Sacrifices? For what?

The following quote has been attributed to the Dalai Lama, I could not verify this.  Nonetheless it is a good quote and good food for thought.  The question asked was “what surprises you most?”

“Man,  because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.  Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.  And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present;  the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived.”

Think about it.  What sacrifices do you make in day to day life?

Allegiance and Home Schooling

From Fred On Everything:

“Home schooling is an admirable form of disengagement for those who cannot physically expatriate. The primary schools once taught enough of reading and arithmetic, and little enough of medioccritizing propaganda, as to render them other than pernicious. Today, no. Here it is worth reflecting, contrary to governmental insistence, that schools are needless, at least for bright children. An intelligent child quickly reads several years ahead of his grade level, at which point school becomes only an obstacle. He will be savagely bored, regard his teachers as imbeciles, and learn nothing that justifies his being there but much that justifies being somewhere else. In the deepening twilight, home-schooling becomes almost a responsibility, a parallel to medieval monks copying Greek manuscripts.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Hey Pres! What do you think of this option?

Wonder what the president and all of his brilliant advisors think about this? It will cost AT&T less money to drop all employer sponsored healthcare programs and pay the government sanctioned penalties. Think you have the option of keeping your current plan? You might want to have a backup plan…

Click here for the article.

The New Police State

Seems like every day I read a new article in the news about how a police officer or group of officers have used excessive force or been negligent in handling their responsibilities.  It makes me sick.  The recent tasering of a 17 year old running across the baseball field, the despicable Matt Mitchell that killed two beautiful young women in Fairview Heights with his police car, and now the following video.  What the hell is happening to our world?  For each of the cases I mention previously there are dozens more that happen each day.

New Music from Trent Reznor

Trent Reznor’s first post Nine Inch Nails work has been released. The band is called How To Destroy Angels. His wife, Mariqueen Maandig, is in the band and sings on the newly released single, “A Drowning”. Catch it all here.

Fan Gets Tasered at the Cards/Phillies Game

Here is a link to the video on YouTube.  I have strong feelings about the taser, particularly when it is in the hands of poorly trained sadistic assholes posing as cops.  More on that later.

Fan Tasered at Cards/Phillies Game

Rep. Hank Johnson from Georgia thinks Guam is going to tip over.

Looks like no one party has a monopoly on being stupid.  This guy thinks that adding 8000 additional troops and their families might cause Guam to tip over and spill into the ocean.  What an idiot.  Maybe if he leaned over his brain might spill out.

Read about it here.

Enron Execs Would Be Awfully Proud

Former Enron execs should be proud. There hasn’t been a book-cooking this big since their ship sank…If you believe what the Government Motors CEO is telling you, then I have a bridge to sell you…

The Scamming of America

The Downward Spiral

As we get further and further into this administration and its policies I am finding it more and more difficult to keep my mouth shut on a daily basis.  I still kind of feel like I should stay quiet lest I find someone knocking on my door some afternoon looking for me.  While I am busy working on my disappearing act read this article:

http://mat-rodina.blogspot.com/2009/04/american-capitalism-gone-with-whimper.html

Testing FaceBook and Blog Integration

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