Given the change in leadership in the US, it’s probably a good time for a few pertinent quotes from Ayn Rand: * “A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use
Month: January 2009
Black is In
Larry King commented on Barack Obama: “Black is in…my eight-year-old son wishes he was black.” (by the way, what is an old codger like Larry doing with an 8 year-old son?) What do you think this ‘black is in’ means?
The New President and Wealth
I was sequestered in meetings most of the day yesterday so I missed the coronation. I went to my desk around 5:00pm and opened the Yahoo home page and saw this: My first reaction was hmmm…. I knew that the
Fantastic Finish to a Hockey Game
What a fantastic finish to a hockey game… St Louis is playing in Boston, down 4-3 to the Bruins. With 30 seconds left in the game, St Louis pulls the goalie for an extra forward… a Bruins player gets the
New York Times, 1943
If the current editors of the New York Times were working in 1943, this is what the front page would probably look like: I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I see an article and it indicates that
Less Government Involvement… Please!
You should ponder all of the layers of “supervision” above you that tell you what to do and when to pay homage: Your boss as work; the local city government; the county government; the state government; the federal government; and soon
Speech Generator
You too can generate your own dynamic speech, filled with platitudes such as “hope” and “change”… Check out this site: http://www.atom.com/spotlights/inauguration_speech_generator/
Top 10 Amazing Roads
An interesting Top 10 list about the most interesting roads in the world…
A Famous Quote about the Middle East
From the 1969 Prime Minister of Israel: Hat tip to Kon