Strange Woman or A Response to 9/11

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Wednesday September 10, 2014 · 7:00 PM PDT

2014/09/10 · 19:00

What comes below the fold is something I wrote shortly after 9/11. It has not been edited much, especially as it helps me to revisit where we were at the time. Fox News barely existed and there was no MSNBC. The President referred to is George Bush II. If anyone knows where I could get copies of the film clips I refer to, I would appreciate it, especially the one of Bush saying we had to give up some of our soul.

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Monday August 11, 2014 · 6:07 PM PDT

2014/08/11 · 18:07

One of the most annoying things about our current arguments about science and technology, is the persistent myth that people who question technology are anti-science. Science is a system of data collection and analysis. Technology is stuff we do. They are not the same things, as I will try to explain below.

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Saturday August 02, 2014 · 12:40 PM PDT

2014/08/02 · 12:40

Just when I think I'm out of that distinctive George Zimmerman funk, he pulls me back in. This latest incident of him tagging along while his dog did guard duty has so many basic Zimmerman elements –vigilantism, lies, fantasy- it makes him seem like more of a meme than a man. As a man, he would be laughable if it weren't for his all too easy access to guns. As a meme, he seems to bring out something basic in many people. The people who are disgusted and repelled don't surprise me. The first time I saw his face, I said, out loud, "That is one creepy ass looking cracker" and I am an elderly white woman. It's the people who see something good in him, including the friends who took the witness stand for him that mystify me. In fact, their impressions of him just reinforced my feeling that he was a twisted person. In the end, Zimmerman's significance is that his story illustrates some of the things that are wrong in our culture. He raises the question, where are the grownups?

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