LIBERTY: Why? … … because these boys and girls stepped up.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance126.html

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Why? Why do most Americans hold veterans and current members of the U.S. military in such high esteem? Why is there such a military mindset in the United States?

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Dear Mr. Vance:

I don’t know about “most Americans”; which I would quibble includes Canada and Mexico. Assuming that by “Americans”, you mean to use the label to create a collective of all those under the thumb of the gang in WashDC. I still don’t “know”.

But perhaps it is because the country “asked” and these boys and girls stepped up.

Now maybe “asked” is too nice a word; “drafted”, seduced, fooled, propagandized might be better. And, maybe we can question if they were out of their minds to do it. Or, we can see now with the clarity of 20/20 hindsight that the American people have been being duped by their politicians for eons.

But, I honor vets, not because I am one, but as Heinlein put it, “The most noble fate a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war’s desolation.”!

We can argue about rightness or wrongness; we can search for wisdom or whizdumb; we can all vie for the title of who’s “the bigger fool”; we can examine in excruciating and exhaustive detail about if they were brainwashed, deluded, or truly heroic.

But, at the end of the day, the fact is they “stepped up” and put themselves in Harm’s Way on the belief that they were protecting the liberties of their fellow citizens.

That’s Heinlein’s “civic virtue”.

And, I think that answers your question.

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RANT: Hey Governor Corzine … still wanna hear about state cars? … (continued) …

Thursday, November 15, 2007

You don’t? TOO BAD!

This morning 15 November 07 ~0700 est on Route 1 thru Pton and again on Route 295 South… …

… a white East Brunswick police suv MG 69758 … …

… went down route 1 cutting in and out at a between zero and leisurely 70 …

… in lots of traffic …

… tailgating, cutting off, and generally harassing the poor peons in his way!!!.

Never turned on the bubble gum lights.

Arghhh!

It was particularly amusing since the same car speed past me again (It was deja vu all over again); left lane of course; on Rt295 south around exit 65;

(I attribute that to his insistence of sticking in the left lane. All the real drivers know that the right lane thru Pton moves faster than the left. It’s all those gooferment workers bound for Trenton in their Intelligent Designer given left lane.)

[For those not familiar with the NJ roads. State “workers” proceed straight down route 1 to the golden dome of corruption. If you come later in the morning, then it’s not unusual to see “lots” of state cards commuting to the state jobs by the state ’employees”. It particularly ticks me off to know that I am paying for the road, the traffic jam, and the bad driving of my “servants”. Arghhh! That’s one reason I like to commute early; I can’t afford to have a stroke because I couldn’t afford the death taxes.]

Arghhhhhhh!

Perhaps, if your State Police are not too busy collecting extra “road taxes” for ordinary citizens, they might pay a call on this East Brunswick cop and give him a geography lesson. “East Brunswick here”!

After all speeding thru other parts of the state, what does he think he is … … A State Policeman … A state Policitican … a Federal Overlord!

P.S.: Dear reader, I don’t write these every day. Just when I ARRIVE early for work, particularly agitated aggravated and have to wait for my employer workstation to get online.

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TECHNOLOGY: Using technology (i.e., ducks) to slow traffic

Thursday, November 15, 2007

http://www.impactlab.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13800

Village Uses Ducks To Stop Speeding
Posted on Tuesday, November 13 @ 17:50:09 CST Eye

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Postmistress Ann Martin, 63, from Portesham, Dorset, has recruited a ‘quack’ squad after she noticed motorists driving more carefully when the birds were around.

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:-)

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PRODUCTIVITY: aging in place

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/11/word_of_the_year.html

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aging in place: the process of growing older while living in one’s own residence, instead of having to move to a new home or community

 

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There’s a lot to be said for this strategy. I always rant that “two moves equal one fire”. And, the old neighborhood is a well known turf. To pull this off, there will have to be changes in the property tax meme in New Jersey. And, you have to drive everywhere, so that’s a problem later in life. And, and, and, … sigh, there are a lot of issues with the strategy. Nothing insurmountable, but issues to be dealt with. But, then nothing is ever perfect.

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LIBERTY: Brits are requiring info to travel. When will it come here?

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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MONEY: currency hedge for the little guys

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

http://www.survivalblog.com/2007/11/mass_inflation_aheadsave_your.html

How To Build Your Pile of Nickels

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How can you amass a big pile-o-nickels? Obviously just saving the few that you normally receive as pocket change is insufficient. Here are some possibilities:

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2.) Obtain nickels in rolls from your friendly local bank teller. Most “retail” banks are already accustomed to handing over rolls of coins to private depositors because of collector demand for statehood commemorative quarters and the new presidential dollar coins. Ask for $20 or $30 of nickels in rolls each time that you visit to do your normal banking deposits or withdrawals. It is best to ask for new “wrapped” (fresh Federal Reserve Bank issue) rolls. This way, you might have the chance of getting rolls with valuable minting errors–such as “double die” strikes. These are usually noticed and publicized a few months after the fact, and can be quite valuable. You will also be assured that you are getting full 40 coin rolls. (Getting shorted with 38 or 39 coin rolls is possible with hand-rolled coins.) If the tellers ask why you want so many, you can honestly tell them: “I’m working on a collection for my children.” (You need not tell them how large a collection it is!)

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Get ready for rampant inflation and currency devaluation.

This is a currency hedge for the little guys.

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RANT: up to the Iraqis

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese412.html

A Lethal Year
by Charley Reese

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Iraq may or may not have a bloody war after we leave. That’s up to the Iraqis. It’s no skin off our nose whether they reconcile or draw their knives. It’s their country. Let them fight over it if that’s what they want to do. The Bush administration has not done one single thing right in the Middle East, and the situation in the whole area is worse and more dangerous because of these blunders.

American withdrawal would be a blessing to everyone concerned.

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… and there is only ONE presidential candidate who will DO it … … Ron Paul!

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TECHNOLOGY: BANANA (“Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone”)

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/11/powerlessness_san_diego_almost.html

November 13, 2007
Powerlessness: San Diego almost blacked-out
Thomas Lifson

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During the recent wildfires, San Diego came perilously close to being blacked out, thanks to the vulnerability of its connections to the national power grid and the low portion of its electric power that is generated locally. The ability to fight that disaster might have been crippled if electric power had been out for any extended period.

Craig Rose of the San Diego Union-Tribune explains the technical complexities involved. But the fundamental issues are clear:

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2. It is very, very hard (and expensive) to build high capacity transmission lines in this age of BANANA (“Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone”)

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A grown-up approach would be to balance the risks if insufficient local generating capacity with the risks of nuclear power, CO2 emissions, and the like.

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While France, a tree hugging country if I ever heard of one, gens more than half of its electricity nuke-wise, we can’t seem to get our act together. BANANA will ensure that we are screwed royally in so many different ways. Imagine what we could tell the sheiks, Chavez, and Putin that they could do with their oil? The gooferment ensure that nothing ever gets done.

Sigh!

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TECH SOFTWARE: Flock gives a taste of what could be

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2007/1105web2.html

Social networking integration
Flock integrates social networking Web services
Web Applications Newsletter By Mark Gibbs, Network World, 11/07/07

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Flock has taken the framework of the Mozilla Firefox browser and provided integration with a number of social networking Web services including Flickr, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Photobucket, RSS feeds, and a number of blogging services.

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Well, I put up FLOCK and it doesn’t do LinkedIn. Seems like it HAS to do LinkedIn to be considered as a “production quality” offering. It does give one a hint of what it could become.

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RANT: Usually calm driving …

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

… but this AM, a bozo in a white pickup (NJ VDR84U) cut me off. Normally, I’d just say “a special prayer” him and remember the Pope’s admonition about Christian principle on the road. But, this guy almost put my new pickup into the divider. To get ahead of me at a red light! Argh. Sufice it to say, I watch him do it to other people. Didn’t make me feel any better. But, the humorous part, was for all his jilly jacking around, he was still easily visible when I turned off on 295. But he did upset me. Even more upsetting was the thought that he might be going to trenton and be a gooferment slug. Argh! The possibility that I’m paying for him (Yes it was a him!) to work in trenton for the state gooferment and have him treat his employers that way was just some salt. So if you see him, you have my blessing to say a special prayer for him as well and watch out for him to cut you off as well. Argh!

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