Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII

Monday, October 20, 2008

My Vote

The silken thread that runs between being a maverick and a loose cannon is a tightrope no one is capable of walking for any length of time. Until Sarah Palin popped up I have to admit I really haven't paid much attention to Alaska. I've wanted to visit but there are a lot of places I'd like to see... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Independence, not disloyalty

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell crossed party lines and endorsed Barack Obama on Meet This Press this morning. As a result I am sure there will be accusations of disloyalty from some in the Republican party. I don't think you get it, you folks who have sworn to support a political party come... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Hell: Heaven's Reality Show?

Someone told a friend of mine that she was looking forward to being in heaven and watching the suffering in hell and said that she considered that as part of the reward for all she is going through here. I'm sure this person has silver plastic fish plastered on the back of her car and "What Would... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Lawyers

I'm a member of Prepaid Legal and I have had to employ their services on a few occasions. I've also had to hire an attorney when I was involved with property management. I don't like having to file suits in court. I've always thought that people should be able to work out their differences. That... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Firing the Pied Piper

Supply-side Economics, AKA Trickle Down Economics. AKA Reaganomics. AKA Didn't Work. I'm not going to get in to a debate here on whether the econ. policy worked or didn't. When people talk up their own success they only speak of jobs created. Jobs lost always seems strangely overlooked. Ever since... Sign in to see full entry.

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Precious metals

Before the massive and egregious corporate skulduggery led to them needing a $750B stimulus package, there were business cycles. Stocks went up, stocks dropped off. Bonds and commodities rose when stocks fell and lost some of their value when stocks started climbing again. Investors knew what to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Wrong Perspective

Christians have a problem. There's evil in the world. People all over are rising up to fight it. Christians sit in a WWII pillbox and want to point fingers at everyone and say, "Okay God has raised us up to fight evil so first become one of us. Then join the fight." Narrow perspective. Bad strategy.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Plumbing and other essential vocations aside,

I don't think Joe Evangelical is going to want to live under a Palin dominionist administration. I think the nation's Christians need to think long and hard about the implications of Sarah Palin being a split heartbeat away from the Presidency. As I've said before, theocracy has little to do with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Good one

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Mindless opinion formation

I passed by a sign for the sheriff's campaign and as I looked at it my thought was "I think he's done a pretty good job." The problem is that I've heard that same line from people here about the president. It's an opinion without any real analysis of the thing talked about. It moves down the fence... Sign in to see full entry.

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