A nice collection of quotes from Thomas Jefferson:
1. "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. "
2. "It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."
3. "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
4. "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."
5. "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
6. "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
7. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
8. "To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which He disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
9. "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
Monday, March 16, 2009
Afghanistan Shrugged
If you'd like an up close and personal view to what the troops are doing way out on the pointy end of the stick in Afghanistan, spend some quality time at Afghanistan Shrugged. Highly recommended.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
ZOMG! Technology is my friend
BLUF: They finally make contacts for people with whacky astigmatisms like me, I got fitted on Friday, and I feel like I have a whole new lease on life! I probably haven't been able to see this well since I was a teenager, certainly not at a distance.
The background information is important. Since the time I was knee high to a grasshopper my eyes have been glued to a computer screen. By the time I was a teenager in the mid-late eighties I was spending 8 hours a day staring at a computer screen. My professional life meant I was staring at a screen for 8-20 hours a day, with the worse peak in the mid nineties where I had no less than 8 21" CRT monitors focused on my eyeballs.
By 2001 the non-stop screen staring had really taken it's toll on my eyes and I finally gave in in 2002 and had an eye exam. The optometrist didn't even blink, he just looked at me and asked "how do you drive at night?". I bluffed and ordered glasses. I grew up watching my mom's headaches with contacts, which probably didn't help with my aversion to putting things in my eye. My sight is a big part of my livelyhood, and the thought of doing anything that might endanger my eyes just terrifies me.
During our Yuma trip I tried to get new prescription glasses made, a project that ended in epic fail, yet another recent project of epic fail. The one good thing that came out of the visit was me noticing that they now have disposable soft contacts for astigmatism. Being that I have this whacked out horizontal astigmatism, this was very good news. After the trip I decided I would explore the contacts option.
ZOMG! If only I would have known how much better my vision could be with contacts instead of glasses, I never would have hesitated. I now have distance vision I never could have imagined. I'm still figuring out the whole "stick your finger in your eye", but I'm getting better every day and loving every minute.
Technology, it's a magical thing!
The background information is important. Since the time I was knee high to a grasshopper my eyes have been glued to a computer screen. By the time I was a teenager in the mid-late eighties I was spending 8 hours a day staring at a computer screen. My professional life meant I was staring at a screen for 8-20 hours a day, with the worse peak in the mid nineties where I had no less than 8 21" CRT monitors focused on my eyeballs.
By 2001 the non-stop screen staring had really taken it's toll on my eyes and I finally gave in in 2002 and had an eye exam. The optometrist didn't even blink, he just looked at me and asked "how do you drive at night?". I bluffed and ordered glasses. I grew up watching my mom's headaches with contacts, which probably didn't help with my aversion to putting things in my eye. My sight is a big part of my livelyhood, and the thought of doing anything that might endanger my eyes just terrifies me.
During our Yuma trip I tried to get new prescription glasses made, a project that ended in epic fail, yet another recent project of epic fail. The one good thing that came out of the visit was me noticing that they now have disposable soft contacts for astigmatism. Being that I have this whacked out horizontal astigmatism, this was very good news. After the trip I decided I would explore the contacts option.
ZOMG! If only I would have known how much better my vision could be with contacts instead of glasses, I never would have hesitated. I now have distance vision I never could have imagined. I'm still figuring out the whole "stick your finger in your eye", but I'm getting better every day and loving every minute.
Technology, it's a magical thing!
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