http://jeffnash.com/blog A writer's wit, wisdom and wisecracks. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:54:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Afghanistan really is a damned if you, damned if you don't situation, so I guess Obama's plan is as good as any at this stage. But one thing about his speech that really, really bugged me was his reference to this being a multinational effort. Bush tried spinning that nonsense ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=98 I was watching another Palin interview yesterday and it suddenly dawned on me why I dislike her. It's not her partisan attacks on all things Obama, because there are plenty of partisan attack dogs on both sides that frame and spin every issue as "we're right and they're wrong." It's ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=97 Congress actually proposed something useful today. CCN Story here. It has zero chance of getting the two-thirds vote needed for a constitutional amendment but it the single best idea for fixing the US political system. Their proposals calls for a limit of 3 congressional terms and 2 senatorial terms. It ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=96 The response to the H1N1 virus hasn't been terrible, but I don't think it has been reassuringly good either. Below are some links regarding H1N1 that go into my opinions on it. Mainly, I think it once again shows that Americans are self-absorbed and selfish with a lot of our ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=95 This is a question that is in the periphery of a current school project and it doesn't really fit right now but I want to blog it so I will remember it in the future. The question is whether past experiences with disasters might actually be more of a hindrance ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=94 People who know me realize that I have a strong dislike of mission and vision statements. I think they are greatly overrated as a management tool and that business consulting types have made a glorious racket out of making businesses feel they are the most important part of their entire ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=93 Republicans don't trust him. Democrats don't like him. But Connecticut likes having a well connected Senator, so they keep voting for him. It may be Connecticut's intentional way of screwing the rest of the country. And he just announced his opposition to allowing health care reform go to the senate ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=92 Obama's administration is now pushing for more regulation of the banking sector That's something that Europe has been asking us to do, and recent high bonuses have probably sparked enough populist anger to make it politically possible. In general, I do support some regulatory changes. But there are some major questions ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=91 As I was perusing the internet tonight, studying mankind's accumulated wisdom, knowledge, and culture, I came across a religious story that desperately needs the Dan Brown/Ron Howard/Tom Hanks treatment. In 1983, a holy relic was stolen was stolen from a Roman Catholic church in Calcata, just north of Rome. The case ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=90 Usually, doctoral research articles are pretty boring, especially the methodology part. But one recent article finally made must read status, even making me want to jump straight to the methodology section. In the journal, Evolution and Human Behavior, volume 28, there is an article by Geoffrey Miller⁎, Joshua M. Tybur, ... http://jeffnash.com/blog/?p=89