter."

 

 see you on the other side.

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 07:53 | 3391067 blindman
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Personal power is a feeling. Something like being lucky. Or one may call it a mood. Personal power is something that one acquires by means of a lifetime of struggle.

A warrior acts as if he knows what he is doing, when in effect he knows nothing.

A warrior does not know remorse for anything he has done because to isolate one's acts as being mean, or ugly, or evil is to place an unwarranted importance on the self.
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
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http://aquakeys.com/toltec/wheel-of-time-quotations-from-journey-to-ixtl...

Sat, 03/30/2013 - 08:11 | 3391090 JOYFUL
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