"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is at his worst."
said by Aristotle and posted by Tyler Halvorson.
July 5, 2011
May 29, 2011
The Art of Music
"The art of music
frees us from ourselves
for fleeting, hallowed glimpses
into the golden galactic mirror
of our soul and of its universes"
as said to my by Lyle Taylor
frees us from ourselves
for fleeting, hallowed glimpses
into the golden galactic mirror
of our soul and of its universes"
as said to my by Lyle Taylor
April 13, 2011
US Owing Trillions
It took the US over 10 years to get into this type of debt and it will take it at least that much time to get out of it. It started with an unfunded $2-4 trillion dollar war in Iraq. Then came the banking crisis as bankers went unregulated and started risky business practices. Then came along several national disasters and several other natural disasters in the world that we helped on.
Better to have done what Thomas Jefferson would have done - he would have, if he were president at the time, went to the United Nations about Iraq and left the country go the way of Tunisa, Egypt and Libya, as he believed for a true democracy to emerge, the revolution must come from within. For us, that is democracy on the cheap.
We are a government of the people, by the the people and for the people. So we only have ourselves to blame. We elect these people. We want everything from our government, the leaders are not real leaders, they are interested more in keeping their high paying jobs in government, democrat and republican alike. Pay the taxes and get out of this mess and watch who you vote for. Wars are very expensive and send a country spiraling deep into debt. And remember history. How many of you can remember the "guns and butter" of Johnson's "Great Society" and funding the Vietnam war at the same time and that fiasco. Those who don't understand history tend to repeat it. Pay up.
Better to have done what Thomas Jefferson would have done - he would have, if he were president at the time, went to the United Nations about Iraq and left the country go the way of Tunisa, Egypt and Libya, as he believed for a true democracy to emerge, the revolution must come from within. For us, that is democracy on the cheap.
We are a government of the people, by the the people and for the people. So we only have ourselves to blame. We elect these people. We want everything from our government, the leaders are not real leaders, they are interested more in keeping their high paying jobs in government, democrat and republican alike. Pay the taxes and get out of this mess and watch who you vote for. Wars are very expensive and send a country spiraling deep into debt. And remember history. How many of you can remember the "guns and butter" of Johnson's "Great Society" and funding the Vietnam war at the same time and that fiasco. Those who don't understand history tend to repeat it. Pay up.
April 4, 2011
Hypatia
This is Hypatia who was a teacher and scientist at the Library of Alexandra in about 400AD. To me, she is the most important woman in history that is hardly ever talked about. All she wanted to do was research and teach. She was considered a pagan and pulled from her carriage while going to work, brutilized and killed by a Christian mob. The orders came from Cyril, the archbishop. He was made a saint.
March 18, 2011
Who is to blame for America's ills?
Be careful who you blame for all the ills of our government. Ours is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. We need only to look at ourselves.
January 17, 2011
Tunisia
It is my contention, that if humans do not destroy life on earth first, every nation in the world will someday be a democracy. This is because it is the most natural and normal form of government. Granted there are times in our own democracy where the public discourse becomes so vitriolic or religious forces take over - one has to wonder - but in the end, our democracy will prevail.
I ask you to look at what is going on in Tunisia right now. This is what eventually happens and like Thomas Jefferson said "the tree of human liberty must be fertilized by the blood of tyrants from time to time." In this region of dictators for leaders, it was hard to imagine that a people's revolution of this type would ever occur. It seems that it is occuring. This is historic. It happens. It is the movement of history. The people want a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
There are a lot of specific reasons for this (beyond it is the inexorable movement of history)like the internet and a weak government, but the people there want "democracy" like colonial America did in 1776.
Finally, it is also my contention that other countries cannot do this dangerous work for another country (nation build)like the U.S. has tried in Iraq. It must come from the discontent and unrest within that country.
If I lived in one of these dictatorial regimes, I would be arrested and likely put to death for the statements I make here. The least I can do is support it through this electronic media. What is going on there is not war ( all war accomplishes is a temporary change of government), it is revolution coming from within, like our forefathers, those radicals in colonial America did several centuries ago.
As Americans, we often think of the historical outcomes of events of our time such as a change in presidential leadership, political party, America's involvement in a war, but I contend, these things will pale historically compared to what is going on in this little country of Tunisia, today.
I ask you to look at what is going on in Tunisia right now. This is what eventually happens and like Thomas Jefferson said "the tree of human liberty must be fertilized by the blood of tyrants from time to time." In this region of dictators for leaders, it was hard to imagine that a people's revolution of this type would ever occur. It seems that it is occuring. This is historic. It happens. It is the movement of history. The people want a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
There are a lot of specific reasons for this (beyond it is the inexorable movement of history)like the internet and a weak government, but the people there want "democracy" like colonial America did in 1776.
Finally, it is also my contention that other countries cannot do this dangerous work for another country (nation build)like the U.S. has tried in Iraq. It must come from the discontent and unrest within that country.
If I lived in one of these dictatorial regimes, I would be arrested and likely put to death for the statements I make here. The least I can do is support it through this electronic media. What is going on there is not war ( all war accomplishes is a temporary change of government), it is revolution coming from within, like our forefathers, those radicals in colonial America did several centuries ago.
As Americans, we often think of the historical outcomes of events of our time such as a change in presidential leadership, political party, America's involvement in a war, but I contend, these things will pale historically compared to what is going on in this little country of Tunisia, today.
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