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Topic of Disgustion

Topic of Disgustion

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Is anyone else freaked out by Bush's apparent candor? I mean, it's good that he's allowing the topic of Iraq to be discuessed, even if we aren't leaving. He seemed much more visibly relaxed, and was responding to aggressive questioning, and seemed almost like a real president should. But when a stonewalling potentate suddenly changes tack and opens up, I have this feeling of worry. Like there's something big just around the horizon, and he needs public support for it so much that he's finally listening to what people say about him and adjusting his tactics. How can this be?

I am, of course, a paranoid crackpot who suspects foul play at all levels at all times. But though I haven't been proven right, I've not been proven wrong.

All you bloodthirsty Bush haters out there might enjoy watching this, assuming you haven't already.

Everyone who doesn't care about Bush, you should check out this video of Vikings, Rock and Roll, and Giant Robots. Keywords everyone should enjoy.

Back on the subject of politics, I need to mention something. I probably seem very pessimistic, and indeed, I have been, frequently, a glass half empty kind of guy when it comes to the future of civilization. But after taking that class with Noel Ignatiev, I've arrived at an optimistic perspective, summed up thusly...

No matter how steeply we seem to be declining, on the big scale we have been steadily climbing. We are making progress. Life is better now for many people than it was decades ago, at least in this country. The race/gender divide is closing, not quickly, but with the force that makes the glaciers move. Slowly. Inevitably. People give a shit about other people. On the global scale, the leading governmental style is socialist democracy. Sure, we're a republic, and one that is only loosely democratic when corruption is included in the equation, but in Europe, socialist democracy is alive and well. America is the great beast, but perhaps soon we will be humbled and join the ranks of the cultures that have moved on from apetite and avarice.

I see problems today, but solutions tomorrow, if we have the wisdom, the patience, and the determination to continue to push for humanity, reason, and compassion.

Enough of that happy crappy claptrap.

/rant

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