Current
Archive
2007
A
previous
meeting
of
The
Milum
Philosophers™
was
Saturday,
December
9,
2006,
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Universal
Light
Institute.
This
was
also
our
2006
Holiday
Party.
Part
of
the
event
was
dedicated
to
honoring
the
memory
of
John
Lennon
who
was
assassinated
on
December
8,
1980.
The
following
is
a
related
announcement:
NEW
YORK
—
Yoko
Ono
is
calling
for
the
anniversary
of
the
death
of
her
husband,
John
Lennon,
to
become
a
day
of
worldwide
healing.
In
a
full-page
advertisement
appearing
in
[the
November
26,
2006]
Sunday
editions
of
The
New
York
Times,
Ono
urges
readers
to
mark
the
anniversary
by
apologizing
to
those
who
have
suffered
because
of
violence
and
war.
“Every
year,
let’s
make
December
8th
the
day
to
ask
for
forgiveness
from
those
who
suffered
the
insufferable,”
writes
the
former
Beatle’s
widow,
who
signs
the
letter
Yoko
Ono
Lennon.
Ono
urges
readers
to
take
responsibility
for
failing
to
intervene
on
behalf
of
victims
around
the
world.
“Know
that
the
physical
and
mental
abuse
you
have
endured
will
have
a
lingering
effect
on
our
society,”
she
writes
in
a
portion
of
the
letter
directed
to
victims.
“Know
that
the
burden
is
ours.”
(Source:
AP)
____________________________
A
previous
meeting
of
The
Milum
Philosophers™
was
Friday,
November
24,
2006,
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Universal
Light
Institute.
Our special
"mystery"
guest
was
Barbara
"Aislin"
Hamilton
who
drove
in
from
Columbus,
Ohio.
In
addition
to
welcoming
our
new
member
"Dave"
and
discussing
the
issues
of
the
day
(in
particular
the
recent
November
2006
elections),
much
of
the
evening
was
spent
listening
to
music
and
watching
music
videos.
____________________________
A
previous
meeting
of
The
Milum
Philosophers™
was
Saturday,
October
28,
2006,
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Universal
Light
Institute.
When
the
meeting
was
held,
Lynne
Milum
conducted
a
PowerPoint
presentation
on
Sacred
Contracts.
Brian
Lawrence
conducted
a guided
meditation. Arvind
Khetia
conducted
a
seminar
on
the
Hindu
faith.
For
true
philosophical
thinkers,
we
pose
this
question
to
ponder:
If
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad
is
demonized,
why
is
Mordechai
Vanunu
not
venerated?
Suggested
reading
#1:
Low-caste
Hindus
adopt
new
faith
Excerpt:
"Thousands
of
people
have
been
attending
mass
ceremonies
in
India
at
which
hundreds
of
low-caste
Hindus
(Dalits)
converted
to
Buddhism
and
Christianity.
The
events
in
the
central
city
of
Nagpur
are
part
of
a
protest
against
the
injustices
of
India's
caste
system.
By
converting,
Dalits
—
once
known
as
Untouchables
—
can
escape
the
prejudice
and
discrimination
they
normally
face."
Suggested
reading
#2:
Israeli
army
bulldozer
crushes
US
peace
protester
in
Gaza
Strip
Peace
campaigner
killed
as
Israeli
army
destroys
homes
in
Palestinian
refugee
camp
Excerpt:
"An
Israeli
army
bulldozer
crushed
an
American
peace
activist
to
death
in
the
Gaza
Strip
yesterday
in
what
witnesses
described
as
a
deliberate
killing.
Rachel
Corrie,
23,
died
as
she
attempted
to
prevent
the
military
destroying
homes
in
the
Rafah
refugee
camp,
one
of
the
most
dangerous
in
the
occupied
territories."
____________________________
A
previous
meeting
of
The
Milum
Philosophers™
occurred
on
Saturday,
September
30,
2006,
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Universal
Light
Institute.
At
the
meeting,
wwe
each
presented
our
personal
creeds.
In
addition,
we
listened
to
an
extended
audio
excerpt
from
the
film,
Inherit
the
Wind
—
a
film
which
dealt
specifically
with
the
teaching
of
evolution
in
public
schools
but
more
universally
about
the
conflict
between
tradition
and
modernity.
____________________________
Read
the
latest
salvo:
Mayor
Rocky
Anderson
Speech
Per
co-facilitator
Connie
Curts'
request,
each
of
us
needs
to
consider
the
following
questions:
Suggested
reading:
(1)
Clinton
vs.
Gore?
(2)
Seeking
Justice
(3)
Iraq
War
lost
in
Anbar
province
according
to
classified
U.S.
military
report
____________________________
A
previous
meeting
of
The
Milum
Philosophers™
occurred
on
Saturday,
September
9,
2006,
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Universal
Light
Institute.
The
featured
guest
was
Larry
Kirkwood
of
Kirkwood
Studios
who
discussed
body
casting.
Surprise
Co-Host
was
Vince
Milum
(Junior)
who
flew
in
for
the
event.
Vince
played
a
clip
from
Fox
News'
O'Reilly
Factor
which
featured
father
and
son
(Vincent
Milum
Sr.
+
Jr.)
defending
the
(much-maligned)
First
Amendment.
There
were
two
featured
videos:
(1)
an
extended
excerpt
of
a Bo
Lozoff
lecture
to
a
group
of
medical
professionals
at
the
University
of
Florida;
(2)
a
video
montage
produced
by
Vince
Milum
Junior
including
three
clips
from
Monty
Python's
Life
of
Brian,
a
song
by
Todd
Rundgren
entitled
'Fascist
Christ,'
and
the
above-cited
segment
from
the
Fox
News
program,
"The
O'Reilly
Factor."
The
featured
topic
of
discussion
was:
What
role
does
"class
warfare"
play
in
America's
Global
War
On
Terrorism?
What
are
the
"classes"
in
this
so-called
"Clash
of
Civilizations"?
How
should
these
class
differences
be
addressed?
What
internecine
implications
are
there?
Our
focus
went
beyond
the
historical
constraints
of
defining
"class"
in
strictly
economic
terms.
An
aspect
of
our
exploration
was
the
mass
media's
objectification
of
projected
enemies.
Background:
Historical
materialism
is
the
methodological
approach
to
the
study
of
society,
economics
and
history
which
was
first
articulated
by
Karl
Marx
(1818-1883),
although
Marx
himself
never
used
the
term.
Historical
materialism
as
an
explanatory
system
has
been
expanded
and
refined
by
thousands
of
academic
studies
since
Marx’s
death.
Historical
materialism
looks
for
the
causes
of
developments
and
changes
in
human
societies
in
the
way
in
which
humans
collectively
make
the
means
to
life,
thus
giving
an
emphasis,
through
economic
analysis,
to
everything
that
co-exists
with
the
economic
base
of
society
(e.g.
social
classes,
political
structures,
ideologies).
Marx
argued
that
the
history
of
European
society
had
progressed
though
the
following
stages
or
modes
of
production.
Each
mode
of
production
had
its
own
economic
system
which
gave
rise
to
a
system
of
class
stratification
based
around
ownership
of
the
means
of
production:
-
primitive
communism
-
slave
society
-
feudalism
-
capitalism
[Source:
Wikipedia]
____________________________
Objectification
refers
to
behavior
in which
one
person
treats
another
person
as an
object
and not
as a
fellow
human
being
with
feelings
and
consciousness
of his
or her
own.
[Source:
Wikipedia]
Suggested
reading:
(1)
Fascists
Under
the
Bed
(2)
Reclaiming
The
Issues:
Islamic
Or
Republican
Fascism? (3)
Why
do
they
hate
us?
(4)
Where's
the
Clarity?
—
Five
years
after
9/11,
little
of
Bush's
'war
on
terror'
rhetoric
is
making
sense
(5)
America's
ideologue
in
chief
____________________________
On
August
27,
2006,
four
members
of
The
Milum
Philosophers™
(Vince,
Lynne,
Parker
and
Mary)
went
to
the
Rime
Buddhist
Center
(in
Kansas
City,
Missouri)
to
meet
and
"experience"
Bo
Lozoff
of
the
Human
Kindness
Foundation.
Bo
is
most
renowned
for
his
work
with
prison
inmates
across
the
United
States.
A
self-described
"Hindu-Christian,"
Bo
weaves
multiple
strands
of
spiritual
consciousness
into
a
reality-based
modus
vivendi
for
confronting
our
confinements
—
be
they
literal
or
metaphorical.
____________________________
On
August
26,
2006,
The
Milum
Philosophers™
gathered
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Universal
Light
Institute
for
a
viewing
of
the
documentary,
Why
We
Fight,
which
explores
the
roots
and
ramifications
of
America's
Global
War
on
Terrorism.
Following
the
movie
there
was
a group
discussion
which
allowed
participants
to
articulate
their
views
regarding
America's
War
On
Terrorism,
particularly
in
regard
to
the
current
War
in
Iraq
and
the
possibly
pending
War
with
Iran.
Later,
the
group
listened
to
an
excerpt
from
the
alternative
news
program
CounterSpin
which
provides
a
strikingly
alternative
take
on
the
leading
news
stories
of
the
week
emanating
from
the
dominant
media.
Current
Archive
2007
