OceansOfThought @ April 4, 2008 # 2 Comments
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. -Abraham Lincoln We shall now have a therapy session with the UN (United Nations), and it’s younger cousin NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organizations) and EU (European Union.) These are three institutions, made under the relatively same rules, drifting away from their original purpose, hamstrung by […]
OceansOfThought @ April 3, 2008 # 2 Comments
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser – in fees, expenses, and waste of time.”-Abraham Lincoln This is just embarrassing: 18 states are suing the EPA. They are suing the EPA because the EPA has done nothing in response […]
OceansOfThought @ March 10, 2008 # Comments Off on On the Failure of Morality aka Hello Hypocrisy
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Abraham Lincoln. Perhaps I should have called this, the fall of the high and mighty. It has become a sad joke the number of politicians who rail against gay’s, who are themselves gay, who are disgusted by corruption who are […]
OceansOfThought @ March 5, 2008 # Comments Off on On Bidding for Government Contracts and Foreigners
A house divided against itself cannot stand. – Abraham Lincoln Northrop Grumman Corp. and European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co., has (had) won a contract from the air force to build tankers. There is a pretty big outcry over this. Congress is upset. 50,000+ jobs are going to Europe, while 2000 stay (for GE). […]
OceansOfThought @ February 27, 2008 # Comments Off on On The Respect of Language and Culture
I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better. -Abraham Lincoln So while driving to work today, a radio station DJ wanted to find out who sang a song he liked. Long story short, it turned out the song was a mix of 3 languages,(french, spanish and an african language) which is […]
OceansOfThought @ February 27, 2008 # Comments Off on On Gun Control and Rocket Launchers
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. -Abraham Lincoln The USA today had an interesting front page article on guns and gun control today. Basically the supreme court had decided to review DC’s very, ultra strict gun laws. Until now, the Supreme court had declined the vast majority […]
OceansOfThought @ February 2, 2008 # Comments Off on On Being Humane to Animals
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right….” Abraham Lincoln Humane. We call ourselves that, but there is nothing sometimes human in what we do and treat animals. This article is not about PETA, nor will i wax poetic about how […]