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Half a second in the Empire

…e bachelor and yes who won the NH primary.  Politics in this country has become the equivalent of a puppet show.  On the Right, war has also become entertainment.   In the past, such as with WW11 war was something that the entire nation was involved in and was necessary.  Now, it is which country we can dominate today and which humans a drone has destroyed today.   The citizens have no idea what it would be like to be fearful of a drone attack by…

The New York Times and The Economist

…goes: 1. Paul writes an economic article – Usually that the apocalypse is coming. 2. The Economist, not liking their turf to be tread upon, tells Paul he is wrong. 3. Repeat. I was aware of the recent spat but doing a quick search, the first article I came upon was from 2008:  Krugman’s conundrum. Recently, things have gotten ugly. 1. The Times – “I’m Gonna Haul Out The Next Guy Who Calls Me ‘Crude’ And Punch Him In The Kisser,” – Paul Krugman Th…

A Night in Saigon – Debate at a Bar

…t system in the United States. It was interesting to find that as they can search houses here and we think of it as “Communism,” the same thing happens in the USA, especially in minority neighborhoods. I guess the pretext is finding “illegal aliens,” but they could say that here as well since some foreigners have not registered their guests/residents in their house properly. So we foreigners tend to think of this as “Communism” but it’s not really…

CONSPIRACY!

…mply too difficult to imagine that any one person or group could have such complete control.  CEOs of major companies have a hard enough time as it is simply controlling their empires.  The pieces move to quickly and one would think that a secret this big couldn’t be kept for long.  Unless of course the secret is already out there but most just refuse to believe it? Aren’t conspiracy theories fun! UPDATE 5.9.2010 –  Well I’ll be danged.  There is…

Extreme Christianity

…ociety In order to make them better Christians she must show them how to become “more excited” over their faith and become like her. This however is not new, especially in the United States. The US has a long history of “revivals” where people work themselves up into a frenzy in order to more directly “experience God.”  These include: 1. Snake Handlers 2. Quakers – “Unprogrammed” worship where people just start to yell out 3. Speaking in Tongues 4…