Bookmarks and Thoughts

I've had these windows open forever, and it's really dragging down my computer (downside I guess of running a brand new OS (linux) on a 6 year old laptop).

anyways -- I share:



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/books/review/Alter-t.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/books/review/Caldwell-t.html

while the URL denotes they are of the NY Times book review section, they aren't really book reviews.  It is moreso an overview of thought regarding what is thought of the Conservative and Liberal movements in America, the two which supposedly dominate our political scene in the Republican and Democrat parties respectively.

As an independent, I don't really care about what either side is doing, so long as one side aligns with my goals, if only for a moment.  That's how it works though, eh?

I find it funny the characterization of "action" liberals as betraying the goals of their movement.  Maybe it's just my personal political thought of "radical moderation" (radical aims should be sought moderately, and moderation should be defended radically) which makes it hard for me to understand how it could happen on a large scale like that.  If someone is working for their goals, they should take whatever victories they can, let it develop, then take more victories as time goes on.  Period.  Losses happen, but that's not a reason to not play the game at all, or just sit on the sidelines and pout.

It will definitely be interesting to see how this "divide" plays out in the upcoming election (which is two days after halloween; I wonder how many people will be feeling witchy).

and here's another link, continuing a series of "5 myths about "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102202699.html?nav=rss_email/components

The tea party is old and cranky (generally), and doesn't really make sense to my generation.  We don't feel as much that the government is taking away from us, don't really care at all about the race (or in the future, gender) of our President (so long as they are qualified), and even though we never lived through the 1920s-1930s, we don't want to set the reset button to 1925.

The world is changing, it always is.  Suck it up.  Again, it would be interesting to see how this plays out on election day.

-- Knuttel