I've worked in the government for many years and although I am still far more enthralled with it than The Angry Drunk Bureaucrat, I was sent into fits of giggles by his Rules and Rules (Part 2) postings. True. Hilarious. Awesome.
My sister and I have been saying for awhile that we have a special attack called "Unexpected Bureaucratic Strike" (which is where you can reach up a sleeve and produce three files and multiple emails to substantiate your position). I think ADB understands.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
What Disney Ride are YOU?
Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin: a wild ride through the back alleys of toontown! The only ride with a PG sense of humour in the G rated world of Disneyland, you are zany, wild, and a little bit of a loose screw. Energetic and colorful, you go at full speed, even though your taxi-car vehicles actually have four flat tires! Despite your older humor, you are a kid at heart and kids most relate to your cartoony world and like you the best. You've been know to make the adults a little queasy and a little bit dizzy. You leave your visitors dazed, a little confused, but more often, extremely amused. You take us to the places we'd never see in a ride featuring the straight-laced Mickey, but somehow you're still all Disney!
What Disneyland attraction are you?
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Liberal Values Part I: Natural Goodness
Our multi-part series to explore liberal values based on the definition from dictionary.com that we promote here at TTGSIMH:
Natural goodness sounds like an ad for a healthfood candy bar. But what do we really mean by "the natural goodness of humans"? Simply put, we liberals -by our very nature- assume that most everyone is pretty good at heart. Sure, we all make mistakes, we all have our weaknesses. But very few people (in our world view) get up in the morning and say, "Oh happy day! Today I will go hurt someone!" And, much like Hume, we tend to think, "The supreme moral good ...is benevolence, an unselfish regard for the general welfare of society that [is] consistent with individual happiness." (Encarta) Or, if you prefer Easter philosophers, "...Mencius (4th century B.C.) supported ...the natural goodness of mankind, for which he found proof in the natural love children have for their parents."
It reminds me of something from management class - X vs. Y management theories as proposed by Douglas McGregor back in 1960. Liberals are basically believers in Theory Y. The one that postulates employees are essentially good and WANT to work. That it is part of their self-actualization.
I believe that human nature is, in fact, driven to goodness. It was what made us all patsies to be played by September 12th. It is why non-profit organizations get millions of dollars and millions of volunteer hours every year. Are there bad people? Of course there are. Estimates are that about 1 in 25 could be classified as sociopathic (The Sociopath Next Door), so odds are that you work with someone who is 'evil'. But the other 96% are just chock full of natural goodness. Even the annoying ones.
What say you, blogmunity? Is this your view of natural goodness? It's the first brick in my House of Liberalism so I'd better get it right...
Liberalism: A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority. [Also a] 19th-century Protestant movement that favored free intellectual inquiry, stressed the ethical and humanitarian content of Christianity, and de-emphasized dogmatic theology.
Natural goodness sounds like an ad for a healthfood candy bar. But what do we really mean by "the natural goodness of humans"? Simply put, we liberals -by our very nature- assume that most everyone is pretty good at heart. Sure, we all make mistakes, we all have our weaknesses. But very few people (in our world view) get up in the morning and say, "Oh happy day! Today I will go hurt someone!" And, much like Hume, we tend to think, "The supreme moral good ...is benevolence, an unselfish regard for the general welfare of society that [is] consistent with individual happiness." (Encarta) Or, if you prefer Easter philosophers, "...Mencius (4th century B.C.) supported ...the natural goodness of mankind, for which he found proof in the natural love children have for their parents."
It reminds me of something from management class - X vs. Y management theories as proposed by Douglas McGregor back in 1960. Liberals are basically believers in Theory Y. The one that postulates employees are essentially good and WANT to work. That it is part of their self-actualization.
I believe that human nature is, in fact, driven to goodness. It was what made us all patsies to be played by September 12th. It is why non-profit organizations get millions of dollars and millions of volunteer hours every year. Are there bad people? Of course there are. Estimates are that about 1 in 25 could be classified as sociopathic (The Sociopath Next Door), so odds are that you work with someone who is 'evil'. But the other 96% are just chock full of natural goodness. Even the annoying ones.
What say you, blogmunity? Is this your view of natural goodness? It's the first brick in my House of Liberalism so I'd better get it right...
Sunday, March 27, 2005
I Can't Hear You, I Can't Hear You, La La La La La
It's just the sort of thing that someone like me would wish for - a Fox Blocker. Yes, that's right. A device to put on your television so that while you're flipping channels you don't accidentally land on FoxNews and have your eyes burned out of your head.
I like the owner's retort to claims of censorship - some people filter porn, so how is this different? "It's only censorship if the GOVERNMENT filters it for you."
Don't forget to enter their contest for a new Fox News slogan.
I like the owner's retort to claims of censorship - some people filter porn, so how is this different? "It's only censorship if the GOVERNMENT filters it for you."
Don't forget to enter their contest for a new Fox News slogan.
The Final Frontier
One of the cool things about customizable Google News is getting my news my way. Tonight I became aware of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle. I know what we're doing the next time we visit dad!!
Hopefully I will do something worthy of being inducted before I die. Meanwhile I can ogle the online exhibit info.
Hopefully I will do something worthy of being inducted before I die. Meanwhile I can ogle the online exhibit info.
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