A year ago our position looked forlorn, and well nigh desperate to all eyes but our own. To-day we may say aloud before an awe-struck world: "We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls." - Churchill.
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September 6, 2005 by Sam Edney
Heard this from my younger sis a while ago. Never forgotten it! "My very easy memory jingle, so useful naming planets" M y (Mercury) V ery (Venus) E asy (Earth) M emory (Mars) J ingle (Jupiter) S o (Saturn) U seful (Uranus) N aming (Neptune) P lanets (Pluto)
September 6, 2005 by Sam Edney
I have seen a lot of shooting going on in New Orleans. Cops shooting looters. Cops shooting gunmen. Looters shooting at helicopters!! People shooting eachother... Im sure you have seen it too. Had guns not been so readily available, would this problem have been a lot easier to resolve? Guns and of course the people who have them (either their own or ones they "looted") seem to have contributed to a lot of the problems now coming to light. Not many people really stayed to "protect"...
September 6, 2005 by Sam Edney
I havent posted on this site for a very long time... Things havent changed a bit!!! Attitudes havent changed at all! The hard-rights are still hard-right, the lefts are still left... There has not been one inch of concession or compromise! In fact, after reading a few posts, I would say things have gotten even more polarised! It makes me wonder what the hell point there is to these kind of sites at all?! How much time has everyone wasted to try and get their point accross to someone?! ...
July 7, 2004 by Sam Edney
Over the last few years I have chatted with several people from Israel (mostly on ICQ - though I don't use it anymore) about the conflict there with Palestine. Most of the Israelis I have talked with have said that it isnt a big problem for them. I'm never sure weather it is because they live in the north (which most of them do) and it doesn't affect them so much, or if the Israeli media don't show what is happening on the ground, or if they are just in denial or even if they support what ...
July 6, 2004 by Sam Edney
I am opening this blog primarily due to having been censored in another topic. A thoughtful (and possibly thought provoking) short reply to a post (not a flame) was deleted by Draginol, when there were replies that were much less relevant and more abusive above mine left standing. It made me think more generally about how censorship affects things in the real world. I have watched the dramatic growth of the Internet over the last few years with much interest, and use it daily for both busi...