The Audacity of a New Hope
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The Audacity of a New Hope
This post is more just a general clearinghouse of some of the more interesting articles I’ve come across lately, and a bit of a call for a ray of hope, somewhere along down the line.
First up is this diatribe by Camille Paglia [bio]. She takes [...]
September 17, 2009
Categories: Poli-Fi, President 08, Sci-Non-Fi, advice, business, government, history, media, tech, us . Tags: Camille Paglia, Glenn Beck, global warming, Health Care Reform, Jimmy Carter, obama, racism, Republicans, Tebaggers, Thomas Friedman, Tom the Dancing Bug . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
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I’ve been watching a lot of the townhall debates lately on C-Span regarding the current attempt in Congress to overhaul the health insurance industry in this country. One of the better ones I watched recently was Representative Jim Moran’s (D-VI) trying to communicate to his constituents what is in the bill, what [...]
September 2, 2009
Categories: bullshit, business, funny, government, myth, us . Tags: Fox "news", Full Retard, Glenn Beck. Health Care Debate, Lies and Lying Liars, Rep Jim Moran . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 1 Comment
Last week, after it became apparent that the GOP campaign of disinformation regarding the health care legislation was working wonderfully [1] President Obama shifted gears a bit to talk about *why* this change is necessary.
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a [...]
August 24, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Examples of Work, Poli-Fi, Sci-Non-Fi, business, government, history, religion, us . Tags: Evolution Science, health care, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, Morality . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 2 Comments
It’s been more than a few days since I shared my wondrous insights with my legions of fans here at RPN (does two people count as a legion?), and there’s been a bunch of back and forth on the health care debate so far, so instead of doing some massive fact-laden post, we’ll pick up this thing [...]
August 19, 2009
Categories: Poli-Fi, business, government, media, us . Tags: Disengenous Debate, Health Care Debate, Senator Charles Grassley, Silliness . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 1 Comment
This is a wonderful object lesson we have for us today. This is how you fling shit, and fling it well.
The Genius that is Bush’s Brain has spoken.
By KARL ROVE
On the campaign trail last year, Barack Obama promised to end the “politics of fear and cynicism.” Yet he is now trying to sell his [...]
July 31, 2009
Categories: My World, Poli-Fi, art, business, cool, media, nerd, pirate . Tags: 000, 000 by Karl Rove, genius, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Debate, Health Insurance Reform, How to Disappear 44, Karl Rove, Karl Rove Genius, Karl Rove is kind of a douchebag eh, Lying with Statistics by Karl Rove . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
To catch you up *real* quick, I’ve been away and Sarah Palin quit as Governor of Alaska.
A number of other big things have happened since I last wrote, and we’ll be addressing a number of those in short order, but as I like to talk a bit about policy and big things from time to [...]
July 16, 2009
Categories: Poli-Fi, business, environment, government, oil, us . Tags: Climate Change, global warming, HR 2494, Sarah Palin . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
I’ve been a bit lax (ha!) in keeping up the blog lately. My apologies for withholding from you.
As mentioned previously, the saving the world bit is on the tiring side, and the writing stuff is on the high energy side, and seldom did the ‘twain meet.
When one is pouring all of one’s emotional energy into [...]
July 14, 2009
Categories: Int Poly, Poli-Fi, Sci-Fi, advice, archaic interfaces, business, government, history, internet, pirate, robot, us . Tags: Arrested Development, Evolution of Mankind, Healthcare Reform, Hulu, Meth Capital of Alaska, Revolution, Sarah Palin, Stephen Hawking, True Blood, Universal Healthcare . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Part 1:
Part 2:
Here’s the links for the video…
Obama talkin’ to the CEO’s.
Jon Stewart slamming Jim Cramer and CNBC.
China on the offensive in the Impeccable.
China on that $1,000,000,000,000 note of ours.
Russian bombers and new bases.
World Bank on global economy shrinkage.
Cheney being Cheney, which is to say, a dick.
Loudmouth [...]
March 15, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Int Poly, Poli-Fi, advice, asia, business, china, drugs, government, media, middle east, oil, us . Tags: china, cuba, David Frum, Dick Being a Dick, Dick Cheney, Global Economy, Impeccable, Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart, Larry Summers, obama, police state, Run Rush Run, Rush Limbaugh, russia, South China Sea, Strategic Bombers, World Bank . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: Leave a Comment
So I heard from the Byrds (via the Bible) that things turn, turn, turn.
Here’s the Byrds…
And here’s the Bible…
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¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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I said in mine heart, God shall judge the [...]
February 26, 2009
Categories: Poli-Fi, President 08, Texas, advice, business, government, history, money, music, pirate, robot, tech, us . Tags: "The Messiah", Barack Obama, Byrds, Ecclesiastes, Economic Stimulus, Juggernaut, Political Advice, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Perry's Hair, Turn Turn Turn, Wall Street . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 4 Comments
This line of thought began with this MetaFilter post linking to this FRONTLINE piece on what happened with the banking/ibanking sector last Fall. [BTW, the best animation explanation of the problems is here.]
The FRONTLINE documentary does a great job at pointing out some of the players in the mix and the personal relationships that helped [...]
February 26, 2009
Categories: 3_RobotPirateNinja, Doh, Examples of Work, Poli-Fi, President 08, bullshit, business, government, history, money, us . Tags: Economic Collapse, Food For Thought, Frontline, George Soros, Hank Paulson, Jonathan Jarvis, Lehman Brothers, Phil Gramm, Richard Fuld . Author: RoPiNi . Comments: 4 Comments