2005.3.20=7[#79]:4703.2.11[#40/60]:chun-fen. 0)"On Morality" 1)US Secessions.

[[ Cloudy/occasional rain cool, rather fine evenig: Chun-fen (Vernal Equinox Day): day=night day, up 6:45, not really late for Hakka School: Hsu's very good "Ba Da Jin" all around kung-fu exercise, Rumba dance 1 to 10 steps, then Wen's report after half a year stay in Taiwan about politics & I managed documents, Mrs. Wen's good Korean mochi+ soup. Drove to near Yung-ho for 2 papers, met Ju getting 2 tel card $5 each, one for mom. To home, stopped at house in rain and checked water condition around then home. Mei and Jyun, then Mei left for singing till 5:50pm home. Emails till url about US Blue states' idea about secession, then blog here for topic, now 4:03pm. 4:10 Jyun's gfriend and dog came, 2 dogs played very rough mutual games till Jyun managed hard to lead Snow Ball away from garden of some fruit tree full of white flowers, two left, Lung home already. ]] 0) Just answered one [G] post by #1003:Rationalism, after 1:Family and 2:Humanism: "" There is a good references to it from the first page of google search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Confucianism And, its first reference is from Religious Tolerance.org: http://www.religioustolerance.org/confuciu.htm "It is primarily an ethical system to which rituals at important times during one's lifetime have been added." is one quote from there. My idea is that it's a rather rational and pragmatic humanism, resulting in tolerance and "tempering influence". Perhaps a good way to prevent fundamentalism and self-rightousness. "" [[ Jyun just back at 5:55, preparing to go back to o.h. at this early still bright time, 6pm. Mei started cooking. 11:40 bed, resumed door opened. ]] 1) US Secessions: "Blue states buzz over secession", By Joseph Curl, THE WASHINGTON TIMES: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041109-122753-5113r.htm "" Secession, which didn't work very well when it was tried once before, is suddenly red hot in the blue states. In certain precincts, anyway. ""