On other political news (now that I've gone off on California's gigantic mistake, probably soon to be followed to by many other states with similar failures to comprehend separation of church and state)--

It's good to see that Barack Obama won the Presidency-- I'd have loved to stand with John McCain, since he is a fellow veteran-- but as I've ( Read more... )

Well, well, well.... seems like 52% of the stupid f***ing sheep voters in California have proven that we too still deserve the title of "Bigot State"-- likewise too many of these morons voters seem to have no comprehension of the idea of SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE since their expressed opinion in voting on Proposition 8 (State Constitutional ( Read more... )

I find myself greatly disturbed by all the 'sabre-rattling' our politicians are doing over the Russia-Georgia confrontation in the Caucasus.  I think in this instance we're going overboard and are largely wrong in our criticisms.  I know some of our politicians would like to feed the great U.S./Russian rivalry, but in this case the Russians aren't ( Read more... )

“,,,part of his delusion was the belief that mechanization and modernization are ruining the world ( Read more... )

As I've been viewing the news and political arguments lately, one of the things that really disgusts me about living in America is the ever-present "NIMBY" (Not In My BackYard) impulse that seems to come up again and again and again and again ( Read more... )

(here's the other heavy bit of replying I've done lately-- one more excerpt from such posts on other threads, also regarding military matters and torture ( Read more... )

(this bit comes from a reply I wrote to posts made elsewhere-- more thoughts on the torture subject, and other military-related matters ( Read more... )

If there's a war on, how come the only people really affected by it are the people currently in uniform, while the rest of the country goes on with business as usual?

Seems yesterday a lot of people blogged on the subject of Torture all around LJ yesterday... Here I suppose is my comment on it (as prompted by one of the other posts I read around the net, and also posted out there as a reply):

I'm willing to stand against torture under pretty much ANY circumstances, for a couple of reasons:

1. Torture doesn't work ( Read more... )

Heard on the news this morning ( Read more... )