Category: Topical Ranting

Big oil gets all the breaks

Today, reading news online, I stumbled, literally, across this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_on_re_us/us_oil_company_subsidies It was buried beneath all kinds of thoroughly unimportant stuff – but nevertheless, it is an attempt on the part of some senators to actually DO SOMETHING USEFUL. To sum up: A trio of Senators have proposed legislation to end the subsidies that the big oil companies currently receive. Big oil makes BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I repeat, BILLIONS in profit – and yet they get SUBSIDIES.  Subsidies are for entities

An open letter to my fellow American citizens re: terrorism

Dear United States of America, It is my sad duty to inform you that on 9/11/01 the terrorists won. I know this is going to be an unpopular point-of-view – but it is something I think we need to acknowledge, because it ultimately effects the lives we lead now, nearly ten years later. After that day, we fundamentally changed the way we do things.  We changed how we view our security, we changed how we attempt to protect ourselves, and

An open letter to the US Congress from an Average American

Dear Legislative Branch, Greetings.  I am an Average American, working for a living, trying to build a life for myself and paying my bills and so on and so forth.  I pursue life, liberty, and happiness, as per the Declaration of Independence. Now, seriously – look at me.  Because clearly you do not see me, or the other MILLIONS like me.  You see the poor, because you HAVE to pay them mind.  If you don’t you’re considered heartless.  You see

Why the modern American political system needs help – Fixes?

Let’s continue to talk about politics. My previous topic was the why of the broken American political system.  This time I want to share my thoughts on ways to fix it, and what I think might be coming. The first can be done NOW.  We the people need to tell our politicians that the Electoral College needs to be gone.  Removed.  Demolished.  Period. The Electoral College may have made sense at a time when this nation was far smaller, and

Why the modern American political system needs help – Thoughts.

Let’s talk about politics. I do not care what side of the ‘aisle’ you are on – or if you are a centrist.  The political landscape of the USA is at best a mess, at worst dangerously broken. Our politicians continue to make it clear that they don’t care all that much about the people they have been elected by – they care about the money, and continuing to get re-elected.  A US Congressperson when first elected probably does real

Reiki

The world needs help. There is a tremendous amount of bad going on lately. But more than that – there is a lot of FOCUS on all this bad. And the more we focus on negatives – the more we draw these negatives to us. As a Warrior of the Light (and for a full definition of that phrase, I refer you to Paulo Cuelho’s book of the same name) I feel I must do my part to be a

Choice. Decision. Action.

Its been a while since my last post here.  Life has been a tad busy – and my internet connectivity at work is no longer any good.  Gotta love over-enthusiastic security. Anyhow…I have been debating what topic to cover next, and I think I shall choose one near but not so dear to me.  Choice.  Decision.  Action. All things in life, I believe, come down to this.  Choices.  Decision.  Action.  Every day we ware faced with choices, have to make

Exclusivity?

Why do we exclude? One of my biggest complaints about religion nowadays is how exclusive it has become.  And in being exclusive, it becomes intolerant.  Wasn’t the entire point of the formation of these religious organizations to provide a place of INclusion?  Wasn’t this supposed to be about bringing together a community of people with a similar set of ideas/beliefs and dare I say values? So when did these organizations decide to become the oppressors?   When did they decide that

Energy

Today I am going to talk about energy. I believe, and science largely confirms, that EVERYTHING in the universe, from the largest black hole to the smallest electron, is made of energy.  And energy cannot be created nor destroyed – it always IS, always will be, it just moves in and out of form, between the visible and the invisible, constantly moving, constantly shifting, both in synch with and apart from everything.  When Yoda stated that “luminous beings are we