tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post5009770713963505495..comments2024-03-28T13:18:05.219-04:00Comments on My perspective -- What Constance thinks: The New Age Worldwide Revolution obviously in progressConstance Cumbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-15895044099769227052012-09-14T06:39:49.998-04:002012-09-14T06:39:49.998-04:00Really useful information, thanks for the post.Really useful information, thanks for the post.Primrosehttp://www.yonkersny.gov/redirect.aspx?url=http://datingspain314.obolog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-23050936050309595282012-01-04T18:13:10.461-05:002012-01-04T18:13:10.461-05:00Constance...
I paid $96 a unit at USC the last ye...Constance...<br /><br />I paid $96 a unit at USC the last year of my doctoral program. I believe it's moving toward, maybe past?, $1000 a unit.<br /><br />In addition, at many institutions you aren't receiving the same level of quality received at those lower rates.<br /><br />It's all 'funny money' until you get your degree - the money is very easy to get (and the colleges raise the rates accordingly) - it's just hard to repay!<br /><br />Dave in CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-13670008940654587842011-10-20T23:01:05.166-04:002011-10-20T23:01:05.166-04:00Thanks for updates on tuition and other expenses a...Thanks for updates on tuition and other expenses at Caltech and a state university today. You can see that a middle class person could not go to one of these institutions without either "aid" or using family savings at a rapid rate. If more than one student goes from a family, not possible. But my son could have had a scholarship if we were poorer. I was a teacher and his father an engineer, so we were not poor, but not rich enough to pay for this without big time help. I do not think this was a good bargain, however eminent some of the teachers there were. My son did get total support from Cornell when he went to graduate school there, so that took the load off.Marielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357515023872596531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-66425049987081684422011-10-20T15:38:57.885-04:002011-10-20T15:38:57.885-04:00Quite honestly, most of us would have been tempted...Quite honestly, most of us would have been tempted to toss a Molotov cocktail or two over tuition of $34,000 per year or $17,000 per semester (rounding low). I was happy I graduated when I did because the tuition was being increased to $500 per semester the following fall. I scored extremely high on the multi-state admission test (I was told I was #2 in the state that year), so evidently our "cheap" tuition did not buy us an inferior education. Frankly, I think the kids work hard enough just going to school and they shouldn't have to come out with debt so high that they can't buy a car, buy a home, get married, start a family, etc., etc.<br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-60062270335521632412011-10-20T15:35:11.765-04:002011-10-20T15:35:11.765-04:00My old law school which is now part of Michigan St...My old law school which is now part of Michigan State University tuition today:<br /><br /><br />1 Since current entering students must graduate with 88 credit hours, the average charge per semester is $17,820.00 for full-time students.<br /><br />WOW! We would have rioted over that for sure. And there aren't jobs for most of them when they emerge from this financial holocaust. When I graduated from law school (class of 1975), the tuition was $400 per semester!<br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-42306505898173104522011-10-20T15:32:26.623-04:002011-10-20T15:32:26.623-04:00Caltech tuition, room and board today:
Tuition
...Caltech tuition, room and board today:<br /><br /><br />Tuition <br />$36,387<br /> <br />Fees1/2 <br />1,317<br />Housing/Room3 <br />6,570<br /> <br />Board <br />5,106<br /> <br />Additional Meal Allowance (est.) <br />1,413<br /> <br />Books and Supplies (est.) <br />1,323<br /> <br />Personal Expenses (est.) <br />1,974<br /> <br />Total Estimated Cost of Attendance4 <br />$54,090<br /> <br /> <br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-45275876614056941922011-10-20T11:54:26.493-04:002011-10-20T11:54:26.493-04:00Constance you are right about jacked up tuition.
I...Constance you are right about jacked up tuition.<br />I went to Stanford on $250 a quarter tuition and $250 a quarter room and board, paid by my father, so I might be off a few dollars in my remembrance, but it was dirt cheap.<br /><br />When my son went to Caltech 30 years ago the tuition was $40,000 a year. I could not qualify for aid for my son, because "I made too much money," so my father again had to pay for tuition, for his grandson. That was nearly 30 years ago. What do you suppose it is now?<br /><br />I am sorry we paid so much for education for my son at secular humanist universities. I wish he had gone to UW (state university, still expensive) and become a Boeing Engineer like his father, not a PhD in 'science" which is questionable.<br /><br />I was a community college teacher and the students said we did a better job at less money than the university, in many fields. I now realize that I did a really good job, paid little. <br /><br />MarielMarielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357515023872596531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-40496184998203654952011-10-20T07:54:13.101-04:002011-10-20T07:54:13.101-04:00Mariel,
One can agree with the protestors over wh...Mariel,<br /><br />One can agree with the protestors over what they are protesting *against* without taking their line over what to replace it with.<br /><br />Similarly, I have no problem in joining with Muslims to protest against immoral secular sex education lessons in British schools (where I live) even though Muslims deny Christ's divinity and crucifixion and I affirm it. I would never enter a mosque, but on such a committee they don't ask you to.<br /><br />Strategic partnerships for limited shared objectives are advocated by Jesus at Mark 9:40. And if you want to preach to the Occupy Wall St people, start with James 5:1-6. They'll love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-49423938132579724872011-10-20T01:59:43.135-04:002011-10-20T01:59:43.135-04:00And the mortgage crisis is highly suspect as well....And the mortgage crisis is highly suspect as well. All at once $20,000 homes became $100,000 plus ones, maybe $1 million plus ones in California. It was never real money that could sustain itself. <br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-323075567298015742011-10-20T01:57:20.442-04:002011-10-20T01:57:20.442-04:00I cannot help but think that tuition was jacked up...I cannot help but think that tuition was jacked up as high as it was to help incite what is happening. Our generation was educated relatively cheaply. I have always wondered why the kids were rioting over football games rather than the obscene tuition.<br /><br />ConstanceConstance Cumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181096121385621574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-12317041832618448482011-10-19T23:34:17.206-04:002011-10-19T23:34:17.206-04:00Marko, and because I agree with what you have said...Marko, and because I agree with what you have said, that in this world we cannot expect the justice of the Kingdom of God, I am able to be a<br />Christian even in my radically atheist family. <br /><br />But you say we have to try to right injustice, and yes, of course, that's part of "standing till He comes." Trying, even against odds. It seems, however, that the usual paths people take to that end have been largely blocked. People have been misled and trusted the gov't in things like mortgages which failed, and which were forced on banks by new regulations under the Clinton administration. Now there seems no way to right that wrong. People need Christian education in the things you have talked about, and it isn't there very often. It's there for us who have computers and a will to look, but some people have been dissuaded from looking by our current culture. And some are lost on Wall Street, on both sides of the building walls.<br /><br />Some of those protesters are probably bitter because they took out big student loans and then failed to find work. As Christians, if they are Christians, they should try to make do with working at McDonald's until times change, but those student loan payments just keep coming, and one cannot declare bankruptcy on student loans as one can on a house. Some of these people are just betrayed. We can say they should not have been naive, but everything in our culture, including education and advertising, told them that to get an education was the right thing to do. Look at the ads on TV for college degrees to raise one's self up--those things are usually acquired with student loans, so what if no job appears to pay the loan? I really don't know what happens to those who don't pay...obviously they have no credit. Do they go to jail? Even my doctor's husband, who is also a doctor, had to quit the practice because he needed to make more money in a related field so that he could pay his student loan! And both of them may move to another locale to make more money to pay the student loans they both have! This is a true story. These are not laggards, these young doctors with two little kids. <br /><br />And these are the "lucky" ones who have jobs.<br />What of those who really have no job? Herman Cain says its their fault they have no job. I don't know. I worked for many years at substandard teaching jobs to get the good job I finally got at age 35...but I was at least always paid enough to get by. I did not work at Walmart or McDonalds.Marielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357515023872596531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-74479128783402087012011-10-19T21:12:24.895-04:002011-10-19T21:12:24.895-04:00Mariel,
I sympathize with those who struggle agai...Mariel,<br /><br />I sympathize with those who struggle against injustice, but the answer that is always held forth to "right the wrong" by people like Eugene Debs, labor unions, communists, etc, is an "earthly" answer instead of an eternal one.<br /><br />One can suffer injustices of the most grievous kind, and still rejoice in the joy of the Lord, if the one suffering does not look to the things of this earth for happiness and fulfillment. This is not our home, and if we belong to the Lord we will be hated by this world and will suffer injustice - at least, injustice as defined by the wisdom of the world.<br /><br />Jesus came not to bring justice nor an end to malfeasance, but to seek and save that which was lost. People who clamor and rant about their "rights" forget that Christ demands us to give up our rights to anything in this life, so that we may have eternity with Him in the next. So yes, as you say, it is hard to come to Him! We must give up all of our rights. That is not easy!<br /><br />That said, we are told to defend the defenseless. It's just that there's a right way to do that, and a wrong way. It takes discernment and wisdom to figure out what those are.Markonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-38335910520308154722011-10-19T20:39:39.468-04:002011-10-19T20:39:39.468-04:00PS My grandfather Martin and his family were Irish...PS My grandfather Martin and his family were Irish Catholics. All the church did for them was send out a priest to collect the tithe. They investigated other churches, found them unhelpful, and became atheists. This is tragic. I grew up in this atheist environment and always looked for God, just as my little grandson is now looking for God in his own atheist environment repeat. It seems it is VERY hard to come to Jesus, and few will make it.<br /><br />I pray for my ancestors that God will forgive and raise them up. I think I agree with the Catholics here that these folks are probably in purgatory,<br />maybe "out" by now, as I pray for them a lot.Marielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357515023872596531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-27544567024601841842011-10-19T20:34:06.951-04:002011-10-19T20:34:06.951-04:00These criticisms of Occupy Wall St. have merit.. ...These criticisms of Occupy Wall St. have merit.. However, as JD puts it, the people there are protesting legitimate economic malfeasance. So how do you separate protest of legitimate malfeasance from the protests inspired by "communists", New agers,<br />and others (anti-zionists, etc.)<br /><br />In my family, many were trade unionists, and my grandfather went to prison for working for railway workers' union rights. He was killed in a railway accident and left a widow with six children and no insurance or health care. But his ideas lived on in the union movement, which many here would call "communism", "socialism", etc. Probably they would not call grandpa a New Ager. The Bible was the only "spiritual" book he<br />is known to have read in prison. (I don't know if anything can be found on line about him, but he went to jail with Eugene Debs and his name was Martin Elliott. My son has a picture of them in jail on his mantle).<br /><br />So in my family, protesting economic malfeasance has not been considered a bad thing to do. <br /><br />And I believe most people here, probably all, think economic malfeasance has occurred and is supported by many plotters. <br /><br />So where is the problem? The protesters are not<br />Christian? They don't bathe (so we read). <br /><br />This is hard to reconcile. I agree with most of your ideas that New Age could be in this protest,<br />but it a protest against malfeasance which has not been addressed through more dignified protest to the government.<br /><br />MarielMarielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357515023872596531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-65714976039581119092011-10-19T18:29:04.614-04:002011-10-19T18:29:04.614-04:00Craig
I went to the site - sad but clueless. None...Craig<br /><br />I went to the site - sad but clueless. None of the three have anything to say that I would want to hear in church.<br /><br />What's the motivation? None of the three have anything theologically sound to say so it must be something else... promotion and crowds.<br /><br />Dave in CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-72419763208547578252011-10-19T17:40:30.792-04:002011-10-19T17:40:30.792-04:00Q: What do you get when you cross two Word-of-Fait...Q: What do you get when you cross two Word-of-Faith “preachers,” one of whom denied Jesus Christ’s deity because He slept on a boat “and God never sleeps nor slumbers” while the other claims Adam breathed life into the animals (not God), a fiery Zionist, and mix ‘em with a well-known Mormon?<br /><br />A: You get John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church’s “Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot Celebration” to be held the weekend after this coming weekend:<br /><br />http://www.jhm.org/Resources/UpcomingEventsCraighttp://notunlikelee.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-48483833458107768122011-10-19T17:18:54.105-04:002011-10-19T17:18:54.105-04:00Correction . . .
FEMA plans first-ever nationwide...Correction . . .<br /><br />FEMA plans first-ever nationwide emergency alert system test on November 9th at 2:00 PM (Eastern).<br /> <br />(Is it just a coincidence that this will happen 4 days after "Bank Transfer Day' on November 5th?)<br /> <br />http://tinyurl.com/3ptebzbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-8693681339071840962011-10-19T17:17:56.616-04:002011-10-19T17:17:56.616-04:00FEMA plans first-ever nationwide emergency alert s...FEMA plans first-ever nationwide emergency alert system test on November 9th at 2:00 PM (Eastern).<br /> <br />(Is it just a coincidence that this will happen 4 days after "Bank Transfer Day' on September 5th?)<br /> <br />http://tinyurl.com/3ptebzbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-12392185453045799892011-10-19T17:17:32.456-04:002011-10-19T17:17:32.456-04:00FEMA plans first-ever nationwide emergency alert s...FEMA plans first-ever nationwide emergency alert system test on November 9th at 2:00 PM (Eastern).<br /> <br />(Is it just a coincidence that this will happen 4 days after "Bank Transfer Day' on September 5th?)<br /> <br />http://tinyurl.com/3ptebzbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-22714444009078072352011-10-19T15:58:50.307-04:002011-10-19T15:58:50.307-04:00As to who is "pushing the buttons" of th...As to who is "pushing the buttons" of the people toward revolution, there are several schools of thought.<br /><br />1. Communists / Russia.<br /><br />This is the culprit that I give the most credence to. When you read the lyrics to "The Internationale" (the Soviet Union's national anthem), you can see in those dreadful phrases the same anger, and the same desire to tear down the existing world and rebuild a new world as you see in the "Occupy" movements growing everywhere in the West.<br /><br />Link to the words to "The Internationale":<br /><br />https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_Internationale<br /><br />Please, please read the lyrics to this horrific song. It will explain a lot of history.<br /><br />2. New Agers<br /><br />This is the culprit favored by most here, and I believe they have much to do with it. However, I believe #1 is the more immediate threat. There is some synchronicity between the two, but there is also some divergence. The Communist threat is "old school" as far as New Agers are concerned, especially in regards to the Communist plans through <i>military means</i> to defeat the West. The New World, from the New Age perspective, will be one without war, and war is looked upon with disdain by most in the New Age Movement.<br /><br />However, they <i>will</i> make war against those who oppose them, as all Utopian planners make war against those who oppose Utopian ideals of any kind.<br /><br />The "soul" of the "Occupy Wall Street" movements out there are very much in tune with New Age goals - moreso than the Communist goals of Russia et al. It's just a question of which enemy will co-opt that soul for its own nefarious purposes. My guess is that first comes the Communist attempt to take over the West militarily, and when that fails, from the ashes will rise the New Age push for their New Age of Enlightenment and Peace and Understanding.<br /><br />3. The 300 or so people (The Powers That Be) that "run the world". Otherwise known as Illuminati, Rockefellers/Rothschilds, NWO, etc, etc. These are always the first people to be blamed from certain segments of the population, Christians and conservatives especially so. I'm not going to say these people and groups do not exist, but they are not the main enemy, and to make them look like the main enemy has been the goal of group #1 for a long time. Communist infiltration of far-right, patriot, anti-government, anti-NWO groups is a known fact (Alex Jones, for one). What better way to weaken the US and get it ready for invasion than to sow seeds of mistrust among the people and make them think the real enemy (Russia/KGB) is dead and focus on a fictitious enemy? That is Sun Tzu ("The Art of War") tactics 101.Markonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-32663903260811888722011-10-19T12:59:00.044-04:002011-10-19T12:59:00.044-04:00Occupy Wall Street--worldwide edition is the perfe...Occupy Wall Street--worldwide edition is the perfect opportunity for Share International to reinforce their Maitreya claims. Go to Share International.org right now to see what is being said and how it all fits. By the way, is it really any big surprise that American politics and big money go together? Nothing new under the sun.OccupyAquarius?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-66883749808963026072011-10-19T12:23:08.048-04:002011-10-19T12:23:08.048-04:00JD
Glad to hear from you.
Thanks for the 'pe...JD<br /><br />Glad to hear from you.<br /><br />Thanks for the 'peek behind the curtain' about the financial schemes most are not aware of. It's one big house of cards - which will collapse at the right time when the right card is removed. This is why the Bank of International Settlements (the central banks' central bank) only deals, I believe, in gold.<br /><br />Dave in CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-57768201751234947282011-10-19T12:06:52.036-04:002011-10-19T12:06:52.036-04:00JD 11:27 PM, sure there was an older commercial ba...JD 11:27 PM, sure there was an older commercial back in 2009 on the history channel, but I think this is an updated one for 2011. I may be wrong. Thanks for your thank you at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-67839489285885517192011-10-19T00:15:06.201-04:002011-10-19T00:15:06.201-04:00On subject, yet a very complex matter which I will...On subject, yet a very complex matter which I will attempt to simplify at the best of my abilities. Many have heard about derivatives markets since the beginning of the economic downturn. For those not familiar I will provide a piece of reading which can be investigated independently at the readers leisure, but in simplest of terms a derivative is essentially a wager on a investment. These come in many varieties such as Credit Default Swaps and Put Options. The large banks figured out how to make money coming and going with these.<br /><br /> Now this is where things get interesting, as the "too big to fail" mentality is now coming back to bite the governments in the posterior. You see, the large banks such as Bank of America and JP Morgan are back dooring their derivatives onto the Fed and FDIC since they don't have the money to cover them due to the massive losses in the markets.<br /><br /> A lot of derivatives that these banks hold have been kept off the books, so a total number on the debt being pushed onto the taxpayer can not even be estimated. However, just by what is known, the totals from JP Morgan and BOA come to more than $154 trillion. That is more than GLOBAL GDP!!! I don't expect it to get paid, but if one wants to consider how the people's respective buttons are being pushed toward revolution, look no further.<br /><br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivatives_market<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3ovf6zeJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04920090468134075271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11772087.post-4808713427799464902011-10-18T23:27:32.255-04:002011-10-18T23:27:32.255-04:00Anon 7:06,
That commercial is not new. I have pe...Anon 7:06,<br /><br /> That commercial is not new. I have personally seen the same on the History Channel and CNN numerous times over the past couple years. It is worth noting if the commercial is still being aired, as I have not seen it in over six months. Thanks for bringing such to attention.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04920090468134075271noreply@blogger.com