Month: October 2003

  • Neal Boortz at A&M

    I went to hear Neal Boortz live for four hours this morning. He was generally right on everything he mentioned, though he lacked Rush’s smooth delivery. Although he’s known for being a libertarian, he correctly identified the threat presented by Islamic terrorism, and praised America’s military. Unfortunately, he rarely went beyond the concretes of particular…

  • Egypt won?

    “30 Years Since Egypt’s Victory Over Israel:” In the war of October 1973, Egypt crushed the Israeli army of occupation. They destroyed the Barlief Line that was described by military experts as unparalleled in military history and ended the lie that Israel had an invincible army. This year for the first time Egypt is celebrating…

  • Man

    Weak and puny, small and frail, Helpless he with tooth or nail, In a world of fang and claw Where sheer power makes the law. Into battle he had gone With the shaggy mastodon, With the cruel beasts of prey Snarling in their lust to slay, Thirsting for the taste of blood; He has fought…

  • Random Quote..

    A random prediction from sci-fi writer and futurist Robert Heinlein in 1950: “The cult of the phony in art will disappear. So-called modern art will be discussed only by psychiatrists.” In 1980: “One pay hope…While “fine” art continues to look like the work of retarded monkeys, commercial art grows steadily better.”

  • Listserv: A Theory on the Basic Nature of the Universe

      A Theory on the Basic Nature of the Universe October 25, 2003 It’s been a while since I talked about physics, so I’d like to present my pet theory on the origins and the fundamental nature of the universe. To explain it, I will use four helpful analogies: a shattered pane of glass, a…

  • Hey Kids!

    Perhaps in response to the widespread ban of “Jewish” Barbie dolls in Muslim countries, an American company has created Razanne, a Muslim Barbie. Um…no comment. In related news, a survey by a evangelical Christian group claims that that 81% of American’s believe in some sort of an afterlife, and 90% are open to the possibility,…

  • Comments on the GLBTA/YCT Service Fee Debate

    The university-funded “Gay Lesbian and Transgender Alliance” debated with the self-funded “Young Conservatives” tonight. Here are the comments I posted at a local forum: The GLBTA president is a typical leftist. His sole argument was: “Students are not capable of deciding which groups they should support, so their money should be forcibly taken from them…

  • New Essays

    It’s been a few months since I added any essays to my site, so it’s time for a new one: “Creativity, the Man-Made and the Metaphysically Given” (Let me know if you have a better title for it.) I also added my essay on sex. I wrote it several months ago, but was never satisfied…

  • Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Beirut suicide attacks that killed 241 Marines. How have our politicians commemorated the first victims in the terrorist’s war against America? By demanding that we open up trade with Cuba. Dictators of terrorist regimes don’t pose any threat to America…right?

  • Creativity, the Man-Made and the Metaphysically Given

      Creativity, the Man-Made and the Metaphysically Given David V October 23, 2003 The metaphysically given is that part of reality which exists without human participation, and could not have occurred any other way, whereas the man-made is that which occurred because of volitional human action and could have been different. Everything that is metaphysically…