Category Archives: General Comments

I went for a walk today during lunch, and walked past a McDonand’s.  The smell of the grease sickened me to no end, but I did notice one thing.  For every young person in there, there was just as many of the geriatric crowd.  I think it is sick getting everyone hooked on that food.  I was as a kid, and I am paying the price now.  I do not eat any fast food, and I am in the midst of losing weight.  Obesity in American (and the developed world) is at epidemic proportions, and no one seems to be doing anything about it.  Yeah, they stopped the super size at McDonalds, but, one typical meal there is 120% to 180% of your recommended daily caloric intake and over 300% of the fat you should be eating.  We need to save the young and the old from this menace.  It is more than just one chain, turn on the T.V. and all you see is food adds.  Everything from ‘bucket of love’ KFC, to Pizza Hut (I don’t know how they call that sauceless grease disc a pizza), to the dozens of other food chains advertising.  Will the madness ever stop?

Quick english lesson for people writing on the web.  There is a version of the word to that means too many.  See, I just used it. Examples of how to use the fricken words to, too, and two.

To:  I went to the store.  <-Indicates direction Too:  I ate too much candy. <-used to indicate the excessive Too:  I want to go too.  <- used to indicate inclusion into a group Two:  There are two people standing on the corner.  <- the number 2 NEVER use to to indicate something is excessive. Is shows an ignorance of english useage.  Use too.  The extra o does not cost anything more to type and you avoid looking like an idiot.

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,