political-commentary

Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ?

Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one__ beloved extended community.

The premise that America__ power and influence was rooted in its wealth was wrong to begin with. To the contrary, our strength comes from America__ magical stuff. It is something intangible, something invulnerable, something no measure of evil, no amount of violence or bloodshed can destroy.

In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers_ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.

I saw America's economy last night, people raiding dumpsters at a higher rate than normal in my home town. Digging through garbage shouldn't be a career. Thanks Democrats. Thanks Republicans.

The Delores tank rolled on inexorably, __ou get a mortgage to buy a house, a larger mortgage than the previous owner because the price of the house has been artificially increased by the market, which is controlled by the banks. Then you live in the house for a few years paying a lot more in mortgage payments than you would if you were renting a similar property. But hey, you __wn_ it and can __o things to it__ things that cost even more money, by the way_ so you maintain its upkeep, improve it with say a new kitchen or bathroom; the more salubrious the neighbourhood the more expensive the kitchen would need to be _ a Küche & Cucina, say; impressing your cleaner is very important after all and at the end you sell it to someone else for more than you paid for it so they__l need an even bigger mortgage. And all the while everyone is paying all this money to the banks and the banks give the money to their shareholders, the biggest of whom are the incredibly rich. This, when you boil it all down, means that you__e taking a large sum out of your wages and passing it across to some rich person to live large, whilst you and others like you struggle to make their monthly payments. Basically you__e been screwed, Doc, but somehow they__e convinced you that you own a bit of England, when the truth is you don__ really own anything, you__e just renting it at a higher cost and they can take it back from you any time they want. It__ all just a card trick, Doc. All just __moke and mirrors_ and that__ what__ getting to me.

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know__nd I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me__as ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.

As America slept, our constitutional quilt was slowly being unraveled by special interest... I hope you like the cold.

If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ?

A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you.

Invisible violence in Pakistan, violence against brown people, ongoing violence in Iraq _ that's got to be quantified in the same way as the cinematic glamorous violence that happens in recognisable cities.

Tolerance or intolerance can be attributed as the single most important factor in understanding the psychology of any society, viz. a viz., its attitude towards peace, progress and growth. Author (One Vs All: Beware Mr.Prime Minister, It's India Impossible)

A mother was thinking of how to keep her naughty child in line she tried using the boogey man it didn't work ... she thought and thought then said "the Politician is going to get you" and he was never naughty again

Bernie Saunders is like a fly buzzing around a bowl of rotten fruit. Long hail this fly!

Do you prefer to be with people who glow with love and compassion or those who burn with anger fueled by religious doctrine or political ideology?

Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.

We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people...