Category: Ethics
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Something Is Terribly Wrong
There is something terribly wrong… I’ve immersed myself in alternatives to our currently accepted notions of economy, humanity, and even civilization. The news, both political and economic, along with trends in manufacturing and technology, have convinced me that the current economic model is unsustainable. It’s collapse is inevitable. The only real questions are, when and…
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Tennessee
Tennesseeby Gillian Welch I kissed you cause I’ve never been an angelI learned to say hosannas on my kneesBut they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nineAnd the sisters said I did just as I pleasedEven so I try to be a good girlIt’s only what I want that makes me weakI…
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Three Truths
Three Truths A statement each by three preeminent public intellectuals, past and present: “Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent…
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Always Preposterous
Ok, my last rant for this week.. Always Preposterous National and international news is often quite revealing in what it neglects. Just look at what is going on around us right now. From destroying our water resources and pumping so much garbage into our air that our climate is already changing (undoubtedly past the critical…
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Establishment Gatekeepers and the Long Con
Establishment Gatekeepers and the Long Con A post from a friend showed up on my FB feed a while back before I quit wasting so much of my time on FB. It was discouraging to read. It was a dismissal of anything but establishment news (the mainstream media), the very echo chamber (propaganda arm) of…
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The Elephant In The Room — Again
I brought this up a year ago and wrote several poems and screeds referencing it since then as well; time to consider it again… The Elephant in the Room Sometimes, I get so tired of thinking and writing about it; or perhaps disallutioned is a better word for it. Nothing seems to change significantly, even…
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Killing the Blues
Killing the Bluesby Roly Salley [Verse 1]Leaves were falling just like embersIn colors red and gold, they set us on fireBurning just like a moonbeam in our eyes [Chorus]Somebody said they saw meSwinging the world by the tailBouncing over a white cloudKilling the blues [Verse 2]Now I am guilty of somethingI hope you never do,…
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The Daily Resurrection Blues
Another oldie but goodie? … The Daily Resurrection Blues Waiting for the resurrection,It happens every day at five.That’s the time we come alive.For now, we just improve production. I’ve got the waiting-for-The-daily-resurrection blues. Walking dead from nine till five,Push us hard – keep the profits high.We break production records daily. I’ve got the waiting-for-The-daily-resurrection blues.…
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Brand-New Day
Brand-New Day parakeet sings alongin staccato counterpointto the indigenous flute songdeep in the laurel-canyon Chihuahua races alongthe chain-link fence barkingfinding every sound andmovement beyond disturbing arrows launched atbreeze-swaying targetclose, but no cigars and fatiguedshoulders need a rest Midnight slinks over theouter wall puddling in hiddencorners out of sight, in shadeunder the Oleander, safe aroma of…
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Homage to Man
Made the mistake of listening to a few so-called news programs one morning and was compelled to respond… Homage to Man testosterone-soaked psychecognitive dissonance on a rampagecivilization swan-song based onme, me, me techno-innovator, mankilling each other more efficientlygenocide, ecocide, suicide forprofit and power, what a noble plan yes, cognitive dissonance runamuck in the testosterone-soakedpsyche of…
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