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Duck takeoff

joefu — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:03:45 +0000

We’ve been having some extended visits from local ducks recently — was able to capture one in flight.

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The excuses for bigger government we keep hearing

joefu — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:56:59 +0000

Ever turn on the TV and hear any of this?

[Consumers/Parents/Children/Teens/Seniors] don’t have [information/time/brainpower] to make these decisions for itself, we need [insert regulation/ban/public service campaign here]
“It’s gone too far — there is no choice left but to [insert more government here]“
“It’s a slippery slope — we should nip this in the bud by [add government program here]
“It’s not for people like you and me — the average American is who needs help with [insert government-enforced life choice here]“
“We can’t leave it up to faceless corporations to [insert choice that any reasonable management would make here]
“If not for regulatory mandate, we wouldn’t have [insert innovation here]
Government must create jobs and drive economic growth by [insert dumb business here]
In a post-9/11 world, government has to protect us by [insert liberty encroachment here]

Did I miss any?

Science project prompts SD school evacuation

joefu — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:18:16 +0000

Science project prompts SD school evacuation – SignOnSanDiego.com.

Forgive me if there is more to this story, but on the face of it this is the height of ridiculousness. You can bet that this administrative staff has spent 10 times the effort training for the incredibly rare events of school shootings and bombings than they have listening and getting involved with their students. (And, like all senior state employees, we’re also paying for their retirements with fat pension guarantees. Isn’t that great?)

From Dodger game 1

joefu — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:18:57 +0000

Swinging does not impress me.

joefu — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:17:25 +0000

My buddy

joefu — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:04:57 +0000

Greg Gutfeld summarizing exactly how I feel re: politics

joefu — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:35:07 +0000

From this Q&A with Greg Gutfeld:
“I became a conservative by being around liberals and I became a libertarian by being around conservatives. You realize that there’s something distinctly in common between the two groups, the left and the right; the worst part of each of them is the moralizing. On the left, you have people who want to dictate your behavior under the guise of tolerance. Unless you disagree with them. Then the tolerance goes out the window. Which kind of negates the whole idea of tolerance. That’s the politically correct moralizing. Then when you become a conservative, the other kind of moralizing comes from religion. But if you remove both of those from the equation, what you’re left with is libertarianism.
From the right, you’ve got free markets. From the left, you have free minds. To me, that’s the only sensible direction. As you grow older, you kind of end up there. Especially if you drink and do a lot of drugs.”

Test MacJournal

joefu — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:44:15 +0000

Testing MacJournal!

First post

joefu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:30:32 +0000

Hello World,

I needed a sort of home base and content repository, and WordPress was out there. So, here we go. To the right there I will keep FriendFeed for as long as it is still around; then it may have to become a little fancier.