carbon111

SILF: Solaris.

I wrapped up my election thoughts up into a pithy wad and spat it at teh internets... http://carbon111.blogspot.com Good thing I'm not in Singapore or I'd be caned!

I think it will be interesting to see how the hearts of the very young voters fare. It will shatter a few illusions when they realise Obama will still have to work with the lobbyists and private interests to get anything done - more business as usual. The only way that real positive change will happen is if the Obama administration moves independantly of corporate desires - it ain't going to happen. Bipartisanship won't help either because there is little to no difference between the parties other than some surface cosmetics and a handful of hot-button issues. Still, I think Obama was the lesser of two evils as Mccain's tax plan would have really given me no relief while giving the top 5% huge cuts. One thing I am proud of my country for is that it's possible for a black person to be elected President - I had my doubts...

Makes me think that maybe I'm underestimating Obama. I kinda' thought Piggle's response was way over the top too...even for him. I still don't think there was much difference between the two choices other than a few labels that won't affect certain actions, hence my Azathoth vs. Cthulhu comment. Still, I'm glad we got Azathoth. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.

Enjoy the icing. The cake batter was mixed my radical marxists & terrorist groups. Enjoy your Lord. WTF? Obama is not much different from his opponent. If you think there's a great divide between our two parties I'll take two of whatever you're having. It's like having Azathoth for President instead of Cuthlhu. The sun will still come up tomorrow Pigster...maybe.

What in the world does that have to do with the Cthulhu Mythos???

I've got a "My Little Cthulhu" next to my Nord Wave... ...need to get the adittional "victims" add-on pack.

Very fluid in his thinking is old Yog Sothoth... ...certainly slightly less evil than the two choices we have for President.

Azathoth would make a great U.S. leader...talk about "crawling chaos"... Cthulhu can be counted on for majority votes from states with a large number of Deep Ones.

I should start hawking excersize equipment on this forum...how about a three-VCO treadmill with 24db LPF?

...just stare at your ceiling and talk to it and he will answer back in your head. Um. That's not God...

I personally think that someone who has such an 'essential' philosophy of being would try to apply this to the nature of people and nations. Aparrently not. I believe that he was attracted to Nazism because he thought that it enacted some of his basic principles. Some have argued that but when it comes to ground-level Ontology, I don't see it. I confess that I found Heidegger a bore, and never read much, especially when I found out that he was a Nazi. Well, I'm really only a fan of Being and Time as it addresses Ontology itself in a way that speaks to me. Wittgenstein was more my style. Well, in general, mine too - though he's a bit of a "philisophical mechanic" and I find myself leaning more towards the metaphysics of Spinoza these days.

How can a man's philosophy, ultimately, have nothing to do with his philosophy? You mean his Politics? Heigegger, later on, was a very different man..which is probably why Being and Time was abandoned. It's not as if he's a personal hero of mine or anything...more on that here: http://carbon111.blogspot.com/2008/09/heroes_30.html

But he WAS, historically, a Nazi. Unfortunately so were a lot of German philosophers of the time. Some bits about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger#Heidegger_and_Nazism http://www.iep.utm.edu/h/heidegge.htm I still agree with his ontology as laid out in Being and Time written when he was still relatively young before "the turn" and think it has absolutely nothing to do with his politics...or his notorious drinking habits.