I saw a thing on PBS about the creation of the Earth on Wed. The show explained the formation of the Moon using the collision theory. The belief is that a large body slammed into the proto-Earth several billion years ago which ejected a large amount of material that later formed into the moon.
During the early years of the Moon it orbited much closer than it does now. The close orbit caused the Moon to have a much greater gravitational effect than it does now. One of the effects was an increase in the Earth's rotation caused by centrifugal force of the Moon's orbit. Think of gravity like a tether. The Moon is currently moving about 1" every year further away in it's orbit and slowing the Earth rotation by a proportional amount; thusly it lengthens the days and makes them warmer.
I found this link on Drudge. It probably sums the current enviro-wacko movement the best, and it is more like communism than you might think (or they will say).
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Random Mumblings...
1) They voted against a provision preventing illegals from getting citizenship if they committed a felony. An amendment instead excluding a much smaller number of crimes was passed. I would like to point out that THEY ALL COMMITTED A CRIME - THAT IS WHY THEY ARE CALLED ILLEGALS!
Update:
The bill is dead! I guess congress does listen to the vast majority of the people; even when they don't want too. I know that republicans supporting the bill have lost many a donation - the ouse is free speech!
2) Paris (the semi-attractive, spoiled, it pains me to type the name) Hilton spend two nights in jail and it was too hard!?!? Too damn bad! There are so many things wrong with that it is unbelievable. Their must have been a quid pro quo, money changing hands, or the belief that some act of "mercy" would net a gain for those involved. The real mercy would be not having to here about her for a month and change.
Update:
It looks like the judge doesn't give a damn who she is and sent her back to jail kicking and screaming. I doubt she will get off for goo behavior after that cour room outburst which makes me ask the question: are you a five year old?
3) Gary Sheffield said something, that angered some body... so what. I read the quote, and I can see why some people might be upset. I won't comment on it with out reading the whole interview. In the end, his comments don't affect me in any way that I can think of... so I really don't care
4) I feel like a pack mule too many days. Ahh, life on the bottom rung sucks - partially because I make things harder than they need to be and I have spent too much of my life looking down and around, but rarely up. My short attention span, absent mindedness, and (at time) poor time management skills aside: It is difficult to do either of the (in effect) two positions that I have without a certain amount of focus on one or the other. Some of the problem is the outside pressure from the boy(s) who said wolf, some of it is me - I need to find a balance or something more fulfilling to do. I probably shouldn't blog work, but it is necessary for my own sanity at times.
5) Scooter Libby got screwed form all sides. Rush made some good comments on it, and it has been heavily written about so not much more need to be said.
6) I need another carry gun or revolver... I simply like the Colt too much to beat it up. I am also starting to miss my M1 carbine a little.
7) Corzine wants to raise the gas tax. Now that's comedy! Raise the price on the one cheap thing in the Garden state; the one thing that isn't taxed into oblivion. Make people pay more when gas is at record high prices. I know a lot of people who wait until they have to go to Jersey before they fill up and will by gas in PA and closer to home.
8) You can't to mad men (N. Korea, Iran) - they are at best semi predictable, blinded in some way, and power hungry. You can't talk communists (China, N. Korea, Venezuela, et al.) - they lie and power hungry, but they are (mostly) predictable, they can be reasoned with, and (their leaders) have strong survival instinct. You can't talk to terrorists and religious zealots - that should be clear after the last 2000 yeas of world history. I'm not sure about Russia right now (post-empire hangover) or France ever. Be sure that no one is our friend - except, possibly, most of the time, Briton. It sucks at the top some times. More on this another day...
..That is all...for now.
Update:
The bill is dead! I guess congress does listen to the vast majority of the people; even when they don't want too. I know that republicans supporting the bill have lost many a donation - the ouse is free speech!
2) Paris (the semi-attractive, spoiled, it pains me to type the name) Hilton spend two nights in jail and it was too hard!?!? Too damn bad! There are so many things wrong with that it is unbelievable. Their must have been a quid pro quo, money changing hands, or the belief that some act of "mercy" would net a gain for those involved. The real mercy would be not having to here about her for a month and change.
Update:
It looks like the judge doesn't give a damn who she is and sent her back to jail kicking and screaming. I doubt she will get off for goo behavior after that cour room outburst which makes me ask the question: are you a five year old?
3) Gary Sheffield said something, that angered some body... so what. I read the quote, and I can see why some people might be upset. I won't comment on it with out reading the whole interview. In the end, his comments don't affect me in any way that I can think of... so I really don't care
4) I feel like a pack mule too many days. Ahh, life on the bottom rung sucks - partially because I make things harder than they need to be and I have spent too much of my life looking down and around, but rarely up. My short attention span, absent mindedness, and (at time) poor time management skills aside: It is difficult to do either of the (in effect) two positions that I have without a certain amount of focus on one or the other. Some of the problem is the outside pressure from the boy(s) who said wolf, some of it is me - I need to find a balance or something more fulfilling to do. I probably shouldn't blog work, but it is necessary for my own sanity at times.
5) Scooter Libby got screwed form all sides. Rush made some good comments on it, and it has been heavily written about so not much more need to be said.
6) I need another carry gun or revolver... I simply like the Colt too much to beat it up. I am also starting to miss my M1 carbine a little.
7) Corzine wants to raise the gas tax. Now that's comedy! Raise the price on the one cheap thing in the Garden state; the one thing that isn't taxed into oblivion. Make people pay more when gas is at record high prices. I know a lot of people who wait until they have to go to Jersey before they fill up and will by gas in PA and closer to home.
8) You can't to mad men (N. Korea, Iran) - they are at best semi predictable, blinded in some way, and power hungry. You can't talk communists (China, N. Korea, Venezuela, et al.) - they lie and power hungry, but they are (mostly) predictable, they can be reasoned with, and (their leaders) have strong survival instinct. You can't talk to terrorists and religious zealots - that should be clear after the last 2000 yeas of world history. I'm not sure about Russia right now (post-empire hangover) or France ever. Be sure that no one is our friend - except, possibly, most of the time, Briton. It sucks at the top some times. More on this another day...
..That is all...for now.
Monday, June 4, 2007
I almost forgot..
The constitution is a wonderfully simple document. Out of the ratification debate rose something that no other government has had be for or since - an instruction manual. The Federalist Papers should be required reading, in full, for all those elected and appointed to national office.
Politics as usual....damn
I was watching pt. one of Ken Burn's Civil War documentary and came to an understanding about politics and the masses.
The first, which I had previously realized, but never put to paper; is that man is an irrational being that is merely capable of rational thought. Additionally: The will of the mob often shows our base character and will dispense with all reason, fact, history, or reality and will shun to the violent extreme all dissent or contrary thought that it can not use or incorporate.
The second: Is that any idea that can not survive mockery is suspect. (This is shamelessly stolen and I can't remember from whom)
The third, and the most damning: Is the realization, or at least the re-affirmation, that parties (especially large parties) are fundamentally evil and the bane of a republican democracy - Washington was right in is farewell address. It is true: 435men can be a greater tyrant than one! The mass is easer swayed by the mob and convictions get lost in compromised to the extent that they are lost until the next election. At that point those in Congress scramble to recall what they ran on in the previous election or attempt to justify what they have done and spin it until the public and remember them selves.
Even worse is the simple fact that elected member must ultimately swear two oaths: one to the United States and one to the party at large. When ever that occurs the nation as a whole suffers.
The immigration debate is an excellent example. Her millions have broken the law; exploited the system and our good, giving nature nature; demanded that we accommodate them, transfered our wealth to their (mostly socialist) homes; and created and over whelming situation were drugs, crime and those whose sworn goal is to kill all is infidels and stream into this nation lost in the great wave of the (semi-)down trodden. The parties gave decided to ignore the fact
that the las are not being vigorously enforced and are attempting to fine a least offensive way of dealing with the problem (if at all) and hope to add those directly affected to their own mob.
Next: A house divided....
The first, which I had previously realized, but never put to paper; is that man is an irrational being that is merely capable of rational thought. Additionally: The will of the mob often shows our base character and will dispense with all reason, fact, history, or reality and will shun to the violent extreme all dissent or contrary thought that it can not use or incorporate.
The second: Is that any idea that can not survive mockery is suspect. (This is shamelessly stolen and I can't remember from whom)
The third, and the most damning: Is the realization, or at least the re-affirmation, that parties (especially large parties) are fundamentally evil and the bane of a republican democracy - Washington was right in is farewell address. It is true: 435men can be a greater tyrant than one! The mass is easer swayed by the mob and convictions get lost in compromised to the extent that they are lost until the next election. At that point those in Congress scramble to recall what they ran on in the previous election or attempt to justify what they have done and spin it until the public and remember them selves.
Even worse is the simple fact that elected member must ultimately swear two oaths: one to the United States and one to the party at large. When ever that occurs the nation as a whole suffers.
The immigration debate is an excellent example. Her millions have broken the law; exploited the system and our good, giving nature nature; demanded that we accommodate them, transfered our wealth to their (mostly socialist) homes; and created and over whelming situation were drugs, crime and those whose sworn goal is to kill all is infidels and stream into this nation lost in the great wave of the (semi-)down trodden. The parties gave decided to ignore the fact
that the las are not being vigorously enforced and are attempting to fine a least offensive way of dealing with the problem (if at all) and hope to add those directly affected to their own mob.
Next: A house divided....