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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

So many people are saying Bernie is done...

But it has never been about Bernie. It is and has always been about his message: Wake up! Smell the politicians! Remember your power, and use it! He has achieved great things simply by not standing down, not shutting up, not buying into the PC stance that what really matters most is having the first woman President of the United States. Which it looks like our choice is going to be, vs Trump. Trump, the liar, the bloviator, the ill-informed, the unprepared, the lacking of all understanding and... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Fascism rearing it's ugly snout...

Robert Reich has pointed out that there has been a surge of neo-fascism rising in the world, and that Trump is the US's version. He asks for thoughts on the topic. Here are mine: I think people are exhausted from being poor in a world that promises well-being, they are angry at broken trust, they are angry as hell at being treated as mules working for the wealthy few whose money has translated to power to make the world over in ways to benefit themselves. The people who are bellowing approval of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Priorities

Civilization is the art of diverse peoples living together and thriving. It is the art of community. We have some civilized ideals, but we live and act mostly with a tribal mindset, which is based in Supremacy of Us over Them. Community is no longer a priority for most people in American society. Survival is a priority, getting even is a priority... We have become a nation of way too many spoiled adult/children who can't share, won't regard the feelings of others, and when displeased by not... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 6, 2016

too many!

Human beings are making ourselves an endangered species as we overpopulate our environment, consume everything in sight, like a deer herd over-grazing a land of every green thing*. We kill off every competitor, which is any other living thing that might eat something we could eat, or occupy space we could claim with buildings and pavements, to make room for still more of us. We extend life expectations with science and medical advances. We have gone forth and multiplied and multiplied and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

A Progressive Luddite

Here in the US, there is a great battle joined that seems to go on forever: Conservatives vs Progressives/Liberals. And in Great Britain, too, as the country contends over whether to remain in the European Union, or not. I've been hearing a lot about this from my son-in-law and one of his relatives of the opposite view, as they post back and forth on Facebook. Here and there, it always seems to be a matter of those who have had enough of trying to keep up with changes in the world that seem to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Telling truth from lies

Bear in mind that political campaigns have never been clean or honest, all the tricks justified by "We can't make the changes, do the work, defend the right, etc, if we don't get into office." So candidates hand themselves over to professional campaigners who make every effort they can get away with to get their guy/gal elected. The Candidate is an artificial construct and, at the worst, an outright lie. We don't get to see the real person, the real character of that person when the 'handlers'... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

No one wins

So, the registered Democrats who weren't somehow accidentally wiped off the rolls, get to choose who the Democratic candidate should be. And the registered Republicans get to express their opinion on who the Republican candidate should be. So, it's a Party thing... So, a huge number of people don't have a voice in the system because they are neither Democrats nor Republicans. Where do they get to express their will? Are people who are not registered Democrat or Republican not really part of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Food Ways

Facebook led me to this page: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/04/04/470071043/going-green-is-really-going-native-western-apache-chef-nephi-craig?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160404 about the Apache/Navajo chef, Nephi Craig, who is bringing some up-dating and reality-checking to how the world percieves the food ways of the Apache, past and present. Makes me wonder what else one might do with the handful of colorful juniper... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Dreaming again

I woke this morning from a social/political dream about donating blood. Years ago when I was a college student in Cleveland, I answered a call for blood donation. The call was on behalf of a particular man who was having heart surgery. They valued my pint of blood at $30, I think. I told them to donate it to the patient. Oh, they were so nice and kind to me then! A second time, I went in on my own and because I had rent to pay and needed that money, I accepted the payment. Oh, how judgemental... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Projection and Celebrity

Celebrity is a bright candle, an incandescent lamp, a cloud-raking search-light! It draws our attention in a most superficial way to someone who somehow, somewhy, stepped into the light and stayed long enough for us to notice. We notice the presence and some outstanding characteristics, just enough to take an interest. And then we project... Projection is that dynamic of imagining details onto the target of our attention, imagining and applying as if they are true, what we want that person to... Sign in to see full entry.

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