Archive for December, 2009

Dance

December 18, 2009

I dance. We dance. This body resistance. This old man in my sea. This silent stranger that speaks more with silence than all words. In youth the old man sleeps. In mid life the old man rouses my attention. This body resistance is my inner earth, my gravity. My soul lites as moths to the [...]

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Eclipse

December 18, 2009

Oh wistful night of a million suns. Spawn dancing shadows from nameless orbs. Through stellar darkness light years are thrown. Perchance dark grace our sun or moon And primal night fire my heart drum.   Oh wistful thoughts of a million souls Spawn dancing shadows from nameless histories. Through unconscious darkness years are thrown. Perchance [...]

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Earth (an old one from a young time)

December 18, 2009

Gathering together within we move sometimes apart, sometimes mingled but always we move together.  We who are not yet the murmur of leave’s praise for wind or morning shadows setting the world afire with renewed hope.  We who dance together silently with words filling the night with songs.  Once we delight, I knew a place, [...]

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Dream Medley

December 18, 2009

The strands of her long, silky hair Flow across my night sky Caressing and tickling my demons My barely lit moments Woven as her tapestry Stretched across this ghostly horizon Long lost to soothing incantation As the forgotten gods But marking this buried treasure And measuring this glorious once She wakens and rises To meet [...]

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Towards Another Heideggarian Discourse (Update September 1, 2010)

December 18, 2009

in the interest of playful philosophy or perhaps tragic philosophy I have written a partial outline of some new avenues post Heidegger that may at least be given in the spirit that was Heidegger’s robust and creative thought albeit, without the intellectual vigor…

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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. Aristotle

December 15, 2009

An acquaintance of mine told me several years ago that the Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Being from Louisiana, I thought that was not the way I remembered it.  I was 8 at the time so I thought I would go back and look at the historic data.  On face value he [...]

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Caribbean Night

December 15, 2009

Did I tell you I bought a sailboat? Did I tell you I live in Caribbean night? Adrift, enveloped By big bosomed women. Inviting, beautiful. Women that do not know my name And invite me to do the same. Adrift, enveloped By dark tropical seas. Inviting, beautiful Seas that do not know my name And [...]

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All War is Evil

December 14, 2009

In this case, evil is not meant in the sense of religious evil or theistic evil but in a humanitarian sense.   Religion and God(s) have always found a way to justify war.  War is evil because it is not a zero sum game.  Only those that have emotional distance from war can treat it like [...]

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Capitalism or Marxism

December 14, 2009

What is it we do not like about Marxism? Is it the lack of motivation to create real value? What is the practical difference between a government based economy and a credit based economy? When money is free, money has no value. If Capitalism or Marxism is in the business of bankrupting value there is [...]

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Fallacies from Anti-Abortionists

December 2, 2009

Fallacy of Omission: ——————————— When anti-abortionists cite the Gallup poll below… “More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time” take a look at the whole Gallup poll:  http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/More-Americans-Pro-Life-Than-Pro-Choice-First-Time.aspx  - you will see that since 1976 the averages have not really changed:  approximately 20% suggest that abortion should not be allowed under any circumstances (currently 22%), [...]

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