Fight the Amoral Fight

Advance

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:07:00 GMT

Advance.
The little is departing;
The great is arriving.
Good fortune.
Prosperous and smooth.

Heaven and Earth unite;
All beings come into union.
The upper and the lower link;
Their wills are the same.

The inner is the yang; the outer is the yin.
The inner is the strong; the outer is the gentle.
The inner is the superior; the outer is the inferior.

Thus,
The way of the superior is exp...
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Already Fulfilled

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:40:00 GMT

Already Fulfilled.
Being prosperous and smooth.
Only in little affairs is there prosperity and smoothness.

Favorable to be steadfast and upright.
Because the firm and the yielding are in correct places
And respond to their proper ones.

Beginning: good fortune,
For the yielding is in the central.
End: disorder.
There is no way out.

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Water over Fire.
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Thirds

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:14:00 GMT

So, in the last presidential election, I wrote a lot about third party candidates. I made no secret of the fact that I would vote for Nader/Gonzales that year, and I did. Nader isn't running this time around but I still have choices.I have no illusions regarding the possibility of a third party candidate winning the Presidency. That will not happen. The idea is to change the current, dysfunctional, system that leaves so many of us without representation.So, another ...
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Labor Delusions

Sat, 1 Sep 2012 02:58:00 GMT

Last night at the RNC, Marco Rubio told us that if we work up to 16 hours a day for 70 years, like his dad, then we, too, may have a child at the front of the room one day. Unlike his father, he wants us to do it without looking forward to Social Security and Medicare, without significant unemployment benefits, without any chance of affordable health insurance or any other worker protection, and we'll do it with a minimum wage that is far less than a living wage. An...
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July in Santa Paula

Fri, 6 Jul 2012 20:46:00 GMT

It is a sad day. We must say goodbye to the gods of the months.July was named for Julius Caesar (who was not a god, see) although, as WatchingTheSky obliquely noted in the previous blog's comments, this month was originally named Quintilis, being the fifth month of the ancient Roman calendar, which had its start in March, the beginning of war season. The name change was made by Augustus who took the following month, Sextilis, as his own in 8 BC.There. Happy now, WTS...
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