"Clinton said such an account program would help Americans get back to the tradition of savings that she remembers as a child, and has become harder to accomplish in the face of rising college and housing costs."

Yes, the good old America tradition of not saving your own money, but the government's money (which is, in essence, every taxpayer's money minus 50% because of government waste). What a brilliant idea. Now I wonder, maybe people should perhaps, this will sound crazy I know, save their OWN money? Clinton's response: "She argued that wealthy people get to have all kinds of tax incentives to save, but most people can't afford to do that.'" Well, this is going to even more crazy, but I wonder if the reason people can't afford to save is that they are blowing all their money on things that can't afford? Now I'm just going to jump off the deep end, so bear with me, but what if people lived within their means, didn't buy twice as much house as they can afford, didn't buy the latest and greatest car, and shudder, saved some money for the future? Whoaaaaa, that's just crazy talk.

Read it.

There's a reason why I chose the science/engineering/technology route for my life. In technology progress in inevitable; there may be periods when advancement is slower than it could be, but there is always a guarantee that it moves forward. I can guarantee you that in five years computers will be faster, phones will be smaller, materials will be lighter and stronger, and batteries will last longer. It feels good to know that we will always be moving forward.

As opposed to governments, which remain eternally stupid, and are guaranteed to make the same mistakes over, and over, and over, and over again. I'm not going to go into specifics because there are too many to mention. I'm sure you can think of a few.

In the meantime, one of my favorite quotes these days is from Benjamin Franklin:
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

In the recent tradition of posting links instead of actually writing something myself, check it out.

If you want to see the greatest blog post ever (you do), then you should definitely head over here.

Yes, that's right, that "Letterbox" feature is my amazing desk. And the "arms race" is happening in my aisle. Let the awe sink in.

Sophisticated humor is always the best.

Wow

Ron Paul is the first politician in a looooong time that I can actually get behind enthusiastically. Fighting corruption, cutting the gigantic chunk of bureaucracy out of government, not going to war to solve every problem, and actually adhering to the Constitution? Right on.

This is what makes life worth living

Nuff said.

Definitely check out Mr. Silent Killer Gas Passer, it's one of my personal favorites.

How not to apologize

Here is the one of the more pathetic apologies I have seen in a while. Let's examine a few snippets:

"How can you overreact when it's your children?” - Very easily, she demonstrated that overreaction pretty well.

"'I'm very sorry, but I'd do anything to protect my kids,' she said. 'If people want to put me down, that's their right.'" - For the idiot lady's future reference, "I'm sorry BUT..." is not an apology. News flash, most of the world isn't made up of reputable looking white people.

Google maps fun

Today I ran across my first bug in Google Maps. Look for the location of 1600 Feise Road, O'Fallon, MO. That doesn't seem quite right. Look closely at fEIse road on the right part of the map. Then look to the left at fIEse road. So then look at 1600 Fiese Road. This is the actual location. This a pretty newly developed area, but the road name changes which is obviously not right. This was the first time I've ever had an errorenous output on Google Maps.