Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
You just can’t make this stuff up. A federal district judge has ordered the IRS not to withhold the $1200 stimulus payments from 85,000 state and federal inmates. This could ultimately be expanded to all inmates and cost the taxpayer nearly $2 billion.
There are two schools of thought in regards to picking solutions to a problem.” Voltaire’s advice was “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.” While Joh D. Rockefeller’s more aggressive caution was "Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
George Bernard Shaw "The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them."
Free Market Economist Milton Freidman said, “The society that puts equality before freedom will get little of either. The society that puts freedom before equality will get a great measure of both.”
Harvard Professor Ruth Wisse cautions us that “When weighing political options, never assume that change is for the better. Always ascertain with ultimate caution that you aren’t opening the door for something far worse.”
Writer Ambrose Bierce called “Politics”, “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Given the social unrest today, Albert Einstein presciently noted that “Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem – in my opinion- to characterize our age.”
