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On Vacation

OceansOfThought @ July 28, 2008 # Comments Off on On Vacation

Times are a changing and even the greatest staff writer needs a vacation.  So review the last few posts, and we’ll get back to writing more stories.  It’ll be about 2 weeks. Thanks to our readers.  You can still contact us. (see authors page)

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On Standup Comics and Race

OceansOfThought @ July 24, 2008 # Comments Off on On Standup Comics and Race

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.- Abraham Lincoln Let us talk about Race, Just like we did before. How acceptable is it to tell a stereotype joke if you are from that stereotype? and dO you have to tell a stereotype joke? We ask this because there are many comics out there […]

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On being too busy for Lunch

OceansOfThought @ July 21, 2008 # One Comment

We are too busy for lunch. I have come to this conclusion after failing to do something I have written in my hand twice today. This is just as impactful because I wrote it all last week. “Get lunch” I know there are people who schedule lunch. Infact there are people I cannot speak with […]

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On America Inc., and Your Money

OceansOfThought @ July 17, 2008 # One Comment

…corporations have been enthroned, … and the Money Power of the Country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed.” – Abraham Lincoln   If you don’t know by now, the US economy is in […]

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On Laws, Sex, and Puritans Values

OceansOfThought @ July 15, 2008 # One Comment

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.– Abraham Lincoln We in America, a society often so prudish we still we can get swift action on cursing TV but still can’t get the EPA to approve rules the court has approved to go forward. We have thought police and […]

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On Shouting at the Wall

OceansOfThought @ July 14, 2008 # One Comment

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. – Abraham Lincoln Let us speak of protesting. Protesting is a something i believe in as strongly as breathing, just as a believe some of the things people in protesting are just plain dumb. I believe i have a right to this opinion […]

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On the Problem of Being Immortal

OceansOfThought @ July 10, 2008 # 3 Comments

And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. -Abraham Lincoln We humans are near the cusp of a break thru on human evolution and longevity and we shouldn’t do it.   Let’s work with some numbers (thou false, they illustrate the point).  Take for instance a […]

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On The Matter Of Conscience

Pieces And Parts @ July 9, 2008 # One Comment

“There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.” – Polybius Conscience is an intangible.  It is our moral compass, that voice inside each of us that guides us in determing Right vs Wrong.  It is a dynamic, ever-changing thing molded by upbringing, […]

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On Crime, Laziness and Means, Motive, and Opportunity and Rationality

OceansOfThought @ July 7, 2008 # Comments Off on On Crime, Laziness and Means, Motive, and Opportunity and Rationality

“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.” -Abraham Lincoln One may say humans are inherently lazy and when faced with obstylces we tend to take the lesser path. This reasoning comes from the fact that we evaluate things according to their benefit to us. When reason fails, […]

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On the Ever Evolving Conspiracy to Commit and Command Responsibility

OceansOfThought @ July 4, 2008 # Comments Off on On the Ever Evolving Conspiracy to Commit and Command Responsibility

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.  – Abraham Lincoln Here is something that most americans know: those who plan crime, as as responsible as those who carry out the crime.  What most don’t realize is that law […]

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