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Clique & Claque

Posted in Culture, Life, News, Politics, Relationships, tagged , , on November 5, 2008 | No Comments »

When I was a boy there was a toy called a clacker. It had many names yet had minimum amusement. It was two acrylic balls connected to a string. I jerked the string and caused the balls to be in motion and they’d smack into each other and make a click /clack sound. The idea [...]

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A Vision Of Long Division

Posted in Culture, Life, News, Politics, Random Thoughts, Relationships, Roman Catholicism, tagged , , on November 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »

How can 1 in 7 voters remain undecided so late in the game?
Because they’re afraid. Because they know McCain is too old and Palin is too inexperienced and Obama is too leftist and he leaves too many questions unanswered. Because they know it’s broken and they don’t know how to fix it. Because they stand [...]

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Our Civilization Hangs In The Balance

Posted in Culture, Life, News, Politics, Roman Catholicism, tagged , , on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I read with great sorrow this morning of the effigy of Sarah Palin that hangs from Chad Morrisette’s roof in California. I’m a democrat. I can’t comprehend it. Regardless of political ideology, this is inappropriate at best and outrageously vile at worst. This isn’t freedom of speech. I don’t understand a community who would permit [...]

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Polls & Poles - Bipolar

Posted in Politics, tagged on September 29, 2008 | No Comments »

Here are my final thoughts on politics:
Politics is idealistic. Policies are realistic. And politicians are paternalistic so that you’ll patronize their patriotism.
Ideals aren’t real. They’re surreal. Ideals are amongst and not among. Ideals are evaporated wishes. Ideals stir above the water.
Yet we’re flooded with problems. We need to wade through. The tide is too tumultuous [...]

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Acting Like An Activist

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Media, News, Politics, tagged , , on September 23, 2008 | No Comments »

My opinion about celebrities engaged in public political debate isn’t influenced by my political leanings. Politically I could not be more liberal. I have a problem with a disproportionate amount of influence. Actors are performers. They perform a function. They either perform the function of serving the writer or offering a performance for entertaining the [...]

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