"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."

- Abba Eban

"Conspiracy theories are generally the province of people who are high on I.Q. and "low on common sense",

SO TRUE :

"Conspiracy theories are generally the province of people who are high on I.Q. and "low on common sense",

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/birthers-polls-and-public-ignorance/?nl=opinion& emc=tyb1

Briton wins Templeton Prize | csmonitor.com

Briton wins Templeton Prize | csmonitor.com: "Barrow says the two fields do not contradict as long as each is kept in its own sphere. '[The Bible] is not attempting to explain the [science] of the origin of the earth,' he says, 'any more than we would use a physics textbook to try to tell people how they should act. That was not the purpose of the Bible, or scriptures in other traditions, and there is a long history of disasters following this type of literal interpretation of the textual materials.'"

politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.

~~ I found these quotes today on my Google homepage.

I thought I would share them ~` TP
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"Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever."
- Albert Einstein
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"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. "
- Pablo Picasso"

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— Cyber-gripers, take heart

http://www.msnbc.com/news/691648.asp?0na=x225C4G4-

‘Sucks’ sites to be doled out for free

Free speech lawyer creates service to encourage criticism

By Bob Sullivan MSNBC

Jan. 21, 2002 — Cyber-gripers, take heart. You and your “ThisCompanySucks.com” Web site have a patron. Free speech lawyer Ed Harvilla is worried that too many “sucks” domains have been taken away from owners and given to their target companies. So he and some silent partners have developed a system to dole out “sucks” Web sites — and he’s given them away for free.

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