Individual Liberty — Individual Responsibility

For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)

“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

Snow

Published Sat, Dec 1 2007 4:04 PM
Technorati Tags: Cool Stuff, Holidays

In a not unexpected turn of events, it snowed today. Naturally, the camera dragged me out into the street to take pictures. Here's what the view up and down my street looked like while it was snowing…

Of course, we've got our Christmas decorations out. Here they are…

It thought it was a bit funny… The snow globe was covered in snow.

Update:

For a while the snow went away, but this evening it came back with a vengeance. The snowman shorted out and died.

Oh well. We've had it for four years and it's seen a lot. We'll replace it after the holidays.

I took some video of the snowfall too.

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2006 Christmas Challenge

Published Sat, Dec 1 2007 10:36 AM
Technorati Tags: Entertainment, Holidays

That's right, "2006 Christmas Challenge". I know it's 2007, but my sister-in-law sent this to me in email. I managed to get all but number 5…

Following is the 2006 edition of Christmas Challenge. See how many song titles you can get.

Oh, member of the round table with missing areas
Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres
Vehicular homicide was committed on Dad's mom by a precipitous darling
Wanted in December: forward incisors
The apartment of two psychiatrists
The lad is diminutive percussionist
Sir Lancelot with laryngitis
Decorate the entryways
Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of whitish metallic elements
Oh small Israel urban center
Far off in a hay bin
We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole
Duodecimal enumeration of the passage of the yuletide season
Leave and broadcast from an elevation
Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy your yuletide season
Listen, the winged heavenly messengers are proclaiming tunefully
As the guardians of the woolly animals protected their charges in the dark hours
I beheld a trio of nautical vessels moving in this direction
Jubilation to the entire terrestrial globe
Do you perceive the same vibrations which stimulate my auditory sense
A joyful song of reverence relative to hollow metallic vessels which vibrate and bring forth a ringing sound when struck
Parent was observed osculating a red-coated un-shaven teamster
May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue to mild male humans
Rose-colored uncouth dolf is aware of the nature precipitation, darling