Political Strateegery

The past eight years have allowed me to develop a healthy degree of cynicism.  I no longer think that all of our countrymen (and countryladies) have the best interest of every American at heart. It has become painfully obvious that conservatives have no desire to compromise. I have considered what an Obama presidency without a fillibuster proof Senate would be.  The GOP would simply obstruct every single thing Obama, Pelosi, and Reid would try to do.  I find myself hoping for a completely Democratic Exec, House, and Senate just to get things done.   If the Democrats do not reach 60 seats in the Senate, we are guaranteed at least two years of complete deadlock.  That means no comprehensive health care, that means not raising taxes on rich assholes, that means at… Continue reading

I'm asking this question because the policies of the Republican party (even before it was hijacked by the fanatical, er I mean evangelical christians) do not support the success of the poor or middle class. There is not one good example of a Republican policy that supports the rise of the two classes. Even the policies that might appear to look supportive, are never really supportive to any other class but the rich. It's very easy for me to prove this point with all of us still suffering from the last eight years of Republican control. Even the smallest of benefits are crushed by the overwhelmingly harmful side-effects.

Just recently, I found out that my yoga instructor was a Republican and voting for the Republicans in the election. I knew Continue reading

Hello all! Tonight's post is a short respite from presidential politics. There are plenty of places to see religious material, I am going to provide a little material from another perspective. Not necessarily political, but extremely poignant in many ways. This is a short performance of George Carlin, the most eloquent Atheist and cynic on God's green earth, discussing religion: Here we have Kurt Vonnegut talking, as only he can, about science, truth and the meaning of life. Worth the seven minutes: George Carlin pretty much speaks for himself. His pace and relentless deconstruction of conventional wisdom is hypnotizing. I wish he was my grandpa. When Vonnegut says, referring to science and scientists, 'the TRUTH was dropped on Hiroshima", he hits on a point that is very close to defining… Continue reading