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W.B. Yeats wrote, "In dreams begins responsibility." One of my dreams, as everyone is prone to have more than one, is to be able to express my opinions and beliefs while carrying an impact to those reading my musings.
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Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Is Hell a real place or a metaphor to deter evil-doers?: 9 of 128
Whether it was "Outer Darkness" as described in the New Testament, or whether it was "Sokar" in Egyptian mythology, or whether it was "Hades" in Greek mythology, or "Dis" or "Pluto" in Roman mythology, or even "Hell" in Christianity, Hell does exist.Some people use the phrase, "hell on earth," to describe what they believe is... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Outrageous or contradictory quotes from the Bible: 2 of 28
One of the things I find confusing, but not quite contradictory is the notion of life versus anti-life; In Genesis, 1:28, 8:17, and 9:1, God commands his Adam (Adam, incidentally, is the Hebrew word for Man), to "Be fruitful and multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it." When we fast forward to I Corinthians 7:7-9, and mo... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Should oil companies pay a windfall profits tax?: 2 of 21
People upset about profits in the oil companies rarely are educated in the means of economics. Any time a tax is added, whether it be a sales tax, an excise tax, a Social Security tax, a car tax, a capital gains tax, or "a windfall profits tax", it raises, albeit artificially, the price of existing items - in this case oil an... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) Are the limits placed on individual contributions to political candidates appropriate?: 1 of 10
Would that the Founders of the American experiment, (that's the United States), have supported such a measure as to limit political speech?Nevermind that the Campaign Finance Reform Act limits individual contributions to campaigns to $2,300 in a calendar year, but it prohibits campaigning in the last two months of an election... More..
Sports & Recreation > Golf Should Alexis Thompson (age 12) be allowed to participate in golf's US Open tournament?: 1 of 10
Alexis Thompson, at age 12, may be a prodigy in the game of golf, but that alone cannot qualify her to play golf with adult men.Why are there two tours? A gentleman's tour, called the Professional Golf Association, and a women's tour, called the Ladies' Professional Golf Association.At this point, she is neither. She's a kid,... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders (Other) If I were president of the US ...: 9 of 79
Most people would use the Presidency of the United States as a personal soapbox of issues, that by the time the 'mandates' or 'regulations' or 'orders' got to the light of day, they wouldn't be worth the paper they'd be printed on.As for lasting issues, this might be something worth tackling, and as such, I will attempt to do... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections (Other) Should outside groups be allowed to file ethics complaints against members of Congress?: 1 of 8
It seems that while the ethics of Congressmen and Congresswomen deteriorates, there seems to be more and more calls for ethics reform, and while our system of government isn't perfect, nor does it claim to be, the Representatives we send to Congress, (and Senators too), are people WE, the people elect to serve toward our inte... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Ideas to solve the American economic crisis: 8 of 62
It is easy to go along with the talking heads saying that America is in a foreboding economic crisis; first it was the housing market, then the credit market, then the housing finance market, and now the automakers seem intent on asking Big Brother the age old question, "Hey Brother, can you spare a dime?"The first thing is t... More..
Computers & Technology > Hacking Is hacking morally wrong?: 2 of 14
Most who think that hacking the computer term for breaching security systems and programs as being a moral issue must consider a few things about what hacking is about. Hacking is merely changing computer code from doing one thing, to doing another. First, most people who have perceived hacking as some sort of pernicious ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center How can US foreign policy be improved by the paradox that Iran is often viewed as America's most serious threat even though its youthful population is among the most pro-western Muslim countries?: 6 of 41
Over the past twenty-nine years, the United States' position with respect to Iran has been at best something that could be described as "untrustworthy", leading to tensions between the two nations and their prospective political philosophies - though that isn't where the dissimilarties lie.Before 1979, the government of Iran ... More..