“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.”- Charles Bukowski For those who take the time to research it, several things about the Wisconsin governor’s battles with
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Advice worth repeating……
I’m more than a little pissed off tonight-for a bunch of reasons, not worth going into. So following dinner, I decided to hunker down and browse. And when I went to Big Lychee-from my second favorite city on the planet-I discovered all the mistakes I have made that will keep
Continue readingAn experiment in technology.
This is an experiment into the world of computer assisted video making. My Canadian counterpart has a post up about Lindsay Lohan today. It concerns this People magazine story about Lindsay Lohan. Since he is the most caustic blogger I know of-I decided to make an Xtra Normal movie of his post.
Continue readingTough time making ends meet…..
On 400,000 dollars a year. Professor Todd Henderson makes 445,000 dollars a year. That kind of qualifies as pretty affluent by anyones standards. However in the kind of topsy turvy world we live in nowadays-the good Dr. Henderson seems to have trouble getting to end of each and every month.
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One might think that my skirmish with the state of Alabama as noted below might have me changing my thoughts about government. Not really-clearly this represents what is a pretty obvious trend, the state is so short of money that they will do every thing they can to avoid paying
Continue readingHappy May Day!
Since I get repeatedly tagged as a slimy socialist-for merely sticking up for basic decency and fairness-might as well make the most of it. Workers of the world unite! 🙂 And yes, I like 80’s one hit wonders.
Continue readingFriends don’t let friends….
Listen to Mark Steyn. Because, as usual-he has it all wrong. America will did not start to decline because of the health care vote tonight-it allowed that process to start ten years ago-or perhaps longer-when it failed to recognize the multi-polar world it had stepped into. The pace of that
Continue readingSo long as they are quoting authors…..
Maybe our “over taxed” friends should spend less time with Ayn Rand and more time with these guys: Check out the debate here!. It would appear both men were right-but right now, Huxley appears to be ahead on points.
Continue readingThe Lloyds prayer…….
From an email making its way around Wall Street this morning: Our Chairman, Who Art At Goldman, Blankfein Be Thy Name. The Rally’s Come. God’s Work Be Done On Earth As There’s No Fear Of Correction. Give Us This Day Our Daily Gains, And Bankrupt Our Competitors As You Taught
Continue readingStewart vs Cramer
Spike has the whole interview up with John Stewart and Jim Cramer. Both men make great points and Cramer to his credit-allows that if you dish it out, you got to be able to take it. Stewart hammers home some good points about how obscene some of the money making
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