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Democrats and “Elitism”

Posted by Void on 09/08/2005

In the current political usage, “elite” usually means “educated” in the sense of being well-rounded intellectually. THAT is what we are struggling with. It’s people who want to learn it for themselves vs. people who would rather take someone else’s word for it. Spirituality vs. blind faith. Evolution vs. stagnancy. Proactive vs. reactive. We’re back […]

No Nostradamus

Posted by Void on 09/05/2005

I have to get this out before it rots my head. Stuff happens. “I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.” — George W. Bush, to Diane Sawyer. It didn’t take a Nostradamus to know this could happen. National Geographic predicted the New Orleans disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina in October, 2004. Thousands […]

Who Are You?

Posted by Void on 09/05/2005

I see that Dubya has nominated dark horse John Roberts to succeed Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Roberts has little experience as a judge, though the press was quick to point out that he has argued cases in front of the Supreme Court. I’m a bit worried about his coded description, “reputation for goodwill and decency,” […]

NAMI Hurricane Aid

Posted by Void on 09/03/2005

I do not have the words to express my anger over the lack of response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Too little, too late, they are saying. I would be a much harsher critic. The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is responding to the needs of the mentally ill […]

The American Dream

Posted by Void on 08/07/2005

The American Dream requires that you spend spend spend the future and hope that future earnings pay the debt.

Night of the Long Knives

Posted by Void on 07/13/2005

The National Socialist party didn’t spring full-grown from the head of Zeus. The groundwork for the Night of the Long Knives was laid years before it happened.There are a lot of parallels between the increasing curtailment of freedom in the US and the laws in post-WWI Germany. We have not yet been punished by the […]

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