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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Friday, April 09, 2004
Expressions of Faith in a Faithless World
Daven was feeling pretty frustrated after watching DUI Bush give his State of the Union address, so he wrote an open letter to the President of the United States (which for some reason wasn't addressed to Dick Cheney). Reading this letter broke my heart, in part because of Daven's apparent faith that George W. Bush and company actually give a shit about him and guys like him.
I wouldn't even have bothered writing this letter, because I really think it's a complete waste of time. If you don't have $10,000 in your hand, nobody in the Republican Party will give you the time of day; and a day after you give them $10,000, they don't remember your name. To really get their attention, you need to be a millionaire.
Still, it's touching that Daven still believes he lives in a democracy. I think I have some of his faith, maybe just a sliver, but I know we both want to live in the same sort of country, and it ain't Bush country.
Daven was feeling pretty frustrated after watching DUI Bush give his State of the Union address, so he wrote an open letter to the President of the United States (which for some reason wasn't addressed to Dick Cheney). Reading this letter broke my heart, in part because of Daven's apparent faith that George W. Bush and company actually give a shit about him and guys like him.
I wouldn't even have bothered writing this letter, because I really think it's a complete waste of time. If you don't have $10,000 in your hand, nobody in the Republican Party will give you the time of day; and a day after you give them $10,000, they don't remember your name. To really get their attention, you need to be a millionaire.
Still, it's touching that Daven still believes he lives in a democracy. I think I have some of his faith, maybe just a sliver, but I know we both want to live in the same sort of country, and it ain't Bush country.
