Quote of the Day, Feb 28
cn | 28 February, 2007 15:22
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.source: http://secretsofsuccess.com
-Abraham Lincoln
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Quuote of the Day - Feb. 27th
cn | 27 February, 2007 12:35
This comes courtesy of Barb J!
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
- Pericles
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Moveon.org's Shifty Campaign
cn | 27 February, 2007 12:26
FactCheck.org reports that MoveOn.org's political action group is throwing some republicans into the fire without analyzing the actual stance of those republicans in regards to the issue they are fighting about - escalation in Iraq:
MoveOn.org Political Action began airing ads attacking four Republican senators in their home states, accusing them of favoring escalation of the war in Iraq and saying all are "willing to send tens of thousands more troops to face danger in Iraq." The ads clearly misrepresent the stands of three of the targeted senators, who in fact had publicly expressed strong disapproval of sending additional US troops.
This is just from the summary. The article itself goes into great detail about the actions of Moveon.org (who managed to raise $150,000 to run the ads) and pulled quotes by those that Moveon names.
A couple of the great things about FactCheck.org - they include a bibliography of their sources and they present the data of the issue at hand rather than hypothesis.
Now, why doesn't CNN, BBC, the NY Times, Fox News, etc. provide a bibliography of their sources. I understand the importance of certain sources remaining anonymous, but when they quote a fact or a source actually named in one of their stories, why not provide the reader with a reference to the actual source document or full interview, etc so we can see the context from which the information was pulled? Hmmm...that might mean accountability...
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Define Irony - World Leaders Looking Through Lensecapped Binoculars!
cn | 27 February, 2007 12:13
Recently, Signs of the Times ran a couple of pictures of world leaders looking through binoculars - apparently one of them actually doing it multiple times while responding to the person next to them about what they were looking at. Here's one:
Take a look at the post here. The descriptions of the events surrounding the photos are quite amusing...Sign of the Times does acknowledge that it can't confirm whether the photos are doctored at all, but one assumes certain credibility, being they come from the BBC and AP, which may not be the best policy....
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Quote of the Day, Feb 25
ben | 25 February, 2007 20:15
Today's quote comes from the world of sports!
It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.
- Vince Lombardi
source: http://www.secretsofsuccess.com
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Quote of the Day - Feb 23rd
cn | 24 February, 2007 00:13
So in some technical glitch, my quotes from the past two days have not displayed...don't know who's piloting this ship, but I'm going to have to have a word with him about it...
Anyway, today's quote is a submission from sean c:
We must end violence in our own hearts and in our dealings with each other: and then we can resolve our domestic problems and will have found an alternative to war.
- Jeannette Rankin
Thanks sean!
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Quote of the Day - Feb 21st
cn | 21 February, 2007 18:49
Another woman! I found another woman! (quote from a woman, that is, and a good one too!).
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
source: http://followyourdreams.com
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Quote of the Day - Feb 20th
cn | 20 February, 2007 18:47
So I've been on a run of quotes, and I'm still liking them. Here's one from a demographic I don't believe I've yet quoted...
source: followyourdreams.comDo not fear mistakes - there are none.
- Miles Davis
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Coulple nabs cop, charged with stalking!
cn | 19 February, 2007 18:35
Well, it seems that if you wish to keep tabs on the police, you'd better be prepared to defend yourself. In this land of 'freedom' it can be quite dangerous to stand up to what you believe to be corruption in any part of the government, let alone the men with guns. A couple in Georgia found this out when they set up a radar detector on their property and recorded a cop speeding past their house at 17mph over the speed limit (from the Daily Tribune News):
Lee and Teresa Sipple spent $1,200 mounting three video cameras and a radar speed unit outside their home, which is at the bottom of a hill. They have said they did so in hopes of convincing neighbors to slow down to create a safe environment for their son.
The Sipples allegedly caught Kennesaw police officer Richard Perrone speeding up to 17 mph over the speed limit. Perrone alerted Bartow authorities, who in turn visited the Sipples' home to tell them Perrone intended to press charges against them for stalking.
The thing is, too many people believe the police are the final upholders of what's good and right and allow the police to be the final word in all things without standing up for - and often without even knowing - what their rights are...which can be a major problem when those supposedly upholding our rights (the police) don't know what they are either...
originally found via boingboing.net
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Quote of the Day - Feb 19th
cn | 19 February, 2007 18:25
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
- Helen Keller
source: about.com
This is a rare quote by a woman. And by rare I don't mean quotes by women are rare, I mean rare for this website. I've been focusing on liberty, courage, freedom-type quotes and my sources have been quite thin on women. So if any of you out there have any good ones by women, submit them here! I'd love to post a more balanced representation.
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Whatzit Feb. 18th
cn | 19 February, 2007 00:05
Welcome to this week's Whatzit. Last week's Whatzit - a man-made island in Dubai!
This week, what is it and why is it special (remember, extra points for creativity and humor).
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Quote of the Day - Feb. 18th
cn | 18 February, 2007 23:47
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
- Aristotle
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Quote of the Day!
cn | 18 February, 2007 01:31
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
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Your State's Lobbyist to Legislators Ratio
cn | 16 February, 2007 23:16
The Center for Public Integrity recently published a list of the ratio of lobbyists to legislators in each state. No real surprises on the list with this year's 'winner' with the highest ratio being.....New York! With twenty lobbyists to every one legislator (4264 lobbyists to 212 legislators). And the state with the lowest? Again, no surprise here - New Hampshire with only slightly more than 1/2 lobbyist per legislator.
New Hampshire, incidentally, is home to the Free State Project whose newsletter I originally found this information in.
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January 16th Quote
cn | 16 February, 2007 23:02
I never thought I didn't have a card to play.
- Jim Lovell (astronaut)
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