Be Very Afraid of the Birther Movement: A Scary Sign of Pluto in Capricorn
The ugly, dark, and bitter heart of the so-called "birther" movement is a frightening thing to behold. Because what's beneath it is pure, unbridled racism, the kind that created the segregated South, the KKK, Jim Crow, and all the other detritus of the legacy of slavery in our country. These people cannot accept that Barack Obama is our president, in simple terms, because he's Black. Pluto in Capricorn, as we've mentioned, is likely to be a time of rising fascism. With the governor of Texas threatening secession, Southern Republicans totally losing their minds and trying to make healthcare Obama's "Waterloo", and the birther movement getting actual traction in the media, we are clearly in dark times.
As a totally personal aside, I have never in my lifetime been so demoralized and ashamed to share my heritage with another human being than the crazy rightwingnut Israeli who is also the de facto leader of the birther movement. May she be dragged over the coals and exposed for her disgusting racism. How DARE she invoke Nazi Germany in this wholly imaginary farce of a "movement" whose motivation is paper thin hatred. It's clear that she's completely and totally nuts, off of her meds, and in need of desperate psychiatric assistance. But the fact of her heritage is a clear and present danger for other Jews. The Glenn Becks and Rush Limbaughs and Lou Dobbs of this world are gunning for a race war, and with Pluto in Capricorn, they just might get one. Thank god we at least have the Jewish genius Jon Stewart lay it on the line for us.
As a totally personal aside, I have never in my lifetime been so demoralized and ashamed to share my heritage with another human being than the crazy rightwingnut Israeli who is also the de facto leader of the birther movement. May she be dragged over the coals and exposed for her disgusting racism. How DARE she invoke Nazi Germany in this wholly imaginary farce of a "movement" whose motivation is paper thin hatred. It's clear that she's completely and totally nuts, off of her meds, and in need of desperate psychiatric assistance. But the fact of her heritage is a clear and present danger for other Jews. The Glenn Becks and Rush Limbaughs and Lou Dobbs of this world are gunning for a race war, and with Pluto in Capricorn, they just might get one. Thank god we at least have the Jewish genius Jon Stewart lay it on the line for us.
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6:03 PM
3 Comments:
Me, too, Stephanie--the level of insanity in the world right now is surreal and scary. Part of it is the current t-square of Saturn, Uranus, and Mars. The opposition of Saturn in Virgo and Uranus in Pisces has gone on for a very long time and is polarizing to the extreme--much like the one in 1967 and environs of Saturn in Pisces and Uranus in Virgo that it mirrors.
Another part of the picture is a ridiculously long-lasting conjunction of Neptune, Jupiter, and Chiron on the US Moon. Between retrograde and direct motion, parts of it will last through December, and I fear that it will usher in some very poorly thought out legislation. I'm all for universal health care, but I do worry that in the pressure to hurry, the bill will be muddled beyond effectiveness.
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Hi Donna! Thanks for your amazingly insightful comment. It's truly incredible to see the news this weekend, with the polarization of Saturn/Uranus so glaringly obvious! I've blogged about Saturn/Uranus a few times in the past year, most recently here:
http://www.saturnreturn.net/2009/02/saturn-vs-uranus-smackdown-ii.html
Also interesting that Woodstock is the other image we're getting 24/7 lately -- embodying the other alternative our culture briefly visited. It's really sad that this vision was murdered by Reagan. Do you think there's a chance we'll ever get back to peace, love and understanding again? On the eve of the election last year I felt so much hope, as if we could move past the hostility, power-grabbing and fear of the far right. But they are clinging with every last molecule and I am very unnerve by it.
Email me privately if you're still interested in being a guest blogger!
Thanks for this comment. I do believe there is a chance that the vision of "Woodstock" if you want to call it that is returning too. But you won't find it on tv - you'll find in on Youtube and wherever MJ fans gather.
Deepak Chopra wrote a blog about this in re: S. Palin during the election:
http://www.chopra.com/node/1064
I think this is true now as well. This article helped me a lot during the election. I'm not going to feed this energy at all. I'm going to work for positive change. And I"m not alone.
thanks for your site!
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