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On Speaking With Enemies

OceansOfThought @ May 23, 2008 # One Comment

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? -Abraham Lincoln Recently, there as been much made about speaking with one’s enemies. President [of the US] Bush (43rd) made a speech in Israel about the problems with speaking with the enemies of Israel. Well, naturally, this page has an opinion. You must […]

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On The Cost of Memories so Fleeting

OceansOfThought @ May 22, 2008 # One Comment

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.– Abraham Lincoln . Who amung us does not remember the time they found a old brown photograph of their grandparents or the like, faded and time worn, yet a stark reminder of what once was; A time forgotten to past age? […]

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On Fashion, Age, Time

OceansOfThought @ May 20, 2008 # Comments Off on On Fashion, Age, Time

“Passion has helped us; but can do so no more.” –Abraham Lincoln Every era has its fashion. The hip hop clock and the wild rock hair, of the 80’s in contrast to the work suit and conservative skirts of the 80’s. The semi suits and low casual dress contrasted to the “let’s lose the tie!” […]

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On Technology Run Amock

OceansOfThought @ May 8, 2008 # 2 Comments

“The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. -Abraham Lincoln I don’t even know what to say about this story. I’m all for BIO technology, but does this story not strike you as intensely creepy? […]

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On Things You Don’t Expect From Government

OceansOfThought @ May 6, 2008 # Comments Off on On Things You Don’t Expect From Government

I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service — the United States Constitution; and that, as such, I am responsible to them.”-Abraham Lincoln All governments screw up. It’s a fact of life, but these last two have made it to my editorial musings and i believed they should […]

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On Where Religion Should Stop

OceansOfThought @ May 5, 2008 # Comments Off on On Where Religion Should Stop

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in;”- Abraham Lincoln  Many people seem to have a problem with religion.  After talking with them a bit it turns out many of these […]

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On The Medical Times We Live In

OceansOfThought @ May 2, 2008 # One Comment

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old. -Abraham Lincoln If you have not realized it yet, a revolution in coming. This revolution is not with guns and bombs but it’s a revolution of technology which i have mentioned, and medical science. Today, let’s discuss the medical science aspect. Stems cells […]

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On Torture, Punishment and Facing Evil

OceansOfThought @ May 1, 2008 # Comments Off on On Torture, Punishment and Facing Evil

“At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? ” -Abraham Lincoln  While watching TV lately i’ve come across some rather grouesome crimes. This page is not one for the death peanility normally, but it does believe there are some people who don’t belong on the […]

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On Another Skill Falling to Technology

OceansOfThought @ April 30, 2008 # 3 Comments

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: ‘And this, too, shall pass away.’ -Abraham Lincoln Another skill of general society is falling to the […]

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On Why Open Source, Open Access, Open Anything, is Good

OceansOfThought @ April 29, 2008 # Comments Off on On Why Open Source, Open Access, Open Anything, is Good

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all.-Abraham Lincoln Open source. The very term sends people executives running, thinking of dropped profit margins. A threat they cannot deal with, when in truth, there is lots of money to be made with open source. Many programs and […]

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