I have this old blog Defending Science, Scientists, & Non-Scientists.
The name for the web-address, silkworm.wordpress.com, is based on a name that I used in many science related causes, Silkworm. I felt the name suited me in these efforts in regards to the sad existence of the bombyx mori through its history of human directed evolution via over-cultivation to fill the demand for fancy garments & frilly underwear. I admit that I have a complicated sense of humor.
I haven't been to the blog in years, but I'm happy with the work I did & feel that I achieved some real goals through it. When I went on hiatus I was presented much delightful evidence that I've helped shift the scientific community into a more active role with a successful diplomatic strategy by which to engage the public. Accounts were sent to me of people in other communities (including in other nations) who attended similar events following the lead I present on my blog & were successful.
I certainly could have done better, but I assure you that I continue to evolve.
I miss the good people who helped in these efforts & I thank them for it. Out of respect I won't name them here, but I will never forget them. As I get older it becomes more & more apparent to me how unfortunately rare such people are. It takes chutzpah to fight for truth in the courts of charlatans supported by hostile crowds which have already been misdirected to hate you & everything you stand for. I admire the courage & patience they mustered in traveling with this madman into the abyss.
My life took a rough turn as I went on hiatus. My health failed & I reached a point of physical & mental collapse. After several hard years, I feel better than ever now. I continue down a similar path, but one that exceeds the boundaries of the Defending Science & intend on having greater success.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
HOW OBAMA CAN WIN MY VOTE
Dear Most Esteemed President of these United States of America,
Several really good people who I hold dear still support you & feel that I'm being too rough on you because I judge you by your actions & not just your suave style & oratory. I can't seem to convince them that you are just another authoritarian RepubliCrat Hell-bent on perpetuating the madness of this (what Raplh Nader rightly calls) corporate socialism rigged not only to steal resources from the American people as a whole & redirect them to the well-connected, to undermine the rights of Americans at their directive & to perpetuate campaigns which trade the life & liberty of peoples both here & abroad for their 'profit.'
- Admit your role in the NDAA in terms of its inclusion of American citizens. Admit that you have assassinated American citizens. Divorce the Patriot Act & all Bush Era policies that corrupt the rights to privacy of American citizens. Guarantee all Americans their Constitutional rights. Set up an area in the Oval Office to physically kiss the ass of every American man woman & child & say these words:
“The United States government recognizes you as a human who deserves all of the rights guaranteed by it in the Bill of Rights. I apologize for my previous denial of these rights. I realize the immense danger of my UNFORGIVABLE errors surrounding the NDAA. It would be unwise for anyone with any self-respect to support anyone who has done what I've done. But now I recognize I was wrong & I beg your forgiveness.”
Eliminate the DHS, the TSA, & the DEA. Make the CIA publicly accountable. Reaffirm America's commitment to individual & human rights & bring ALL the troops home to illustrate America's founding principle of the right to self-rule extends to all people of the world for the sake of peace & prosperity. End all foreign aid programs in respect to their sovereignty. Force the United States federal government from this practice of making state's rights moot except in cases determined by the Supreme Court that a specific state action is unConstitutional.
2. Admit your ties to Monsanto. Fire Tom Vilsack as the Agriculture Secretary & replace him with Vandana Shiva. Eliminate all government approvals & promotions of GMO food. Demand all GMO food be labeled. Use your office to investigate & prosecute Monsanto for any & all crimes involving their activities resulting in reckless endangerment (if not destruction) of personal property, the environment, & life. Sign an executive order banning the United States government from promoting or protecting Monsanto products both here & abroad. Sign another executive order forcing all GMO cultivation & research to be done in isolated environments to eliminate the possibility of their corruption of the world's ecosystems. Then ratify a Constitutional Amendment banning patents on life.
3. Harshly reject SOPA, PIPA, ACTA & all of their mutations. Ratify a Constitutional Amendment banning all government regulation of the internet. Have the text of the 1st Amendment tattooed on your forehead.
4. End this war against Wikileaks. Free Bradley Manning & award him the Medal of Honor for his role in the Arab Spring. Grant Julian Assange political asylum in the United States, award him the Medal of Freedom & make him your press secretary.
5. Stop this love affair you have with Wal-Mart & sever all ties the United States government has with it. Prosecute it for its monopolistic practices & demand it to compensate the public for what it has taken from it. Prevent it from future expansion as punishment for its unAmerican business practices.
6. Demand the Federal Reserve open itself to public & private audits.
There is plenty more to be done (or 'undone' in most cases), but for the sake of practicality & fairness I thought I'd stop here. You have less than a year to accomplish these goals & win my vote. Best of luck to you, Mr. President. I do sincerely wish you immense success in these endeavors.
PS. This offer is invalidated by more war.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
BEHOLD: The Awesomeness of Vermin Supreme
While monitoring the Ron Paul campaign during the New Hampshire primary from my home in glorious Kansas, I was lucky enough to witness through several articles & web videos another truly patriotic campaign - that of Democratic Candidate Vermin Supreme.
Those unfamiliar with US federal political processes may not know that Democratic primaries are also proceeding but really more of a formality due to HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENDER Barack Obama being the incumbent. The Republican primaries proceed to select a “new” presidential candidate for the party.
The first exposure I had to Vermin's message was through this YouTube video of his appearance in front of New Hampshire Democrats, which was also broadcast on C-Span.
Vermin Supreme promises all Americans a free pony, sees dental hygiene as the right path to a better America, & has defense & energy policies that, in my opinion, are far more responsible than the status-quo. He is a gifted speaker who is a joy to listen to & I felt he did well taking questions from the panel. But the little lady & I had much discussion on whether or not the video was real. It seemed too good, too funny & smart, to be true. We retired for the evening uncertain.
When I checked to see how Ron Paul was doing in New Hampshire the next day, I took this link to an article about Paul being mobbed & found this in the text: [“Ron Paul: We have you surrounded. We are the media,” sounded the voice from a megaphone as Paul staffers ushered him into a waiting SUV, just minutes after he arrived at the restaurant. Holding the megaphone was a man dressed roughly as a wizard, with shaggy hair and tousled beard, wearing a massive black boot upside down on his head.] As I kept looking I found the same story on the Drudge Report with a picture of Vermin Supreme & that big boot on his head with a megaphone standing behind a mob of people surrounding Ron Paul & had a good laugh.
This was proof that Vermin Supreme was not only real, but he was actively campaigning in New Hampshire!
By dancing around in this circus, Vermin Supreme showed his American patriotism with highlights such as hijacking Rick Santorum's audience before the frothy authoritarian substance oozed in. Supreme delivers his platform to what appears to be a receptive audience & declares his intention to debate Santorum when he arrives. Soon, he's asked to leave. Video here . Later, Santorum's handlers apparently assaulted him. It's interesting that Santorum's handlers assaulted another presidential candidate & there seems to be no outrage. Don't fool youself. Vermin Supreme IS a legitimate candidate. He ended up 3rd with 831 votes among the Democrats (over 3 times better than Michelle Bachmann on the GOP side). Call me old fashioned, but I would have hated to see how Santorum would have handled Bachmann under similar circumstances. Bachmann is as legitimate a presidential candidate as Mr. Supreme & I'd hope he'd at least have the decency to not treat a woman so rough.
After a little more research I learned that Vermin is a veteran when it comes to politics. He has a solid history of campaigning & his unpredictable party affiliation & whimsical authoritarian policies should make him attractive to most modern moderate American voters. What appeals to me is that just as Vermin admits he is a 'friendly fascist' it is revealed that similar to Ron Paul, Vermin Supreme understands. I wish that more voters would take him seriously, but I fear that his failure to condemn right to trial, dismiss the 1st Amendment & promote mass murder campaigns overseas will limit his electability among Democrats.
I believe that when it comes to US President votes for Ron Paul are the only ones that count. All of the other candidates (the Republicrats), including Obama, all look so ridiculous that the truth that bursts through the cracks of Vermin Supreme's not-so-ridiculous message I found to be refreshing satire. Enjoy!
Those unfamiliar with US federal political processes may not know that Democratic primaries are also proceeding but really more of a formality due to HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENDER Barack Obama being the incumbent. The Republican primaries proceed to select a “new” presidential candidate for the party.
The first exposure I had to Vermin's message was through this YouTube video of his appearance in front of New Hampshire Democrats, which was also broadcast on C-Span.
Vermin Supreme promises all Americans a free pony, sees dental hygiene as the right path to a better America, & has defense & energy policies that, in my opinion, are far more responsible than the status-quo. He is a gifted speaker who is a joy to listen to & I felt he did well taking questions from the panel. But the little lady & I had much discussion on whether or not the video was real. It seemed too good, too funny & smart, to be true. We retired for the evening uncertain.
When I checked to see how Ron Paul was doing in New Hampshire the next day, I took this link to an article about Paul being mobbed & found this in the text: [“Ron Paul: We have you surrounded. We are the media,” sounded the voice from a megaphone as Paul staffers ushered him into a waiting SUV, just minutes after he arrived at the restaurant. Holding the megaphone was a man dressed roughly as a wizard, with shaggy hair and tousled beard, wearing a massive black boot upside down on his head.] As I kept looking I found the same story on the Drudge Report with a picture of Vermin Supreme & that big boot on his head with a megaphone standing behind a mob of people surrounding Ron Paul & had a good laugh.
This was proof that Vermin Supreme was not only real, but he was actively campaigning in New Hampshire!
By dancing around in this circus, Vermin Supreme showed his American patriotism with highlights such as hijacking Rick Santorum's audience before the frothy authoritarian substance oozed in. Supreme delivers his platform to what appears to be a receptive audience & declares his intention to debate Santorum when he arrives. Soon, he's asked to leave. Video here . Later, Santorum's handlers apparently assaulted him. It's interesting that Santorum's handlers assaulted another presidential candidate & there seems to be no outrage. Don't fool youself. Vermin Supreme IS a legitimate candidate. He ended up 3rd with 831 votes among the Democrats (over 3 times better than Michelle Bachmann on the GOP side). Call me old fashioned, but I would have hated to see how Santorum would have handled Bachmann under similar circumstances. Bachmann is as legitimate a presidential candidate as Mr. Supreme & I'd hope he'd at least have the decency to not treat a woman so rough.
After a little more research I learned that Vermin is a veteran when it comes to politics. He has a solid history of campaigning & his unpredictable party affiliation & whimsical authoritarian policies should make him attractive to most modern moderate American voters. What appeals to me is that just as Vermin admits he is a 'friendly fascist' it is revealed that similar to Ron Paul, Vermin Supreme understands. I wish that more voters would take him seriously, but I fear that his failure to condemn right to trial, dismiss the 1st Amendment & promote mass murder campaigns overseas will limit his electability among Democrats.
I believe that when it comes to US President votes for Ron Paul are the only ones that count. All of the other candidates (the Republicrats), including Obama, all look so ridiculous that the truth that bursts through the cracks of Vermin Supreme's not-so-ridiculous message I found to be refreshing satire. Enjoy!
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