Dr Wingnut

Category: Social/Environmental

  • Breeds of America

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    We did not tell our children they would not succeed because of their skin color.  We waited until race clobbered hopes, then we’d try to explain the situation: Most Euros did not like us, so we had to overcome by working harder.  We had to work twice as hard to get half as far.  Accept…

  • Mankind is a virus

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    I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here.  It came to me when I tried to classify your species, and I realized that humans are not actually mammals.  Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment; but you humans do not.  Instead you multiply,…

  • How to fix the Congress

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    Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC.   “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible…

  • Welcome to America circa 1950

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    Being black could turn an ordinary situation into a life-or-death moment even if you’re doing nothing wrongCommentary, How to Stay Alive While Being Black, Time, 2-Apr-2012What the Frack is wrong with this country?  Does the Constitution mean nothing?

  • Did You Know?

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    My brother asked me if I could remember seeing this, and before I had tracked it down, he emailed me back with a link to this very interesting video about the exponential speed of growth of humanity.Which reminded me of this excellent article in Time about how we are killing our home planet.  We may…

  • Fairness

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    When you don’t have an argument against fair taxation, you come up with a slogan.  Class Warfare.Lawrence O’Donell, host of MSNBC Lean Forward

  • Blog Action Day

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    This year’s topic for Blog Action Day is Food.  Do you know where your food comes from?  Have you ever been on a farm?  There are several excellent documentaries on food that you can watch on Netflix including: The Future of Food, Supersize Me, and Food Inc..Find out more about what others are blogging by…