There is a joke among aboriginals that suggests the only reason man went to the moon is because they heard we had land up there. We can know that symbolically the moon is an archetype of the feminine, a light in the darkness. There is a ritual referred to as bringing down the moon that …
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A mere five days after the shocking assault, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin journeyed to Madison, Wisc. to deliver the keynote speech at a Tea Party rally. Exhorting Republican leaders to push for hefty budget cuts, the charismatic speaker exclaimed the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team should tell “GOP leaders they need to learn how to fight like a girl!”
What he did was stay sober, work like a dog, save money and deprive himself even the smallest pleasures in life, much less the big stuff. He lived in a house that was in disrepair, obsessively turning off lights, even eating only the cheapest food he could find.
The message is impossible to avoid. Understanding that a droning message permeates all of corporate created media gives one a tool to distinguish manufactured “truth” from observable reality.
Above almost all other social entities, religious men rank at the very top in the dogma of mindless male servitude. And while there may well have been a time when the adherence to this position was practical, even laudable, the time for it has passed.
But where it concerns activism, men’s best interest and the voice that emanates from this forum, it is my not so humble opinion that any woman who likes “real” men who spend their days carrying a load she doesn’t feel obligated to share is no friend to the men and boys in this culture who now find themselves in such desperate trouble.
The war against men is rapidly becoming a shooting war, the bodies are piling up, and the courts collude in the violence.
Dr. Warren Farrell has spent two years developing an initiative for men and boys and has presented it directly to the Obama Administration. The proposal is for a commission on “Boys to Men,” and would address the many areas in which man and boys face substantive challenges in modern life. It is has been endorsed by many prominent organizations and individuals.
‘Two words, princess.’ The crone laughed and her voice sounded like the breaking of rotten wood. ‘Two words. “Save me.” Say those words and everyone around you will see you beset by a horrible monster.’
Every time you see a happily married couple, keep this in mind. That happiness is a guise. They want you to believe that they are just as normal as all the other couples who are pretending to be happy. Underneath the surface lurks trouble, discord, and a man who knows that freedom comes with a hefty price tag.
