Welcome to the Neighborhood
I have a new article accepted on LewRockwell.com today, "Welcome to the Neighborhood." Hope you like it. -=ad=- http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/05/allan-davis/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/
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Tu Ne Cede Malis
...I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist... Yes, I have fun with words and languages. No disrespect intended, but I actually enjoy trying to tweak Latin into something that obviously isn't Latin but is definitely funny. For example... Blogito Ergo Sum ...and anyone addicted to blogging should see the humor in that caption. Julius Caesar is credited with "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered." Well, we photographers need to stick together and make our own pronouncements: Veni, Vidi, Video ...hey, it's better than "Carpe Dime" (that is, "I'll give you ten cents for that fish"), right...? (Oh, stop groaning, it wasn't *that* bad...) But recently, I had the chance to take it to a whole new level...the most "in" of in-jokes... See, I now work for the Ludwig von Mises Insitute in Auburn, Alabama. And the personal motto of Ludwig von Mises is a Latin phrase. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito "Do N...