http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com Upsetting Apple Carts of Ideas! Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:59:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s good that internet archive websites exist, and good that I have another place to post my opinions publicly. Attaching my blog to my commercial website was an interesting idea, but I did not knowingly succeed in persuading one prohibitionist to recognize his foolishness. http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2008/01/02/moving-off-jrpotterycom/ Yet another letter to Representative Davis: Dear Representative Davis, This is a follow-up to a call I placed yesterday to your office regarding the “American Community Survey”, which is being conducted by the US Census Bureau. Mr. Kincannon, the Census Bureau Director, informs me that I am “required by US law to ... http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/12/04/american-community-survey/ “Living On Earth” fell off the left edge of the Earth this time, so I sent them a comment that is less than flattering. The NPR Commies will most likely ignore it, but please be assured I’ll post their response here, if there is one, just for entertainment value. Wouldn’t ... http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/09/09/letter-to-npr-warmie-commies/ Not too long ago, I wrote an essay about Tennessee’s “Unauthorized Substances Tax”, you will find it below. (I was in one of those moods, it has some crackly-crunchy delicious irony if I dare say so!) Briefly, the Tennessee State legislature had enacted an unconstitutional tax bill that would allow a ... http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/09/07/update-on-unauthorized-substances/ I got a reply from Representative Davis today, presumably to what I’ve written below. I can only conclude that his helpers are either illiterate or they are avoiding the issue. I invite my myriad readers to draw your own conclusions: August 20, 2007 Mr. John Ray P.O. Box 84 Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 Dear Mr. ... http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/08/19/correspondence-with-lincoln-davis/ Your stupid drug czar said we are terrorists because we smoke pot. Then, is God the Ultimate Terrorist because He Created pot in the first place? Reality: Pot, which is called “weed” because it grows robustly from Alaska to Argentina, is expensive because it is only available via the Black Market. ... http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/07/17/letter-to-the-president/ To Whom It Ought To Concern: Today on “All Things Considered” you broadcast a segment which should have been a discussion of the pro’s and con’s of granting Washington DC “the right to vote”, de facto Statehood. In fact, it was an extremely polemic piece that presented the opposing side as ... http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/04/21/letter-to-npr-april-21-2007/ 我が国はよく無意味な事を注目する。今週は Duke University　の強姦の申し立てを検察官がやめて、先週は Anna Nicole Smith　の死んだ周りとか、Smithã€€ã®ã‚ã‹ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ã®ãƒ‘ãƒ‘ã¯èª°ï¼Ÿä»Šåº¦ã®å¤§çµ±é ˜ã®æ±šã‚ŒãŸä¸‹ç€ã¯ä½•è‰²ï¼Ÿã€€Don Imusといううるさいおしゃべりラジオのおじさんは黒人さんが失礼と受けたことを放送した。運動選手はなにか社会はよくないと思うことをした。 何でもかんでも、他人のすることを見て、自分のことを無視する。もしくは、自分の問題と社会の問題を他人のせいにする。 毎年７月４日、独立記念日を祭り、花火をみながらハンバアガアを食べて、ビイルをたくさん飲んで、”America, Land of the Free”と叫ぶ。 http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/04/11/america/ そうであろう。英語では “casting pearls before swine”ということわざがあるが、そのとうりでもけっこうだ。観念論者, ç©ºè«–å®¶ã‚‚ä¸­ã«ã„ã‚‹ã€‚ç§ã‚‚ãã†ã‹ï¼Ÿã€€ã„ã„ã€‚æ€ã†ã“ã¨ã‚’ã¡ã‚ƒã‚“ã¨ã„ã†ã€‚éš ã™ã®ãŒå˜˜ã‚’ã¤ãã¨ã©ã†é•ã†ï¼Ÿã€€ 　鏡をみる適時がいつでも？　みて喜ぶ人が多い？　みたらどうか？　満足？　その質問をする私は悪い？　 　私の他に、その疑問をする人はたくさんいる？　そうであれば幸いであろう。 http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/04/02/subtlety-%e3%82%82%e3%81%a3%e3%81%9f%e3%81%84%e3%81%aa%e3%81%84%ef%bc%9f/ 今日もマキをわりながら，やかましいtalk-radioを聞いた。右派は左派の責任にして，左派は右派の責任にして、両方は子供みたい。知性と英知　（intellect and wisdom) を同等にして、反対側はどちもないつもりで自分の意見と賛成じゃなければ馬鹿だという。政治の世界は理想ではなくて，うまいくちしかいらない。それだけをみれば、多くのアメリカ人の能力がよくわかる。選挙権が国籍さえあれば与える事が我が国の大間違いだ！！ 　まして、テレビ、ラジオ、インタアネットでも，自分の意見と同じバカリあるのを人々がすぐ見つけて、違う意見を一所懸命聞かないようにする。耳に指を突っ込んで、　”LALALALALALAèžã“ãˆãªã„ã‚ˆâ€ã¨è¨€ã†ã€ã—ã‹ã—ã©ã†ã—ã¦å­ä¾›ã«æ€ã‚ã‚Œã‚‹ã‹ã¨ç†è§£ã§ããªã„ã€‚ãã‚“ãªã²ã¨ã¯é¸æŒ™æ¨©ãŒã‚ã‚‹ã€‚ãã‚Œã‚ˆã‚Šã€å€™è£œè€…ã«ã‚‚ãªã‚Œã‚‹ï¼ãã—ã¦é ­ã®ã„ã„äººãŒé¸æŒ™ã®ç›¸æ‰‹ã ã£ãŸã‚‰ã€ãƒã‚«ã®ã»ã†ã¯å‹ã¤ç¢ºçŽ‡ãŒå¤šã„ã€‚ã©ã†ã—ã¦ã‹ã¨è¨€ã†ã¨ã€ç¤¾ä¼šçš„ãªãƒ†ãƒ¬ãƒ“ç•ªçµ„ã‚’æ€ãˆã°åˆ†ã‚‹:　”Happy Days”の主唱者の Richie and Fonzieã€€ã¯ãã‚Œãžã‚Œã€é ­ã¨å¿ƒã€äººæ°—ã¨…どう言えばいいか、人気じゃなくてもかまわずに正直に言うこと。どちらは選挙を勝つ？　人気の　Fonzie.　毎度。 http://www.thinkyouverymuch.com/2007/03/28/%e9%81%b8%e6%8c%99%e6%a8%a9/