February 25, 2008 – 11:49 am
Here in Asheville, NC, the police department is updating an ages-old concept in their attempts to discourage unwanted behaviour: public humiliation. As was recently announced, Asheville police have begun posting on their website and on the local television channel names and photographs of individuals charged with prostitution or soliciting for prostitution. Now read that again, [...]
February 14, 2008 – 12:08 pm
Just who is significant? Photo by highkey11, creative commons licenseI’m pretty sure I want Barack Obama for President, but I could still change my mind. Granted, in order for that to happen Obama would have to do something which demonstrated that he does not intend to carry through with the promises in his proposed policy. [...]
February 8, 2008 – 3:30 pm
Presenting The CaseFor two days I have been writing about the concept of Revolution. I have mused on the general concept, and I have talked about what the first step in overhauling the current system has to be. If we are going to try for real change, however, we also have to agree upon what [...]
February 7, 2008 – 12:06 pm
Presenting The CaseYesterday, I was thinking about Revolution in general terms: what it means, what might be the goal of a modern revolution, what tools we have to hand. Today I am thinking we need to break it down a little smaller. Recently, I was arguing with a friend about whether ideology or action are [...]
By celestina
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Posted in Musings, US News
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Tagged conspiracy-theory, corporate-interests, government, information, internet, lobbyists, monsanto, revolution, tyson, united-states
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February 6, 2008 – 5:08 pm
Presenting The CaseI am thinking a lot about the concept of revolution, these days. At this point, most people in the United States can agree that something has gone terribly wrong. We may disagree about when it started to go that way (my personal contention being “with Teddy Roosevelt”), or how far away from our [...]
February 5, 2008 – 12:23 pm
As Super Tuesday is upon us, the arguments over which prospective Democratic candidate should be chosen has grown steadily more heated here in the United States. Along with the candidates themselves engaging in pointed sound-byte rhetoric (all of which seems to come down to Hillary’s “experience”, and the massive parcel of baggage that said “experience” [...]
February 4, 2008 – 11:49 am
Just look at that crowd… — Photo by roxannejomitchell’s photos, Creative Commons.I spent much of yesterday writing a carefully researched and documented essay comparing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, with the aim of demonstrating why the former was a better choice for President than the latter. As it sat this evening in not-quite-done mode on [...]
By celestina
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Posted in Election 2008, News Opinion, US News
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Tagged clinton, democrat, democratic-primary, election, hope, obama, primary, super-tuesday, voting
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