The American Dream: Is It A Nightmare?

Posted on August 30, 2008 by

This silly man is waiting for the American Dream to become his reality.

Doesn’t he realize that it is!

P.S. What is the American Dream? Is it:

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The More Things Change…

Posted on August 28, 2008 by

"And I promise you lower taxes, better health care, life after death…

and…and I’ll bring the troops home, restore

our international image…"

(Painting by Goya. 1746-1828)

Political Triumph or Tragic Farce?

Posted on August 27, 2008 by

"The year-long circus called the U.S. Presidential election grinds on. "

QUESTION: How could something so simple have been made

so spectacularly complicated and costly while its

final outcome, most times, is so

unbelievably mediocre?

Look Not Into The Human Abyss!

Posted on August 23, 2008 by

Why? Because there are infinitely more noble, more beautiful,

more worthy creatures to reflect upon.

Man: The Measure Of All Things?

Posted on August 20, 2008 by

SCENE FROM THE RAPE OF NANJING

"O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil!"

Shakespeare.

"We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth."

Voltaire

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for

good men to do nothing."

Edmond Burke

"Until humans can face the ugly truth about themselves,

change is impossible."

Anonymous.

QUESTION FOR THE MATURE: Does war dehumanize or simply reveal man’s true nature?

Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention

Posted on August 18, 2008 by

AUSCHWITZ GAS OVEN

"Man with all his noble qualities…still bears in his bodily frame

the indelible stamp of his lowly origin."

Charles Darwin.

"History shows clearly that, all too often, men of every colour

and creed can fairly be labeled as cruel vermin."

Anonymous.

The Great Faith Debate!

Posted on August 16, 2008 by

"I love God more than you!"

"Nonsense! I pray six times a day!"

"So what! I pray continuously."

"Rubbish! When do you sleep? My faith in God is my strength!"

"My faith is larger than the universe. God constantly walks by my side!"

"That’s nothing! God speaks to me. In my heart. He is my Shepherd."

"And you’re His crook. He clearly wants me to be President!"

"Over my dead body. I can sing six hymns with all the verses."

"I can recite the whole New Testament!"

"Can’t."

"Can."

UPDATE 17/8/08: Debate? What debate? It was a stage-managed fiasco, a vote-buying exercise put on for the religiously deranged!

Is God An American?

Posted on August 15, 2008 by

"Putin, stop your evil invading and occupying and get out of Georgia

right now or, verily, I say unto you, that my Holy Army of shy,

humble, altruistic, peace-loving, God-fearing AMERICANS

will surely gird their bulging loins (sigh) and,

using avenging Stealth bombers

and nukes, mightily

smite thee

dead!"