Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Revolution lives on!

Today is the official release date of Ron Paul's new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto.

If you haven't checked it out yet, you need to do so. Now. Then you need to buy the book. Then you need to read it.

Really, it will be worth your time. Oh, if you decide to buy, do it via my link, because I get a small kickback for every order that comes from my links...

I'll report further on the book as soon as I can!



If you haven't checked it out yet, you need to do so. Now. Then you need to buy the book. Then you need to read it.

Really, it will be worth your time. Oh, if you decide to buy, do it via my link, because I get a small kickback for every order that comes from my links...

I'll report further on the book as soon as I can!


Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Could laughter be the best medicine?


YouTube - John Cleese reports on Laughter Laughing Laugh Yoga



I initially looked at this video because John Cleese is in it, but it was actually much more interesting than I had anticipated!

Friday, April 25, 2008

Fight for the Bacon Dog



This would be classic comedic Drew Carey - if it weren't happening in real life.

Monday, April 21, 2008

I am the Very Model of a Presidential Candidate

This is absolutely classic...

The song parodies Gilbert & Sullivan's "Modern Major General" tune, which I am pretty familiar with since I performed it years ago. It's a splendid piece, and this parody keeps quite well to the spirit of the song.

I am the very model of a Presidential candidate,
I flip and flop, and like a flounder, on the issues vacillate.
I listen to the polls and say exactly what they tell me to,
And hope to make you think I have precisely the same goals as you.
I look into opponents' closets, pull out every skeleton,
But question me on policy, I'll wobble just like gelatin.
I'm highly dedicated to all matters pure political,
Compared to which the country's welfare isn't very critical.

I'm very good at telling lies with unsurpassed sincerity,
Like "All I do, I do for you, to foster your prosperity."
In short, in matters economic, social, and those of the state,
I am the very model of a Presidential candidate.

I love our Constitution and know how to make it work for me.
The Bill of Rights is just a guide that I ignore selectively.
The laws of this great land of ours were written with a lot of thought,
So when I violate them, it's important that I not get caught.
I never miss a photo op because it's free publicity.
I smile, shake hands, kiss babies and praise everyone's ethnicity.
Then I can face my rival in a widely televised debate
And cast aspersions on his record, hygiene, wife, and running mate.

My promises are all cliche' and none of them are practical,
But tax cuts, health care, schools and trees are all issues quite tactical.
I tell you what you want to hear on matters to which you relate.
I am the very model of a Presidential candidate.

In fact, when I learn how to get essential legislation passed,
When I can get more countries to reduce the nukes they have amassed,
When my vast store of expertise can fill encyclopedias,
And my affairs with interns I can hide from all the media,
When economic crises I know how correctly to avert,
When I learn more of compromise, and enemies I can convert:
In short, when I earn the respect of people all across the land,
You'll say a better President has never been so close at hand.

For how to run a country, though I know how theoretically,
Is something that you can't be taught by doing it hypothetically.
But still I hope the voters think that I can learn to do it great.
I am the very model of a Presidential candidate.

Link to Parody Song Lyrics @ amiright.com

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Disingenuous scientists

I find it incredible that scientists often think they are so overwhelmingly valuable to society that they deserve the right to confiscate other's resources for their own uses. And even if their work results in some useful addition of knowledge to "society", whatever that may be, why then does it require the use of coercion?

Today I saw two articles that not only try and promulgate this scientific elitism upon people, but also contradict each other. BBC News reports that science funding is in a "precarious state". In particular, "a number of scientists said that astronomy was not being rewarded properly." Yeah, maybe in their view it isn't, but who is to judge? According to CNN, the average astronomer salary is a surprising $95,740. Honestly, unless you're saying they need to be paid less, how can this not be a proper reward?

Seriously, professors make a lot of money, compared to others who, on the average, must be subject to the market rather than state whim. And yet, in the BBC article a guy is quoted saying "If you cared about money you wouldn't be a scientist at all would you?"

C'mon, many people are losing their homes and livelihood due primarily to government intervention in the economy while these uppity state-funded scientists are sipping booze at 4 star restaurants while they wine-and-dine their associates, so I don't think they have anything to complain about.