g Barack Obama has said from the beginning of this campaign that it is the people who must believe— not just in his ability to bring about change in Washington— but in theirs. He has couched these exhortations in what he calls the fierce urgency of NOW. It’s as rousing a call to the responsibilities of citizenship you’re likely to …
If you are a parent, or have had the responsibility of raising a human being from infancy through childhood, you have had the opportunity to observe language become comprehensible to mind. It is truly an amazing process to behold to watch mind achieve self-conscious understanding. And it teaches you this: Every human being born into this world has spoken in …
Fear and anger weaken character, and destroy happiness. Is that so hard to understand? And just like hate, anger is a destructive influence on the human soul. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRvXguUeTQ&NR=1[/youtube] “That one” who suffers from PTSD; “That one” who should never have responsibility or authority for launching deadly force on the people of other nations. • [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYJbFPYArM&feature=related[/youtube] Aww; what a sweetie! Ignoring …
Palin is “Religulous,” but Maher is “RiDICKulous.” Bill Maher‘s new mooovie, Religulous, is not going to make it on Sarah Palin’s “to do” list this year, or any other. And it’s a shame too, because Sarah Palin, if she had been willing to talk to Maher, would have been just the sort of interview he should have put in the …
Ex-president Bush shakes hands with ex-president McCain, who was officially replaced as president today, after a stroke left him with the communication skills of a very bright rutabaga, (a cross between a cabbage and a turnip.) McCain’s wicked shiner was not explained. Excerpts from Mark Crispin Miller: (my emphasis) The choice of Sarah Palin has been widely and repeatedly assailed …
More galaxies than grains of sand on every beach of this world. Taken with the Hubble Deep Field, January 15, 1996 Since it’s a lovely morning, why don’t we take stock of a few things that most of us take for granted. Let’s start with some practical aspects of “reality.” Here we are— billions of us— whizzing through time and …
The Middle Class First. Not the Red State Middle Class. Not the Blue State Middle Class. Not the Republican middle Class. Not the Democrat Middle Class. Not the Conservative Middle Class. Not the Liberal Middle Class. Not the Right Wing Middle Class. Not the Left Wing Middle Class. Not the Christian middle Class. Not the Muslim Middle Class. Not the …
