One of the most impressive things about YOU, fellow Kossaks, is the breadth of knowledge YOU have accumulated. Smarts spanning from aardvarks to ZyXel.
If you ask a question on Dkos, ANY question, it WILL be answered`at the very least with a link or a clue. We have 'columns' on the
Environment,
gardening,
painting,
history, heck we've even got
group therapy,
storytime and...and...well..whatever the hell you want to call the glorious chaos that is
Cheers & Jeers..There also seems to be quite an interest in animal husbandry here for some reason, some animals even write
diaries!! Though a Pony has yet to diary, there is a rumor of a nearly feral cat who does!!! And of course, the one The Only Phillygal
Pooties!!!t who shall be forever be beloved!
My avocation is Humans. Especially the part between the ears. So I can try to answer psychological/emotional/spiritual questions. I am also a master carpenter/builder. Also a range of general knowledge. A caveat tonight, I will not be able to fully participate (sob) see below for more.
So, what is your question? If I can't answer it someone else will! Silly questions, Serious questions, Big questions, Small questions. Bring em on !
PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT!!! MAKE SURE YOU TRY TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS WHILE YOUR HERE!!!
BTW 42 is NOT the meaning of life, my favorite color is blue, no, green (I'm still here!), and tying fruit of any kind to swallows is indicative of a very peculiar and rare psychosexual disease....seek help! While speculating on the airspeed of UNLADEN swallows is a far milder form....I still urge you to examine your soul!!! For those who have no idea what I am talking about I urge YOU to ...Ask A Kossak!
For those of you not following my move to Hawaii as if it was St. Patrick Fitzgeralds upcoming frogmarch of 60% of the White House Staff, I am still on very limited conectivity :( ....and thus this weeks title. I believe it was Marx (Karl) who said "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" This was the ideal of communism/community that lasted approximately twelve minutes into the Russian Revolution (help me out, Unitary Moonbat, or other good kostorians, The source of most of my knowledge comes Doctor Zhivago!!!) and was subverted by Stalin into "he with the biggest mustache gets to do whatever he wants".........the elusive point being that tonights version of AskA will have to be a truly community effort!!!!, since I will not have the Ability to fill in the gaps with arcane meanderings as I am desperately Jonesing to do! This means I have a Need! I need all of you to step up and cover for me! Please take extra time this week to answer your fellow Kositizens questions....If you see a question that hasn't been answered yet, (gasp!) answer it!!! If you don't know the answer do what I do ....just make something up, surround it with psychobabble and vague historical or literary references, and hope for the best!!! Pitch in Kossaks!
Our community has been going through some (eventually) healthy pre-election redifining of itself and working through of issues to define community standards more succinctly. (Translation...flame wars) This process can rip organizations apart, unless the whole community stands up makes its views known in a constructive manner and begins to build consensus. Lets use every opportunitty we have to BUILD our communty and make it strong and unified before the REAL stresses of the election manifest! Every Meta diary, every 'column', every open thread, and ultimately every diary and comment define who we are, what we stand for, how we act, who WE are.
It IS possible to disagree without rancor and personalization. It IS possible to build through cooperation rather than competition. It IS Critical that when we use the PRIVILEGE of posting here, we do it with the Greater Good of the Community in mind. As satifying as it is to my ego (mmm-mmm Good!) to be able to post here and have people read and consider my ideas, I always try to remember the larger goals of this site, and the power it represents to not just affect/effect the actions of others, but also to move and define the national and international political paradigm and discussion. This site is a precious, powerful tool to affect the kind of change we want to see in the world. Let us ALL do our best to respect that and put personal issues aside (as much as humanly possible) and BUILD this site and each other into a LEAN, MEAN, FIGHTING MACHINE! to take our country and government back from those who so obviously wish to destroy it for THEIR own SELFISH ends.
As Strelnikov said "In the Revolution, there is no personal life"
Which brings us to my favorite Marx (Groucho) quote. "I would never join any club that would have ME as a member" We are all rebels, of one kind or another, or we wouldn't be here....be careful what you rebel against!
Tonights Question:
There have been may attempts at utopian society in human history...what is your vision of utopia?
Or is mankind and each community doomed to struggle in opposition and competition?
Bonus Question:
Whose head is bigger, Dick Cheney or Tim Russert?
Super PsuedoZen Bonus Question: (Thanks to Kilgore Trout)
Why was Man created to suffer and die?
And....If a rooster could somehow be precisely positioned exactly at the center of a (slightly, but perfectly rounded off, to prevent the egg from being pierced by the tip of the cone) cone, and laid an egg, towards which direction on the compass would it most likely fall? If you wish to take climactic, geo-magnetic, or other factors into account, feel free.
I MISS you guys!