Monday, March 28, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
The question of Hillary...
I've spent a lot of time considering the question of Hillary Clinton and if I would vote for her if that became an issue. And, of course, I can think of a lot of reasons why I wouldn't: how she's taken money from big banks and private prisons, how her message of "leave everything as it is and don't hope for anything better" is about as cynical as anything I've recently heard, how she has supported just about every use of our military no matter the cost, and on and on.
But if you were to ask me today why I simply cannot support Hillary, I would have to say that Hillary strikes me too much like the kind of candidate the Republicans used to run: one who pays lips service to the needs of the many while protecting the interests of the few.
The choice in any election is never between the two most popular candidates. Telling me it's either her or Drumpf just tells me you've misunderstood the choice. The choice is between what your conscious, along with any system of ethics or morality you choose to follow, will allow. Mine just simply will not allow me to vote for this candidate.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Monday, February 08, 2016
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2016
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Friday, January 08, 2016
Monday, January 04, 2016
First thing in the morning thought...
(This is one of those "first thing in the morning" thoughts. So, I apologize if it is not fully formed.)
We're all basically the same. White. Black. Muslim. Jew. Republican (kinda). Whovian. We all have, basically, the same wants and needs. Many of us fear that we won't be able to satisfy those wants and needs, that someone will take away that which satisfies those wants and needs.
And I can't help but wonder how much of that fear is just selfishness with a slightly more acceptable costume. I wonder how much misery and death and pain and suffering might simply go away if we stopped justifying our selfishness by calling it fear.
Probably a great deal.
We're all basically the same. White. Black. Muslim. Jew. Republican (kinda). Whovian. We all have, basically, the same wants and needs. Many of us fear that we won't be able to satisfy those wants and needs, that someone will take away that which satisfies those wants and needs.
And I can't help but wonder how much of that fear is just selfishness with a slightly more acceptable costume. I wonder how much misery and death and pain and suffering might simply go away if we stopped justifying our selfishness by calling it fear.
Probably a great deal.
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