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May 2006 - Posts

• Reflections on History

  Preface, this is my attempt to break out of critical style writing and just go with my train of thought. Please do not grade me on grammar here. After the civil war was over life was not pretty in the South. Heavy structural damage, population and labor Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:12 PM by Starbuck | 0 Comments

• Who is John Galt

  That was the big question in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged . But it wasn’t really who, it was what? A force of nature, our own nature unleashed back on us. We destroyed ourselves, save for a few. From what I remember, John Galt/Francisco used his expansive Read More... Posted Monday, May 29, 2006 8:50 PM by Starbuck | 1 Comments

• Think Globally

  I’m seeing a bigger picture. Think globally right? Let’s scale it down. My dad went to work for Southwestern Bell at 21 and retired at 55. He worked as a laborer, made good money, lived a comfortable life, and retired with pension. Had it not been for Read More... Posted Friday, May 26, 2006 10:21 AM by Starbuck | 1 Comments

• I love him

  I think Vladimir Putin is great. He's brilliant. He's relatively honest for a politician, and he's got his eyes on the big picture. And, most importantly, he is a fan of The Beatles, the greatest rock and roll band in the history of music. Putin opened Read More... Posted Friday, May 12, 2006 3:13 PM by Starbuck | 0 Comments

• Hemp: Not just for hippies

  I found on myspace. Most interesting. "An acre of hemp produces four times as much paper as an acre of trees. Every pot-smoking hippy in the country knows that. The problem is, why doesn't anyone else? In this short article, I will attempt to educate Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:45 PM by Starbuck | 2 Comments

• Iran says it won't exit nuclear treaty

  I once read a book called Reading Lolita in Tehran. It was written by an Iranian college professor of the female persuasion. She talked about life in Iran durning the 70's and 80's. She and her students had to meet in secret to discuss works of literature Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:37 AM by Starbuck | 2 Comments