"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." Martin Luther King, Jr. who could have turned 76 today.
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Save Social Security!!!
it's cold outside. frozen ice on the windshield cold. i wish it would snow or something just to give the cold some reason for being so damn cold.
anyway, there's lots going on these days worthy of a post. it would be interesting to comment on politics, but that leads to a heart of darkness. The further down the river we go, the worse it gets until we realize what our president stands for and even worse, his followers. i am not sure i want to travel down that road without some mild halleucinagenics. But, seriously, does anyone really believe that he's "saving social security" for anyone but the corporate interests? IE--the banks, oil companies and others who would benefit from "safe" investments. there's no doubt in my mind that there are worse problems in our society right now than social security, but it's one of those problems that annoys the rich because it's such a large government program and they want to raid it and dismantle it so that there's nothing greater than themselves.
It took a major financial collapse and a world war to create some of the social programs that exist today. Once the Republican leaders have their way, it will take something along the same lines to ever achieve social equity. But, I'm afraid that it might not be that easy. Just pray to God that when it happens, there's finally some sense in this world and someone else in power to handle the coming crisis...
anyway, there's lots going on these days worthy of a post. it would be interesting to comment on politics, but that leads to a heart of darkness. The further down the river we go, the worse it gets until we realize what our president stands for and even worse, his followers. i am not sure i want to travel down that road without some mild halleucinagenics. But, seriously, does anyone really believe that he's "saving social security" for anyone but the corporate interests? IE--the banks, oil companies and others who would benefit from "safe" investments. there's no doubt in my mind that there are worse problems in our society right now than social security, but it's one of those problems that annoys the rich because it's such a large government program and they want to raid it and dismantle it so that there's nothing greater than themselves.
It took a major financial collapse and a world war to create some of the social programs that exist today. Once the Republican leaders have their way, it will take something along the same lines to ever achieve social equity. But, I'm afraid that it might not be that easy. Just pray to God that when it happens, there's finally some sense in this world and someone else in power to handle the coming crisis...
Saturday, January 01, 2005
new years stuff
Happy New Year everyone. There's many ways to celebrate this day, and I'm trying to incorporate all of them. first, there's football. If you don't like football, there's good food and an excuse to drink beer during the day. There's also some good television (Beverly Hills Cop-still can't get over Eddie Murphy's laugh), grey weather (the paper promises snow today), and food at the folks. Also took time to read the paper and make myself a lunch out of cans-canned ravioli, canned split pea soup, and well, bottled beer from Deschutes Brewery. Lovely.
I also had the opportunity to do some yoga today and that counts as my physical activity as much as anything else. It's too damned cold out there and the early night fall makes TV, eats, and the internet the best way to spend my time. Maybe I'm just lazy-not nursing a hangover either. Pretty much stayed sober last night except for a few drinks with girlfriend's parents and a Mike's Hard Lemonade around midnight. Went downtown but the lines into clubs were long and what's the point, really? I repeat, too damned cold for being out of doors.
Today's yoga class we turned up the Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and other yoga-esque tunes and played around a little. Upon Shivasana, or relaxation at the end of class, Michael the teacher asked us to maybe think about what parts of our 2004 we want to leave behind and what we want to happen in 2005. For me, I stayed in that meditative posture for a good long time.
It's pretty interesting to reflect back on the year that's been and try to remember what things you were thinking at this same time last year.
I also had the opportunity to do some yoga today and that counts as my physical activity as much as anything else. It's too damned cold out there and the early night fall makes TV, eats, and the internet the best way to spend my time. Maybe I'm just lazy-not nursing a hangover either. Pretty much stayed sober last night except for a few drinks with girlfriend's parents and a Mike's Hard Lemonade around midnight. Went downtown but the lines into clubs were long and what's the point, really? I repeat, too damned cold for being out of doors.
Today's yoga class we turned up the Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and other yoga-esque tunes and played around a little. Upon Shivasana, or relaxation at the end of class, Michael the teacher asked us to maybe think about what parts of our 2004 we want to leave behind and what we want to happen in 2005. For me, I stayed in that meditative posture for a good long time.
It's pretty interesting to reflect back on the year that's been and try to remember what things you were thinking at this same time last year.
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