http://realitybucket.com Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:23:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just can't believe the furor over the mosque planned near Ground Zero. Well, I can. What I can't belive is how obscenely misguided so many people are on the topic, and that some of the statements made by one of the worst Presidents ever are correct, yet ... http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2010/08/15/the-mosque/ Sometime Real Soon Now look for this place to get a makeover. I want very much to post here regularly, no holds barred, but Wordpress needs to be updated, the look needs to be changed, and I don't expect it to remain a group blog, but rather one reflecting ... http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2010/07/11/update/ You Are Red You are a highly passionate person, and you'd stand up and fight for anything you believe in. You're a lot like the founders of the United States. You are a bit of a revolutionary. Like most modern Americans, you are have things you love and hate about the USA ... ... http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2010/07/04/appropriate-for-this-blog-and-day/ Are they de facto socialists? (This is a video, well worth watching, linking gay marriage, corporate welfare, etc.) http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2010/06/20/the-problem-with-social-conservatives/ "Unexpectedly" is used in obituaries as a polite euphemism for suicide. "Unexpectedly" is used by the press for bad economic news. Coincidence? http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2010/06/11/coincidence/ Via Glenn Reynolds, an interesting look at what we think of adultery in politicians, and in general, given the Mark Sanford political suicide. I'd never really thought about it, but it makes sense that we elect people based on integrity and commitment - heck, willingness to do more than pay lip ... http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2009/06/29/its-about-trust/ I just noticed a brief commentary by someone I respect on the libertarian right, and I know there are many others, absolutely vehement against trade with Cuba. On some level, I can see that. However, I can also see what has and has not worked there and elsewhere to liberalize ... http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2009/04/18/cuba/ Unconstitutional. Just like McCain-Feingold. Just like the Kelo taking. Not like the "conservative" Court is going to save us. At least the draft can be reasonably argued as a sometimes necessary evil, despite it being the also unconstitutional slippery slope that'll probably give the Supremes "justification" to roll over and play dead. Or ... http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2008/11/07/unconstitutional/ If Gwen Ifill were moderating the Obama/McCain debate, then that would make her impossibly partisan. This is merely the Palin/Biden debate. How could she be impartial if her buddy isn't in it? Not like the appearance of impropriety matters. And how could she possibly be doing anything inappropriate? ... http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2008/10/02/perfectly-fair/ But the fellow who wrote this article? Totally on the list. Because I've been turned away from help for suffering "realistic" depression, and it was one of the most staggeringly painful, humiliating, and damaging things that ever happened to me. So there you go. http://realitybucket.com/index.php/2008/09/17/its-not-often-that-i-want-to-kiss-a-doctor/