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It has been a long time since I used the Opera web browser.  I am a big supporter of open source, but I have always had a soft spot in my heart for that little browser from Norway.  I first tried opera back when it was version 2.0, must be 7 years ago now and I used it almost continuously until about a year ago.  Opera 5/6 for Linux were O.K., but very unstable and had poor plugin support.  I was intrigued to see Opera 7.5 beta 1 was out, so I tried it.  It is fast and slick and has very nicely done fonts.  The interface is a little too funky when you first open it, but I quickly changed that.  I will let you know how it works out.  Even as a beta, it is super stable so far, better than Mozilla.  One complaint though, it is trying to be something of a full communications center, which is fine, but I like the programs I have been using and I think I will continue using my old programs as well.

Yes, dear readers, we bid on a house this weekend and won!  In about a month, we will moving into a real single family home!  It has everything we need and wanted and more.  Condos are OK if that is what you are looking for, but it wasn’t for us.  We outgrew the condo about 20 minutes after we moved in.  The new place will have TRIPLE the space and no rules or assessments.  I will let you know how it goes.  I am actually looking forward to yard work.

This is something I came up with

Two Republicans
On the Economy/Labor:
Lincoln:
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” Lincoln’s First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861.

Bush:
“It’s very important for folks to understand that when there’s more trade, there’s more commerce.”–Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001

On rights/freedom:

Lincoln:
“We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word many mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name – liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names – liberty and tyranny.” The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VII, “Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Maryland” (April 18, 1864), p. 301-302.

Bush:
Well, it’s an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We’re blessed with such values in America. And I–it’s–I’m a proud man to be the nation based upon such wonderful values.”–Visiting the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., July 2, 2001

On War and it’s consequences:
Lincoln:
“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; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan – to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
Bush:
“There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there,” Bush told reporters at the White House. “My answer is ‘bring them on’. We have the force necessary to deal with the situation.”

Enough said,