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Category: Philosophy
Think deep.
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Is this really the simple difference between right and left?
Listen to the words of Kirsten Haglund (Miss America 2008) between 3:50 and 3:58. Does she sum up the difference between liberal and conservative beliefs in 8 seconds? If so, I’ll be happy to be labeled left, leftie, liberal, what-have-you. Just push play below and it should already be cued up to 3:50.
But it’s a basic difference in world view in that usually liberals and people on the left, Secular Humanists, believe that human nature is ultimately good. But conservatives believe it’s not.
I do believe in the goodness of people.
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Quote of the Day
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not why ships are built. [Source, fortune cookie]
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Tim Minchin’s Anti-woo beat poem Storm
Very well produced!
Seen on BoingBoing.
What is woo-woo?
Woo-woo (or just plain woo) refers to ideas considered irrational or based on extremely flimsy evidence or that appeal to mysterious occult forces or powers.
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Deep Thoughts
If a dog shits in the woods, and I’m not there to step in it, do I still have to clean my floors?
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An Artificial Light
[n.b. 1st draft of an incomplete one that’s been sitting on a piece of paper far too long]
There’s a crowd in here
With so many voices
and so many noises
How can one be so alone
In such a crowded roomThere’s a party in here
Everyone is having fun
Except for one
Who knows
It’s an artificial light.With a flicker flutter
Pop a fizz
We’re all aware
We all know
It’s an artificial light
about to blow
And the darkness comes
Because all artificial lights
burn out
The light has to go.The sun is shining bright
Birds are singing
Daises tickle the bellies
of cats playing with dogs
Rain has washed the clouds away
Only fog in the shadows remain
The sun is shining bright
It’s an artificial light.A shiny man lies in my closet
He wears the clothes
that no longer fit me
The light in the closet
burned out long ago
The shiny man does not care
He lives in the darkness
with nothing to fear
But an artificial light. -
Got a long stabby thing?
Everyone should enjoy their job as much as this crew!
