Sunday, February 06, 2005
To my millions of readers
I don't blog much...I surf the web a lot, I read blogs and opinion and news a lot. I play strategy games to unwind.
I'm a writer, but a very, very lazy one. I hope to write more to this blog, and with that in mind, I will now do more than just link to political columns. I'll comment on more things, and get a bit personal. We'll see....
One thing I would like to make clear about my political views is that I am primarily anti-authoritarian, and I would hope anti-dogmatic as well. My political views cannot be easily categorized (the same for many Americans, I suspect), and I abhor "sticking to the party line" as much as I abhor demagougery, so wide-spread in this country.
I can tell a scammer when I see one most of the time, when I am thinking clearly, and the last 2 presidents have certainly been that.
The Bushies are in my opinion, the scariest group of folks to come along in a long time. Skillful in the world of delusion, they have captured the hearts and minds of many otherwise sane and loving Americans, and used greed and hate and fear and ignorance to keep a hold of power and stuff their pockets. Which is what the bottom line of Bush is. It isn't G-d, it isn't values, or "freedom" (except their own), it isn't "democracy" (that'd put them out of business). It's about grabbing and keeping as much wealth as they can, no matter what.
Some of the most trenchant criticism of Bush has come from the American Conservative, and Lew Rockell and other more traditional conservatives and libertartians. (SEE POST BELOW) This carries more weight in some ways than the liberal critiques because it comes from closer to home for most Republicans. Lew Rockwell recently even advocated libertarians reaching out to the progressive green side of the aisle, as the Repubs seem to have gone round the bend, trapped as they are in the destructive delusions of the neo-cons.
As for the Democrats....well, maybe Howie Dean can help them out... we'll see. They are fairly worthless right now, 'cept for Barbara's Lee and Boxer...two very brave ladies.
I don't always agree with Pat Buchanan's American Conservative, nor Lew, nor the lefties, nor the Dems. I admire them all to some degree, and take the great commentary where I find it, and where it makes sense.
We need to think independently and carefully about how we build our society and interact with the rest of humanity. Neither the left or the right, Rush or Al, Christianity or Islam have all the answers all the time. We cannot rely on anything but the clearest and most pragmatic thinking possible when it comes to making our society. Not that I am that clear or pragmatic.....
OK, long enough. From now own dear reader (me) more about music, life, and self-absorption.
I'm a writer, but a very, very lazy one. I hope to write more to this blog, and with that in mind, I will now do more than just link to political columns. I'll comment on more things, and get a bit personal. We'll see....
One thing I would like to make clear about my political views is that I am primarily anti-authoritarian, and I would hope anti-dogmatic as well. My political views cannot be easily categorized (the same for many Americans, I suspect), and I abhor "sticking to the party line" as much as I abhor demagougery, so wide-spread in this country.
I can tell a scammer when I see one most of the time, when I am thinking clearly, and the last 2 presidents have certainly been that.
The Bushies are in my opinion, the scariest group of folks to come along in a long time. Skillful in the world of delusion, they have captured the hearts and minds of many otherwise sane and loving Americans, and used greed and hate and fear and ignorance to keep a hold of power and stuff their pockets. Which is what the bottom line of Bush is. It isn't G-d, it isn't values, or "freedom" (except their own), it isn't "democracy" (that'd put them out of business). It's about grabbing and keeping as much wealth as they can, no matter what.
Some of the most trenchant criticism of Bush has come from the American Conservative, and Lew Rockell and other more traditional conservatives and libertartians. (SEE POST BELOW) This carries more weight in some ways than the liberal critiques because it comes from closer to home for most Republicans. Lew Rockwell recently even advocated libertarians reaching out to the progressive green side of the aisle, as the Repubs seem to have gone round the bend, trapped as they are in the destructive delusions of the neo-cons.
As for the Democrats....well, maybe Howie Dean can help them out... we'll see. They are fairly worthless right now, 'cept for Barbara's Lee and Boxer...two very brave ladies.
I don't always agree with Pat Buchanan's American Conservative, nor Lew, nor the lefties, nor the Dems. I admire them all to some degree, and take the great commentary where I find it, and where it makes sense.
We need to think independently and carefully about how we build our society and interact with the rest of humanity. Neither the left or the right, Rush or Al, Christianity or Islam have all the answers all the time. We cannot rely on anything but the clearest and most pragmatic thinking possible when it comes to making our society. Not that I am that clear or pragmatic.....
OK, long enough. From now own dear reader (me) more about music, life, and self-absorption.
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