Monthly Archives: August 2007

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i don’t get it

the huge debate over same-sex marriage during this upcoming election race has become exponentially mind-numbing. i don’t really get it… it’s ridiculous something like this has completely blown up into the one of the most important factors influencing this election while basically dividing the entire nation. first of all, can we not get presidential candidates [...]

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we are the world’s laughing-stock

this video speaks for itself…
so, why am i still living here?

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real? what is real?

i’ve always held this strong desire to find the truth in what is reality. what is real? how do we know that which we believe is real is in fact real? reality, after all, is simply that which our minds tell us is real. so in fact reality for all of us could very well [...]

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what changed?

i recently came across a cspan video from a 1994 interview with dick cheney who reveals the reasons why invading baghdad and toppling saddam hussein wouldn’t be a great idea. he also stipulates that “not very many” american soldiers’ lives were worth losing to take out saddam during the gulf war. and better yet, he [...]

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design as social activism

a fascinating article title “the road to clarity” appeared in the nytimes this morning regarding the decade-long process of redesigning the official font used on federal road signs across the country. the new font, clearview, has been adpoted by the federal highway administration and at least 20 states to replace the previous problematic font, highway [...]

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ignoring the law

as people begin questioning and questioning crimes committed by bush and the rest of his administration, it seems that more and more bush’s response to get around the law is to simply claim executive power for everything. true the constitution states that in most cases the president’s power is essentially limitless but to an extent. [...]

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seeking mischief

myself and a fairly large group of friends will be making our way across the border into vancouver, british columbia this weekend, something i have been wanting to do for a while now but keep putting it off. anyway, it’s better to go with a group in the end. one of the guys from the [...]

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