The quote is” “Do, or do not. There is no TRY!” And, on the word “try”, have to wrinkle your nose like you have a bad taste in your mouth. ;-)
(It really calls attention to the fact that “try” connotes that you can’t possibly be expected to do it. You’re too weak and incapable of accomplishing it. It drains you of all your power to astonish yourself with what you CAN accomplish.)
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http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/11801941.html
Nov. 25, 2007
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: Why we must destroy the government schools
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We recoil in horror from the practices of more “primitive” peoples who routinely subject their children to genital mutilation and other painful rituals, insisting the continuity of such practices is necessary to maintain their cultures. Yet how much more are each succeeding American generation’s views and values warped to accept the “normalcy” of collectivism, enforced mediocrity, and government dependence by 10 to 15 years of incarceration in these state Conformity Camps?
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We must do the unthinkable. We must destroy the tax-funded, government-run, compulsory public schools.
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When the Nazis or the Communists did it, Americans were horrified!
When our own socialists do it, that’s different.
We have a working example right here in this country today.
Technology education!
DeVry, Katherine Gibbs, Apollo Group (University of Phoenix), Education Management Corporation (Argosy University), ITT Technical Institutes to name a few.
You can learn about technology, get some certificate or other, and earn more that the average college graduate. Without a huge student loan and in far less than four or more years.
The costs have gone down, quality has gone up, and the topics have adapted in anticipation of the market’s needs.
I use a very objective standard. I drive by a DeVry on a Saturday and the parking lot is full into the late afternoon. Some people see the value.
Compare that to gooferment eddykation at their skools. Costs up, quality down, and the inmates … err, students do anything they can to escape.
Sigh!
How stupid are we to pay for this collective delusion?
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Dec. 16, 2007
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: How many more will die in ‘gun-free’ zones before the media start asking why?
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If you frequent public buildings or work for an employer who bars you from carrying your otherwise legal self-defense weapon, consider advising your loved ones in writing that — in the event you should die under circumstances where you could have saved yourself and others with your handgun — you want the proprietor sued personally.
Guns save lives. Since banning guns costs lives, shouldn’t the individuals who ban self-defense — not the victimized taxpayers — pay the price?
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Seems only fair. The mall, that puts up a sign “no guns” and doesn’t protect its patrons, should be held financially liable. Remember the politicians, who push “victim disarmament”, like Mike Bloomberg on the NYC Subway, have an armed protective detail ensuring their safety.
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/scheuer7.html
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If a person chose not to vote for Dr. Paul, he or she would have to be content with the staggering debt Washington is incurring for this and future generations. While it has become a commonplace to say that our grandchildren will pay for this generation’s profligacy, it is nonetheless troublingly true. And the debt we have incurred is not one that finds us owing ourselves, but rather it is one in which Americans have knowingly indebted themselves to their enemies – the Chinese and the Saudis. There is, so far as I can tell, no candidate other than Dr. Paul who says that America should return to its pay-as-you-go traditions, and argues that it is clearly lacking in foresight, prudence, and commonsense to provide rivals and enemies with the ability to detonate a financial weapon of mass destruction that could, by simply calling in our debt, slay America’s economy and standard-of-living. Indeed, so oblivious to this danger are Dr. Paul’s fellow candidates – or so abjectly willing are they to court future economic ruin if it means electoral victory now – that they want to borrow many billions more from our foes to fund universal health care, additional foreign military adventures, college-educations-for-all, and more foreign and military aid for their overseas buddies in Egypt, Cairo, Tel Aviv, and Saudi Arabia.
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We are on our way to be a third world country. Not because the third world is coming here. But because we are spending ourselves into oblivion.
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http://blog.spokeo.com/?page_id=128
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1. Is Spokeo another social network?
No. Spokeo is a friend tracker (or a reader for the Open Social Graph) that automatically brings you friends’ updates across the Web. You cannot send messages, create profiles, or interact with others. Learn more about how to track friends.
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This looks like another JIGSAW or SPOCK type engine.
Hmm?
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Posted by reinkefj
>PLEASE give us 500 characters for our professional endorsements!
May I suggest a tiny url as a continuation to what you really want to say?
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Joe Jones is a real gem. Blah blah blah
(continued at http://tinyurl.com/yo6d5y)
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That uses up your last 31 characters, but you have an unlimited amount of space somewhere.
With Google pages, ISPs, WSPs, giving the stuff away it shouldn’t be a big deal?
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FROM AN EMAIL ABOUT RON PAUL ON MEET THE PRESS
Had time to watch the other three parts, and I think he NAILED it! It got all his points in and, other than a few umms and ahhs, I think he did very well. Especially where he talked about the softer form of fascism. Corporatism, lobbying the government, and the regulator – regulated embrace, he was spot on. After that performance, I’m even more enthused with his chances. Nobody else talks like this directly to the American people.
Cut the government to Clinton levels and there is NO need for the income tax. FBI shouldn’t be enforcing Federal law on citizens. CIA is totally unconstitutional. They are in effect private armies that the Dead Old White Guys would have recognized as oppressive.
The People in the Sovereign State of Kalifornia passed medical mj. The feds (dea, fbi, and irs) raid the clinics — steal the drugs and money — and charge NO ONE! Why is that? To keep from getting slapped down in court.The Drug War is joke. All the “wars” are similar jokes.
When the People wake up, and hopefully they will before it’s too late, this will end by jury nullification, just like Prohibition.
:-)
Socialism kills; Freedom is liberating.
“I know not what course others may take …”
Someday, you’ll remember this election as a watershed election. Hopefully, you’ll be in my vision of America! I don’t like being in yours.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071229/D8TQTQ000.html
Hannah Montana Essay Winner a Fake
Dec 29, 12:34 AM (ET)
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GARLAND, Texas (AP) – An essay that won a 6-year-old girl four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert began with the powerful line: “My daddy died this year in Iraq.”
While gripping, it wasn’t true – and now the girl may lose her tickets after her mom acknowledged to contest organizers it was all a lie.
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Wow, where does one start with this one?
The girl should lose more than the tickets.
I’d suggest that she be made to meet the families of the more than 3k boys and girls who have died in combat. After that the families of those maimed in combat.
Mom deserves an extras measure of sackcloth ‘n’ ashes.
She committed fraud.
Didn’t the congress critters pass some lame feel good legislation that you couldn’t claim such?
Not that I am a fan of “laws”. Other than the Law of Gravity. Now that’s a LAW!
I guess we’ll see her show up on Doctor Phil, Jerry Springer, or Judge Judy for their fifteen minutes.
But, this was disgusting.
What is that Mom teaching her child?
Lie, cheat, and steal. Yes, a career in politics.
Shaking my head on this one!
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.smartmoney.com/consumer/index.cfm?story=20071227
Consumer Action
New Year, New Consumer Scams
By Aleksandra Todorova |Aleksandra Todorova Archive |Published: December 27, 2007
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IT’S BEEN A tough year for consumers. With housing prices falling and the subprime-mortgage mess raging on, we won’t blame you if you’re looking forward to a fresh start in 2008.
Better watch out: The financial woes and natural disasters of 2007 have armed scammers with plenty of new tricks — or resourceful spins on old ones — aimed at separating you from your cash. Here the five most treacherous scams to watch out for in 2008.
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As a notary, I “hear” a lot of scams going on. It seems that they all boil down to the elemental “something4nothing”. You’ll magically get, for example, a grazillion bucks from your long lost aunt tillie, if you’ll just send a “shipping & handling” fee.
Right?
Last time I looked, the tooth fairy made house calls. No “s&h”.
Fore warned is fore armed!
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Posted by reinkefj
FROM ONE OF MY LINKEDIN CONTACTS I TURNED ON TO SPOCK
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From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 3:19 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Re: SPOCK?
John,
I got a request from Spock.com stating that you requested that
Hi XXXXl,
Ferdinand Reinke has added you as a trusted contact on Spock. By accepting trust, you will be able to search each others’ network, share contact information, and get news.
Click here to get started.
Is this true or a hoax?
signed,
XXXX
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True. It’s another social network that everyone SHOULD be aware of. It’s one of those “sponge” ones that creates an identity for you whether you want it or not and collect “news” that may or may not be about you, may or may not be correct, or “flattering”. Unlike Jigsaw that does the same thing, SPOCK allows you to claim the identity and “fix up” what’s there. It might be advisable to “claim” what’s yours before someone else does. I’m still trying to understand the nuances of the social networking space, but I thought that I should make some folks aware of its existence. I’ve blogged about it. Forewarned is fore armed. Or is that “four armed”. One more thing that needs looking at.
p.s., there are records there for millions of people who have no idea that they are there. ?:-{
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