Monthly Archives: October 2009
Japanese communists rip britches on Law which warns, “stuff happens”
In the post below I expounded on the Law of Unintended Consequences, using an episode of my service with the U.S. Army as an example. The Law is a universal constant, a great crocodile which bites in all directions and … Continue reading
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Law of “stuff happens” rules even U.S Army, and Japanese strikers
One of the most powerful regulations in human affairs — bettering perhaps the influence of laws governing gravity and thermodynamics — is the Law of Unintended Consequences. It is that immutable rule which holds that an act, done with the … Continue reading
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Nag, Nag, Nag the gals are nagging: It only proves marriage doesn’t change
Marriage is the toughest human institution — it’s always been pretty much the way it started out, no matter how much legendary claptrap is hung upon it. Take the first marriage, the biblical story of Adam and Eve, a beautiful … Continue reading
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So Greenland is melting again? Relax, Viking Eric the Red had it figured out
Long-range weather forecasts these days leave me running hot and cold. Frozen Greenland is warming up and dumping its ice into the Atlantic Ocean, which is rising. Are we doomed, lungs full of carbon dioxide, panting our last as we … Continue reading
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Where do you stand on the death penalty? Ever see an execution?
How do you stand on the subject of capital punishment, the death penalty? Many will assault your ears with opinions on this subject at the least encouragement. Debating teams jaw about it endlessly, when they aren’t dissecting the Electoral College, … Continue reading
Filed under Crime and Punishment
Jerry Proctor is the handle. I've logged 45 years in the newspaper racket. I've done interesting stuff from soldiering in Asia to fighting with the Society for Creative Anachronisms in Alabama. Statistics: married, four kids, two grand kids, retired. Like almost everything from Art to Zoology. "Thunderations" is a 19th century way of uttering an imprecation respectably.
