Occasioned by the fall an apple…

I think this is going to be a title of my posts that are essentially “Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene” as Thomas Sowell would say.

The title comes from the the book by Stephen Hawking called a “Brief History of Time”

In it there is a discussion about Sir Issac Newton and how he was “Occasioned by the fall of an apple” while contemplating things on his mind.

People are sporting loads of Obama08 stickers, and yard signs and what not. He is the candidate of change and has the “Audacity of Hope.” What seems to be getting lost in the gushing of the mainstream media is that there is not a single new idea or any hope that things tried in the past are going to work this time. In April 1979 then President Jimmy Carter said,

“Unless we tax the oil companies, they will reap huge and undeserved windfall profits,” Carter declared in a nationwide address. Americans had a right to recapture some of that windfall and put it to good use. Carter suggested that the revenue be earmarked for mass transit, oil price relief for poor families, and the development of alternative energy sources.” (Thorndike)

Does this sound familiar? This is just one example of the utterly dishonest campaign being run by the Obama. He also says he would be ready to meet with our enemies. So did Neville Chamberlain,

(Cape Cod Today)

(FreeRepublic)

Some times in life we have to stand up for what is right, and not act like dhimmi’s as former President Carter does when he takes it upon himself to deal with a terrorist organization like Hezbollah, who is directly connected to Iran. (Shihri)

What keeps the survivors of the cyclone which struck Myanmar from rising up against the military junta that is preventing the world from rushing aid into help the people? (Associated Press) They should oust the so-called leadership which inflicts this kind of suffering on the people of the nation and assist the world aid organizations in helping distribute the supplies of aid/food/water/sanitation which are piling up as I write this.

C.

P.S. I am having some kind of trouble getting my links to work in this posting. If you go to Tifosi1f1.blogspot.com the links do work there, for the citations and references.