Indeed. Why won’t she behave? Probably because she represents the antithesis of what this country has become in its, now, rapid decline. As always I find the other half of the story in the responses. I’ll admit to being surprised at the poisonous bullshit in the responses at the point that I am writing this and I am hard to surprise.

This is a very good article with carefully structured analysis suited to the mainstream American political assumptions of the last forty years. Unfortunately none of those assumptions are relevant. I’ve spent a lot of time looking at articles like this and reviewing the responses. This produced the normal results. None of it matters because we are…

Empathy and compassion are what is needed but that must be for people. Our political system is so corrupted by hatred, greed, and ignorance that the political terms cannot be associated with empathy and compassion. While I feel compassion for the frightened and injured and feel very strongly that we must be caring humans first I’m surprised to find…

Everything is changing

I think you have pretty well nailed the German problem. They have too much karmic baggage to do anything but the “right” thing and that leaves Angela Merkel in a very uncomfortable position as the default leader of the free world. I suspect she checks herself daily for any urge to begin…

Can we balance the karma?

An interesting position as this balances the karmic force for the greatest good. The problem remains a difficult one to reconcile with compassion and mindfulness. People often have trouble, in my experience, in the sequencing of mindfulness and compassion. The simple answer that…

The Long Tailed Rat of History

Finding the right mix of metaphors.

Expect Surprises

I wonder how soon we won’t have John McCain to kick around anymore? It seemed as if he had wandered into the wrong room and found…