No! Politicians pandering to religious fundamentalism?! When did that start?
--Doug On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Frank Wimberly <wimber...@earthlink.net>wrote: > I am not a Hispanic New Mexican but my maternal grandmother was. I did > live > with those grandparents in a small Hispanic village in New Mexico for the > first two years of my life and spent summers with them until I was a > university student. In any case, I haven't said anything about the > presidential race on the Friam list. I was in Pecos yesterday; it is more > Hispanic than Santa Fe, I believe. Whereas you see more signs for Obama > and > Democrats in Santa Fe, you see relatively more Republican-supporting signs > in Pecos. Somehow Republicans have been able to persuade many less > affluent > people that they serve their interests. I suppose this is based on "family > values" type arguments or by pandering to religious fundamentalism. > > > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > wimber...@gmail.com wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu > Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On > Behalf > Of Sarbajit Roy > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 12:29 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Expanding the Debate > > 1) I am a "pure" ("acharya") Brahmin. This means that we marry endogamously > to ensure that chromosomes like Genghis Khan's do not enter our genetic > code,. > > 2) Previously we followed our own variation of Genghis Khan genetic > propagation by the practice of "Kulinism". This allows a dominant gene > (initially small in numbers) to stamp itself on a "lower" population using > hierarchial polygamy. Islam has the same concept. Apparently the LDS / > Mormons use the same method. My faith was instrumental in eradicating this > pernicious practice from India. > > > http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54026798-78/lds-religious-church-largest.h > tml.csp > http://www.ambedkar.org/books/dob9.htm > > 3) It seems that just under half of New Mexico's pop. is Hispanic/Latino. > Isn't it a pity their POVs on Prez elections / US democracy aren't heard on > FRIAM, as they have been ignored since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and > Articles IX and XI therein > > On 10/6/12, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > > Sarbajit - > >> Only 1 in 200 men are descended from Genghis Khan. > >> http://www.cell.com/AJHG/retrieve/pii/S0002929707605874 > > OK... so I was being hyperbolic... the point is that you (and I) are > > more likely (statistically) to be descended from Gangly Khan than evil > > Kingly John... unless of course, I become President in which case all > > bets are off. > > > > I am not. > > > > You've verified that? I haven't a clue for myself. > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, > unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > >
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