How many armies does it take to change a lightbulb? 5. The Germans to start it, the French to give up without really trying, the Italians to start, get nowhere, then try again from the other side, the Americans to
Category: Politics
Quotes from Ayn Rand
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
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
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
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/
A Famous Quote about the Middle East
From the 1969 Prime Minister of Israel: Hat tip to Kon
A Truth-Speaking Moslem
It’s a couple of year old, but it’s still an interesting interview [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WcNsJupWQ4[/youtube] 5 min 28 sec Hat tip to Dr. K. Sokol
Recovery from Economic Crisis
After Japan’s asset bubble burst in the late 1980s, their economy took a sharp downturn, prompting government officials to try bailing out banks and investing in infrastructure, much like the activity and proposals floating around America today. The results were