Thursday Nov 13, 2008

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i think i am going to shave my entire body.

i am deeply concerned about aerodynamics
as well as hydrodynamics. also, it would
be flame retardant.

i am an ambitious girl.
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opticnerve:
Are you planning to do some naked motorcycle riding?
78walk:
Seems like it would be a lot of work, but who am I to argue against aerodynamic enhancement? smile

Tuesday Nov 11, 2008

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kill it. fuck it. and eat it.
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opticnerve:
I usually don't eat what I screw, but I'll give it a go.
nikonphoto80:
How about I fuck it and then take it out to dinner and then kill the guy who tries to hurt it biggrin

Sunday Nov 02, 2008

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squishes, rinos, feminatzis, greens, socialists, libs: stalemate

i have learned so much from this process, i think my
overall political savvy just got a huge boost for the better.
hopefully my political intelligence is raised a few notches.

i have made reading everything i can think of the focus
of about 8 weeks of my life. i have spent many many
obsessional hours on it....
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bellyjack:
Don't know if enjoy is the correct word, but you might find John Ralston Saul's 1992 book, "Voltaire's Bastards - The Dictatorship of Reason in the West" good for mind-stretching exercises.

A tidbit from part III "Surviving in Fantasy Land", chapter 22 "The Virtue of Doubt" on page 582.

This rootless wandering is perhaps the explanation for the hypnotic effect which the idea of efficiency has upon us. Deprived of direction, we are determined to go there fast. And so we apply this minor sub-product of reason to our economies, administration, arts, and even to our democratic process. We confuse intention with execution. Decision making with administration. Creation with accounting. On the dark plain we wander, totems have been erected, not to indicate the way, but to provide hopeful relief. That of efficiency is one of the highest, a freestanding moral value.

It is difficult in this context to keep in mind that the essence of civilization should tend towards consideration, not speed. The easy answer is that decision making must be decoupled from administration; the former being organic and reflective, the latter linear and structured. Bit in a civilization which has mistaken management techniques for moral values, all answers are a trap.
cranstonlamont:
From what I've seen in the past week, Obama's coming across really well, without any of Clinton's sloppiness or Carter's naivet. And I get the general sense that people of all persuations think the time for fun and games is over. What do you think?


"I don't belong to any organized political party _ I'm a Democrat."

Saturday Oct 18, 2008

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what would fascism look like?

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism -- Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights -- Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes...
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bellyjack:


it boils down to 3 things: fear, ignorance, and apathy.

who among us is immune from all of these?



Tough question. I'm pretty good with combating ignorance, but sometimes have problems with the other two. It may be a permutation of the engineering "pick two" adage.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

... good, fast, or cheap - pick two.


If so, I'd just as soon start out "shit my pants" afraid, but not ignorant or apathetic. Fear can be mediated with the cultivation and application of knowledge and desire.

The other two poles would be:

[1]. apathetic, but knowledgeable and unafraid.
[2]. ignorant, but passionate and fearless.

Option one seems to be a non-starter ... start out apathetic, and it is unlikely it'll end up any other way.

Option two sounds too much like my interpretation of Sarah Palin's qualifications for vice president.

Don't know how the demographics plays out, but my baseless gut feel says the bell curve peaks at apathetic.

cranstonlamont:
What a lot of people don't know or don't remember is that the Nazis came to power in Germany by winning an election. The way the situation was, they didn't have to have more than half the people behind them -- they just had to be the biggest and noisiest single group. The majority of the people facilitated this horror by choosing to let it happen. Like the man said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

Monday Oct 13, 2008

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What does it mean to be a liberal?

1. Liberals believe individuals should doubt their own truths and consider fairly and open-mindedly the truths of others. This is at the very heart of liberalism. Liberals understand, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed, that "time has upset many fighting faiths." Liberals are skeptical of censorship and celebrate free and open debate.

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opticnerve:
You know, I think we have to change the language of the debate from liberals versus conservatives, to progressives versus reactionaries. I'm incubating this idea, so I can't fully articulate the reasons for this change.
nikonphoto80:
and that is why I'm a liberal. smile

Tuesday Oct 07, 2008

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no individual is all good or all bad.

truth and love will prevail.

unity.
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thefreddy:
No good guys or bad guys. Just guys.
urvile:
A open heart, a lack of expectations, allows the capacity to see both the good and bad, in this imperfect world.

Truth, love, empathy, help us keep grounded, removes the veil of illusion, that we are all monkeys with minds ever active and never restful.

Sunday Sep 28, 2008

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since when did liberal become a dirty word?
this fucking bugs the crap out of me.
to clear things up, regaurding the right wing's bastardization of this word.
liberal and liberty is the core base of our constitution and what this
stupid country was founded on.

Liberal
(lib'er el, lib'rel), adj 1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs. 2. (often...
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bellyjack:
Speaking as a man, Sarah Palin scares the living bejeesus out of me, too, especially with John McCain's actuarial statistics, and his recent erratic behavior staring me in the face.

On the other hand, if she wasn't in the race then Tina Fey would never have had the opportunity to do this.

NBC - SNL - Sarah Palin/Katie Couric parody interview clip
nikonphoto80:
Liberal is the way to be. biggrin

Thursday Sep 18, 2008

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if the demons eat me starting at my crotch, i hope its an easy death.




sasha fucking grey.
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badronald:
Sasha is the King, the Queen and everything else in between!!!
bellyjack:


if the demons eat me starting at my crotch, i hope its an easy death.


Eh? So, if they happen to be ass-loving demons, and start at the other side, or have a nipple fetish - then what? confused

Sasha is intriguing ... pretty as hell, has a far-reaching intellect, talented (plays guitar; left-handed, no less) and with few inhibitions so far as I've seen, yet grounded, and she owns herself. First saw her in Fashionistas: Safado, but my favorite Sasha performances are from Blake's "House Pets".

sasha fucking gray, indeed.

Tuesday Aug 26, 2008

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silverpoet:
Nice Bike. biggrin
soobie:
Hey, they were cool arse pictures. You should post a few of them - especially the first one. Glad you're enjoying scooting around so much smile

Saturday Aug 16, 2008

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i am the worst motorcyclist in the history of the universe.

ugg.
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soobie:
You can NOT leave the story unsaid like that. I'mma tell you off big time if you do that smilesmilesmile
rxdxt:
which is still the better than being the best non-motorcyclist in the world.

;-)

i was just thinking of you strangely out of the blue - what kind of bike?

Wednesday Jul 16, 2008

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summer.

summer here is unbelievably spectacularly beautiful.
its also very frenzied because it is so short and yet so amazing.
i do enjoy it so.
this seems ironic to me that i would enjoy sunshine (albeit in very small doses)
because i am such a creature of the night. i do though.
but on the other hand i sometimes feel obligated to
be doing something...
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nikonphoto80:
I think most people are like that, I think the sun just makes people feel good, I think the body really does need a little bit of it.

My birthday is this Sunday. I'm really sorry I missed your birthday, I suck at life. You know I really did think you were like no older then 25, and would have guessed 23, you look better then most 19 year old girls.

So why did you not want to drive a car, cars can be very fun, my best friend is 24 and she is just now learning to drive, I don't see anything wrong with waiting if you are abele to do so.

Well I think that is good, you have to keep people guessing, keep them on their toes and make sure they know that there are still things they do not know about you.

Well at least you will have lots of new experiences that you can paint about.

Well at least people are interested in you, I find it very hared to make friends (and keep them) and even harder to find a date.

Well no I do not have that problem, if I do not call people or text them then they will not make the first move and I can never get people to hang out with me, I just come home every night and get on SG, I don't even go out on the weekends anymore, I'm a loser.

happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you. happy happy late birthday to you.

rxdxt:
Happy birthday and congrats on the car! I've had a car since I was 16, but now I don't have one ! (living in London means a car is unnecessary.. Hope you are well.
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