Category Archives: Civil Society
Zen – Heinz, please
The problem with discussing social issues in public is that they usually end up being unsocial. Once we get beyond describing ourselves as Heinz 57 with legs … well that’s when the fight breaks out.
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Dear Cable Outlets — you need to find a way to tweak Bill Maher’s willy. Now.
Bill Maher is on HBO which does not have ‘advertisers’, only cable outlets which send money. So how do you deal with rudeness that is vile? Rush Limbaugh was a disgusting figure in his attack on Fluke. Bill Maher actually … Continue reading
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Zen – Juror and Jurist, Advocate and Devil’s Advocate
If you can’t argue against your own beliefs convincingly then you really don’t have strong beliefs to begin with. To me it seems only reasonable that if you wish to be an effective advocate then you must also seek to … Continue reading
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We are the many not the few — or so always goes the argument
We are the many not the few – if you don’t think too hard about this song it could represent almost any political philosophy. Makana, the singer, if he wasn’t wearing a Greek fishing cap and short goatee a la … Continue reading
Zen – Mold, Mildew and Evil
“All it takes for evil to thrive is for good men to do the bare legal requirement …” – Doug Rutkowski, or whomever he heard it from
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Zen – A Sign(s) of the Time(s)
The recorded history of the world as we know it is encapsulated in the signs below. It has always been so and will always be so. I normally say thank you to whomeever I borrowed something from. Oops! I forgot … Continue reading
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Zen – Democrats and Republicans. Who Needs Them?
Remember: smoking is bad for your health. If you think that Democrats and Republicans are working for the greater good then please share what you are smoking … even if it does have side effects. Smoke enough and you won’t … Continue reading
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Zen – Just as I was about to cross the street, along came …
The problem with liberals is that they are right half of the time. And conservatives often have a point that doing nothing is sometimes perhaps better than doing something. Our challenge is to not get run over by stupid.
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Dear President Eisenhower — Some of us miss you … or never really knew you but in hindsight wish you were among us today
I was born the year that Eisenhower was elected to his second term. I have no personal memories of him. Yet we live in a time where there are those that want to take our country back … back to … Continue reading
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