Election Notes

So ..So seems to be my favourite beginning to a astatement or sentence..i’ll have to do something about that.

Anyway –hmm there’s another one

I wasn’t going to comment on the election this week. I was just gonna let it go: no comment. I use this rule with a lot of people. I’m actually quite political but I’ve learned to not let it govern my mind. There are people in my life , good friends , people at church, that I disagree with, and since what brings us together is more than our political points of view I choose to "Low" (pronounced Lau like in allow) that talk. Let it go. We don’t talk about it. A couple of friends from church and I even have a standing agreement after one debate that was endless. However looking at the television and seeing newspapers makes me feel like I have to say something. Especially since the outcome of this is based on "moral values"

First let me say I’m not happy about the election. I am not a conservative I am a liberal. But that doesn’t exactly mean I am a democrat though my views are more inline with theirs. I am also a Christian, in fact I should have said this first. I am a Christian and my faith is important to me. It’s been an integral part of my life from birth. And I have wrestled and given a lot of thought throughout my life to my relationship with God. So it rankles me when this election and conservatives make it seem like there are no liberal Christians. That to be a liberal is not to believe in God.

It also bothers me that people feel that Bush has been given a mandate by God. He also believes this mandate and with the support of 51% of the people it’s going to get scary. All because of" moral issues". Gay marriage being the main thing. I actually had an argument of sorts with a good friend of mine as to whether John Kerry believes in Gay Marriage. Which I believe he has stated that he doesn’t and my friend believes that no matter what he says he does. If e does or doesn’t from my point of view I don’t know if it’s our place to legislate this. All states have the power to determine their marriage laws and I don’t think any state except perhaps Vermont would ratify gay marriage. Also even if they do why is it my business. Jesus says very plainly not to judge. This is rule three in my 3 rule walk with God. 1) Love God with all my heart and all my heart. 2) Love my neighbor as myself. 3) Judge not lest ye be judged. God judges and we all live with our own hypocrisies. If homosexuality is wrong then in the afterlife God will deal with it. If a Christian’s job is to bring more people to Christ then again it has to be by our behavior. By the love we show. Jesus met people where they were. He extended a hand of love and preached tolerance. I am not saying don’t stand up for things that are wrong. I definitely believe society has gotten out of hand on many issues. But many problems lie in the state of the family and homosexuality has been around with or without more a stable family life in the world.
The relationship with God is a completely subjective one. Each person has to deal with their own one on one relationship with God. So the fact that so many Christians ignored the lies we have been told about the war, the state of the economy, the presidents disregard for the common man in favor of big business because our presidents prays bothers me. Because we all know our walk is not perfect. As hard as we work its easy o be taken off track. To think we are in sync with God and instead be really following our own selfish wants. And for me nothing the president has done gives me comfort to think that this isn’t the case.

Now I’ll say Carl Rove is an evil genius and also the Democratic Party has been remiss in appealing to people on the moral front. On how moral and Christian it is to want the best every man. On how lying to the people is a moral issue. 80+ % of Americans believe in God. If 50% of the population voted democrat then there are obviously people who have the same issues. So I urge liberal Christians/ God fearing people to speak up and be heard. These are heady days ahead of us and though my argument isn’t as complete as I would like I think you get the sense I am trying to convey.

My name is Kotoko, I am a liberal Christian and I approve this message.

Carrots!

p.s. The bible also states beware of false prophets!

Been Around...

Well it's been awhile since I posted. I've been travelling and then fell sick so haven't been able to post. I was in New York for Halloween Weekend and had a fantastic time thanks to Dizzy and Fam. I eneded up seeing a few people that i hadn't seen in awhile and it was great.

Dizzy has known me the longest of anyone that isn't related to me. He's built himself a little commune in the northeast and it was soo much fun. Imagine a house filled with 4 crazy dogs and 6-12 crazy people. Tons of technology, including lights controlled by the tv remote.

i arrived friday night and went out with my old roomate from boston who also lived in the area. Try to go o Jay-Z's 40/40 club..but after 45 mins of nonsense by the bouncers..we were out and ended up at Eugene's. a half block away. DON"T GO THERE. The music was great..but the vibe was WICKIDY WHACK!!!! It was just sooo lame. I couldn't understand why soo many people were there especially when we were gobsmacked by the $30 entrance fee. Lucky for me my friend paid. I got him back the next night for the party but at a cheaper price. Anyway it was good to see him though. He's a really good friend and has a great girlfriend. Who also has a dog. What's going on with all these people getting dogs? anyone? please let me know in teh comments section. I mean i had fun with the dogs when i was there but i don't know if toddlers are as troublesome.

The next day was very cool also. Met up with my boy from college, jaysensation. Jay just moved to brooklyn and is lovin it. He lives in a great place and a great neighborhood. It aint Bed Stuy ya'll it's Cobble Hill. Place that has now become an extension of manhattan..ut wth a very heighborhood feel. It was really nice to be there. We had breakfast at a place I wish i remembered cause D**M it was good. I'm gonna get him to find it again so he can let me know and i'll let you, all 3 ppl that read this thing, know. So we walkd around and went into the lower east side of the city. Walked through Chinatown and a little bit of Soho. Oh did i mention I LOVE NEW YORK CITY!!! i also met hi girlfriend of many years. I was the first of our groupd of friends to meet her and i must say he's done well for himself. She's very nice. From there it was back home and on to the party. He didn't come to my party cause he had another one to go to but i will say he had the best costume i had seen. hopefully i can get pics linked for his costume soon.

As for our party all i can say was it was a great time. The DJ was out of this world. Turnout could have been better but the weather was a factor. Still enough came out and a good time was had by all. The Bartender was *smoking* in her lara croft outfit and by the end of the night gave us a little coyote ugle demo on the bar. Too bad i didn't have a handful of singles in hand ;-)

The funny thing about the night is that i lost my voice at the beginning of the party. Not from screaming but just cause. i must have picked upa bug or something. So for the whole night i'm seeing ppl i hadn't seen in awhile and trying to talk to them but can't get anything out and being all raspy and such. It was annoying but i stillhad fun..thanks to the DJ. Oh and there was one costume..the guy who won most obscene..well some people are brave and some people have issues. and his was a case of both. Also the guy who won most creative was the horse. He made the costume himself..very impressive. Anyway here are the pics. enjoy yourself.

http://www.rishiandpreeti.com/Halloween2004/

Sunday was spent veggin out. I went nowhere and did nothing..in fact the whole house basically slept till dinner then a nice veggie lasagna was made and I was driven to the airport. I miss it already. It truly felt like home.

If this thing doesn't work out and i don't go to london..i'll be heading to the east coast for sure. Home is where the Heart is. But as for now..i hope my eastward journey included hopping the atlantic. Until then...

carrots,

Kotoko