In Response To Bush’s State of the Union, Remember MLK I’m going to respond to President Bush’s State of the Union, but not in the way every blog is. As always, I want to be atypical and different. 🙂 In response to Bush’s weak, conservative agenda to address problems at home (tax deductions will enable … Continue reading “In Response To Bush’s State of the Union, Remember MLK”
Why You Should Boycott Microsoft Vista Slate.com just put out a review of Microsoft’s new Operating System: Hey, Windows Vista Is Pretty Good. But from my good friend Y-Love, I bring you the reason everyone should boycott this newfangled software: Microsoft is doing evil $#!t to ppl. Especially IT ppl and tech employed ppl. So … Continue reading “Why You Should Boycott Microsoft Vista”
My Thoughts On Hillary Last weekend Hillary Clinton announced she’s running for president. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson also announced. Senator Sam Brownback announced for the Republican side.Barack Obama jumped in last week. Senator Biden and Senator Dodd and Senator McCain got in weeks ago. But about Hillary: Although the hatred of Hillary in the … Continue reading “My Thoughts On Hillary”
U.S. Foreign Policy In Deep Shi’ite An in-depth analysis In 2007, the dominant news story will be the ongoing bloodshed in Iraq. War is also the dominant spiritual and moral issue of my generation. It’s impossible for me not to blog about this. The president has ordered a “surge,” or increase of 21,500 troops, which … Continue reading “U.S. Foreign Policy In Deep Shi’ite”
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Confronting The Absence of G-d Filling the Gap Called Life I was born with some weird, unknown muscular dystrophy (yeah, Jerry’s Kids Telethon *gag*) believed to be related to the metabolic cycle. On September, Friday the 13th, 1991, at age 9, I had back surgery to put rods in and supposedly straighten my spine (unnecessarily, … Continue reading “Confronting The Absence of G-d”
Amos Shoves G-d’s Social Justice Message In Your Face Nick’s Commentary on the Book of Amos All my life, I’ve had this yearning to repair the world and set right the injustices it is replete with. This drive has burned within me and spurred me to act and become an activist. As I study scripture, … Continue reading “Amos Shoves G-d’s Social Justice Message In Your Face”
Pat Robertson is saying G-d spoke to him and said millions of Americans will die in a terrorist attack later this year. When reached for comment, the Lord of Hosts said:
2007 Time is passing. One of the greatest illusions mankind clings to, is the notion that time is stalled and they can hang on to the status quo. You can’t. One of the only unalterable elements of nature is change. Nation-states rise and fall, politics shift like unavoidable rising tides. In Iran, anti-regime politics are … Continue reading “It’s A New Year”