Seabiscuit, one of the most famous and beloved champions of horse-racing history, began his career quite inauspiciously, appearing to have little future as a winner.

Seabiscuit ran in 35 races as a two-year-old, including 3 claiming races.

These included three claiming races, in which h… Read full post »

On Wednesday night, November 30^th, I saw Rocky Anderson on Rachel Maddow’s show where he presented his thoughts about running for president representing a newly formed political party, the Justice Party.  You can find a video clip of his appearance here.  He appears at approxi/… Read full post »

The Occupy Wall Street protestors’ validity has been enhanced just this week by an SEC settlement with Citigroup.  Citigroup settled a one BILLION dollar fraud suit for a mere $285,000,000.  That’s astounding!  Let’s check the numbers on that;

1,000,0… Read full post »

So, we’ve finally come to this: a caste system that specifies who can and cannot vote based on income levels.  I believe we are truly seeing a transformation of America into something completely unrecognizable in terms of the ideals I was taught while growing up.  A colu/… Read full post »

Republicans have been primarily the corporate party.  You might think that someone who represents big business would understand the premise that when hiring someone to run a business, you try to hire an individual who will work toward success of that business rather than working to/… Read full post »

In a miraculous development, congressional heretics and infidels, those godless heathens bound for the Great Sinners’ Dungeon, managed to prevent the United States GODvernment from shutting down, leaving the Satanic Planned Parenthood in tact for the present time. 

Further disappo… Read full post »

There is an interesting contradiction in the way many people construe “confessions” or expressions of emotion made under the influence of alcohol.  Negative statements are generally given far more credibility than positive statements.  The same is true of actions, but I think it… Read full post »

The ACLU won a victory in appeals court challenging the constitutionality of the FISA Amendments Act.  This is the act that Obama supported while still a senator.  The e-mail notice follows:

VICTORY! Court Says Plaintiffs Can Challenge Bush Wiretapping Law 

In a huge victory for priv… Read full post »

AMERICA WAS “FOUNDED ON COMPROMISE”?

Obama Ignores Truman: Rationalizing Tax Cuts & Cowardice

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

Actions of the Democratic leadership over the past few years demonstrate a grim… Read full post »

Many Americans are concerned about the threat of a theocracy arising in Egypt and the Middle East as a result of the uprisings occurring there.  Threat of theocratic government, or theocracy, is certainly a matter worthy of constant vigilance and I am among those who profess uncertainty… Read full post »

"Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels." – Francisco Goya 

America has entered a new era of fantasy and unreason.  In light of the controversy surrounding Jared Loughner&/… Read full post »

Societal violence is not caused by speech; violently tinged speech is a reflection of societal conditions that create unrest and violent urges among the citizenry.  That is not to say that there are no individuals who are inherently more inclined toward violence; such individuals defin/… Read full post »

The political landscape in the U.S.A. has officially become the land of absurditics; The Politics of the Absurd.

The AP reports in its article, O'Donnell denies misuse of campaign money, that two federal prosecutors and two FBI agents in Delaware are investigating Christ… Read full post »

“…the children are our future …” 

Into which beliefs is our future being indoctrinated? 

Let’s face the fact that not all beliefs are equal in how they affect human interactions, which affect the future of humanity.

Shimkus 

There has been a r… Read full post »

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” – Mahatma Gandhi 

In a recent on-camera interview, Michael Vick declared his desire to own a dog again.  Many people rightly question whether that s… Read full post »

I have recently become a security guard at a small community college.  While there have been times in my life when I was a manager of people or have been charged with protecting property, including a stint decades ago as a night watchman on a stud ranch in New Mexico,/… Read full post »

Pelosi and a group of Democrats in the House of Representatives have refused Obama’s GOP tax giveaway for the rich, at least in its present written form.  They have refused to bring the tax plan to the floor for a vote.

This is a positive development, but I’m remaining skeptic… Read full post »

I received this in an email from a friend; I do not know its origin:

Here's a solution to all the controversy over full-body scanners at the airports:
 
All we need to do is develop a booth that you can step into that will not X-ray you, but… Read full post »

The results of the recent mid-term elections reminded me of something that happened one day at work, back in early June 2010; I was unexpectedly exposed to the International Baccalaureate Program (IB).  The individual introducing me was a friendly coworker who was incensed about th… Read full post »

“I’m suspicious of fun. I never quite know what that is or how to deal with it or how to generate it.” – Hugh Laurie 

Wh… Read full post »

Since the Republican blowout in the midterm elections, we’ve repeatedly heard the question, “What should Democrats do now?”  I think there is one very important lesson from the past two election cycles that is being missed and will continue to be missed.  De/… Read full post »

This is a repost that I thought might be of special interest since so many are commenting about HBO's "You Don't Know Jack" presentation. The original post, “What is dignity? Is it a useful concept?” can be found here, along with the original comments. 

 “Di… Read full post »

 There is an old adage about hypocrisy; “Do as I say, not as I do.”   That adage appears, in virtually every aspect of American interactions, whether on an individual plane, a societal plane, or perhaps most especially on an international plane. 

The… Read full post »

Once again, Catholics find themselves faced with the hypocrisy of their religious leaders as more evidence of pedophilia among the Catholic clergy runs rampant.  Of course, hypocrisy in religion has never been in short supply: history is replete with patent examples.  An overw… Read full post »