There, I said it

One of my often repeated rants has to do with how everybody has such a good laugh mocking alternative religions, like Mormonism or even Scientology, or for that matter Greek Myths, while smugly considering their own religion normal.I'm sure you've heard people say the following before and you may ev

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.- William S. Burroughs

Please check out this essay:Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: Our Fake Two-Party System - Stephen H. Unger, Professor, Emeritus, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Columbia UniversityThe Premise:The key feature is an electoral system based on two political parties, the Soft Party and the

I'm sure somebody has made this comparison before, but it is becoming increasingly clear to me the many parallels between politics in the U.S. and Pro Wrestling (what we used to call "Big Time Wrestling" when I was a kid).In both cases, each player assumes a role, often an overstated one - a charact

Via Washington’s BlogConservatives and liberals actually agree about the most important things.In fact, most Americans – conservatives and liberals – are fed up with both of the mainstream republican and democratic parties, because it has become obvious that both parties serve Wall Street and the mi

Everyone knows that only Republicans are fiscally conservative. There's only one thing: It's not true.I do not understand how this meme prevails. It's a study in PR and propaganda to rival any other. There may have been a time when Republicans believed in fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets