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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.
— , An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution [1787]
polls surveys
Red vs. Blue…and Purple and Green and Yellow…
I'm not the libertarian that Fr. Jim is, but I still agree with this sentiment.
"Listening to the politicians and talking heads,…one would never suspect that there was anything but the two polar extremes [of conservatives and liberals]."
What's he talking about? A recent Gallup poll:
"The Gallup Poll's annual survey on government […]
Blogging and Social Science
The
myriad of memes that cross-cross the blogosphere testify to bloggers' pleasure in
answering questions. Why not put that to good use? That's
just what some folks at MIT are doing.
An Open Question To God-Bloggers
In a comment on another blog, Mike Russell of Eternal Perspectives said something that I found very interesting. "I notice that Catholic Blogs are now included on the Blogdom of God aggregator; it's why I'm using it less and less. Not that I don't think they have thoughtful or good posts: I'm […]
Slacker Mass?
"Almost three-tenths (29%) of male Mass attenders [in Australia] aged between 15 and 29 go to Mass only on Sunday evenings, and a further 13% attend Mass on Sunday evening or at another time. For females of the same age, the corresponding figures are 25% and 16%."
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"the [total] Mass attendance rate among […]
I, Blogger
Report: Big boost for blogs in 2004
By Martin LaMonica, Staff Writer, CNET News.com
The number of blogs and the use of blog readers rose rapidly last year—but a majority of Americans still do
not know what a blog is.
"Twelve percent of people who read blogs also chose to post comments on them."
Wow, I guess […]
