We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. - (On Liberty) John Stuart Mill

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we, - George W. Bush

My Uncle Mike wants to retire next year.   He's been toiling in one Flint GM factory or another for 35-plus years, and he's about done with it.   Work— tinkering with cars, boats, and home remodeling tasks— can still give him a charge, but crawling out of bed every weekday morning at 5 to slap together torque converters wears on him.   He'd rather get more hunting and fishing time in…get more time in with his grandkids.(more)(14feb05)

  

Energy: The End of Black Gold...Texas Tea

Most politicians, because they are jelly-spined poll-sluts, will not tell the American public what most already know:  Right now we need Middle East oil, not like the Euros and East Asians need it- that's another essay, but we need it nonetheless.  Even if we start a Manhattan Project for alternative energy tomorrow, or tonight for that matter, we will need to import oil for another 10 years at least.  Yet by all means, let's start that project pronto.  Sadly and predictably, the Bush (Enron Exxon Halliburton) Administration will not make it happen. (more)(10jan05)