February « 2006 « Sam's Thoughts

AnnArborPublicSchools.org

The site in the title of this post is not the official site of the Ann Arbor Public Schools. The site design however is a perfect clone of the official site. I found it yesterday on the ann arbor is overrated site. The site was put together by someone who doesn’t agree with the actions [...]

Thoughtful podcasts

Among the many podcasts I listen to, there are some very thoughtful, thought provoking and informative shows. They all have a progressive political slant and promote skepticism. Skepticism is a good thing. You should always be skeptical of the things that people in power (be it political, managerial, or religious) tell you. As the old [...]

U.S. Intelligence Agencies Backed Dubai Port Deal

This headline

is all the information I need to know that this deal must be stopped. The same people who told us that the weapons in Iraq were a slam dunk, are now endorsing this port management deal. This is not about racism, after all I am of Arab descent. This is about the [...]

Quail hunting school

Go here and see if you can better than “Big Time” Cheney at shooting quails than lawyers.

I wish I had a camera in my head

If I had a camera attached to my eyes a port so I could plug in and download images I want to save, this morning I could have used it. As I turning onto Huron River drive by Rynearson Stadium into the sun what looked like one of the multitudes of Canada geese was flying [...]

Smart Robot

My boss just forwarded this joke to me:

A man enters a bar and orders a drink. The bar has a robot bartender. The robot serves him a perfectly prepared cocktail, and then asks him, “What’s your IQ?” The man replies “150″ and the robot proceeds to make conversation about global warming factors, quantum physics, [...]

Orwell as warning or instruction manual?

I’m listening to a Radio Open Source program about George Orwell as I write this. Listening to the discussion of Orwell’s writing, particularly 1984, a thought struck me. One way of looking at 1984 is as a prophetic warning, a sort of literary Paul Revere. I think that was Orwell’s intent with the book. I [...]

Valentines Day

Today is Valentines Day. This will be the 12th valentines day I have spent with my wonderful wife Jules and I love her as much today as I ever have. On this day 12 years ago I got down on my knee and asked Jules to marry me. We had already talked about it previously [...]

The truth about the Bush economy.

You may be “shocked” to hear this but George W. Bush and his administration have lied almost continuously about the state of the US economy since they came to power 5 years ago. As Paul Krugman has been saying consistently, the stats put out the bureau of labor statistics have been at best misleading if [...]

Interesting Birthdays

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on the same day? They were both born on February 12, 1809. Definitely a very momentous day in history.