Better than the duck brains...

Deep dish in Chicago...hard to beat

Duck Brains...

That is what I ate for lunch, how about you?

Good quote...

"Justice is what Love looks like in public..."

I can't take it anymore...

I wish the Hadron Collider would have taken us out rather than a slow painful death by our own hand. I think the people in wall street are idiots for getting bleary-eyed over fast money and selling their souls for millions. I feel bad for the millions of people whose retirements and bank accounts will be affected for years to come. I feel less bad for those who felt they could purchase a $450,000 house on a $35,000/year salary. I have, however, reached a new conclusion on the matter:

Because something is wrong it doesn't necessarily make the opposite right.

Example: I was driving to the men's retreat with my buddy Ryan and were behind an incredibly slow moving, out-of-state, thirteen cars behind it RV. It cleverly avoided about four turnouts despite the protesting horns from the choir of cars it had collected. That was wrong. However, as a response to the slow moving leviathan in front of us a late model Mazda sedan took it upon itself to weave through the slow moving caravan over the hilly terrain and double yellow lines, thus endangering many more people than a slow moving RV ever could. It was the opposite of the RV and just as wrong; maybe more so.

That is how I feel about the current financial situation. It was wrong for companies to run up billions in debt, but it is just as wrong for a government with TRILLIONS in debt to assimilate these losses when the ultimate burden falls on the taxpayer (that's you and me).

Call me an idealist but I always believe the private sector will always find a more efficient way to settle matters; even those it created. A bailout at this point is like giving a drunk a couple more shots so he doesn't feel the hangover, it will help now but hurt you worse later.

Finally, an inspiring Ron Paul snippet to vindicate my free-market views, I also love how he manages to school every pundit that tries to corner him:



PS-You can also digg an article I found inspiring right here.

A great Father Son evening...

From Arsenal

I am certainly not defined by my athletic prowess and I will always endeavor never to be one of "those" parents that you see at the games (especially living Clovis), but Reagan and I have been having a blast preparing for his upcoming soccer season. This is an outfit I got him from a business trip to Europe a few years ago, it was huge then but it is really starting to look good now. Taken at the end of tonights practice I was definitely a lot more sweaty than he was (which is why I am behind the camera).

Quite possibly the last post I will ever write...

I don't know if you are aware but the earth as we know might be coming to an end on Wednesday and there is nothing you can do to stop it. In an underground tunnel between France and Switzerland scientists will be trying to collide particles and the result might just be black holes erupting all over the place. So tell everyone you care about that you love them and good luck if you start to feel a violent shift in the space time continuum.

In case you don't fully believe me here is the skinny.