"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."
OK, so it’s not really night here, but at 6:10p.m., it’s hot. At the local high school, which supplies NOAA readings:
Current: 97°F
Hi: 101°F
Heat Index: 111°F
Humidity: 48%
Little wonder our AC has been struggling a tad this afternoon.
No, I did not do any yard work today. I’m not that stupid. Yet. 🙂
You’ve all heard the phrase from Jefferson’s “Letter to the Danbury Baptists,” about a “wall of separation between Church & State” and know the use that Big Government and libtard advocates make of it in oppressing primarily Christian practice of religion, but understanding its actual use requires more than simply grasping its use as a tool of oppressing religious practice. We must also understand that it’s about more than controlling the expression of religious views but also about the imposition of political thought upon religious practice. Take for example, this:
Bullet points inside the material intended for distribution by a government agency to churches include doozies like this:
Urm, can anyone say, “advancing an extra-Constitutional, Big Government agenda?”
So (especially Christian) churches are forbidden from being involved in politics to curb government infringement on their moral imperatives but Big Government is just fine pushing its own agendas in churches, eh? That’s what “wall of separation” means to Big Government and libtard advocates.
This is completely unrelated–and was for the 2000 Census, but…
While Jerry Pournelle didn’t include the last (“stupidity”–doing things that don’t get the results supposedly “expected” over and over again–e.g., “welfare”–just putting more time, effort and resources into the failed processes) in a recent short essay, I think that’s the only idea that fits with his disquisition that he missed.
I believe that the upcoming election is the most important election in decades, and that its effects will be felt for decades to come. What’s at stake are the very principles of this nation. Surely that’s clear enough? Clearly I believe that those who voted in this government were mistaken…
If you’re not already involved at some level working to turn things around at the voting booth, then get busy. If you don’t care enough to get involved, then shame on you.
(See also Woody’s succinct post graphically noting a central issue you should be concerned about.)
So, I let WP do the automagic upgrade to 3.0 business, and what to my eyes does so stupidly appear? First time I click to start a new post, the software “helpfully” places “Enter title here” in the title bar.
*feh* That’s just insulting. Is there really any great number of WP users who are so abysmally stupid that huge masses of WP users cannot figure out where the post title goes? The way I see it, if a WP user cannot figure out where to put the post title, then that user should be assigned a guardian, placed in an “Assisted Computing Facility” (“Here, dearie, let me make that mouse click for you!”),strapped into a straitjacket (or chained to a Mac; same difference *heh*) and fed through a tube.
“Enter title here” MHWA!
A day of unscheduled time. After more than a bunch of 12+ hour days, just doing yard work and shoveling out one stall of the Augean Stable (my “office” so-called–more a junk room at present *sigh*) seems like a vacation.
Oh, catching up on “life as we know it” should fit in there somewhere, too.
Of course I’ll include a lil play time in the mix today. A start on a head-to-head between M$Office 2010 and OpenOffice on Lil Zark should make for some interesting play time.
New toy at twc central:
With a 2.2Ghz dual core and only 4GB of memory, it’s not a barn burner, but capable enough for a lappy to take into the entertainment room and use while keeping my Wonder Woman company as she’s booking it on her classes for her next degree (yeh, another one *heh*) or watching one of her fav shows while doing some light gaming or FB stuff on her lil lappy. (She multi-tasks–a lot. ;-)) This, in preparation for moving my office into the basement–when she’s around, I kinda like to be around her, and a basement office would put a cramp in that… unless I also moved the entertainment room downstairs, and that’s another project I just don’t want to add to my plate right now.
Anywho, even though it comes with Win7 Premium, I’ll likely use the 320GB hard drive to install a few VMs–Ubuntu, a couple of different Windows versions–heck, maybe even Win98 and some old Win9X software–using VirtualBox. As I said, a new toy.
BTW, I am going to do some burn-in testing during its first month of usage to determine whether I might need to take advantage of Newegg’s “first month replacement” policy, but there is one burn-in test program I think I’ll eschew:
“Keep in mind, use this program at your own risk. By using this program, you agree that neither I nor Intel shall be responsible for including, but not limited to: burned up CPU, fried motherboard, spontaneous room temperature increase, hair loss, or mental stress.”
I’ll just say no to the potential hair loss… 😉
Well, I did break down and buy a Microsoft RF/USB mini-mouse to match the one we got for my Wonder Woman. Some things are handy to do with the touch pad, others are just handier to use a mouse for. The lil lap desk is juuuuust large enough to allow a 4″ mousing space (if I hang the ‘puter 1.5″ off the lefthand side *heh*). I will probably mod the lap desk later to add a mousing deck on the right, but for now this works fine.
From the Fairtax.org site:
The FairTax TV Show
On the day we celebrate our Declaration of Independence from British royalty we can celebrate the very idea that can give American taxpayers independence from the corrupted tax system that so benefits American royalty. Make plans now to help advance the FairTax campaign using this special 30 minute national broadcast.
At 1:30 PM on July 4th your FairTax National Victory Campaign will sponsor the first ever FairTax nationwide television program!
The full length 30 minute show will air on the Fox Business Channel across the nation.
Those featured include Neal Boortz, Newt Gingrich, Michael Reagan, Mike Huckabee, yours truly and many average Americans who have come to know and appreciate the FairTax and what it can and will do for our nation.
It is rare, almost unheard of, for a citizen financed organization to sponsor a national television program! You have every right to be proud, very proud of your achievement!
As Neal Boortz says:
“The FairTax is the biggest, most massive transfer of power from the Government to the people in the history of this country since the Declaration of Independence freed us from the King of England.”
And what better way than Independence Day for the very first FairTax nationwide television program?
We need to promote the show across the United States, to let people know about it and urge them to celebrate July 4th by learning about the FairTax—the New Declaration of Independence for these United States!
Spread the Word
There are a few ways that you can help promote the first ever national FairTax TV show:
Have an Independence Day FairTax BBQ at your house. Invite your friends, families and neighbors over for ribs, corn on the cob, watermelon and the FairTax! What could be more “apple pie” American than a celebration of our Declaration of Independence from both the British crown and the IRS! Make this the “FairTax Fourth of July”.
Post the FairTax TV show ad on your favorite websites. Click here to get the ad.
Send the link to the FairTax TV show to your friends. Click here for a one-minute promotional video about our show.
Tell the media—call your favorite talk host with the news or write a letter to your local newspaper “Letters to the Editor” page.
Suggest the TV show to your favorite local organization. Tea Party? Coffee Party? Local union? Republican and Democratic Clubs? Senior citizen organizations? Local FairTax groups?Here is an entertaining and educational advocacy piece for the FairTax.
I’m assuming, for now, that is 1:30 Eastern time, so adjust your viewing accordingly.
I’ve been (and still am) more busy than usual for the past coupla months, so I skipped the official debut of Ubuntu 10.4. Just did a 10-minute install of the OS (from an iso image, using Virtualbox–no burning of yet another CD). That’s about 10 minutes less install time than my most recent virtual XP machine install. And that’s including the installation routine’s check for and download of updated files.
Looks slick. Very, very clean and sharp. I’ll have a little time later to play with it, but now that the rain’s stopped, I need to get “out there” for some of my rain-delayed “outside work”.
Squirrels apparently line-dancing in the rain, today, as my internet connection’s slowed to a measly 3mbs crawl. Almost unusable. *heh* Drives me out to get working, anyway… 😉
Note: the VirtualBox/Ubuntu install happened mostly in the background while 42 other apps and services, including an Opera session with ~40 tabs open, Thunderbird (checking for new mail every five minutes) and Lightscribe (burning a label on a OneNote 2010 DVD) were running on the host machine. Not bad.
Someone (I do not recall who, now) posted this on Facebook and… in the spirit of Che and his ilk, I have stolen it:
Locusts die by thousands… *heh*
This hasn’t been an exactly toxic week, but it’s been… interesting. The proverbial one-armed paper hanger is a slacker. Heck, I’ve not even had time to find Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind “news” to mock. Did make time to wind down a bit with the season opener of Burn Notice last night (a little disappointing, but then maybe my week colored my viewpoint).
Off to the “races” again today. 7:30. Getting a slow start today.
Say “Hi” to life for me. I don’t have time for it right now. 🙂