Loosely Speaking

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

A few loose thoughts...

Seems to me that the spendspendspend economic system encouraged by the kind of capitalism practiced in the US, and perhaps other places, too, is a pyramid scheme doomed to eventual collapse as the top seems to rely on building materials removed from the bottom. Most pyramid schemes are illegal, unless actually run by the government, like Social Security, for this very reason. ********************** Legislation happens where people have demonstrated that good will, good faith and common sense are... Sign in to see full entry.

Anyone who is afraid of a Black Man in the White House

is missing the most important factor about Obama and the racist divide: He has lived both black and white realities. If anyone can bring together the interests of both with true awareness and sympathy, he can! Sooner or later, color was coming to grace the White House, just as sooner or later, this nation will get over the irrational fears that a woman might lead the US. Some grand day, we will get past the arrogant and mistaken notion that this is supposed to be a Christian nation, too. (Good... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Do you really listen?

As I am writing, MEET THE PRESS is on in the other room, and I am hearing with a little more than half an ear what both Democrat and Republican supporters of their party's candidate, have to say about the campaign, the numbers, the candidates. Whichever one is your favored candidate, it is so easy, so tempting only to pay attention to the opinions and analysis that your supports your inclinations. It is so easy and tempting to blow off the other side. But is it responsible to do that? Truly, it... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Maybe some people shine more brightly under stress

But I don't. That's when my anxieties glow like they are radioactive, and my panic buttons start pushing themselves automatically, and my defenses come up and start looking around for what needs shooting or shouting down... Under stress I get stupid and reactive. How do you react to stress? How do our two Candidates handle it? They are both under a deal of stress now, as the campaign season approaches decision. It is nothing near the stress they'll be under in the Oval Office, in crisis. Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

What makes me especially sad about this election

is that it is so intensely polarized, that no matter who wins, the other side will find it a very, very bitter pill. Which of these candidates will, winning, actually be able to bring Americans together? I have spent 8 years loathing GWBush. Until Palin, I could have accepted McCain as a man I could respect, even if I disagree with him. Now there is only Obama. He may be young, he may be untried in many areas, but he has character, energy, enthusiasm, and optimism--and these are all things this... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

In this election season, I am trying to keep a sense of humor.

Sometimes they make it too easy. Is anyone else amused that when Obama refers to "...lipstick on a pig..." the Republicans immediately think of their v-p candidate? Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Offensive Bloggery

I just read comments on one of the blogs I have been frequenting, and have to wonder what moves some people to be deliberately, gratuitously offensive to another writer. It isn't as if the commenter knows the person he/she is assaulting with such mean-spiritedness. Is the commenter just that benighted, that he/she chooses to scapegoat this one writer personally for being part of something the commenter has decided is all wrong? He/she seems to identify as a Christian, but this all suggests that... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

What Kids Hear

One of my grandsons is a problematic child. He is a smart, bright 10-yr old kid two days out of three, but the third day, he becomes Something Else. He refused to go to school, ran from my daughter, his step-mom, around and around the car rather than get in. One day he got away with his tactics, and did not go to school. He has attempted the same several times since. When I talked with him about it, he said I had told him that doing the same thing over, one should expect to get the same results.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Okay, everyone who is pro-death, raise your hand!

"Pro-Life" is a lie. Just being opposed to abortion doesn't make someone life-affirming. Far from it. This issue is not about life, it is about choice, it is about abortion. I don't mean to open the debate about abortion, but to point out how words can imply a truth without telling a truth. Smooth, clever-sounding slogans; pert short-cuts by journalists and speech-writers; some are only that. But in this season of seduction and persuasion, listen for the lies! They are falsehoods used to... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 5, 2008

I've just learned something about the Alaska governor

specifically her policy on wolf hunting. From helicopters and planes. It is medieval to still be buying into the idea that wolves are rapacious predators that strip the land of caribou and moose and other large mammals. They are, in fact, the natural check on the herds that keep population controlled, and healthy. They take the weak, the flawed, the diseased. It is man that hunts the best and strongest for trophies, and doesn't know when to quit. Does it matter that wolves are not mindless, that... Sign in to see full entry.

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