Archive for April, 2007

A Second Bill Of Rights?

No Comments Yet | Posted by twistedlogic on April 30th, 2007 in Christian, Culture

In his Annual Message to Congress, delivered on January 11, 1944, FDR proposed a second bill of rights. He acknowledged the roll the first Bill of Rights played in the founding of the nation and bringing it successfully to that day:
“This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of [...]

Today’s Interesting Stuff

No Comments Yet | Posted by matthew on April 30th, 2007 in Culture

Israel is an amazing nation. To the list you’ll read at this website, you can add that the Intel-Israel R&D group developed the current generation Core2 microprocessor core, which currently heads all charts in desktop performance while using significantly less energy and producing significantly less heat.
I won’t give the any of the list here, but [...]

Gender-Pay Inequality Isn’t

2 Comments | Posted by matthew on April 30th, 2007 in Culture, Education

Listening to Michael Medved on the radio on my way home from work recently, I heard him interviewing an author of a study regarding the disparity of pay between male and female workers. A major tenet of the feminist ideology is that men make more than women, universally. Apparently it is true that on average, [...]

Today’s Interesting Stuff

No Comments Yet | Posted by matthew on April 27th, 2007 in Culture, Education, Taxes

I’m browsing Bongo which I’ve Stumble(d)upon and find a pithy review of Algores Enviro-fest faux-film, An Inconvenient Truth:
An Inconvenient Truth An exaggerated slide show with the inconvenient truth that Gore is a bore. ~Jack Palethorpe
… and a narcissistic self-loathing (yes I know those are mutually exclusive terms, but he is both self-loving (his own [...]

The NEA Gets An “F” For Intellectual Honesty And Consistency

No Comments Yet | Posted by twistedlogic on April 26th, 2007 in Education

I was reading an article in the April issue of NEA Today about military recruiters in schools. Despite the union’s position on the subject, I was surprised to discover the article is pretty even-handed. It covers both sides of the issue, both the NEA’s and the military’s perspective, and the key parts of the article, [...]

Today’s Interesting Stuff

No Comments Yet | Posted by matthew on April 26th, 2007 in Culture

It may be common knowledge, but in relationships and communication, we can never be reminded enough of the differences in communication that generally exist between the males and females of the species Homo Sapien.
A married couple was in a car when the wife turned to her husband and asked, “Would you like to stop for [...]

Microsoft to sell software for just $3

1 Comment | Posted by twistedlogic on April 25th, 2007 in Culture, Education

Is Microsoft’s plan a scheme to net unwary victims into its net or an honest effort to help underdeveloped countries progress toward the technological age?
[Microsoft] wants to bring computing to a further one billion people by 2015.
The [One Laptop per Child project is] in the final stages of developing a low cost [$100], durable laptop, [...]

Today’s Interesting Stuff

No Comments Yet | Posted by matthew on April 25th, 2007 in Culture, Education

Asimov, arguably Americas most original and best author, ever, has these wise thoughts on intelligence:

What Is Intelligence, Anyway?
Isaac Asimov

What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a [...]

Hayward Teachers Union Targets “Scabs”: Posts Their Pictures On Blog

No Comments Yet | Posted by twistedlogic on April 25th, 2007 in Education

The Hayward teachers union has been on strike for over a week . Approximately 180 substitutes are filling in for 1,300 teachers who are on strike. But these public servants are being labeled scabs and singled out for harassment.
A local newspaper reported that the teachers union has posted photos of “scabs” on a blog for [...]

Hot Air Causes Global Warming

No Comments Yet | Posted by matthew on April 25th, 2007 in Uncategorized

Caring doesn’t mean anything unless there are actions and changes that show we really do care. Take many of the popular causes and movements today, celebrities find it easy publicity to adopt a cause and become an instant expert/spokesperson. They care, we say, and all is well. But take the recent flap over ‘one-square-of-toilet-paper’ Crow [...]

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