Friday, February 28, 2025
Black or White
It does matter if you are Black or White as the next Pope will be white. Papal election is allleged to be divine intercession of God that is chosen and channelised through the college of Cardinals. Does this mean God is a racist? For hundreds of years the Pope has always been white? So does that mean the Black, Brown and Yellow are less intelligent, less holy, less liked by God? Or less liked by the Church or the Catholic laity? Is it a cartel that dictates?
Are other races only lyrics of a hymn, 'Walking with the Lord', where a stanca of the song reads as follows:
Hand in hand with everyone,
We're walking, walking,
Black and white and brown,
Together, walking, walking,
Singing new songs now,
Living new lives,
Building new bridges,
Walking distanct miles,
We' we're walking with the Lord.
Even here the yellow race is missing or is it they don't fit into the tune of the hymn or the tune of the Church? Why is the Papal election exclusively conducted and decided by a College of Cardinals? Why can't every country that has a Catholic Population send a clergy. The representative does not have to be a Cardinal? Did Jesus choose his disciples through a College of Intellectuals? Was there a chimney which gave out Black or White smoke, when he declared Peter as the rock of the Church? Even smoke emitted from the chimney is Black or White? If it is black smoke the Pope is not yet declared and if it white the Pope is declared? Why not reverse the color? Or have other colors of smoke? Had Michael Jackson been alive, he would have another album Black or White 2. Where one of the lyrics would state, "You can be my Pope, but it does matter if you are Black or White."
This time Papal conclave 138 of 252 cardinals are eligible to participate. What are the ratio of races? It's a no brainer? To even conclude which race will be the Pope, one does not even need a brain? The Papal election should change. Every country should have a clergy appointed who can be decided to become the Pope. Let the countries be decided by a lot. Let the appointment of a Papal candidate in every country be a decision with involves the laity. The laity should not be used only as a pay and pray contributing to the piggy bank of the Church.
Don't restrict the Papal candidate to be a Bishop or Cardinal. Let it be even just a priest. Imagine if Fr. Stan Swamy was alive would Indian Catholic Church especially the laity not have voted him unanimously? If Jesus could choose ordinary fishermen to be his disciples, why can't it not be an ordinary priest? Instead of the age limit for Papal candidency of 80 years, restrict the age limit to 60 or 70 for normal life longevity.
Why not a Nun be a Pope? If Mary could be the Mother of God, can a Nun not be a leader of the Catholic Church?
Monday, February 10, 2025
Budget or .........
The recent budget got everyone excited or fooled that upto 12 lakhs of Income you pay no income tax. On the contrary it was just optics jugglery of numbers and the Ghodi Media (Media that sits on the lap of the government) and intellectual idiots that garnish the garbage of filth praised by financial news anchors.
The carrot on the stick or the stick up the citizens gives an impression of the savings each bracket of income could save or will have extra to spend. How long are we going to be fooled or are we bloody fools. The below video if it does not awake the nation, then we rather be put to sleep.
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https://youtu.be/xQXqi6eZsbU?si=_WpTpUMQgPyr6f69
What is allegedly shown as savings or extra money to spend is only paying for the same basic expenses, more. With inflation we end with less to spend and even less to spend on basics. The joke is the unemployment numbers. Highest in the history of India. Irony is even this class is paying tax, maybe not on income but expenditure. This government has been the most cruelest and corrupt of all cruel and the corrupt governments in the past. So cruel that basic staple food is taxed
Select the link to open the news article
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modis-masterstroke-of-making-india-miserable-opposition-on-gst-on-pre-packaged-food-items/amp_articleshow/92962057.cms
With imports into India over USD 800 billion, tax on imports have been raised. Adding salt to the injury with rupee falling so fast against the dollar, that it would have confused Newton with his discovery of universal gravity. Maybe he would have discovered India's fall to depravity. Needless to mention the stock market tumbling, like a clown in a circus tumbling down a flight of stairs. Confused should we be laughing or crying?
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https://youtu.be/CILVlAmz2qw?si=EMHaUP95AIIzExg5
This was less a budget and more a numerical fudge it.
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