Tug of War

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Monday June 02, 2014 · 1:49 PM PDT

2014/06/02 · 13:49

That is how I view politics as one giant tug of war. You have the center trying to maintain the status quo and are generally happy with how things are going. To the right you have the more conservative all pulling in their direction, with the farther they are the harder they pull. To the left you have the more liberal doing the exact same thing, as a counter force.

Its this 'counter force' I think people need to respect more.

There is no doubt that over the last 30+ years this nation has drifted further and further to the right. What this means is that those on the right have been pulling harder than the left. Now at first thought, one might think that is because of greater numbers, but I believe that is actually not true. It is for far more complicated reasons

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Friday May 23, 2014 · 10:13 PM PDT

2014/05/23 · 22:13

I have been aware of the Ancient Alien theory for a long time, being in the book business and knowing von Daniken's work. I never took it very seriously to be honest. None the less I have been fascinated by theory. The original special really piqued my interest and made me begin to look at a few things differently (back to that later), but over all they just throw everything out there. They make the theory so absurd that its embarrassing to admit one gives it any credibility. They take the old 'spaghetti theory' so far that they are probably knocking off what few strands that were sticking. A few very interesting facts buried under a heaping pile of nonsense.

I am a terrible skeptic who doesn't believe in ghosts, gods, or supernatural anything, though I do leave room for the fact we know so little about the universe there are very small probabilities of almost anything. One thing I have begun to give some serious thought to is earth visitations by other sentient beings.

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Friday April 25, 2014 · 3:06 PM PDT

2014/04/25 · 15:06

With all the talk of economics spurred by Piketty's book I think its time to realize that a lot of our economic problems were already solved a long time ago.

America's middle class really began to emerge after WWII and much of what we think of as 'The Greatness of America' really never existed in most of American history until that period. I am no economist, but it doesn't take one to see the obvious. The middle class as it is envisioned by most American's had maybe 30 years of creation and another 30 of decline taking us to today.

Though one can attribute the growth of the middle class to many variables I think I can show it can be almost all attributed to tax code.

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Tuesday April 22, 2014 · 8:15 PM PDT

2014/04/22 · 20:15

Well maybe you can, but i'm warning you that this is a diary with the kind of truth people don't like to hear or admit. I'm just warning because i'm going no holds barred here and i'm sure some will be offended, others might just think i'm crazy (I hope i'm not crazy I've been saving my crazy for something interesting in the future like thinking i'm Napoleon, Jesus or secret agent and I'd hate to waste it on just a diary about stuff people don't want to know lol)

I will respond to any well reasoned assertion, but not to general disagrees since I expect many to disagree. If these were generally accepted truths I wouldn't need to do a diary on them now would I? :p

(Disclaimer just because I view something negatively doesn't mean i'm against it, it just means I see little real value, but since blog diaries have little real value who am I to tell other what to do.)

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Wednesday April 16, 2014 · 6:37 PM PDT

2014/04/16 · 18:37

I do not ask this question rhetorically or to incite fear, but as a student of history seeing troubling signs.

I don't want to get too specific to negate my anonymity (for now) but I am in the business of history not as it was taught but as it has been written in its time. I deal in collectible and rare books and have had a fair amount of experience handling material from right before and during the Civil War era.

Though I can't say I could make a completely convincing argument, I will say a lot of the language, attitudes and divisiveness of today echos that period.

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Do you think another Civil War could be Brewing?

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Pretty likely

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possible

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unlikely

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very unlikely

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Did someone say pie?

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How do you form a movement that actually causes real change?

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Monday April 14, 2014 · 2:33 PM PDT

2014/04/14 · 14:33

I see OWS as a great success, for what it was. I say for what it was because it succeeded where it could and failed where it had no chance of success anyway.

The question is how do you make a movement that has a chance of success on all fronts?

Follow me and i'll explain what I see were OWSs weaknesses and hopefully we can figure out how to fix them.

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Saturday April 12, 2014 · 3:46 PM PDT

2014/04/12 · 15:46

That is the question I see at the end of every discussion that focuses on our current political realities. More and more people are waking up to the truth and the truth is becoming harder and harder to ignore. I believe the solution is simple or at least I believe in a simple solution.

You might ask well what is the problem and get a lot of varying answers, but I believe almost all can be traced back as mere symptoms of an underlying problem.

Let me share with you my solution...

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Friday April 11, 2014 · 11:02 PM PDT

2014/04/11 · 23:02

Since everything has to start with clear idea I feel I should just throw this out there and see if it has wings.

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Friday April 04, 2014 · 10:08 PM PDT

2014/04/04 · 22:08

Jerry Garcia said "Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us."

That is the truth of our time that something does have to be done and as pathetic as it may be, it does have to be us. Out of all the things we could focus on that would help the country what is the one that has the best likelihood of both really helping and making it through to law?

I believe that could be a 30s style Federal Works Project, follow me and i'll explain why.

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Sunday March 02, 2014 · 7:02 PM PST

2014/03/02 · 19:02

Feeling particularly feisty given all the recent hoopla I am going to virtually spam the place by doing an unprecedented second diary in two days. Now my diaries aren't very good nor do they garner much attention, but none the less this is a place where one may speak their peace for better or for worse.

I've been around over 6 years now and lurked the better part of a year prior to actually jumping in and though that may not be old school its long enough to know the place pretty well. If there is one thing this site prides itself upon more than anything else, its being 'reality based'. I take that to mean that we are willing as a community to accept the reality we truly face regardless of how much we may not like it.

My personal view of reality and I assure you I don't like it...

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Saturday March 01, 2014 · 7:55 PM PST

2014/03/01 · 19:55

I think the meta war going on is based on misunderstanding of sorts. What I think is being misunderstood is what constitutes trolling.

There are truths that can not be proven and as such will not be truths to all. None the less the truths will generally have evidence and probabilities on their side, but will still be unprovable and thus non-truths to those that demand proof. To go into diaries on such topics and repeatedly demand proof and argue makes you a troll.

Let me explain...

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Do you believe such behavior is trolling?

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I like cherry pie

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Want to see some propaganda?

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Tuesday December 10, 2013 · 3:32 PM PST

2013/12/10 · 15:32

Read this article:

http://m.apnews.com/...

Now follow me below the orange Kosoissant....

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