"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.
gk chesterton, 1906
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
small town corruption
here is an ap story about a small town in arizona and its corruption ...
http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-town-disarray-mayor-alleges-corruption-012411346.html
On another note ... I need to get in touch with "d." .. if youre out there, send me an email .. even if your not out there, send me an email ..
http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-town-disarray-mayor-alleges-corruption-012411346.html
On another note ... I need to get in touch with "d." .. if youre out there, send me an email .. even if your not out there, send me an email ..
Monday, July 11, 2011
Another doomsday prediction
Guess you dont have to be a religious fruitcake to be a fruitcake....
http://news.yahoo.com/believers-mysterious-planet-nibiru-await-earths-end-103803162.html
http://news.yahoo.com/believers-mysterious-planet-nibiru-await-earths-end-103803162.html
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
picture worth a thousand words?
Here is a picture of an advertisement along interstate 35 south of oklahoma city.
I just thought it was really interesting, and a sad comment on our culture.
some will say, one is legal and one is not, but i dont think that matters.
what about the underlying message?
I just thought it was really interesting, and a sad comment on our culture.
some will say, one is legal and one is not, but i dont think that matters.
what about the underlying message?
back in the saddle
Greetings all
assuming anyone is still out there.
ive had major technology problems. also a battle with the local internet provider
which is AT&T, and it sucks, and thats about the best thing i can say about it. i highly recommend not using them for internet if you have a choice.
and on top of that. something blew up my router and corrupted my windows...
so finally its all fixed.
I could have found a way to post i guess. but it was kinda interesting taking a break from technology fora little while.
i do so much of that at work.
I was in ark city a couple weeks ago. looks like the hike and bike trail is taking shape.
What is going on of interest up there?
assuming anyone is still out there.
ive had major technology problems. also a battle with the local internet provider
which is AT&T, and it sucks, and thats about the best thing i can say about it. i highly recommend not using them for internet if you have a choice.
and on top of that. something blew up my router and corrupted my windows...
so finally its all fixed.
I could have found a way to post i guess. but it was kinda interesting taking a break from technology fora little while.
i do so much of that at work.
I was in ark city a couple weeks ago. looks like the hike and bike trail is taking shape.
What is going on of interest up there?
Friday, May 27, 2011
Free Speech
Here is something I have been thinking about. Freedom of speech seems to be under attack.
Last week an NBA player was fined $50,000 - that amount may not be right - for making a "gay slur" towards a fan.
A few months back Kobe Bryant, also of the NBA, was fined $100,000 for saying something was "gay."
And this week a tv commentator got in trouble for calling conservative woman politician a slut.
Now im not thinking about the gay issue, or any other issue.
The problem to me is freedom of speech. What does it say about freedom of speech when you can be fined, suspended, or even fired for making a comment.
Whether the comment was right or wrong is not the point. In all of those instances it was bad judgement and not a good thing to do. Does that make it right to take disciplinary action against them?
They were all on the job at the time, so i guess you could say they were representing their company.
There might be a conflict of rights there, so its not black and white.
But still I think there is a tendency now a days in our culture to squash freedom of speech.
Should offensive speech be allowed"?
How do you define offensive?
If you only allow freedom of speech to those you agree with, do you have freedom of speech?
Just some questions to spur discussion.
Something else that seems odd to me here. It is the liberals who seem more likely to take action against someone for bad speech. Arent liberals supposed to be the ones who want to let everything go? But not offensive speech apparently. hmmmmm
Last week an NBA player was fined $50,000 - that amount may not be right - for making a "gay slur" towards a fan.
A few months back Kobe Bryant, also of the NBA, was fined $100,000 for saying something was "gay."
And this week a tv commentator got in trouble for calling conservative woman politician a slut.
Now im not thinking about the gay issue, or any other issue.
The problem to me is freedom of speech. What does it say about freedom of speech when you can be fined, suspended, or even fired for making a comment.
Whether the comment was right or wrong is not the point. In all of those instances it was bad judgement and not a good thing to do. Does that make it right to take disciplinary action against them?
They were all on the job at the time, so i guess you could say they were representing their company.
There might be a conflict of rights there, so its not black and white.
But still I think there is a tendency now a days in our culture to squash freedom of speech.
Should offensive speech be allowed"?
How do you define offensive?
If you only allow freedom of speech to those you agree with, do you have freedom of speech?
Just some questions to spur discussion.
Something else that seems odd to me here. It is the liberals who seem more likely to take action against someone for bad speech. Arent liberals supposed to be the ones who want to let everything go? But not offensive speech apparently. hmmmmm
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Where are the birthers?
Ok. Birthers would you like a little barbeque sauce with your crow.
For months - years even - you have called for the president to come clean about his birth certificate.
He has finally done so - and I still think he should not have.
But... where is the fairness? Where is the admission of being wrong? Where is the being honeest and "coming clean" that you called for.
Remember that book that was to be released that was going to blow this thing out of the water and be a book that finally exposed the president ... well i guess it is still being released..
Below is a press release about it.
But come on birthers .... lets have a little transparency.....
Let me introduce you to Jerome Corsi.
This week he released a new book that the publisher says will be a bestseller "of historic proportions."
The title is "Where's the Birth Certificate?" -- yes, really.
Corsi's work is a greatest-hits reel of delusions, ranging from 9/11 conspiracies to claiming that there is an infinite supply of oil in the Earth's core. In 2008, he published a book about Barack Obama claiming, among other things, that he (a) is a secret Muslim; (b) is secretly anti-military; (c) secretly dealt drugs; and (d) secretly supported terrorist actions when he was eight years old. So many secrets!
FactCheck.org called Corsi's work "a mishmash of unsupported conjecture, half-truths, logical fallacies and outright falsehoods."
There's really no way to make this stuff completely go away. The only thing we can do is laugh at it -- and make sure as many other people as possible are in on the joke.
For months - years even - you have called for the president to come clean about his birth certificate.
He has finally done so - and I still think he should not have.
But... where is the fairness? Where is the admission of being wrong? Where is the being honeest and "coming clean" that you called for.
Remember that book that was to be released that was going to blow this thing out of the water and be a book that finally exposed the president ... well i guess it is still being released..
Below is a press release about it.
But come on birthers .... lets have a little transparency.....
Let me introduce you to Jerome Corsi.
This week he released a new book that the publisher says will be a bestseller "of historic proportions."
The title is "Where's the Birth Certificate?" -- yes, really.
Corsi's work is a greatest-hits reel of delusions, ranging from 9/11 conspiracies to claiming that there is an infinite supply of oil in the Earth's core. In 2008, he published a book about Barack Obama claiming, among other things, that he (a) is a secret Muslim; (b) is secretly anti-military; (c) secretly dealt drugs; and (d) secretly supported terrorist actions when he was eight years old. So many secrets!
FactCheck.org called Corsi's work "a mishmash of unsupported conjecture, half-truths, logical fallacies and outright falsehoods."
There's really no way to make this stuff completely go away. The only thing we can do is laugh at it -- and make sure as many other people as possible are in on the joke.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Prayer meeting ?
I just saw on brand-x website, that city attorney is concerned that the city "might" be sued over its practice of having a prayer before meetings, done by area ministers.
I just wonder if it is a good use of taxpayer money to pay the city attorney to prepare briefs on issues where the city "might" be sued. Someone could stumble on the front steps of city hall too, and sue the city. Anyone can sue anyone over anything. It just costs a couple bucks to file the paper work for a lawsuit.
I suppose this is a topic to be debated, but i think another issue here is whether the city should be paying its attorney to find areas where the city "might" be sued. This has been a long-standing practice, and many city commissions do this. There are constitutional ways of going about it. It will be interesting to see if this becomes a hot button issue in ark city.
I just wonder if it is a good use of taxpayer money to pay the city attorney to prepare briefs on issues where the city "might" be sued. Someone could stumble on the front steps of city hall too, and sue the city. Anyone can sue anyone over anything. It just costs a couple bucks to file the paper work for a lawsuit.
I suppose this is a topic to be debated, but i think another issue here is whether the city should be paying its attorney to find areas where the city "might" be sued. This has been a long-standing practice, and many city commissions do this. There are constitutional ways of going about it. It will be interesting to see if this becomes a hot button issue in ark city.
Live blogs
We are having the state track meet here today for two classifications. I am going to be doing a live blog there. This will pretty much just be state track results, so probably not of much interest to you folks up there.
But just in case anyone wanted to see it, it will be at www.ardmoreite.com
1-5 p.m. today, saturday.
But just in case anyone wanted to see it, it will be at www.ardmoreite.com
1-5 p.m. today, saturday.
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