Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
The professor at Virginia Tech gave his life for his students. He could have let at least one be killed so he could get away.
Is there some unsimilarity to partial birth abortion?
And…was the professor pro-life or pro-choice when he died that others might live?
We live here!
Our house (we rent, actually) is about a tenth of a mile behind you.
The electric fence in the foreground is around our landlord’s runway.
And some of his cows are in the pasture in the far right.
Professor killed saving students at Virginia Tech
| A 75-year-old Israeli professor and Holocaust survivor was killed in the massacre at Virginia Tech on Holocaust Memorial Day, Monday when he leaped between the gunner and his students.
According to eye witnesses the heroic action of Liviu Librescu, a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, saved the lives of an unknown number of students in his class. Asael Arad, an Israeli Virginia Tech student told Army Radio that “all the students lived — because of him,” The Jerusalem Post reported. |
May God sustain his family and comfort his students.
And may those students never blemish his sacrifice by how they choose to live their lives from here on out.
HT: comments at WizBangBlog
I missed this piece from the Postal Service Newsroom on Thursday, April 12:
If it could ring, it would resonate freedom and independence from using one or two-cent stamps to mail letters when stamp prices change in the future. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today introduced its latest consumer innovation by dedicating the Forever Stamp next to the patriotic icon it depicts. Featuring the Liberty Bell image and the word “forever,” the Forever Stamp — available nationwide today — is good for mailing one-ounce First-Class Mail letters anytime in the future — regardless of price changes.
The Forever Stamp will always be available at the price of a First-Class Mail stamp in effect at the time of purchase. To introduce the stamp to the public, the Postal Service is offering the stamp today at 41 cents. Customers may use the stamp as soon as they wish, but stamp prices will not change until May 14. When prices change in the future, the Forever Stamp will sell at the new one-ounce, single-piece First-Class Mail price.
As one who mails lots of stuff, I’m glad to see this stamp. Very glad.
But when the current first class rate is still 39 cents, why would I purchase these at 41 cents?
Since I like stamps, I expect to buy some in another month or so. But I don’t plan to stock up on them until there’s another price change looming. 😀
Do not parrot the message!
Mexican magnate becomes world’s second richest man
| A Mexican telecoms tycoon has become the second richest man in the world, pushing US investment guru Warren Buffett into third place and breathing down the neck of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. |
Fine. But what about this?
| He has derided Gates and Buffett for giving away so much of their wealth, reportedly saying: “Poverty isn’t solved with donations,” according to Forbes.
Building businesses, he reportedly said, did more for society than “going around like Santa Claus.” |
Is he onto something?
