Author Archives: ArtBear

Mile Stone

An awesome energy imminent here. We bounded forward but one stepped back, and so there was no more trust in our magic and no more faith in our destiny.
Had I better known I would have lived without you, frustrating for sure but without this abysmal loneliness, this cliff overlooking the water, this air to whip [...]

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On Rights

When people talk about rights, what they’re really talking about is power. Rights are an expression of freedom, freedom from the restricting influence of others.

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Consciousness Streaming

Confronted with ultimate death, the resulting dichotomous fate: either nihilism or futility (Buster Friendly or Wilbur Mercer).
How far, how far removed from real life? Dusty apartment, mediated experience of the world. I read articles about things that happen all over the planet, which I can prove no more than I can prove the existence of [...]

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My Impressions of the State of the Union

This was going to be a disastrous recovery without government intervention because of the extent of the bubble that burst. But I don’t think this government, whether during Bush’s or Obama’s administration, has done anything but put the disaster off until later. It’s still lying just beneath the surface, and it needs to happen. Propping up a failed economic model for the sake of politics isn’t the answer.

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Democracy Failed Us and It’s Your Fault

America has the leadership it deserves, and when this country finally finishes its thrashing, shrieking, pitiful death throes, hopefully ignorant, lazy people will know enough to stay the hell out of its government, for their own sake.

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The Terrorists Won

Two news items to consider together: Bin Laden’s Goal is to bankrupt the USA, and the USA needs to raise the federal debt ceiling by $1.9 trillion just to function next year
To be honest, we didn’t even fight this one like we wanted to win it.

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Invictus

No matter how bad you think your situation is, it’s probably not as bad as most Haitians’ situation yesterday. And that’s on top of a mess of other problems; a week ago, before anyone was even thinking of earthquakes, Haiti was the poorest country in the western hemisphere. But even the most miserable person in [...]

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