"In a democracy (‘rule by mob’), those who refuse to learn from history will be the majority and will dictate that everyone else suffer for their ignorance."
Well, I’m not Lily Von Schtupp, but I can relate to the hook. Well, the “I’m tired” part. The rest of it (“I’ve been with thousands of men”? :-))? Notsomuchatall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-pmpgrYQgs
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Light blogging. I may awake in the a.m., but if not, Shhhh!
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All of ’em have to take this oath, but few, it seems, mean anything by it when they do.
I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Apart from the chuckles (if not outright guffaws–puppy-training pad?) the name inspires, this looks like what the iPad ought to have been in order to appeal to anyone who wanted something other than a large format, less capable iPod Touch:
Yeh, my German’s way, way out of date, but I caught enough to spur my interest.
More…
And
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdz_TX2qDZQ&feature=player_embedded
OK, so all the loan phrases imparted a lot of info on top of what little German I caught, but it does look intriguing. Price point’s apparently a slight tad over the iPad, but it answers nearly all the objections I had to the iPad, so that’s a Very Good Thing. Can it gain traction in the US? Well, it’s not even for sale here, so there’s no way to tell yet. And, of course, there’s the Apple “mystique” that appeals to those with more taste for sizzle than for steak, and there are more lobotomized Americans that fit that characterization than I find comfortable to contemplate, so that’s another barrier. Still, I’d kind of like to get my hands on one…
The WePad is a Google Android tablet with 11.6 inch touch screen display, 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 16GB of flash storage, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1, and 1.3 megapixel camera starting at $611 and will have another model with a 3G-32GB version that will be available for $774 USD. The We-Pad launch date according to the company is August 2010.
Other notable features include memory card reader, two USB sockets, audio output, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, stereo speakers and Flash and Adobe AIR support. Additionally, the WePad will also come touting HDMI out as well as a Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator for 1080p video playback.
Add the fact that multitasking is a part of the mix, and that’s LOTS more usability than the iPad!
*heh* I’d probably use it as a entertainment room “surf tablet” and media controller, for the most part, or as a notebook replacement (which would call for an easily added–via USB–wireless keyboard and mouse), and most of the add-on mobile capabilities would be something I’d probably not need. But that’s just me. Yeh, a convertable multi-touch tablet/netbook would probably suit me better, anyway, but still… nice to know that–if these videos are any indication at all–somebody has built a more sensible and more capable iPad-like device at a competitive price point.
Oh, and back on the videos now, I liked the presenter’s shirt cuffs and the nice, cool 54 degrees Fahrenheit day in Hamburg. *heh*
That is, some comedy is neither humorous nor funny. This TEA Party attendee illustrates:
(Stolen and modded from GM’s Place)
Well, today looked as though it were scheduled to be devoured by locusts, but rain has washed out some auto mechanicking (more brake work: do NOT do while raining, even if using synthetic brake fluids–just don’t :-)) and yard work. Oh, the rain’s let up, now and bright skies have at least dried up the driveway, so some car work’s possible, but yard work? Not when the ground’s this wet. Sweet.
Now for a sharp left turn into wonderland. Have you tasted any of this ambrosial concoction?
Oh! Heavens that’s good! 100% fat by calorie count (and a teeny smidge is a few calories indeed), but so’re margarine and butter. This stuff is seriously good stuff! Bacon. In a creamy good spread. Oh. My. OK, maybe I’ll get some of this instead, but I’ll not do it twice if it’s not as good as the original:
A grateful tip o’ the tam to Son&Heir for introducing me to BACONNAISE!
Hmmm, I wonder how it’d be as a base for fried locust dip?
Yeh, my grape vines were under attack today, as it were. Foxes, locusts, whatever. Whole day eaten up with little tasks that expanded to more than fill the day.
Tomorrow? Looks like my “to do weather” is still snowed under.
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In honor of this enviro-weenie day I propose that folks who’ve not entirely submitted their minds to daily Progressive Lobotomies by the Mass MEdia Podpeople Hivemind
1. Turn AC on full blast
2. Pour 2-cycle oil in your 4-cycle mowers and spew smoke
3. Turn on ALL electronics
4. Turn on–and leave on–all the incandescent lights in your houses.
5. Moon at least one greenie.
OK, maybe not the last, but I want to.
I cannot express how disgusted I am with what has become of what was once conservation, and so I advocate that this day be given over to conspicuous over-consumption and ridicule of all that contemporary enviro-nazis stand for (yes, I use the word “nazi” to refer to them for very sound reasons. Examine the German Socialist Democrat Party and draw the parallels for yourself; you can do your own googling).
He was also a rampant, flaming… socialist. Does this mean that all anti-smoking vegetarians–not to mention socialists–are evil? No, but it does give one justification for looking just a bit slaunchwise at ’em. Especially the socialists.
*heh*
Also note: FYI: Hitler Was A Socialist Thanks for reminding me of that post, Woody.
Now, we can add radical leftists to the list of improbable stumblers-upon-truth:
The level of anger and fear is like nothing I can compare in my lifetime. Ridiculing the tea party shenanigans is a serious error. For over 30 years, real incomes have stagnated or declined…The bankers, who are primarily responsible for the crisis, are now reveling in record bonuses while official unemployment is around 10 percent and unemployment in the manufacturing sector is at Depression-era levels. The financial industry preferred Obama to McCain. They expected to be rewarded and they were. Then Obama began to criticize greedy bankers and proposed measures to regulate them. And the punishment for this was very swift: they were going to shift their money to the Republicans. So Obama said bankers are ‘fine guys’ and assured the business world: ‘I, like most of the American people, don’t begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free-market system.’ People see that and are not happy about it. People want some answers. They are hearing answers from only one place: Fox, talk radio, and Sarah Palin.
And what radical right-wing “tea bagger” terrorist said that? Noam Chomsky
I understand that Satan’s breaking out his long underwear.
While he was at it, Chomsky said a few other surprising–for a radical leftwing “intellectual” (yes, scare quotes around intellectual in reference to Chomsky’s retarded, reactionary excuses for advancing his socialist agenda. His legitimate contributions to linguistics are another very different story). Notably, taking note of all the swooning over The Ø!’s rhetoric,
“I’m just old enough to have heard a number of Hitler’s speeches on the radio, and I have a memory of the texture and the tone of the cheering mobs, and I have the dread sense of the dark clouds of fascism gathering…”
Yep, just another radical right-wing “tea bagger” racist spewing hate at a café au lait cyanide-laced Oreo in the White House. Noam Chomsky, of all people.
“The principle is this: good government is rare. It is to be cherished. When grubbing for political power takes precedence over that principle–when lust for political power takes top priority–then it threatens good government.” –Dr J.E. Pournelle