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During colonial times in America, if you wanted to convince or inform people about some issue that you considered important, you went to the local printer and got some pamphlets printed. You then handed them out, read them to anybody that was interested, nailed them to the town bulletin board, or the nearest tree.
The first amendment was specifically written to protect this type of activity and the writers or "pamphleteers".
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Sunday, August 27, 2006
New 2008 GOP Primary Straw Poll (Thanks to GOP Bloggers.) Announcing GOP Bloggers' third 2008 Straw Poll. This month, the poll takes on another new twist. Like our last poll, you get to pick which candidates you find acceptable and which ones you don't and it will tally who has the largest net positive or net negative support. This time you can choose which candidate is your first choice for the GOP nomination in 2008! . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles The Source of Prices The Book History Conspired to Bury The Noneconomic Objections to Capitalism The Sweden Myth . The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia A one-volume online encyclopedia that includes 25,000 short entries. ----- Radio-Locator Welcome to Radio-Locator, the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet. Links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world. ----- DOGS: Wolf, Myth, Hero & Friend Today, dogs enhance the lives of millions in countless ways, but they are also some of humans' oldest friends. Ancient clues like cave paintings and burials reveal that dogs and people have lived together for thousands of years. But why have humans formed such close relationships with dogs, and not cows or chickens? This site examines the facts on dogs and explores what makes the human/dog relationship so unique. ----- Gov.com GOV.com is a partnership of private enterprise and public-sector government news and information bureaus, with the goal of delivering official information from official government sources, preserving the highest level of information integrity. GOV.com serves everyone from academics seeking verifiable source data and statistics for analysis to individuals seeking government news and policy untainted by media editing, opinion or commentary. ----- HealthAtoZ HealthAtoZ.com is a comprehensive, well-integrated health and medical resource developed by health care professionals. HealthAtoZ.com aims to improve health care by empowering consumers with the online health programs, information and technology that help them make healthy lifestyle changes for themselves and their families. ----- Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "I would rather quit public life at seventy, and quit it forever..." "I would rather quit public life at seventy, and quit it forever, than to retain public life at a sacrifice to my own self-respect. I will not vote for any law which will make fair for me and foul for another. The blacklist is the most cruel form of oppression ever devised by man for the infliction of suffering upon his weaker fellows." -Joseph Gurney Cannon ----- "A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed..." "A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it’s a sign that he tried to surpass himself." -Georges Clemenceau ----- "I have no use for men who fail..." "I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates." -John Davison Rockefeller ----- "If I were to attempt to put my political philosophy tonight into a single phrase..." "If I were to attempt to put my political philosophy tonight into a single phrase, it would be this: Trust the people. Trust their good sense, their decency, their fortitude, their faith. Trust them with the facts. Trust them with the great decisions. And fix as our guiding star the passion to create a society where people can fulfill their own best selves - where no American is held down by race or color, by worldly condition or social status, from gaining what his character earns him as an American citizen, as a human being and as a child of God." -Adlai Ewing Stevenson ----- "It is hard to fail..." "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." -Theodore Roosevelt ----- Saturday, August 26, 2006
Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Dollars for Troops 2. Another Blustery Day in Iran 3. XM and Honda? 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Judge Taylor's Tapped-Out Argument 6. News and Events . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Benjamin Franklin Was All Wet on Economics The Worst Article Ever? Do Rent-to-Own Stores Hurt the Poor? . Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "There is no credit to being a omedian..." "There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report the facts. I don’t even have to exaggerate." -Will Rogers ----- "The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing..." "The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There are few things wholly evil, or wholly good. Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two; so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded." -Abraham Lincoln ----- "Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life..." "Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. That is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil." -Albert Schweitzer ----- The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts. ----- Monterey Bay Aquarium The mission of this award-winning web site is to inspire, enrich and extend a visit to the aquarium, while fostering a deeper commitment and connection to the institution and ocean conservation. ----- 2005: Kids Count Data from the 2005 Kids Count Data Book are now available in and easy-to-use, powerful online database, "State Level Data Online", that allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles, or, download the entire data set as delimited text files. ----- Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Highly Recommended On-Line Articles The Idea of a Private Law Society The Market For Liberty Will Central Bankers Become Central Planners? . The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: How Chocolate Works Chocolate is a favorite for kids and adults alike. Chocolate bars, chocolate fudge, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate ice cream, chocolate milk, chocolate cereal, hot chocolate, chocolate sauce... There is something special about this substance -- so special that the average person in the United States eats 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of chocolate every year! Have you ever wondered where chocolate comes from? This edition of HowStuffWorks helps you understand exactly what you're eating. ----- LitLinks After reading a great story, poem, play, essay, or critical article, you may want to know more. The Internet provides all kinds of information to aid your research, so we've compiled LitLinks - annotated to show you what kinds of information about a work, its author, or period you'll find on each site. LitLinks are organized alphabetically by author within five genres. ----- The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's Unless you are directly affected by the disease, it's difficult to understand the tragic and frustrating pathology of Alzheimer's. Yet as it promises to affect half of all seniors over 85, it's crucial to discern early-onset symptoms, such as forgetfulness and disorientation, from the normal behavior and mood swings of the elderly. Created by PBS, this unique "Living Center" hopes to clear up the cobwebs of misinformation and offer hands-on tools for patients, families, and their caregivers. ----- Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you..." "If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you … It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right." -Maxwell Anderson ----- "Self-pity in its early stages is..." "Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable." -Maya Angelou ----- "A person’s right to smoke ends..." "A person’s right to smoke ends where the next person’s nose begins." -Anonymous ----- Sunday, August 20, 2006
Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Fighting Will Continue Until the Violence Subsides 2. Rocket vs. Rocket 3. The Shampoo Terror 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - At 40, Is NOW What It Set Out To Be Then? 6. News and Events . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Give a Penny, Take a Penny What Do Austrians Mean by "Rational"? The Real Cause of Blackouts . Dogs Versus Cats (From Pamela, our correspondent in Bay Ridge.) DOG'S DIARY 7 am - Oh boy! A walk! My favorite! 8 am - Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite! 9 am - Oh boy! The kids! My favorite! Noon - Oh boy! The yard! My favorite! 2 pm - Oh boy! A car ride! My favorite! 3 pm - Oh boy! The kids! My favorite! 4 pm - Oh boy! Playing ball! My favorite! 6 pm - Oh boy! Welcome home Mum! My favorite! 7 pm - Oh boy! Welcome home Dad! My favorite! 8 pm - Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite! 9 pm - Oh boy! Tummy rubs on the couch! My favorite! 11 pm - Oh boy! Sleeping in my people's bed! My favorite! CAT'S DIARY Day 483 of my captivity... My captors continued to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape and the mild satisfaction that I get from clawing their furniture. Tomorrow I will eat another houseplant. Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded - must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair. I must remember to try this on their bed. Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear in their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was. Hmmm, that did not work according to plan... There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the food. More importantly, I overheard that my confinement was due to my powers of inducing "allergies." I must learn what this is and how I may use it to my advantage. I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room, his safety is assured. But I have patience, I can wait... . Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "There are times when I think that the ideal library is..." "There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends—always ready to meet your mood, always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that." -J Donald Adams ----- "Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas..." "Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men." -Mortimer Adler ----- "Bored people, unless they sleep a lot..." "Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel." -Renata Adler ----- Tech Support (From Pamela, our correspondent in Bay Ridge.) Dear Tech Support Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Poker Night 10.3, Football 5.0 , Hunting and Fishing 7.5 , and Racing 3.6 no longer run , crashing the system whenever selected. I can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favorite applications. I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0 , but the uninstall doesn't work on Wife 1.0 . Please help! Thanks, A Troubled User . The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: First-Aid Guide Medical emergencies don't occur every day. But when they do, you should have the information you need to deal with these situations. This site by Mayo Clinic provides first-aid information from Animal Bites through Toothache. ----- 100 Most Often Misspelled Words Here are the 100 words most often misspelled ('misspell' is one of them) as presented by yourDictionary.com. Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words on this page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%. ----- Identity Theft Resource Center Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit, nationally respected program dedicated exclusively to identity theft It provides consumer and victim support and advises governmental agencies, legislators and companies about this evolving and growing crime. ----- Moral Sense Test The Moral Sense Test is a Web-based study by Harvard University into the nature of moral intuitions. How do humans, throughout the world, decide what is right and wrong? To answer this question, we have designed a series of moral dilemmas designed to probe the psychological mechanisms underlying our ethical judgments. ----- Saturday, August 19, 2006
Highly Recommended On-Line Articles What If Governments Had Not Destroyed Money? Natural Elites, Intellectuals, and the State The Terminally Ill and Their Right to Drugs . Police Comments (From Gene, our correspondent in Washington Heights.) The following 15 Police Comments were taken off of actual police car videos around the country. #15. "Relax; the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch out after you wear them awhile." #14. "Take your hands off the car, and I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document." #13. "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired." #12. "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? In case you didn't know, that is the average speed of a 9mm bullet fired from my gun." #11. "So you don't know how fast you were going. I guess that means I can write anything I want on the ticket, huh?" #10. "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I am the shift supervisor?" #9. "Warning? You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket." #8. "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?" #7. "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy, and step in monkey doo." #6. "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven." #5. "No, sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to have quotas, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we want." #4. "Just how big were those two beers?" #3. "In God we trust, all others we run through CPIC/NCIC.." #2. "I'm glad to hear the Chief of Police is a good personal friend of yours. At least you know someone who can post your bail." And.................... THE BEST ONE !!!!!!! #1 "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here." . Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: "It is a supermarket where students are shoppers..." "It is a supermarket where students are shoppers and professors are merchants of learning. Fads and fashions, the demands of popularity and success, enter where wisdom and experience should prevail." -Association of American Colleges ----- "I have noted that persons with bad judgment..." "I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best." -Lionel Abe ----- "I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands..." "I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example." -Mario Cuomo ----- "The great corrupter of public man is the ego..." "The great corrupter of public man is the ego…. Looking at the mirror distracts one’s attention from the problem." -Dean Acheson ----- The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: The Library of Congress: Webcasts Over 300 webcasts presented by the Library of Congress on a wide range of topics such as religion, government, and education. ----- USA Patriot Act: Free, Searchable Version Search and analyze the text from the USA Patriot Act (Public Law 107-56). Passed after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, the Act expands the authority of U.S. law enforcement for the stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States and abroad. This expanded legal authority is also used to detect and prosecute other alleged potential crimes. Among its provisions, the USA PATRIOT Act amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). ----- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Every day we experience sound in our environment such as the television, radio, washing machine, automobiles, buses, and trucks. But when an individual is exposed to harmful sounds--sounds that are too loud or loud sounds over a long time--sensitive structures of the inner ear can be damaged, causing noise-induced hearing loss. Related site: Headphones and Hearing Loss ----- Sunday, August 13, 2006
Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Belligerence Interruptus: No Deal 2. Shiites Rising? 3. The Money Tree 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - D.C., the 51st Police State 6. News and Events . The New Alphabet (From Pamela, our correspondent in Bay Ridge.) A is for apple, and B is for boat, That used to be right, but now it won't float! Age before beauty is what we once said, But let's be a bit more realistic instead. Now: A's for arthritis; B's the bad back, C is the chest pains, perhaps cardiac? D is for dental decay and decline, E is for eyesight--can't read that top line! F is for fissures and water retention G is for gas, which I'd rather not mention. H is high blood pressure--I'd prefer low; I for incisions with scars you can show. J is for joints, out of socket, won't mend, K is for knees that crack when they bend. L is lost hearing--now what did you say? M is memory lapses occurring all day. N is neuralgia, in nerves way down low; O is for osteo, the bones that don't grow! P for prescriptions, I have quite a few; Just give me a pill and I'll be good as new! Q is for queasy. Is it fatal or flu? R is for reflux--one meal turns to two. S for sleepless nights, counting my fears, T for tinnitus; there are bells in my ears! U is for urinary; big troubles with flow; V is for vertigo--that's "dizzy," you know. W is for worry. NOW what's going 'round? X is for x-ray and what might be found. Y is another year I'm left here behind, Z is for zest that I still have--in my mind. I've survived all the symptoms, my body's deployed, and I've kept twenty-six doctors fully employed. -- We do not remember days but moments. Life moves too fast, so take the time to enjoy every precious moment . Saturday, August 05, 2006
Highly Recommended On-Line Articles A Conspiracy of Silence on The French Liberal School Classical Liberal Roots of the Marxist Doctrine of Classes Searching for America's Next Enemy A Wetlands Victory (For Now) . The Value of a Drink (From Bob, our correspondent in Bayside.) "Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink I feel shame Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, "It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver." ~ Jack Handy WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." ~ Henny Youngman WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ Stephen Wright WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!" ~ Brian O'Rourke WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." ~ Benjamin Franklin WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." ~ Dave Barry WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To some ! it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can! ~ Dave Howell WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And saving the best for last, as explained by Cliff Clavin, of Cheers. One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm. Here's how it went: "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers." WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not. . The Refdesk Sites of the Day are: Television News Archive The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989. ----- Gulf of Tonkin On 30 November 2005, the National Security Agency released the first installment of previously classified information regarding the Vietnam era, specifically the Gulf of Tonkin incident. This release includes a variety of articles, chronologies of events, oral history interviews, signals intelligence reports and translations, and other related memoranda. Note: PDF Reader needed to read articles. ----- |
