Monthly Archives: December 2006

Ban Football ! An Out of the Pocket Offense

Banning football is not such a whacky or unprecedented idea. Teddy Roosevelt considered it in an effort to change the rules for a safer game. Despite voluntary rule changes, 33 players died in 1908 alone. King Edward III, England 1349, felt the game distracted from the sovereign’s need for more archers just after the Plague. Between 1324 and 1667, football was banned in England alone by more than 30 royal and local laws. The inconvenience that this leisure presents to the State could be solved by a simple ban based on the health and welfare of the community. Certainly there’s a safety politician or a overly zealous family values politician from either the donkeys or the elephants that could unconscionably introduce such legislation. Certainly the federal powers to be could wrest the decision away from local school boards with the snap of their fingers. Hooligans help too.
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Howard’s End – A LEAP of faith

I always attempt to avoid personal narration in this venue, but this visit was unexpected and fruitful. A guy on horse popped out of the exit entrance on a trip to the store a late September evening. Seeing his white T-shirt that said at least cop and drugs, I knew who he was. The state Libertarian Party had sent out updates about his ride. Convincing the wife that we could shop tomorrow, we got off two exits later and backtracked. Our timing was perfect. A park and ride made a perfect place to greet the man on horseback who traveled across the country. She swung back home for a camera with the kids. We only spoke for about five minutes before people started stopping. We briefly covered the drug war and my indication of my libertarian ways found me holding the reins on ‘Sam’ the horse has Howard chatted up some senior citizens. While he may not cover ground as fast as a car. He’s got the three minute stump perfected after three thousand miles.
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Comments back up . . .

Had a slight glitch in the transition and comments are now back up. Hoping to stylize some more and expand features a bit. Didn’t realize this was happening and we got fixed in a few minutes.
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Rudy, Hillary or No Confidence ?

So here I am in upstate NY wondering about who hired Craig Livingstone and how many people were strip-searched in the “City”. Neither one has committed but we all know that Mrs. Clinton and Mayor Giuliani are the candidates for Senate in New York. I am not a registered Republican or Democrat so I do not feel so bad about not having a choice in a primary. I am certain that both Rudy and Hillary do not have my interests in mind
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The Genius Loop – Freedom to be Out There

A recent trip to Williamstown found myself and a fellow IT buddy taking in the message of this curious evangelical. An eager and intent crowd of wannabe Ivy Leaguers and their dozing professors seemed rapt in this curious blend of rage and karmatic ease. Fortunately this crowd didn’t press him about his accusation that some countries ‘rape’ violators of software license. When making a point within his framework of ‘four freedoms’ he makes analogy about a drowning man at the same time acknowledging his inability to swim. The young, primarily male crowd gets rather giddy when Stallman starts his benediction. He dons an old disk platter and paisley tunic and gives a cute sermon ripe with geeky puns
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