Monday, April 06, 2009
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“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
If the meaning of words can be changed to suit political convenience, then discussions become an exercise in futility.
A politician with good rhetorical skills can create a new Garden of Eden in people's minds, though only in their minds. However, that is sufficient, if that vision or illusion can be kept alive until election day, and its failure to materialize afterwards can be explained away by the obstruction of villains.
— Thomas Sowell
The ordinary modes of human thinking are magical, religious, and social. We want our wishes to come true; we want the universe to care about us; we want the esteem of our peers. For most people, wanting to know the truth about the world is way, way down the list. Scientific objectivity is a freakish, unnatural, and unpopular mode of thought, restricted to small cliques whom the generality of citizens regard with dislike and mistrust. There is probably a sizable segment in any population that believes scientists should be rounded up and killed.
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Great video!! Looks like you two had a blast!
I flew up to Put in Bay last year and the weather was terrible. It was IFR almost the entire way, and we couldn't even see the runway on the island. We had to divert to Port Clinton.. and oh boy did it pour!! Quite a fun experience but I prefer nicer flying weather ;) I'm going up there this weekend, but this time... I'll be in a car haha
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