#Democracy

Funny Question at the Close of the Year: Will Donald Trump be as bad as G.W. Bush?

Submitted by Dirk Droll on Sat, 12/31/2016 - 8:00am

The many... not so deeply digging... among us keep asking funny questions. Like this one, which I picked up from a Q&A site.

To me, smarter questions would be: Was Obama any better than Bush? Or: Would Hillary Clinton have been better than G.W., or Obama, or Trump?

Have We Ever Had a Democracy?

Submitted by Dirk Droll on Sun, 12/18/2016 - 4:23pm

In short, my answer is no.

I base this answer on two things:

1.) A definition of democracy as a system where we all have a say in our affairs and may change conditions which are unsuitable to the majority.

2.) The absence of this principle in our judicial, economic, and political systems where instead Big Money rules.

Primary Angst and other ramblings...

Submitted by jiordan on Tue, 03/08/2016 - 12:32pm

I was watching Flash Gordon (yes, that awful Dino De Laurentiis trainwreck from the 80’s) again the other day, relaxing on a bad weather day and snuggling with the dogs. Quite frankly, its one of my go-to, Saturday afternoon favorites when I want to veg for a bit. Watching Timothy Dalton try to maintain some crumb of dignity in the midst of all that horrific, mega-campy acting (?), painfully bad dialogue, and beyond cheesy scenery is just nirvana for me. “Flash! I love you!