Archive for January, 2009
Chicago Politics
Thursday, January 15th, 2009I was initially concerned about Obama choosing Rahm Emmanuel on his staff. Now, I’m just sick about it. I just read a blog post over at The Abusrd Report that makes me sick to my stomach. There’s just something about people who use foul language to communicate that makes me cringe. I would rather converse [...]
Brooks’ Law
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009In the Book “The Mythical Man Month,” Fred Brooks states “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later”. Could it be that this law applies outside the realm of software development? Or even outside the project development arena entirely? I believe it could easily be applied to economies with respect to money. I [...]
Proportional Response Poppycock!
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009It drives me nuts to hear these nutjobs trying to rationalize the behavior of Hamas. These sanctimonious wackos actually suggest that Israel should use proportional response for the conflict in Gaza. Yeah right. My idea of proportional response is to completely annihilate the enemy’s ability to perpetrate future horrors. Nobody in their right mind believes [...]
What Liberals Do
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009I was reading a novel last night and came across what I considered a great depiction of liberals when it comes to any sort of warfare: “They buy into the theory that opposing the use of force–for whatever reason–is inherently ‘noble’ and not a gutless renunciation of the will–and ability–to resist aggression or any other [...]