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On the Defense of Monsters, and Patriots

OceansOfThought @ August 27, 2008 # Comments Off

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – George Orwell   Any civil country most maintain Monsters, whose sole purpose is to maintain the civility and freedoms of that society – by any means necessary.   These means are not acceptable by [...]

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On Living in the Past, Metaphysically Speaking.

OceansOfThought @ August 21, 2008 # Comments Off

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” -Albert Einstein Naturally, there was some confusion with this post; The one about time. What was I really saying? Let me clarify.  The Speed of Light is awesome, but it limits our world and we’ve used it to limit ourselves. We’ve defined it as [...]

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On Teams and not Committees

OceansOfThought @ August 21, 2008 # Comments Off

“Organization doesn’t really accomplish anything. Plans don’t accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don’t much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.“ - Colin Powell A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. while a committee is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some [...]

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On the Purpose of Time, minus Light

OceansOfThought @ August 19, 2008 # One Comment

Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.  ~William Faulkner In this plane of existance that we share and inhabbit.. time is the factor. The fastest thing we know allows us to see ourselves and relativeisticly [...]

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On the Accident of Birth Order

OceansOfThought @ August 18, 2008 # Comments Off

Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas – that’s what my grandma taught me.  – Lord Chesterfield I sometimes think it is a terrible thing we do to the oldest of those who are born.  Being born of this wholesomely unlucky number of being the [...]

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On A Bold Strategic Move by Russia

OceansOfThought @ August 11, 2008 # Comments Off

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. – Stalin Let’s get something factual before we begin.  Georgia (as in the Republic of Georgia) poked a bear (Russia) and the bear didn’t just swat at Georgia, it went after it full force.  Full invasion is smart [...]

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