Category: current events

Observation Over Experience

“What really teaches man is not experiences, but observation. It is observation that enables him to make use of the vastly greater experience of other men, of men taken in the mass. He learns by noting what happens to them. Confined to what happens to himself, he labors eternally under an insufficiency of data.” -\ […]

Who to Pick? Not Sure, But I’ve Got Buckets

As I hinted earlier in the week, I’m seriously considering switching candidates. I’ve been watching debates, subscribing to campaign blogs, reading stories and thinking. I’ve been doing a LOT of thinking. I came up with a list earlier in the fall, about the time we started up nonDependant, of things I thought about the race. […]

Oh, Those Big Spending Democrats

A Rant That Wasn’t That Ended Up Was

I was going to write a whole thing about why you should vote for whoever the Democrats put up against GW in November. I really was. But, I just can’t do it. Not because I don’t believe it – I do. I just can’t get started. There are so many reasons to vote against him. […]

Self-Evident Truths

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That […]

Just the Ticket!

Trying to think “outside the box”, I’ve come up with a political lineup sure to attract that middle third of the political spectrum that we’re courting at nonDependant. I had a this weird thought… how’s this for a Presidential ticket? For President, John McCain. He’s a veteran, strong on defense, moderate and independant. He’s also […]

It’s Alive!! It’s ALIVE!!

As of 8:54 EST this morning, nonDependant is live to the world. I’m not sure what will happen, how fast or who will join up, if anyone. I don’t know that I’m really all concerned about it. Of course, I hope it’s successful, but it feels good to have just made the decision to do […]

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow

The last section’s been written, and I’m going to do some QA tonight before I turn it on tomorrow morning. I’m excited, nervous, terrified, etc. I’m terrified of both success and failure, but am unwilling not to try. It’s a weird feeling, like the night before a first date. I’ll post a big huge announcement […]

Announcing Something Crazy

I’m starting a new website. I’m still going to keep blogging here, and keep lawver.net as my personal presence on the ol’ it-ner-net. The new site will hopefully be something else, something larger than just my family. It will hopefully become a community, large enought o influence things and diverse enough to stay honest. Cryptic, […]

All Things in Moderation: A Crazy Man’s Quest

More coming at some point (maybe not, I’m not afraid of failure at this point, just never starting) on this, but this community thing I’m trying to start? It’s more of a quest for community. It’s a quest to find the absolute political middle of my country. Right now, I believe the following things about […]