Posts By: DR2
Quote Of The Day – For The Week Of January 14, 2018
Quote Of The Day – For The Week Of January 14, 2018
January 14, 2018
“There is no end to what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit” – Luscomb
January 15, 2018
“The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong
to the first class. There’s far less competition.” – Morrow
January 16, 2018
“I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t fee pride and somethign that transcends pride…humility.” – JC Penney
January 17, 2018
“It ain’t bragging if you can do it!” – Babe Ruth
January 18, 2018
“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.” – Mark Twain
January 19, 2018
“There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I sould not found it for if I have accomplished
anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.” – CJ Walker
January 20, 2018
“A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them.” – Wrigley
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Quote Of The Day – For The Week Of January 7, 2018
Quote Of The Day – For The Week Of January 7, 2018
January 7, 2018
“It’s not where you’ve reached that matters, it’s how far you’ve had to travel to get there.” – Anonymous
January 8, 2018
“Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.” – Mary Kay Ash
January 9, 2018
“If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.” – Richard Branson
January 10, 2018
“Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.” – Broun
January 11, 2018
“If you cannot communicate your many worthwhile achievements, no one will ever know what you have done.” – Fitz-Enz
January 12, 2018
“One worthwhile task finished successfully is better than 50 half-finished tasks”
January 13, 2018
“If only Karl had made capital, instead of writing about it” – Karl Marx’s mother
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Quote Of The Day – For The Week Of December 31, 2017
Quote Of The Day – For The Week Of December 31, 2017
December 31, 2017
“Behind an able man there are always other able men…” – Chinese Proverb
January 1, 2018
“When competencies are not developed at all levels, companies often get into trouble…” – Ron Ashkenas
January 2, 2018
“the leader…is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather, they have exraordinary taste, which
makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of talent and nurturers of talent and they have the ability recognize valuable ideas…” – Warren Bennis
January 3, 2018
“The superior man is distressed by his want of ability…” – Confucius
January 4, 2018
“Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment…” – Baltasar Gracian
January 5, 2018
“You must make use of people according to their abilities and realize that absolutely no one is perfect…” – Francoise D’Aubigne Maintenon
January 6, 2018
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs…” – Karl Marx
Easter – are you for real or just kidding???? Bring on the BUNNIES!
Easter – are you for real or just kidding????
This is HILARIOUS! Uh, folks, wake up call, Easter has about as much to do with the death and resurrection of Christ as xmas does with his birth!
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLICAL RECORD: Christ died the Friday evening at the END OF PASSOVER! Uh, that’s NEXT WEEKEND!!!!
Don’t you just love it when people let preachers tell them what to do and believe and don’t think for themselves?
Also, if you look at how Passover and Easter dates are determined, it’s by 2 completely different methods! Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. If that sounds more astrological to you than Biblical, you’re right. Frankly you had Emperor Constantine convening the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD and as a result of this event, Easter is when it is. By the way, Constantine’s actions is why the majority of Protestants (an Catholics) worship on Sunday…I think 321 AD Council of Trent is your reference there.
SO, if you still want to continue to celebrate the old Babylonian and pre-Babylonian fertility rites and celebrations, GO FOR IT! Don’t forget your chocolate eggs, bunnies and viagra !!!
Just understand that neither April 1 nor Easter have anything in Biblical fact to do with the death of Christ…
Interesting that it’s APRIL FOOL’S DAY!!! How appropriate! So, have fun doing what bunnies do best!
I’m Don Rima, and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 25, 2018
Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 25, 2018
March 25, 2018
You don’t know you’re learned something until after the fact – think about that for a few.
March 26, 2018
Remain open, flexible, curious – and never late for lunch.
March 27, 2018
Visualize better days ahead – then plan a course to get to them.
March 28, 2018
Don’t make problems worse, solve them. Never be bashful to ask for help.
March 29, 2018
Be the solution – unless you’re a chemist.
March 30, 2018
Enjoy reading – it brings the world to your finger tips.
March 31, 2018
It isn’t what you do, it’s how you do it. Your way of doing things is unique and may be what succeeds.
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Did anyone ask how the police actually FOUND the Fedex bomber??
Did anyone ask how the police actually FOUND the Fedex bomber??
OK, the FBI, etc., found the Fedex bomber. I’m glad they did. It’s too bad he blew up his sorry ass before they had a chance to take him in for some quality time with his pals in the local jail.
Frankly, I’m all for the maximum punishment to these kinds of assholes and frankly, there’s times when I wish we could put them on the wheel or use a little of “Vlad the impaler’s” technology on them. I think they deserve it, regardless that the liberal press and liberal politicians think that the victim should be punished and the criminal should be dietized.
BUT, what has me concerned here is HOW they caught this guy. According to published reports from law enforcement sources, a federal warrant was obtained and this GOOGLE SEARCHES were analyzed. Read that again: HIS GOOGLE SEARCHES WERE ANALYZED! This means that Google and other search engines are keeping/archiving all your searches for whatever data analytics they want to apply to them for whatever use they have in mind! This goes beyond just simple target marketing. It easily extends into all kinds of profiling for any kinds of reasons. Are you awake yet? An most likely Facebook, et al, do the same kind of data mining and archiving…
Now, we’ve known this was being done for a long time. Lexus/nexus has used this type of analytics for a long time and they have a “black” side of their company that does classified work for the government with some really interesting results. But I digress…
Clearly, it’s more than obvious that Orwell’s Big Brother moved in a long time ago and is well entrentched in the black side of the world we generally refer to as our daily lives. Nothing is private anymore and nothing is sacred. Just be aware of that next time you turn on your computer and even more so when you do a Google, Yahoo, or whatever search on the internet. It’s being logged and analyzed by someone. The old caveat of: “what you do, can and will be used against you…” is very much alive and well…
…and please, don’t go blowing up Fedex – they have a hard enough time delivering my packages as is!
I’m Don Rima, and that’s the way things look From Where I Stand.
Great Mills, Maryland High School – A good gun taking out a bad gun and saving lives! Yes, it actually works that way!
Great Mills, Maryland High School – A good gun taking out a bad gun and saving lives! Yes, it actually works that way!
OK folks, so here we go again. Someone in a school thinks that the way to solve their problems is through VIOLENCE, VIOLENT ACTS and, yes, once again they used a gun. However, as everyone with half a brain has been saying for a long time, to take out a bad guy with a gun, you need a good guy with a gun. Unlike recent events in Florida where the local sheriff’s department decided to go on coffee break during the shooting, the school safety officer at Great Mills actually decided to DO THEIR JOB and took out this murderous thug! At the same time probably saving many from injury and death! This guy deserves a hero’s welcome.
However, I kinda doubt this officer wants to be considered a hero. Every GOOD cop I know of sends up a prayer every time they strap on their sidearm that they won’t be faced with a situation where they would have to use it. That they won’t be faced with a situation where they would have to take another life to save themselves or others. That’s the sign of a good cop…and yes, there are a few of them out there!
Interestingly enough, I’ve yet to see CNN and their corp of crisis actors crowing about gun violence and how all guns need to be removed.
I’m really happy that I DON’T see the likes of idiots like David Hogg or his skin headed gal pal, running their mouths and claiming to be students here, there, and everywhere, and pushing CNN and the socialist media’s anti-gun agenda. What amazes me even more is that the likes of ilk like CNN’s gun carrying Anderson Cooper haven’t called it an “assault gun” yet….but to them, anything that doesn’t fit their socialist, anti-2nd amendment, anti-American view, is called an “assault weapon”. Makes you wonder if CNN didn’t have enough time to plan for this one(pardon the sarcasm!).
We still are no closer, thanks to the liberal lame stream media and all the socialist sycophants in congress, to finding out the root causes of all this recent violence of the past weeks, months and years… And, until we find out WHY THE VIOLENCE EXISTS, it will continue.
People think they can point to countries like Australia and the UK that banned guns…but they don’t tell you the rest of the picture that the major crimes, armed robberies, assaults, etc., ACTUALLY INCREASED DRAMATICALLY…until people bought guns on the black market and were actually able to defend themselves once again. The UK actually had a “turn in your knives” campaign for a while as violence with knives was so high! Yeah, it failed.
It’s interesting to realize that in a city like Kennessaw Georgia, where the local law is you MUST have a gun in your home, major crimes are substancially lower than in cities that ban guns…with I think only one murder…in like 6 years…Hmmm…wonder why?
The socialist lame stream media like to point to statistics of how guns are used in murders in the US and at a much higher rate than the rest of the civilized world…but if you remove just five cities (which also have the strongest gun laws) of DC, New Orleans, Detroit, Chicago and NYC, all cities that have been run by liberal management for a long time, the US finds itself at almost the BOTTOM of the same statistical report. Anyone wonder why?
Clearly the left wing lame stream media are more interested in pushing their socialist agenda, hyping up unfortunate events and in short, not giving a damn about anything but their own agenda.
So, it’s up to us to figure this out on our own…clearly CNN, The FBI, et al, are to busy attacking Trump to care….
I’m Don Rima and that’s the view From Where I Stand.
Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 18, 2018
Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 18, 2018
March 18, 2018
There’s no time like the present – so stop procrastinating and go for it.
March 19, 2018
Never hate the truth. Don’t tell a lie. Something that politicians should do more of.
March 20, 2018
It is said “enjoy what you have and let the fool hunt for more…” But what happens when you run out of what you have?
March 21, 2018
Comedy is all about timing – and having a good joke!
March 22, 2018
Believe in the goodness of others, and they will believe in the goodness in you.
March 23, 2018
A person is not deceived by others, he deceives himself. Trust, but verify.
March 24, 2018
Put your mind in gear before putting your mouth into action – this presumes you have more gears than just reverse.
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Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 11, 2018
Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 11, 2018
March 11, 2018
Believe in yourself – if you don’t, don’t expect anyone else to.
March 12, 2018
Dream big! The mountain starts with a grain of sand!
March 13, 2018
Leave nothing for tomorrow that you can do today – trust me, tomorrow will come with it’s own list of to-do’s.
March 14, 2018
Chop your own wood – it will warm you twice…and if you want it done right, do it yourself.
March 15, 2018
Parts of life are left to chance – some times that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
March 16, 2018
Most things are taken for granted, other things are taken to the dump.
March 17, 2018
You can never go wrong keeping your mouth shut – unless you’re at an auction and you REALLY WANT what’s being bid on.
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Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 4, 2018
Thought Of The Day – For The Week Of March 4, 2018
March 4, 2018
All questions will eventually be answered – if you can wait that long.
March 5, 2018
Be original! Copies are a dime a dozen if not even less!
March 6, 2018
Do something of your own design. Place your own stamp on life.
March 7, 2018
Realize that there is no such thing as a perfect marriage – especially since neither spouse is perfect, regardless of what they might think.
March 8, 2018
Do not become angry with people who do not agree with your opinion. Simply understand that we’re not all perfect.
March 9, 2018
Perform acts of goodness from within – but be sure to deliver them from without.
March 10, 2018
Do not become what you can’t stand – nobody wants to hate themselves.
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About Me
Don Rima
Don Rima is an Information Systems consultant with over 30 years experience in Information Systems. His roles of responsibility have included programming, systems management and IT department management. He's also a technical editor and writer, does regular product reviews, is a very good cook, gardener and avid reader and writer. His sports interest include: the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Orioles, Clemson Tigers and Chelsea Football teams. The articles on this site are written to be correct, informative, laconic, provoke progressive thought, informative and sometimes make you laugh. They're not designed to be the writing of just another politically correct drone.