Category: Politics – a Third View
-
American States renamed: Blast the United
Collectively, we have put aside and have long forgotten, or maybe never had, the marrow that connects us. Simply, we are now the States of America, we are not United.
-
Horses and Blindered Exploitation
We wear blinders so we don’t see what’s in our peripheral vision as we race through life.
-
Owning Blame to See
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. John F. Kennedy It’s really easy to blame others for the problems we face but in my opinion it’s better…
-
Change and the Blocked Dam
Mahatma Gandhi’s most famous idea was to ‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’ Regardless of what you think of the man, the idea still resonates as true. Environmentalists have been using it for years rewritten for the modern era and their platform, ‘Think globally, act locally.’ There is truth to the…
-
A Bike Ride of Faith
Some people ride bikes and some people are cyclists. Some people jog and some people are runners. Some people eat food and some are foodies. I think you see my point. The list is not exhausted by any means. I am going to take a leap and try to make the analogy fit for politics…
-
Maga and the NotTrumpers
I have never been a binary thinker or consumer. From day one I went left when everyone went right and on day two, when everyone went right, I went straight. It is just how I am. I accept that I don’t fit in all the time now. It took until my 30s to get a…
-
Father’s Day Tribute
One of the worst of my life thus far was losing my father a few years ago. Since about 25 he was one of my best friends and confidants. I enjoyed speaking to him and sharing space. Kind of like a dog in the room, I just felt good we were together. Of course there…
-
A Diet Light Zero Starbucks
A man walks into a Starbucks and orders a grande nonfat skinny latte. The barista prepares the order and gives it to the man. The man chastises and berates the clerk because it doesn’t taste like the grande nonfat skinny skinny latte he had yesterday even though the clerk prepared it exactly the same way.…
-
To Protect and Serve
I don’t have a problem with authority. I have a problem with the sense of entitlement that comes with those in authority. That they believe that because they are in a position of power, their opinion is right. This is false logic. Authority and power comes from respect and understanding those that you hold power…
-
A Rainy Day Forgotten
Throughout my life I have been called many different things from annoying to sportive to strict to silly to naive. I own them all. I can be each one and more on any given occasion. However, naive and trusting in truth are different. I want to explore that train of thought today. In November my…
Observations From the Spectrum 