Speed bump

America's Band

In case you thought there was only one verse...

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
—Francis Scott Key

Liberty is a state of mind

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it."

Justice Learned Hand

Indian country

I live in New Mexico, close to the Arizona state line.

I read in the local paper where this guy came in at midnight and robbed the 7-11 store with a gun. And while he was looting the store, the clerk called the cops. Well, the cop must have been just down the block because the cop pulls in the driveway just as the robber is running out of the store.

Gunfight ensues. The cop takes a few non-lethal rounds and goes down. The robber gets one in the leg and is hopping around with an empty gun. There are two Navajo boys in the parking lot trying to get their car started. They go over to the wounded bandit and beat him to the ground and leave him for dead and go back to working on their car.

Soon the parking lot is filled with cop cars and flashing lights, tending to their downed brother and one walks over to the Indian boys to thank them and asks them if they need any help. They ask the cop if he has a flashlight, that would be helpful.

You can't make this stuff up.

Gun Control

Well, I guess I'll come back over here and blog for awhile - seeing as how the government is starting to piss me off again. Where shall we resume? How about this:

"I have over the past thirty years been one hundred percent in favor of Gun Control - achieved through proper stance, controlled breathing, and smooth trigger squeeze; applied repeatedly until the threat is neutralized."

—Fred D. Haggard

Thinking for yourself

To me, the purpose of critical thinking is to arrive at the truth, so that one can discern one's true options and therefore be able to make better decisions and draw clearer conclusions.

An example of UNcritical thinking is the taking of things one reads at face value with no further investigation or verification.

If I say, "Karl Rove said Sarah Palin is an idiot," does that mean Karl Rove said Sarah Palin is an idiot? No, the only truth you can take from such a thing is that, "Relax Max SAID Karl Rove said Sara Palin is an idiot.

And if you are reading what I purportedly said instead of listening to me speak, perhaps not even that...