The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. Louis Brandeis
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Louis Brandeis (1856 - 1941)
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. Louis Brandeis
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, June 27, 2011
Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)
The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
Erich Fromm
Sunday, June 26, 2011
C.S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C.S. Lewis
Saturday, June 25, 2011
J. K. Rowling
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies; but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. J.K. Rowling (Albus Dumbledore)
Friday, June 24, 2011
Rollo May (1909 - 1994)
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Rollo May
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.
Thomas Carlyle
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Behind the Shield
Some hardcore Norton product placement, but still a terrific little video about Cap's shield:
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
H. L. Mencken
Friday, June 17, 2011
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday, June 16, 2011
John Adams (1735 - 1826)
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
John Adams
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Flag Day
You're a Grand Old FlagMusic and lyrics by George M. Cohan
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Simple Version
You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
The Grand Old Flag of the United States of America
Complete Version
You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag,
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'Neath the Red, White and Blue.
Where there's never a boast or a brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eyes on the grand old flag!
There's a feeling comes a-stealing,
And it sets my brain a-reeling,
When I'm listening to the music of a military band.
Any tune like "Yankee Doodle"
Simply sets me off my noodle,
It's that patriotic something that no one can understand.
"Way down South, in the land of cotton",
Melody untiring,
Ain't that inspiring?
Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll join the Jubilee!
And that's going some,
For the Yankees, by gum!
Red, white and blue, I am for you!
Honest, you're a grand old flag!
You're a Grand Old Flag
You're a high flying flag
And forever, in peace, may you wave!
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave!
Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White, and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot
Keep your eye on the Grand Old Flag!
I'm a cranky hanky panky,
I'm a dead square, honest Yankee,
And I'm mighty proud of that old flag
That flies for Uncle Sam.
Though I don't believe in raving
Ev'ry time I see it waving,
There's a chill runs up my back that makes me glad I'm what I am.
Here's a land with a million soldiers,
That's if we should need 'em,
We'll fight for freedom!
Hurrah! Hurrah! For every Yankee tar
And old G.A.R.
Ev'ry stripe, ev'ry star.
Red, white and blue,
Hats off to you
Honest, you're a grand old flag!
You're a Grand Old Flag
You're a High Flying Flag
And forever, in peace, may you wave!
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave!
Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White, and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot
Keep your eye on the Grand Old Flag!
You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
Plato (424 BC - 347 BC)
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." — Plato
Monday, June 13, 2011
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." — Benjamin Franklin
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Star Wars: The Old Republic Cinematic Trailer E3 2011 - Return
These Cinematic Trailers are ALL awesome. Here's the longer version of the one I showed before.
Peter Kreeft
On my door is a cartoon of two turtles. One says, 'Sometimes I would like to ask why he allows poverty, famine and injustice when he could do something about it.' The other turtle says 'I am afraid that God might ask me the same question.' Peter Kreeft
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904)
Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.
Anton Chekhov
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906)
"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny."
Carl Schurz
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Desmond Tutu
"I got to loving to read, because he [Tutu's father] allowed me to read comics, which most people said you shouldn’t let your child read because they will spoil him. But that gave me an extraordinary hunger for reading."
Desmond Tutu
Monday, June 6, 2011
D-Day
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
( http://www.army.mil/d-day/ )
Please note: The image above is SYMBOLIC, not historical. Captain America, Bucky Barnes, the Original Human Torch and Toro WERE NOT AT THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY.
I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of Prince Namor of Atlantis (codename: Sub-mariner) or Diana of Themyscira (codename: "Wonder Woman")
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. – H.L. Mencken
Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
Anais Nin
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
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