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Friday, December 26th, 2008
Debate/Nader/Election Stuff
Likely most had missed the pre-election Debate wherein ALL the major parties vice presidential candidates were invited, the “Real V.P. Debate“, as it were. These are the debates that actually have substance, as opposed to the water-sipping moments, platitudes, and the rest of the nonsense that goes on normally. I speak not only of normal [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Events,Political by Ajay
Friday, December 26th, 2008
On Power, and that of our perspectives
In searching for the exact wording of the Cicero quote “Freedom is participation in power” I came across this extremely interesting page. It’s about power, but not in any way that I have seen it talked about before. He quotes different views on power, somehow seems to dismiss them all, but also talks about the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Social by Ajay
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Friends don’t let friends vote for Obama/McCain
(Okay, so I don’t actually believe those commercials that people should feel obligated or responsibility for other people and their actions, but it makes a catchy title. But honestly. The polls show the majority of people in this country are against the Iraq war. I’ll assume (without any empirical evidence) that largely applies to my [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Life,Social by Ajay
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Meeting SCOPE – a Toilet-based non-profit in India
I visited this NGO called SCOPE in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As their website seems currently inaccessible, you can take a look at their a photo album which showcases some of their projects. I was a little frustrated during my time spent with them. They didn’t have the vision for projects like greywater [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Social,Travel,WasteWater by Ajay
Monday, May 12th, 2008
NYC Doings..
What’s happenin’ New York City! So I spent 2 weeks in New York, which sounds like a long time, but I still didn’t feel finished with it! I’ll tell you what I did there though, because it was fun! BTW – I was in NYC (and Philly and DC and Chicago and Niagara Falls) in [...]
