Thursday, November 15, 2018

Can racism be diminished?

The First Univeralist Church Of Rochester has chosen racism as the social justice topic to work on this year.

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Who has influence in Washington, DC?


  • Percentage of Americans who say that wealthy people have too much influence in Washington, DC = 82%
  • Percentage of Americans who say that large businesses have too much influence in Washington, DC = 69%
  • Percentage of Americans who say that the news media has too much influence in Washington, DC = 47%
  • Percentage of Americas who say that working people have too little influence in Washington, DC = 69%



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Ask Alexa - What made people vote for Donald Trump?

Alexa: What made people vote for Donald Trump?

There are many reasons and the biggest is that the voter thought there was something in it for him or her such as tax cuts, jobs, and just sticking it to the Clintons.

My Kind Of Church Music - Down To The River, Alison Kraus

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

How is it that the last shall be first, and the first shall be last?


While Jesus tells us that in the Kingdom, the first shall be last and the last shall be first, here on the path of the ego we don't believe it or act on it.

It is written in the Tao Te Ching that the humble is the root of the noble, the low is the foundation of the high.

The Tao Te Ching points out that too much success is not necessarily an advantage.

We Unitarian Universalists don't have to worry about too much success because we are a very small denomination. We are the yeast in the dough considered to be of little notice but we help the whole society, the whole world, rise.

Our Unitarian Univeralist covenant, based on our seven principles, and our six sources, while of little notice and small in number, is the lamp that sheds a beacon of light into our dark and weary world.


UU A Way Of Life ministries index - DWI fatality rates by state for 2016


  • Rank of Montana with DWI deaths in 2016 at 8.2/100,00 = 1
  • Rank of North Dakota and South Carolina with DWI deaths in 2016 at 6.7/100,100 = 2
  • Rank of Alabama with DWI deaths in 2016 at 5.8/100,00 = 3
  • Rank of New York with DWI deaths in 2016 at 1.4/100,000 = 50
  • Rank of Massachusetts with DWI deaths in 2016 at 1.7/100,000 = 49
  • Rank of Rhode Island with DWI deaths in 2016 at 1.8/100,000 = 48
  • Average number of DWI deaths in USA in 2016 = 3.3/100,00


Safest states in the USA in terms of DWI fatality rates are New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,  Utah, and New Jersey.

Most dangerest states in the USA in terms of DWI fatality rates are Montanta, North Dakota, South Carolina, Alabama, and Wyoming
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