A life in words

  • Worse Than The Disease

    NO!!! Forget about the election. Forget about the war. Forget about it all, because by the time you vote in November, the stupidest thing the government’s done in a long, long time will already have gone down, and it’s gonna be too late. SEVEN HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS??? To do what? To save the butts of…

  • Obamanomists

    If the economic policy of Barack Obama is “Obamanomics,” then its practitioners must be “Obamanists.” Interesting. Here are some articles from opposite ends of the political spectrum discussing Obama’s economics proposals and ideas. I found both of them to be informative and to provide much excellent food for thought. The New York Times one is…

  • The Hulk: Incredible?

    Just saw The Incredible Hulk for free due to the generosity of a friend of a friend (that’s FOAF for short, no joke). Interesting movie, better than it might have been, yet not exactly a great feat of cinema. Here are some observations: I guess it’s the linguist in me, but I really enjoyed watching…

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves… to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection [and] opens the door to foreign influence and corruption….George Washington, Farewell Address