Monthly Archives: November 2009

DMV: Why It’s Broken

Posted on November 10, 2009 by ehurst

We all know what is meant by the nasty bureaucracy of any state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. It’s a byword, and we can make jokes about it. My old friend Jim Bennett of George Mason University traveled in the Soviet … Continue reading →

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False Divide: Right versus Left

Posted on November 10, 2009 by ehurst

From ancient times, we understand humanity lived first under tribal social and political structures. The first kings were actually warlords, men who gained authority because they were effective in leading during emergencies which threatened the community. Eventually the respect and … Continue reading →

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Interstellar Anthropologist, Part 3: First Contact

Posted on November 9, 2009 by ehurst

Caution, indeed. His data indicated the most common name for the star was Dolores. For a moment Dr. Plimick’s mind chased several humorous threads from that name. Ancient literature brimmed with associations. What brought him back quickly was the utter … Continue reading →

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Fort Hood Massacre: Buried in Deception

Posted on November 8, 2009 by ehurst

With a little experience, you can tell when conflicting reports are natural to the process, and when they are proof of deception. You don’t even have to guess at what the officials are trying to hide. Something in the mass … Continue reading →

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Fog in the Mind

Posted on November 7, 2009 by ehurst

Today we got away and drove the Talimena Highway, or more accurately, the Winding Stair Mountain Trail. It follows a ridge top path between Talihina, OK and Mena, AR, in the Kiamichi Mountains. We were just a little late to … Continue reading →

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Trusting Microsoft?

Posted on November 6, 2009 by ehurst

Dana Blankenhorn asks What Would Make You Trust Microsoft? Good question. I’ll apply the same standard here as I do to everything else — God’s sense of justice. First, I suppose we should note, as one poster did, there are … Continue reading →

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XFCE: Less Is More

Posted on November 5, 2009 by ehurst

GTK is a very nice GUI toolkit. GNOME is rickety and parts, if not the whole thing, tend to crash way too much. You may have gotten a stable implementation on your Linux system, as CentOS does, but that’s only … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul Proves It’s Pointless

Posted on November 4, 2009 by ehurst

Hats off to Ron Paul. From within the system he has striven to make things go right. He preaches the Constitution, does everything he can to get folks to abide by it, works to restrain or remove anything in government … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian Death March?

Posted on November 3, 2009 by ehurst

The mainstream press aren’t covering it much, if at all. From the alternative news sources, we hear a plague is sweeping the The Ukraine. The information coming out of there is very, very confused. It’s been related to H1N1, pneumonic … Continue reading →

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Purely on Constitutional Grounds

Posted on November 2, 2009 by ehurst

Never mind your political aspirations, let’s just look at what the US Constitution requires. Now, we could easily write whole books laying out the details, but there is more than enough information out there. Let me cite a single instance … Continue reading →

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