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Remembering Jonestown
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| February 8, 2011
| Richard Fernandez
Posted on 02/08/2011 6:32:03 PM PST by decimon
When asked what I found fascinating about cats, I say “they’re still in Eden; the last link to the Garden.” Watching cats is as far as many of us will venture to the time before Good and Evil. But in recent history the man who most tried to return to it in earnest was Jim Jones. Alas, he failed. Until September 11, the greatest loss of American civilian life occurred at Jonestown, Guyana at his direction. Jones, mistakenly described as a “pastor” by those eager to direct readers away from the fact that he was a Communist, was a self-described representative of the only world religion to ever arise in the West.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:32:05 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Even Wikipedia admits he was a commie who used religious guise to lead people away from God.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:33:41 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: decimon
Yup he brought social justice to the people.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:37:20 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: GeronL
Even Wikipedia admits he was a commie...Well, Jones wasn't in any way a question mark.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:38:09 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Actually his Wikipedia entry is pretty bad on commies and even the Democrats of the time.
Apparently that one lady at San Diego State Univ. seems to be one of the few Jones lovers left.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:40:18 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: GeronL
His son is less than kind to his father’s memory too.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:41:43 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
Yup he brought social justice to the people.Ya gotta admit that they all became equal.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:44:45 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Jonestown massacre forever coined the expression “they drank the kool-aid!”
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:45:00 PM PST
by
Broker
(Mabuhay!)
To: Broker
Jonestown massacre forever coined the expression “they drank the kool-aid!”And gave it to their children. I'm glad I can't comprehend this.
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:50:51 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
I find it strange those who gave him legitimacy in California and nationwide such as Rosalyn Carter have avoided any criticism.
Mrs. Carter 
Governor Moonbeam Brown
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:54:27 PM PST
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: decimon
Please, people - you’re all so judgmental...a communist is just a liberal in a hurry!
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posted on
02/08/2011 6:57:56 PM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism - "Who-whom?")
To: kbennkc
I find it strange those who gave him legitimacy in California and nationwide such as Rosalyn Carter have avoided any criticism.People who wouldn't admit to saying hello to Sarah Palin. Yes, strange.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:01:46 PM PST
by
decimon
At one session [President Reagan] fingered a jelly bean, joked:
"They tell me the purple ones are poison," then nonchalantly popped it into his mouth ... (link)
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:01:46 PM PST
by
Milhous
(Lev 19:18 Love your neighbor as yourself.)
To: decimon
Obama’s mother met and talked with Jim Jones one time many moons ago.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:19:34 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: decimon
And in Jonestown Jim was going to be the man. Only when God was killed could men return to the garden and the sun and the rain arrive overhead again.Too bad for Jim & Co. that he forgot to kill the snake when he got back to the garden.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:21:31 PM PST
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: decimon
I saw a movie many years ago about Jim Jones. They showed his Father as being a KKK member. Really strange.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:22:16 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
They showed his Father as being a KKK member.A quick web search indicates that is speculative. Maybe he was sympathetic. His mother was apparently of leftist sympathy. At any rate, the parents separated.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:30:30 PM PST
by
decimon
To: yarddog
Was that the movie with Powers Booth? He played Jim Jones just MARVELOUSLY.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:30:30 PM PST
by
Finny
("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
To: cripplecreek
His father doesn’t actually deserve any kind memories.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:31:54 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: GeronL
Papa was a drug sodden, psychopathic, marxist.
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posted on
02/08/2011 7:34:40 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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