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SIGN OF THE TIMES

A steel company here in South Gate.  I wonder how long they're going to keep this up there as their primary message to the world.

 

UPDATE:  As of September 2010, the sign is still bearing the same message.

AMAZING: HUMAN USE OF ECHOLOCATION

A must-see.  The story of a blind teenager in Sacramento who uses echolocation to navigate the world.  This is part 1 of 5.

UPDATE: I found out that this young man died from a recurrence of cancer in January of this year.  His website pays tribute to him.  His story is still an inspiration, though.  It shows the capabilities that all of us have but often don't know it.

MAYBE IT DOES MAKE SENSE

Like a lot of people, I was majorly surprised to hear that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.  I would have thought that he has only gotten a start on his stated goals in international relations.

But perhaps this is a sign to us Americans of how bad our international image had become before Obama took office.  You all know how deep my feelings go about the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive war (if you don't remember, let me remind you).  If the most powerful country on earth has a foreign policy as dangerous as that, maybe it really would be viewed by other nations as the world's biggest problem.  Maybe the election of a new president who is going in a different direction is so great a relief that it really would merit the Nobel Prize.

UPDATE: I just made a debate web page on this topic.  Go give your opinion about whether it makes sense to give Obama the Peace Prize.