(since the civic election is done and the provincial election is on it's way...)

What I see in current politics is that platforms attempt to appeal to the selfish side of individuals. My take is that a main deciding factor is what can that person do for ME, not who would be best to lead us in a morally positive direction. It seems that so many politicians build their campaigns on offerings to this materialistic, selfish side of humanity in hopes that they will "bite". I know I may be asking a lot, but if we were to vote for the person that had the city's, province's or country's best in mind, rather than the individual's best, would these places be better places to live? I don't know. But I do know that we need to more often consider our neighbor who lives beside us, than ourselves. I truly believe that the farther we can look outside ourselves, the closer we become to those immediately around us.

(from troyshantz )

Futility

(seen at CruxBiscuit!)

(seen at TheyBlinked)

One good example is worth a thousand theories."
-Lawrence Summers
President, Harvard University

(seen at The Invisible Sun)

(picture originally at Small Ritual)

(from TheyBlinked)

A rebellion cast forth in terms of group-style seems the vampirous murder of true rebellion. Brands of rebellion do nothing but give people safe ways to be different in similar ways.

Rebellion is always already a risk for something. There seems little risk and even less purpose in so much that passes as rebellion in this moment.

(from pentemom's comment to this post by Le Sabot Post-Moderne)

Here's a stab: the slippery slope can have the brakes put on at the point where people agree that X does not necessarily imply that X' follows, and where that's a logical position and not merely wishful thinking...

The Pandora's box is when the arguments against going all the way down have been removed by the people by the people who want to take the first step down the slope.

(from cre8d design journal and discussed here)

When does 'innocent until proven guilty' apply? When shouldn't it?

Are you ok with people being locked away without being charged and found guilty?

Are you ok with people not having the right to defend themselves against claims/charges -- and not even know what those claims/charges are?

(seen at my four walls)

We need attempts. We need failures upon failures and the tough nature that is frightened by nothing, that holds firm and endures and starts over and over again until it succeeds, until we are through, until we are unconquerable. Whoever does not take upon himself the danger of defeat, of loneliness, of setbacks, will never attain victory.

We want to create from the heart, and then we want, if must be, to suffer shipwreck and bear defeat until we have the victory and land is sighted.

by Gustav Landauer

...even though I haven't seen The Door Magazine(formerly The Wittenberg Door) in in Saskatoon yet...

Lampooned Again

(seen at Clay.HumanClay.ca)

Sick and Wasted

Sick and wasted
Energy drained
A bitter taste clams my mouth
as thoughts of helplessness cloud my judgement

A rest is in order
A peace must be found
Disillusionment must be overcome
as growing tests of character cross my walk

Change must be done
Again from inside
There's no use fighting an outward battle
as a battle still rages inside