On Ugly truths and Pretty Lies. I oppose the very notion of an ugly truth. Why? Because truth is never ugly, only when we look at it from a limited perspective it can appear ugly. “Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies…” Lies can taste sweet, but they are only pretty from a superficial […]
Politics
Redux on the Club of Rome [Edited]
Some folks out there were, a wee bit, curious about the quote I posted from the Club of Rome’s Alexander King &co., and wanted to know more about the book I cited it from, and about Club itself. So here you go. As for the book, the quotation came from “The First Global Revolution” – […]
“..in searching for a common enemy to unite us…”
[ed. 6 August 2010 – commentary added] Two quotes to consider, and then some references, and then my basic comments. Additional points are made at http://kali-yuga.org/?p=1273. Quote 1. Source: -George Orwell, in 1984 “…The rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, just to keep people frightened…” […]
Day Care Nursery Workers, Child Rape, and the Continual Mediocre Slouching of Western Civilization
1. This is a child rapist. Friendly and maternal, though rotund, looking thing. Is she not? I can be accused of sentimentalism and ranting, but I think there are some issues that we need to think about, very deeply, when it comes to the direction our society is taking today. A wretched scandal now brews […]