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skipper wrote a new post, Darts 9 years, 5 months ago
The mariner is embarrassed to live in the same state as Steve King (R-4th) because Iowan people actually chose him as a Federal Representative. Already identified by analysis of his work as the worst […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Liberal Arts on Cable TV still exist. 9 years, 5 months ago
For those who have not been exposed to liberal arts and to those frightened away by the word ‘liberal,’ let the mariner assure the reader that liberal arts means the study of humanity and is neither liberal nor […]
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skipper commented on the post, Humans are not Creators, they are Stuff 9 years, 5 months ago
Your observation is on target. In order to understand what a human is, we must acknowledge our place in a more powerful and conclusive universe.
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skipper wrote a new post, Humans are not Creators, they are Stuff 9 years, 5 months ago
It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.
Alas, Heraclitus was not a theist for he also said:
This Universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any […]
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We seem to seperate ourselves from the Universe. It is “out there” and we are “down here” when in reality there is no seperation. We exist as it, but have forgotten the fact that Earth and Humanity are not a different part of the Universe and what we see and experience daily is all part of the same thing. By communicating with each other and with our world in a loving way we are communicating with the Universe, but we have lost that awareness. Many refuse to try to communicate with one another and definitely not with Mother Earth and so they do not expect the unexpected because they think they are in control. We are in for a rude awakening when our blocks are suddenly taken away!
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Your observation is on target. In order to understand what a human is, we must acknowledge our place in a more powerful and conclusive universe.
Ancient mariner
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skipper wrote a new post, Signs of the Future 9 years, 5 months ago
Remember those spooky science fiction shows when you watched the actor (and yourself) walk into a dense, mysterious cloud where something unimaginable will occur? Well, dear reader, we are at that moment in real […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Republic versus the Parties 9 years, 6 months ago
The mariner is not sure about the reader but the mariner has been tossed about on the deck of the 2016 election for President. Since the very beginning of the process, the voter hasn’t had much of a say. The R […]
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This is a very clear analysis of what has happened in politics during my lifetime. It sounds like it is unbiased, if that is even possible. I like the line, “Reagan was just the toastmaster…” (at the fall of the Berlin wall). You could say he was the Toastmaster in Chief…!
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skipper wrote a new post, This and That 9 years, 6 months ago
The Midwest, between parallels N35° and N43°, has suffered temperatures in the high nineties with humidity above 70% for a good while. It isn’t pleasant. If you work outside, dehydration, sunburn and heat str […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Is Homo sapiens too Expensive for its Habitat? 9 years, 6 months ago
Through his retirement years, mariner has had more time to sit aside and watch the world go by. What has emerged is awareness that Homo sapiens will have a relatively short, finite time as a member of living […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Clipart 9 years, 6 months ago
A guest column has been trimmed a bit to highlight important clipart and merged with mariner’s comments.
Posted by Alex Greer
According to a July Gallup poll, public approval of Congress has fallen to n […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The World around Us 9 years, 6 months ago
Anticipating that few readers follow the mariner’s comments further by pursuing the related links, the mariner has copied in full an article from Fareed Zacharia’s online GPS:
04:30 PM ET Share this on: Fac […]
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Oh, my–if we aren’t drowning in water, we are drowning in debt. What to do? What to do? Perhaps Chicken Little, Amos, and Guru could put their heads together and suggest a survival strategy for those of us who are not in a position to effect global change. Plant a garden? Buy gold? Go off the grid? Raise sheep in the backyard and learn to knit before the ice age cometh? A post with practical advice would be appreciated!
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skipper wrote a new post, Economic Outlook 9 years, 6 months ago
The mariner is no expert on the economy. Instead, he gets most of his data and insights from recommended books, business sections of newspapers, erudite talk shows, and news channels like Bloomberg. It wasn’t l […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Heavy Seas 9 years, 6 months ago
The Weather channel provides special reports from government agencies (FEMA, NOAA) and environmental/ecological studies (seminars and University studies) that teach us how to respond to heavy storms, sustained […]
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Where will the people go? They will all climb onto the part of the life raft that is still above water. We may need to build a wall at the Florida border.
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skipper wrote a new post, President Donald 9 years, 6 months ago
The mariner has a working career that spans both corporate and government management. There is a distinct difference. Most notable is that corporate culture is measured solely by the ratio between cost and income, […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Liftoff to the General Election 9 years, 7 months ago
Many readers may have heard the news media touting two pieces of news: first, Hillary’s staff implied Bernie was being considered as a possible Vice President; Bernie said he would be open to the Vice Presidency o […]
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skipper wrote a new post, So Here We Are 9 years, 7 months ago
The odd reality of it all casts a strange light across the land. We fear a tornado of some kind during the general election. Donald has captured the spirit of the Republican white disenfranchised. Hillary already […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Just One Election in a Series 9 years, 7 months ago
Many have said the 2016 election is an unusual one that forebodes further unrest. For context, one must go back to points of recent unrest in 1964 (Civil Rights marches), 1968 (Chicago riots), 1970 (67 rounds […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Leftovers 9 years, 7 months ago
Every American alive for sixty years or more has subconsciously experienced being poorer year after year after year. It has been accomplished slowly and unnoticeably through inflation, flat salaries, poor personal […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Whence Jobs? 9 years, 7 months ago
Guru has been catching mariner’s attention more frequently, predicting a significant shift in economic growth and a change in the definition of what “job” means. For the first mariner comment on the future of wo […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Caution – Philosophical Subject: May be Boring 9 years, 8 months ago
The mariner is not a sage pol. The mariner is neither democrat nor republican. He will concede that sometimes his political philosophy appears socialistic – but not like Bernie or Robert Owen or Albert Einstein o […]
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skipper wrote a new post, In case you feel you are not perfect 9 years, 8 months ago
The mariner is preoccupied with spring gardens and major landscaping. Consequently, posts may be irregular. If you have difficulty viewing the Blog of the Ancient Mariner, write a short descriptive phrase in an […]
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