Haiku du Jour » politics

May 2 “Might as well”

rgdaniel — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:01:30 +0000

To study the past

is to be doomed to believe

you won’t repeat it

…. see what I did there? I turned it around…

The original expression “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is from Spanish-born philospher George Santayana, from his Reason in Common Sense, the first volume of his The Life of Reason. The idea being that if we dutifully learn about the mistakes of the past, we will be protected from suffering through the consequences of making similar mistakes today.

For example, learning about the Great Depression will ensure that our current economic model is safe and sound, and that no such global economic meltdown will ever happen again. (cough cough)

Demonstrators protest the proposed 700 billion USD Wall Street bail-out in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the Financial District in New York on September 25, 2008. In response to the global financial crisis, protesters, from a variety of activist groups, denounced the capitalist system, Wall Street and the administration of US President George W, Bush. (Photo credit NICHOLAS ROBERTS/AFP/Getty Images)

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YouTube video: “Van Halen -- JUMP (live Toronto 1995)“
(original David Lee Roth version removed by copyright police, sadly)

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Apr 6 “Hi Kim”

rgdaniel — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:01:33 +0000

Dear North Korea,

What the hell are you up to?

Knock it off, will ya…

YouTube video: “North Korea Launches Long Range Rocket” (CNN report)

Resisting calls from President Barack Obama, Aso and Hu Jintao of China to call off the launch, North Korea had announced Saturday that preparations were complete to send communications satellite Kwangmyongsong-2 on a multistage rocket bound for the skies over Japan.

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Mar 28 Extra “Earth Hour”

rgdaniel — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:58:40 +0000

Lights out for Earth Hour!

Let’s show them we mean business.

Then, back to normal.

These wind turbines are popping up in agricultural areas around Ontario. In an effort to minimize the effects of Global Warming, their purpose is to distribute the methane produced from the cow farts more evenly throughout the earth’s atmosphere.