Quote of the Day: 6 August 2017

“Families are not just meant to make things run more smoothly here on earth and to be cast off when we get to heaven. Rather, they are the order of heaven.” -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Quote of the Day: 5 August 2017

"Let us consult experience, the guide that ought always to be followed whenever it can be found." -James Madison, The Federalist No. 52

Quote of the Day: 4 August 2017

"I’ve rarely met a dog that didn’t love to hunt, sniff, search, run, chase and fetch. Our jobs are to direct them into the best ways for doing these things that increase their successes—and ours—in the field." -Ron Spomer

Quote of the Day: 3 August 2017

"A war in which subjectively-defined 'hate speech' is the sword and cannon will end in one way — tyranny. Whichever side comes out on top doesn't matter, because in such a war, we will all have lost." -Frank Camp

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 2 August 2017

This week's excerpt from the log of local police activity.

July 28

* Police checked on a woman seen lying near a busy road. The woman said she was fine and just resting after a fun day at the river. Officers suggested that perhaps a nap near the road wasn't the safest idea.

 I'm glad there is little enough going on in my little burg that an item like this can warrant some attention from the police. I'm also glad that the police react to these situations as professionally as they do. It could turn out a lot worse.

Quote of the Day: 2 August 2017

"Currency is a fungible abstraction of power. A weapon is a nonfungible, concrete projection of power." -Howard Tayler

[And they're good for different uses. The proper application of currency is vastly different than the proper application of a weapon.]

Quote of the Day: 1 August 2017

“How could you communicate with the future? It was of its nature impossible. Either the future would resemble the present, in which case it would not listen to him, or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless.” -George Orwell