An Evening of Gore

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Thursday January 25, 2007 · 2:00 PM PST

2007/01/25 · 14:00

Field report on an evening talk from Al Gore in the heart of "The Reddest Red State".

Well the attendance was astonishing, my son and I arrived about 45 minutes early to snag a decent seat in the first tier above the main floor, and even then it was getting hard to find seats. Within the next 50 minutes the main floor filled, the first tier, then the second tier, and then the nose bleed third (rafters) tier filled up....and some folks were worried nobody would come.

Now this is not like the nicely pre-programmed GOP "public events" where you have to pay the GOP for tickets, be vetted by them, and then sign the loyalty oath....nope floor seats $5, the rest free (if you moved fast and snagged some). Luckily my son being a student got two tickets gratis and invited me to attend.

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 2:51 PM PDT

2006/10/12 · 14:51

...I think this, say this, not with pride anymore, but with sad wistful bitterness.

Democracy, a word and concept now corrupted, is not a magic bullet that once shot at the victim kills all ills and brings a better life. Not with the examples we have set, promoted, and forced over the years...Putin's words paraphrased ring sadly true; "American Democracy as installed and displayed in Iraq and the Middle East? Why would anyone want that?"
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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 12:52 PM PDT

2005/09/07 · 12:52

What will come next from our string of failures, and I say our since we are all culpable to some level; from the level of actually enabling (i.e. voting in) this administration to not being prepared for our own potential disaster (are you ready for your disaster?).

This is a sad path that we have walked before with an incompetent government agency stuffed with political ideologues who can consume resources without delivering anything. (Thanks to "concerned" for following the posted links)
(the rest, and I am wordy and long be warned, is below)
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The Battle for Algiers/Iraq

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Friday June 03, 2005 · 12:45 PM PDT

2005/06/03 · 12:45

Watched this classic film last night and was struck by so many connections to our foray into Mess-O-Potamia.

Now I had seen some stories about how the military was having the officers watch this film to gain insight yet I suspect that the leadership viewed it with Bully Cowboy bias glasses on. The film is well done and outlines many things as will follow; our leaders I suspect though discounted all the warnings in the film since it was a "Frog Film".

The things I took from this film were;
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Letters From a Stranger to a Strange Land #01

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Thursday April 28, 2005 · 5:00 PM PDT

2005/04/28 · 17:00

Dear Senator/Representative;

I am unsure if you ever read my missives, I mean really read them in the sense of understanding my concerns and being brave enough to give an honest reply instead of a political ass covering list of things you think will sound good to the voters and various corporate backers. I am fairly certain someone on your staff* dutifully checks my name and address, looks for key phrases or words, and possibly enters the information into a database on "letters from cranks and kooks".
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