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Allan V profile image70

Real-Life Lessons To Go

real-life lessons to go life lesson to go cute little wild boy pangs of guilt sahara desert without water learn smarts in the streets street smart just be nice do unto others whacking and justice no niche for hubris school teacher discipline out of line

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Book Review: Nemesis: Chalmers Johnson

Two books that I consider to be essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the "state of the union" as a loyal American are: The Sorrows of Empire and Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson. His essential thesis is that America is endeavoring to...

4 comments    politics america americans
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HubPages Glossary and Hub Page Words that Every Successful Hubber Must Know!

To be successful in any enterprise you need to know the jargon and, believe me, HubPages is no exception. So sit back and allow me to take you on a lightning tour of the language of HubPages.

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The Problem of Hubris

Hubris is the original sin in the story of creation and every other sin grows out of the original sin. It is the refusal to let God be God; the readiness to put our own will above God’s will. That is the whole point of Eden’s narrative.

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PDXKaraokeGuy profile image62

Human Still

a poem of self righteousness

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DJProfessorK profile image58

How we survive so misguided is a mystery

The angels, like Manyard James Keenan states in Tool's song "Right in Two", are on the sidelines. The world as we know it is a place of struggle, hatred, greed, and bigotry. What I just described are the "Four...

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Forewarning!

I've been running low on steam for writing these days. A combination of work and being unable to find the motivation to sit down and get my head into the game has really brought me to a halt. I'm going to start putting completed chapters in this...

3 comments    religion heart war
bertarmada profile image44

A New Tower of Babel

Communication is, for all intents and purposes, instantaneous: crossing borders and boundaries with the speed of light.

0 comments    life god fall
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Prose - Is Blue My Fate?

As my boredom ferments I no longer look to your eye For truth and a reason to live I look to the sky I am an only cloud Or a patch of blue in a storm As I look for my kind I find I can no longer conform...

4 comments    lonely pride hubris
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Herman Cain, the Self-Made Man: On the path to Destruction from the Sin of Hubris [94*]

Herman Cain has embroiled himself, and therefore, the Conservatives, into an ever-widening sex scandal. The longer he keeps it going, the worse it will get for the Conservatives and Tea Party in general. This hub takes a quick look at hubris and the powerful and how they go hand-in-hand.

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