Today is the 57th anniversary of the publication of Orwell’s classic 1984.
This is timely (re)reading given the global focus on security, the proliferation of cams, security letters, data mining and perpetual war. Do it this month!
Reminded by Fergie.
Sweet liberty is being turned on her head in the 21st century United States.
Make your own modest statement by turning Lady Liberty upside down when you affix her to your envelopes:
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Scientists must experiment and kids will have fun!
Yes, the CPSC, your local city nannycrats and the narcothugs work hard to keep you from learning chemistry, shooting off fireworks and stopping your runny nose. In spite of these ill conceived efforts a little ingenuity and a trip to your local supermarket or convenience store can get you plenty of explosive goodies!
For instance here is what you can achieve with some Diet Coke and Mentos Mints. If they try to stop ya, well, just spray in their face.
How soon do you think the swat teams will be coming for these guys or for you? If you think never then perhaps you should consider Patri’s thoughts on the subject.
Via Tegan.
Update: Chemistry gone wrong–mixing Pepsi and Mentos. Via Solonor’s Inkwell via The Tree.
The 115th Carnival of the Cats is up at TacJammer.
As shocking as it might seem bush was right in his radio address yesterday when he said:
….in a free society, decisions about such a fundamental social institution as marriage should be made by the people…
Yes, they should. These decisions should be made by individual people voluntarily arranging their lives with other individuals.
There are a lot of folks, though, including bush who, contrary to his own words, do not believe we should have a free society.
In our free society, people have the right to choose how they live their lives.
Instead they advocate taking the freedom to live their lives by their voluntary choices from the people and put in its place amendments, laws and regulations that take freedom from the people.
A constitutional amendment does not
….put a decision that is critical to American families and American society in the hands of the American people, which is exactly where it belongs.
It, in fact, takes it out of the hands of the people. Again, it is the involved free individuals who should make the voluntary decisions about how to arrange their lives with others.
In a free society federal, state or local legislative bodies have no business being involved in these voluntary arrangements.