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Re: Filtering reality

talkingmonkey53 — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:43:37 -0000

a similar struggle here. During the course of the past 15+ years or so I've been drawn in some unexpected directions. Each of the two polar arguments bears enough that I begin to think of the possibility that there is truth on BOTH sides, and that any perception that one excludes the other simply means that that some evidence has been overlooked. This argument carries with it the illusion that both sides are already complete enough. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Good Post!

Re: Are we loathsome?

talkingmonkey53 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:38:05 -0000

welcome to the Media States of America, Land of the Fleeced and the home of the Slaves. I'm sickened by the way we've been so successfully seduced into abandoning integrity and self-reliance in favor of being expeditious consumers. It's only by some small good fortune that not all of us fall under that rubric, but there's not much to show that any difference will become evident in the long run.

Re: Free Thought of the Day

talkingmonkey53 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:09:05 -0000

nicely put! the results of the 08 presidential election have cast some light on some of those quarters. while inclined to lay it off to simple ignorance, I feel a stronger inclination to put it on something very deep-seated and visceral. these same people have been bellyaching about the need for "change" in the way government does business, but when that kind of change comes knocking on the door, there seems to be no-one at home. good things can come, but not without some discomfort and effort