Al Gore is my Jesus, my Ghandi, my Buddah, my Allah, my last hope.

banality aside we step lightly on each others toes try and try to find some light in each others eye tread in each side step of being self and selfless and gather wonder in our heart’s discordance what tune what do we do here find here? inside of magic and nothing is there the same […]

Several days ago I saw a bumper sticker on a car that read “Jeb Bush 2008”. Today I read this… http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=5379738&nav=2Ifu http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4172759.html -est

Semanas semejante suenos Mi corazon es el mar Salio con un murmuello Tranquillo y contento Y a veces soy una tempestad Marco el compas con mis ondas Yo soy nunca resposado Yo soy nunca durmiente Semejante suenos Soy siempre alli Mi risa es el chaparron que alimenta el mar Soy un espejo Brillo con el […]

Wonder what’s going on?

Is the moon out tonight Will she be peeking Through the wisps of Summer’s fog Watching me As tears slip And glitter as they fall Is the moon out tonight Or is she sleeping Not aware in her bed of stars Wake and watch me! I’m not dreaming Far now from where you are I […]

There are realms of my life and work that are apparently separate, but they are beginning to merge in unexpected ways. I do not know where it is leading. I remain cautiously optimistic.

Confirmed via: http://www.snopes.com/politics/arts/pbs2006.asp from moveon.org : Everyone expected House Republicans to give up efforts to kill NPR and PBS after a massive public outcry stopped them last year. But they’ve just voted to eliminate funding for NPR and PBS — unbelievably, starting with programs like “Sesame Street.” Public broadcasting would lose nearly a quarter of […]

Silence Wakes me Finds space in my bed Between the sheets and my dreams Snuggles up and pretends it’s been there For days I focus This cloud This shine I hear nothing but the memory of dreams Its logic pours into this reality Senseless Slowly I lose the threads of thought From then to now […]

Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

“Every time sensitive intelligence is leaked it hurts this country.” Our fearless leader came out on his pulpit today and told us this again.

Boeing-Boeing runs a story about UN World Intellectual Property Organization trying to organize worldwide censorship, ban podcasts and perform some other interesting things sake saving the market positions of current media-monopolies. Here is an excerpt: UN cooking podcast-killing treaty The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization has reconvened to discuss a treaty that will kill innovative […]

“Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.”

There is a currently evolving story of a paradigm shift in the distribution of broadcast audio due to a simple technology that provides easy access to audio files, commonly known as an iPod.

Sometimes it is the small efforts in life that add up to something much larger.

We’re just ahead of our time…

Amen. http://www.impeachbush.org/site/PageServer

V-Day 2006: Until the Violence Stops. I was given the privilege to be part of the cast of “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler, presented on the campus of the University of Utah last night and benefiting programs for the prevention of violence against women and girls here in Utah. Although I have seen the Vagina Monologues 3 or 4 times previously, it was incredibly moving to be part of the cast representing women of different ages from diverse backgrounds and experiences. This experience moved me to post on DS after a long absence.

Ever seen a ninja dance like Hammer?

– Grandma just called and said you’re supposed to go home.
– She didn’t tell me anything.
– Too bad, she said she doesn’t want you here when she gets back because you’ve been ruining everybody’s lives and eating all our steak.
– I’m not goin’ anywhere, Napoleon.
– Get off my property!
– It’s a free country. I can do whatever I want.
– Get off my property or I’ll call the cops on you.
– Well then do it! Go on!
– Maybe I will, GOSH!

Score one for intelligence in public education. Today a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled teaching so-called “intelligent design” in the classroom violates the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. In his ruling, the judge said “Our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom” and “We find that the secular purposes claimed by the board amount to a pretext for the board’s real purpose, which was to promote religion in the public school classroom.” Are ID proponents the next Dodos?

As the Holiday Season comes upon us and we think of all we are blessed with, we should realize we have more to be thankful for than ever. Normally at this time of year we’d be celebrating just one immaculate conception: that of Jesus Christ. But this year, we get to celebrate not only Baby Jesus, but Baby Cruise as well.

Aw heck. The good ‘ol US of A is flunking…

-eyeseetruth

911 Commission Report Card for the Bush Administration

Article on 911 commission report card

In the spirit of the holiday I wanted to briefly introduce myself by way of giving thanks…

In Ukraine, one year after the Orange Revolutiuon the battle for the countrys future is still underway. Ukrainians, my dear compatriots, are trying to understand what has changed during this year. No doubt, Ukrainians have changed a lot. For the first time we have felt responsible for the future of this land. For the first […]

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday. See you next week!

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Feels like a Monday to me

I’ve been doing presentations on everyday activism lately, and I’d like to invite us to talk a little about what it means to us. My questions for discussion include, “What does it mean to you to be an activist?”

GOOD MORNING!!!

It was in 1859, one hundred and forty-six years ago next month, that Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, and it’s been under attack ever since.

I had to re-post this list. Love DOES make a marriage.

Good F&*@ing Morning

Hi, everybody! Today I have stumbled on a very interestiong instrument that misght be of interest for members of Driving Socrates community. It is Flock – a Firefox-based Web-browser for active users of Blogs and other social web-services. Besides a really neat interface it seems rather functional, though has some glitches. Still it has some […]

Please welcome the first Edition of the Driving Socrates Comics Page

For the first time in history, a marriage equality bill has passed through a state legislature. The bill could reach Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk this week.
The Governor has indicated that he will veto this historic legislation.

Heavy steps on drunken feet Join jazz beats Wake me from my sleep Now knowing the mess Of death Homes no longer possessed I long for laughter’s flight Pouring out with doorway light Into a warm Louisiana night My ache finds it’s heart Safely here, this world apart Like a shiny penny tossed I have […]

Civilization was a game I played on a glowing box, a mark of my own nation’s scientific achievement. I find myself playing the same game on a similar box today, only this time I am not the leader. I am the citizen.

A favor to ask…

Are you a “dirty red”?

San Francisco, CA

An angel sang with cherub’s beauty, I forgot her tattered wings. I know she aches from holding worlds of hopes that burn her quiet dreams. From climbing forth from painful pit, her back must ache as wings are dragged. And yet her voice from heaven’s choir cannot be stiffled cannot be gagged. I have seen […]

I’m feeling excited and honored to have an opportunity to contribute to this growing community

alone in soft dawn light the moon pulled back the tide left softly to abide alone in placid strength with seaweed floating near waves breaking in my ears alone beside the sea with all the world asleep in fortune’s dream of peace

This sway Like sea-legs I spin Into the bliss of oblivion Rest on the pillow of waves Awash in this Moment of purity With a careful glance behind I see the last Of the soft sunshine Pull myself into this core Wander back, new To who I was before Greet myself With this kind bliss […]

Did you know that the Chief of Staff of the Bush Administration’s Council on Environmental Quality was previously a lobbyist for oil companies???

If you have Farmers Insurance in CA and use their monthly billing; you need to know this.

What do you want? A headline? Just read it!

Warning! Negative thinking ahead!

If you’ve ever wondered why people who are hurt by Bush’s policies still vote for him, or how it is that conservatives have stolen such a mind share in this country, or how we can fight their Orwellian double speak, then pick up George Lakoff’s “Don’t Think of an Elephant”.

It’s a banner day for truth!

My latest obsession: The Conet Project Call me late to the party, but I recently discovered this. In short, The Conet Project is the title of a collection of recordings from shortwave radios all around the world. But these are not simply people jabbering with each other. These are recordings of ‘numbers stations’. The first […]

Hello. I’m John from down in San Jose. I tend to play free-form jazz with my words, so if I lose you — it’s my fault not yours. I’m quite good at structured, expository writing, but to hell with all that. These days, I just let my brain bounce and play with the cascading cadences […]

How many of you have been spending the last few weeks pounding your head against every available wall trying to figure out how so many people could have voted this disingenuous, election-stealing incompetent back into office? What’s the matter with them? Do they not see how sinister and dangerous he is? Are they stupid? Has he really been able to fool 51% of us?

Hey man,

I feel for you. It’s tough when an issue like this becomes personal. I’m glad to see that Kerry hasn’t punked out. He dodged the issue recently by claiming that it’s a “state’s rights issue” (a ploy that Bush used liberally in the last election) which I think was the best move for him politically. The senate would need 67 members to vote aye to pass this thing into law. I am confident that this won’t happen.

Ok. It’s way too late at night for me to be doing this, but I just signed in to this infernal blogginating machine and thought I should post a little quick something. So, here it is. A simple theory on the physical nature of human existence (I thought I’d start off light and build up to something).