Shana Tova

Happy New Year to all.

I wish everyone a happy, healthy and sweet New Year.

May next year be better than this year in every way.

Guess which presidential candidate...

...was born in Central America, is an indifferent churchgoer, graduated near the bottom of his university class, dumped his first
wife, regularly displays an explosive and profane temper, and refers to the Pakistani-Iraqi border?

Hint: Its not Barack Obama

The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

This video is interesting and worth watching.

You may want to take the first test on this website:

http://www.yourmorals.org/

before viewing this video.

Palin - the Cocky Kook - uses "elite" as a pejorative term

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
e·lite       /ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit/
–noun

1.    (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
2.    (used with a plural verb) persons of the highest class: Only the elite were there.
3.    a group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group: the power elite of a major political party.
4.    a type, approximately 10-point in printing-type size, widely used in typewriters and having 12 characters to the inch. Compare pica.
–adjective
5.  representing the most choice or select; best: an elite group of authors.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME elit a person elected to office < MF e(s)lit ptp. of e(s)lire to choose; see elect]

Why do the kook and her supporters disparage elites?

It seems that she does not consider herself as an elite under either of the first two definitions or the fifth definition. I concur with this judgement. However, she clearly aspires to join the group mentioned in the third definition. In this, I hope she fails.

The Cocky Kook in action: Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes

From the New York Times

Published: September 14, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin’s visceral style and tendency to attack critics contrast with her public image, her record shows.

She does not not blink, she says. Also, it seems that she does not think. Would you want her in charge of the nuclear code book?

How did Microsoft ever get a reputation for good marketing?

This is an ad?

Are Republican politicians stupid, forgetful, or unprincipled liars?

Summer is over, time to start blogging regularly

Just completed the edit of July's images - and now it is September! Anyway, here they are. Click on the photo to see them all, or click here for a slideshow.

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