Comments for Finding Clarity

Comment on A Great Ad. For the Liberal party? by Okie

Okie — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:03:55 +0000

Then man made commodity traders, investment bankers, stock markets, corporations, lobbyists and politicians. The reasons why farmers are so few these days.

Comment on For those who cannot accept reality – The Shadow Caucus by Red

Red — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:42:43 +0000

Right on Carey!

Check this out. http://www.facebook.com/KimberleyLove?fref=ts

Perhaps you can convince her to stop this. We can’t.

Comment on Wisdom makes me smile by sassy

sassy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:36:52 +0000

lol, worth passing along
Thanks

Comment on Banal Discussion of Evil by Carey Miller

Carey Miller — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:56:07 +0000

With luck, the Arab Spring will bring a change in attitude.

Comment on Thanks Steve by ck

ck — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:13:02 +0000

I remember in91, at Concordia, when I touched an apple computer for the first time. It was one of those small box like screens. I remember how easy it was. It was for a psychology course I was taking–our professor had given us our homework questions on the computer, and we had to answer them electronically. It was considered innovative at the time. I remember wondering how he would get all the homework then, after all, it was before email, before internet was so widely used.
I had also discovered that I could draw little pictures so easily on those very same computers with such ease. I had always enjoyed drawing, but was never very good at it and found that that little computer made me look like some kind of artist. Not exactly the greats of times past, but better than if I drew freehand. It was then I had developped an interest in graphic arts.
Years later, I would go study in graphic arts and prepress techniques, of course on the much more modern IMACs.

Comment on Thanks Steve by FFIB

FFIB — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:43:37 +0000

I can't imagine him resting.

Comment on Some thoughts driven by – IT Project Failures – Massive and Spectacular by Sharleena

Sharleena — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:36:35 +0000

There\’s nothing like the relief of finding what you\’re looinkg for.

Comment on Conspiracy Theories – Education – Did We Do This On Purpose? by MoS

MoS — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:58:07 +0000

Carlin was absolutely right. In Canada, we've been dumbed down enough that Harper could get away with lying to the electorate that coalition government is an unconstitutional coup. The corporate media that should have exposed Harper as a blatant, outrageous liar, didn;'t and thereby colluded with Harper in his manipulation. I am regularly astounded at the level of ignorance about our government and institutions among our young people. No one is teaching this stuff to them and so they emerge into the work world politically powerless. Is it any wonder they don't vote?

When the ultra rich are criticized they scream "socialism" and conjure up images of Lubyanka. Yet Reagan put in motion the very vehicle by which they effected the enormous transfer of wealth from America's once vibrant, robust middle class into their own overstuffed pockets. At the same time they yanked up the ladder of social mobility. And now, as Carlin predicted, they are indeed going after the working classes last remaining assets – Social Security and Medicare.

The only good thing in this is that this form of predatory capitalism will not last. The rich and powerful are defying gravity by believing they can remain ultra-wealthy without a strong, middle class support base to drive America's consumer economy. There is a genuine malignancy in their thinking. Time is not on their side.

Comment on Conspiracy Theories – Education – Did We Do This On Purpose? by Jon

Jon — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:27:05 +0000

(sadly seems down at the moment) The" rel="nofollow">http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/">The Underground History of American Education – An Award Winning Teacher Pulls Back the Curtain to reveal the actual "Fourth Purpose" for which Mass Forced Schooling was conceived – by John Taylor Gatto is long but worth the read. You don't need a vast 100-year conspiracy micromanaging everything when you have a small conspiracy to start everything up, the inflexibility of the system itself, and the self-interest of groups and people invested in it. For example, whole-word-reading only replaced phonics for as long as it did because publishers of educational materials had spent so much money making whole-word products.

Also, The" rel="nofollow">http://www.newciv.org/whole/schoolteacher.txt">The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher by the same author is much shorter and also worth reading. That's the first link from Google and seems to have everything, but it's a .txt file and uglier than an html page with formatting.

Comment on Bob Rae, Opposition Leader? by Art

Art — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:08:25 +0000

Uh, no.