Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Is it November Yet?

I've ganked this commentarry, whole cloth, from Blade, because he said exactly what I would have:
This following clip about the place of religion in America from Barack Obama exemplifies why I support Obama and am genuinely excited about him being president. Even if it's just election rhetoric, the fact that the point is being made is absolutely critical.

Here are some choice quotes:
"Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into Universal rather than religion-specific values."

"No matter how religious they may be or not be, people are tired of seeing faith used as a tool of attack."

While some people think this is a secular position, I disagree. This is a truly American position (in the best sense of 'American'), one based off of the fact that the United States is a pluralist society, and that in a pluralist society, every faith matters (even humanism, secularism and atheism), not just one.

And this is a position that is easily born of faith, be it Christian or not.

Watch the video.


Tuesday, June 24, 2008

pocket of crisis un-management

I have been remaining mostly calm and collected with answering questions about Wolfie's passing.

Here is what my internal reaction is:

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we now return you to your regularly scheduled Eleri.

Monday, June 09, 2008

Realization

None of my accomplishments as an 'adult' has ever been worth the celebration of my family.

This is depressing.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

SNERK