When people talk about culture of life, but their decisions are based on a culture of money… When people invoke scripture against gays, but not against poverty… There’s a rhetoric gap. And it needs to be used. It needs to be used to cut the Republican party down to the ground, to smash it to pieces. (And maybe, once we raise consciousness enough, we can move past using two parties to polarize discourse, and politics can become a culture of discussion and compromise and responsibility, instead of a pathetic soccer game for a gang of greedy boys.) Kat provides this: …
Month: March 2005
Yay!
For now, Trackback Spam should no longer be a problem. Whew. So I’ve gone and applied the fix over at New Sophists’ Almanac, too.
In Case You Missed It
Hey! In case you missed the nifty Google logo for today, it’s World Water Day! Yes, a reminder of the importance of water conservation and sustainable usage, etc. etc. I remember recently mentioning having read about the possibility of wars over water in the future, somewhere online, and some flapjack American Bushita laughing at me. Think it’s crazy? Something so nuts it sounds like it’s out of a Frank Herbert novel? Think again. And again. In Africa and the Middle East (you know, the Middle East), the risk of water wars is rising. Respected author Vandana Shiva has written about …
Annoying
Argh! Trying to stop this trackback spam. Something bad has happened to my website (the trackback pings, specifically). Will fix in the next day or two… I hope!
Underground Fires
I didn’t even know such things were possible, let alone that they existed. But Centralia, Pennsylvania is a good example of a long-term underground mine fire. The pictures on this page are spooky enough, but you can also follow the links at the bottom of the page to find out more about the history of this fire. Quite the thing I was looking for to use in a short story I’m working on.