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Fight the Power: Office Space
Posted in Exactly, Fight the Power, Oh But Why?, Tubing & U's, What is Wrong With This Country?, Words to Live By, [Insert Laughter Here] on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Cars in NYC
Posted in But Why, What is Wrong With This Country? on April 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A huge pet peeve of mine is when cars turn right when pedestrians have the right of way.
We dutifully wait for our turn to cross and then drivers act like they’re doing us a favor by letting us cross, and are practically driving over us turning right while we’re crossing.
I’ve started a campaign of pointedly [...]
Snow Shoveling as Societal Analogy
Posted in Oh But Why?, Random Thoughts, Societal Commentary, What is Wrong With This Country? on March 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A week or so ago I was walking back home. I saw a man shoveling out his big pickup truck from the snow bank. It had obviously been there for awhile. As he shoveled out from under a few feet of snow he would then throw the snow into the middle of the street.
He could [...]
Words Every American Should Think Hard About
Posted in Exactly, Oh But Why?, Politico, Societal Commentary, What is Wrong With This Country?, Words to Live By on April 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“A civilization that proves incapable of solving the problems it creates is a decadent civilization.
A civilization that chooses to close its eyes to its most crucial problems is a stricken civilization.
A civilization that uses its principles for trickery and deceit is a dying civilization.”
- Aimé Césaire
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