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Have
Mercy
どうかご慈悲を
Dō ka go jihi o
ps.51

Have mercy on me according to your love.
Grant me compassion from above.

Wash me from the wickedness of violence and cruelty.
Cleanse me from the evil of tyranny, terrorism and usury.

Allow me the freedom to think, learn, organize, speak, write, 
assemble, petition, work, play and worship for happiness with what's right.

Give me the right to vote to support due process in law for justice. 
Protect my right to defense for what's just about us.

Education is the best asset for my social role.
Reform for government is my greatest goal.

I know my transgression. 
The memory of false impression
helps me to find a better way than violent aggression.

I look for a better way than what was wrong 
with what didn't belong for long
in the last play along to grow strong. 

Autocratic authority by plutocratic rule
is not the path to redemption as the tool
for building an economy for the people as the vestibule.

Reveal divine will through design
as shown in nature to my mind.

Put your law within my heart.
Let the right to life run to the final part.

Cast me not away from your presence.
Let my prayers take me to the truth of essence.

The time has come for your joy.
Beauty and reason will be employed.

The inside track will till fertility.
The soil will hide the seed's virility.

The runner runs to feel agility.
The driver drives to wield tactility.

The lily shoots for late in spring.
The flower blooms when it's time to sing.

Wash me from the wickedness of violence and cruelty.
Cleanse me from the evil of tyranny, terrorism and usury.

Create a clean heart within me.
Reveal the truth to help me see.

Have mercy on me according to your love.
Grant me compassion from above.

あなたの愛に応じて私を憐れませてください。
Anata no ai ni ōjite watashi o awarema sete kudasai.
Have mercy on me according to your love.
愛と慈悲を持ってください。
Ai to jihi o motte kudasai.Have mercy with love.

51 Miserere mei, Deus

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; *
in your great compassion blot out my offenses.

2 Wash me through and through from my wickedness *
and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions, *
and my sin is ever before me.
.
4 Against you only have I sinned *
and done what is evil in your sight.

5 And so you are justified when you speak *
and upright in your judgment.

6 Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth, *
a sinner from my mother's womb.

7 For behold, you look for truth deep within me, *
and will make me understand wisdom secretly.

8 Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; *
wash me, and I shall be clean indeed.

9 Make me hear of joy and gladness, *
that the body you have broken may rejoice.

10 Hide your face from my sins *
and blot out all my iniquities.
11 Create in me a clean heart, O God, *
and renew a right spirit within me.

12 Cast me not away from your presence *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.

13 Give me the joy of your saving help again *
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.


Jer.31:33
I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Hebrews 5:7
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.

John 12:23
Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.'

3.18.18
https://www.space.com/33974-best-night-sky-events.html
The very young crescent moon will form a tight line with bright Venus and much dimmer Mercury low in the western evening sky for about an hour after sunset on Sunday, March 18. The trio will fit within the field of view of binoculars and make a terrific photo opportunity. Use Venus to find them around 7:30 p.m. local time, then watch as the sky darkens and they sink lower.

Vernal Equinox 3.20
The dwarf planet (formerly asteroid) Ceres halts its retrograde motion westward in front of the distant stars on Tuesday, March 20. It resumes its normal eastward motion. The apparent reversal in Ceres' direction was an effect of parallax produced when Earth, on a faster orbit, passed Ceres on the "inside track". At visual magnitude 7.8, Ceres will be visible all night in binoculars and telescopes near the northern boundary of Cancer, about 13 degrees to the lower left of the naked eye star Pollux in Gemini. The celestial path of Ceres through June

Constellations
Cancer Gemini

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Take
Refuge
避難所を取る 
Hinansho o toru
ps 31

Take refuge.
Safety is your due.

I have taken refuge in you.
You keep me from feeling blue.

Don't make me regret my trust.
I feel like this will last beyond the dust.

Bring me civility.
Civility cultivates fertility.

Please listen.
My sweat glistens.

The clock is ticking.
My pulse quickens.

Time is escaping.
Reality is quaking.

Be my defense.
Let me see what is sure about sense.

You are my rock.
You walked the walk.

My foundation is sure.
My intention is pure.

Lead me in love.
Love me until I've won
time for fun.

Limit weapon use to defense.
Offense is not what's meant.

Let defense be defensive
Non-violence isn't offensive
but it doesn't rule out aggression.
Aggression isn't an excuse for violence,
cruelty in punishment or violet silence.

Deliver me from the trap they have set.
I won't enter into something I have to regret.

They have been exploiting trust.
They promised protection that would not rust.

You are my strength.
The measure extends beyond length.

I commend my spirit to your care.
Your love has led me to dare
to share.

You have redeemed me with truth.
Meaning gives trust that soothes.

My time is yours.
Design divined cures.

Help me to find independence.
Freedom in the law is sent from heaven.
Deliver me from deception and oppression.
The state created is not worthy of leaven.

Let your light shine through me.
Your joy in my face will be seen.
Your kindness will redeem me.
Your redemption will be believed.

I have taken refuge in you.
You kept me from feeling blue.

Safety is your due.
Take refuge.

Jeremiah 26:4-5
You shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you, 5and to heed the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently—though you have not heeded— 6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.

Acts 7:51-3
‘You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do. 52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers. 53You are the ones that received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it.’

Matt. 23:34-5
Therefore I send you prophets, sages and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Friday, December 26
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/weeks-sky-glance-dec-26-jan-3/
This is the time of year when Orion shines in the east-southeast after dinnertime. Although he's well up now, his three-star Belt is still nearly vertical. The Belt points up toward Aldebaran and, beyond Aldebaran, the Pleiades. In the other direction, the Belt points down to where bright Sirius is about to rise and twinkle furiously.

Saturday, December 27
The Moon is almost first-quarter this evening. Look above it at dusk, or to its upper right after dinnertime, for the Great Square of Pegasus. At dusk the Square is upright, as shown here. Later in the evening it turns to balance on one corner.

Manage

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Manage
Resources
リソースを管理する
Risōsu o kanri suru 
ps16

Conserving resources preserves energy.
The management works for me.

The cultivation of production in time
works best when managed with respect for design.

The rule of law is for protection.
Crime is subject to correction.

Cruelty in punishment is not the cure.
Direction by correction works for sure.

Delight is shown with respect for others.
Joy is a reward that doesn't smother.

Law that places profit above people is flawed.
War or genocide is not to be held in awe.

Life rules the living.
Love favors giving.

Order by design is my proportion.
This table doesn't suffer from mass distortion.

Boundaries enclose pleasure
as a measured treasure.

Healthy happiness is a good heritage.
It works in and outside of marriage.

My heart reviews reaching for the teaching of truth.
This teaching is not reserved for the dismissal of youth.

Good counsel is blessed.
It helps you test for the best.

Don't support the rule of death.
It is more destructive than a missiled jet. 

Justice with liberty is the goal of law.
Equity is what the economy has to draw.

The accomplishment before me
is built upon the accomplishment seen.

My heart rejoices. My spirit is glad.
My strength avoids that which is bad.

I have not been condemned by the grave.
The rule of death does not bless or save.

The path to life is being known
by the design that is shown.

There is fullness of joy in your presence.
Discovery of the essential essence
gives joy as a present.


16 Conserva me, Domine

1 Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you; *
I have said to the Lord, "You are my Lord,
my good above all other."

2 All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land, *
upon those who are noble among the people.

3 But those who run after other gods *
shall have their troubles multiplied.

4 Their libations of blood I will not offer, *
nor take the names of their gods upon my lips.

5 O Lord, you are my portion and my cup; *
it is you who uphold my lot.

6 My boundaries enclose a pleasant land; *
indeed, I have a goodly heritage.

7 I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; *
my heart teaches me, night after night.

8 I have set the Lord always before me; *
because he is at my right hand I shall not fall.

9 My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; *
my body also shall rest in hope.

10 For you will not abandon me to the grave, *
nor let your holy one see the Pit.

11 You will show me the path of life; *
in your presence there is fullness of joy,
and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Celebrate

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Your
Name
あなたの名前を祝う
Anata no namae o iwau 
ps8

Leadership from God
is the LORD, our LEADER.

The right to life is our law.
Taxes are paid to Caesar.

The name Jesus means, "God saves."
Dignity extends with remembrance beyond the grave.

The incarnation of salvation is called the Savior.
Faith helps us to live with our best behavior.

Incarnation expresses divine energy in human nature.
Being human is the behavior that we have come to savor.

Salvation comes by faith with grace for redemption.
There is no preemption. There is no exemption.

Preservation is for justice with liberty.
Respect for others is a responsibility.

Justice is the goal for our allegiance.
La Guillotine only causes more grievance.

Liberty in the law is not liberation from it.
Freedom lives with respect for all or it is counterfeit.

Achievement is measured in the practice of improving precedents.
Cruelty in punishment increases dissonant irrelevance.

Detention provides time for the correction of injustice.
Existence strives to make goodness better, not to corrupt it.

The law is for civil and human rights. 
It is not there to make a profit from violent fights.

Rights are for life, liberty and happiness.
We don't want to win as the champion of crankiness.

It is your name that is exalted above the future and the past.
It is for you that the die of destiny was cast.

Your majesty is praised beyond the heavens.
It is the essence of your presence that provides the leaven.

Out of the mouths of infants and elders your praise is sung.
It is for you that the tounge is raised and the bell is rung.

You are the designer for paradise.
The garden is tended by the devices that you devised.

You establish defense from our adversaries.
Libraries store knowledge for our contemporaries.

Safety and good health are the guides for taking risk.
Reason in due season keeps celebration brisk.

When I consider the heavens and the earth
and the miracle of birth,
I am filled with wonder for the majesty of worth.

The course for the galaxies is set with gravity.
The sanity of gravity does not cause depravity.

The projection of the galaxies from a point in space gives regularity to time
Apathy due to agony anxiously awaits amnesty from enmity with lime.

What is human being that you are mindful of me?
The touch of your esprit gives my spirit levity.

We have been placed only a little lower than the angels.
The contagious raging of the ages is a congratulatory facial.

The preservation of the environment is our responsibility.
The agility of civility with credibility gives pollution curability. 

Fertility lets us cultivate food and flora for our joy.
The production of constructs, products and services keeps us employed.

Organizations are organized for security when so deployed.
Defense is established against those who would have us destroyed.

It is your name that is exalted above the future and the past.
It is for you that the die of destiny was cast.

Reject

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Reject
Destruction
破壊を拒否
Hakai o kyohi
ps14

If we are totally depraved
there is no hope for redemption.

The experience of existence forms an idea of being.
Being exists as more than the idea of it.
The experience of existence exists 
as more than an idea.

Greatness is not defined
by causing destruction
by cruelty or violence. 
It is not defined by deception
or the accumulation of capital
irrespective of the law.  

It is better to oppose war and the death penalty,
than to believe in the 'right' to destroy people
or property as though there were divine approval for it. 

Have those who eat people like bread no knowledge?
Do they not see that giving condemnation "teeth"
makes them cannibals?

Opposition cannot be destroyed by killing people. 
Opposition to killing is reinforced. 

Is war to be preferred to peace? 
Is any religion to be defined 
by war, violence or cruelty?

My judgment will reject the condemnation
of people. I reject the destruction of people or property. 
I will keep that responsibility which is mine.

Each person has liberty in the law,
not freedom from responsibility.

All people have entitlement 
to protection against exploitation.
Everyone is responsible 
for respect.

Live

Zendaya Coleman

Live
Life
生きる 
Ikiru
ps146

Yeah Yah!

Raise praise with heart for soul!
I will cheer life as long as I live.
I will sing thanks to the Giver
for my existence.

Don't put your trust in rulers, 
nor in those who finance them.
There is no hope in their pride.
When they breathe their last
they return to the earth.
Let their pride perish with them.

Happy are those who trust 
in the Author of law; whose hope
is in the Maker of heaven and earth,
the seas and all that is in them;
the Keeper of the promise for life;
Who gives justice to the oppressed
and food to those who hunger;
Who sets prisoners free;
opens the eyes of the blind;
and lifts up those who are bowed down.

Rightness loves the righteous.
Strangeness cares for the stranger.
The orphan and the widow are sustained.
The way of the wicked is frustrated.

Leadership in love will reign forever;
the Commander of the commandments
throughout all generations.

Yeah Yah!


146 Lauda, anima mea

1 Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord, O my soul! *
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
2 Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *
for there is no help in them.
3 When they breathe their last, they return to earth, *
and in that day their thoughts perish.
4 Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! *
whose hope is in the Lord their God;
5 Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *
who keeps his promise for ever;
6 Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, *
and food to those who hunger.
7 The Lord sets the prisoners free;
the Lord opens the eyes of the blind; *
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
8 The Lord loves the righteous;
the Lord cares for the stranger; *
he sustains the orphan and widow,
but frustrates the way of the wicked.
9 The Lord shall reign for ever, *
your God, O Zion, throughout all generations.
Hallelujah!

Heart

Others,

Restore the altar of your heart with burning faith!

Rebuilding the Altar at Mt Carmel
1 Kgs. 18:20
http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearC_RCL/Pentecost/CProp4_RCL.html

Ahab sent to all the Israelites, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel.

Ahab had married Jezebel, a Phoenician. Faith in Melqart became fashionable in the kingdom. Melqart represented prosperity by military conquest (rule of law with weapons). The prosperity was developed by the exploitation of conquered people. 

Elijah represented faith in Nature's God with a rule of law based on relationship by agreement. Prosperity was part of providence by the promise. Cruelty had not been ruled out as an element in the story about retaliation for violent acts.

The killing of the prophets of Ba’al did not show respect for freedom of religion after the competition, but the imperial story about what was done in the name of Melqart threatened the existence of Israel. There was a literary battle for the hearts and minds of the people that pitted the rule of the One from the many against belief in the rule of the One.

Cruelty in the name of sectarian competition still hasn't been ruled out as much as possible. American military presence was increased in the Middle East to deter the incidence of terror due to primitive tribalism. 

Freedom of religion has been put into the constitution for nations that had had Islam as the only state religion.

“Establishment” had been implicit in Islam as a religion that was more primitive than Christianity or Judaism. Government should not establish religious leaders to rule over people. A religion should establish itself by persuading people that the faith has respect for the rights of others. 

Using the law to establish one religion as legal is the same as saying weapons are necessary to force people to worship a deity. Weapons are not needed for worship. Defense is the only justification for the use of force. Defense is the only justification for war.

Concession to the aggression of imperial expansion by military conquest was regarded as wrong by the prophets of Israel. It was an expression of support for the risk in military action when the prophets of Ba’al danced around and cut themselves with weapons, but it wasn’t an act punishable by death.

The story said that the prophets of Ba’al were put to death, but this was a literary element that envisioned the success of faith in the God of the Covenant in the fullness of time. The violation of the commandment against murder was seen as more active in relation to the pagans and the toleration of human sacrifice.

It wasn't entirely fictional in terms of faith. It is not likely that Elijah had the command of an army that could have had the 450 prophets put to death. It is more likely that the restoration of faith in the promise had eliminated the influence of their promotion of "prosperity" at the expense of conquered people. 

Elijah’s act of sacrificing a bull for a feast did not endorse war. The sacrifice celebrated the union of communion with God. People joined together to celebrate life by eating an animal that was given for the occasion.  They didn’t join together to say that killing others was necessary for prosperity.

As a Sacred Location
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carmel#As_a_sacred_location
"According to the Books of Kings, there was an altar to God on the mountain, which had fallen into ruin by the time of Ahab, but Elijah built a new one."

1 Kgs. 18

Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, "Israel shall be your name"; with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD...At the time of the offering of the oblation, the prophet Elijah came near and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your bidding. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so that this people may know that you are God, and that you have turned their hearts back."

A burning faith was restored to the people. :-)

Archaeology
http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/orencaves.html

Burning Faith
Fm Ps.96

Say, yea Yah!
Yea you!

Rays of faith
burn from this heart as the sun
shines star fire as light
to sight for sound
in song.

Life loves to learn
to live past
time in the gift
of the present.

Now is the time
to seize that which
can be seized
about tomorrow
from the past.

Cease seizing the day
by violent aggression with weapons.
Invasion is a high crime
against the community of nations.
The agent for organization
needs to be charged
for the crime.

The limits for knowing
are set to extend beyond
what had been known.
Exploration is necessary
for growth but,
science limits knowledge
to that which can be acknowledged
as known to investigation
in the due process of law.

Propaganda writes
the story before and after the event
to defend the sale of weapons.
Truth for justice does not condone
killing for propaganda.

Learn to know
what had been the case
for reason and agreement
to see what can
be seen in sowing seeds for
peace and prosperity for living
where discord and poverty
had been the order
for things in dying.

Proclaim the good news
of salvation from day to day.
Declare growth for the economy.
Share resources for the production
of products and the cultivation of service;
risk safety only to protect health.

Insure fairness in commerce
with pricing that is regulated
for consumer consumption;
not the inflation of personal gain
by corporate greed.

There is majesty in the dignity of your presence.
There is splendor and might in the power
of your protection.

Ascribe gratitude for creation
to the Creator.
Ascribe honor and majesty
in achievement to the Performer.
Ascribe to the individual
the Personality of respect for others.

Bring offerings to celebrate community
in the presence of love.

Worship God in the beauty of holiness.
Let the whole earth shine
with the exchange of energy.

Warmth, light and moisture
cause hearts to glow
and help plants to grow
from the dark womb of soil.

The constancy of the law
makes the world as firm as earth.
It cannot be moved
without growth
in progress
for respect.

Let the heavens rejoice.
Let the earth be glad.

Let the thunder rumble
as water dives with droves of drops
from clouds to bodies on the ground.

Then the trees in the forest will shout for joy.
Light will dance on leaves for branches
to drink deeply for life;
liquid substance is shared
with the wind.

The world will be judged for righteousness.
Respect for others will be shown with truth.
Say, yea Yah!
Yea you!

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Justin Martyr, the Philosopher (100-167)
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/175.html

Justin was impressed by the steadfastness of the martyrs at Ephesus. He met an aged Christian man by chance while walking on the seashore. The man spoke to him about Jesus as the fulfillment of the promises made through the Jewish prophets.

Christ as Truth
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/131christians/evangelistsandapologists/martyr.html

Justin said, "I fell in love with the prophets and these men who had loved Christ; I reflected on all their words and found that this philosophy alone was true and profitable."

Later he moved to Rome. He founded a Christian school. He wrote two bold apologies (i.e., defenses—from the Greek apologia). Justin's First Apology, addressed to Emperor Antoninus Pius, was published in 155 CE. He explained the faith. Christianity was not a threat to the state. He asserted that it should be treated as a legal religion.

The proposal to accept Christianity as legal did not rule out acceptance of other religions. While polytheism was flawed insofar as emperor worship was included as a requirement, it allowed for a multiplicity of faiths.

The cult for each god or goddess was an expression of faith for a different religion. The greatest flaw for monotheism as a state cult was that it increased the risk for violence against those who did not belong to the cult.

The argument for Christianity as a legal religion however did not go as far as the provision for freedom of religion. This provision clearly affirms each person has the right to free exercise so long as the establishment of a religion for the state is not being promoted. 

The role for the state in terms of religion is to defend the right for an individual to participate in a community of faith. Respect for the right of others to the same freedom is a requirement by law.

Justin was asked by the prefect to denounce his faith after he was arrested in Rome by making a sacrifice to the gods. Justin replied, "No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false."

It was an easy answer. Justin had spent most of his adult life discerning truth from deception. Freedom of religion asserts that it would also be wrong for the state to ask anyone to denounce the right to another faith by claiming allegiance to Christ, God, monotheism or any particular religion.

It is also wrong to force a suspect to confess to a crime with the threat of violent force.

Suspect Killed During Interview
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/justice/florida-fbi-shooting-boston/index.html 

  
"Ibragim Todashev, who died during the interview with authorities, not only confessed to his direct role in slashing the throats of three people in Waltham, Massachusetts, but also fingered Tsarnaev in the deaths, the official said Wednesday."

It was reported that Todashev was shot seven times. One shot was delivered to the back of his head. It was reported that he attacked the FBI agent with "some kind of weapon." 

He had turned over the table after signing the confession. Doesn't the excessive use of force scream “forced confession”? How many times does someone without a gun have to be shot to stop the perception of a threat?

The song “Baba O’Riley” sings.

"I don't need to fight to prove I'm right."

The statement is very true, but the corollary is not:

            I don't need to fight to prove that civil and human rights are just.
            They are natural. They don't need to be defended with violent action.
            Valid arguments support justification for proof.

The cruel dehumanization presented throughout the history of civilization as "justice" made the defense of rights a constant struggle. It is not the defense of my rights that transcends and promotes progress as evolution in the process.

Each elitist defaults to his or her right to accumulate capital despite the cost to others. It is the defense of rights for others that wins respect. This defense earns respect for individual rights in the life of each person.

I don’t need to fight to prove I’m right, but I will use truth to defend freedom with justice.

Steve K.

Representation

Others,

Cruelty without courage is not heroic. It does not provide the basis for civilization. It is the use of brute force to impose domination as “natural selection.”

Alfege was a christian in England when establishment was regarded as a norm. People were expected to worship God in the same religion as the king or suffer injustice as a consequence. Church temples were built with taxes. Priests and monks were supported by the resources that remained after taxation. Asceticism was left as a norm for priests and monks that wished to serve people. Those who believed in domination saw people as slaves and servants for their leadership.

Alfege as an anchorite. He did not have an income outside of his religious service. He resided in a small cell; was dedicated to living only in accord with the most austere of basic needs; and orchestrated his life in relation to prayer and worship.  

Eventually, he was consecrated as a bishop. He was instrumental in negotiating a settlement with invaders.

He was elevated to the archbishop of Canterbury when the Church of England was still part of the Roman Church. He was taken hostage during another attempted negotiation with hostiles from a neighboring kingdom.

Alfege
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfheah_of_Canterbury#Death"Ælfheah refused to allow a ransom to be paid for his freedom, and as a result was killed on 19 April 1012 at Greenwich[21] (then in Kent, now part of London), reputedly on the site of St Alfege's Church."
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/140.html
"When the Dane Cnut (Canute) became King of England in 1016, he adopted a policy of conciliation, and in 1023 he brought the body of Alphege from London to Canterbury, where he was long remembered as a martyr, one who died, not precisely for professing the Christian faith, but for exercising the Christian virtue of justice."

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Emma, the wife of Cnut, acted as an advocate in promoting repairs for the damage in relations with the cruelty towards Alfege. He is remembered for his dedication to justice, but she was the advocate that had his remains returned to England and offered gifts to affect reparations. This was an important event that built respect for making a provision against cruelty as an important legal constitution for the state.

The English bill of rights documented the provision in 1689. The English bill was a movement to establish civility for citizens as the purpose for government. The US bill of rights added freedom of religion as an important provision to prevent punishment for those who do not share the same religion as the head of state.

Recent years have seen a movement from extremists to re-establish cruelty as the means to establish domination over people by aggression with torture as well as high crimes like wars of aggression and genocide.

An investigation has found that an American president ordered torture.  

Bush Ordered Torture
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/16/nonpartisan-review-concludes-bush-knowingly-ordered-torture/
“After conducting our own two-year investigation, weighing the credibility of all sources and studying the current public record, we have come to the regrettable, but unavoidable, conclusion that the United States did indeed engage in conduct that is clearly torture,” former Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), who served as undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security during the Bush administration, said in an advisory."

Courage with compassion provides a remedy for cruelty without courage.

Courage
fm 1John3, John10, Ps23

Beloved family, we are destined to lead
by faith with truth for justice with liberty.
Let us love in truth with speech in action.
Action from truth with justice provides
reassurance to memory.

We have testimony from the past
when our heart would condemn us.
We have boldness before God
who is greater than our heart.

Salvation is our good shepherd.
Life has been laid down
when the world would accept
nothing but sacrifice.

The stone that had been rejected by the builders
has become our cornerstone.

God is the LORD.
The LORD is my shepherd.
I will gladly accept prosperity
for posterity from providence.

You guide me to green pastures.
You lead me beside clear water.

You revive my soul.
You lead me along
the right path
for your Name’s sake.

I will not fear evil
even when I walk
on a path with
the threat of death.
You are with me.
Your strength
and leadership
comfort me.

You spread a table before me
in the presence of those
who trouble me.
You have anointed me with oil.
My cup runs over.

Surely, goodness
and mercy will follow me
for the rest of my life.
I will dwell in my house
with faith in the LORD.

Our house has been dedicated
to the rule of law for civil and human rights.
When civility eclipses humanity,
injustice is established.
When humanity denies civility
disrespect prevents progress
in civility.

National and social security
have to be balanced in relation to the world
as well as the budget. Social security
cannot be trivialized by terror.
National security cannot be eliminated
by the denial of crime or violent aggression.

The rule of law has been constituted
as a guide to justice. The bill of rights
provides a template for representation
in domestic and international relations.
Errors in engagement are amplified
by the excess and deficiency of aggression.

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The US and China have been engaged in a super-power competition since the end of World War II. China has adopted a communist economy that promotes government control of industry.

The US had a constitutional government with a capitalist economy. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. expanded representation for American society beyond European citizens by claiming civil rights as the basis for respect for black people also. President Lyndon Johnson used the assassinations of Dr. King and John F Kennedy to accomplish the greatest advances in civil rights in American history. The Great Society redefined the definition of what it was to be American.

There have been however movements to negate the progression. The tax advantage for the wealthiest people in particular has been used to eliminate power for the people. It has been increased to the extent that the wealthiest have power over people. The “elite” pay for lobbies for corruptions in legislation and budget manipulation.

They pay for vote manipulation with media ownership, political control of vote counting, voting machine control and gerrymandering. They pay for campaigns that support their tax advantage. They pay for punishment for opposition. Simply put, industry has come to control the government in the USA; the industry for war in particular.

 The provision against cruelty, one of the greatest advances in political leadership, was used as a justification for destabilizing the Middle East with wars for aggression.

It has been observed that the destruction of the World Trade Center towers was accomplished by explosives. Scientific experiment established that thermite, a by product of explosive material, was in the rubble for the towers. The suspension of the FBI investigation of suspected terrorist events was used to shift the investigation of the assumed terrorist activity to a branch in the US Department of Commerce. The Congressional investigation only established that the official story line for the event was determinative for the people.

The NDAA was designed as “bi-partisan” to divert attention away from the errors perpetuated by the war of terror, but it authorizes indefinite detention, targeted killing and propaganda, components for a policy of genocide. The UN and affiliated human rights organizations however have not accused the western coalition of wars of aggression and genocide. There have been no reports of human rights violations by the coalition.

The Freedom House is a right wing “NGO” / lobby in the US that has used money from elitists to accomplish the undermining of the constitutional democracy in the US.

Big Money Red Flag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya#Regional_government
"In 2009, the American organization Freedom House included Chechnya in the "Worst of the Worst" list of most repressive societies in the world, together with Burma, North Korea, China's Tibet and others."

Right Wing Much?
Freedom House
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House#Organization
"The board is currently chaired by William H. Taft IV. Taft assumed chairmanship of the board in January 2009, succeeding Peter Ackerman. Other current board members include Kenneth Adelman, Farooq Kathwari, Azar Nafisi, Mark Palmer, P. J. O'Rourke, and Lawrence Lessig,[1] while past board-members have included Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Samuel Huntington, Mara Liasson, Otto Reich, Donald Rumsfeld, Whitney North Seymour, Paul Wolfowitz, Steve Forbes, and Bayard Rustin"

William H Taft IV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft_IV#Government_service_and_legal_career"From 1970 to 1973, he was the principal assistant to Caspar W. Weinberger, who was deputy director, then director, of the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President under President Richard Nixon"

The Boston Bombing was a planned event. It was planned for international impact. The planning exceeded the limited resources of the two suspects who had been named as the perpetrators of the bombing of the Boston marathon. Some major players have been investing in media expression and government action in an effort to make it look like smaller players had pulled off the bombing independently.

What made the person a suspect? The video showed the brothers walking on the sidewalk with black backpacks. It was reported that the younger brother was seen putting a backpack down where an explosion took place, but it wasn't shown on video.

Was there video footage that showed the brothers walking past the explosion sites without having removed the backpacks? Honestly, the video footage wasn't conclusive. It was good that information was requested, but the reportedly massive manhunt took place with federal troops taking over Boston.

The next thing the public knows is that the older brother was killed in a shoot out. The younger brother was found shot, hiding in a boat in someone's yard.

The story as a whole indicates that there is so much money invested in man hunting that there is an implied disposition to save court costs. The attitude reflects a cold callousness posturing behind the search for justice.

Right wing values have been institutionalized to push civil and human rights to the background. It has been announced that the living suspect will not be afforded Miranda rights. So, is he going to be tortured until he gives the confession that the (right wing) "public" wants to hear?
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/boston-bombing-suspect-posted-video-al-qaeda-prophecy-youtube
"This YouTube page also contains other indications of an interest in Islamic fundamentalism and jihadism. Its owner subscribed two months ago to a channel called "Allah is the One." In recent months, he liked a video described as a telephone conversation with a famous sheikh that covers "collaboration" with the Sufis of Chechnya. Five months ago, he added two videos to his playlist under the heading "Terrorists." But each video has been deleted "

The basic goal in making a suspect look like an independent operator is to implement draconian reforms in legislation that had been paid for with money for lobbies, the Freedom House being a major player. The suspension of rights for the accused is one of the “reforms.”

No Miranda Rights Reading; No Lawyer Present
Sen. Graham Invokes War as Justification
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/20/should-boston-bombing-suspect-get-a-miranda-warning-debate-follows-friday-capture/
"“This guy didn’t rob a liquor store. He wasn’t working for the Mafia,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said Saturday on Fox News. “My God, they were at war with us, we need to be at war within our values and within our laws.”"

People need to know what happened. If there is not a lawyer present when he is questioned, the investigation is subject to embellished interpretation for the implementation of "reforms."

The young man needs legal representation, so he doesn't feel like he has to give answers that will end the interrogation in a way that concedes to interrogator insistence. The human rights violations that found their way to legislation are not legal. They impede forensic investigation for due process of law.

Legal Representation for the Suspect
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/21/boston-marathon-bombings-fbi-tsarnaev
"The federal public defender's office in Massachusetts said it has agreed to represent Tsarnaev once he is charged. Miriam Conrad, public defender for Massachusetts, told the Associated Press that he should have a lawyer appointed as soon as possible because there are "serious issues regarding possible interrogation.""

Liberty in the law is the basis for justice. When it is subordinated to the rule of the elite, justice has ‘left the building’ for a “brown eyed man.”

Godsmack – Good Times, Bad Times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pXxVm-hdEo
“She swore that she would be all mine and love me till the end,
But when I whispered in her ear, I lost another friend, oooh.”

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What was in that whisper? I don’t suppose it was that the piper will lead us to reason. It was more like, “I want to make you mine for all time.”

Steve K.

Happiness

Others,

Cruelty was the norm in punishment when the story about the prodigal son was created. Cruelty was presented as a deterrent to criminal behavior, but people could be convicted of crime without being guilty.  Death was the norm in the code of Hammurabi, the legal document that served as a model for imperial government. 

Greeks and Romans could argue that they were better emperors than the Persians because they did not destroy their enemies. Byzantines could argue that they were better than the Romans because they did not persecute non-christians by throwing them to wild beasts in the coliseum or by killing convicts from the conquered on the cross. Nevertheless, the death penalty could be applied to non-elitists by the elitists.

The English bill of rights (1689) did not outlaw slavery. It did not propose freedom of religion. It specified the right to bear arms for Protestants.  The right to vote; to a criminal trial in a court of law before a jury of peers; and to not be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment were limited to those who subscribed to the imperial religion.

Civil and human rights came to be regarded as uniquely limited to those who agreed to worship “God” with the monarch. This concession also amounted to agreement to absolute power. The monarch could declare war based on his or her assessment of what amounted to a suitable war in the contest for the wealth of nations. The monarch could have people put to death when it suited the authority of elitism in the competition.

The "elite" did not admit to error in leadership according to elitism.  Guilt was found in those who were not judged to be part of the elite-ness of the One. Cruelty was regarded as a necessary foil to the act of remembering to show compassion for the poor, the embodiments of economic weakness.  The story of the prodigal son shows that non-elitists favored prodigal behavior as a way to see that human nature suffers from error; as the antecedent to forgiving prodigality in others.

Happiness
from Psalm 32

Happy are those who are forgiven;
whose will to harm has been left behind.

Joyful are those who are not found guilty
because there was no offense;
whose spirit has no guile.

My bones withered when I was consumed with fear.
My groaning lasted throughout the trial
to test the charge in the accusation.

My ancestry was tested.
The moisture of my soul
dried up as in the heat of summer.

I acknowledged my flaws
to refute the claim to absolute power.
I did not seek the will to power
over others with cruel punishment.

I said, “I will confess limitation
to convert my weakness into strength.”
I was forgiven for the guilt of sin.

The faithful pray in times of trouble
and thanksgiving. They are not overcome
with consumption due to feelings of guilt.

You are my hiding place LORD.
You will preserve me from troubles in trial.
You will surround me with shouts of deliverance.

“I will instruct you in the way that you should go.
I will guide you with the light of insight.

“Do not be like the ignorant beast
that does not seek to increase understanding.

“Admit to ignorance when the confession is due
and you will not be subjected to continuous correction.”

Those who order or perform evil acts
deserve greater punishment
than the justice in human government
can provide.

Mercy embraces those who have faith.
Be glad, you faithful! Rejoice in the LORD!
Shout for joy, all who are true of heart!”

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The western world has been showing those outside the NATO alliance that it does not respect civil or human rights for those who don’t support elitism in the capitalist enterprise for the industry of war. The Islamic world has little reason to respect the western contention that government should respect civil and human rights. The coalition has shown disrespect for the independence of foreign nations with two invasions, drone warfare, torture, cruelty in punishment and laxity in correction. Disrespect has been shown for the rights of non-elitists.

It is one thing to be among the elite by training and performance in service to others. It is another to be elite because things were set up for your advantage. The elitist advantage as instituted by Congress does not require effort for excellence. It reinforces the claim to absolute power over others. Excellence in performance has effort justification as a self-perpetuating benefit for society. Elitism by decree makes work seem like a joke.

Perfection in being requires improvement as needed. It is not holiness in being freed from responsibility.

The act of prayer is an acknowledgement that needed improvements require help for achievement. Prayer is like a note to God. The following song celebrates the ability to acknowledge the need for help in achieving improvement that is needed.

Charice – Note to God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_A-T4ZjUo&feature=endscreen&NR=1
I’d say give us the strength to make it through.
Help us find love ‘cause love is overdue.
It seems like so much is going wrong
on this road we’re on.

I am what I am for who I am, but I respect others as respect for law in order to govern action for civil rights.

We are what we are for who we are, but we need to respect others as respect for the rule of law in order to extend alliance for human rights.

Steve K.