Well it occurred to me that I do a lot of opinionating here now and again. So below are what I consider to be the top five liberal news outlets online. They are all completely free and available to everyone. On the same train of thought, the links also will now permanently sit on the side bar directly above the Guest Book link.
1. http://www.tompaine.com/ - a personal favorite of mine. With well-written, professional liberal essays, very few ads (all on topic), and a clear mission statement, I find this to be the most accessible, functional, and practical liberal news site online today.
2. http://www.rawstory.com/ - news from all corners of the globe and all subjects, liberal of course. A little difficult to navigate, but well written. Biggest downside- numerous absurd ads.
3. http://www.commondreams.org/ - a vast archive of liberal op-ed's from the likes of Howard Zinn, Cindy Sheehan, and many, many others.
4. http://cursor.org/ - provides numerous links to magazines, newspapers, and other outlets of the liberal leaning. Proves useful for vast quantities of links.
5. http://www.democraticunderground.com/ - provides a blog service for public debate. Join with your peers and learn a little at the same time.
Well that's it. I figured five would be enough, but there are far more out there. For more links visit this website or do the hip thing and google it:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Liberal_news_outlets
Monday, July 3, 2006
Wake Up and Pay Attention
I'll tell you, life ain't like a box of chocolates. Sometimes you can know what you're gonna get. It's just those fools who think that it hasn't been staring them in the face for the last number of years that really have it coming to them. You see, I'd make a bet that it's completely possible to know exactly how someone's feeling at any moment of the day. And, more so, it is possible to read someone like a book, if you only push the right buttons, go about cracking their defenses the right way.
It's devious really. But dead useful. Mothers seem to be particularly good at this I've noticed. They always seem to know what's wrong. But I'd beg to say that anyone can do it. You just have to look out for the signs. A twitch, a smirk, a tear. All signs of a feeling or idea. All information usable for your advantage.
I know it can be devious. But dead useful to, remember. How better to better your relationships then to know exactly how your partner feels? How they think? What they need? I can't think of one. So sharpen up that intuitiveness and take it for a spin. Just know one thing. It is by far easier to analyze the feelings and thoughts of another when they are not involved with you. When it is personal, your emotions and thoughts cloud your judgment and more times than not leave you oblivious to even the most obvious hints. If successful, your partner will thank you for the effort. Even if they don't realize it.
It's devious really. But dead useful. Mothers seem to be particularly good at this I've noticed. They always seem to know what's wrong. But I'd beg to say that anyone can do it. You just have to look out for the signs. A twitch, a smirk, a tear. All signs of a feeling or idea. All information usable for your advantage.
I know it can be devious. But dead useful to, remember. How better to better your relationships then to know exactly how your partner feels? How they think? What they need? I can't think of one. So sharpen up that intuitiveness and take it for a spin. Just know one thing. It is by far easier to analyze the feelings and thoughts of another when they are not involved with you. When it is personal, your emotions and thoughts cloud your judgment and more times than not leave you oblivious to even the most obvious hints. If successful, your partner will thank you for the effort. Even if they don't realize it.
Just a Little Bit
Life sucks sometimes you know, sucks the big one, but then sometimes it's real good. I dunno why, but I'd sure like to find out.
Hey, I'm not the happiest person in the world, I know that. But I try and that should count for something. People don't really understand that well. I have my reasons. You can cheer me up, make me happy, but really, you'll never understand. And I don't blame you. No I don't. Not in the least. I don't want people to know. To know is to know weakness, pain, my innermost thoughts and desires. To survive in this world you have to be strong. Unfortunately that means alienating yourself from yourself sometimes, think of Beetlebrox in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for example.
I am not an emo asshole. I don't like people who whine about their feelings I've never been in a band and I don't like their music. I am too matured, a product of my life experience, to care. I like graphic violence. Oh hell yeah I do. I like graphic sex. The more the merrier.
I do want to say one thing, and some won't believe me I know, but I don't care. I have never been truly angry at anyone outside of my own family. Never. In my mind, anything anyone could do to me pales in comparison to the hell that my family life has been over the years. But I won't tell most people about those things and I try not to think about it.
Music is my redemption. Listening not playing. Rock only please. The only true music style in my mind. Nothing is like the power of music. It brings me to a place where I make the rules. Where I'm happy and anything's possible. Nothing like listening to my headphones, tuning the world out, or blasting the fucking hell out of the neighbors ear drums and vibrating the plaster off the walls. Hell yeah!
I don't care who reads this, seriously not at all. I didn't really say anything at all. Just scratching the surface. Figured that someone out there might like to know that there are real people out there with real problems. The kind you don't go to therapy for. The kind that you don't whine and cry about. The kind that are best fought rather than shared.
Life sucks. Well for the most part. But I do hope that for you it doesn't suck quite as much as it has for me over the years. And you couldn't understand how much it sucked. If you truly genuinely care to know, then ask. But no one does. And I don't blame them. No one wants to feel bad. And I don't want to have others feel sorry for me. That really gets me annoyed.
Just remember that everything I am now is a product of my past and of my trying to escape it. But everyday it gets a bit better. It's a long way going still and the hardest part is yet to come. We'll all move on eventually. Hopefully sooner than later. I am not emo. Just in case there was any misinterpretation. This is serious shit.
Hey, I'm not the happiest person in the world, I know that. But I try and that should count for something. People don't really understand that well. I have my reasons. You can cheer me up, make me happy, but really, you'll never understand. And I don't blame you. No I don't. Not in the least. I don't want people to know. To know is to know weakness, pain, my innermost thoughts and desires. To survive in this world you have to be strong. Unfortunately that means alienating yourself from yourself sometimes, think of Beetlebrox in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for example.
I am not an emo asshole. I don't like people who whine about their feelings I've never been in a band and I don't like their music. I am too matured, a product of my life experience, to care. I like graphic violence. Oh hell yeah I do. I like graphic sex. The more the merrier.
I do want to say one thing, and some won't believe me I know, but I don't care. I have never been truly angry at anyone outside of my own family. Never. In my mind, anything anyone could do to me pales in comparison to the hell that my family life has been over the years. But I won't tell most people about those things and I try not to think about it.
Music is my redemption. Listening not playing. Rock only please. The only true music style in my mind. Nothing is like the power of music. It brings me to a place where I make the rules. Where I'm happy and anything's possible. Nothing like listening to my headphones, tuning the world out, or blasting the fucking hell out of the neighbors ear drums and vibrating the plaster off the walls. Hell yeah!
I don't care who reads this, seriously not at all. I didn't really say anything at all. Just scratching the surface. Figured that someone out there might like to know that there are real people out there with real problems. The kind you don't go to therapy for. The kind that you don't whine and cry about. The kind that are best fought rather than shared.
Life sucks. Well for the most part. But I do hope that for you it doesn't suck quite as much as it has for me over the years. And you couldn't understand how much it sucked. If you truly genuinely care to know, then ask. But no one does. And I don't blame them. No one wants to feel bad. And I don't want to have others feel sorry for me. That really gets me annoyed.
Just remember that everything I am now is a product of my past and of my trying to escape it. But everyday it gets a bit better. It's a long way going still and the hardest part is yet to come. We'll all move on eventually. Hopefully sooner than later. I am not emo. Just in case there was any misinterpretation. This is serious shit.
Sunday, July 2, 2006
My News Tidbits
The Arkansas high court has reversed a previous decision disallowing gay couples to adopt. (http://www.arkansasnews.com/) Well it's about damn time.
The U.S. Millitary describes homosexuality as a mental disorder despite most every expert denying this accusation. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/) Now just be careful not to blame this on bureaucracy, it's actually what the government believes. Save us from the stupid!
On July 4th, 2006, North Korea tested two short range missiles in direct violation of international regulations. The U.S. responded with brief chastisement. (http://www.usatoday.com/) This just tells me that we'll invade countries weaker than ourselves but not those who have a chance of fighting back. And don't tell me we wouldn't've invaded Iraq if they tested anything larger than a bottle rocket.
Ann Coulter is taking heat for yet again seemingly plagiarizing parts of her new book (Godless:et.al.) from various fully available sources. (http://www.nypost.com/) See, not only doesn't she pose unintelligent, illogical arguements twisted to fit the tyrannical views of the Christian right, she's also a thief! I love who ever figured this one out.
President Bush has said that he will go ahead with millitary tribunals, that just last week were deemed illegal under the Geneva Accords by the SJC. (http://www.bloomberg.com/) This administration is yet again breaking the law, and yet again seriously so. I think it's about time we make some arrests.
Flag burning is still legal, despite the efforts of Republican Congressmen to ban it. (http://www.boston.com/) What a way to support our troops. Forget about them and focus on flag burning.
After a yearly check-up, Dick Cheney is said to be in good health. (http://www.usatoday.com/) Well good is a relative term I suppose. Perhaps he is the healthiest man to every survive a quadruple bypass and two angioplasties. I don't know. But I do hope that our medical community doesn't endorse this accessment. Sounds like someone needs to go back to med. school.
The U.S. Millitary describes homosexuality as a mental disorder despite most every expert denying this accusation. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/) Now just be careful not to blame this on bureaucracy, it's actually what the government believes. Save us from the stupid!
On July 4th, 2006, North Korea tested two short range missiles in direct violation of international regulations. The U.S. responded with brief chastisement. (http://www.usatoday.com/) This just tells me that we'll invade countries weaker than ourselves but not those who have a chance of fighting back. And don't tell me we wouldn't've invaded Iraq if they tested anything larger than a bottle rocket.
Ann Coulter is taking heat for yet again seemingly plagiarizing parts of her new book (Godless:et.al.) from various fully available sources. (http://www.nypost.com/) See, not only doesn't she pose unintelligent, illogical arguements twisted to fit the tyrannical views of the Christian right, she's also a thief! I love who ever figured this one out.
President Bush has said that he will go ahead with millitary tribunals, that just last week were deemed illegal under the Geneva Accords by the SJC. (http://www.bloomberg.com/) This administration is yet again breaking the law, and yet again seriously so. I think it's about time we make some arrests.
Flag burning is still legal, despite the efforts of Republican Congressmen to ban it. (http://www.boston.com/) What a way to support our troops. Forget about them and focus on flag burning.
After a yearly check-up, Dick Cheney is said to be in good health. (http://www.usatoday.com/) Well good is a relative term I suppose. Perhaps he is the healthiest man to every survive a quadruple bypass and two angioplasties. I don't know. But I do hope that our medical community doesn't endorse this accessment. Sounds like someone needs to go back to med. school.
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