Presto’s Ramblings

I know that things are a little quiet around here. I’m working on a few projects that are taking me from much substantive online writing for a little while. Rest assured, I will be my long-winded self again soon.
Meantime, here’s an interesting video that fits in well with my current studies [...]

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Fake War On Drugs:Via Strike the Root and Future of Freedom Foundation. The Washington Post reports on a DEA exhibit connecting the ‘War on Drugs’ with the ‘War on Terror’. The DEA Targets America page on the exhibit does a good job explaining the propoganda involved here. The false 9-11 connection is [...]

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Sorry if this post is a little more Rambling than usual…I’m trying to work out these things in my head as I go.
Wally Conger, on his Out of Step blog, refers to the debate of left-libertarians regarding voting. His arguments are very compelling. Check them out.
I don’t know why I have continued to vote, [...]

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Steven Lagavulin at Deconsumption has an interesting analysis of Bush’s interest in Camus’ The Stranger. Disturbing to say the least.

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Earlier, I posted a plug for the ONE Campaign to End Poverty. I heartily support efforts to reduce or eliminate the terrible debts placed on poor countries by the IMF and the World Bank, but I think that things have gone off the tracks. After the Live 8 concert, the G8 agreed to an alleged [...]

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As most of you know, CAFTA passed yesterday. I was opposed to CAFTA for numerous reasons, but what I am most interested in is the process of political change. Opposition to CAFTA consisted of the usual e-mail campaigns, protests, and lobbying. As usual, CAFTA passed Congress because the corporate interests vastly outgunned opponents in the [...]

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I’ve recently signed on my local Freecycle group. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Freecycle is a collection of e-mail lists where people post items that they want to get rid of, and people looking for items peruse the list for what they need. The person wanting an item sends [...]

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I am interested in finding ways to get beyond the conventional things that divide us to get to real solutions. One example of getting beyond conflict is in the environmental arena. Usually, ranchers and environmentalists hate each other. Environmentalists see ranchers as evildoers bent on destroying the remaining open spaces, and ranchers [...]

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Sorry about the lack of posts of late, I’ve been working on a new website for the UUJEC-NW, among other things. I’ll be back to rambling soon…
Meanwhile, surf on over to the ONE Campaign to Make Poverty History. This important campaign, led by many high-profile people, ranging from Brad Pitt and Bono to Nelson Mandela. [...]

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to be published in East Shore Unitarian Church’s upcoming newsletter
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
Representatives of seven state advocacy networks and UU and UUSC advocacy offices met at the UU Service Committee headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts [...]

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