09-24-2004, 04:40 PM
Were people really better informed two hundred years ago? Perhaps it's all the same except that now we use visual esthetics to determine which unqualified people get to tell us what to think.
On the other hand, how can you not approve of Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics?
Besides, it seems to me that people believe what they want to believe, in any case.
Oh, vaguely on this topic, I have a reference question. Is there a way/place I can look up past congressional/California-legislature votes online? I have what's nearly a wager with my nextdoor neighbor (who, btw, hasn't read a book in the last quarter century) about this. He contends that: 1) from the first clean air bill onward, the conservatives have been as in favor of conservation as the liberals (meaning Reps and Dems, respectively, of course) and 2) that especially in California that the republicans have at least equaled the democrats in creating and protecting his entitlements as a handicapped person.
I'd like to find a searchable source, but if not, I'll go see if the reference librarian can help me.
-- CH
On the other hand, how can you not approve of Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics?
Besides, it seems to me that people believe what they want to believe, in any case.
Oh, vaguely on this topic, I have a reference question. Is there a way/place I can look up past congressional/California-legislature votes online? I have what's nearly a wager with my nextdoor neighbor (who, btw, hasn't read a book in the last quarter century) about this. He contends that: 1) from the first clean air bill onward, the conservatives have been as in favor of conservation as the liberals (meaning Reps and Dems, respectively, of course) and 2) that especially in California that the republicans have at least equaled the democrats in creating and protecting his entitlements as a handicapped person.
I'd like to find a searchable source, but if not, I'll go see if the reference librarian can help me.
-- CH