GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK!
The Washington Post has a story on Amtrak's financial problems. It is time to privatize the whole railroad industry! The great businessman, Cornelius Vanderbilt, went into the railroad business when he was 70 years old! Here is a quote from Edwin A. Locke's book, The Prime Movers - Traits of the Great Wealth Creators:
"By age 76, he had consolidated a number of inefficient, competing railroads into the New York Central system, which became one of the most efficiently run and profitable railroads in the world." ["Independent Vision," The Prime Movers, page 38.]
Ayn Rand's character Dagny Taggart in the novel, Atlas Shrugged, knows how to run a railroad! Read a sample chapter from Andrew Bernstein's CliffsNotes guide, Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Read an excerpt from the novel, Atlas Shrugged.
Thursday, June 6, 2002
AMERICAN DINING ETIQUETTE
Harry Roolaart has written a funny and informative article called, The Irrational Exhuberance of American Dining Etiquette. Maybe P.G. Wodehouse's character, Jeeves, has to give the American people a lecture on how to use dining utensils?! ;) For more information on P.G. Wodehouse, read C.A. Wolski's article, Seriously Funny Business: The Comic Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse.
I have added a link to The Wodehouse Society in America in the Literature category.
Harry Roolaart has written a funny and informative article called, The Irrational Exhuberance of American Dining Etiquette. Maybe P.G. Wodehouse's character, Jeeves, has to give the American people a lecture on how to use dining utensils?! ;) For more information on P.G. Wodehouse, read C.A. Wolski's article, Seriously Funny Business: The Comic Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse.
I have added a link to The Wodehouse Society in America in the Literature category.
IT'S THE SKYLINE OF MY YOUTH
Read Dr. Michael J. Hurd's article, It's the Skyline of My Youth, on Benjamin Netanyahu's web site. Here is a great quote:
"We could level all of the Middle East if we had to, except for the oil fields we need to survive, and except for the lone country friendly to freedom: Israel. No, I'm not saying that we should immediately level all of the Middle East. But we should leave no doubt that we're willing to do so if that's what it takes to defend freedom and our very lives."
Read Dr. Michael J. Hurd's article, It's the Skyline of My Youth, on Benjamin Netanyahu's web site. Here is a great quote:
"We could level all of the Middle East if we had to, except for the oil fields we need to survive, and except for the lone country friendly to freedom: Israel. No, I'm not saying that we should immediately level all of the Middle East. But we should leave no doubt that we're willing to do so if that's what it takes to defend freedom and our very lives."
Wednesday, June 5, 2002
FRENCH FRIES WITH A TASTE OF HOLY COW
From Ananova: "McDonald's is to pay �6.85 million to Hindu and vegetarian groups following claims that it mislabelled french fries and hash browns as vegetarian. The company faced lawsuits after it was revealed that the vegetable oil used to prepare the fries and hash browns contained essence of beef for flavouring purposes."
I don't understand why the above mentioned groups have a "beef" with McDonald's over this issue. Read McDonald's apology. "Do you want fries with that?"
From Ananova: "McDonald's is to pay �6.85 million to Hindu and vegetarian groups following claims that it mislabelled french fries and hash browns as vegetarian. The company faced lawsuits after it was revealed that the vegetable oil used to prepare the fries and hash browns contained essence of beef for flavouring purposes."
I don't understand why the above mentioned groups have a "beef" with McDonald's over this issue. Read McDonald's apology. "Do you want fries with that?"
IRAQ
Glenn Reynolds is giving us the alert that Pejman Yousefzadeh thinks it is time to attack Iraq and take care of Saddam Hussein. Here is a quote from his article, Into Iraq? Yes:
"American military action against Iraq is, and should be, a no-brainer. Removing Saddam Hussein from power will deal a severe blow to the cause of international terrorism, and will help ensure that Iraq does not gain possession of weapons of mass destruction."
Yousefzadeh is arguing that an attack against Iraq could start a revolution in Iran. For more on Iran, read his article, You Say You Wanna Revolution?
Check out his blog and read his interesting bio.
Glenn Reynolds is giving us the alert that Pejman Yousefzadeh thinks it is time to attack Iraq and take care of Saddam Hussein. Here is a quote from his article, Into Iraq? Yes:
"American military action against Iraq is, and should be, a no-brainer. Removing Saddam Hussein from power will deal a severe blow to the cause of international terrorism, and will help ensure that Iraq does not gain possession of weapons of mass destruction."
Yousefzadeh is arguing that an attack against Iraq could start a revolution in Iran. For more on Iran, read his article, You Say You Wanna Revolution?
Check out his blog and read his interesting bio.
DAILY DOSE OF INSTAPUNDIT
You could find plenty of interesting "stuff" at Glenn Reynolds' blog InstaPundit. Here are two things: "Intelligent Design Theory" and "The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement."
The "Intelligent Design Theory" is another name for religious propaganda camouflaged with pseudo-science. Go to Ohio Citizens for Science and sign the petition against the proposal to include "Intelligent Design" creationism into the K-12 public school science standards. Read Robert Tracinski's article, The Bible Belt�s Assault on Education - The Kansas Evolution Policy Attacks the Essence of Education: The Teaching of Facts and Reasoning, Not Feelings or Faiths.
Listen to a debate with the man-hater, Les U. Knight from The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. On a related topic, read Robert Tracinski's article, The "Green" Unabomber
Is the Unabomber an Environmentalist?
You could find plenty of interesting "stuff" at Glenn Reynolds' blog InstaPundit. Here are two things: "Intelligent Design Theory" and "The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement."
The "Intelligent Design Theory" is another name for religious propaganda camouflaged with pseudo-science. Go to Ohio Citizens for Science and sign the petition against the proposal to include "Intelligent Design" creationism into the K-12 public school science standards. Read Robert Tracinski's article, The Bible Belt�s Assault on Education - The Kansas Evolution Policy Attacks the Essence of Education: The Teaching of Facts and Reasoning, Not Feelings or Faiths.
Listen to a debate with the man-hater, Les U. Knight from The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement. On a related topic, read Robert Tracinski's article, The "Green" Unabomber
Is the Unabomber an Environmentalist?
REMEMBER TIANANMEN SQUARE 06/04/89
From The Guardian: "China has detained 23 people in a search for the source of secret documents used in a book about the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, a U.S. government broadcaster reported." Read also the article, 'Tiananmen Papers' Provokes Crackdown, in The Washington Post. For more information on the book, The Tiananmen Papers, go to this link on PBS.
Check out: Laogai Research Foundation. It is "a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting information about China's vast system of forced-labor camps."
From The Guardian: "China has detained 23 people in a search for the source of secret documents used in a book about the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, a U.S. government broadcaster reported." Read also the article, 'Tiananmen Papers' Provokes Crackdown, in The Washington Post. For more information on the book, The Tiananmen Papers, go to this link on PBS.
Check out: Laogai Research Foundation. It is "a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting information about China's vast system of forced-labor camps."
USA 3 - 2 PORTUGAL
I wonder if soccer will become more popular here in America after today's victory against Portugal. It took me a long time to get interested in American football. It was great to watch the New England Patriots win the Super Bowl XXXVI. Go Pats!
For more information on the World Cup in soccer, go to Bill Davis' World Cup Blog.
I wonder if soccer will become more popular here in America after today's victory against Portugal. It took me a long time to get interested in American football. It was great to watch the New England Patriots win the Super Bowl XXXVI. Go Pats!
For more information on the World Cup in soccer, go to Bill Davis' World Cup Blog.
Tuesday, June 4, 2002
EPA
From Reuters: "President Bush on Tuesday called a recent report that blames humans for global warming nothing more than a product of government "bureaucracy" and said he would not accept an international accord to reduce heat-trapping emissions."
Bush commented on the report by saying: "I read the report put out by the bureaucracy." So, is it time to do something about the practice of junk science at the Environmental Protection Agency?
On a related topic, read Travis Norsen's article, The Enemies of Nuclear Power.
From Reuters: "President Bush on Tuesday called a recent report that blames humans for global warming nothing more than a product of government "bureaucracy" and said he would not accept an international accord to reduce heat-trapping emissions."
Bush commented on the report by saying: "I read the report put out by the bureaucracy." So, is it time to do something about the practice of junk science at the Environmental Protection Agency?
On a related topic, read Travis Norsen's article, The Enemies of Nuclear Power.
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