Random Thoughts for July, 2013
Robert A. Hall
I read that 100 religious people will have something like 40 more kids than 100 secular people. There’s a hopeful statistic.
One thing about the Muslims slaughtering the British soldier in London that went unnoticed was on the video, one of the killers says something like, “In our land (meaning Nigeria), things like this happen every day.” He was born in Britain, was a British citizen, but clearly didn’t think of himself as such. Immigrants that don’t wish to assimilate are a danger to every society.
If your education ended when you graduated, you are uneducated.
If this was a just world, they would discover tomorrow that Viagra cures pulmonary fibrosis.
Too many drivers think that a Stop Sign is just a suggestion.
My Uncle Frank had a sarcastic streak and a quick wit. Probably his best one was when he was teaching TV repair at Philadelphia Wireless. A student was carrying in a mirror, used to see the screen while the tech worked on the back of the TV. A friend yelled, “Don’t drop that mirror, George, you’ll have seven years bad luck.” “Yes,” Uncle Frank snapped, “and I’ll crowd it all into the next five minutes!”