<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646</id><updated>2012-01-24T23:18:45.572-06:00</updated><category term='human ingenuity'/><category term='computer science'/><category term='media'/><category term='education'/><category term='technology'/><category term='human interest'/><category term='Socialism'/><category term='criminology'/><category term='cosmology'/><category term='politics'/><category term='reasonable questions'/><category term='environmental issues'/><category term='Marxism'/><category term='international'/><category term='philosophy'/><category term='terrorism'/><category term='Psychology'/><category term='health care'/><category term='Miscellaneous Thoughts'/><category term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><category term='war on terror'/><category term='economics'/><category term='biology'/><category term='illegal immigration'/><category term='history'/><category term='patriotism'/><category term='religion'/><category term='mutants'/><category term='national security'/><category term='paranormal'/><category term='lawsuits'/><category term='general science'/><category term='The Left'/><category term='humor'/><title type='text'>Andy Thoughts</title><subtitle type='html'>You are now entering my mind. Please watch your step. And try not to get lost.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>548</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5715013165535799440</id><published>2012-01-24T23:18:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T23:18:45.654-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><title type='text'>Abortion Questions</title><summary type='text'>In total, China aborted 160 million girls because boys are valued more than girls. Where are the feminists in this country protesting this number?   If in the near future mankind discovers a homosexual gene and China (or anyone or any other country)  decides to abort gays and lesbians will the gay community protest that action?   Or a white woman aborts a fetus of another race if she is raped for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5715013165535799440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5715013165535799440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5715013165535799440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5715013165535799440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2012/01/abortion-questions.html' title='Abortion Questions'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7455924154044956110</id><published>2012-01-23T22:54:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T22:54:43.851-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><title type='text'>The Left’s Vision vs. America’s Founding Principles</title><summary type='text'>   In the early 20th century a group of intellectuals known as progressives rejected the founding principles [of America].     In response to the challenges of industrialization and urbanization, progressives sought to transform society.    Progressivism denies the possibility of self-evident eternal truths.    Progressivism also denies the limits on government and sees separation of powers as an</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7455924154044956110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7455924154044956110' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7455924154044956110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7455924154044956110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2012/01/lefts-vision-vs-americas-founding.html' title='The Left’s Vision vs. America’s Founding Principles'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2202182707647003390</id><published>2012-01-17T10:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T10:11:00.469-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><title type='text'>The Heart of Ronald Reagan’s “Three-legged Stool”</title><summary type='text'>President Reagan talked about the “three-legged stool”of conservatism: Strong free-market system, strong traditional/family values, and a strong military. He said if one leg was missing the stool could not stand on its own. His three-legged stool analogy is a good analogy for America too.  If one of those attributes are missing America won’t survive for long.  At the heart of all those factors is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2202182707647003390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2202182707647003390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2202182707647003390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2202182707647003390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2012/01/heart-of-ronald-reagans-three-legged.html' title='The Heart of Ronald Reagan’s “Three-legged Stool”'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1713993596228508582</id><published>2012-01-16T10:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T10:48:00.665-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>An Example of Price Fixation by a Union</title><summary type='text'>From Capitalism and Freedom (1982) by Milton Friedman:      To some extent, labor unions have served as a means of enforcing monopoly in the sale of a product. The clearest example is in coal. The Guffey Coal Act was an attempt to provide legal support for a price-fixing cartel of coal-mine operators. When, in the mid-thirties, this Act was declared unconstitutional, John L. Lewis and the United </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1713993596228508582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1713993596228508582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1713993596228508582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1713993596228508582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2012/01/example-of-price-fixation-by-union.html' title='An Example of Price Fixation by a Union'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-494494236404408016</id><published>2011-11-29T09:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T09:00:00.146-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><title type='text'>Global Warming Models Called Into Question By New Study</title><summary type='text'>From Investors.com (Nov. 25):      Climate: The left's proposed solutions for the world's ills are based on the idea that carbon dioxide is a climate-heating poison that must be scrubbed from the global economy at all cost. Yet another study shows this is foolish.     The study in the journal Science found that global temperatures appear to be far less sensitive to the amount of CO2 in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/494494236404408016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=494494236404408016' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/494494236404408016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/494494236404408016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/global-warming-models-called-into.html' title='Global Warming Models Called Into Question By New Study'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1082433175548435975</id><published>2011-11-28T10:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T10:17:00.485-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The Agendas of the 1930s Fascists</title><summary type='text'>According to Thomas Sowell’s 2009 book Intellectuals and Society here was the agenda of the Nazis and Mussolini’s Italy:     Government control of wages and hours of work.    Higher taxes on the wealthy.    Government-set limits on profits.    Government care for the elderly.    A decreased emphasis on the role of religion and the family in personal or social decisions.     Government taking on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1082433175548435975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1082433175548435975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1082433175548435975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1082433175548435975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/agendas-of-1930s-fascists.html' title='The Agendas of the 1930s Fascists'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8496376395915103454</id><published>2011-11-22T11:06:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T11:06:00.310-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><title type='text'>The State as Organ Harvester</title><summary type='text'>From WND.com (Nov. 15):     Officials running a federal program that is considering redefining death are going to be seeking further public comment after members of the Christian Medical Association raised alarms about several problems, including what they believe would be an open door to pressure families to donate organs before their loved one has died.     The proposal could move the federal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8496376395915103454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8496376395915103454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8496376395915103454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8496376395915103454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/state-as-organ-harvester.html' title='The State as Organ Harvester'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7892472960473276464</id><published>2011-11-21T10:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T10:51:00.297-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>The Judeo-Christian Philosophy and The Free-Market</title><summary type='text'>Here’s how the Judeo-Christian philosophy influenced the free-market:     The Judeo-Christian respect for manual labor, summed up in a number of biblical injunctions. One example: When God warns Noah of the coming flood and tells him he will be saved, it is not God who saves him. “Build thee an ark of gopher wood,” he says, and Noah builds an ark to divine specifications.        The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7892472960473276464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7892472960473276464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7892472960473276464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7892472960473276464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/judeo-christian-philosophy-and-free.html' title='The Judeo-Christian Philosophy and The Free-Market'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8981867011272497291</id><published>2011-11-16T10:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T10:48:00.777-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Ancient China and the Free-Market</title><summary type='text'>David S. Landes talks in his book The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor (1998) why sinologists say ancient China did not reach its economic potential:     The absence of a free market and institutionalized property rights.  The Chinese state was always interfering with private enterprise—taking over lucrative activities, prohibiting others, manipulating prices, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8981867011272497291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8981867011272497291' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8981867011272497291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8981867011272497291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/ancient-china-and-free-market.html' title='Ancient China and the Free-Market'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6091789901228061562</id><published>2011-11-15T08:06:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T08:06:00.424-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The Four Roles of Leadership</title><summary type='text'>In his book The 8th Habit. From Effectiveness to Greatness. (2004), Stephen R. Covey describes the four roles of leadership which are:     Modeling. Inspires trust without expecting it. (Personal moral authority)     Pathfinding. Creates order without demanding it. (Visionary moral authority)     Aligning. Nourishes both vision and empowerment without proclaiming them. (Institutional moral </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6091789901228061562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6091789901228061562' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6091789901228061562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6091789901228061562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/four-roles-of-leadership.html' title='The Four Roles of Leadership'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1613934780284197042</id><published>2011-11-14T09:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T09:30:00.914-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychology'/><title type='text'>The Downward Spiral of Codependency</title><summary type='text'>   What happens when you manage people like things? They stop believing that leadership can become a choice. Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore, don’t see themselves as leaders. Making personal leadership (influence) a choice is like the freedom to play the piano. It is a freedom that has to be earned-only then can leadership become a choice.    Until then, people think </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1613934780284197042/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1613934780284197042' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1613934780284197042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1613934780284197042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/downward-spiral-of-codependency.html' title='The Downward Spiral of Codependency'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-615157980689114248</id><published>2011-11-09T09:34:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T09:34:00.089-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Government as Venture Capitalist</title><summary type='text'>Since the Obama administration wants to act like venture capitalist I wanted to learn more about these venture capitalists. So, I did a little research on the subject.   First, what is a venture capitalist? Investopedia.com defines a venture capitalist (VC) as “an investor who either provides capital to startup ventures or supports small companies that wish to expand but do not have access to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/615157980689114248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=615157980689114248' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/615157980689114248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/615157980689114248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/government-as-venture-capitalist.html' title='Government as Venture Capitalist'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8736550569544375827</id><published>2011-11-08T09:04:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T09:04:00.648-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Universal Declaration of Human Rights</title><summary type='text'>These rights are overall pretty good like for example Article 17. Some of the rights mirror what’s in the Constitution: Articles 11, 18 through 20. These rights come from the United Nations. But there are some articles I question like:  Article 23: The right to work and form unions.   Article 24: Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8736550569544375827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8736550569544375827' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8736550569544375827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8736550569544375827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/universal-declaration-of-human-rights.html' title='Universal Declaration of Human Rights'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7326942514255327408</id><published>2011-11-07T09:22:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T09:22:00.616-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><title type='text'>Jon Huntsman’s American Jobs Plan</title><summary type='text'>   Tax Reform.             Individual Taxes.                     “Zero Plan”. Rates of 8%, 14% and 23%.             Eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).                         Corporate Taxes.                     Reduce the Corporate Rate from 35% to 25%.             Shift from a Worldwide System of Taxation to a Territorial System.             Implement a Tax Holiday for Repatriation of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7326942514255327408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7326942514255327408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7326942514255327408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7326942514255327408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/jon-huntsmans-american-jobs-plan.html' title='Jon Huntsman’s American Jobs Plan'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1274912736479225925</id><published>2011-11-02T02:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T01:22:47.386-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='criminology'/><title type='text'>The Myth of Crime Prevention</title><summary type='text'>   In trying to scare the public about the Republicans not supporting Obama’s “jobs” bill, this what the VP said:     “It’s not temporary [the administration’s stimulus] when that 911 call comes in and a woman’s being raped, if a cop shows up in time to prevent the rape. It’s not temporary to that woman.”   So, the basic formula is this: Any policeman can stop any crime from happening to any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1274912736479225925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1274912736479225925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1274912736479225925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1274912736479225925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/myth-of-crime-prevention.html' title='The Myth of Crime Prevention'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xD5P1Eca8vA/TrjYuone8HI/AAAAAAAABO4/ZpRNKsS4dRs/s72-c/rm_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1966838077015719547</id><published>2011-11-01T10:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T10:13:00.619-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><title type='text'>Mitt Romney’s Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth</title><summary type='text'>   FIVE BILLS FOR DAY ONE             The American Competitiveness Act- Reduces the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent.         The Open Markets Act- Implements the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements         The Domestic Energy Act- Directs the Department of the Interior to undertake a comprehensive survey of American energy reserves in partnership with exploration </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1966838077015719547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1966838077015719547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1966838077015719547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1966838077015719547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/mitt-romneys-plan-for-jobs-and-economic.html' title='Mitt Romney’s Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-4660716409938208115</id><published>2011-10-31T10:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T10:09:00.059-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marxism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>The Marxist-Leninist Assault on Identity</title><summary type='text'>In his book Defending identity.  Its Indispensable Role in Protecting Democracy (2008), Natan Sharansky talks how Marx and Lenin destroyed identity of the people of Russia. What they wanted was a new identity. A cultural in nationalism in form and socialistic in substance until the communist unity was going happen.  First Marx had to eliminate the classes of exploiters. Early Soviet identity </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/4660716409938208115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=4660716409938208115' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4660716409938208115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4660716409938208115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/marxist-leninist-assault-on-identity.html' title='The Marxist-Leninist Assault on Identity'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2205834074998626102</id><published>2011-10-26T10:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T10:05:00.237-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='illegal immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>A Set of Legislative Proposals</title><summary type='text'>The following proposals are from Newt Gingrich:     Repeal Obamacare and pass a replacement that saves lives and money by empowering patients and doctors, not bureaucrats and politicians.    Return to robust job creation with a bold set of tax cuts and regulatory reforms that will free American entrepreneurs to invest and hire, as well as by reforming the Federal Reserve and creating a training </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2205834074998626102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2205834074998626102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2205834074998626102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2205834074998626102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/set-of-legislative-proposals.html' title='A Set of Legislative Proposals'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8680008683459703298</id><published>2011-10-25T10:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T10:07:00.189-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><title type='text'>Windmills to shut at night following demise of rare bat</title><summary type='text'>From the Tribune-Democrat.com (Oct. 17):


  LILLY — Night operation of the windmills in the North Allegheny Windpower Project has been halted following discovery of a dead Indiana bat under one of the turbines, an official with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. 

  The finding marks only the second location where an Indiana bat has been found dead under a wind turbine. Two Indiana </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8680008683459703298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8680008683459703298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8680008683459703298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8680008683459703298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/windmills-to-shut-at-night-following.html' title='Windmills to shut at night following demise of rare bat'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5001475056253857976</id><published>2011-10-24T10:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T10:12:00.492-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Ron Paul’s “Plan to Restore America”</title><summary type='text'>   SPENDING. Cuts $1 trillion in spending during the first year of Ron Paul’s presidency, eliminating five cabinet departments (Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education), abolishing the Transportation Security Administration and returning responsibility for security to private property owners, abolishing corporate subsidies, stopping foreign aid, ending foreign wars, and returning most </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5001475056253857976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5001475056253857976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5001475056253857976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5001475056253857976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/ron-pauls-plan-to-restore-america.html' title='Ron Paul’s “Plan to Restore America”'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-3606481808937726961</id><published>2011-10-19T10:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T10:15:01.004-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Leadership Styles</title><summary type='text'>Kurt Lewin and colleagues did leadership decision experiments in 1939 and identified three different styles of leadership, in particular around decision-making.   This experiment was done with small groups of children, but the principle still holds water.      Autocratic     In the autocratic style, the leader makes decisions without consulting with others. The decision is made without any form </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/3606481808937726961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=3606481808937726961' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3606481808937726961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3606481808937726961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/leadership-styles.html' title='Leadership Styles'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6423633951118426846</id><published>2011-10-18T10:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T10:26:00.845-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Blueprint for Economic Prosperity and Job Creation</title><summary type='text'>This blueprint comes from Representative Michelle Bachmann’s website:     REPATRIATION. More than 1.2 trillion United States dollars could be brought back to America in days as an immediate "stimulus" if the government would zero out [my emphasis] the tax rate on that money until December 31, and then permanently keep it here in the U.S. if taxed at a rate of 5 percent.     CUT SPENDING AND </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6423633951118426846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6423633951118426846' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6423633951118426846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6423633951118426846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/blueprint-for-economic-prosperity-and.html' title='Blueprint for Economic Prosperity and Job Creation'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-161058784981544534</id><published>2011-10-17T09:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T09:46:00.048-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Critical Elements of a Balanced Budget Amendment</title><summary type='text'>The following elements are from Senator Mike Lee’s book The Freedom Agenda. Why a Balanced Budget Amendment Is Necessary to Restore Constitutional Government (2011).     The first element would prohibit Congress from spending more during any fiscal year than the federal gov’t “earns” during that year by collecting tax and other revenue.     The second element would prohibit Congress from spending</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/161058784981544534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=161058784981544534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/161058784981544534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/161058784981544534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/critical-elements-of-balanced-budget.html' title='Critical Elements of a Balanced Budget Amendment'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2162813136792590199</id><published>2011-10-12T18:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T18:31:39.201-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer science'/><title type='text'>Government Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye in the Sky’</title><summary type='text'>From The New York Times.com (Oct. 10):     More than 60 years ago, in his “Foundation” series, the science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov invented a new science — psychohistory — that combined mathematics and psychology to predict the future.     Now social scientists are trying to mine the vast resources of the Internet — Web searches and Twitter messages, Facebook and blog posts, the digital </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2162813136792590199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2162813136792590199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2162813136792590199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2162813136792590199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/government-aims-to-build-data-eye-in.html' title='Government Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye in the Sky’'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2252710669955462960</id><published>2011-10-10T23:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T23:27:42.460-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miscellaneous Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 23</title><summary type='text'>
  Raising taxes is the last refuge of the unimaginative and lazy. 

  If the gov’t assigns you a job then you cannot quit it unless you get permission from the state (not going to happen--they are not going to admit they messed up) because you did not select it in the first place. 

  If the gov’t assigns you a mate (arranged marriage) then you cannot get a divorce unless you get permission from</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2252710669955462960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2252710669955462960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2252710669955462960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2252710669955462960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/miscellaneous-thoughts-part-23.html' title='Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 23'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8916804053113135244</id><published>2011-10-05T00:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T00:14:45.354-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer science'/><title type='text'>Smart cities get their own operating system</title><summary type='text'>From BBC.news.co.uk (Sept. 30):     Cities could soon be looking after their citizens all by themselves thanks to an operating system designed for the metropolis.     The Urban OS works just like a PC operating system but keeps buildings, traffic and services running smoothly.     The software takes in data from sensors dotted around the city to keep an eye on what is happening.     In the event </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8916804053113135244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8916804053113135244' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8916804053113135244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8916804053113135244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/smart-cities-get-their-own-operating.html' title='Smart cities get their own operating system'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-857377351998588938</id><published>2011-10-04T00:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T00:40:15.260-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychology'/><title type='text'>The Left, The Free-Market and Complexity</title><summary type='text'>In their book Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness (1989) the authors John Briggs and F. David Peat talk about the main surprise-generating mechanism of Chaos Theory or Complexity Theory. I think why the Left (especially the elite) think man cannot rule himself is because of these mechanisms in the human mind. And since the elite cannot manage or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/857377351998588938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=857377351998588938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/857377351998588938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/857377351998588938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/left-free-market-and-complexity.html' title='The Left, The Free-Market and Complexity'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7920273481448569495</id><published>2011-10-03T10:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T10:54:00.436-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mutants'/><title type='text'>Mass. cat with 2 faces lives 12 years, sets record</title><summary type='text'>  From apnews.excite.com:     Worchester, Mass.   Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes - and lots of doubts about his future.      Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued him from being euthanized because of his condition, the exotic blue-eyed rag doll cat is not only thriving, but has also made it into the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7920273481448569495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7920273481448569495' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7920273481448569495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7920273481448569495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/mass-cat-with-2-faces-lives-12-years.html' title='Mass. cat with 2 faces lives 12 years, sets record'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-x8cjd6cHO18/TolAi_KvKaI/AAAAAAAABNk/YbLxLV5ui7A/s72-c/APTOPIX_Two_Faced_Cat.sff_MASR101_20110929164854_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2770289430208307746</id><published>2011-09-28T09:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T09:55:00.101-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychology'/><title type='text'>How to Create a Mob</title><summary type='text'> Or if you prefer how to create the “bottom-up” part of  the “top-down, bottom-up, inside-out” structure of a revolution. This is how radicals I believe would create a mob:     Find some angry, disillusioned, frustrated, confused, naive young people. If you can’t find any then encourage them to have these emotions through colleges. Even far-Left parents can do this. The recruits have to be naive </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2770289430208307746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2770289430208307746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2770289430208307746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2770289430208307746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-create-mob.html' title='How to Create a Mob'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2356125332503379460</id><published>2011-09-20T01:18:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-20T01:18:04.912-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='patriotism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer science'/><title type='text'>Americans Win Most Deadly Warrior Matches</title><summary type='text'>If you never watched “Deadly Warrior” on Spike TV, a team of experts simulate on a computer different hypothetical combat matches between two teams or two people. They take into account weapons, tactics, armor and even “X” factors. It’s a fascinating show.  According to that show Americans won all but one match as you can see from the chart below:  Winner                                         </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2356125332503379460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2356125332503379460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2356125332503379460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2356125332503379460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/09/americans-win-most-deadly-warrior.html' title='Americans Win Most Deadly Warrior Matches'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-3659096963472890129</id><published>2011-09-19T09:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T09:17:00.168-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Negative Rights</title><summary type='text'>The Bill of Rights in the Constitution are what are called negative rights by people who study the Constitution. What this means is the government cannot take these rights away from you. They are God-given. But they are also don’t cost you anything—or shouldn’t anyway (one might, I’ll explain later). As philosopher Ayn Rand I believe said one time about rights if you ask “At what cost?” to a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/3659096963472890129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=3659096963472890129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3659096963472890129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3659096963472890129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/09/negative-rights.html' title='Negative Rights'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6340038975095151629</id><published>2011-09-14T01:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T01:29:37.106-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The UN’s Agenda 21</title><summary type='text'>How’s that for a name? What is Agenda 21? This is what the UN says it is:


  Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.


Does that clear it up? No? The Agenda basically revolves around climate change. If you really </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6340038975095151629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6340038975095151629' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6340038975095151629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6340038975095151629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/09/uns-agenda-21.html' title='The UN’s Agenda 21'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8999946686846793920</id><published>2011-09-13T01:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T01:11:34.498-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychology'/><title type='text'>Does The Left Have Groupthink?</title><summary type='text'>According to the PsySR.org website this is the definition of groupthink:     Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972), occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment” (p. 9).  Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8999946686846793920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8999946686846793920' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8999946686846793920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8999946686846793920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/09/does-left-have-groupthink.html' title='Does The Left Have Groupthink?'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-443180752685504064</id><published>2011-09-12T00:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T00:11:18.572-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><title type='text'>The Left in a Nutshell</title><summary type='text'>The political Left is focused (obsessed?) around groups. Specifically here’s the rules/concepts:

  A group has more rights than individuals. The individual doesn’t count. 

  If you insult a group then you insult all members of that group. 

  Members of a group don’t have personal responsibility. 

  Members of a group should act similarly otherwise they cannot be trusted. 

  Individuals can’t</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/443180752685504064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=443180752685504064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/443180752685504064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/443180752685504064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/09/left-in-nutshell.html' title='The Left in a Nutshell'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1140360869557422769</id><published>2011-08-31T01:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-31T01:05:53.796-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Why Herman Cain Would Be a Good Pick</title><summary type='text'>Here are my thoughts why Herman Cain would be a good pick to run against Obama:     Obama couldn’t play the race card. He would have to defend his record which he doesn’t want to do. He might still play the race card but it would look lame. Obama would have to pick another personal attack.    Herman Cain could, being black, go on the offensive without being called a racist. I am not so sure any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1140360869557422769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1140360869557422769' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1140360869557422769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1140360869557422769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-herman-cain-would-be-good-pick.html' title='Why Herman Cain Would Be a Good Pick'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1076063850607741017</id><published>2011-08-30T01:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T01:04:32.328-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The “Do-Nothing” Congress</title><summary type='text'>In 1946 President Harry Truman called the Republican Congress back then the “do-nothing” Congress. This is what they did and you can decide for yourself if they deserved the nickname or not.      The 18th Congress passed the first balanced budget since the Great Crash. [Great! Too bad this Congress can’t do the same thing. Maybe voters can make the Senate a majority Republican too?]    They </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1076063850607741017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1076063850607741017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1076063850607741017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1076063850607741017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/do-nothing-congress.html' title='The “Do-Nothing” Congress'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-980526780746810197</id><published>2011-08-29T10:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T10:45:00.160-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Declaration of Rights &amp; Responsibilities</title><summary type='text'>This snippet is from radio show host Glenn Beck’s website:  Thus, we the people do hereby declare not only our rights, but do now establish this bill of responsibilities.   1. Because I have the right to choose, I recognize that I am accountable to God and have the responsibility to keep the 10 commandments in my own life.   2. Because I have the right to worship as I choose, I have the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/980526780746810197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=980526780746810197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/980526780746810197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/980526780746810197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/declaration-of-rights-responsibilities.html' title='Declaration of Rights &amp;amp; Responsibilities'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-876726645156832478</id><published>2011-08-22T09:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T09:10:00.530-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>The Causes of the Great Crash of 1929</title><summary type='text'>What caused the Great Crash of 1929?      The Smoot-Hawley Tariff had important disruptive effects. (Tariffs in general are a bad idea.)    Few people knew exactly what form those disruptive effects would take. (Sounds like most bills Congress passes especially if they are real complex.)    Unknown to anyone at the time, the Federal Reserve made the harmful effects even worse though its policy of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/876726645156832478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=876726645156832478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/876726645156832478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/876726645156832478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/causes-of-great-crash-of-1929.html' title='The Causes of the Great Crash of 1929'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6847761227653120439</id><published>2011-08-16T10:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-16T10:43:00.266-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><title type='text'>Small Businesses and Employment</title><summary type='text'>If politicians want the more people to be employed by the private-sector then they have to stop punishing (over-regulating and over-taxing) small businesses for wanting to grow bigger. It’s only natural for them to want to grow bigger (although if they don’t want to it’s not a sin.  A business owner has to know their capabilities and ambition to grow the business.). The bigger they get the more </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6847761227653120439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6847761227653120439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6847761227653120439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6847761227653120439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/small-businesses-and-employment.html' title='Small Businesses and Employment'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2804001219351506503</id><published>2011-08-15T10:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T10:07:00.882-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Advice for Politicians</title><summary type='text'>An older priest told a newer priest when living in a community to remember three things:     You’re not God.    This isn’t heaven.    Don’t be an ass.    Yea, that pretty much says it all. Even though this advice was meant for clergy I think it applies really well to any politician especially those who believes in big gov’t. I could not have said it better.   Source: The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2804001219351506503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2804001219351506503' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2804001219351506503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2804001219351506503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/advice-for-politicians.html' title='Advice for Politicians'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5544292518431885031</id><published>2011-08-10T00:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T00:13:48.631-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miscellaneous Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 22</title><summary type='text'>   It would be refreshing to hear one Congressman say (s)he would take a pay freeze until America is out of debt.  Actually I would love to hear all members of Congress say that. I can dream can’t  I?     I don’t remember a Democrat in Congress (or anywhere else) complain about President George W. Bush’s over-spending when he was president. Now, they bring up Bush’s spending when people talk </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5544292518431885031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5544292518431885031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5544292518431885031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5544292518431885031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/miscellaneous-thoughts-part-22.html' title='Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 22'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-4898479382213955413</id><published>2011-08-09T11:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T11:13:01.431-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Top 10 Reasons to Support Rep. Connie Mack's Penny Plan</title><summary type='text'>1. It Would Cut Federal Spending By One Percent for Six Consecutive Fiscal Years.     The Penny Plan would require Congress to cut just one penny out of each dollar it spends every year for six years. These gradual cuts over the next six years will balance the federal budget.    2. It Would Cap Overall Spending at 18 Percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Starting in    Fiscal Year 2018.     </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/4898479382213955413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=4898479382213955413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4898479382213955413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4898479382213955413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-10-reasons-to-support-rep-connie.html' title='Top 10 Reasons to Support Rep. Connie Mack&amp;#39;s Penny Plan'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-635581748129086652</id><published>2011-08-08T09:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T09:56:00.782-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Top 10 Reasons to Support Lee-Walsh’s Balanced Budget Amendment</title><summary type='text'>1. It Would Require the Federal Government to Balance Its Budget Every Year.      The federal budget deficit is a record high $1.6 trillion---more than 10 percent of the nation’s entire output, or Gross Domestic Product (GDP). We face such an enormous deficit because we spend too much, not because we tax too little. The Lee-Walsh Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) would force Washington to live </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/635581748129086652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=635581748129086652' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/635581748129086652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/635581748129086652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-10-reasons-to-support-lee-walshs.html' title='Top 10 Reasons to Support Lee-Walsh’s Balanced Budget Amendment'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5321241758377736780</id><published>2011-07-27T14:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T14:38:12.041-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Picking Presidential Administration Appointments</title><summary type='text'>When President Reagan first became president he and his staff spent a lot of time discussing appointments to key jobs in the administration. Here are his words about picking them:     As I had done in California, I told the staff I wanted them to look for the best people we could find who were willing to leave their homes and their secure positions to come to Washington and give the country a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5321241758377736780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5321241758377736780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5321241758377736780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5321241758377736780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/07/picking-presidential-administration.html' title='Picking Presidential Administration Appointments'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-4103405275973997834</id><published>2011-07-18T10:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T10:47:01.087-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><title type='text'>Thanks legislators, higher energy bills are on the way</title><summary type='text'>From ConservativeActionAlerts.com (July 15):     Legislators in more than half the states have voted for mandatory renewable energy standards—usually called an RPS for Renewable Portfolio Standards. While the numbers vary state-by-state, an RPS generally requires that an increasing percentage of a state’s electricity come from renewable sources—primarily wind and solar—by set dates. Most of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/4103405275973997834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=4103405275973997834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4103405275973997834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4103405275973997834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/07/thanks-legislators-higher-energy-bills.html' title='Thanks legislators, higher energy bills are on the way'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7510756564916697110</id><published>2011-07-11T09:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T22:50:12.477-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>The Government-as-God Concept</title><summary type='text'>If you want to understand the Left’s superiority complex--their arrogance then you have to understand how they view gov’t even themselves. First, let’s make well-known assumptions about God:     God is all-knowing (omniscience).     God is all-powerful (omnipotent).    God is everywhere (omnipresent).    God is immortal.    God is totally good.    God is perfect.    You should have faith and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7510756564916697110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7510756564916697110' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7510756564916697110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7510756564916697110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/07/government-as-god-concept.html' title='The Government-as-God Concept'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2594711110011914822</id><published>2011-07-04T23:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-20T15:35:13.489-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='patriotism'/><title type='text'>The Inspiration of the Declaration</title><summary type='text'>Happy birthday America! Below are parts of a speech that President Calvin Coolidge gave July 5, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:     We are obliged to conclude that the Declaration of Independence represented the movement of a people. It was not, of course, a movement from the top. Revolutions do not come from that direction. It was not without the support of many of the most respectable </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2594711110011914822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2594711110011914822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2594711110011914822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2594711110011914822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/07/inspiration-of-declaration.html' title='The Inspiration of the Declaration'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2030040184600799425</id><published>2011-06-21T10:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T22:56:14.895-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>The Left’s Version of The Pledge of Allegiance</title><summary type='text'>The Pledge of course goes like this:      I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.   The Left would like it to read:      I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under government, divided </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2030040184600799425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2030040184600799425' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2030040184600799425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2030040184600799425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/lefts-version-of-pledge-of-allegiance.html' title='The Left’s Version of The Pledge of Allegiance'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5642689626091820883</id><published>2011-06-20T10:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-20T10:43:00.334-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Facts about Slavery in America</title><summary type='text'>Here are some facts about slavery in America from The Patriot’s History of The United States. (2004) by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen:     Although slavery was profitable, profits and property rights alone did not explain its perpetuation.     The same of free market that allowed Africans to be bought and sold at the same time exerted powerful pressures to liberate them.    Southerners </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5642689626091820883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5642689626091820883' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5642689626091820883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5642689626091820883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/facts-about-slavery-in-america.html' title='Facts about Slavery in America'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6516621802362356406</id><published>2011-06-15T09:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-15T09:47:00.394-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>History of the Federal Reserve</title><summary type='text'>A powerful cartel of financiers held a meeting at Jekyll Island in Brunswick, Georgia in 1910 to protect themselves from banking losses by using tax revenue instead of their own money.  Here were their challenges:     How to stop the growing influence of small, rival banks and to insure that control over the nation’s financial resources would remain in the hands of those present;     How to make </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6516621802362356406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6516621802362356406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6516621802362356406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6516621802362356406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/history-of-federal-reserve.html' title='History of the Federal Reserve'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-4420484731284449423</id><published>2011-06-14T10:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T10:35:00.685-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national security'/><title type='text'>Panetta Says North Korea a "Growing" Danger to U.S.</title><summary type='text'>From NTI.org (June 9):     CIA head Leon Panetta said North Korea's military, including its ballistic missile and nuclear enrichment activities, represent a "growing and direct threat" to the United States, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.    The statement was included in written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, which Panetta was addressing on Thursday as President Obama's pick to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/4420484731284449423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=4420484731284449423' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4420484731284449423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4420484731284449423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/panetta-says-north-korea-danger-to-us.html' title='Panetta Says North Korea a &amp;quot;Growing&amp;quot; Danger to U.S.'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8692634212742216093</id><published>2011-06-13T10:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T10:02:00.441-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>More than 80% of mosques advocate or promote violence</title><summary type='text'>From WND.com (June 8):      Dozens of mosques around the United States have been identified in a new study as incubators for jihad against America, with more than 80 percent of those surveyed advocating violence.     "Of the 100 mosques surveyed, 51 percent had texts on-site rated as severely advocating violence; 30 percent had texts rated as moderately advocating violence; and 19 percent had no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8692634212742216093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8692634212742216093' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8692634212742216093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8692634212742216093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/more-than-80-of-mosques-advocate-or.html' title='More than 80% of mosques advocate or promote violence'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5196780949078215054</id><published>2011-06-07T09:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-07T09:24:00.401-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>History of Hatred Against the Jewish People</title><summary type='text'>Hat tip to the Glenn Beck show for this chronology:              175-163 B.C.        Attempt to outlaw Judaism                  164- 163 B.C.                 Jerusalem captured                         72 A.D.        Expelled from Palestine                  1096         12,000 Jews killed in First Crusade                  1099        Jerusalem captured, Jews killed                  1215        </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5196780949078215054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5196780949078215054' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5196780949078215054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5196780949078215054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/history-of-hatred-against-jewish-people.html' title='History of Hatred Against the Jewish People'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2914324634691041973</id><published>2011-06-06T09:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-06T09:23:00.220-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><title type='text'>Obama solicitor general: If you don't like mandate, earn less money</title><summary type='text'>From the Washington Examiner.com (June 2):     President Obama's solicitor general, defending the national health care law on Wednesday, told a federal appeals court that Americans who didn't like the individual mandate could always avoid it by choosing to earn less money.     Neal Kumar Katyal, the acting solicitor general, made the argument under questioning before the U.S. Court of Appeals for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2914324634691041973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2914324634691041973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2914324634691041973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2914324634691041973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/obama-solicitor-general-if-you-don-like.html' title='Obama solicitor general: If you don&amp;#39;t like mandate, earn less money'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-3269655746200915836</id><published>2011-06-01T23:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-01T23:59:15.994-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><title type='text'>Ford turning cars into medical monitors</title><summary type='text'>From SF Gate.com (May 31):     For Ford Motor Co., medical monitoring is the next key to a burst of car sales. About 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day and 26 million Americans have diabetes. Besides checking blood sugar, Ford has developed a car seat to check the driver's heart rate that could warn of an impending heart attack, and new features may track breathing patterns for asthmatics or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/3269655746200915836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=3269655746200915836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3269655746200915836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3269655746200915836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/ford-turning-cars-into-medical-monitors.html' title='Ford turning cars into medical monitors'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2395821684543810172</id><published>2011-05-31T23:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-31T23:59:14.190-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer science'/><title type='text'>Homeland Security’s Version of “Minority Report”</title><summary type='text'>From The Blaze.com (May 30):      Straight out of Minority Report a new Homeland Security program would subject Americans to pre-crime interrogations and physiological scans to detect people who are intending to commit a terrorist act at sports stadiums, malls, airports and other public places has moved closer to being implemented after the FAST program passed its first round of testing at an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2395821684543810172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2395821684543810172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2395821684543810172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2395821684543810172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/homeland-securitys-version-of-minority.html' title='Homeland Security’s Version of “Minority Report”'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5021020963226418990</id><published>2011-05-25T23:33:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-25T23:33:00.486-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><title type='text'>USDA fines Missouri family $90k for selling a few rabbits without a license</title><summary type='text'>From News.Yahoo.com (May 24):      It started out as a hobby, a way for the Dollarhite family in Dixa, Mo., to teach a teenage son responsibility. Like a lemonade stand.     But now, selling a few hundred rabbits over two years has provoked the heavy hand of the federal government to the tune of a $90,643 fine. The fine was levied more than a year after authorities contacted family members, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5021020963226418990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5021020963226418990' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5021020963226418990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5021020963226418990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/usda-fines-missouri-family-90k-for.html' title='USDA fines Missouri family $90k for selling a few rabbits without a license'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-26749507743085138</id><published>2011-05-18T01:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T01:13:40.016-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><title type='text'>Feds cracks down on Amish farmers for selling raw milk</title><summary type='text'>From the EU Times.net (April 30):      A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area.     The product in question: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/26749507743085138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=26749507743085138' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/26749507743085138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/26749507743085138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/feds-cracks-down-on-amish-farmers-for.html' title='Feds cracks down on Amish farmers for selling raw milk'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-4706217283686726169</id><published>2011-05-16T23:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T23:11:29.129-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>What I Would Cut</title><summary type='text'>I took the “What Would You Cut?” survey from The Heritage Foundation.  Below is a summary of the money I want Washington to save taxpayers in the upcoming 2012 fiscal budget:   Department of Education:                                         Cut $15 billion   Obamacare:                                                                             Cut $5 billion   2009 Federal Stimulus Program:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/4706217283686726169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=4706217283686726169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4706217283686726169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4706217283686726169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-i-would-cut.html' title='What I Would Cut'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-663824834129408063</id><published>2011-05-11T10:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T10:41:00.661-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Social Chaos and Human Needs</title><summary type='text'>People have to save the basic needs met first. This includes hunger, thirst, sleep, and getting rid of bodily waste.    Once the basic needs are met then secondary needs like safety and societal order come next.   After the secondary needs are met then the higher order needs or wants come into play. Love, belonging, etc.   During social chaos like a revolution the secondary needs and higher order</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/663824834129408063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=663824834129408063' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/663824834129408063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/663824834129408063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/social-chaos-and-human-needs.html' title='Social Chaos and Human Needs'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2498917857835575476</id><published>2011-05-10T11:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-10T11:31:00.893-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Obama adviser: American freedom, equality are just 'myths'</title><summary type='text'>From WND.com (May 4):     President Obama's faith adviser, Eboo Patel, blasted what he called the "myths" of America – describing them as beliefs that the country is "a land of freedom and equality and justice."     Patel explained how he used the "faith-based movement" to channel his rage at America "in a direction far more compassionate and far more merciful."     Patel, a Muslim activist from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2498917857835575476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2498917857835575476' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2498917857835575476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2498917857835575476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/obama-adviser-american-freedom-equality.html' title='Obama adviser: American freedom, equality are just &amp;#39;myths&amp;#39;'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7791791482994189065</id><published>2011-05-09T10:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T10:04:00.813-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war on terror'/><title type='text'>CIA chief: Waterboarding aided bin Laden raid</title><summary type='text'>From MSNBC.com (May 3):     WASHINGTON — Intelligence garnered from waterboarded detainees was used to track down al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and kill him, CIA Chief Leon Panetta told NBC News on Tuesday.    "Enhanced interrogation techniques" were used to extract information that led to the mission's success, Panetta said during an interview with anchor Brian Williams. Those techniques </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7791791482994189065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7791791482994189065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7791791482994189065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7791791482994189065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/cia-chief-waterboarding-aided-bin-laden.html' title='CIA chief: Waterboarding aided bin Laden raid'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5388311901538298697</id><published>2011-05-04T11:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T11:25:00.492-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><title type='text'>The Dynamics of Islamic Violence</title><summary type='text'>  Pretty much sums it up. Notice what factors are not in this diagram: Education level, economic status, and US occupation. That’s because those factors aren’t important if they are important at all. The Islamists attacked the US Navy back in the 1800’s—way before the Iraq and Afghanistan occupation. Why do you think the marines got the nickname of “leathernecks”? Look it up (you can even look it</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5388311901538298697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5388311901538298697' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5388311901538298697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5388311901538298697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/dynamics-of-islamic-violence.html' title='The Dynamics of Islamic Violence'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TcDVkGmh2MI/AAAAAAAABME/1ThDM7E4dtI/s72-c/Dynamics_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6472127413069110947</id><published>2011-05-03T00:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T00:52:16.387-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='general science'/><title type='text'>Advice to a Young Scientist</title><summary type='text'>The following advice is from the late Turing award winner computer science professor E. W. Dijkstra. I believe the advice was given mainly to a computer scientist but it could apply to any scientist:     Raise your standards as high as you can live with, avoid wasting your time on routine problems, and always try to work as closely as possible at the boundary of your abilities. Do this because it</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6472127413069110947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6472127413069110947' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6472127413069110947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6472127413069110947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/advice-to-young-scientist.html' title='Advice to a Young Scientist'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7803583029260338118</id><published>2011-05-02T10:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T10:50:00.309-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>What Obama Should Disclose</title><summary type='text'>First, I like to say that I believed Obama was born in this country even before he showed his certificate of live birth. Hillary Clinton during her primary run was the one who started questioning his birthplace. Don’t you think if she found out he wasn’t born in America that she would have blown him out of the water? We would have the first women president instead of the first black president. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7803583029260338118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7803583029260338118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7803583029260338118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7803583029260338118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-obama-should-disclose.html' title='What Obama Should Disclose'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5593752979295002158</id><published>2011-04-27T01:42:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T01:42:53.069-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>The Four Dimensions of Violence in a Muslim’s Life</title><summary type='text'>These four dimensions are taken from the book The Roots of Jihad (2005) by Dr. Tawfik Hamis:     When a Muslim’s child reaches the age of 10, he/she should be beaten to force him/her to practice the five prayers. The prophet Mohammed had said: “Order your children to pray when they are seven years old and beat them to force them on the prayer when they are ten years old…”    If a Muslim wife </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5593752979295002158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5593752979295002158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5593752979295002158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5593752979295002158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/04/four-dimensions-of-violence-in-muslims.html' title='The Four Dimensions of Violence in a Muslim’s Life'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6515193465831925235</id><published>2011-04-25T10:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T10:27:00.615-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>The Second Coming of Christ?</title><summary type='text'>Are we in the end of days as prophesized by Jesus? Well, let’s see what Jesus said what the signs are. Here are his exact words in boldface:  And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. There is fighting over in Libya for starters. Although Obama is not calling it a war. And the leader of Iran wants to blow Israel off the face of the earth and start wars to bring back the 12th Imam.   For </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6515193465831925235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6515193465831925235' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6515193465831925235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6515193465831925235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/04/second-coming-of-christ.html' title='The Second Coming of Christ?'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2893280634460682200</id><published>2011-04-18T10:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T10:27:00.862-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><title type='text'>Senator Durbin wants Internet sales taxes</title><summary type='text'>From CNET News.com (April 12):     A Democratic senator is preparing to introduce legislation that aims to end the golden era of tax-free Internet shopping.      The proposal--expected to be made public soon after Tax Day--would rewrite the ground rules for Internet and mail order sales by eliminating the ability of Americans to shop at Web sites like Amazon.com and Overstock.com without paying </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2893280634460682200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2893280634460682200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2893280634460682200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2893280634460682200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/04/senator-durbin-wants-internet-sales.html' title='Senator Durbin wants Internet sales taxes'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-4931232578393070611</id><published>2011-04-05T11:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T11:15:00.120-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Psychology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>The Measures of Restoration</title><summary type='text'>In his 1954 book A Program for Conservatives, American conservative founder Russell Kirk mentions six ways to restore America’s boredom:      Renewing the power of religious faith, and piety, among the mass of men. Men must always be bored, if they can find nothing better in the universe than their own little mean selves; they suffer the punishment of Narcissus.     Reviving the concepts of honor</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/4931232578393070611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=4931232578393070611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4931232578393070611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4931232578393070611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/04/measures-of-restoration.html' title='The Measures of Restoration'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-4150202754234597337</id><published>2011-04-04T10:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T10:06:00.247-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lawsuits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Lawsuit wants to dissolve some Georgia city charters</title><summary type='text'>From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website (March 28):     The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of Georgia seeking to dissolve the city charters of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton and Chattahoochee Hills. Further, the lawmakers, joined by civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery, aim to dash any hopes of a Milton County.    The lawsuit, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/4150202754234597337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=4150202754234597337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4150202754234597337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/4150202754234597337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/04/lawsuit-wants-to-dissolve-some-georgia.html' title='Lawsuit wants to dissolve some Georgia city charters'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5338540810722473632</id><published>2011-03-28T23:16:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-28T23:16:25.444-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national security'/><title type='text'>Officials: Yemen a Bigger Security Threat Than Libya</title><summary type='text'>From NTI.org (March 28):     WASHINGTON -- As the United States spearheads the attack against Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi's military assets, key former officials said an even bigger threat to U.S. national security comes from Yemen, a country that hosts many militants and is now enmeshed in a civil uprising that is threatening to unseat U.S.-backed President Ali Abdullah Saleh (see GSN, Feb. 10</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5338540810722473632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5338540810722473632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5338540810722473632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5338540810722473632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/officials-yemen-bigger-security-threat.html' title='Officials: Yemen a Bigger Security Threat Than Libya'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2453638334741254022</id><published>2011-03-23T00:53:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T00:53:40.284-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><title type='text'>Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To “Destabilize” America</title><summary type='text'>From Business Insider.com (March 22):     A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, has a secret plan to "destabilize" the country.     The plan is designed to destroy JP Morgan, nuke the stock market, and weaken Wall Street's grip on power, thus creating the conditions necessary for a redistribution of wealth and a change in government.     The former SEIU official, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2453638334741254022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2453638334741254022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2453638334741254022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2453638334741254022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/former-seiu-official-reveals-secret.html' title='Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To “Destabilize” America'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2352589718778264991</id><published>2011-03-21T10:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-21T10:20:00.088-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>What Might Have Been</title><summary type='text'>In his great book The New Reagan Revolution:  How Ronald Reagan's Principles Can Restore America's Greatness (2010), Michael Reagan says his father would have never ran for governor then president if Bobby Kennedy wouldn’t have had the General Electric Theater TV show cancelled.   According to Michael Reagan, President Reagan enjoyed working on the show and it was one consistently ranked in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2352589718778264991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2352589718778264991' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2352589718778264991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2352589718778264991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-might-have-been.html' title='What Might Have Been'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-7126390202299221655</id><published>2011-03-15T09:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T09:55:00.665-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Al Qaeda's New Magazine for Women Mixes Beauty and Bomb Tips</title><summary type='text'>From Fox News.com (March 14):     Would-be female Islamist extremists Sunday were awaiting copies of Al Qaeda's newly-launched women's magazine, which mixes tips on skin care with articles on marrying suicide bombers and waging electronic jihad.     Al Shamikha magazine -- its title means "The Majestic Woman" -- features beauty and fashion tips alongside articles on "marrying a mujahedeen" and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/7126390202299221655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=7126390202299221655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7126390202299221655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/7126390202299221655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/al-qaeda-new-magazine-for-women-mixes.html' title='Al Qaeda&amp;#39;s New Magazine for Women Mixes Beauty and Bomb Tips'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6552001620980395981</id><published>2011-03-14T10:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T10:58:00.779-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><title type='text'>Maine gets break in federal health care overhaul</title><summary type='text'>From CNBC.com (March 8):      PORTLAND, Maine - The federal government Tuesday granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state's market for individual health insurance.     The U.S. Health and Human Services department said in a letter it would waive the requirement that insurers spend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6552001620980395981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6552001620980395981' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6552001620980395981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6552001620980395981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/maine-gets-break-in-federal-health-care.html' title='Maine gets break in federal health care overhaul'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8090591573034744840</id><published>2011-03-09T00:58:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-09T00:58:06.905-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miscellaneous Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 21</title><summary type='text'>   If God is omnipotent then why did He have to rest? I mean being omnipotent means having  infinite energy doesn’t it?     Procrastinators of the world unite tomorrow! Or maybe next week…     The reason the Left likes public transportation like trains and buses (other than that they are governmentally controlled) instead of automobiles is because autos represent total freedom.     If you let one</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8090591573034744840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8090591573034744840' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8090591573034744840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8090591573034744840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/miscellaneous-thoughts-part-21.html' title='Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 21'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8823124976099909345</id><published>2011-03-08T11:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T11:19:00.998-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Likes for Potential GOP Presidential Candidates</title><summary type='text'>Below is a table of Facebook likes for GOP candidates who may be running for president:     GOP candidate             Likes                                   Notes              Sarah Palin        2,769,978                           Mitt Romney            803,069                           Mike Huckabee            539,501                           Ron Paul            305,123</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8823124976099909345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8823124976099909345' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8823124976099909345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8823124976099909345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/likes-for-potential-gop-presidential.html' title='Likes for Potential GOP Presidential Candidates'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5734444353357204617</id><published>2011-03-07T09:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T09:32:00.695-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><title type='text'>Pentagon Study: ‘08 Financial Crisis May Have Included Work of Financial Terrorists</title><summary type='text'>The Blaze.com reports that in 2008 the Pentagon may have thought the financial crises back then may have included financial terrorists.   The most likely suspects according to the report include Middle Eastern states, Islamic terrorists, hostile members of the Chinese military, or government and organized crime groups in Russia, Venezuela or Iran. Chinese military officials publicly have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5734444353357204617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5734444353357204617' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5734444353357204617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5734444353357204617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/pentagon-study-08-financial-crisis-may.html' title='Pentagon Study: ‘08 Financial Crisis May Have Included Work of Financial Terrorists'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6676881173531219386</id><published>2011-03-02T10:27:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T10:27:00.226-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miscellaneous Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 20</title><summary type='text'>   Busy people of world unite! That is if you can fit uniting in your schedule…     God does not believe, He knows because He is omniscience. Man has beliefs because he only has incomplete knowledge of the world and fills the gaps with his beliefs.     If Communists in America controlled the internet everyone would be using a dial-up connection except of course for the powers-that-be.     Ben </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6676881173531219386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6676881173531219386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6676881173531219386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6676881173531219386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/miscellaneous-thoughts-part-20.html' title='Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 20'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5702559132253782931</id><published>2011-03-01T09:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-01T09:48:00.356-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><title type='text'>Space weather could wreak havoc in gadget-driven world</title><summary type='text'>From Google News (Feb 19):     WASHINGTON — A geomagnetic space storm sparked by a solar eruption like the one that flared toward Earth Tuesday is bound to strike again and could wreak havoc across the gadget-happy modern world, experts say.     Contemporary society is increasingly vulnerable to space weather because of our dependence on satellite systems for synchronizing computers, airline </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5702559132253782931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5702559132253782931' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5702559132253782931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5702559132253782931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/space-weather-could-wreak-havoc-in.html' title='Space weather could wreak havoc in gadget-driven world'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-3541395364438942172</id><published>2011-02-28T09:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-28T09:33:00.701-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Facts and Talking Points for the Wisconsin Budget Showdown</title><summary type='text'>Government employee union reform proposals in Gov. Walker’s budget repair bill:     Limits collective bargaining for most government sector employees to wages only, with wages capped to inflation;     Union members given the opportunity to vote every year to keep their union;     State can no longer collect union dues;     Requires union members to contribute 5.8% of their salary toward their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/3541395364438942172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=3541395364438942172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3541395364438942172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3541395364438942172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/facts-and-talking-points-for-wisconsin.html' title='Facts and Talking Points for the Wisconsin Budget Showdown'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1529653815470227635</id><published>2011-02-23T09:47:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T09:47:00.421-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Cleric orders Gaddafi killed</title><summary type='text'>From Sky News.com (Feb. 22):     Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued a fatwa that any Libyan soldier who can shoot dead embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi should do so 'to rid Libya of him.'     'Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Gaddafi should do so,' Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born cleric who is usually based in Qatar, told Al-Jazeera television. [read more]</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1529653815470227635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1529653815470227635' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1529653815470227635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1529653815470227635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/cleric-orders-gaddafi-killed.html' title='Cleric orders Gaddafi killed'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-3780750546745244391</id><published>2011-02-22T10:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-22T10:59:00.270-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer science'/><title type='text'>US Gov. Software Creates 'Fake People' on Social Networks to Promote Propaganda</title><summary type='text'>From The Examiner.com (Feb. 18):     The US government is offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage "fake people" on social media sites and create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues.     The contract calls for the development of "Persona Management Software" which would help the user create and manage a variety of distinct fake profiles online. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/3780750546745244391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=3780750546745244391' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3780750546745244391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3780750546745244391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/us-gov-software-creates-people-on.html' title='US Gov. Software Creates &amp;#39;Fake People&amp;#39; on Social Networks to Promote Propaganda'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6662387338197347125</id><published>2011-02-21T00:59:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-21T18:56:35.892-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><title type='text'>Comparing the Antichrist and the 12th Imam</title><summary type='text'>From the www.666soon.com website this definition of the 12th Imam:      Within the Shiite, (which is predominate in Iran ), it is prophesied that there is a coming 12th Imam [an anointed leader or ruler] who is the great spiritual savior. This Imam is named Abu al-Qasim Muhammad or also called Muhammad al Mahdi. He is said to have been born the son of the 11th Imam, Hasan Al-Askari and his wife, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6662387338197347125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6662387338197347125' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6662387338197347125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6662387338197347125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/comparing-antichrist-and-12th-imam.html' title='Comparing the Antichrist and the 12th Imam'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2713081283562514389</id><published>2011-02-16T10:01:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T10:01:00.705-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><title type='text'>Obama, Egypt and the Media</title><summary type='text'>  Isn’t that a cute poster? Wait a minute. I’ve seen a similar poster somewhere else….Hmmm….But not quite like that one. Don’t remember seeing that poster in the media.  Talking about the media, CNN sent  reporter Nic Robertson to the Egyptian protest and asked this “intelligent” and  “news worthy” questions to protesters: What do you think of Obama?  What is your message for Obama?  I kid you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2713081283562514389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2713081283562514389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2713081283562514389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2713081283562514389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/obama-egypt-and-media.html' title='Obama, Egypt and the Media'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TVt2nfhJLNI/AAAAAAAABKQ/zals48R7tBo/s72-c/01125111.Par.4584.ImageFile_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6898951871155861992</id><published>2011-02-15T10:13:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T22:56:14.896-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><title type='text'>An Interpretation of the Georgia Guidestones</title><summary type='text'>   I first heard of these guidestones on Brad Meltzer’s Decoded show. No-one other than the stonemasons knows who contracted to build these guidestones in June 1979. The stonemasons know but are not saying. What’s interesting is not who had them built but the inscription on them.  Here are the inscriptions:     Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.     Guide </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6898951871155861992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6898951871155861992' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6898951871155861992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6898951871155861992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/interpretation-of-georgia-guidestones.html' title='An Interpretation of the Georgia Guidestones'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TVon6vQFx6I/AAAAAAAABKI/A6hVpuQwfJ4/s72-c/800pxGeorgia_guidestones2_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6018699262858855680</id><published>2011-02-14T09:28:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T23:34:31.683-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marxism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><title type='text'>Four Divisions of the Land and Freedom Society</title><summary type='text'>This Marxist society was pre-revolutionary Russia. It was formed before the Bolshevist Revolution. Here are the four steps they wanted to do to destabilize Russia and overthrow the czar:     Agitation--passive and active. Passive agitation included strikes, petitions for reforms, refusal to pay taxes, and so on. Active agitation meant riots and uprisings.  (Bottom-up?)    Organization--the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6018699262858855680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6018699262858855680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6018699262858855680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6018699262858855680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/four-divisions-of-land-and-freedom.html' title='Four Divisions of the Land and Freedom Society'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8019020668265548427</id><published>2011-02-09T09:07:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T09:07:00.607-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><title type='text'>20 Something “TEA” parties?</title><summary type='text'>I think the 20 somethings should form their own “TEA” parties and protest paying into Society Security. They are not going to get their money back when they retire (actually anyone under 47 won’t get their money back) so why should they pay into it? They should put pressure on Congress to make it optional. They could also put pressure on Congress to balance the budget too. That’s a burden on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8019020668265548427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8019020668265548427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8019020668265548427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8019020668265548427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/20-something-tea-parties.html' title='20 Something “TEA” parties?'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8468893702270565224</id><published>2011-02-08T09:06:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T09:06:00.539-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The Islamists Conning the Far-Left</title><summary type='text'>How’s that for a title? But I believe it is true. The far-Left think they have commonality with the militant Jihadists. This is true. Both groups hate the free-market system and both hate Israel. You can read Unholy Alliance : radical Islam and the American Left (2004) by David Horowitz for more similarities. Even the Islamists are using the term “social justice.”  There is even a socialism </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8468893702270565224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8468893702270565224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8468893702270565224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8468893702270565224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/islamists-conning-far-left.html' title='The Islamists Conning the Far-Left'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6962198408328447430</id><published>2011-02-07T11:35:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T11:35:00.188-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='criminology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Assassinations in America</title><summary type='text'>What do these assassins have in common:                            Assassin                                     Target                           Ideology of assassin              Guiseppe Zangara        FDR        Anarchism                  Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola        Harry Truman        Puerto Rican Nationalist Party                  Charles Guiteau        James Garfield        N</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6962198408328447430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6962198408328447430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6962198408328447430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6962198408328447430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/assassinations-in-america.html' title='Assassinations in America'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2630188549436279292</id><published>2011-02-02T09:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T09:30:04.331-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><title type='text'>China blocks 'Egypt' from Internet searches, concerned anti-Hosni Mubarak riots could inspire unrest</title><summary type='text'>From NY Daily News.com (Jan. 31):     The protests raging across Egypt are captivating the rest of the world -- except for China.     The country's Communist Party has ordered Internet censors to block the word "Egypt" from Twitter-like micro-blogging sites out of apparent concern events in the Middle East will stoke unrest closer to home, the Wall Street Journal reported.     Chinese authorities</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2630188549436279292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2630188549436279292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2630188549436279292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2630188549436279292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/china-blocks-from-internet-searches.html' title='China blocks &amp;#39;Egypt&amp;#39; from Internet searches, concerned anti-Hosni Mubarak riots could inspire unrest'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5450022797432810435</id><published>2011-02-01T10:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-01T10:48:00.287-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><title type='text'>The Trouble with Wind Farms</title><summary type='text'>From the Telegraph.co.uk (Jan. 1):     Despite high demand for electricity as people shivered at home over Christmas, most of the 3,000 wind turbines around Britain stood still due to a lack of wind.     Even yesterday , when conditions were slightly breezier, wind farms generated just 1.8 per cent of the nation’s electricity — less than a third of usual levels.     The failure of wind farms to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5450022797432810435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5450022797432810435' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5450022797432810435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5450022797432810435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/trouble-with-wind-farms.html' title='The Trouble with Wind Farms'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-1994663869923988848</id><published>2011-01-31T09:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T22:56:14.897-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Left'/><title type='text'>The Progressive Manual for the Masses</title><summary type='text'>  If message in the above picture is not clear to you then let me spell it  in simple language:  In society there are two types of classes: Cattle and Ranchers. Ranchers are not shown in the picture above.   You are Cattle. Which means you are dumb, instinctive, emotional and have very little control of your life.   The elite Progressives are not Cattle. We are Ranchers. We are smart and have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/1994663869923988848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=1994663869923988848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1994663869923988848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/1994663869923988848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/progressive-manual-for-masses.html' title='The Progressive Manual for the Masses'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TUXWxCUm9nI/AAAAAAAABJ0/mzwuj7jCICM/s72-c/masses_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-8632928763877833807</id><published>2011-01-26T11:06:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T23:42:57.706-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Socialism'/><title type='text'>Socialism 101 Part 2</title><summary type='text'>It follows directly from socialism’s fundamental moral and political premise, which is that the individual does not exist as an end in himself, but as a means to the ends of “Society.”  Private slave owners were motivated to treat their slaves with at least the same consideration they gave to their livestock, and to see to it that their overseers acted with the same consideration. But under </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/8632928763877833807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=8632928763877833807' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8632928763877833807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/8632928763877833807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/socialism-101-part-2.html' title='Socialism 101 Part 2'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-148448960793535239</id><published>2011-01-25T09:27:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T09:27:00.648-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><title type='text'>Six Powers of the Secretary of HHS under Obamacare</title><summary type='text'>The following powers of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) are from the Center for Health Transformation:     The Secretary will decide what clinical drugs seniors can access. (Section 3307)     The Secretary will instruct physicians and nurses exactly how to give a drug to their patients in long-term care facilities. (Section 3310)     The Secretary will determine how dentists and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/148448960793535239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=148448960793535239' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/148448960793535239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/148448960793535239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/six-powers-of-secretary-of-hhs-under.html' title='Six Powers of the Secretary of HHS under Obamacare'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-3721903040086372050</id><published>2011-01-24T09:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-24T09:59:00.534-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environmental issues'/><title type='text'>Climate change study had 'significant error': experts</title><summary type='text'>From news.yahoo.com (Jan. 19):     WASHINGTON (AFP) – A climate change study that projected a 2.4 degree Celsius increase in temperature and massive worldwide food shortages in the next decade was seriously flawed, scientists said Wednesday.     The study was posted on the website of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was written about by numerous international news </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/3721903040086372050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=3721903040086372050' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3721903040086372050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3721903040086372050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/climate-change-study-had-error-experts.html' title='Climate change study had &amp;#39;significant error&amp;#39;: experts'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-3719147840993676470</id><published>2011-01-19T09:36:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-19T09:36:00.646-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><title type='text'>Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Obamacare</title><summary type='text'>The following list of tax hikes comes from the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) website:     Individual Mandate Excise Tax    Employer Mandate Tax    Surtax on Investment Income     Excise Tax on Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans    Hike in Medicare Payroll Tax    Medicine Cabinet Tax    HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike    Flexible Spending Account Cap – aka “Special Needs Kids Tax”    Tax on Medical </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/3719147840993676470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=3719147840993676470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3719147840993676470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/3719147840993676470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/comprehensive-list-of-tax-hikes-in.html' title='Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Obamacare'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-5224105588258538863</id><published>2011-01-18T10:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T10:33:00.330-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gov&apos;t agencies'/><title type='text'>City puts a stop to homeless outreach</title><summary type='text'>From chron.com (Jan. 13):     Bobby and Amanda Herring spent more than a year providing food to homeless people in downtown Houston every day. They fed them, left behind no trash and doled out warm meals peacefully without a single crime being committed, Bobby Herring said.     That ended two weeks ago when the city shut down their "Feed a Friend" effort for lack of a permit. And city officials </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/5224105588258538863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=5224105588258538863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5224105588258538863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/5224105588258538863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/city-puts-stop-to-homeless-outreach.html' title='City puts a stop to homeless outreach'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-2680225943677586242</id><published>2011-01-17T09:38:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T09:38:00.857-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international'/><title type='text'>OPEC ministers say world can handle $100 oil</title><summary type='text'>From MSNBC.com (Dec. 26):     CAIRO — The global economy can withstand an oil price of $100 a barrel, Kuwait's oil minister said on Saturday, as other exporters indicated OPEC may decide against increasing output through 2011 as the market was well supplied.    Arab oil exporters meeting in Cairo this weekend said they saw no need to supply more crude as stocks were high and prices had been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/2680225943677586242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=2680225943677586242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2680225943677586242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/2680225943677586242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/opec-ministers-say-world-can-handle-100.html' title='OPEC ministers say world can handle $100 oil'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32147646.post-6330132196649596598</id><published>2011-01-12T10:47:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T10:47:00.248-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='general science'/><title type='text'>Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal finds</title><summary type='text'>From CNN.com (Jan. 6):      A now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines was an "elaborate fraud" that has done long-lasting damage to public health, a leading medical publication reported Wednesday.     An investigation published by the British medical journal BMJ concludes the study's author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, misrepresented or altered the medical histories of all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/feeds/6330132196649596598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32147646&amp;postID=6330132196649596598' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6330132196649596598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32147646/posts/default/6330132196649596598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andy-thoughts.blogspot.com/2011/01/retracted-autism-study-fraud-british.html' title='Retracted autism study an &amp;#39;elaborate fraud,&amp;#39; British journal finds'/><author><name>Andy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09864264418404551673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iOY3QynpoEU/TGzGPUImJ-I/AAAAAAAABF4/c3pXfVeQm9A/S220/andy+blog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
