OceansOfThought @ June 13, 2008 # 3 Comments
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. – Abraham Lincoln Without exception, I pretty much object to Electing a Judge by popular vote. In America, where this practice is most popular, there are many judicial […]
OceansOfThought @ June 12, 2008 # One Comment
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. – Abraham Lincoln Back when i was younger i passed a UPS truck on the street and a meeter maid writing it a ticket. I also noticed that the truck driver seemed unconcerned. When i asked, i was told (true or not) UPS had a […]
OceansOfThought @ June 11, 2008 # Comments Off on On Why Your Mama Don’t Dance and Your Daddy Don’t Rock
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. – Abraham Lincoln A recent study noted that amung the baby Boomer generation (40+) 53 % do not use any social networking site. 22% use it while 26% may use it in the future. They had a nice little chart […]
OceansOfThought @ June 10, 2008 # Comments Off on On Learning Like a Movie Star
I will prepare and some day my chance will come. – Abraham Lincoln I don’t normally care about movie stars, but i do envy some, action stars really. I envy them because of the skills they learn; actually skills they are PAID to learn. That to me is the definition of the dream job. A […]
OceansOfThought @ June 9, 2008 # 3 Comments
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.”-Abraham Lincoln We’ve alluded to the fact, in these editorials, it seems humans like settling for second best. We claim we want a better mouse trap but really we really don’t want a better mouse trap, we want to not see […]
OceansOfThought @ June 6, 2008 # Comments Off on On Being Location Aware
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. -Abraham Lincoln There are any number of stories about people misusing technology, but the one I like the most is the missuses of GPS and being location aware. You can Google the misuse yourself, but you’ll find people driving off bridges, into glass cases and all manner […]
OceansOfThought @ June 5, 2008 # Comments Off on On Watching the World Watching US
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth – Abraham Lincoln In one of my shorter posts, I pointed out why we are still a superpower (we being America). Well, I’ll now add pictures (see below). Why did i chose to include pictures? it’s not really about […]
OceansOfThought @ June 4, 2008 # Comments Off on On Laying Our Burdens Down
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. – Abraham Lincoln A physchirist can tell you about your inner child, and your church can pray for you, but we are […]
OceansOfThought @ June 3, 2008 # One Comment
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. – Abraham Lincoln Many of us have become drones in the great machine of our great Civilization, and like drones, we don’t have to know what’s going on, only that we are working to make the whole better than it’s parts. Thou, we are […]
OceansOfThought @ June 2, 2008 # One Comment
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. -Abraham Lincoln A recent article in the times talked about “the less rich.” Those who net worth changed from 20 to 8 million, or who have to live with one less zero on a 7 figure bank account. […]