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Living In Oz

May 20, 2012 by Bucky Dann 0 Comments

Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said, “The flag is moving.”   The other said, “The wind is moving.”  A sage happened to be passing by. He told them, “Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.”  – a Zen koan Freud said that society is a universal human fantasy.  The nations, […]

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humanity, nationalism, patriotism, violence, war, Zen
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One Nation Under God- Part 2

October 12, 2011 by Bucky Dann 2 Comments

While courts may view the phrase one nation under God with some skepticism, the American people do not.  An amazing eighty-five percent of us believe the sentiment belongs in the Pledge of Allegiance.  That’s a degree of unanimity Americans share about very few things, and it makes me wonder if people have thought this through. […]

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Chosen People, Israel, nationalism, patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance, politics, Promised Land, sin, violence
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