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• I will go to any Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Ramadan party in existence… but a "holiday" party better have a good wet bar! #
• @ash_leigh I am not above begging! in reply to ash_leigh #
• Ahhh… There is nothing like that 13th cup of coffee to get the day going! #
• Census count: 308,745,538 National Debut: 13,868,461,000,000… that is 44,918.74 per man woman and child. #
• Christmas shopping…. AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! #
• Merry Christmas everyone! #

Watched a couple older game reviews that reminded me of video games I wanted on my todo list. We have a Nintendo Wii but generally, when the kids are in bed, I play PS2 or Computer games. Why still the PS2? Well, honestly I don’t think there has been that many “must have” games for the Xbox or PS3… at lest compared to the library of 10,000 “must try” games on the PS2.

–Thief 2
–Hitman, Blood Money
–Shadow of the Colossus
–Silent Hill 2
–Killer 7

Anyone else have some suggestions on their favorite PS2 games?

• Christmas shopping with the kids from Positive Tomorrows… THIS is Christmas! #
• Lots of things happening at @Cobb_Engr lately. Yet their tweets are silent… #
• I really get the feeling that our country "is on the edge of a knife. Stray but a little…" http://bit.ly/grAp2t http://bit.ly/eNgHLk #
• Software Development services in the real world… SPOT ON! http://bit.ly/h5LStN #
• Moody's says they may downgrade the country's rating… and the congress we voted out is trying to spend 1.1 trillion… #
• FINALLY… it has only take 15 years for the courts to finally figure it out. http://bit.ly/hi6qej #
• Government ALWAYS attacks personal rights… ALWAYS! Why is anyone ever surprised… http://bit.ly/fS8tYQ #
• Only 14 days left in my new years resolutions… but getting past Christmas is going to be the hardest part. I WANT CHRISTMAS SWEETS!!! #
• Don't be fooled by the coffee @ash_leigh is a cruel… cruel woman! #
• @rogerwhitson What was the name of that 70's blaxploitation movie we used to watch? in reply to rogerwhitson #

Of course the federal government cannot force individuals to actually buy something they don’t want, but it is just as much an abomination that the court didn’t strike down the power of the federal government to regulate healthcare. Anyone who is ignorant enough to bastardize the Interstate Commerce Clause to assume such should really check their history:

It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and was intended as a negative and preventive provision against injustice among the States themselves, rather than as a power to be used for the positive purposes of the General Government.
–James Madison

• Quick life lesson, if your back doesn't work… Nothing Works! #
• I just knew it! http://i.imgur.com/sl1LY.png #
• What makes this even more "1984" is the little Homeland Security sticker on the bottom. http://i.imgur.com/emlrO.jpg #
• The new division just got its first contract. We are now a profit center! #Cobb #
• @ash_leigh Thanks four the vote of confidence… in reply to ash_leigh #
• @RedbudConnect Thanks Kristi!! in reply to RedbudConnect #
• Found a box filled w old jr/high notes. Let me just say, we may not have been Dickens but we could fold the crap out of a sheet of paper! #
• @oushadow more melodramatic and less deep than the movie. in reply to oushadow #
• Attending the #AITP Member Management Workshop. Looks like national will have some good programsto use in #AITPOKC #
• We are rocking it at the All Saints Christmas program. #
• #OKC has a curling club! #KGOU says they even had a free event this weekend… Crazy #
• "@oushadow: I-44 E between 29th & 15th is jacked." Jacked in this case means parking lot! #
• Looks like Dems r in full scale rebellion. With the nat'l debt on the horizon it 's only going to get worse ppl. http://tinyurl.com/2urtvz2 #
• Seriously, his is what happens when ppl loose the entitlement programs that are bankrupting their country. http://tinyurl.com/28ltfdj #
• @ash_leigh You mean the President's van? Or are you still in contact w/ your high school principal. in reply to ash_leigh #

Just to be clear, when it comes to the government “giving” millionaires $750 billion for a middle class tax cut; the US government isn’t giving anything to anyone. They are simply not TAKING $750 billion from people who make millions a year. We can rationally argue the cost/benefits of such action but government only gives away what it has taken, by force, from other people.

In free societies, States do not have rights; people have rights. States (i.e. governments) have powers that are delegated to them by people.

I believe that government has the power to tax people and I even think taxing people is a necessity in any successful government. But people who confuse a right and a power are doing themselves an intellectual dishonesty by choosing to remain woefully ignorant about the means and methods of obtaining that freedom. Government is ONLY capable of taking liberty; it cannot give it.

Again, I believe that it IS necessary to take some freedoms to have a organized society but do not foolishly convince yourself that you have not surrendered something; even if in the act of surrender you give yourself more stability or opportunity.

• I finely have a working twitter phone app again! #
• Just for the record I love my LG Optimis! Android totally rocks… and Swype is a amazing. #

The number of really useful posts on this blog has dropped to almost non-existent levels.  With very few updates to speak of, the only new content seems to be tweets lately.  Now having my tweets archived here is important to me but almost worthless for anyone else so I have finally found a solution.

A new set of plug-ins I installed with the newest release of WordPress (the CMS this blog runs on) allows me to still post my tweets in a weekly archive, just like they have been for a couple years now.  The difference is that those posts are hidden from the front page.  If you really want to see my tweets you can click on one of the archive links on the right.  The posts are still there but they don’t reduce the signal to noise ratio of the content on the front page (lacking though it is.)

Hopefully this will encourage me to post more meaningful content.  Something nearly impossible to do in 140 characters.

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• My first earthquake ever! #OKC will not be boring today! #
• Here is the USGS of our earthquake. Happened just south of Norman. Looks like around a 4.0 http://tinyurl.com/2a5t7kw #OKC #

• If you has been considering using Dropbox please singup here http://db.tt/86lUnTc the referral will give me another 250mb of storage. #

• I didn't know they came in color… http://twitpic.com/2jhzl6 #
• @ash_leigh What happened? I thought you liked your jetta. in reply to ash_leigh #
• I wonder why @Cobb_Engr hasn't mentioned our Top 50 OKC award, or our spin-your-wheels event, or the softball team… #

• The last time someone tried to replace capitalism, two new political systems were invented to manage economic systems. Fascism & Communism. #
• This is probably the first time I have ever seen liberals give a damn about property rights or religious freedom? #
• @ash_leigh Oh, I am pissed off because of the never ending news coverage of this NY City mosque. in reply to ash_leigh #
• Bradford looked like Bradford last night. Looking forward to footballl season! go #rams and go #vikings #

• The last time someone tried to replace capitalism, two new political systems were invented to manage economic systems. Fascism & Communism. #
• This is probably the first time I have ever seen liberals give a damn about property rights or religious freedom? #
• @ash_leigh Oh, I am pissed off because of the never ending news coverage of this NY City mosque. in reply to ash_leigh #
• Bradford looked like Bradford last night. Looking forward to footballl season! go #rams and go #vikings #

• @shaneharges I hate you! in reply to shaneharges #
• Wisconsin capitol dome… http://twitpic.com/2ffi0a #
• @ash_leigh It is 74 in Madison WI. Took a walk down State Street & checked out the coffee shops. Amanda needed a jacket. Enjoy the weather! in reply to ash_leigh #
• Forgot I still had this picture on the phone. Kids' first day of school last thurs. http://twitpic.com/2fmt4i #
• leaving Madison… I may have just violated some FAA rule! http://twitpic.com/2fpme3 #
• Rock City has electric trams and psychedelic tunnels INSIDE the terminal… http://twitpic.com/2fpvke #
• The newest thing that pisses me off… the fat guy who takes thre family restroom. There is a reason it is not called a personal restroom. #

• @shaneharges I hate you! in reply to shaneharges #
• Wisconsin capitol dome… http://twitpic.com/2ffi0a #
• @ash_leigh It is 74 in Madison WI. Took a walk down State Street & checked out the coffee shops. Amanda needed a jacket. Enjoy the weather! in reply to ash_leigh #
• Forgot I still had this picture on the phone. Kids' first day of school last thurs. http://twitpic.com/2fmt4i #
• leaving Madison… I may have just violated some FAA rule! http://twitpic.com/2fpme3 #
• Rock City has electric trams and psychedelic tunnels INSIDE the terminal… http://twitpic.com/2fpvke #
• The newest thing that pisses me off… the fat guy who takes thre family restroom. There is a reason it is not called a personal restroom. #

• Senator Stevens died in a plan crash that killed 5 people. I wait to see the administration announce a 6 month moratorium on air travel #
• WTF happened #google ?? Why the turn around on net neutrality? What happened to Don't Be Evil? #
• German millionaires say donations shouldn't replace the duty of government http://bit.ly/bRXheL Sometime Europe is INSANE! #
• i am going home to minnosota… for an hour during a layover. I had some family in the airport industry, maybe i will get lucky! #

• Senator Stevens died in a plan crash that killed 5 people. I wait to see the administration announce a 6 month moratorium on air travel #
• WTF happened #google ?? Why the turn around on net neutrality? What happened to Don't Be Evil? #
• German millionaires say donations shouldn't replace the duty of government http://bit.ly/bRXheL Sometime Europe is INSANE! #
• i am going home to minnosota… for an hour during a layover. I had some family in the airport industry, maybe i will get lucky! #

• found this little guy trying to get out of the heat, 103 in #OKC http://twitpic.com/2bnfiv #
• I am always surprised at how much I enjoy Bill Hybels presentations at #GLS #
• Stickly from a leadership standpoint… so far Jim Collins has had the best presentation… followed by Bill Hybels #wcagls #
• #aitp #okc I just got confer.ation that we have someone from the #fbi for our chapter meeting! #
• #wcagls one last session on day 1. So far, wouldn't recommend it for leadership development specifically, as church to leadership % is 85/15 #
• #wcagls "The upside of Tension", outstanding presentation… practically applicable in many leadership roles. 65/35 #
• #wcagls Good sermon to start day. Incidently related to leadership. 75/25 Looking forward to Terri Kelly. #
• #wcagls HOLY CRAP Kelly & Pink where AMAZING! Best 1, 2, combo I have EVER seen in 3 years at this event! 50/50 #
• #wcagls Closed day up with Blake Mycoskie and Jack Welch. Outstanding second day; way to finish strong! 50/50 #

• found this little guy trying to get out of the heat, 103 in #OKC http://twitpic.com/2bnfiv #
• I am always surprised at how much I enjoy Bill Hybels presentations at #GLS #
• Stickly from a leadership standpoint… so far Jim Collins has had the best presentation… followed by Bill Hybels #wcagls #
• #aitp #okc I just got confer.ation that we have someone from the #fbi for our chapter meeting! #
• #wcagls one last session on day 1. So far, wouldn't recommend it for leadership development specifically, as church to leadership % is 85/15 #
• #wcagls "The upside of Tension", outstanding presentation… practically applicable in many leadership roles. 65/35 #
• #wcagls Good sermon to start day. Incidently related to leadership. 75/25 Looking forward to Terri Kelly. #
• #wcagls HOLY CRAP Kelly & Pink where AMAZING! Best 1, 2, combo I have EVER seen in 3 years at this event! 50/50 #
• #wcagls Closed day up with Blake Mycoskie and Jack Welch. Outstanding second day; way to finish strong! 50/50 #