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We arrive in Chicago without incident
Driving exclusively at night resembles time travel. The vulgarity in the car reached new heights and several new terms were coined, none of which can be shared on this family blog.
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Off to the Midwest
Photos to come in a few days.
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Another interview worth reading
In this case, with industrialist Charles Koch. It’s seems that most interviews on the internet are with either celebrities or analysts, and seldom anyone who has taken his own risks and created his own empire.
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Quick link round up
- Long range acoustic devices
- The Agitator has a list of questions that should be asked of all presidential candidates, well worth reading
- Ward Churchill has been fired.
- Black straw lighting from the Strobist and Lighting Mods.
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A funny two
I don’t usually read the contents of my junk mail folder, but the sender name sounded vaguely familiar so I took a look at it and see
I am ready to kill myself and eat my dog, if medicine prices here (http://thoseeven.cn) are bad.
And check this out, from the Onion – I didn’t realize they had a video news service now. HT: Captain Ed.
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Great minds think alike
I do some Googleing, and find out that someone else has taken cool pictures of the old Pullman railroad yards as well. It’s good stuff.
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A milestone
I just found out today that someone wants to pay for some of my art photos! I’ve been a “professional” (been paid for it) photographer for awhile, now I’ll be a real artist! I think I’ll shop for a beret and a narcissistic attitude on Amazon.
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A sad day
I just read Mike Hendrix’ (of Cold Fury.com) wife Christiana passed away in a motorcycle accident over the weekend. I first met Mike in the late 90s at one of his Belmont Playboys shows. They remain the best rockabilly group I’ve ever seen. I don’t think I ever met Christiana.
A sad day.
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This is cool…
I just checked my Technorati profile, and see that someone added me to their BlogShare account. How cool!
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Reagan and the Cold War
One of the many annoying things I often hear is “Reagan won the Cold War”. It’s the wrong question. While the Cold Warn certainly wasn’t won by Jimmy Carter, it wasn’t Reagan either. Here is the analogy I use.
Imagine two men in a bar. They’ve just finished fighting other people together. After that fight is done, they start to squabble amongst themselves. Both men pull guns and a tense standoff ensues.
Neither side has a clear edge as both guns are comparable and effective. The standoff continues for quite some time. Both parties upgrade their weaponry periodically. One of the people spends all of his non-weapon money on health food, while the other spends all of his non-weapon money on crystal meth and salty snacks. After a while the first health food person buys a pricey new SA80 rifle. The meth/salt guy complains about a new arms race, then has a heart attack and dies.
That’s the end of the Cold War. The canard “We outspent them” ignores the fact that Communism is not capable of utilizing resources efficiently, and if the Soviets hadn’t been using their resources on weapons they would be wasting the resources some other way. While Reagan did see the evil nature of communism accurately, he wasn’t responsible for the heart attack. Happily, communism is self-limiting that way.