Immanentize the Eschaton

I worked with Nancy at Marsh & McLennan. She was one of the designers on an IT project; I was the front-end programming lead. She was one of the first people I met at Marsh, and she was a pleasure to work with. She clued me into all the “goings-on” at Marsh, [...]

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Went to Fred Reed’s blog, and to my dismay I find that he’s retiring his website! He has several reasons, but this speaks volumes:

“…the hope that, however minor my voice might be, in combination with thousands of others it might engender pressure for slowing the rush into the high-tech medieval twilight that the culture [...]

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Nadya Suleman, as everyone knows, recently gave birth to a set of octuplets.  She had undergone fertility treatment and had six embryos implanted, two of which “split”.  After she gave birth, we found out that:

she is a single mom
is unemployed
lives with her parents
is on welfare (she disputes this, though her explanation is along the lines [...]

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This past Jan 25 was the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns. In “To A Mouse”, the poet has a prescient warning for our Democrat/Socialist Overlords, and sums up how many of us feel right about now:

“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men,
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ [...]

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According to this AP article, the Senate GOP is warning that the so-called “stimulus” bill may not pass the Senate. McConnell says that he “…can’t believe that the president isn’t embarrassed about the products that have been produced…”
As usual, the Dems are saying the situation is dire; “we cannot delay this”, says Durban. [...]

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Saw this item on Yahoo (via Drudge; can’t find the original article on the NY Times). Seems that Bruce Springsteen considers an exclusive CD deal with Wal-Mart “a mistake” due to Wal-Mart’s labor practices. Ol’ Bruce considers himself a supporter of “worker’s rights”, and big bad WM is the devil, don’t ya know?
From [...]

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I heard an ad on the radio for an “Obama Commemorative Coin.” Nothing new there; “collectible” crap like that has been made since I was a kid. One of the lines was “commemorate the most historic event of our lifetime.”
I know it’s partly advertising hyperbole, but really? The “most historic event of [...]

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Blagoevich selling the Senate seat held by Obama.  Caroline Kennedy seeking the seat held by Mrs. Clinton.  Joe Biden having his Senate “kept warm” for his son.  These make me consider the wisdom of the 17th amendment.
Uder the original Constituion, senators were selected by the legislature of each state.  This was to have the upper [...]

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I’ve been reading Cory Doctorow’s Eastern Standard Tribes. Very enjoyable book. Not through with it yet, so no summary. There are hints of the Bitchun Society in the book (e.g., Whuffie), but it’s obviously set before Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. More when I’m done; in the meantime, download [...]

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I was searching for conservative organizations in southern Mecklenburg and Union counties, and found a link to CarolinaConservatives.org.
Great! Sound like what I was searching for! Well. if you’ve clicked the above link, you already know that it’s a site for NC Sate Senator Eddie Goodall. Nothing wrong with that; just not what [...]

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