Concerning my previous blog post: Why Most Politics Is Radical I had been thinking for the last several months about Nixon's "Silent Majority" [1] [2]. The silent majority is usually described as the "mostly conservative" bulk of people who are not easily swayed by politics. Some discussions have suggested that this majority is simply gone, that it doesn't exist. However, I take it that - even while Nixon called them a "...
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/21868579.html I am planning on going to the office, and filming this from the tallest building in St. Paul. I Think it will be really cool to see. It's early though. I've never seen anything like this in person though. I worry about "foggers and water cannons" obstructing my view though.
Well Summertime is here. Click to play (doesn't work in some RSS viewers): boomp3.com I went to a great summer solstice party last night, one of those parties where I only knew one person, but absolutely everybody was cool and easy to talk to. Had a wonderful time, and I got home really late.
Status Quo I firmly believe that most people are either, pretty much O.K. with the way most things are, or so apathetic to the possibility of change that they don't care. Of this great majority, there is no reason to stand up and demand that things stay pretty much the same. Who would bother getting out of the house to vote for someone who doesn't think there's much to do....