Thanks to Ben of openswitch, I have become the latest victim of the 123 Meme (did you know that the origin of the word ‘meme’ comes from evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins?). Essentially, this latest online cultural idea — that, supposedly like a gene, can replicate and evolve — requires you to select the nearest book and post an excerpt on your blog using the following rules:
- Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating! 1
- Turn to page 123.
- Find the first 5 [full] sentences. 2
- Post the next 3 sentences.
- Tag 5 people.
For regular readers this quote will come as no big surprise:
[...] Where they supported the Persian Gulf War, this administration has not garnered their support for partisan reasons. The principles of interventionism, constitutionality and morality have not been applied consistently to each war effort by either political party; and there is a precise reason for this, over and above the petty partisanship of many.
The use of government force to mold personal behavior, manipulate the economy and interfere in the affairs of other nations is an acceptable practice endorsed by nearly everyone in Washington, regardless of party affiliation. [...]
The above was taken from “A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship
I am tagging: Rob, Jeremy, Jake, Matthew and stelmodad.
1 I only later noticed that Dave Ramsey’s book, ‘Financial Peace,’ might have been closer. However, it was covered by a stack of papers on my desk. I guess that is natural selection at work.
2 The original meme did not specify whether or not partial sentences counted. There goes that evolution and memetic mutation again.
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D’oh!
Here’s mine:
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- Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2008
Somehow, mine seem more American.
“I uncovered the New Money plans during my last term in the U.S. Congress, and I held the ugly new bills in my hands. I can tell you–they made my skin crawl!
These totalitarian bills were tinted pink and blue and brown, and blighted with holograms, diffraction gratings, metal and plastic threads, and chemical alarms.”
- The collected newletters of Ron Paul
Will Bill Gates send me $100,000 if I do this?
@Dword: E’hem…I’ll just leave that one alone.
@Ed: funny…
You did get the whole story when you googled that, right?
@Rob: Yes, and he’ll send a free copy of Vista 128-bit Extreme Home Makeover Edition to you and all of your friends.
Yeah – I did – Ron Paul came up with a plan to seperate fools from their money and didn’t seem to care too much how it was done. I like the fact that he took money from conspiracy nuts for years when in fact he didn’t believe in any of it. Then, in a move of pure political jujitsu, by “taking responsibility” for all of it by claiming to “take responsibility” for it. He didn’t have to actually return the money he had taken from these people. He didn’t have to say to his suporters, “You know, I never believed any of that crap – y’all are suckers.” He just walked away telling everyone it was old news. So, yeah – I did get the whole story.
I’m going to have to get that book. It sounds great! And it doesn’t hurt that Ron Paul wrote it
Realized I was tagged only moments ago…
“Now, new knowledge about alien customs create SELF-CONSCIOUNESS. This is a fact and a theme: as soon as comparissons are made, one’s own customs no longer seem inevitable. To be sure, the neighboring people, the enemy, has always behaved differently from us, but he is simply wrong-headed.”
From Dawn to Decadence
-Jacques Barzun
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