Gordaen’s Blog

I received an email recently with “Fwd: SMARTEST MAN IN AMERICA” being the subject. I should have known it wasn’t about any scientists or anything cool. It was simply a link to a YouTube video of a guy named Bob giving his take on the war in Iraq. He basically just slams […]

With an approval rating hovering around 1/3, it’s fair to say the majority of Americans are displeased (if not enraged) by the Bush Administration. What I noticed tonight was how much everyone seems to be railing against him/them in various ways. The Simpsons made a few quips on the episode tonight (no idea […]

Everywhere you go, more and more people are listening to MP3 players and using other portable electronic devices. It’s as if this is technology and it makes life better. Unfortunately, some people are dumb. I’m sure you’ve seen them, people who are oblivious to the world because they’re listening to songs letting […]

Bernie posted about the Future of History and brought up some very interesting points. I started to comment, but the comment grew and grew until I was forced to acknowledge that it was heading toward rambling, which really should be a category on my blog. That being said, I think we’re on a […]

What is a dictator? According to an online dictionary: a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession. That’s a fairly soft definition (what is absolute power?), so maybe we should analyze the character traits that are most common in dictators.