Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2007 | 13 Comments »
from here:
Tucson and Pima County have declared a Stage 1 drought after winter storms delivered barely half the usual precipitation. Oro Valley, a growing community north of Tucson, imposed Stage 2 restrictions, asking residents to reduce water consumption by 10 percent and stop outdoor watering during daytime hours…
Officials say they want residents to understand the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Hint. Her book’s coming out in July.
Just saying.
later: Thanks to
yoyology
for pointing out in the comments that the review is on Amazon. To save folks from clicking:
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. World Fantasy–finalist Bull (War for the Oaks) takes huge chances and achieves something distinctively wonderful with this subtle reworking of a western legend. The taming [...]
Posted in seeker on May 29, 2007 | 20 Comments »
1. Gore/Obama.
2. Edwards/Obama.
3. Obama/Clinton.
4. Clinton/Obama.
Yes, they’re all rich guys who will probably weasel out of ending the war quickly, but I don’t expect to have anything better to do on election day than vote for the lesser evil.
Gore’s my first choice because I think he’s learned things in the last eight years.
Edward’s my second because [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Cindy Sheehan is leaving the antiwar movement after several hard years, not because of the Republicans, but because of the Democrats. See what she says at Good Riddance Attention Whore.
Clearly, she’s hurting. But she still says things that are very true:
I am deemed a radical because I believe that partisan politics should be left to [...]
Posted in seeker on May 28, 2007 | 14 Comments »
That depends on your definition of God. If you think Tom Paine and Albert Einstein are atheists, I’m one, too.
I prefer the name of Wayfarer to Christian because I’m more interested in the way of Jesus than in the religions about Jesus, and I don’t like being mistaken for those who call themselves Christian and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Or written the 12-step program?
I swear I’m done blogging for a week, and six hours later, I have something else I want to say. Sigh.
Well, I shall do fewer posts for a while, and they’ll be short, or they’ll have more thoughts from others than from me.
Or maybe they won’t.
Posted in seeker, tagged leveler, religion on May 28, 2007 | No Comments »
If you consider Jesus’s politics, this much is clear: he was a communist or an anarchist. He said, “Give Caesar what is Caesar’s and give God what is God’s.” Since he taught that everything is God’s, that leaves nothing for Caesar except the coins with Caesar’s face on them.
And this is what Jesus said about [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged wealth on May 28, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The purpose of capitalism is profit. Because profit is greatest without responsibility, capitalism lies. It never admits that low wages or strip-mined land or the medical consequences of unhealthy products or the environmental consequences of disposable goods are all costs of doing business.
Capitalism claims to be efficient, but where efficiency is not profitable, capitalism keeps [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged leveler on May 27, 2007 | 27 Comments »
This is inspired by Ted Lemon and Perry E. Metzger (in the comments on Ted’s post) arguing that wealth is created, and the creation of wealth is good.
I agree entirely. Creating wealth is glorious.
The shame is in hoarding it.
John the Baptist did not say, “Give away your coat.” He said, “Let those who have two [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2007 | 29 Comments »
Because I’m incredibly naive.
Also, if you can choose between the mob that’ll break both of your legs and the mob that will break one, choose the latter.
And I’m a communist who believes in democracy and pacifism, so my only choice is to work to improve the system. Karl Marx said, “Democracy is the road to [...]
