Tuesday, January 06, 2004

Sheesh

The local paper, for me anyway, The Grand Rapids Press, ran its first feature on blogging today.  It’s not online.  Imagine.  But, they did publish an address for blogs, or, more specifically, “Michigan-related blogs,” that the paper, or should I say mlive.com, is aware of.  I submitted my domain name.  I’ll see what happens. 

Actually though, I did stumble onto something I wanted to share.  I went to a site named The Bunker. There I found this. This, is a letter from Noam Chomsky to a, "Democratic Delegate from Saginaw, MI," whom wrote to Chomsky, petitioning for advice.  The “Delegate’s” letter can be viewed in the comments.  Oh, read the following comments also.

Sheesh.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/06 at 05:41 PM
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Public Education Sinecurist Quote

"We expect parents to work in the best interest of the kids. We’re working in the best interest of the teachers." – Hudson (Ohio) Education Association President David Spohn. (October 9 Akron Beacon Journal)”

Via Alan K. Henderson who links to The 2003 EIA Public Education Quotes of the Year.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/06 at 06:10 AM
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Red Fire Engines

Roderick T. Long responds to criticism from Robert Theron Brockman II in regards to Adam Smith.  Long’s post is entitled "Was Adam Smith Too Optimistic?"

Posted by John Venlet on 01/06 at 06:03 AM
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Zell Miller on Democrat Presidential Candidates

Zell Miller, in the Wall Street Journal commenting on Al Sharpton.

"Al Sharpton did a pretty good impression of the “Godfather of Soul.” Of course, the rotund reverend has long been the “Godfather of Con.” He’s slick as a peeled onion. In just one short primary season, his timid fellow candidates and the even more timid media have erased the criminal Tawana Brawley shakedown. They’ve given this trickster who has never been elected dogcatcher a legitimacy he does not deserve: their Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval as a bona fide presidential candidate. So, get ready to start counting Rev. Sharpton’s delegates. They will be impossible to ignore on national TV when the Democrats take center stage in Boston. Memo to Democratic Chairman Terry McAwful: It’s called “reaping what you sow.”

If you think this could not possibly happen, consider that not-too-distant history. Take the Georgia primary in 1988. Georgia’s senior U.S. senator, governor, House speaker and largest newspaper endorsed Al Gore. Mr. Gore was running right of center, warning that a vote for Michael Dukakis would spell defeat for the Democrats. But Jesse Jackson won Georgia with 40%. Al Gore got 32% and Mr. Dukakis, who later would carry 10 states as the nominee, got 16%."

Miller also takes a poke at Kerry, Dean and Democrat anger.

Via Cold Fury.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/06 at 05:32 AM
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Follow Up

Yesterday, in a post I titled "Swedish Meatballs," I pointed to a piece written by Allan Carlson which deconstructed the myth of the success of Sweden’s socialist tendencies with an emphasis on the failure of child welfare laws.  Today, Skip Oliva, at The Rule of Reason, links to and comments on this post by John Holzmann which looks at H.R. 3139. H.R. 3139 is being molded in Congress as the “Youth Worker Protection Act.” Has a nice socialist ring to it doesn’t it?  Anyway, here’s the first paragraph from Holzmann’s post.

"There is a a horrible new bill before the House of Representatives titled the “Youth Worker Protection Act,” HR3139. If it makes its way through Congress, I believe we’re about to see virtually all students under 18 become wholly unemployable."

If you still cling to the illusion that the U.S. is not becoming socialist, take the time to read Carlson’s piece and the posts on H.R. 3139.

Permalinks at The Rule of Reason are currently not functional.  Scroll down to Skip Oliva’s post entitled "Stopping Child Labor Before it Starts."

Posted by John Venlet on 01/06 at 05:09 AM
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Fret, Guitar, Logic

Billy Beck has an informative post up entitled “Vantage on Vintage" which, if you have any interest in the guitar market, especially pricey guitars, you may find interesting.  Billy knows a thing or five about guitars, having had one in his hands for many years of his life, he still plays now, and his father was a guitar man also.

I don’t play, but when I look at the guitars that Billy links to in this piece, if I had some extra change lying around, I’d buy just to hang one of those works of art on my wall.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/06 at 04:44 AM
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