“KNOW THY SELF, KNOW THY ENEMY. A THOUSAND BATTLES, A THOUSAND VICTORIES.” Sun Tsu For those who worry about the start of World War III, relax, we are in it. I quote Sun Tsu, the greatest general in history who wrote the book on war. Yes he was...
"I DON'T MAKE JOKES. I JUST WATCH THE GOVERNMENT AND REPORT THE FACTS." Will Rogers Why is it that our traffic departments look over at Europe and decide that we should do things like they do. I have to point out that we fought a revolution to get...
"PEOPLE CAN CRITICIZE ME ALL DAY LONG. IT JUST WASHES OFF ME. YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE TALKING TO A WALL." Noel Clarke Do you all know any Grammar Nazi's? Just try writing and see how many are out there. Many times it is someone you know and like...
note to editors-I spell the title for a bit of humor THE MAN WHO SOLD HOTDOGS THERE WAS A MAN WHO LIVED BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HE SOLD HOTDOGS. HE WAS HARD OF HEARING, SO HAD NO RADIO. HE HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS EYES, SO HE...
"WE HAVE SUNK TO A DEPTH AT WHICH RESTATEMENT OF THE OBVIOUS IS THE FIRST DUTY OF INTELLIGENT MEN." George Orwell I just cannot help it, I look at things through a firefighters eyes. After the Anderson Creek Fire and then the Starbuck Fire I was driving down...
"POLITICS HAVE NO RELATION TO MORELS" What has passed for education comes to a complete halt by the time anyone is elected to office or appointed to a government job. Now I am talking about those who make the rules and those who do not fight...
"THE PRIME GOAL OF CENSORSHIP IS TO PROMOTE IGNORANCE, WHEATHER IT IS DONE VIA LYING AND BOWDLERIZED SCHOOL TEXTS OR BY ATTACKING INDIVIDUAL BOOKS." Felice Picano Have you noticed that in a few years there will be no contestants on Jeopardy? Because much of the subject matter will be...
"WE ARE DROWNING IN INFORMATION BUT STARVED FOR KNOWLEDGE" John Naisbitt BIG NEWS! SEA SLUGS CAN GROW A NEW HEAD WHEN IT IS CUT FROM IT'S BODY! WOW!!! Do you think that there is going to be government grants so they can study this. Is there a practical...
"INSANITY IN INDIVIDUALS IS SOMETHING RARE - BUT IN GROUPS, PARTIES, NATIONS, AND EPOCHES, IT IS THE RULE." Friedrich Nietzsche NEWS FLASH: Mr. Potato Head is going to be nuetered! Big news considering that he is a tatar. You really need to quit thinking if the best you can...
"ALL YOU NEED IN THIS LIFE IS IGNORANCE AND CONFIDENCE, AND SUCCESS IS SURE." Mark Twain My first love is history. What history is is the unvarnished story of what went before us. I believe that any historian that tries to revise history and inject politics into it...