Meaningless Words

When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty. -Confucius

Not only that; when words have no meaning, people loose their liberty. Try to define: "sustainability"; "rural character"; "common good"; " Tuscon style".

Living and Learning

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Gandhi



Live to learn.

Their Battle

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting their battle too. – Anonymous

Ain't that the truth.

Idea Sharing

It is of the nature of idea to be communicated: written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on. - Ursula Le Guin

Share your ideas so they might grow better.

Radical Inconsistency

Are people more violently opposed to fur rather than leather because it's much easier to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs? - Anonymous

Radical groups are never consistent - if they were then we wouldn't see them as radical.

Be a Rodin

You are either the sculptor of circumstances, or the clay. - Robert James Bidinotto

Sculptors choose to create a thing of beauty and inspiration - or not. Be a Rodin.

Labor's Bread

A good government is one “which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." - Thomas Jefferson

Remember the government does not create wealth - individuals do, through their labor. If the government is to redistribute wealth then they must take "from the mouth of labor." This is not good government. Think of that when you vote.

Finding Giants

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. - Isaac Newton

First you have to find the giant; the Internet makes this a lot easier.

Dream Car

I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself. - Dr. Ferdinand Porsche

That's why things get done in this world. People have dreams.

Results of Failure

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying. -Anonymous

Intelligence is knowing the consequences of failure. There is a difference between failing with uncomfortable results and failing with lethal results.