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Posted: 18th September 2011 by Mike Trent in Announcement, Current AffairsTags: Announcement, Blog, Pen Truth, Trethowan
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Where Is The DNC’s Pledge To America?
Posted: 18th September 2011 by Christopher Saikes in Blog, Commentary, Current Affairs, General Comments, News, PoliticsTags: Bankruptcy, democracy, Democratic, DNC, economy, FDR, GOP, Government Provided, Lost Symbol, Politics, Republican, Rhetoric, Symbolism
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Were is the DNC’s pledge to America? It is a simple question to ask in this political environment. The GOP has captured center stage in several contested elections by adopting a statement of principles and making a very public “Pledge to America.” I, as a democrat cannot remember the DNC having ever made such a strong, visible public pronouncement in adopting a statement of principles.
Symbolism is important to the human psyche, we understand when a person or group makes a grand gesture, they are symbolic to us. Symbolism is the first human language. Early written languages were symbols and for some cultures they are still a part of their written language, such as in Japan and China. Symbolism is written into our very DNA. FDR understood symbolism so well it got him elected to four terms to the Presidency. The GOP uses symbolism very well as did Hitler. Here is FDR’s forgotten vision for America, a revised Bill of Rights:
Least We Forget!
Posted: 16th September 2011 by Christopher Saikes in Current Affairs, Economy, Finance, PoliticsTags: bash shell script, Computer, Linux, Windows
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Do you remember? I don’t know how many remember just where this recession began. This recession began in the commercial lending market, otherwise known as “Commercial Paper.” You may scratch your head and ask; “‘What’s Commercial Paper?” Well, I’m glad you asked. ”
Living With Linux – Scripting For $PATH
Posted: 10th September 2011 by Mike Trent in Computer, LinuxTags: bash, bash shell script, echo, Linux, PATH, script
In the last post “Living With Linux – Scripting For Files And Folders,” I described how to write a simple script for checking if a directory/folder existed and if not, create it. This is fine, but what if you needed to run a script within that folder from the command line and you didn’t want to have to go to that directory or enter the path every time you ran the script? As I searched the internet for advice on making to path permanent, but had no immediate success.