What it's REALLY all about

You think it's about sex; Mother Nature knows it's about babies. --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:55 AM

Who do YOU believe?

"If God said it, I'd believe it and that would end it. But who told you God said it and why do you believe them?" --L. Reichard White, a LONG time ago

Are YOU civilized?

The difference between "civilized" (cityfied) and uncivilized is that the "civilized" folks have ceded control AND "RESPONSE-ABILITY" to agents outside themselves. --L. Reichard White, June 18, 2012, 19:08:22

Backwards and Upside-down

"Modern" man does things backwards and upside-down. Education for example. Rather than teaching someone when they're ready to learn, we insist they learn when we're ready to teach. --L. Reichard White, June 16, 2012, 11:36:36

Quick fix?

"Remove the pledge from the flag. Remove the flag from schools. Remove schools from government." --Daniel Pose

With protection like this, you need kevlar

One of the main repeating themes from U.S. Senators was, "We have to protect U.S. taxpayers from bailing out the banks again." Who was it that took your tax money and handed it to the banks the first time? The Senators are going to protect us -- from themselves? --L. Reichard White, Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:42 PMon J.P. Morgan's Jamie Dimon testimony to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee (June 13, 2012)

George Washington on government - - -

Government is not eloquence, it is not reason; it is force, and like fire, makes a dangerous servant and a fearful master. --George Washington

Why use cash?

Cash is safer. To rob you of cash, the robber has to confront you face-to-face or break into your house. And these days, you may be armed. But he can rob you of cash alternatives (credit, bank deposits, etc.) electronically without you even being aware of it. Further, cyber thieves can rob you not only of everything you have, but, by running up debts, money you haven't even earned yet. --L. Reichard White, June 8, 2012, 13:26:24

Where do jobs come from?

"You're supposed to find jobs that need doing, not create them." --my 90 year-old next door neighbor, Jack, Feb. 2009

Cognitive therapy

To understand is to forgive. --French proverb

Who Cares More?

Who's more likely to worry about a plane crashing, the pilot of the plane (who's life is on the line) and its owners (who's money is on the line) - - - or FAA bureaucrats in Washington D.C. with nothing on the line? --L. Reichard White, June 5, 2012, 09:07:27

Tyranny vs. freedom

Tyranny is living by their clock, freedom is living by yours. --L. Reichard White, Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:08 AM

Instant dinosaurs

The internet has made government schools instant dinosaurs. --L. Reichard White, Wednesday, May 09, 2012 9:52 AM

It's about those international abuse horror stories - - -

A lot of the abuses one hears about around the world are sort of like this:  Some awful thing like the "stoning"of an adultress or an honor killing occurs in Iran or India or Saudi Arabia and we hear about it in the West and think that those whole countries are like that.  In fact, most people in those countries are more outraged than we are, because its happening closer to home.  It's like if a story that some old man in Appalachia had married his 12 year old daughter was disseminated overseas. Some observers overseas might conclude that this is normal in America or that Americans approve of that sort of thing. --Anonymous

TURNING POINT:

"The legal hallmark of dictatorship has always been Preventative Law -- the concept that a man is guilty until he is proven innocent." --Ayn Rand

"Bear with us here. We are used to reacting to crime after it happens. Preventing crime before it happens is new to us and we must adapt. Prevention is now our top priority. We're learning with each new incident." --U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft: CNBC, October 16, 2001, 12:45:10

WARNING!!

What an immense mass of evil must result...from allowing men to assume the right of anticipating what may happen. --Leo Tolstoy

Two essential questions for harmonious relationships:

1. "What's in it for me?"

2. "What's in it for them?" 

If you can't answer both, until you can, think twice before proceeding.

--L. Reichard White, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:04 AM

Judge Not

When someone judges you, that judgment is primarily their possession and their problem, not yours. --L. Reichard White, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:13 AM

Orwellistan? Are we there yet mommy??

Well, are we??

Unfortunately the stuff below only starts with impeccable Democracy Now and from three nearly impeccable guests:

1. William Binney, an NSA whistle blower who worked as a manager there for more than 30 years,

2. Jacob Appelbaum, a TOR and privacy software designer and activist

3. Laura Poitras, an Oscar-nominated anti-war filmmaker intimidated by Uncle ~40 times because she is.

--Whistleblower: The NSA is Lying-U.S. Government Has Copies of Most of Your Emails  http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/20/whistleblower_the_nsa_is_lying_us

--Exclusive: National Security Agency Whistleblower William Binney on Growing State Surveillance   http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/20/exclusive_national_security_agency_whistleblower_william

--Detained in the U.S.: Filmmaker Laura Poitras Held, Questioned Some 40 Times at U.S. Airports  http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/20/detained_in_the_us_filmmaker_laura

--"We Do Not Live in a Free Country": Jacob Appelbaum on Being Target of Widespread Gov’t Surveillance  http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/20/we_do_not_live_in_a

And another interview with Mr. Binney:

--NSA Whistleblower: U.S. Assembling Information On Every U.S. Citizen

Then there are the USA domestic spy-drones:

--These Police Surveillance Drones Could Be Watching You Right Now - Business Insider

And, perhaps, even more "interesting" tools and techniques:

--14 Incredibly Creepy Surveillance Technologies That Big Brother Will Soon Be Using To Spy On You - BlackListedNews.com

Don't even have an appropriate closing.  Maybe - - - 

"Of course you're free. Now shut-up if you want to stay that way."

r.

P.S. Great weather!  How about those Cubbies!  I think I'll plant zucchinis again this year.  Do you guys like pizza as well as I do?  

Anger: Pros & cons

Anger isn't good for you! And, it rarely hurts the other party. --L. Reichard White, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 9:26 AM

When is mass murder better?

Why is it that we think it's perfectly normal (preferable even) for Presidential candidates to ask for guidance from god, but immediately dismiss it when a serial killer (or terrorist) claims god told him to do it. Why is it a sign of sanity when a president gets god's okay before killing thousands in a war, but a sign of insanity when an ordinary person does it before killing her children? --Dave Krueger, Wednesday, April 11, 2012