"If the truth be known, the truth is more than to each his own."
Truth is Truth because it is constant, otherwise it'd be called something eles.
The fact that we don't understand the way something works or are incapable of finding a person who can explain it, doesn't prove it false or invalid. It simply means that we've got things to learn.
AND just becuase you don't belive something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You don't believe it, cool. That's your right. Still doesn't mean it's not real.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
where you stand depends on where you sit
Karl Marx was evil. You can feel free to disagree with me, but as far as I'm concerned his abusive attitude toward his wife, children, and personal hygiene are completely disgusting. He was greedy, lazy, and foul (in so many senses of the word) but he did have a knack for expression. Despite being despicable, he did, sometimes, phrase things nicely.
I particularly like this quote:
"Those without heritage are easily persuaded."
It is almost menacing, as if he was thinking of manipulating you, (shocking) I think it is also true.
If a person is unwilling to claim a past, they have no roots, no way to stay grounded and (forgive the trite metaphor) may easily be blown about in the storm of ideas.
So, if at all possible, know your history and be an Oak instead of a Palm-tree
I particularly like this quote:
"Those without heritage are easily persuaded."
It is almost menacing, as if he was thinking of manipulating you, (shocking) I think it is also true.
If a person is unwilling to claim a past, they have no roots, no way to stay grounded and (forgive the trite metaphor) may easily be blown about in the storm of ideas.
So, if at all possible, know your history and be an Oak instead of a Palm-tree
Monday, November 3, 2008
"a little side-step"
Judge Irving Younger, is quoted as having said: "The first task of free men is to call all things by their right names."
I absolutely agree. With out definitions, and recognition of those definitions, choas, atrocity, and severe annoyance are allowed to occur. Starting with the pollution of the general atmosphere and eventually ending with the destruction of all ideals.
On that note:
I am sick of the double-talk, glittering generalities and BS of our political personalities. The parasitical lobbyists, politicians and pundants are merely the most obvious offenders. However, in the DC area a day before the presidential election almost anyone you talk to is ready to regurgitate some foul piece of advertisement as Gospel Truth.
Nobody tells it like it is, not really (and especially not if they are trying to get elected).
In the process of writing the above paragraph I was interrupted 7 times by phone calls from the different political parties, each of them trying to tell me who I should vote for. I understand: it's a close race, every vote counts, that it's responsible participation in the democratic process!
But for the love of all things, can we please give the "Messiah-complex" a rest!
A new president is not, can not, and will not be a "savior". They're cupable, frail, HUMAN! (and as such certain to mess-up, alot.)
Whoever gets elected will fail to make good on all their promises, and in trying to implement new policies or change old ones will, without doubt, tick off large proportions of the population, maybe even everyone (not all at the same time of course, but eventually).
That being said, you should still go vote. Only, do so based on what you think not what streamlined add campaigns have been telling you to think. Examine your convictions and the candidates' words/ actions.
Then quit lying to yourself and get on with it.
I absolutely agree. With out definitions, and recognition of those definitions, choas, atrocity, and severe annoyance are allowed to occur. Starting with the pollution of the general atmosphere and eventually ending with the destruction of all ideals.
On that note:
I am sick of the double-talk, glittering generalities and BS of our political personalities. The parasitical lobbyists, politicians and pundants are merely the most obvious offenders. However, in the DC area a day before the presidential election almost anyone you talk to is ready to regurgitate some foul piece of advertisement as Gospel Truth.
Nobody tells it like it is, not really (and especially not if they are trying to get elected).
In the process of writing the above paragraph I was interrupted 7 times by phone calls from the different political parties, each of them trying to tell me who I should vote for. I understand: it's a close race, every vote counts, that it's responsible participation in the democratic process!
But for the love of all things, can we please give the "Messiah-complex" a rest!
A new president is not, can not, and will not be a "savior". They're cupable, frail, HUMAN! (and as such certain to mess-up, alot.)
Whoever gets elected will fail to make good on all their promises, and in trying to implement new policies or change old ones will, without doubt, tick off large proportions of the population, maybe even everyone (not all at the same time of course, but eventually).
That being said, you should still go vote. Only, do so based on what you think not what streamlined add campaigns have been telling you to think. Examine your convictions and the candidates' words/ actions.
Then quit lying to yourself and get on with it.
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