Democratic Debates and Sun-Moon Ratios
I was watching the Democratic debate in New Hampshire which took place on June 3rd, hoping to see how Kucinich weighed in against the other candidates. But I didn’t get to see too much of him, and that brought something critical to my attention. Kucinich, more than any other candidate was marginalized throughout the debate. Not even a third as many questions were addressed or even fielded to him as were to the other candidates. The debate was dominated by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards, who – not so coincidentally I imagine – were positioned at the center of the stage, while Kucinich and Gravel, the two most liberal candidates, were placed on the far left and right sides.
As much planning as goes into these things, there is no doubt in my mind that these logistics were intentional. So why would Kucinich be marginalized? Perhaps because the debate was regulated by CNN, a mass media network, and Kucinich espouses two things which run contrary to their interests – open debates (meaning not media controlled) and media reform – addressing things such as breaking up the monopolies of the big conglomerates and diminishing the power of their lobby. The interplay of politics and the media creates an interesting spectacle…
On a completely unrelated note, I have another interesting discovery for today. Apparently, the relationships between the distances between sun and earth, moon and earth, and the sizes of the sun and moon make it so that from earth the sun and moon appear virtually the exact same size. To put it more clearly, the ratio of sun distance to sun size and the ratio of moon distance to moon size are the SAME. This is why full eclipses are even possible.
Now considering the mythic significance of the sun and moon in cultures throughout the world, and that the Earth is the only planet where such a relationship exists, doesn’t this seem to be an uncanny coincidence? While I’m not saying that it necessitates divine design, it definitely makes one wonder. We may say – and it may even be true – that natural selection, either gradually or by punctuated equilibrum, can account for all of the complex life forms on the planet and all of the complex relationships between them. But once you leave earth, Darwin’s idea cannot count for apparent instances of design. This really is no small thing. But coincidence or divinely intended, it is certainly remarkable.
