Respect. Respect is like trust – it’s hard to gain, easily lost, but once it’s gone it’s nearly impossible to get back. So the story goes from my military days (and granted it is perhaps an urban myth) that a young enlisted soldier was walking along the parade grounds one day when he passes an…
Tag Archive: General News
What’s the difference?
What’s the difference between the boys of Mrs. Johnson’s third grade class… And the 2011 Congress which still has not passed a budget…. April 8th, 2011: By midnight tonight the entire Federal Government will be shut down if the budget is not passed. After six months, the budget has not passed while freshman congressmen on both sides…
Not the Jetsons
Back in 1962 and 1963 Hannah-Barbera broadcast the first television program ever to hit the airwaves in color. The show foretold a bright shiny future with homes in the sky, flying cars and robotic maids. Over fifty years later we still drive fossil fuel burning filth spewers as a primary mode of transportation (despite there…
The Back Page for Friday
Welcome to another back page for Friday Afternoon. Imperfect Citizen… the whole thing reminds me of the place in Sims 3 called “outstanding citizens’ warehouse” where you go start a criminal career. Such is the name for the Whitehouse version of the cybersecurity bill which is now being called “Perfect Citizen” – considering that this…
Getting in Gear
I have been gearing up this week – more on that later. But I am not the only one, gearing up. Washington has been gearing up, while Internet providers are attempting to tighten their fist around the lines that hold together the global village. Tightening the fist This morning’s news feed included an item…
Thar’ be womin in that port
One of the more unusual news items to cross our virtual news desk (and there are some odd ones) is the fate of the now defunct, adjunct, and dumped by the legal system site – The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay site itself has gone on to better (and we assume legal) uses. But what…