From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   "O'reilly and his co-author tie the reigns of Julius Caesar and the subsequent   
   Roman emperors and the dynasty of Herod together very well and one can   
   appreciate that O'Reilly would have compared the heavy taxation of the Jews by   
   the Romans to modern    
   American taxation."   
      
   I don't know what O'Reilly could have said on Jesus AND taxation, but there's   
   something funny about Jesus telling people to pay taxes to the oppressor. That   
   must have sounded like music to Roman ears. I say in my manifesto NOT to feed   
   the lion that's    
   eating you.   
      
   Is O'Reilly making the same point or he just want to tell Americans what they   
   want to hear? Many people say what you want to hear to sell something. I've   
   found many books meet that criteria.   
      
   One issue with taxation is whether is high or low, another is what do they do   
   with it. Does it go down the hole of corruption? Does it go toward war? Does   
   it go to people who can work? You know what I'd do? I would make people who   
   receive a check do some    
   work for the community, whether they are mentally disabled or not. Stop those   
   churches feeding the homeless. Discourage charity. Make people take care of   
   the litter and other stuff communities need. I'd also take away their drivers   
   license. Too many    
   drivers on the road. Too few cyclists and pedestrians. Make people proud and   
   strong.   
      
   Are these ideas left or right? Anyway you can tell us how Jesus and taxation   
   are connected. How did he make a living anyway? How would he make a living   
   today? Get a check from social security? That's alright. Do something for your   
   community. He was a    
   carpenter, right? He could be making wooden benches for bus stops. We need   
   trees planted too. Anyone can do that.   
      
   The problem with Jesus he never gave us good ideas. Nothing practical to live.   
   He's telling us to wait for his second coming and everybody is paralyzed.   
   That's what the people in power want. Don't tell them Jesus would be riding a   
   bicycle now because he    
   couldn't afford gas and insurance. That's too smart.   
      
   Jesus was crazy or lazy. (Almost a sermon)   
      
      
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   "The jungle has never been this much fun!"   
      
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