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No más Iraq & Gaddafi is dead

No más Iraq & Gaddafi is dead

I remember sitting in my room, watching the television, via “embedded reporters” as our country invaded Bagdad.  I was a staunch conservative and “down for the fight.”  I mean, who wouldn’t be?  I had grown up watching epic action movies, playing wild video games; and I was a male… us males grew up in “competition.”  [...]

What is the American Dream? Streamlined perspectives

What is the American Dream? Streamlined perspectives

Not everyone is experiencing it. Not everyone is experiencing it, not only because our experiences are different, but because what our minds are capable of differ, as well.  Many in society are being driven further & further into mental instability each day.  I believe this is a reaction of our minds to the continuous daily [...]

Showdown, 6am, Friday,  Zuccotti Park, NYC

Showdown, 6am, Friday, Zuccotti Park, NYC

Well, we face a showdown, folks.  A report from OccupyWallSt.Org says,   [Last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to "clean the park"—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. "Cleaning" was used as a pretext to shut down "Bloombergville" a few months back, and to [...]

The Podium From Which We Speak

The Podium From Which We Speak

Speaking to our limited world. Using the phrase “our limited world” as the limit of people in which our voice can be heard when we speak. Everyone has a platform.  Everyone has an idea.  Some choose to speak from their platform more than others.  Some choose not to say much at all.  However, at the [...]

Occupy Movement & Socialism

Occupy Movement & Socialism

There is a fascinating article in the Guardian posted yesterday, Saturday the 8th of December by Joanna Walters in Seattle.  It brings to light many things which I enjoyed reading about.  She referenced 63 year old Dick Steinkamp, a retired Sillicon Valley executive who said, “I marched against the Vietnam war before I was drafted [...]

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