In the last 5 days before the election, the realization that you have had way better things to do than listen to old white people argue over the means by which they will control your life may have you wondering who the hell to vote for. Since you most likely can't vote for this guy, it's time to hit the books and at least figure out who is full of crap, and who isn't.
And by "books", of course, I mean Politfact.com. This page shows the latest ratings for campaigns in Texas, but there are many other resources available on the site. Since you probably don't have a lot of time to devote to weeding through the nonsense of political advertising, this is a great place to start.
Hit The Jump!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Moderately Evil Reborn
Hey Everybody!
As some of you may have noticed when Sieyes posted about the election the other day, it looks as though, after what has turned into a significant sabbatical, that Moderately Evil may be back up for another go round. I apologize for all of us when I say we've been lax with updating. But at the same time, I'll have to ask you to reserve judgment, to be lenient with us. Forgiveness is a virtue after all and we (your humble writers) have gone through some rigorous and intense personal redefinition in the interim. Two of us, Sieyes and Comrade Puffer, are in the immediately pre and post-birth stages of kid-having, respectively. Not together though. That would be weird. Your humble narrator, formerly known as Moriarty, rechristened Professor Mumbles Prometheus on the sands of Black Rock Playa, am now back in the US after (as you'll recall) a year of teaching English in Spain, less one serious relationship and plus one novel. So we've done a lot of growing up here in the last year or so.
As such, we've been discussing a bit of a different direction here at Moderately Evil. It still has yet to gel, and we certainly won't be going back on our convictions, but from this point forward, dear reader, you can probably expect less shrillness of political ranting and a more considered and mature approach to the world situation. What I mean by that is we are increasingly turning a corner from a "What is wrong with the world?" mentality, to a more "What can I do about it?" one. As such, we're hoping to broaden our focus from straight-up analysis of geopolitics to include such things as feasible sustainable living, healthy eating (bringing down agribusiness one meal at a time), and maybe some attempts at articulating a positive and ecumenical philosophy for the future. Awakened living in the world, if you want to call it that. It's a goal to aim at anyhow.
So welcome friends, lovers, fellow travelers, to the Moderately Evil 3.0. Hit The Jump!
As some of you may have noticed when Sieyes posted about the election the other day, it looks as though, after what has turned into a significant sabbatical, that Moderately Evil may be back up for another go round. I apologize for all of us when I say we've been lax with updating. But at the same time, I'll have to ask you to reserve judgment, to be lenient with us. Forgiveness is a virtue after all and we (your humble writers) have gone through some rigorous and intense personal redefinition in the interim. Two of us, Sieyes and Comrade Puffer, are in the immediately pre and post-birth stages of kid-having, respectively. Not together though. That would be weird. Your humble narrator, formerly known as Moriarty, rechristened Professor Mumbles Prometheus on the sands of Black Rock Playa, am now back in the US after (as you'll recall) a year of teaching English in Spain, less one serious relationship and plus one novel. So we've done a lot of growing up here in the last year or so.
As such, we've been discussing a bit of a different direction here at Moderately Evil. It still has yet to gel, and we certainly won't be going back on our convictions, but from this point forward, dear reader, you can probably expect less shrillness of political ranting and a more considered and mature approach to the world situation. What I mean by that is we are increasingly turning a corner from a "What is wrong with the world?" mentality, to a more "What can I do about it?" one. As such, we're hoping to broaden our focus from straight-up analysis of geopolitics to include such things as feasible sustainable living, healthy eating (bringing down agribusiness one meal at a time), and maybe some attempts at articulating a positive and ecumenical philosophy for the future. Awakened living in the world, if you want to call it that. It's a goal to aim at anyhow.
So welcome friends, lovers, fellow travelers, to the Moderately Evil 3.0. Hit The Jump!
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