Netroots Raging About Lieberman
Blogometer's Ian Faerstein catalogs the angry musings of the left today about news that Dems voted 42-13 to allow Sen. Joe Lieberman to continue to caucus with the Dems and keep his Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairmanship.
A sampling:
AMERICAblog's Joe Sudbay: "Seems like Joe has learned well from his Republican colleagues. He's trashed the president-elect and worked against Democratic Senate candidates. For that, he'll be rewarded. He's called the Democrats bluff. This is, of course, instructive for the small GOP caucus. They now know that the Democrats in the Senate are all talk, no action. Not a good signal to send. But, that's what Democrats do. They cave. Pathetic."
Open Left's Chris Bowers: "I should have expected this, since we are dealing with the Senate Democratic caucus. Threats of joining with Republicans have once again led to a compromise that overwhelmingly favors conservatives. Don't expect a fighting Democratic Senate over the next two years. If a group of conservative Democrats threatens to support a Republican filibuster unless their demands are met, then those demands will probably be met."
MyDD's Josh Orton: "Lieberman [is] now likely to keep his gavel. And the sun will rise in the morning. [...] If this happens, Joe Lieberman will walk away as the most clever politician in all Washington. He played a game of chicken and won."
Alice Bailey in "Esoteric Psychology II" says there are three characteristics of a server who has made Soul contact.
1. Harmlessness in thought, acts and speech.
2. A willingness to let others serve in their own way. This is a big idea! Let others serve as they can without interfering. Why? Because their souls will direct their service, not us. We are to do our service and let others express their service. We help others by standing beside them as they serve, giving them encouragement and opportunities.
3. Joyfulness which is a quality of the soul.
There is a group of people in the world leading us into this age of service. Alice Bailey calls them the New Group of World Servers. This group of subjective servers has no outer form or organization. There is not even a list of members. They do not know each other by name. Through their service to humanity we recognize them. These individuals are a cross section of all races, religions, nations and organizations concerned with the welfare of humanity. The New Group of World Servers are busy leaders in every field, who mobilize people, resources and ideas forming the new world.
Their mission is inspiring people to believe in the essential oneness of humanity, the One Humanity. Their goal is to attract people of goodwill to work together without fanaticism, hatred, or separatism, to build a new world order. They do not force others to see the new view of the world. Instead, they present clear, concise, understandable ideas that people can identify with and actualize. These ideas, turned into ideals, stimulate all who come into contact with them. People want to join them to work for a better world.
http://members.tripod.com/~TOLN/index-3.html
(They also forgive, as Barack Obama, pointed the way.)