People are conditioned and propagandized to love their country and God from earliest childhood.

Rather than a wise practice, it is a method of social control. God and country are used symbolically to emotionalize one’s attachment to the objectives of a higher class. God, country, the flag, religion, patriotism, and all the other abstractions, symbols and pretenses, are created for no other reason than to rob you of your freedom and to either limit or emotionalize your thought.

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Int’l Railroad  Day Day  200 of 2008 166 days left in this year

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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Ino ‘ino: Storm
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Ren: Rain
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —  “Kumukahi is brewing a storm.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “As we let our own light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same.”  ( Nelson Mandela)

WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Ben Cohen Oreo Cartoon

WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Will the iPhone Blend?
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Apple Phone Show
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the Hungry

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 18th
1872: Britain introduces voting by secret ballot
1932: The U.S. & Canada sign a treaty to jointly develop and construct the St. Lawrence Seaway
1936: The Spanish Civil War begins: General Francisco Franco leads the uprising of army troops in Spanish North Africa
1955: The first electric power generated from atomic energy is sold commercially
1959: The first African-American wins a major golf tournament (William Wright)
1965: The USSR launches Zond 3 to fly by the Moon and enter solar orbit
1966: Carl Sagan turns one billion seconds old
1966: Gemini 10 is launched
1967: Silver hits a record $1.87 an ounce in NY
1968: Intel Corporation is incorporated (makes the first commercially-sold microchip)
1980: A federal court rules that the U.S. military draft is unconstitutional unless it includes females
1986: Videotapes are released showing the Titanic’s sunken remains
1998: A 23-foot tidal wave along the coast of Papua New Guinea kills nearly 3,000 people

BORN ON THIS DAY — July 18th
1635: Robert Hooke, physicist
1832: Horatio Alger, writer
1918: Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize political activitst
1921: John H Glenn Jr, Senator (D-Ohio)/astronaut
1929: “Screamin Jay” Hawkins, rocker
1939: Hunter S Thompson, writer
1940: James Brolin, actor
1943: Calvin Peete, PGA golfer
1954: Ricky Skaggs, country singer
1958: Nigel Twist, rock musician
1961: Elizabeth McGovern, actress