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

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Published Thu, Jul 5 2007 11:45 PM

This linkfest is for the 6th, 7th, and 8th of July, 2007.

If you have something interesting you'd like to share, feel free to link it here and leave a trackback.

Just remember the trackback policy .

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Thursday Thirteen #11

Published Thu, Jul 5 2007 9:25 AM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Blogging, Cool Stuff

Thirteen Things about BlogShares

"BlogShares is a fantasy stock market for weblogs. Players get to invest a fictional $500, and blogs are valued by incoming links." Each blog is initially valued at $1,000.00, and it's outgoing links at $1,100.00 divided by the number of outgoing links, so some incoming links are worth more than others. Only links to and from other blogs in the index count.
At the present moment, there are 229 BlogShares trillionaires.
The wealthiest player in the game is AXA with B$293,034,475,188,657.00
There are 2226 ranked players using the composite ranking system. I'm ranked #69 (at the moment, rankings are updated every three hours).
BlogShares maintains the largest hand-edited index of blogs on the Internet (or so I'm told).
Players gain Karma by voting blogs into "Industries". This is one how blogs are categorized in the index.
There are over 6,000 industries or categories managed in the BlogShares index.
Players gain Sigma by adding blogs to the index, reporting title changes, or reporting blogs as "dead".
For the purposes of the BlogShares index, "dead blogs are those which have had no new posts in the last six months, return a server error or 404, or which have been pronounced dead, moved, or discontinued by blog's owner." "Private" or friends-only blog, are also considered "dead".
At the time of this posting, there are 6,754,081 blogs in the BlogShares index.
You can be a free member of BlogShares just by registering. Free members are limited to 20 shares transactions per day.
You can be a premium member for $15.00 per year, or $2.95 a month. Premium members have lots of advantages over non-premium members, including unlimited daily transactions.
BlogShares is probably the most addicting Internet game I have ever played.

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Monday... um... er... I mean Thursday

Published Thu, Jul 5 2007 7:24 AM
Technorati Tags: Open Trackbacks

After the neighborhood fireworks celebration I was exhausted last night/this morning. Lit fireworks until almost midnight. The neighborhood sounded like a combat zone, or rather like what I imagine one might sound like.

Wow.

After yesterday, it feels like a Monday. You know what I mean I'm sure. The time off from work, the late night, the party with friends.

Of course my dad always told me that there were only three days in the week, and usually only two: Mondays; Holidays; and Paydays. Any day that you have to work is a Monday. Any day that you don't have to work is a Holiday. A Payday is any day you get paid, but it can be either a Monday or a Holiday. Most Paydays are also Mondays, but the money brightens them up a bit.

This linkfest is for the 5th of July, 2007.

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Just remember the trackback policy .

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