Friday, March 22, 2013

Personal principle and ideology are privileges of a free society. However, these privileges must be held in balance with respect, diplomacy, and ultimately compromise for a free society to remain as such.


~ Dean Christensen


Thursday, March 14, 2013

OCD MUCH?

My wife and I have a longstanding and ongoing "discussion" about the merits of keeping, let's call it, a gasoline log. For twenty-one years of marriage (not sure how many years before), my wife has maintained meticulous records of fuel-ups. Each and every time her car is filled up, she enters all associated fuel-up information (date, amount, cost per gallon, overall tank cost, and station location) in her little black ledger book. And to be solidly fair, she will also enter the date of a oil change as well.

As for this guy, I prefer to only track oil changes or maintenance in my little black ledger book. If I had one that is. But in theory, this is what I would do if and when I get around to purchasing one of those.

How about you?

Do you have any OCD, or maybe it's nicer to say, "O" behaviors you're willing to own up to?
 


Monday, March 11, 2013

MOOD OF THE NATION?

Email Regurginet:

So, is this actually the "mood of the nation"? With the  Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching an all-time record high, unemployment hitting it's lowest number since early 2008, and a cautious but steady recovery of the U.S. housing market, why is Lady Liberty so freaked out? 

Or does your reaction to this witty Liberty photo depend largely on your political perception?

What's your take?

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THIS IS AN ARTIST'S DEPICTION OF THE MOOD THAT IS GRIPPING THE NATION RIGHT NOW



Friday, March 8, 2013

GUN CONTROL AND HITLER?

So here's a typical example of what some would consider a witty "anti-gun control gun control" image floating around on FB and email forwards. Personally, I believe these propaganda pieces are simply designed to illicit a dramatic emotional association with a horrible moment in human history. In this case, implying that "gun control or gun control legislation" of any type (?) is akin to the time period leading up to the Hitler's Nazi revolution.

So, here's a question for you. Among all industrialized (advanced) countries in the world, how many have strict gun control laws? Here's two for consideration - Australia and Japan. And what's the correlation between strict gun-control policies and a countries' likelihood to slip into a "Hitler / Nazi" type regime? Or are creators of pictures like these cherry picking information for the sake of making a sensationalized point? Or looking at it from a different angle, are there countries with liberal gun ownership laws that are genuinely repressive regimes? i.e. Middle East

Reasonable or irrational?

What's your take?