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An "Old Army Vet" and liberal, qua liberal, with a passion for open inquiry in a neverending quest for truth unpoisoned by religious superstitions. Per Voltaire: "He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity."
Sunday, March 28, 2010 The GOP and Tea Partiers: Dumb as dirt and as dangerous as a mudslide
These are not good people. Good people try to find some way to help others, to see whether they can make this passage through life as bearable as possible. These are not good people. These are stupid people. And they're dangerous.
Sunday, April 19, 2009 AIG denied claims, and Jay Leno wanted to know . . . (1 comments)
When you're setting out to build a damn, one of the first things you've got to do is to create a diversion for the stream or river. That's what's going on with all the stories about the legitimate health insurance claims that AIG repeatedly denied.
Monday, March 9, 2009 Can anyone from the Church explain this to me? (2 comments)
The lawyer for the Archdiocese of Olinda and Cecife, said the little girl should have carried the twins to term, and had a cesarean section. "It's the law of God," Ms. Miranda, the attorney claimed. "Do not kill. We consider this murder."
Thursday, February 19, 2009 My open letter to a woman named Dee
The Republican Party's reincarnation of the 40th president as a towering hero is not the least different from the way Hollywood producers reincarnated Jesse James as a folk hero worthy of admiration.
Friday, November 14, 2008 Marauding chimpanzees and the November 4 results.
I was loath to compose the following, even more loath to forward it. But the news of and from America refuses to let me just sit and simmer.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 On the St. Paul protestors and on behlaf of the tree of liberty. (1 comments)
Passing quietly in the face of a threat to American hard-won rights just is not an American thing to do. An entire multitude might decide to pass quietly, to not make waves, to let it pass, but such are US citizens only, not Americans.
Sunday, July 6, 2008 Jim Prues asked an important question, Here's my reply.
Yesterday, the Fourth, my post, "Today is the Fourth. Stand up. For at least once in your life STAND UP!" was main headlined. A reader, Jim Prues responded, "I'm all for standing, and understanding, but where do we go from here?"
Thursday, May 8, 2008 I'm calling out the Press-Enterprise newspaper (1 comments)
"I want to tell you, from experience, that you are contributing to the deaths of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines." The ONLY ones who contributed to the deaths . . . are those who pulled the polling booth lever or punched the card on behalf of the delusional candidate who sent them, again, and again, and again, and . . .
Saturday, April 26, 2008 McCain's voting record (with attribution) - disdain for children and veterans
One would anticipate that, as a veteran, one of the planks he would stand front and center on would be support of those in our military, especially those who have borne the burden of the battle. Let's open his voting record, just to find out.
Sunday, March 30, 2008 With a few more brains . . . (1 comments)
Americans are as likely to believe in flying saucers as in evolution. Depending on how the questions are asked, roughly 30 to 40 percent of Americans believe in each. A 34-nation study found Americans less likely to believe in evolution than citizens of any of the countries polled except Turkey.
Sunday, March 30, 2008 My 20-year-old son Chris has his say
I'd like to introduce you to my son, Chris. This May, he will turn 20. He's taking a full college load in San Jose, he works full time for AT&T, and he's well informed about what's going on in the world; who the players are, what they've done, and what they're saying. Follows this intro is his reply to my earlier posting: "The hard-Right's latest push-poll survey."
Saturday, March 1, 2008 My open letter to Ed Schultz and Air America
But now I learn that KTPR in Cathedral City is succumbing to the Rightwing steam roller's efforts to silence any voice that does not echo its own. KTPR is to be no more. Its departure will leave only the viscerally deprecating orations and perorations of Rush and Sean and Bill and Laura and both Michaels to be heard, and in a short time, few will ever be the wiser.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 The 'Facts,' not revision myth on Ronald Reagan
I've received two 'comments' attempting to support the proposition that indeed our 40th president was our "Most beloved president." Follows are the FACTS, those "stubborn things" Ronnie liked to never permit to get in his way of make believe. Please, also observe I've included attribution, with direct linkage. As Yogi said, "You can look it up."
Sunday, February 10, 2008 My respectful reply to Rob (2 comments)
Bare-knuckle facts matter. And they must always be seen to matter, most importantly to teachers, those all of us rely on to elevate our youth to their rightful place as informed citizens. But when the teacher is him- or herself uninformed, the students he or she is responsible for can never hope to be. And . . . for want of a nail . . . the nation was lost.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 The brutality and bliss of ignorance
Over and over and over I encounter folks who profess beliefs without a shred of genuine knowledge as to what's behind them. On the one hand, it's not always costly. Yet on the other, the habit of simply accepting by mindless rote a proposal as a tautology, without first demanding evidence, can lead to the most maleficent disaster. Iraq and 9/11 and WMD is one example. That housing values and the stock market will always go up.
Saturday, February 2, 2008 To Rob Kall et al: A 3d-Party candidate; don't even think about it. (2 comments)
Elections are a zero-sum game. A vote that goes to Candidate 'A' is a vote that is denied to Candidate 'B'. What I beg those who feel lost to travail is to think very carefully . . . VERY . . . on a few truths.
Sunday, January 27, 2008 Why Raising Hell Matters (9 comments)
An "I don't know nothin' bout what Bull Connor done or didn't, it's all just your opinion and mine's different" is to me loathsome, active support of all the Bull Connors and what they represent everywhere. Maintaining a friendship with a friend of a Bull Connor, regardless of the rationale, is endorsement of the deprecations wrought by all the Bull Connors of the world.
Thursday, January 24, 2008 I'm headin' to the garage . . . to scream at the walls. (2 comments)
It ain't George Bush. It ain't Dick Cheney either. Nor is it the conservative curmudgeons breaking wind on the right side of the dial or on Fox News. Then again, it ain't the corporations either. They're all doing whatever they can get away with. Don't expect a coyote to not act like a coyote, or a rat to not act like a rat. It's your mother. It's your dad. It's my sister. That's who to blame.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 This is a quiz, tis is only a quiz, but my it is frightening. (1 comments)
Who do you suspect said the following? "Naturally the common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. Tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the doubters for being unpatriotic and placing the country in danger."
Thursday, December 13, 2007 A CHRISTMAS WISH FOR EVERYONE
Happy 'holidays,' really. Perhaps if everyone could cut the crap, most especially fundamentalists of all faiths, our soldiers truly could come home.
