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Quotes from The American President, written by Aaron Sorkin, 1995

Bob's problem isn't that he doesn't get it. Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections.

Consitution of the United States, First Amendment

• no law respecting an establishment of religion,
• or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
• or abridging the freedom of speech,
• or of the press;
• or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
• and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Freedom of Religion:
Establishment Clause:
This clause prohibits the government from establishing a state religion or favoring one religion over another.

Free Exercise Clause:
This clause protects individuals' right to practice their chosen religion without government interference. 

Freedom of Expression:
	    Freedom of Speech: This protects individuals' right to express their views, even unpopular or controversial ones, without government censorship or punishment. 
	    Freedom of the Press: This protects the media's ability to publish news and information without government control. 
	    Freedom of Association: This protects the right to join or form groups and organizations. 

Freedom of Assembly and Petition:
           Freedom of Assembly:
           This protects the right of people to gather peaceably and peacefully protest.
	   Freedom to Petition:
	   This protects the right to ask the government to address grievances or change policies. 

Great Lines

Carter: "Teal'c how do Jaffa couples handle their problems?"
Teal'c: "On Chulak if a dispute is unresolved it neccessitates a
pledge break. It must be requested by one and accepted by the other."
Daniel: "And if that doesn't work?"
Teal'c: "A weapon is required."

Quando omni flunkus moritati (when all else fails play dead)

You know things are bad when Christiane Amanpour is reporting from your neighborhood.

My PGP Key

Good Programming Practices

"An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be"

I write software as though the guy who is going to maintain it is a psycho serial murderer who knows my home address.

The building of a Kludge...is not work for amateurs. There is a certain, indefinable, masochistic finesse that must go into true Kludge building.

We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs. -- Mike Andrews

And a revised version of Twas the Night Before Christmas as written by a US Government entity.

Somewhat stylized view from within a Roman arena; a group of around seven gladiators are picked out by the sunlight saluting the Emperor, their weapons and shields held aloft. The stalls for the immense audience stretch into the distance. On the ground a small number of the dead from previous combats lie where they fell in the sand.

Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant, by Jean-Leon Gerome (1859)

Nimoy inducted into Space Technology Hall of Fame. Unfortunately Aviation Week removed the article.