"The accumulation of all powers,legislative,executive,and judiciary,in the same hands... is the definition of tyranny."- James Madison

Even if you believe in the unitary executive theory,why would you pick this guy to try it out. Think about it.

Evidence of My Existence by Jim Lo Scalzo

click above to look at a really interesting video by a photojournalist

Guess who's next on the no fly list?

In a brief passage from the upcoming book, McClellan comments on his 2003 denial of charges that Karl Rove and "Scooter" Libby were involved in the leak of Plame's identity:

"The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.

"There was one problem. It was not true.

"I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the President himself." Public Affairs (McClellan's Publisher) Web Site

Glory Days

Eastwood Little League,Syracuse,N.Y.-League Champions-Dairylea Dairy Company
I wish I still had that glove

Oliver

Oliver- tree climber, frisbee catcher, surfer, and the nicest person I ever met.

Stan Hunt-New Yorker-8/8/1964

The Human Condition

This is one of the first pictures I developed and printed in the darkroom back in photo class at FSU. I called it the human condition[imprisoned within the limitations of our own imaginations]. I only bring it up now to piss off the creationists whose understanding of Darwin is apparently limited to the terrifying and totally unsavory notion that we are related to monkeys. I actually prefer the idea of having evolved from an ape to that of not having evolved at all.

Taking a stroll

When I walked out of the house,these birds were just walking down the street. Some sort of club,I guess.

ann coulter is a fucking moron

I just love the title of this one so much,I couldn't resist.

Words actually have meanings

In this age of Orwellian newspeak it might be useful to remember that words actually have meanings.
For instance    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
liberal
 
SYLLABICATION:
lib·er·al
PRONUNCIATION:
  lbr-l, lbrl
ADJECTIVE:
1a. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. c. Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism. d. Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. 2a. Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor. b. Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes. 3. Not strict or literal; loose or approximate: a liberal translation. 4. Of, relating to, or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a liberal education. 5a. Archaic Permissible or appropriate for a person of free birth; befitting a lady or gentleman. b. Obsolete Morally unrestrained; licentious.
NOUN:
1. A person with liberal ideas or opinions. 2. Liberal A member of a Liberal political party.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, generous, from Old French, from Latin lberlis, from lber, free. See leudh- in Appendix I.


 
conservative
 
SYLLABICATION:
con·ser·va·tive
PRONUNCIATION:
  kn-sûrv-tv
ADJECTIVE:
1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change. 2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit. 3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate. 4a. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism. b. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement. 5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada. 6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism. 7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.
NOUN:
1. One favoring traditional views and values. 2. A supporter of political conservatism. 3. Conservative A member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada. 4. Archaic A preservative agent or principle.

Orwell writes about the decline of language in this essay-

http://www.george-orwell.org/Politics_and_the_English_Language/0.html

Or you can just let great minds like Limbaugh,Coulter,and O'Reilly do your thinking for you. What the hell, it's easier,less time consuming...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Click the link to read the entire Edward Fitzgerald translation. Omar Khayyam was a 12th century Persian Poet,Philosopher, Mathemetician and Scientist. Two of my favorite quatrains[verses of four lines] are


For in and out, above, about, below,
'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show,
Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun,
Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.

And if the Wine you drink, the Lip you press,
End in the Nothing all Things end in ---Yes---
Then fancy while Thou art, Thou art but what
Thou shalt be---Nothing---Thou shalt not be less.

Whether it was the genius of Fitgerald or Khayyam is for the scholars to decide but the result is one of the most beautiful and thought provoking pieces of literature ever written.

"Once you have learned how to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know."
- Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner: Teaching as a Subversive Activity -


William Jennings Bryan: "I do not think about the things I do not think about."
Clarence Darrow: "Do you ever think about the things you do think about?"
- Inherit the Wind -  

    "When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it.
    "Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
    "But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!"
- George Carlin -

B. Kliban-New Yorker-1963

War Is A Racket

by Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient:

Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC [Retired]

Serenity III

Here is my place of employment. 72.5 ft.,all steel,twin Detroit diesel 671's.
We cruise up and down the intracoastal waterway 5 days a week.

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