Archive for July, 2005

New nation-state definitions …

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

(sorry I can't credit original author ... this was forwarded to me and I do not know the original source) Negroponte, John: Good diplomat, in the sense that Pol Pot is a good family-planner. Ownership Society: you no longer own your national parks, your public transit, your commons, your government, ...

Put the government on a diet …

Monday, July 18th, 2005

We need less federal government. Certainly there are things we should act on as a nation, and these things should be expensive. As a nation we should educate our people in the finest buildings with the latest technology and the best teachers, and this should be free for ...

I saw the President’s wife dancing naked in a bar

Monday, July 18th, 2005

What? I didn't use her name.

America is #1

Saturday, July 9th, 2005

Well, kinda .... The United States is 49th in the world in literacy (the New York Times, Dec. 12, 2004). The United States ranked 28th out of 40 countries in mathematical literacy (NYT, Dec. 12, 2004). Twenty percent of Americans think the sun orbits the ...