Politics, Religion, Science, Sex, and other stuff
you don't talk about in polite company
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Spring 2010 Update I wonder how much of the anti-government crap perpetrated on the media is motivated by the fact we have a non-white president? It seems like the "Tea Party" and their ilk are attracting every right-wing nut job that used to take refuge in the American Nazi party or other such white supremacist organizations. I understand the anti-government position well--I used to teach anarchist theory. I can now say without a moment's hesitation that anarchism--or any other non-government political system--is unworkable in a modern society. If we keep true to our democratic principles and make sure we the people are duly heard by our elected officials, then we have little to fear. We finally have such leadership in Washington. We elected him to CHANGE things and that's exactly what he's doing. The complainers are just piss-poor losers. |
 The
three worst
presidents of recent times. Why?Nixon: Vietnam, Kissinger, Watergate! Need I say more? Reagan: dumb-as-shit, Iran-Contra fiasco, invaded Grenada, made the rich richer and the poor poorer with "Reaganonmics, " unnecessary military deaths in Lebanon... . Bush: dumb-as-shit, IRAQ!!!
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Science and
Religion (see also favorite books--here)
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Click above to go to a website supporting a rational way to view the world. |
 Richard
DawkinsClick on his picture to go to his website. |
 The
magazine for secular humanism. Free your mind--subscribe! |
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 Another
reasonable website. |
 Humanist
Society of Santa BarbaraClick to follow the link! |
Click on the banner to go to their website. |
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Thinkers on politics, sex, science, and
religion
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 Charles
Darwin. Great Britain. Changed the way we look
at the world and ourselves. We're just like the other animals--a product of
evolution. It astounds me that there are still so many people in this
country who don't accept that evolution is a FACT in spite of the
overwhelming evidence. That this genius wasn't hung and his books burned is,
I suppose, a testament to the fact that we are indeed evolving! |
 Karl
Marx. Germany. The first social scientist. He's
on my list not because he was the "founder" of "Marxism," but because he
developed a method by which to critique political society. "Marxism" as a
political economy is doomed to failure because Marx didn't account for human
nature as it is, as opposed to how he wished it was. But his methodology is
able to expose the workings and motivations of capitalist society and for
that we should be thankful. Marx also said religion is the opiate of the
people--he got that one right. |
 Michael
Bakunin. Russia. Anarchist counterpoint
to Marx. Criticized Marx for thinking the "worker's state" would wither
away. He was right that once in power no one would readily give it up.
However, he also was naive in thinking a stateless society could ever exist
because he too was ignorant of the power of human nature. He is on my list
because he applied the critique of political society to bourgeois AND
"communist" society. He just didn't take it far enough. Oh, and he
acknowledged the powerful nexus of church and state--humankind's two worst
inventions. |
 Friedrich
Nietzsche. Germany. He was critical of
bourgeois morality and western religion. Figured out that Christianity,
democracy, and socialism were essentially the same thing--playing to the
lowest common denominator. Although a bit harsh in focusing on their "levelling"
commonalities, this analysis is not really very far off track and offers yet
another insight into the human condition that is still relevant. |
 Emma
Goldman. U.S.A. Deported to Russia for
her anti-war views (WWI), Emma was an anarchist and a feminist who became
disillusioned with the Soviet experiment and its conservative views toward
women and sexuality. What did she expect? The Bolsheviks were as
conservative as the Russian orthodox aristocracy they replaced when it came
to women and sexuality. |
 G.W.F.
Hegel. Germany. Almost drove me crazy
reading this guy in English translation. But you can't understand 19th
century European philosophy or politics without understanding Hegel's notion
of dialectics. You definitely won't understand Marx without having read
Hegel. I see him as the primer for future 19th and 20th century thinking. |
What do they all have in common? They challenged the status quo: QUESTION AUTHORITY!
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Cartoons
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 The true reason for
religion in human life?
In local paper on 9-7-02 |
In paper on 9-10-02 |
 In
local paper on 2-36-04 |
 The
dilemma of capitalism? |
 Illustration
of Political Correctness from the internet. |
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Quotes
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 YES!
Like watching football, sleeping in, removing belly-button lint.... |
Arthur C. Clarke |
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I
think this guy's onto something!
"One
of the greatest tragedies in human history was the hijacking of morality by
religion."