two good links. hopefully ill do some sort of write up after these finals i've got.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/education/11stuff.html?_r=1&em

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/opinion/06price.html?_r=1

two solid links

first one is about google getting a flock of goats, instead of a yard service, to mow their lawn

second one is about a legit whale fossil being discovered in a kitchen counter top

enjoy

a little bit of hating on blind faith

I really am not one to discriminate against people that believe something that I do not but I do have a bit of a thing for people who discriminate against others based upon a set of beliefs that they blindly adhere to. This most often comes into play in my life when I come into contact with people who blindly believe in god and all that he has decreed. In fact, there is nothing that I disagree with more than the twisted logic that hundreds of millions of god-fearing people on this earth use to decide what is right and what is wrong. Now, there are hundreds of millions of non-believers who also use grotesquely twisted logic when it comes to there decision making but those people are less united and, thus, it is hard to put a finger on one group of those people or one set of their beliefs.
Long story short, I stumbled upon this video on the youtube and I think ya'll should watch it. Now, it's not a new argument against blind faith but it is the most simplified, logical, and funny one that I have seen. It really does break down the argument against blindly holding unproveable things to be true, however ridiculous it sounds to need even need to make such an argument.

why I trust this man with our future

President Barack Obama is soon going to make his first, and hopefully not last, appointment for the Supreme Court. I just read a front page article from the NYT that discussed Obama's views on law, the role that it plays in our society, and the type of person that he is most likely to choose. The article reminded me of why I have so much faith in him. Basically, he fucking gets it. He understands that it is not what you believe that is right but what is right that is right. He understands that, now more than ever, we need people running our government who are openminded, thoughtful, and ego-less. He understands that being able to admit that you are wrong, understand why, move on with the new knowledge in tow, and call upon that new knowledge with confidence in the future is maybe the most important quality that a person, let alone a freaking supreme court justice, can have. The article makes the point that Obama is not necessarily going to appoint some far left thinker. Instead, he is going to appoint someone who thinks outside of their own biases and sees through all of the fog that our absurd, reactionary, propagandistic, and fear-mongering society is shrouded in, to the truth.

Here's the article. Check it out. Do some thinking. Leave some comments.

jack kemp, pretty dang thoughtful

jack kemp, former nfl QB and US member of the House of Representatives, died a few days ago. I didnt really know much about him while he was alive but i just found a link to a letter he wrote to his grandchildren after obama won and it's worth a read. The man understood the unique greatness of the USA and how tight a rope we walk to uphold that greatness.

http://www.kemppartners.com/about-jack-kemp/column/a-letter-to-my-grandchildren/

BEST QUOTE EVERRRRRRR

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything that you have." ~ Thomas Jefferson