John Link

You misheard. She said, "That is not faith, that is a conviction.".

samr, did you miss the two messages prior to Brian's?

Check out this link to learn how the Feldenkrais Method might be helpful to your grandfather: http://www.google.com/search?q=feldenkrais+parkinson&hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images Click this link to find a Feldenkrais practitioner near your grandfather: http://www.feldenkrais.com/practitioners/find/ If you'll tell me where your grandfather lives I might be able to make specific referrals to some of my colleagues (I'm a Feldenkrais practitioner in New York City). Good luck, John Link

Why did you put Newton on your negative list? Do you hate calculus that much? And surely Hitler had a bigger negative influence than Newton. John Link

http://atlasshruggeddocumentary.com/

Well put!

If you care about freedom, please sign this petition urging Obama to veto NDAA 2012: Veto the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 as several provisions of the bill pose a threat.

I understand that the Senate is expected to make a final vote today and send it to the White House to sign into law by the end of the week. Go to http://www.senate.go...enators_cfm.cfm and contact your senators now!

I just called the White House at 202-456-1111 to express my disgust at Obama's willingness to sign NDAA 2012 which includes provisions for indefinite detention, and to urge him to VETO this unconstitutional bill. I was on hold for 10 minutes or so. I hope that means that many others are calling the White House for the same reason. I also emailed the White House here: Submit Questions & Comments | The White House If you care about your freedom, act now, because Obama intends to sign the bill into law.

Here's a link to one of many articles I've read about what appears to be a bill (maybe soon to become law) that includes provisions that are flagrantly unconstitutional: http://www.businessi...an-ever-2011-12

Much (probably most) jazz is organized that way, but not all.

Thank you, sNerd, for posting your message. I've put the link to the article on my facebook page and encourage others to do the same.

Voted!

freestyle, you continue to miss the point of the question "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". In my previous post I took the question at face value, but in fact when people ask it they are interested in neither chickens nor eggs, but about other things, the first of which leads to the second and the second of which leads to the first.

freestyle, I suggest that you've entirely missed the point of the cliche question "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". I believe that that question is used to express the idea that a chicken came from an egg that came from a chicken that came from an egg..., and the question asks whether a chicken or an egg is at the beginning of that sequence. Or perhaps the question is rhetorical, and simply identifies what seems to be an infinite regress.

This thread started on Halloween, but the story cited in the first message in the thread was published on March 16, 2009.

...but blank lines between paragraphs would be nice.

Excellent essay, showing how socialism in education leads to unavoidable trouble.

"I do believe in ghosts, I do believe in ghosts, I do, I do, I do believe in ghosts." -Cowardly Lion

zfish, I'm curious about your response to the comments several of us have made about your essay.

You can help him have a bigger voice by posting a link to the video on your Facebook page.

I have two points: 1) You said you chose to respond to the quote of Wittgenstein, but your essay hardly deals with the quote. Instead, in a few paragraphs, you attack his entire philosophy. I think the essay would be much better (more importantly, more in line with the assignment you were given) if you were to limit yourself to exploring the meaning of the quote. You express disdain for "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.", but you don't even say what you think it means, or doesn't mean. I could certainly find possible interpretations that would not lead one to the conclusion "What an awful world that must be!". Have you considered any such interpretations? 2) I've never read Wittgenstein, so I don't know whether or not your claims about his ideas are true or false. What you've written does not support your claims or lead me to have confidence in their veracity, since you've included not a single quotation of his writing. As far as I can tell all you've done is regurgitated someone else's (Ayn Rand's?) ideas about Wittgenstein. John Link

The audio and video are not so great, but I'm impressed with the way Peter Schiff handled himself. I think he may have gotten through to a few people. I've posted the link to the video on my facebook page and suggest the rest of you do the same. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=583006604 John Link

Here's a link to a related article in the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203499704576625302455112990.html?KEYWORDS=Occupiers

More precisely I've posted a link to your essay.