Displaying 331 To 360 Of 466 Comments Keeping World War III a Secret You’re dead-on, Adlib. In days past, the rich built this world, back when it needed to be built. The rich paid for it themselves, as in the case of the railroads, or they allowed the government to do it for them, as in the case of the phone system and the phone and electrical grids. And they allowed for a dense social structure including welfare and safety nets for the very public who made up the workers and consumers whose efforts built the structures that helped make the rich as rich as they are. » Posted By jjgravitas On May 10, 2013 @ 11:50 am Bikini Atoll – A Paradise No Longer Some people will do literally anything to make money regardless of how many people are hurt in the process. Nuclear power plants put out two products: 1) electric energy and 2) spent nuclear fuel rods. When I was a kid I was told that the nuclear waste from power plants was all stored in the desert somewhere, but that’s not exactly the case. Nuclear power plants store their spent fuel rods on site, right there on the plant. There was (is?) a permanent facility located in one of the desert states intended to house all the spent rods, but the host state eventually declined to allow it. Even if we eventually stop using nuclear power and nuclear weapons mankind will still spend the rest of its existence protecting itself from this nuclear wast it has built up. The only real solution I can think of is to put the tons of wast in rocket ships and send them off to a distant asteroid. » Posted By jjgravitas On April 26, 2013 @ 2:57 pm House Republicans Ready to Pass “Must Carry” Gun Law for All Americans I’m lately having a hard time distinguishing between republican ideas and parodies of republican ideas. Everyone must carry a gun. Criminalize love between a man and a woman, and of course they must both be of the same race, preferrably white, preferrably christian, and preferrably wealthy. I’m all for the Republicans saying what’s on their minds, because what comes out is such rediculous clap-trap. It would be entertaining if it werent so potentially damaging to our society if it were taken seriously. It seems as if all republicans now have the mindset of an arch-conservative from texas. » Posted By jjgravitas On April 6, 2013 @ 3:18 pm The Media Empire Strikes Back (with post-election memes)! The Republican’s only mandate during President Obama’s first term was to ensure that Obama would be a one-term president, hence the four years of partisan gridlock aimed at blaming the President for the fact that Congress is dysfunctional. Now that President Obama has been elected to a second term, what will the Republican’s next mandate be? » Posted By jjgravitas On November 7, 2012 @ 9:15 pm The MSM Has Been Diagnosed with SAD (Social Anxiety Disorder) To diagnose the MSM is really to diagnose society as a whole (we work there, we report (on each other), we watch, we disagree), so to diagnose the MSM is also to diagnose ourselves. It’s not a stretch to say the entire country suffers from SAD. The Great Repression – sorry, “recession” – is resulting in a great depression. Now I’m SAD. It is a curious trait of mankind, that we work so hard to tear down the very people who work to improve our world. Green energy? Bah! Save the rain forest? Bah! Universal healthcare? Bah! Require the rich to pay more so that our country might be solvent again? Bah! Open Question: in a society of seven billion people, how can it be wrong to be socialist? I’m serious. » Posted By jjgravitas On October 16, 2012 @ 11:27 am One, two, three four, » Posted By jjgravitas On August 3, 2012 @ 10:17 pm Weekend Music Thread – Classic TV Theme Songs X Files Theme Xena Warrior Princess Theme Angelo Badalamenti Twin Peaks Theme Monk Theme Song – It’s A Jungle Out There Chuck Theme by Cake Chuck End Credits Spy Theme » Posted By jjgravitas On July 21, 2012 @ 1:16 pm The Right Wing’s Psychotic Version of God I predict there will come a day when the three major religions of today (you know who you are) will be thought of as archaic and ridiculous as the ancient Greek and Roman gods (no offence to Greece or Rome). If you strip all the bull*** out of the Bible, the Word of Jesus Christ – the only part of it that has any real value – could easily fit into a ten page pamphlet. Freedom of religion? I say we need freedom FROM religion. » Posted By jjgravitas On August 3, 2012 @ 10:09 pm Bill Clinton Endorses Mitt Romney Adlib, this is not an endorsement. This is Clinton talking about one single issue (Bain), and he has a right to speak his mind, even if he disagrees with the President. If you read the rest of his quotes you’ll see that Clinton still supports Obama and believes (as I do) that Obama’s proposals will be better for the country than Romney’s will. It would be unfortunate, but not surprising, if the repubs try to twist Clinton’s words into a Romney endorsement, and I have no doubt Clinton would object to it. » Posted By jjgravitas On June 8, 2012 @ 2:29 pm Religious Right and The Council on National Policy(CNP) Suddenly I miss the Cold War. » Posted By jjgravitas On May 24, 2012 @ 2:57 pm An America Made in Mitt Romney’s Image Another nice thing we could look forward to in a Romney administration is the psychological effect that his “rich = successful = good” pitch would have on the rest of society. Do we want a president whose message to 99 per cent of the country is that because we are not rich, that we are what? Losers? Failures? Undeserving of government support? Of jobs? Of education that we can no longer afford, or even trust that it will help us in the long run? » Posted By jjgravitas On May 24, 2012 @ 3:20 pm Weekend Music Thread – Guitar Faves Pink Floyd – Money (Official Music Video) Pink Floyd – One of These Days » Posted By jjgravitas On May 5, 2012 @ 5:43 pm Dominionists – The Mighty Oak Is Not Always a Good Thing I fear we will never find any real solutions to humanity’s problems until we are able to completely dig ourselves out from under the thumb of the organized religions … Christianity (all versions), Islam (all versions), just to name the main trouble-makers. Two things to keep in mind: 1) you don’t need religion to be in touch with your spirituality (the two are not synonymous), and 2) God doesn’t need us. It really is no wonder that religion is compared to a drug, i.e. the “opiate for the masses”. The real wonder is that anyone would believe that you can really fix the world’s problems with religion. These religious leaders just expect their “flock” to completely buy into their ideas and then slice and sand off everything else that doesn’t fit in with their ideas. Do that and you’ll be “saved”, “at peace”. That works because you no longer have all those annoying “gray areas” to trouble you. But you won’t understand the world any more because you are only seeing it through the filter of religious dogma. (That’s a great word, “dogma”. Sounds exactly like what it is.) This idea, that anyone thinks they can fix the world by converting it, would be laughable if it weren’t so tragically pathetic. » Posted By jjgravitas On May 6, 2012 @ 2:07 pm Weekend Music Thread – On the Road Again My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult – Sex On Wheels » Posted By jjgravitas On May 26, 2012 @ 6:04 pm k.d.lang – Just Keep Me Moving » Posted By jjgravitas On May 26, 2012 @ 5:55 pm Injustice in America – A Petri Dish for a Virulent Culture Pardon me for being intolerant. » Posted By jjgravitas On May 1, 2012 @ 6:10 pm We have every reason to declare the Republican party a terrorist organization since their mission is to bring down the federal government, provide money and power to a tiny sliver of the populace (the 1%) and screw everyone else. They are no better than the Taliban, the Ku Klux Klan (who are all republicans), the Irish Republican Army, and every other terrorist organization. No better. » Posted By jjgravitas On May 1, 2012 @ 6:10 pm Weekend Music Thread – TV is a Laugh Keeping the world safe for consumerism and bad cover songs! Chuck Jeffster Mr Roboto Chuck Jeffster Fortunate Son Chuck Jeffster Push It » Posted By jjgravitas On April 29, 2012 @ 12:05 pm Weekend Music Thread – Earth Day 2012 Sorry to get preachy, but we’re now a planet of seven billion people – that’s “billion” with a “B” – and I thought it just had to be said. It’s not just about where we toss our chewing gum wrappers anymore. » Posted By jjgravitas On April 22, 2012 @ 11:59 am The Art Of Noise – Crusoe » Posted By jjgravitas On April 22, 2012 @ 11:53 am Paul McCartney – Too Many People » Posted By jjgravitas On April 22, 2012 @ 11:39 am Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky » Posted By jjgravitas On April 21, 2012 @ 6:19 pm I did too. Never id get around to getting his stuff on CD and I regret it now, sorry I didn’t. » Posted By jjgravitas On April 21, 2012 @ 6:04 pm Beatles – Mother Nature’s Son » Posted By jjgravitas On April 21, 2012 @ 5:31 pm The East/West fusion world music of » Posted By jjgravitas On April 21, 2012 @ 4:52 pm Harry Nilsson – The Most Beautiful World In The World » Posted By jjgravitas On April 21, 2012 @ 3:30 pm MSM Misleads in Telling the Story of Obama’s Personal Taxes That’s unfortunately true. Makes me wonder: how many lies does it take to make a truth? » Posted By jjgravitas On April 16, 2012 @ 12:13 pm This is just another in the endless string of republican non-issues. Nobody cares. » Posted By jjgravitas On April 15, 2012 @ 11:27 am Does Mitt Romney Have a Mormon Problem? This is why “Seperation of church and state” is embedded in the constitution, in the First Amendment, to prevent something like this from ever happening. We have freedom of religion in this country. For individuals, not for government. The government is and must remain secular, regardless of anything the republicans might say. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States » Posted By jjgravitas On April 10, 2012 @ 12:38 pm Weekend Music Thread – Springtime April March – Chick Habit » Posted By jjgravitas On April 7, 2012 @ 8:39 pmComments Posted By jjgravitas
Now we are a world of seven billion people. Now that the world is entirely built, we’re just doing maintenance. And maintenance is never as much fun as building from scratch. The social safety net, which in days past was seen as an investment in our future, is now only seen as an albatross hanging on the neck of whoever the present administration happens to be. Except for NASA, No one seems to believe in the future anymore.
We may still be voting for our politicians, but our democracy is rapidly becoming an oligarchy. Or perhaps we are already there.
Of course this is all based on here say knowledge, and the rocket ship idea is sci-fi pie in the sky, not that it isn’t do-able.
We don’t need your Holy War!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDZBgHBHQT8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sicWWVMN4-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db5ZhxM8VZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5Be5a86uA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWHSNplG4FE
I don’t.
Gives a whole new spin on the term “class warfare.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-j3xITvYQY
It’s no wonder that religious leaders refer to their followers as “sheep”, i.e. the “flock”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSsUiN5Gm64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_AdBS-9eI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ompVDodfT2Q
This may seem a bit off the subject, but the effect all our bad habits have on the world are amplified by the fact that there are just so darn many of us … running cars, power plants, air conditioners, cutting down forests for places to live – none of it is good for the world.
Sheila Chandra – Ever So Lonely
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