Greetins Rootsie, in Peace and Love, which your site seems to be a little short on when it comes to anything that does not coddle up to your idea of the world order, but it is your site. This is my very last post so will just say Dean remains the best choice; you and your ilk can sit at the back of the bus and throw spitballs if you wish, and regardless of whatever happens in this or any future politrics you will no doubt maintain your negativity of life, entirely missing Livity and the essence of life; which is to find your own personal connection with Jah, annihilate your ego, and experience ultimate bliss mixed with Sunyata (Emptiness). Your views on Tibet etc are off base, and inI would suggest you talk to Tibetans, lay and lamas, before dispensing your edicts. One can also attack HIM for similar reasons if one lacks correct views of HIM's manifestation. This world will never become nirvana without everyone being able to attain One Love, which is so easy by obtaining correct view. Yes, you are correct about ancient Kemit....which projected Tantric views into Southern India, and before Kemit was Kush, and before Kush was the Word made manifest through the arising conscience of HUEMONs.
inI entered this site thinking it was Ras, but obviously even from your own discourse on 'what is Rastafari', you are wandering and seeking still: again when the I is ready for the teacher, HIM will appear, as One Love and the Iwoman's heart will finally be filled with life and not see the world as without light. As for Soros etc, so what? This is not a perfect world, but can be if the I perfects the I's view of it! ..........signing out fo r good so those that like to beat their intellectual chest at the risk of destroying their hearts may do so. Best wishes for Enlightenment!!!

Greetins in the Name of The Peace before the Word,
nice article Rootsie, and inI only want to add two comments...what is Rasta? One Love. very simple. One Love is that which we will all recognize we already are; It is what 'the Iniverse' IS (including the universe)...all we need to do is work with love in I and I hearts; as to the pain of being born white (or whatever your exact words were), the I must come to overstand that you are not your body, period. You do not even exist inherently, only exist as a refraction of All, One Love, at work in perfect syncretion in every moment (even time is a construct of I-mind...a mere illusion); we only exist in a continuum of Oneness in Infinite dimensions. So one must feel challenged to use every gift and manifestation of past merit of this and countless former lifetimes in samsara and other realms and worlds to only exercise Love in every thought and deed. If one is burdened by guilt this can be put to rest by confessing all wrong deeds of every conceivable sort, and asking for Mind (already in the I) to be at Peace and taking vows to not do any harm again, and thereafter doing what the I sees needing doing that the I is capable of doing. Such talk of guilt is meaningless; what we need to give thanx for is all the good things we have at our disposal, regardless of color and circumstances.....even someone waiting to go into the gas chambers in Nazi Germany, could find happiness if they so wish; lets also remember there are persons suffering of every color....all over the world....just look at the Chetz situation, or how Tibetans and many, many others everywhere have suffered.....even those who are white and have the best of circumstances suffer.....in many ways,,,,,,they are never happy for more than a few hours at a time before lapsing into mental suffering or worry about whatever....that is suffering too; or someone living in Afrika with AIDS can even still be happy in the Heart as they lay dying.....it is good however, to take on the suffering of others but the I must be very skilled in doing that, converting the pain metaphyscially and sending it back out as love and healing....this is called 'taking and giving' , a practice given to the world by the Buddha, who was a Black mon by the way. Peace and Love, ......and live without guilt please!

Peace and Greetings in Inity,
inI recommend the I's to the Iniverse of literature on rebirth....but, simply put, all is I-mind....conditions lead to conditions, and what we perceive as our body with its features is what our subtle  mind, perhaps 'soul' to you (?),carrying the energies of all past karma, brought together as aggregates of our being for this lifetime; whatever color we are, features, status, and other uncountable conditions our rebirth 'bardo' energy brings into this world; collective karma of groups of beings also shape our present life circumstances; if the I feels this is not believable, then why is just mere birth from 'nothing', believable, and why does is one born into whatever body type, accessories and family etc...mere chance? but enough, this topic is about why Dean is the best choice to replace Bush and why Bush MUST be replaced. Please go study buddhism...much info on the web if you do not have ready access to books. One Love.

Peace, my statement is just the way it IS....karma....when one comes to overstand the Iniverse of Mind, as the Buddha and many other teach, then we will begin to take direct action and responsibility for our deeds and thoughts. Yes, many more will suffer....that is the nature of samsara; when we overstand One Love, sunyata....the emptiness of inherent existance of any  being, then we will begin to share and love; meanwhile, those who do wrong and think wrong now will reap the pain in their future lives. Those of us with the merit to be blessed now with the ability to influence the world positively must not miss that opportunity, to do so through prayer, compassion, and following the Eightfold Path taught by the Buddha and later by HIM. all other paths will lead to naught. again, peace and love, and ONENESS>

Greetins in HIM Name Unnameable, That Is, ....One LOVE!!! RastaFar-I, yes-I!!!
glad to see such evocative commentary on an issue of paramount importance, one that if the wrong choice is made will exacerbate the current downfall's descent rate expodentially!  We Americans have a choice....Bush or no Bush! regardless of the feelings of the rest of the world the choice is ours to make; and, in politics as in life...as Ivinely taught by HIM in All HIS Uterances Ivine regarding Livity (all ras need study these!)....the I must act out of Inspiration but with practicality:  in this case Dean is the ONLY candidate who can beat the Bushites!
All other issues pale in comparison Brethren and Sistren!!! there can be no change to the better at all until this happens, and to say politrics does not matter flies in the face of Iverting HIM Taught! Babylon and politrics exist and always will everywhere, in every community around the globe until we escape Samsara....
the issues of history is HIS-story....of karma and endless cycles of reincarnation....we are not our bodies....what color our eyes and skin are now and our present condition and status are only a direct result of past life actions and choices, thoughts and deeds....so those suffering now earned that, those not, likewise...but the wise overstand that we are all One, and one souls gain must only be for the interests of the all that is One, for less merely takes the have to the havenot in the next life or whenever. Do not worry about trying to change what is done....live now Positively to change what will be! reality is a state of I-mind only, so is your's half empty or half full? Those who are not US voters should also look in their own yards and begin to correct the evils around them....which is not just caused by the US or WTO or WB....what have YOU done to correct the problems on your own street? what have you done to convince Brethren that women are not chattel merely to cook and satisfy their manly weaknesses? what have you done to educate women and men to STD's....what have you done to try and get more computers and training for your people? Yes, so easy to blame America for the world's ills, but then one must ask why so many of the world would do anything and do to get here??? inI would be one of the first to vote to change so many things....right where inI live there are many people sleeping on the streets freezing nightly....in one of the richest cities in the world....it is sick, we see that and we try to change this condition. Monday inI will go before a city board to try to reduce the militaritization of our Martin Luther King parade; inI also involved in fighting to end the occupation of Iraq, to educate Americans about the hazards of depleted uranium that US weapons use, contaminating everything they hit and causing our own troops and local peoples intergenerational disease and birth defects....YES, much to be done, and the place to get a new foothold is to vote against Bush, by voting for the only horse that can win which is Dean,,,,then we go on from there.  giving thanx for all the Ras around the world, and pleading for true Love and reasoning....we all know what the problems are, so in lieu of just complaining, lets work together, in your country and mine, to change this. If you believe in repatriation to Afrika, inI see you chasing an illusion, however; if you believe in reparations, inI support you wholly.....if this USA can pay Halliburton billions and finance wars around the world, the USA can grant what is due to those of the Afrikan diaspora: the only question is what is the best way to do that, which is being debated and studied in many corners....inI believe one day it will happen! giving thanx again for you all, Beautiful HUEMONS All! RastaFar-Eye IVermore!!!!!!!

Greetings to those who overstand rasta is a thing of thing of I-heart....inI have no need to even respond to issues relating to whether inI are or aren't rasta; a true ras does no stand in judgement, seen!
to answer your needs for higher knowledge, inI would direct you to RastafarEye's Utterance to Trini of 1966....inI am sure you TRUE ras know that, right? from that the I's can see no one man, nor any collection of Huemons can be perfect or in full harmony for any length of time...(as to be seen right here)....all that can be striven for is to make it the best INI can. Do not be expecting any President of the USA of any other one person to make it all righteous; but strive together in Positivism, in Faith, with Diligence toward the best peace and Livity that can be had on Earth.  Any ras who can do nothing more than issue diatribes railing agin "Babylon" essentially fits into the same category Islamist pedanticism, of dialectic that feeds on itself and gives no a thing to creation, only reinforcing its on dark side. Babylon is a thing of the human kind, not colors, not societies....inI see Babylon everywhere, even Trini for sho! Since most on this site are not US citizens, all the I can offer is to look into I-hearts and not keep looking for some instant solution to the world's problems...the Yardie need begin in one's own yard! as for whatever Dean say he stand for, ......www.deanforamerica.com.
Funny, but we ras here in Dallas-Fort Worth, along with all people of conscience, ARE working together to replace Bush, peacefully that is. One Luv. i will not say more about this issue, as there is work to be done that is meaningful. Peace. OM HOTEP>

Rootsie, so sad to read your article dumping on Dean....
at this juncture in world Istory there is no other greater imperative than to end the reign of Bush. Your drop out mentality and naysaying is pitiable. Certainly your position flies in the Light of HIM's Wisdom, and all i see in your article is a cross that your karma has dropped on your back! Positivism is what this world needs, not rich hippie leftover crap from the '60's, bleeding with guilt that helps no one. If the I Woman really wants change, it will come by Inspiring youths to get out and work for change within Babylon; someone like you could help lead the way and bring Light....not dead end sadness! for shame.....(personal note...inI white, 59 young, rasta-buddhist, with close ties to Jahmaka...living in Texas)