Thoughts on the world of open source
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.–Reinhold Neibuhr
Where do I get the wisdom to know the difference? Where does that come from? This has been a tough week for me. I’ve given up on American democracy. It doesn’t exist anymore. Continue reading “Wisdom to know the difference”
I noted in tonight’s paper a headline that proclaimed “Democrats have to sell their new strategy to liberals.” In other words they’ve caved in to the “Decider in Chief.” Continue reading “Death of Democracy”
Believe it or not the White House opposes pay raises for our troops. Yeah, these are the same clowns who equate supporting the President with supporting the troops. The White House has supported tax breaks for the wealthy, Continue reading “Putting your money where your mouth is..”
Scott Adams author of my favorite comic strip character and author of Dilbert Blog has had two consecutive great posts. Actually he’s had numerous insightful posts, but the last two seem more timely than ever. Continue reading “Who supports the troops more?”
Today I picked up the wrong lunch on my way out the door. I was on the road for my day job and I picked up a brown sack with what I thought contained two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Continue reading “Soldiers”
Last week in a phone conversation with my Mother I learned of a new book by an old favorite. Lee Iacocca who along with Jimmy Carter and the U.S. Congress rescued Chrysler from bankruptcy has authored a new book. Iacocca was a breath of fresh air twenty years ago and at eighty-two years young he’s still full of vitality. Continue reading “Leaders? What Leaders?”
The Iraq supplemental that Congress (the American people) and the Bush Allies are haggling over will add 124 billion dollars to the cost of the Iraq War. Continue reading “456 Billion dollars and counting”
This bright light came to me in an email from Pace ‘e Bene non-violence service.
From April 29 to May 6 in Iraq not only the rumble of bombs will be heard. A network of associations of the Iraqi civil society, belonging to different political and religious affiliations, will carry on peace initiatives on the whole national territory within the Iraqi Week of Nonviolence. This event will take place while the Iraqi government meets in Sharm el-Sheikh (May 3-4) representative of the neighbouring countries, plus the G5 and G8, in the ministerial meeting that aims to restore security in Iraq. But is a top-down peace process feasible in a country traumatized by violence and insulted by military occupation like today’s Iraq? The Iraqi civil society asserts to have the duty and the capability to bring its own contribution. Given the high danger faced by those who organize public events in these times, this is a courageous venture that the international community must know about, an act of civil resistance to terror and militarism.
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It’s hard to know what to say now that President Bush has vetoed the Iraq spending bill. Continue reading “Redemptive”
Bill Maher often has some truly funny monologues. Continue reading “Bill Maher”