I've often wondered how to make a difference in this world.

What I am starting to understand is that being an activist is important (in order to spread information and ideas), but the most important way to make a difference in this world is to win elections and get the power to put our ideas into action.

My main interest is getting people to live in peace. I don't want anyone to enter the stupid situation where people throw hot lead and chemicals at each other while killing many innocent civil… Continue

The Supreme Court ruled today that limits on corporate money in campaigns is illegal. This means that corporations can now spend lot sof their money to influence elections mainly by purchasing campaign commercials.

The commercials won't be obvious corporate sponsorship of candidates. For example, if Goldman Sachs doesn't like the new limits President Obama is putting on the banks, they will probably support the Republican candidate in the next election. They will make up some sort of fake name… Continue

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." Mahatma Gandhi

I was flipping through the channels tonight and decided to stop and see what Glen Beck was talking about. It didn't take long for me to decide that he really sucks and I never needed to stop on his program ever again.

He was talking about a report by a European Commission that said that eating less meat would reduce global warming because a lot of water and energy goes into producing each ounce of meat.

Sounds reasonable right?

Well, Not to Glen Beck. He didn't even pause to consider the argu… Continue

I agree with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama.

President Obama changed the United States from being a unilateral warmongering nation into a nation with a multilateral approach dedicated to solving our problems peacefully. Changing the country in such a huge way is not a small achievement.

I think the awarding of the peace prize to President Obama is also an award for everyone who voted for him. We were the ones who decided that we wanted new leadership in this co… Continue

We're not at war...
...oh, yeah, I guess we are.

Soldiers are still serving.
People are still dying.
Parents are still worried.
Children are still lonely.

We don't have to think about war.
It's not in the headlines
Our homes are not in the crossfire.
We're not asked to sacrifice

Support the troops,
but don't raise taxes.
Our children will pay for it.

Viewers of Fox News are more likely to have the worng information about healthcare.

This is a bad thing for the healthcare debate, but it also reminds me of how bad misinformation can be when we are talking about issues of war and peace.

Fox News viewers thought Iraq had something to do with 9/11 at a higher rate than other Americans. Holding this mistaken view made it easier to support the invasion of Iraq shortly after 9/11.

It is hard to have a functioning democracy if people are making de… Continue

I wanted to write something about how the internet is showing its power in the Iranian protests over the disputed election.

No need to write something that has already been written very well so I will just link to the story called High Definition Democracy.

Here's a few quotes:

"The concept of citizen-selected leadership itself is ancient, but we are witnessing today the latest chapter in how technolo… Continue

The United States should not engage in torture.

It doesn't matter if torture works.

Threatening to kill someone's family members might work to get information, but we shouldn't do it.

Hanging someone upside down from a helicopter 1,000 feet in the air might work to get information, but we shouldn't do it.

Waterboarding someone might work to get information, but we shouldn't do it.

The main reason we shouldn't do these things is because we lose more than we gain. We lose our ethical and mora… Continue