Obama Focus on The Future

Nothing tougher than the truth
Our current global oil automobile sprawl economy
is unaffordable for most
What can we do to forge an American Dream that is 
attainable affordable profitable
We can center on reclaiming of life at the grass roots
Safer life with fewer cars
Services scaled to communities
Communities more and more walkable and bike-able
More face to face social life
Safer
More attractive public space
More living where you work and working where you live
Zoning to make living walkable
with most things needed within reach
Less domination of our lives by the machine
the interchange, incessant emphasis on
what is increasingly unaffordable
All this requires a prodigious leap to thinking
Past oil
Past sprawl
Past almost exclusive reliance on the car
We need to heal the economy by imagining new economies
that improve life and health
and make education affordable to all
Today's way won't cut it
Tomorrow is up to us and our native abilities.


Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes

My Barbershop Obama Rap

No one can afford to buy a  new car any moreOr a house "out there" any moreOr the kind of education you need these daysObama sees the problem He is working on itHe believes all of us should havethe chance to succeedRomney doesn't care about most AmericansHe thinks we can all be millionairesHe wants to take what we have leftand give it to the wealthyVote Obama
Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes

Post-Sarkozy Letter from A Friend In Paris

Mes Amis,

Bonjour! We're now in Paris, in time to say goodbye to Sarkozy. Last night we went to a barbecue ...in anticipation of Sarkozy's defeat. It was a crowd of academics, artists, writers, etc.They were ecstatic as the returns came in -- as were we. The interesting thing is that at the retail level, every one seems to welcome Sarkozy's defeat. In the outlying areas beyond Paris and flashed on the TV screen, the vote for Hollande was overwhelming, which caused me to wonder where Sarkozy mustered his 48%.

I must say that he (Sarkozy) gave a very gracious concession speech, showing more generosity than he ever did in office, professing not only a great appreciation for the privilege of serving France but seemingly wishing Hollande genuine best wishes for undertaking the same honor. He followed that up today by inviting Hollande to celebrate at his side tomorrow's celebrations of V-E Day, which are still a big deal in France ...

In any case Sarkozy leaves office on a high note and desires that France be unified under its new leader. While some cynics say he was preparing for the next election, I say he will probably follow Tony Blair's example and go for some big bucks in the private sector, made possible by a globalized economy that can use boutique former politicians with ample rolodexes. What player in the market would not return a call from Nicolas Sarkozy?


Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes

Looking Back After The World Ignored The Truth Updated 12/6/2012

Say it's 2050 and though the roads are not as full as now, people make do with cars if they can afford it. Most others stay where they are because there is no way to cheaply go anywhere at all.


Construction has not changed but more and more of sprawl has been abandoned and more large vacated highway spaces have been chopped up into efficiency apartments.

The schools are now moving toward thirtieth worst in the world and higher education is for the wealthy only with a receding  number of scholarships based on merit.

I could go on but let me simply state my theory for the umpteenth time:

We need a totally new theory of settlements based somewhat on Alexander's "Pattern Language" modified to insist that human settlements be car free, that we live in numbers of about 5-10K in a square mile, that all elements of a city be within a single community, and so forth.

We need to generate huge new industries based on creating the modular components of the new construction. We need eco matrix production so that each community can be sustainable in itself, recycling everything, generating its own energy, etc. We need to create local governance that is made up of residents who live and work in these cyber-communities.

I am not saying we cannot adapt what we have now. But we need a model to be built and no one has even drawn it yet.

If this became our plan we would have a vibrant economy and smart solutions and a good future. If we ignore the reality we mark time until we cannot even dream of it.

We will not get the change we need until we are willing to articulate what it is.

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Will Romney Flip or Flop in the Debates?

The Mitt Romney Deception:

'via Blog this'

Should Romney be a candidate

He may as well avoid debate

He'll have to choose to flip or flop

Or stutter and prevaricate

Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes

Stop and see reality - quatrain

Coasting along without knowing where we're goingSeems to belie all the information that's out thereAlmost as if we could see what is now showingMerely by witnessing what's in our passing stare

Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes

Defining Abba As If One Could and Yet

The words below are a description of what I take to be realityAs Jesus suggested the One we cannot name is AbbaA scandalously familiar word to suggest that this OneIs not our enemy and that we have something to do with our own salvation on earthI say on earth advisedly because there is no reasonwhy life does not somehow continueThe One cannot be defined But as we prove out the Way of Abbaand commune with Abba withinand honor Abba's values of tolerance democracyhelpfulness and non-idolatrywe can say the followingwith confidence

Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes