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Category Archives: Social Commentary
Self-Loathing
I’ve never understood self-loathing. I just know it when I see it. Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Nihilism, Political Analysis, Political Rant, Social Commentary
Tagged HR 758, Iraq, propaganda, Russia, Sandy Hook, Vietnam, Wall Street, WMDs
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Ten Commandments For The New American Century
I got these without consulting a burning bush, or even having to leave the comfort of my home. People like rules. So here is fresh set of commandments, a divine path for putting America on the straight and true. Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Corporatism, Deconstruction, Democracy, Political Analysis, Social Commentary, War and Peace
Tagged capitalism, climate change, corporate personhood, corporate welfare, election reform, equality, fair taxation, Federal Reserve, infrastructure, instant run-off, justice, law and order, Mother Earth, peace, renewing America, Ten Commandments, war, war and peace
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Bye-Bye Miss American Pie
I love pie charts! They are so deliciously informative. A good pie chart makes data so digestible! What’s your piece of the American pie? Are you one of the 400 aristocrats who own more wealth than the bottom 150 million people in America? Probably not, unless you’re reading this on your yacht or private jet. Continue reading
Absentee Patriotism
Regardless of where I live, I’m just an ordinary citizen merely doing my duty. Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Political Analysis, Social Commentary
Tagged autocracy, censorship, democracy, expatriate, FISA, habeas corpus, NDAA, NSA, patriotism, political corruption, surveillance, totalitarianism, tyranny
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Starts With ‘C’ Rhymes With Dancer
The food in America is toxic. Maybe not as poisonous as rat poison but ultimately just as lethal. Continue reading
Posted in Corporatism, Democracy, Food, Political Analysis, Social Commentary
Tagged cancer, congress, Ebola, GMO, GMO labeling, Monsanto, Obama, politics, Roundup, tumors
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Rod Serling Is Alive!
Rod Serling is alive and well! With the Twilight Zone, he was just getting warmed up. Look around! His new high concept reality TV show is our reality. “Picture if you will . . .” Continue reading
Conscious . . . Conscience . . .
Question of the day: How do we deal with people who are fully conscious, basically stable and mentally sound, have a conscience, but who ignore what that conscience is saying to them? Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Philosophy, Political Rant, Social Commentary, War and Peace
Tagged conscience, death squads, drones, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, morality, Native Americans, Pakistan, Syria, Vietnam, war, Yemen
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The Bully Pulpit vs. American Idol
When presidential elections are run as beauty pageants, or talent contest spectacles like American Idol, we can’t expect real leadership. We can only expect a president who struts and works the audience, plays the judges, gives crowd-pleasing performances, and soaks up the all the love he can get. We certainly can’t expect thoughtful, principled stands on the vital issues, responding to the greater needs of the country and serving the general welfare of the public. Continue reading
Long live the mob!
Free speech is curtailed by governmental action, not by individuals acting sometimes imprudently or illegally. The right to free speech is not absolute and is rightfully and hopefully judiciously curtailed by legal instruments enforced by the state, hate speech being the best example of properly restricted expressions which do not deserve the protection of constitutional imprimatur. Continue reading →