Monthly Archives: January 2008

Iconic

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 27, 2008

[tags]afghan is tan[/tags]

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precious lord

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 26, 2008

[tags]gladys knight, etta james, chaka khan, mahalia jackson[/tags]

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Saturday p.m. kravitz blogging…

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 26, 2008

[tags]are you gonna go my way[/tags]

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Saturday p.m. clapton blogging…

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 26, 2008

[tags]layla[/tags]

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Took the 2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz…

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 26, 2008

Here’s how the candidates line up with my concerns. Assuming the quiz reflects reality, and assuming the media continue to marginalize Kucinich and Gravel, it looks like an Obama/Edwards ticket meets my needs. Poor John, always a bridesmaid.  (Thanks to War on Folly for the quiz link). 93% Mike Gravel 92% Dennis Kucinich 80% Barack [...]

Posted in Peace and Politics, Politics | Comments closed

Cronin on Post-modernism

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 25, 2008

I was reading an Edge interview with Dr. Helena Cronin of the London School of Economics and I ran across the following passage. It so eloquently spoke my own mind, that I had to capture it here. The more often that rationalists and humanists have the courage to speak these truths, the sooner we will [...]

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Sympathy for the family and friends of Joshua Beasley

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 25, 2008

I can not imagine the grief you feel. But I read that it’s important to say his name to each other, to inform and remind ourselves that he really was alive, to listen to our own feelings and acknowledge the feelings of others, and to some day accept his passing and to remember him as [...]

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Any questions?

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 25, 2008

Mitt Romney getting an assist. Who is the whisperer, I wonder? [tags]talking head, looks good in a suit, dissembler, mitt romney[/tags]

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