Provoking the Muse

Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt.

Hope and Change!!

To all of my generation who voted for the hopeandchange: get ready to pay for more taxes!!

How much does this small change mean for the government? So sayeth the WSJ:

This is a sneaky way for politicians to pry more money out of workers every year without having to legislate tax increases. The negative effects of failing to index compound over time, yielding a revenue windfall for government as the years go on. The House tax surcharge is estimated to raise $460.5 billion over 10 years, but only $30.9 billion in 2011, rising to $68.4 billion in 2019, according to the Joint Tax Committee.

Yes! Woohoo! Let’s pay for those baby-boomers and their free health care! Awesome!!

(h/t)

Filed under: Amazing, America, Current Events, Election 2008, Elections 2010, End of the World, Health Care, Hippies, Politics

Interesting Class Discussion

We were discussing Ralph Waldo Emerson in class today. I can’t remember exactly how I got on the topic, but I asked my students if they still believed that America was a land of opportunity, where anyone could come and be moderately successful if they were willing to work hard.

This class is made up of all international students: one student from Greece, one from Korea, and about fifteen from China. But they all agreed on the answer to my question.

Yes, America is still a land of opportunity.

I was a little shocked. Had my cynicism about the American Dream somehow blinded me to a truth my students saw? Is it really still the case that anyone with a few bucks and a strong work ethic can do well-enough in America? Honestly, I’m not entirely sure I believe that anymore; me, a patriotic, conservative American!

But my students, all from the outside of this country, think I am wrong not to believe in the American Dream.

Interesting.

Filed under: Amazing, America, Education, Personal, Philosophy, Politics

Screw You, Hulu!

Hulu.com will start charging people to watch TV shows, according to EW, around 2010.

Funny; that’ll be the time I stop watching Hulu. Glad I didn’t sell my old desktop computer with TV tuner card!

Filed under: Amazing, Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, TV, Tech

It’s Only Life or Death!

John Unger: “The best thing that ever happened to me was the night an angry, messed up cab driver pulled me into the back room of a 24 hour diner and held a huge handgun to my head for over ten minutes, all the while describing in intricately fetishistic detail exactly what would happen when he pulled the trigger.” Seriously?!

(h/t)

Filed under: Amazing, Education, Entertainment, Manliness, Personal

Not a Joke

Pres. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

No, this is not a joke.

The Peace Prize itself has become something of a joke in recent years (Jimmy Carter? Algore?) But, seriously folks: besides plunging this country into massive debt, what has this man done?

Nothing. He hasn’t done anything.

Honestly, I’m a bit sick reading about this.

Filed under: Amazing, America, Current Events, End of the World, Hippies, Politics

Klingons for Christ

Filed under: Amazing, Catholic, Entertainment, Funny, Prayer, Religion, Star Trek

Punk’s not Dead

Awesome:

(h/t)

[Sorry for the short posts lately, getting ready to move into a new apartment in Beantown and still have to do that work thing. Hopefully, things will calm down soon. -ed.]

Filed under: Amazing, Entertainment, Music

You’re Welcome

Got 4 minutes? How about a review of the major memes of Youtube?

Filed under: Amazing, Current Events, Entertainment, Funny, Movies

The Emmy’s Go Wrong

DR. HORRIBLY WRONG, that is:

Awesome.

(h/t)

Filed under: Amazing, Current Events, Entertainment, Funny, TV

A Political Gadfly

The NYTimes profiles James E. O’Keefe III, Eagle Scout, student of G.K. Chesterton, and my personal hero for the moment.

Filed under: Amazing, America, Current Events, Education, Elections 2010, Entertainment, First Amendment, Hippies, Politics, Scouting

Need a Guinness?

There’s an app for that!

And yes, it is a lovely day for a Guinness.

Filed under: Amazing, Apple, Entertainment

Scariest Movie Ever?

Screen Rant has the trailer. Looks interesting.

Filed under: Amazing, Current Events, Entertainment, Movies

I’ve Got a Fevah…

…and the only prescription is MORE OBAMA!

(If you don’t get the reference:)

(full version)

Filed under: Amazing, America, Current Events, Entertainment, Funny, Hippies, Irony, Politics, TV

All right!

We can expect more BRUCE CAMPBELL in Spiderman 4!

Filed under: Amazing, Entertainment, Movies

Crying Baby? There’s an app for that!

Filed under: Amazing, Apple, Entertainment, Funny, Tech

Mike Rowe Works!

Filed under: Amazing, Current Events, Education, Entertainment, Politics, TV

But Won’t it be Better?

For some strange reason, Congress has exempted itself from being serviced under a possible “public option” health care plan. Why on earth would that be?

I frakkin’ hate politicians.

Filed under: Amazing, America, Current Events, Health Care, Hippies, Politics

Come and Take It

Best use of a $20 bill ever?

Nice.

(h/t)

ASIDE: It occurs to me that if there really is a “right” to health care, the federal government is not allowed to do anything about it. Why? The 10th Amendment: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” Since the providing of health care is not an enumerated power of the federal government, they aren’t allowed to do it.

Filed under: Amazing, America, Current Events, Democracy, Education, First Amendment, Health Care, Hippies, History, Politics

Wish it was Real

A honest answering service at a public school:

(h/t)

Filed under: Amazing, Education, Entertainment, Funny, Politics

REAL Hope & Change

Filed under: Amazing, Boston, Cool Picture, Current Events, Massachusetts, Red Sox

Is this why I am so happy?

Scientists: “Those who abstain from alcohol are also more likely to lack social skills and have higher levels of anxiety, it was claimed. Non-drinkers even have more mental health issues than those considered heavy drinkers, the survey found.” Hah! In your face teetotalers!

Filed under: Alcohol, Amazing, Education, Entertainment, Funny

A Facebook Exodus?

So says the NYTimes. But wait: “In short a New York Times article, an article from The Newspaper of Record, is based entirely on a reporter talking to her chums.”

Filed under: Amazing, Current Events, Facebook, Funny, Tech, Web 2.0

Things Not to Do

When taking over the world.

Filed under: Amazing, Education, Funny, Irony

Hitler and Avatar

The Fuhrer is a little irritated about Avatar:

Filed under: Amazing, Current Events, Entertainment, Funny, Movies

Awesomeness to Infinity

Bruce Campbell sings “Hungry Like the Wolf:”

I heard that Chuck Norris saw Campbell’s chin and had to grow a beard in shame.

Filed under: Amazing, Entertainment, Funny, Music

Contact Denis

Email: deambrosejr [at] gmail [dot] com
AIM: friarmarley
Google Talk: deambrosejr [at] gmail [dot] com
Yahoo!: deambrosejr
MSN: denis_ambrose [at] hotmail [dot] com
Facebook: Denis Ambrose

Begging

My Amazon.com Wish List

Twitter

Visitors

  • 44,328 hits

 

November 2009
S M T W T F S
« Oct    
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930