He wields a few simple ideas with blunt force.

I feel your pain - and I enjoy your pain

Retreat destroys the soul.

Acceptance is not a sign of broad-mindedness but the failure to make proper distinctions.

Respect for difference is not endorsing the different. Tolerance means that people who disagree and even despise each other do not demand total compliance with their views but can even demonstrate good manners in the public realm.

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made so by the exertions of better men

True words are not always pleasant,
And pleasant words are not always true.

The wise are not always learned.
And the learned are not always wise.

The good are not many.
And the many are not good.

Those who mistake pieties for thought can keep their orthodoxies intact only by averting their gaze from the most elementary reality.

Nothing important was ever done in a prudential frame of mind.

The debating-society approach to life will leave you at ease with disagreement and happy to have any assertion tested.

The speed with which they adapted was based in a lack of respect for tradition and useless theories.

Hurt feelings come from believing yourself shorn from the herd.

Once, these fifth-columnists screamed "Power to the people." Now they have the power and realize they've always hated the people

The heroes of hip-hop have done what those of us who grew up in the 60s would have thought impossible: they have robbed black music of its optimism, exuberance and joy.

The minute your feet falter it's time to quicken the pace

When a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master but is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

A man does not live until he begins to discipline himself

The happy life for a man is a life of consciously following a rule

He's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace,
They pray every night for the bloodshed to cease.
They wouldn't hurt a fly, if they did they would weep
They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep.

Speed kills the enemy

Charisma is over-valued. Solid policy detached from personality is reassuring.

Rigid schedules, routine, being polite instead of authentic, these were seen as sell-outs to the rat race. But, even then, some people knew that the anti-work attitude wasn't a valid cause even as they mouthed the bohemian, counter-cultural propaganda.

A welfare society weans people away from the impulse necessary to sustain it.

Successful entrepreneurs are not prone to dark nights of the soul. That's why they're successful.

As soon as difficulties arise, the commander must have great force of will.

Perseverance is the one factor that distinguishes the highly successful.

If only a man will not do what he would like to do, and do those things he finds unpleasant, his position, no matter what it is, will be much improved.

The wish for peace separated from self-defence is a free ticket to a beating.

The activists of the sixties made a bohemian idea mainstream: that human sexuality could be based upon the attraction of the moment.

The marriage brought together two ruthless, egotistical, controlling people, each capable of desperately unreasonable behaviour.

Western culture prizes consensual government,
private markets, self-criticism, and rational inquiry.

We are under no obligation to care for drunken strangers who will not sober up, especially those who, in their intoxication, try to kill us.

You're fed up working hard while someone else gets the money. You think your technical skills qualify you to run a successful business. Wrong!

When you ignore the elephants in the room, you're going to be crushed by them.

If you pursue victory to the very end, you can make mistakes and still win because you've always got another chance.

Weakness is caused by a belief in retreat.

Until good ideas are habits, you do what you despise.

The lunatic might appear to be normal but only a fool will argue with him.

Job's problem is not solved by the mere assurance that there is a good reason for suffering.

Transcendental experience is caused by an alliance with power. When your security is assured you are free of any need to protect yourself and your naturally outgoing spirit soars.

Unconcerned about loss, he never looked back and there was peace in his undivided soul.

Don't think cost, think profit. An obsession with cost blinds you to benefits.

When you are not over-powered you have no inclination to give up everything.

When people view their goals as sacred, they put more energy into pursuing them. http://www.physorg.com/news149861062.html

I was reading Jeff Meshel's blog in which he traces the travels of one element of a song recorded by Major Lance in 1963.

It's called "Monkey Time" and it was written by Curtis Mayfield.

Jeff didn't mention Bruce Springsteen's "Mary's Place" which is in large part a cover of Major Lance's "Monkey Time".

Here's Major Lance on YouTube. And here's Bruce: http://bit.ly/16Sqiqv

I saw him do it Toronto in 2003 and it was great.

It starts out with him shouting "Are you ready?". That comes from Monkey Time and it was copied at the start of Barbara Mason's "Yes, I'm Ready" in 1965. It's on YouTube here.

"Yes, I'm ready" can also be heard in the intro to Laura Nyro's Luckie in 1968. It's on YouTube here.

Laura covered Monkey Time in 1971. On YouTube here. Her reedy voice doesn't compares to the Major's.

And the refrain of "Mary's Place" comes from the title of a Sam Cooke song, "Meet Me At Mary's Place" which is on YouTube here.

And on the same album as Mary's Place which is a cover of Monkey Time, the Boss has a song called Counting On A Miracle.

And on that same album, "The Rising", he also has a song called "Land of Hope and Dreams" which includes People Get Ready which is also by Curtis Mayfield.

Do I sound like a conspiracy theorist? Yeah, kind of. They would make good sourcers.

Surely there is enough public information available to show teenaged girls and young women that they can get into serious trouble if they drink to excess in public.

And yet in the news today is an awful story. A girl went to a party. She got drunk and had sex with four boys. The Toronto Star says she was raped but the National Post says that she drank so much vodka she doesn't fully remember what went on.

The case was investigated by police but they didn't find enough evidence to charge the boys with rape.

One of these terrible boys took a picture of the sex act and passed it around via email. When the girl went back to school fine Canadian teens called her a slut and boys she didn't know started harrassing her with text messages.

The girl became depressed and committed suicide.

Apparently, she was a smart girl. She got good marks. Why didn't she know for a fact that drinking makes people stupid and that she shouldn't drink to excess with a group of other people who are doing so?

From: David Olive, Toronto Star

An honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay; live within your means; put a nest egg by for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.”

Possible Topics

Q1: Will you seem unfriendly if you turn down a coffee or drink at an interview?

Q2: If U say how can I help to everyone U meet and they ask 4 more than U want to give do U seem like a hypocrite when U say no

Q3: Should you pay a lot of attention to your body language?

Q4: If UR willing to leave your current job after only 8 months can U promise the interviewer that U wont do it again.

Q5: Does an elevator speech always sound canned?

Q7: How much will retraining and upgrading certifications help you get a job?