Archive for August, 2008
It seems like everyone in this country, including the mainstream media, has been beating the war drums in an effort to get us into Cold War Part Deux with Russia, for the sole reason that they’re undemocratic and Putin’s some kind of new Saddam — a dictator. The problem is that, although the media portrays [...]
I’m in absolute shock right now: one of the most intelligent, articulate, and overall wonderful people I know is… A McCain supporter. It just does not compute with the workings of my mind — and she’s not very conservative in the least, in fact, she has political leanings much like mine. And she’s swallowed every [...]
Yesterday, I experienced my disgust for those who are incompetent, but aren’t done away with because they are the administrators. Today, it is not necessarily incompetence that I talk of, but competence.
One of the oldest adages ever repeated is, “Practice makes perfect”. The idea is, as we do something more, we get better at [...]
Okay, so Obama clinched the nomination, and the evil Billary-ites did not turn the Pepsi Center on its head and kill all the Obama supporters, so I suppose we’re all going to take the fight to McCain, now, correct? There’s nothing more evil than an American imperialist like John McCain, a POW with an itchy [...]
After confirming that the majority of those in administrative positions that I know personally are totally incompetent, and corrupt to boot, I’m wondering how people could ever get there — administrating with a total lack of skill in their work. How is it possible, that the people placed in charge are the worst? How is [...]
With the general election looming, it seems like the media is trying to pigeonhole various voters into “voter demographics” based on wealth, skin color, religion, sexual orientation, location, whether they own a dog or a cat, what their favorite pizza topping is, etc. etc, as we saw in the primaries. It’s pretty funny watching these [...]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: off-shore drilling is the biggest scam since we were told the Iraq had links with al-Qaeda. But, time and time again, the Republicans (and now, their evil twin, the Dems, are supporting it as well) have been saying that it will reduce crude oil and gas [...]
I’ve heard from a lot of self-proclaimed education experts that a voucher-based school choice system is the best way to go, since it would force the schools to compete for students. It is definitely a terrible, terrible idea, and here’s why:
Size
In a perfect voucher world, kids would switch to whatever schools they wanted to because [...]
If you could, would you look into the magical crystal ball and see the future?
Now, there are two scenarios about the future:
1: The future assumes that you do not look into the future and is dependent on what you would do had you not looked into the future (meaning, if you look into the future, [...]
Sensitivity
August 24, 2008 in Philosophy
Tags: Commentary, Life, Philosophy
One debacle I’ve encountered in dealing with human beings (to sound alien-y) is that, well, some of us are more sensitive to certain things than others are. I’m not necessarily talking about your super-sensitive front teeth or your friend from Chicago who wears a t-shirt and shorts in the middle of winter. I’m talking about [...]