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[I'm copying down my thoughts from my recent European vacation and posting them. They'll appear back-dated]. I think my cousin is scared of visiting America. Actually, I’m sure of it because he told me he wouldn’t want to visit there. Because we look like a Security State to the Brits. The Patriot Act, the NDAA [...] One of Great Laws of the Iroquois Confederacy stated, “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions upon the next seven generations.” It’s worth allowing that the Iroquois were, from a practical standpoint, probably never that far-sighted. Such a statement is mainly aspirational for any human being to say nothing of [...] Ani DeFranco, who is about my age and belongs to the age group broadly known as Generation X, once said, “The best minds of my generation are in jail.” But if we look at the baby boomers and to a lesser extent their parents’ generation, the corollary would be that some of the best minds [...] The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence, you may murder the liar, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiples violence, [...] Survival of the fittest. It is an intrinsic component of nature’s wilds and an essential building block of just about every aspect of modern human civilization. The strong rise to the top and the weak fall off. Or so we believe. From sports teams to multinational corporations, our societies reward those who go after what [...] In his seminal treatise, Bring the Pain, the bard Chris Rock expounds on the premise of “keepin’ it real”. N*gga’s love to not know. You can ask a N*gga any question, “Hey N*gga, what’s 2 times 2?” “I don’t know that sh*t! Keepin’ it real!” N*gga’s love keepin’ it real. Real dumb. Wanna know the [...] Senator Arlen Specter’s switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party has been hailed as a victory for the Democrats. I’m inclined to agree but with a caveat. Senator Specter has always been categorized as a moderate Republican though my Republican friends called him a RINO – Republican-In-Name-Only. He was brought in to the [...] I am often struck by how Republicans, ie conservatives, are usually the ones who decry political correctness. I’ve said before that there is a line between crassness and the right to speak one’s mind. I do enjoy a little crass humor, myself, but not to the extent that I would condone prejudicial speech coming from [...] I’m becoming increasingly disconcerted with the American electorate’s flirtations with economic protectionism. One of the attractions of having been a Bill Clinton supporter is that he was never a protectionist. Clinton pursued globalization because he realized that that you can’t turn back the tide. I’m all for Unions. Someone has to protect the interests of [...] |
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