Randy Spire

Reply to New Directions to Peace in Politics JoeUser Forums

I don't disagree with what is posted, but in terms of creating peace it is highly limited, though I also can't expect you to go into all the various aspects without creating an entire thesis or website. (see http://www.pathwaystopeace.org/ ). However, it does also presume a top down type of peacemaking which is inherently flawed. the generation of real peace is a matter or bottom up formation, via the grassroots efforts of individuals, and these eff

Reply to Creating a society of dependents in Politics JoeUser Forums

quoted from Brad: "I don't pretend to care about fairness in results.. . . I don't care.. . . My greatest fear . . . " look in the mirror.

Reply to Wardell Protests Too Much in Blogging JoeUser Forums

and as for Wardell, I think he speaks for himslef best: " I don't pretend to care about fairness in results. . . I don't care."

Reply to Wardell Protests Too Much in Blogging JoeUser Forums

"if the left acknowledges that Saddam Hussein was a devastating terrorist, then why are they so outraged that we ousted him?" because it's not really about Saddam, it's about Bush and the PNAC. The stated reason to got o war was WMD, then it was Saddam is a bad guy, then it was liberation. all deception (aka lies). The reason we went into Iraq was because he had us by the balls for all the supoprt we game him over the past three decades in

Reply to Trouble posting in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Brad, I had one this morning posting your fav article of the welfare state ;-0, anyway, after 'posting' , it came back with an error msg, something about bad quantity in the sub/cat line . . . something, sorry i didn't copy it out. so i went back to try posting again and got the same thing. when i left and came back to the home site, i saw my post had actually registered each time i had tried, though it wouldn't register on my end. i went back to d

Reply to ~*~*~*~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bad News!!!!!!!!!!!!!~*~*~*~ in Blogging JoeUser Forums

the best news of the day is that you can get rid of your TV!! it is really good for your health and sanity. trust me, this is from personal experience. television is drugs, you just dont know what its been laced with, corporate greed.

Reply to Creating a society of dependents in Politics JoeUser Forums

as usual or as might be expected, the stat results that brad 'chose' to use are highly selctive to show points he is trying to make in support of his views. i suggest you go to the site link and read 'all' the numbers for yourself. they are quite more telling. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/index.epolls.html

Reply to Creating a society of dependents in Politics JoeUser Forums

j swift -- amen, brother, roll on!

Reply to Creating a society of dependents in Politics JoeUser Forums

it seems as though web-master brad is at work again censoring posts that are out of line with his telling people how to think. such is the place or power and privelege

Reply to Creating a society of dependents in Politics JoeUser Forums

where is the highest concentration of poor people? the rural south, overwhelmingly (to uses brad's term) in support of Bush.

Reply to The inevitable fall of democracies in History JoeUser Forums

During the debt crisis of the 1980s, the IMF, backed by the Reagan and Bush administrations, forced most of the third world to downsize public employment, devalue currencies and open their domestic markets to imports. The results everywhere were an explosion of urban poverty and sharp fall-offs in public services. But if everyone just got married and found Jesus, everything would be fine.

Reply to Bush's Moon/Mars Program is About Space Empire in Current Events JoeUser Forums

i don't know who this Palpatine feller is, but it's kinda funny soundin', makes me thing of preparation H

Reply to The inevitable fall of democracies in History JoeUser Forums

I wonder how the following stat would read? Average number years of formal education: Gore voters -- Bush voters -- Open for speculation or research.

Reply to The inevitable fall of democracies in History JoeUser Forums

Thanks for such a great post, quite insightful. Those with strong math backgrounds will understand that stats can be used to show or support any position. As for the figure on counties won, it is absolutely irrelevent to voting, both in terms of actual voters and in terms of the electoral college. As for square miles, also totally irrelevent. Number of states, irrelevent outside electoral counts which are based on population. Murder rate, irrelevent. What your Professor Olson lea

Reply to Yellowstone a Erupting Volcano? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I lived in Bozeman MT for seven years, it's just an hour plus north of the park. We would go for long weekends oftern and there was regularly news about new developments in the park regarding changes in the ecostructure; geysers dying or moving or new ones being born, new mounds forming, etc. Whether it will bloow the big one onetime relevent to any of us, who knows, but it is alive and kicking.

Reply to Bush's Moon/Mars Program is About Space Empire in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"As we move onto the 21st Century, space forces will continue to provide support from space, but will also begin to conduct space operations. The emerging synergy of space superiority-equal to land sea, and air superiority-will enable us to achieve Full Spectrum Dominance. "

Reply to Bush's Moon/Mars Program is About Space Empire in Current Events JoeUser Forums

back at ya - like a typical right wingnut to post a comment with no facts. the militarization of the space program and the intent to increase it is well documented. for anyone to suggest it as unreal or to blow it off as commie-hippy-homo-lefty conspiracy is only to reveal one's lack of education, understanding, and intellectual depth. from: United States Space Command, Long Range Plan -- http://www.fas.org/spp/military

Reply to And Today I Met Governor Dean in Politics JoeUser Forums

just as progressives wont vote for kerry

Reply to Everyone READ: Favorite Philosophy in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

there is a great article in the current issue of harpers magazine on evil, an alternate perspective on the the history of philosophy. definitely worth a read, though not online yet.

Reply to And Today I Met Governor Dean in Politics JoeUser Forums

yeah, i heard about folks getting censored off the Dean blog, not sure what that's about, seems a little chickenshit to me. Being a real Kucinich supporter though now wanting to work and support Dean as well, it's obvious I come from the more left portion of the party. I would've voted Nader last time, but I'm not that stupid. This time around I will vote for whoever the dem nominee turns out to be, but I do have real concerns about Kerry. i just learned that the RNC and repub PAC's outspent

Reply to And Today I Met Governor Dean in Politics JoeUser Forums

I don't expect you to have seen or read my post a day or so ago about my added support for Dean (in addition to Kucinich), but now maybe you are the perfect person for me to chat with. Maybe we can open a new thread for a Dean/ Kerry debate? Anyway, my concern with Kerry is that he is a copycat and not a true leader. Dean has opened the way for the rest of the Dems to finally speak out. But just because they're saying the right things now, doesn't mean the attitude is in thier heart and bloo

Reply to Class Warfare: or telling it like it is? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Brad seems to be confusing standard of living with upward mobility. Granted standard of living is obviously better, but upward mobility, implying the ability to move up in society, has definitely declined. The gap between have and have not is vastly wider than is was, the top is higher and the bottom is still the bottom. The problem is that the 'top' isn't takaing anyone with them, only getting smaller and smaller. Granted GDP, etc. continues to ri