Now what?

A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.

Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...

America has an Empire Problem

At its height, the Roman Empire had 47 major military bases scattered throughout the lands under its control. When the British were running their empire, they had 36 bases. What happened to these empires? The cost of maintaining them bankrupted them. They were unsustainable. We don't like to call ourselves an empire, ...

Another Way Social Security is a Ripoff

My wife and I aren't counting on receiving Social Security checks when we hit retirement age. I think most realistic people my age have looked at the evidence and drawn the exact same conclusion. This is a program that is unsustainable. As former U.S. comptroller general David Walker points out, it ...

3/4 of Economy to be Debt by 2019

AP: White House projects bigger deficits, bigger debt We've had several friends have one of those late in the game surprise babies. Now, I could've told you that if A and B do C, then the result will be X (or XX/XY). This story reminds me of that very same thing. Yet, what ...

The Raw Story | Police ‘fusion’ centers criticized for tracking Ron Paul, Barr, McKinney supporters

The Raw Story | Police 'fusion' centers criticized for tracking Ron Paul, Barr, McKinney supporters. Scary. Yet another sign that we live in a police state. With all of my blogging on Ron Paul during the campaigns, I'm sure my name is in a database somewhere on a watchlist. Are you a ...

Ron Paul and David Shuster Discuss Rush Limbaugh’s Role in the GOP

Best comment posted on this YouTube video: "want an example of an adult talking to an adolescent? Watch this clip." I started to watch this and after 30 seconds or so, I started to turn it off because this whole attack Rush Limbaugh thing is nothing more than a sideshow. The ...

What If?

What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others? What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel? What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan – and ...

Stimulus – Part 2

Apparently, the New York Times' editors think the stimulus isn't big enough: Mr. Obama had it exactly right on Thursday when he warned against reducing “the scale and the scope” of the economic measure. If anything, the government should be more ambitious in its spending on economic stimulus, recovery and growth. Peter ...

Met the New Boss Yesterday, And…

We showed the inauguration to the boys at work, so I had to watch it, record it, edit it down to the highlights and then show it again. The Daily Show did a brilliant piece where Jon Stewart highlighted how the rhetoric of Obama's address was virtually the same as ...

Don’t Waste Your Vote

Ron Paul weighed in on the election today. It wasn't the third party run that I'd hoped for, but he makes a great argument for not wasting your vote this time around: The American Majority The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps of the Right ...

May 27th 2010
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Apple Passes Microsoft

The New York Times posted a graph showing the stock price of Apple and Microsoft over the last 20 years. It was announced a couple of days ago that Apple's market capitalization put it ahead of Microsoft, making it America's largest tech company. I've been an Apple fan since our Elementary school ...
May 5th 2010
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The single best month for music….ever?

There's a lot of good music out this month, there's more good stuff coming out this month than usually comes out in a year. They say that in economic downturns, creativity goes up. Maybe that's what's going on, regardless... I'm listening to all of this stuff: I didn't count MGMT's new ...
April 18th 2010
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The iPad After 2 Weeks

So, it's been couple of weeks, and I've gotten used to using the iPad, and I'm addict to it. I purposely set out to only uses my iPad for home tasks when possible for the first few days. After the first couple of days of that, I don't reach for my ...
April 6th 2010
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The iPad After a Few Days

My impressions of the iPad after a couple of days of using it. First off, this thing is a little heavier than it should be. I wouldn't mind having just one battery, with the ability to add on our snap in the additional battery. I think the limitation of only having ...
February 23rd 2010
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Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...