A friend forwarded me a link to an Alternet.org article “Why Are So Many Christians Conservative”. This article by Mike Lux basically implies that conservatism is incompatible with Christianity. Lux says; ” I decided about four decades ago that since…
Category: Thought Provoking
Doublethink vs Truth
Somewhere this week, I just can’t remember exactly where in the multitude of emails, newsletters, and subscriptions that I read every day, I say a quote from George Orwell’s novel “1984”. I also saw a reference to a video clip…
Current Financial Problems Facing USA has Roots in Decisions Made Decades Ago
According to WikiPedia, the Nixon Shock was a series of economic measures taken by President Nixon back in the 1970s. Follow the link and read the WikiPedia article. It isn’t hard to see that today’s financial troubles began decades ago…
Are Fears of Socialism and Fascism a Distraction?
A friend forwarded a link to a William Astore article on Alternet.org that argues the point that fears of socialism and fascism are just distractions from what is really happening…which is the theft of trillions of dollars by corporations and…
1906 Video of Market Street in San Francisco, Set to the Music of “Air”
Neat video of San Francisco’s Market Street before the 1906 earthquake. The video was shot from the front of a cable car, and is set to some pretty cool music by Air’s “Moon Safari” Alblum. The video has been slowed…
89 Year-Old Woman Drives a 43 Year-Old Car…
I like this woman! If you support Sustainable Living, you gotta like what old gal has done…. Drive the same car for 43 years and there sure isn’t much waste.
Random Quote: Ayn Rand
“Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.”
Rice Paddy Art
“Crop Art” from Japan: Bobby Jones forwarded me an email with Japanese rice paddy “crop art” that prompted me to do a little bit of searching on the internet. There has been quite a bit of buzz about “sustainable living”…
Furthermore to Our Distorted Perceptions of Beauty…
Here is a follow-on post to the previous post “Our Distorted Perceptions of Beauty”. Before and after shots of pictures that were digitally retouched. The beauty that we have been conditioned to value isn’t real. It’s not a real person,…
Of Self-Esteem, Responsibility & Feelings
There is a great line in the James L. Brooks movie, “Spanglish” (starring Adam Sandler, Tea Leoni and Cloris Leachman) about personal responsibility and self esteem. Deborah Clasky (Tea Leoni), is having an affair. Deborah’s mother, Evelyn (Cloris Leachman), knows…