Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Friday, May 2, 2008

The American Square Dance of the Left-Right Paradigm

Picture Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush the Elder, Clinton and Bush the Younger, David Rockefeller, Donald Trump, Phyllis Schafly, Anne Coulter, Hillary, Obama, Stephanopolous, Paul Begala, Colin Powell, Condi, Mary Matalin, Serpent Head, Brzezinski, Bela... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Euphemism

I'm not badmouthing I am right-mouthing the establishment. Sign in to see full entry.

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God. He's better than theology.

I've been confused by the Evangellicose (Evangelical Bellicose) Neocon Christian "Right." Whenever anyone has any thought of engaging in a "vice" out comes the WWJD memorabilia. For every bomb that falls over Iraq someone in this country is praising G-d for "dispatching our enemies." A lot of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Here's one for Alanis' song Ironic:

Did you know that the chief architect of the patriot act is a Vietnamese refugee named Viet D. Dinh? He escaped totalitarian oppression to come here and create totalitarian oppression. Sign in to see full entry.

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Economic Theory

They say it's recession when it's happening to someone else and depression when it's happening to you. I think that's too exclusivist. It creates an atmosphere of us against them and fosters more class warfare. Here's how I view it: It's recession when they're using a condom. It's depression the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 28, 2008

A lesson in political geometry

The appearance of our political system is based on the coin to the left. Through voting and elections we weed out and narrow down from several candidates to two...one from each party. Then in November we flip the coin. While the coin is in the air everybody thinks subconsciously "Heads I win, Tails... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 27, 2008

The illusion of safety

A person sitting on a pallet of gold in the Fort Knox vault is safe but the rent is more than most people can afford. You're either aware or you're not aware. You're either prepared or you're not prepared. You're either responsible or you're not responsible. You're either trained or you're not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Attitudes towards work

I've never found a balance between my need to work and my desire to be free to do whatever. I doubt I ever will. So as the chorus of that Loverboy song goes, "Everybody's workin' for the weekend!" Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 25, 2008

The root of the root of all evil

St. Paul wrote to Timothy that the love of money is the root of all evil. Over the centuries, through the editorial power of folk recollections, at some point we got to the statement that money is the root of all evil. As a result there have been those throughout time who've cursed its existence,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Buying on credit

With charge cards we use differently colored plastic to enter into numerous contracts to spend money that does not exist so that we can start paying interest on it 3 weeks later. Sign in to see full entry.

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