https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/Join, Raven Darke as she dares to ask questions that you have only thought about! We'll explore a wide range of issues from the nature of evil to the search for truth hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/646263The answer to America's economic malaise is obvious. We need to start another war!! It's just economy of scale, enough wars and everyone without work will be employed by the defence industry. It is the only bullet proof industry left in America. Rain or shine the country churns out Jets, tanks,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/645724The cost of a democracy is measured in many things. It is measured in the freedoms it extends to its citizens and how it protects those freedoms from encroachment and tampering. The cost is measured in lives both lost by it's armed forces in conflict and it's front line responders in civilian...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/645332We are on the verge of a disaster of our own making. It was once possible to turn away from the road we now seem destined to march down, but now it is all but certain. "a bigger challenge the Pentagon will face is future conflicts fought around and over reduced resources and environmental...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/644738Deja Vu. Four men are arrested with intentions of wiretapping telephones. Now I remember Watergate, and while this isn't up to the cancer on the presidency it is important for two reasons. Reason 1: If the Republicans, by proxy, and the conservative ideology in America by intention are so...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/644072Filibusters, Conservative Activist Judges, Tea Parties and of course Sarah Palin. This is the face of the Republican Party. Also known as the Grand Old Party, and the party of $$$$$$$, priviliege and the party that brought Aerica Abu gharib, Torture, rendition and two failing wars. Today Activist...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/642670There is an old adage about the News, namely, "If it bleeds, it leads!" News has historically gained ratings points on the back of scandal and blood. Over at NBC the just announced demise of the 10pm Jay Leno Show is really no surprise. It felt like a retread and it didn't provide the network's...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/642401Show of hands, who wants to be safe. I'll forgo a recount as this vote contains no hanging chads. Safety is for most of us a paramount concern. We would do just about anything to keep ourselves safe and those we love. Plus, hey; you worked hard for that IPhone and Big Screen TV, the SUV, DVD, Wii...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/642077Behind the scenes something is rotten in the state we are in. There is a familiar indictment floating through the air these days that suggests that the country has drifted away from the ideals that established it's greatness. Is this all a load of bitterness by those who are being now ushered off...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/DarkeMusings/64181965 Billion Dollars wasted. That's a rough estimate on the cancelled F22 jet. Now I am not a defense contractor. I don't work for the pentagon and I am not questioning President Obama and his Cabinet on the cancellation. What I want to know is how come we keep spending Billions of dollars to kill...