Let me start you off with a quote.”The most effectual engines for [pacifying a nation] are the public papers… [A despotic] government always [keeps] a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be like truth, [invent] and put into the papers whatever might serve the ministers….
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Three things influenced by the Watchmen
This article may contain spoilers for the graphic novel Watchmen Watchmen is a graphic novel that was produced in the mid 1980’s. It portrays a world where super heroes are common people who have decided to wear a funny suit and exact vigilante justice.It is an alternate time line where Richard Nixon still holds the…
Iraq: War or Battlefield?
A lot of people in the news media, and Democrats in general, have been misrepresenting the ongoing conflict in Iraq as a war. It is not a war, it is but one battlefield in the ongoing War on Terror.Let’s look at the definition of war:war (wôr) Pronunciation Key n. 1. 1. A state of open,…
The Power of Networking
I learned early on the power behind networking. Through all my days on Wall Street, networking got me far. As Senior vice president of a consulting firm, I recruited high net worth retail brokers throughout the country;” it wasn’t always what you know as much as WHO you know.” Even today, as a single mom,…
Digg of the Day: Downloading Pirated Anything Is NOT Illegal
Check out the case law and the laws on the books. Downloading pirated ANYTHING is not illegal!Sorry RTC… I did not realize your site could not handle a Digg Effect!read more | digg storyHere be the article:(reposted with the permission of the author)Downloading Pirated Anything Is NOT Illegal I had an interesting discussion in an…
With Stress You Lose
We all have Stress. It comes in all shapes and forms. The key is how we handle it. That can be easier said than done at times. Life can be rough on us and it shows. Stress is the culprit. No one is free from stress. Some of us just handle it better than others….
The joy and dismay of our kids
Our children can have us on a roller coaster at times. The wonderful creatures that they are can bring us such happiness one moment and gloom another. Sometimes it can seem like nothing can please them in one given moment, but then suddenly they surprise you. Change is always a constant, and nothing can be…
The meaning behind”THE SECRET”
Has any one seen “The Secret”? If you have, you should have a better outlook on life. That is the purpose of the film, to improve our way of thinking. The secret is feeling good. Positive thinking is the key. How many of us spend the majority of our time focusing on the negative? Well…
Movie Review: Bridge to Terabithia
This weekend I took my family to see the new Disney movie Bridge to Terabithia.If you have seen the trailers for this movie you are probably expecting a wonderful CGI masterpiece similar to the Chronicles of Narnia. If you have read the book then you will know the truth.The movie trailers portray the movie as…
Why can’t we all just link to the source?
I was recently reading an article on Wired about blogs and linking called Parasitology of Blogging.The premise of the article was that the “A list” bloggers just aggregate what all the “Z list” bloggers are doing. This makes sense to me as a blog such as BoingBoing is nothing more than a big linkback site….
Why a Rich Minority is a Good Thing
A common plank in the Democratic Party’s agenda is that of wealth redistribution. They never call it that in public but that is essentially what it is. The idea, simply put, is that a small minority of the population should not posses a majority of the nation’s wealth. Proponents of this policy often cite the…
A few tips on throwing a party when your parents are away
‘There are not many kids who went through high school without throwing a party or attending a party that took place because parents were away.I learned a few things from hosting and going to such parties and I would like to take this time to share these small bits of wisdom with you.1) Know your…