To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
George Washington
First annual address to Congress, 1790.
[I was reminded of this by my (and about 125 other people) preparations for Boomershoot.–Joe]
The View From North Central Idaho
Ramblings on explosives, guns, politics, and sex by a redneck Idaho farm boy who became a software engineer living near Seattle.
Absolutely true, and exactly the opposite of what Albert Einstein supposedly said. It shows that a person can be both a genius at theoretical physics and an idiot at politics.