Here’s my confession: although I’m an Independent and usually vote Democrat, I seriously would have considered voting for John McCain if he’d gotten the Republican nomination in 2000. McCain appeared intelligent, open-minded, principled, and moderate. Then G. W. Bush was nominated, and, almost overnight, McCain started saying supportive, complimentary things about a man for whom […]
I was going to post this topic to my QuipSpot blog, but I’d like to hear a wider array of comments. It pertains to the two-party system that we succumb to in the U.S. Enjoy.
What’s the similarity between the items in this list?
Automobiles
Computers
VCRs
Cell phones
Easy…they all went through the same stages of acceptance, i.e. diffusion of […]
Hello all. Before I get into this post, I would like to reiterate Rick’s plea to expand the reach of Bravehumans. If you read my posts you know I’m a Democrat, and I lean at least a bit (maybe a lot) to the left. This describes the majority of the folks I’ve met here on […]
Life is all about balancing immediate needs against long-term goals. Often, this is segregated into talk of tactical (short-term) and strategic (long-term) activities. Note that these activities regularly conflict, as what is important immediately may have no relevance to, or be counterproductive to the long-term needs. However, your long-term strategy may never […]
Because of a recent discussion in my adult Sunday School class, I’m going to follow up Brian’s posting on Nuclear Options.
As I mentioned before, my Sunday school class is unusual; we often discuss political and social issues in light of our religious beliefs. The Iraq war is frequently mentioned, and, lately, concerns about Iran […]
Scanning the news, you will find several signs the U.S. is preparing for war with Iran. There has been a build-up of U.S. Naval ships in the gulf for some time, but recently things seem to be coming to a head. Plans for attacking Iran seem to be well established, and the White House […]
I’m writing this in defense of a friend. He has a business, and people like what he’s selling. Who wouldn’t, really? It’s ice cream! He was asked to be a vendor at a very popular street festival last year, and even though the weather was horrid (i.e. it rained almost every […]
I’m against the Iraq War, I think I’m for a surge, and I think we need to stand up a government in Iraq that will stand up to us and maybe even be chosen by a populace that will in all likelihood hate us for at least a decade. And the topper is that I […]
I was going to title this post “A Modest Proposal,” but I decided against it because what I want to propose is far from modest. Bold, yes. Crazy, yes. But not modest.
I’m tired of listening to politicians puppet the party standard. I’m tired of hearing how corporations own the government, […]
Hello all,
Been off the site for a few weeks due to work issues, etc. I’m still a bit strapped, but I wanted to forward something written by someone else. The following is a post I read on the John Edwards for President site. The author goes by the name Happy Warrior. I’ll say up front […]
