It’s is not, it isn’t ain’t, and it’s it’s, not its, if you mean it is. If you don’t, it’s its. Then too, it’s hers. It isn’t her’s. It isn’t our’s either. It’s ours, and likewise yours and theirs. — Oxford University Press, Edpress News
Archive of entries posted on September 2006
Copyright Information
Just so everyone is clear, the blog entries and other content on PlanetMike.com is copyrighted by Michael Boyd Clark, and should not be posted to any other web site. The RSS feeds I provide are for the use of the readers of my blog, not to make it easier to steal my content and put [...]
Liberty
“Liberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the consequences of his actions and will receive praise or blame for them.” -F. A. Hayek
Re: Voting Sucks
In Voting Sucks, Devin Reams discusses his concerns with the entire voting process. His frustrations are fairly reasonable. He should do what I generally do (95+% of the time): Vote for the person running against the incumbent. He’s right, incumbents almost always win. So I try to encourage the person with the guts to challenge [...]
The Size of Government
“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.” – Barry Goldwater
Life vs. Failure
“No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” – William Feather
Determination
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Encryption
“We’re not going to outlaw photography because someone takes dirty pictures. People use it for good things and bad things – and it’s the same with encryption.” — Missouri Senator John Ashcroft (Rep.) (I wonder how much his views changed once he became the Attorney General?)
Censorship
If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds. – Stanley v. Georgia, [...]
Optimist
I know everything, i just can’t remember it all at once.
