http://michael-bonham.com Michael Bonham Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:31:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To all you readers, I just put Plato's allegory of the cave on my philosophy page; it's a good read; it'll get you thinking about where you might be in life. I also put Hidden Wedges on there. I highly suggest it - over the allegory if you were to only ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/10/05/philosophy/ "What is life, if so full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?" A quote that has driven my mind to much thought in these last few years... At first glance it gives the message to take time and enjoy life and not be so busy, which is a ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/09/28/so-full-of-care/ I find so many neutralizing people with so many neutralizing ideas and arguments to make you grateful for what you have and not fight for anything more or else you are being greedy. They say, well gas prices are so much worse everywhere else, people are starving everywhere, so many are ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/09/24/neutralized/ You may be expecting something cheesy or sad - the usual writings of people on days of memorial, but I am not going to deliver on this expectation. In large part, I do not like days of patriotic celebration - for the same reasons I do not like those bumper sticker ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/09/11/patriots-day/ Hey, I'd say the page I would most like you to look at and read through is the political speeches/documents page. It has some very good - some of my very favorite - speeches on it and I'm trying to add more as I find them; I just added the ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/09/09/political-speechesdocuments/ WE DESPERATELY NEED COURAGEOUS AND PRINCIPLED MEN AND WOMAN IN THIS NATION WHO WILL STAND UP AND BE COUNTED - WHO WILL STAND AGAINST THE PRESSURES OF THE THINGS AROUND THEM AND EMERGE ON TOP IN THE END. WE NEED TO STOP SAYING YES TO GOVERNMENT AND SAY NO, WHEN ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/08/07/dr-no/ Hey fans and readers, I think it's high time I posted this. I haven't been using the regular keyboard layout (QWERTY - where home row is asdf jkl;) for almost a year now and am loving it. I use DVORAK (home row being aoeu htns). I consider it my 18th ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/06/10/dvorak/ It was 19 years ago on this day that hundreds of freedom loving people gave their lives in a joint cry to break the bonds of the tyranny that held them captive. It was in Tiananmen Square, China that the people's outcry was smothered and silenced by the force of government, ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/06/03/june-the-4th/ “How did we manage to allow this to be done to us in only 100 years??? Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax Capital Gains Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Court Fines (indirect taxes) Dog License Tax Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon) Hunting License Tax Inheritance ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/06/01/taxes-taxes-taxes/ FROM: http://www.ontheissues.org/AskMe/spousal_abuse.htm A viewer asked this question on 1/11/2000: Dear XpertSite.com, I have been forwarded an email that gives a few statistics on the United States Congress Members. For example, it states the following: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse, 7 have been arrested for fraud, 19 have been accused of writing bad checks, 117 have bankrupted ... http://michael-bonham.com/2008/06/01/congress-may-be-americas-only-distinct-criminal-class/