Archive for the 'Politics' Category

National ID Card

There seems to be a lot of concern about a National Identification Card.
I wonder why?
I have heard discussions that it will take away our privacy and our freedom. That it is the final step toward 666, the Mark of the Beast.
Consider where we are today. You must use your Social Security Number every time you […]

Paranoia

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” -H.L. Mencken

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Moderation

When I began this blog two months ago it was for the purpose of exposing flawed thinking in my immediate surroundings, that is, the US.
I had not anticipated readership in other places on the planet.
Being unable to sleep last night because of this, I wondered if I should moderate my ‘rant’ to consider whether there […]

Promises Promises

Most of the candidates have been in a position to do something about all the problems in our country.
They all say that they have ideas of how to fix things.
Why haven’t they done it before?
They have had the opportunity.
They have all been getting a fat paycheck though.
 I’m a bit disillusioned with the process.

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Polls, Politics and Pawns

This is a good time to talk about polls and their effect on the politics that shapes the lives of us poor pawns. It was about two months ago that I heard something on TV that made me wonder about the average person on the street. Remember, the average person is the one who votes […]