FASCISM… It’s an ugly word. Yet, it appropriately fits the present state of the U.S. government. I recently learned that 70% of our intelligence budget goes to private corporations. In Iraq, private corporations received no-bid contracts from the U.S. government for the reconstruction of that country after the American incursion of 2003. Also, there are [...]
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Existentially Speaking in the New American Dark Age
Posted in Blogroll, government, history, politics, society on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An Election is Coming, But Will Change Come With It?
Posted in 2008 election, Blogroll, government, healthcare, political parties, politics on December 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The 2008 election is coming. A number of “debates” have already taken place among the plethora of candidates for each of the two parties, but no one who cannot buy their way into the White House is allowed much of a voice. Dennis Kucinich has been a consistent voice for democracy, peace, universal health care [...]
Tedium ad Nauseum…And Yet, Patience is Learned
Posted in Blogroll, computers, cyberspace, philosophy, Uncategorized on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For me, there is no greater Zen Master for patience, understanding and tolerance… …than a computer. I know. I know. It isn’t human. How can I possibly learn from a computer? Feel for a computer? Relate to a machine? Well, for one thing, it allows me to be less anthropocentric. I can demonstrate compassion [...]
Crossing Platforms in Midstream…Again!
Posted in Blogroll, computers, cyberia, cyberspace, philosophy, Uncategorized on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The fickled finger of fate has poked me in the eye again, and thus another Zen Master beckons to me to learn. I was completely set on converting my HP Special Edition L2005US Lance Armstrong Livestrong laptop computer into a complete Ubuntu system. A major obstacle had been eliminated. My Broadcom wireless network card was [...]
Crossing Platforms in Midstream
Posted in Blogroll, computers, cyberia, cyberspace, philosophy on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I know that most of you out there are content with Bill Gates child, Windows, reaching a new stage every few months and a new version of itself every few years. We are creatures of habit, after all, and when we become accustomed to an operating system with its nuances and complexities, we are not [...]
The Preponderance of Maintenance Time in Computer-based Work
Posted in Blogroll, computers, society, tagged computer maintenance, web editing, writing on November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Updates… Unending, perpetual updates, each and every time I turn on my laptop computer. And, when I turn on my laptop computer, it takes at least two, often three minutes, for it to fully boot up to a ready state for use–memory tests, loading up software from the hard drive into the usable region of [...]
An American President…of Reason, Compassion and Peace: Jimmy Carter
Posted in Blogroll, history, politics, society on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This existentialist in a New American Dark Age recalls a time when America was weary of war, of aggression, of global cold wars and other paranoias, and longed for peace–a peaceful planet, a clean planet–and we had an American president that was leading us down the path toward these ends, Jimmy Carter. He was then, [...]
