fair and balanced
by admin - October 31st, 2009.Filed under: Uncategorized.
KAUST made my life significantly better a few days ago. Before when I had to bicycle to campus (across the street) I had to stop, lift my tire up, get my back tire up, and then proceed. A work crew recently put a little six inch ramp that allows me to continue unabated. It really helped me out when I would rush to class. I have now determined that I can set my alarm to seven minutes before the start of class and make it in the door in time for the start of lecture.
Thousands of miles away the White House seems entangled in a war with Fox “news”. Anybody who is not an idiot knows that both fox news and MSNBC are biased. It is like crossfire, but on a network scale. It gives each side a set of clearly defined talking points. Clearly the idea of a republic (we are not a democracy) is best served with two strongly opposed points of view that have no middle ground. Welcome to the post-partisan and post-racial America. Yeah right. I like to think of it from a physics point of view as a superposition of quantum states where the nation is really two, or three, or more, nations wrapped up in one discrete space.
I am a fan of states’ rights, as I have stated before, because I don’t like that my federal tax dollars go to provide programs that disproportionately help people who oppose them (the South). Obama may be angering liberals by taunting us with closing GitMo and ending don’t ask, don’t tell. I think he is just saving it for the summer before reelection so he can make us feel good again just as the stimulus is really not kicking in fully until the midterms.
If you do not know what a ShakeWeight is, please find a video on youtube, it will brighten up your day.