my thoughts on my life and my world
UPDATE: April 15, 2008 Well, it’ll never happen now. When I wrote this (January 2006) I actually had my hopes up that it would happen, due to the rising influence of the Democratic Party in Congress. Betrayal is all I feel now; the elected and re-elected Congress people went in with two clear [...]
The Wolfowitz doctrine, which George W. Bush has made into official U.S. foreign policy, envisions a “New American Century” of one world, under God [as Christian fundamentalists view him], indivisible from the One Superpower, with liberty and justice for all who are for us (not for those against us). [...]
It’s like Chomsky repeatedly says: institutions are not about to do anything that would harm themselves.
Power is intoxicating. When men get a taste of it, it is addictive like crack, like crystal meth. Power is the rich man’s meth. Once he gets it, he’ll do anything to keep the supply [...]
The Ron Mann documentary film of Woody’s “SOL” (Simple Organic Living) contained this poem, and I went to the website and found it. The film is called Go Further.
This movie is described well by a Woody quote from someone on heavenlysanctuary.com:
“Eating is a simple and political act that we practice every day. It has [...]
View the movie clip. It’s embarrassing to me to think my president can’t field questions from the press without looking like he’s in way over his head. Is it too much to ask of a president that he (or she) be a good communicator? Shouldn’t that really be a prerequisite for the [...]
FROM FOX NEWS:
WASHINGTON — Ninety-five bishops from President Bush’s church said Thursday they repent their “complicity” in the “unjust and immoral” invasion and occupation of Iraq.
“In the face of the United States administration’s rush toward military action based on misleading information, too many of us were silent,” said a statement of conscience signed by more [...]
Noam Chomsky is not a website, but since you’re reading this on a website (probably), you’ll want to go to virtual place to learn more. Noam Chomsky is probably the guy who I would consider the smartest guy alive currently. An M.I.T. linguistics professor by trade, a political commentator and activist by passion, [...]
