I just recently got the following email from an ally I call, Ronin, after the masterless samurai of feudal Japan. The ronin were those who’d been trained in the Samurai warrior life of honor, self-mastery, fearlessness, etc. as loyal protectors and servants to a master, and were then set free. Ronin literally means…
Read MoreWho doesn’t understand the principle that you don’t negotiate with terrorists? By negotiating, you validate and encourage more terrorist action. That’s a pretty sound principle.
So, apparently George Bush is not negotiating with or even talking to the Iranian “regime,” or President Ahmadinejad, as the Iranians “sponsor terrorism” and are part of the “Axis of Evil.”…
Read MoreImagine, if all the American colonialists could have watched Patrick Henry deliver his famous speech via web cam: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
Our red coated friends from across the pond…
Read MoreLeave it to a lawyer! Oh my… I know that’s stereotypical. And to be fair, in principal, being a lawyer is one of the most noble professions there is. Yet, in our positionary world, many if not most lawyers, especially trial lawyers, simply waste their times creating and defending positions–at everyone’s expense…
Read MoreI shared my feelings in an email to several of our lists yesterday. Funny, the only negative responses I got were from men. This one was typical:
“Yes! You are a Sap!! Now don’t send me your crying a** s**t anymore!!!” (asterisks added)
Of course, we…
Read More“Not I,” cries the emerging visionary, as he dives off the edge of the bridge.
For some, life is an escape from the big questions. Perhaps even for most, to seriously question one’s fundamental conclusions about one’s self and the world is akin to bungee jumping from a tall bridge with an untested cord. For these people, jumping up and down on solid ground with a bungee cord attached to their feet, or watching someone else bungee jump, is about as close as they’ll ever get…
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