Ok, so watching these republican candidates just makes my skin crawl. I plan to say why in the next few days (maybe), along with a list of countries that should receive foreign aid and why. That one is proving a lot harder in my mind than I first thought.
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Allen and I have way too much time on our hands. We made this a few months ago, and I never got around to posting it. I think.
New Years celebrations just stick that whole idea of firecrackers in your head for a while after. I’ve been reading some of Hawking’s work lately simply because I am enamored with physics. Hell, I might go back and get another graduate degree, this time in something like physics, but we will see. Anyways, reading last night I had a fundamental conclusion: The concept of the Big Bang or Bubble Universe in no way precludes the existence of a God. Seriously, why are people so dumb as to fight this? It makes a shitload more sense than Biblical creationism. It fits with the concept of evolution which is imminently testable and more than proven, and it completely obliterates the absolutely idiotic concept of Young Earth Creationism. I came up with a more philosophical theory, (more…)
I just don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s because I’m a product of the cold war era. Maybe because I got to see it in it’s decline, and to see it finally die. Maybe because it gave me such great things as the James Bond series or great post-apocalyptic games. Now, hear me out – it’s not because I want to see society collapse, no, not at all. In fact, I am very much against that, trying to work for the Federal Government to preserve it, having done military time, etc. However, there is something about the exploration that comes with a post-apocalyptic world that ignites a rather childish delight inside of me. Why is it that crawling over (more…)
I’m so tired of hearing about Tiger Woods or Michael Vick. I really don’t give a shit what they did when there is more important stuff going on in the world. What about North Korea or the problems inside of Iran? Just look at the top underreported stories for 2010 and you can be as fucking annoyed as I am: the status of Iraq, Jihadists taking Somalia and mass rapes in the Congo. The American media always wants to report (more…)
I figured I’d sum up why I am so concerned that the current conservative regime may begin taking power back. Some people might say “What? That’s a liberal agender!” but in reality, if you look at the ultra-conservatives voicing the platform opinions, you will see that it really is a conservative viewpoint. One that scares the hell out of me, since conservatives spouting about socialism and communism are really falling into the Orwellian model of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Pretty scary considering they accuse the left of this.
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Therapy on the SA forums pretty much summed up the pertinent thoughts and problems with the Tea Party:
It occurs to me that the Tea Party is not only the minority opinion, but a terrified, fearful minority. I’ve been trying to figure out what they’re so scared of, and unfortunately I think it really does come down to change of any type. They view the progression of society as a threat to their expectations. The Norman Rockwell idealization of 1950s America that they hold so dear has been destroyed in their minds, and they are looking for somebody – anybody – to blame.
Largely I think this fear has been created by (more…)
CNN is reporting a hilarious little clip and story where Christine O’Donnell can’t quite seem to remember what’s in the First Amendment. Of course, her campaign manager plays it off expertly and tries to make Coons look bad, but if she can’t remember something so vital to our country (and pretend like it doesn’t mean what it says in black and fucking white) then why would anyone take her seriously? I mean, we already know (more…)
