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Monday, October 8, 2012

Aren't you a little old to be so cynical...?

I've been thinking quite a bit about my previous post and the responses it has gotten. I have been thinking about why I still get passionate, and what really does matter, with who we elect to high office. Whoever is President gets to shape the Supreme Court, should any vacancies occur. That can matter. The President speaks to the rest of the world, establishes, and maintains the presence and image of this nation among other nations. The President makes decisions that shape our course into the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Conversation with a Brit

My son-in-law, the one just back in the US from NZ is originally from GB. We were discussing the election, and he says that he is amazed how emotional we get in this country about our candidates and parties. He says no one in Great Britain gets all this agitated over elections. Why? Because they know it won't matter. Nothing will really change, the games will go on as they always have, with one side then the other winning a few, then losing a few, and life for the rest won't much be affected.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The first candidates' debate I saw...

No, not Lincoln/Douglass... it was Carter/Reagan--the first I paid attention to. I learned something significant from that debate. I watched Carter deliver hard facts, backed up with actual information. He wasn't fooling around, he was telling us what we needed to know. I heard Reagan say, "There you go again... hahaha! " and from him, I heard little of substance. But what I heard after the debate was what was really educational: just about all the pundits and analysts, gave the "win" to Reagan.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

RANTING: Road Rage

(reprised and a little re-edited, from my earliest Blogit days) Is it really necessary to blind every on-coming vehicle? Is it a macho thing? Should we be assuming, the brighter the lights, the more ineffectual the wee-wee? Okay, I can do that. And for you who think that everyone has those little flippy rear-view mirrors, so you can come up behind them with your brights on, even if you were right, which you aren't, side-view mirrors have no such feature, and you are blinding people from both... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Anything to win...

Is it any wonder that we can't believe anything anyone says about anything? Anything to bring down an enemy... anything to win an election... anything to get someone's money, vote, agreement... It's human nature, this greed that informs human society: greed for power, for control, for wealth, for adulation, for winning... We are so hungry, so many of us, for these things! In little personal ways, in lives that are small, relatively close worlds, as much as on the national and international... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Where have all the heroes gone...long time passing...?

Since the passing of Neil Armstrong, people have been mourning not only his death, but the loss of an American hero. I’ve heard people asking, “Who are our heroes today?” It’s gotten me thinking, that question. What makes a hero? What makes one like Neil Armstrong? Where are we looking for new heroes? My heroes are the people who put their personal stuff aside for the sake of a greater need, or a greater purpose than their own. Heroes are people who set aside even their interest in their own... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Why I will not vote for Romney/Ryan

It is hard to comprehend why anyone lies in their job interview, especially telling lies that are easy to check out, and so be exposed. Romney and Ryan have been caught out in so many blatant lies, large manipulative ones, and small pointless ones, that it has become an issue in itself, exposed and ridiculed for the ludicrous absurdity of it! Do they seriously expect that a strategy of lies will win them the White House? Who are they talking to? Who do they expect to be taken in by all these... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Headline: We're Not Going to Let Our Campaign Be Dictated by Fact-Checkers

Damn right! We don't want to know the truth, we don't want to know who lies to us, who plays fast and loose with the truth! Right? Heavens forbid, we should check facts ourselves, or face the fact that in a campaign season, everyone lies, and we believe who we want to believe. So, disdain the journalist who does his/her job, sneer at the 'fact-checker' who questions your campaign's 'narrative,' its convenient and expedient versions of Truth. It's not as if it's relevant, or anything.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Change in the weather, changes in the world...

We need some new stuff. It is human nature to cling to things--tools, systems, ideas that have proven in the past to successfully solve problems that needed solving. If a thing works, huzzah! Keep it handy, keep it forever--Now we have it, we never have to rethink or retool again! We love what solves our problems. We sing about it, we obsess about it, we enshrine it and treat it as though it's a gift from Providence! We feel strong and clever, when something we've come up with solves another of... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 27, 2012

headlines...

Controversy Over Rape, Abortion Hurts GOP. Huh... nothing compared to how it hurts women. I suppose it's all in your priorities. Sign in to see full entry.

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