I listen to this every morning. Then I go out into the world and fail, sometimes miserably, but I try. I try to make this my beacon of hope.
RNC and DNC...at war.
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I listen to this every morning. Then I go out into the world and fail, sometimes miserably, but I try. I try to make this my beacon of hope.
That was the impact. I woke up, went to ET. Heard this. No better way to start the day.
What I hear is the faith in man's kindness even when there appears to be none. Personally I need to hear that, otherwise I go into my dog eat dog mode, kill them all and let God sort it out. That's not good for my head in the long run. I still hold my postion that while technologically we are advancing by leaps and bounds, socially we're barely out of the cave. I don't think technology is to blame for the failures of men. We have no one but ourselves to blame for that. Whatever floats your boat. You would not like me in my dog eat dog mode. Nobody does, not even me.
I knew one of the nutbirds would come along and call you a commie, I just knew it.
Its govt which is the enemy, not people. The people in the Middle East would not be hating us, if their corrupt leaders shared the oil wealth.
small decentralized govt as set up by the founders encourages the goodness of people and local communities to manifest.
big, external govt is what leads to evil.
small decentralized govt as set up by the founders encourages the goodness of people and local communities to manifest.
big, external govt is what leads to evil.
They would not be hating us if we had a foreign policy that promoted cooperation rather than military dominance. The oppressed will always fight, there will always be rebellion and uprising.
Sadly we have burned that bridge, so now our choices are capitulate, or exterminate. Both terrible options.
What's happening in the Middle East is simple, really: you have one resource, energy. It's sold, raw, to more advanced nations. Only a few people can profit from that.
The rest get mad and go crazy out of sheer frustration.
Islam has nothing to do with it. The US has nothing to do with it.
It's the internal dynamic of a supply region.
Our foreign policy could change tomorrow (to what?) and it would make no difference.
For some reason, Obama, who is certainly smart enough to understand this stuff, doesn't seem to grasp it.
Ron Paul does.
This is the one place where Ron Paul is right, because he's following the logic of George Washington. Commercial relations with all who are willing, and that's as far as we should go.
In short, withdraw from Libya if it's too problematic. No need to get involved there; the oil they produce mostly goes to Europe anyway.
Sudan? We shouldn't care.
Tunisia? Ditto.
If they riot, withdraw.
My sentiments also, but then we get accused of being isolationists. I don't think we should have as large a military footprint as we do. We are still conducting operations as if we are still in the cold war.