Tao Te Ching 1

The Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.
The name is the mother of the ten thousand things.

Send your desires away and you will see the mystery.
Be filled with desire and you will see only the manifestation.

As these two come forth they differ in name.
Yet at their source they are the same.
This source is called a mystery.

Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all mystery.

Socialism at Texas Tech

When my dad attended Texas Tech, he had an economics professor that said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said ok, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism.

All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second Test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for anyone else. All failed to their great surprise and the professor told them that socialism would ultimately fail because the harder one tries to succeed the greater the reward but when a government takes all the reward away; no one will try or succeed.

Reading List

Anthem by Ayn Rand
1984 By George Orwell
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein
Brave New World By Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Thomas Edison Quote

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

Quote of the Day

"Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing."
– George Sheehan

Charge EMT

I'm now allowed to be Officer In Charge on our ambulances =D

Daily Inspiration

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."
– Grace Murray Hopper

Silly Quote =)

It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. -Bill Watterson

Tit for Tat

Have you ever struggle to explain an idea and not succeed only to find out that there's already a name for your idea and Wikipedia(!) can explain it better :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_Tat

And I've been trying to explain the whole good might not win in the short term but it wins in the long term thing... now I'll just say but it works in Game Theory

Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Gun Ban

Court Says Americans Have Right To Own Guns For Self-Defense, Hunting

=D

http://www.nbc4.com/news/16716017/detail.html

New Quote

"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses."
– Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

The Fixit Shop: Mass shooting stopped by CCW holder

This is why I will always support a person's right to carry...

The Fixit Shop: Mass shooting stopped by CCW holder

Watch your...

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Maryland EMT-B

That's right I passed my last test today... the card is in the mail!!!

2nd Amendment!

When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.