It’s been highly recommended by so many people, so I finally broke down and read Outliers: The Story of Success over the weekend. I walked away with one burning question… Why does everyone else get all the breaks while nothing good ever happens for me? Heh…just kidding. It is encouraging to know that I’m good at math despite having to translate my native language to numbers for calculating things in Read More ...
I saw this comment to a comment on Facebook and thought it was pretty powerful… So far this month, 10 members of our military have lost their live in Iraq, and 22 have lost their lives in Afganistan. These were mostly young people in their 20s and 30s who put themselves in harm’s way to perform a job most of us don’t have the courage to perform. The fact that they were willing to Read More ...
If you offer to buy this house, make sure you stipulate that the seller will leave all accessories!!!! Seriously, this is some great link bait. Welcome Home! Home is where you hang your hat. Look closely…can you find the hat in this picture? Having a tough time seeing the TV because the figurines decided to hold a town hall meeting in front of it? Check out the top shelf…you’re covered. Luckily, the Read More ...
I was wondering the other day if/why the equal protection clause doesn’t protect people from the injustices of a graduated tax rate. Sure enough, someone else has wondered that already. I guess since taxes are inherently punitive, “protection” doesn’t really come into play. I don’t remember reading anywhere that we are guaranteed equal penalty under the law. I don’t expect anything to be changed, I was just wondering.
I remember watching an episode of Cheers a long time ago, and one of the characters made the remark that, “you can get more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.” Woody responded, “Yeah, but a dead squirrel gets the most.” I think there’s actually some wisdom in that statement. A dead squirrel is much more useful to a fly than honey is. Honey just feeds the fly, but the Read More ...
With our newfound ability to reach blatant disregard for the Constitution information more rapidly, the calls for impeachment of the holder of the top executive position in the land are speeding up proportionally. This is no hyperbole. I am not simply spouting off. I believe, and will from this point forward, work to see, Barack Obama impeached, charged, indicted, tried, and imprisoned, for the crimes he and his cronies have Read More ...
A posted this a while back in a longer post over at that other place. Looking back, I think this graph which illustrates Jay Z’s problems is my favorite part of the whole post, and I can’t even take credit for it. As you can see, “fools” and “foes” seem to be the two major stress points. We’d be wise to take note and do our best to avoid both whenever possible. Read More ...
Here’s your chance to show you aren’t hypocritical. Blue Collar Muse has posted the contents of an email that he says was sent while the whole brouhaha from yesterday was occurring–this time from a Tennessee Democrat staffer. Are we going to see some outrage here? Some have stepped up already, others are saying in the comments that they will wait until a name is released. I definitely won’t hold my Read More ...
Just a few of the brilliant thoughts I had yesterday on my roundtrip journey to the ATL yesterday… If HHH didn’t repeat himself so much, that 3 hour show would only last about 15 minutes. Where did all these people in Atlanta come from? Are they actually going anywhere, or are they just trying to impede me? I’ve never seen so many deer eating on the side of the interstate. Read More ...
It’s bad enough that a staffer for an elected official is racist enough to distribute something like this by e-mail. It’s even worse that they are so stupid as to think it wouldn’t surface with their name attached to it. Now for another round of apologies and resignation. Michael Silence has more. Update From Christian Grantham: I spoke with Sherri Goforth minutes ago to confirm she sent this email. She Read More ...
Edgelings.com » The Obama Surprise. Indeed, you can make the case that the sole contribution the Obama administration has made to entrepreneurship in America to date is to force all of those millions of unemployed people to desperately set up their own businesses in order to survive. This doesn’t even take into account how much entrepreneurship in general is damaged when companies deemed “too big to fail” are bailed out, Read More ...
Bob Dylan has canceled his show in Knoxville due to low ticket sales: Snider declined to reveal how many tickets were sold but said the number was too low to rely on last-minute ticket purchases to save the show. “It’s just sort of tough times economically, right now,” said Snider. Yes, things are tough economically, but another reason ticket sales are low is because it’s the “Bob Dylan” concert. I Read More ...
Now there’s a new banner for the cause of gay marriage. Ok. Call it a lack of imagination, but when I look at the night sky I have a hard time seeing images in the constellations. Oddly enough, when I look at this flag, the first thing I notice is how much the configuration of stars resembles… Never mind. H/T Kleinheider
