poet, scholar, ceremonialist, augur, scientist, linguist, philosopher, &c.; academic refugee who yet would cite the rare caliber of said academies; imaginer of peace.
Who is the man who arrives at the Wall
Making the shape of his question to heaven:
Whether the Sun will rise in the evening –
Will he remember the lesson of giving? (Roger Waters)
Been meaning to put this up for a while, but what with the Gulf, and now Japan...
I hope we make it, people. I am still rooting for us monkeys. Let's be the people-with-their-heads-not-up-their-asses that we want to see in the world.
To which end may I present Daniel Abrahamson.
You may not agree with everything he has to say -- I would be surprised if you could even absorb it all. (And if you knew it all already -- you should post.) So sachedule a couple of hours when you can try to take this in. (Hint: its better than Zeitgeist).
Project for the New American Consciousness? Perhaps Now Anythings Constitutional? or, Primer Needed by the Attentive Citizen? A call for suggestions, nay, a contest, declared! For acromymical (ahem) entertainment purposes only.
Speaking of which, I welcome comments, in case you hadn't noticed. A blog is a venerable research technology. I am very thankful to every Gentle Reader who has taken the time to share what they know. Together we can fix this mess, I am certain. The questions that remain are not so much of philosophy as of logistics. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law -- real soon now...
Be seeing --
but wait, how about I leave you with something fun? This is what I call fun. It may also finish off what is left of your mind. As far as I know, all, (I checked them), all the sources for the bold statements made by the following video are in fact correct. It may be a bit out of date -- it was made in 2006, back when bad presidents sounded bad -- but -- it has a good beat... so hold on to whatever you need to --