tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post5299744485618895602..comments2023-08-20T21:14:43.398-07:00Comments on Before Nine: We're Saying The Same ThingsMongo, At The Momenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post-23563935131188072762016-10-11T12:55:42.000-07:002016-10-11T12:55:42.000-07:00If you weren't both, I'd be surprised. The...If you weren't both, I'd be surprised. The culture we've been birthed in has taught our hindbrains (among other things) to Want -- that What We Possess In Life is a gauge of our intrinsic value as living beings, and that our existence has No Other Valid Point Of Reference. It's narcotic. Being weaned off a dependence on that skein of beliefs is a life's work.Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345889130053053070.post-14837821536306653322016-10-11T10:36:42.751-07:002016-10-11T10:36:42.751-07:00here's an alternative viewpoint - brent budows...here's an alternative viewpoint - brent budowsky asserts that bernie was the winner of debate 2<br /><br />http://observer.com/2016/10/bernie-sanders-won-the-trump-clinton-debate/<br /><br />i think thomas frank's analysis is correct - hillary owes her loyalty to the .01%, not to the little people whom she is so glad not to be one of any more - the podesta emails make this very clear<br /><br />on tv this weekend one of the talkers referred to the "donor class" unironically - by which is meant the owner class, of course - those who have their hand on the pie slicer and decide who gets how big a piece<br /><br />i wonder if i'm as consumed with hate and envy as i sometimes fear - or if, rather, i have an unquenchable thirst for truth, justice, and the potentially sentient way, and am full of unselfish love for all my fellow creatures<br /><br />maybe both<br /><br />may the creative forces of the universe smile in our general direction<br /><br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com