The body of those things said ,which are said as truth and thought in good faith deserve to be protected. Existlist has often acted as a repository of such...
We went downtown for our anniversary. The hotels are full of republican politicians ,pundits and journalists. They do not look like Iowans. They do not wear...
Tim, Since in Bill's parlance I've 'landed' you, I feel obligated to welcome you and other recent contributors. However, I'm hopelessly idealist and shudder at...
Stratfor is down,hacked by annonomous. Now Dick may be Tim or Tim may be Dick yet entities are in the headlines for encription failures and loss of client...
On this christmas eve , as an existentialist, I examine the effects of failed philosophies such as mystical religions. Wizards, mystics and other assorted non...
Thank you for your contribution , most gratifying.Since this group has no social norms your works are annomilious and more difficult from an optical...
In gun optics aberations in lenses can cause aberration in bullet strikes. Very good lenses have optics that negate this phennominon. Your old buddie Zizak...
I keep to myself and am something of a recluse . Generally speaking I have an abstract benovolence toward other people but am practically speaking more or less...
I see how he does it but why. I imigine a lost philosophy brings few friends or attention. I understand dictators are lonely people. As shown in Korea even...
Does anyone have informed opinions or references to specific philosophers concerning innovation, invention, and identity; do these lie more appropriately...
I will not mention the failures you all know them. The legislative branch is a failure. They were sent to DC to leegislate and they have failed. This group...
The new leader in Korea should be treated with dignity and respect. He has been in the west and will not see this greeting as a sign of weakness. His father...
Change is difficult for idealogues. Change upsets cherished concepts that may or may not be still operant. For a movement birthed in the avante guarde,...
I have read "Thus spake Zarthustra" four or five times. This was over a period of years. There is no way I could have memorised it. Yet my post seems to...
Jim, I think the ideas of conservation and carbon allotments upset the individualist and/or nationalist mindset for two reasons. Regarding conservation, many...
The hard legalists, those for lower and lower drunk driving alcohol levels, those who promote increased use of unmanned traffic cameras, those grand banners...
Bill, You make it seem that concern for the environment is `old school' and outdated and that aggressive energy extraction is a new and radical approach,...
CERN says it is 'tantalisingly close'to finding the particle that will complete the grand equations of physics. Some ass called it the god particle and...
While Jim and Mary were crafting their leftist replies the NYMEX jumped nearly three dollars/Bbl . Now as all the carbon footprint blabber begits nothing but...
A presidential commission just submitted its report and says that fracking has little risks to ground water as the aquafers are too deep to be harmed by the...
I've just read Zizek's "The Fragile Absolute". It has left me inspired in part, and confused in part. I feel I understand Zizek better with each of his books I...
The former vice president arrived uninvited at a RNC meeting with the head of Osama in a bell jar. Obama thinks the fracking question too hot to handle until...
I understand why you are drawn to Zizak as he plays to parts of your particular disputes with traditional existentialism. Wil likes Marx and Zizak likes...
Listenling to Hendricks. Another week in the bag. Another tomorrow or just the end of time. Airbourn collides with tomorrow. Who could convince you to jump out...
Bill, You write: "Yet world power bases are shifting. Yesterday the Russians came out against fracking as fracked natural gas would compete with the Russian...
