November 2008
10 posts
"This surely leads us to a happy place full of...
Three things that make me want to go back to school:
SHRDLU.
The first two parts of an ongoing three-part discussion on philosophy: Part 1: All noble things are as difficult as they are rare and Part 2: The best of all possible worlds (part 3 is forthcoming).
THOMAS.
“TV doesn’t really seem to satisfy people over the long haul the way that...”
– Unhappy People Watch TV, Happy People Read/Socialize :: University Communications Newsdesk, University of Maryland
The article goes on to say:
Martin likens the short, temporary pleasure of television to addiction: “Addictive activities produce momentary pleasure and long-term misery and...
“…the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what...”
– Kathleen Parker: Giving Up on God [emphases mine]
I would expand the population affected by this affliction to include Republicans, Democrats, and independents. It’s not just killing the Republican Party.
The entire body politic, and even our culture beyond that, are poisoned by...
“This is about telling you that you mean nothing. That democracy is a nice word,...”
– Jane Hamsher: Lieberman: Suck On That, Liberals!
An even more pointed critique of the Lieberman F-U to the left (and moreover, to Democratic activists working for “change”). That conservative shitbag from CT spent the last 6+ months essentially walking behind Obama campaigners, pulling...
“Having Democrats overlook Lieberman’s extremist views and reward him is...”
– Glenn Greenwald: Has there been too much bipartisanship or too little?
And you have to ask: whom does our so-called “political” class serve? Here’s a hint: if you make less than six (or more likely, seven or eight) figures, it certainly isn’t you.
“It is worth remembering that the Democrats who are going to exert dominant...”
– Glenn Greenwald: The Democrats of 2002 and 2007 haven’t gone anywhere.
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