This may be all over the place… November 6, 2008

by pegleghippie
So recent events (the election last night, playing guitar hero tonight) have crossed with my philosophy classes in my mind to form some ideas that I want to sort out.  I will do my best to connect the ideas in some way, but no promises.  I’m telling myself I’m writing this for an audience [...]

Liberals, Conservatives, and Freedom August 15, 2008

by pegleghippie
When conservatives talk about ‘freedom,’ it’s very different from when I talk about ‘freedom.’ I think, fundamentally, conservatives are talking about the freedom to subjugate, while I mean freedom from subjegation.
I think this is also why the term ‘liberal’ is used in the modern sense (at least in America) to denote the left, [...]

Where was my big Victory Post? June 6, 2008

I didn’t forget to post about Obama’s nomination. After the announcement that he clinched the nomination, I actually went into a frenzie of happiness much like an acid trip, (never been there jk jk) and passed out from then til juuust now.
As you can obviously tell, I’m not serious. I just got back from Transfer [...]