Quote of the Day
You can count on a few things in this world. The swallows will return to Capistrano. Salmon will spawn. Canada’s geese will fly south for the winter. And tax cuts will create growth.
— Investor’s Business Daily
Marty Lamb is running for the 3rd Congressional seat in Massachusetts
Marty Lamb is a Republican running for the 3rd Congressional seat in Massachusetts. He had his kick off meeting in Westborough, MA on March 26, 2010. There was a very good turnout of supporters.
Marty, unlike our current congressman, is not a career politician and has actually worked in the private sector. He has a lot of support from the local Tea Party movement and believes that “government’s primary role is to preserve, protect and defend your God-given gift of freedom, not to micromanage your life.”
Update: I have some of my photographs from the event posted. Some of the other local bloggers who attended were RightWing Granny and Angel Fleming. Christen Varley of the Greater Boston Tea Party introduced Marty at the event.
Update: Marty Lamb has a very different view of the government takeover of the American Health Care system than the incumbent democrat, James McGovern.
Friday B-Movie Pick: Remo Williams
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Based on the long running pulp book series “The Destroyer”, Remo Wiliams: The Adventure Begins is the only screen version of the approximately 150 book series. The cast is actually pretty good, with Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley, Fred Ward and for you Star Trek geeks out there, Kate Mulgrew. Don’t expect high art, but it is fun to watch.
A rap video for economists
“Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem.
Quote of the Day
It’s about those Tea Party protesters:
Beware the Libertarians mobs! They will take over the government and then leave you alone!
Monday Book Pick:
Filed under: Monday Book Pick, Political Books, Politics, Tea Party
That’s No Angry Mob, That’s My Mom: Team Obama’s Assault on Tea-Party, Talk-Radio Americans by Michael Graham
Boston Talk Radio host Michael Graham has been following the Tea Party movement since it started picking up speed and now tells you just who those people are. Hint, it’s not the people the leftist talking heads at MSNBC and CNN are describing.
democrat congressman explains their approach to Health Care legislation
Democrat and impeached judge Rep. Alcee Hastings said this during a House Rules Meeting today in defense of the Democrats’ health care approach:
“All this talk about rules. We make them up as we go along.”
Black is back!
When the US Army adopted the ACU (Army Combat Uniform) with a new digital camouflage pattern, the color black was not to be found in the pattern. The argument was the the color black is not found in nature. I’ve talked with members of the military who were on exercises with people wearing both the ACU and the older BDU uniforms (the BDUs had the woodland pattern) and was told that it was much easier to spot the people in the ACU at night.
It has been announced that the US Army is now producing a variant of the ACU with the MultiCam camouflage pattern. If you look closely at the MultiCam pattern, you will see that it includes the color black.
For now, the MultiCam pattern is only being issued in Afghanistan, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see the more effective pattern make its way through the Army supply chain.
There are other changes being made to the ACU, based on feedback from soldiers in the field. One that caught my attention was replacing the Velcro ™ seals on the sleeve cargo pockets with buttons. Makes sense. Buttons are quiet.
Originally published at Urbin Technology
Friday B-Movie Pick: Princess of Mars
A deliciously low budget adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic. Updated a bit, John Carter is no longer a Civil War veteran (from the losing side), but a Marine in Afghanistan. Traci Lords was the “name” actor in this flick, but poorly cast as Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Helium. The movie was shot on an obvious shoestring budget and was shot in an amazing short time. Just 12 days to shoot a SciFi adventure story by one of the classic writers of the genre. Ya, the acting was bad, the script so-so, and the Tharks only have two arms. Still, not too shabby for the budget they had. I’m betting most Hollywood “indies” couldn’t pull off a feature film with the time and budget constrants this crew had to work with.
Management 2.0
Howard Tharp makes the following interesting comment on what he calls “Team Player 2.0”
Thinking lately about the different kinds of team players.
It’s not about coming to eat birthday cake in the break room.
(Staying at your desk is fine. As a manager, I sincerely don’t see this as anti-social, though I myself like birthday cake. 😉 )
Another kind of team player is one committed to an overarching vision, one who won’t shut up about his or her ideas.
Evangelizing IS a team component. Doing what you’re told without engagement is not. And I don’t feel comfortable when I see staff members get accused of “not being a team player,” when they resist the status quo of more senior staff.
I’m starting to study how to cultivate and reward this new team player.
I think he is on to something here.