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Category Archives: Social Commentary
Putting Boots (Birkenstocks) on the Ground: Part IV
People must unite at a local level, not under party banners, but as a voting bloc around issues that are important to them. Party labels — also very much the case with ideological labels — muddy the waters, get people unfocused on what’s truly consequential. ‘Democrat’, ‘Republican’, ‘liberal’, ‘conservative’, ‘libertarian’ — even more so with ‘socialist’, ‘Tea Party’, and ‘Green Party’ — have recently become so emotionally charged, clear thinking becomes difficult, constructive dialogue impossible. Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Democracy, Political Analysis, Social Commentary, War and Peace
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Citizens United, community, congress, constitution, Donald Trump, GMO labeling, Hillary Clinton, local politics, Medicare, military budget, minimum wage, social security, taxing the rich
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Putting Boots (Birkenstocks) on the Ground: Part III
Maybe people won’t talk politics. But once the floodgate is open, people will talk about what’s hurting them, what’s holding them back, how they are getting screwed by the system and those who run things, how they had wonderful dreams and hopes for their children which are being destroyed. So talk to them. And listen. Please! The future of our country depends on it. Continue reading
Peace is as American as . . . ?
Has America ever really had a peace movement? Actually not. But peace signs are great! Simple and attractive. Make a great tattoo. Charm bracelet. Bumper sticker. They’re compact, symmetrical. Fit nicely anywhere. PEACE, BROTHER! Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Political Analysis, Political Rant, Social Commentary, War and Peace
Tagged Afghanistan, anti-war, Dresden, Hiroshima, Iraq, Libya, Nagasaki, peace, peace movements, Super Bowl, Vietnam, war, war and peace
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Choose A Symptom, Ignore The Disease
America is very, very sick. The disease which is destroying our nation feeds on: 1) Unchecked imperial ambitions. 2) Exceptionalist hubris and arrogance. 3) The crushing power of corporations. 4) The militarization of everything. 5) Plutocratic tyranny and greed. None of the presidential candidates will talk about the disease. Because none of them has a cure. Continue reading
Americans . . . GET A GRIP!
The War On Terrorism is a fraud. We are paying trillions of dollars to be frightened out of our minds by peddlers of fear, pimps for profiteering defense contractors. Continue reading
Politics is a Rock Concert, Not a Seminar.
All we have now is war, morning, noon and night . . . 24/7/365. We need a new “anthem” that rocks this nation back to its senses. War and fear and militarization and national bankruptcy are over . . . if you want it. Continue reading
Posted in Corporatism, Democracy, Philosophy, Political Analysis, Social Commentary, War and Peace
Tagged Bernie Sanders, CSN&Y, Deerhunter, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, John Lennon, Katy Perry, militarization, military-industrial complex, peace dividend, people power, Ted Nugent, war and peace
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Happy New Year!
My heartfelt holiday song, performed by my lovely wife Masumi and I. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Spiritual, War and Peace
Tagged atheism, Christianity, Happy New Year, hope, humanism, Islam, Judaism, peace
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Imagine
John Lennon’s song is a landmark achievement. But we need to imagine what is ennobling of the human spirit, morally sound, spiritually uplifting, socially constructive, liberating and fair, at the same time sticking to what’s achievable and truly consistent with the limitations of our species. Continue reading
Posted in Deconstruction, Political Analysis, Social Commentary, Spiritual, War and Peace
Tagged anarchism, Heaven, Hell, human nature, Imagine, John Lennon, nationalism, religion, tribalism, utopia
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Squeak . . . woof . . . meow . . . tweet
Here, based on how many times they were “retweeted” or “favorited”, are some of the more popular verbal excretions that I oozed into the swirling torrent of Twitter burble over the past year. Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Deconstruction, Nihilism, Satire, Social Commentary
Tagged ADHD, brain dead, Facebook, hashtags, social collapse, social media, Twitter
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ASD: A Pandemic for an Empire in Decline
Who is to stop our sociopathic leaders from destroying everything? After all, it would be such an awesome selfie! Continue reading →