g Barack Obama has said from the beginning of this campaign that it is the people who must believe— not just in his ability to bring about change in Washington— but in theirs. He has couched these exhortations in what he calls the fierce urgency of NOW. It’s as rousing a call to the responsibilities of citizenship you’re likely to …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0&feature=related[/youtube] Will the monkeys wake up to a new “Dawn of Man” on November 5th? Perhaps. Either way, it’s a rough new road ahead; a paradigm shift of change unfolding. Prepare to do your part. • •
The Google looks down on Adler Planetarium From Adler Planetarium. [D]uring the presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, Senator John McCain made the following statement: McCain: “While we were working to eliminate these pork barrel earmarks he (Senator Obama) voted for nearly $1 billion in pork barrel earmark projects. Including $3 million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, …
One of the greatest attractions of patriotism— it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling we are profoundly virtuous. — Aldous Huxley “Country First” John McCain: “I am not a perfect vessel.” I’ll see your “Country First” and raise you a …
More galaxies than grains of sand on every beach of this world. Taken with the Hubble Deep Field, January 15, 1996 Since it’s a lovely morning, why don’t we take stock of a few things that most of us take for granted. Let’s start with some practical aspects of “reality.” Here we are— billions of us— whizzing through time and …
Andy: “. . .That’s the beauty of music; they can’t get that from you. Haven’t you ever felt that way about music? Red: I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it, though. Didn’t make much sense in here. Andy: Here’s where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don’t forget. Red: Forget? …
Finding the Invisible WE HAVE TALKED about the startle of everyday life, how it is not the reality, but the dream life that you see. For when you are plunged into the sea of sensuous existence, your true life leaves you like smoke. It evaporates into the stuff of dreams; it is hard to hold yourself to yourself. Your past …
