New Rules for Old Farts (h/t Stormbringer)

•If you remember when health insurance was optional, you are an old fart.

•If you are polite to strangers, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever changed a typewriter ribbon, you are an old fart.

•If there was only one fat kid in your class, you are an old fart.

•If you think “Occupy” is a verb and not a noun, you are an old fart.

•If you just want to be left alone, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when only sailors had tattoos, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when civil rights meant equal rights, not reverse discrimination, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve never uploaded naked photographs of yourself, you are an old fart.

•If you know how to spell, you are an old fart.

•If you ever waited to hear your favorite song on the radio, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when being radical meant hating the government, rather than relying on it, you are an old fart.

•If you know how to get there better than that GPS contraption, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever felt shame, you are an old fart.

•If you still feel a twinge of dread seeing a phone number with a lot of “9″s and “0″s, you are an old fart.

•If you think a nice warm day is just a nice warm day and not proof of impending doom, you are an old fart.

•If you ever paid for your own condoms, you are an old fart.

•If you know how to fix mechanical devices, you are an old fart.

•If the phrase “turn of the century” makes you think of the year 1900, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when Top Gun actually sat in the plane, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever bought something with cash, you are an old fart.

•If you don’t go all the way on the first date, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when being a Democrat meant being anti-communist, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when “books” were made of paper, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever played pinball, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when sex scandals would ruin a starlet’s career, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever gotten on an airplane without first being searched, you are an old fart.

•If you even know the meaning of the word “bipartisan,” you are an old fart.

•If you you don’t have a Facebook page, you are an old fart.

•If you do have a MySpace page, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever used the word “gay” to mean carefree or joyous, you are an old fart.

•If you kept a few leftover French francs and German marks the last time you visited Europe, you are an old fart.

•If you think self-esteem is earned rather than a birthright, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when the media at least pretended to be impartial, you are an old fart.

•If you ever ate at Sambo’s, you are an old fart.

•If you still have some bell-bottom pants way back in your closet from the first time they were cool, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when every quarter had an eagle on the back, you are an old fart.

•If you hold the door open for ladies, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when tech support answered without an accent, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when being on welfare was embarrassing, you are an old fart.

•If you know what VHS stands for, you are an old fart.

•If you admire successful people, you are an old fart.

•If you know what “the blue dress” refers to, you are an old fart.

•If a teacher ever smacked you on the knuckles with a ruler, you are an old fart.

•If you think school should be taught in English, you are an old fart.

•If you still think music comes on these black vinyl disks called “records,” you are an old fart.

•If you played with toy guns when you were a kid, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever visited a public library, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when Apple was a small struggling company, you are an old fart.

•If your debate coach taught you to see both sides of an argument, you are an old fart.

•If you still have some of those 8-track tapes in the garage, you are an old fart.

•If you love your country, you are an old fart.

•If you remember when budgets were measured in billions, not trillions, you are an old fart.

•If you want to go back to measuring budgets in billions like we used to, you are really an old fart.

•If you remember when campus revolutionaries fought against The Man, and weren’t yet The Man themselves, you are an old fart.

•If you’d welcome a death panel at this stage, frankly, you are an old fart.

•If you actually paid off your mortgage, you are an old fart.

•If you tried to copy Evel Kneivel with your Stingray bike, you are an old fart.

•If you’ve ever owned an encyclopedia, you are an old fart.

•If you remember singing Christmas songs in public school, you are an old fart.

•If you ever smoked a cigarette on an airplane, you are an old fart.

•If you still think there are only two genders, you are an old fart.

•If you ever used a phone booth, you are an old fart.

•If you still haven’t quite gotten the hang of Pong, you are an old fart.

•If you ever ate candy cigarettes, you are an old fart.

•If you ever got out of the car to open the garage door, you are an old fart.

•If you ever judged people by the content of their character, you are an old fart.

•If you ever turned a knob to change the station, you are an old fart.

•If you ever signed your name with a fountain pen, you are an old fart.

•If you ever looked something up in a card catalog, you are an old fart.

The Term Cape Dutch was Documented.

There was a poster here [ & in other places too ] who a while back made the ridiculous assertion that the term Cape Dutch was "my term" thus displaying the poster's ignorance regarding the topic. The poster's desperate assertion was no doubt part of a ploy at trying to hide some very important & valuable history of the region. Considering that just about anyone can look into this for themselves to verify the terms used: the poster had no point to stand on & only achieved outing / exposing him / herself as a third rate propagandist.

The above screen shot [ click to enlarge ] is taken from the History World web site on its South African history page at this link.

Historian Irving Hexham notes within Christianity in Southern Central Africa Prior to 1910. that quote: [ The majority of the original white settlers, known as Cape Dutch, or in frontier regions Boers, maintained a nominal loyalty to the Dutch Reformed Church. ] Link to document.

The author Brian Du Toit notes on page 1 of The Boers in East Africa: Ethnicity and Identity that quote: [ The Boers had a tradition of trekking. Boer society was born on the frontiers of white settlement and on the outskirts of civilization. As members of a frontier society they always had a hinterland, open spaces to conquer, territory to occupy. Their ancestors had moved away from the limiting confines of Cape society to settle the eastern frontier. In time this location became too restricted, and individuals and families moved north across the Orange River. ] Link to book. Thus demonstrating that the Boers were distinct from the Cape Dutch.

The notable author Arthur Kemp noted in The Boers of Southern Africa that quote: [ This group of Cape Dutch settlers therefore always opposed the Boers' drive for independence and anti-colonialism, and, along with the British settlers, were the true colonial masters of Southern Africa, while the Boers always tried to get away from this mentality and state of affairs. ] Link to document. The Boers always wanted to get away from Colonialism not perpetuate it as the other groups had.

On page Page 41 of the 1957 book The Last Trek: A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation by author Sheila Patterson: she states quote: [ It will be noted that the mythology now being propagated is a Voortrekker mythology. Starting with the wrongs of the frontiersmen, it proceeds via the Trek to the Anglo-Boer Wars, well nigh ignoring the contribution of the Cape Dutch. Such is the dynamic of this mythology that the Cape Nationalists accepted it and ignored their own fine history and tradition. ] Link to book. End of quote. They ignored it no doubt in order to usurp the history of the Boers in order to prevent them from easily leaving the new British created dispensation.

The Cape Dutch were a notable & documented population group which coalesced in & around Cape Town up to Stellenbosch & up to Paarl & were coined as such by the Trekboers who began moving inland into Africa during the late 17th cent. just a few decades after the initial settlement at Cape Town.

Reuters message: rather have fewer kids than prevent food wastage.

The Reuters article “Clean your plate, save the world?” made the point that the ruling class was making progress finding ways to reduce food wastage in America, Europe and Africa. This was necessary because “an estimated 30 – 50 percent of the food produced in the world goes uneaten.” It’s presumably uneaten by humans.

The journalists Lisa Baertlein and Ernest Scheyder gave the impression that they applauded a mother's efforts to prevent food wastage, yet they would prefer that she considered getting rid of her kids since there was always a limit to how far she would go to save food.

The article mentioned that the projected population size for 2050 will be 9 billion people. I’m in agreement that people should consider having fewer kids. However, since the journalists took it upon them to decide which people should consider having fewer children I’m also going to have a shot at making the same decision!

Most of the population growth, if not all of it, is expected to take place in the developing world. The mother of three and her American countrymen will probably not have enough grandchildren to maintain their standard of living during retirement, or anything close to what they’re used to. Her fellow Americans should not be giving any consideration, whatsoever, to the prospect of having fewer children. Let the people in the developing world reduce their birth rates. At the very least the developing world should stabilize its population size.

The face of the law in South Africa part 2

Like we have been saying, these are the people in positions of power today…

Apartheid made Maths difficult

Maybe one day the average westerner will understand the mentality of Southern African blacks.  That they have never been interested in being equal to any other nation, least of all a predominantly white one.  They want to consume everything in sight.  And if it is difficult for some or other reason, it is bad and the white man’s fault.

Even central and northern African tribes despise the southern tribes.  Not only for their violent nature towards other tribes and nations, but the fact that they won’t grant anybody else their little space under the sun.  Not even their own brothers.  Like the Malemas and Zumas who steal their countrymen blind.  There are other black Africans who would have used the opportunity presented in South Africa in the early 1990s to build something magnificent and maintain the infrastructure already in place.  Even within South Africa.  But, as has been the case since the first Boers moved into unoccupied land in the 19th century (the republics of Transvaal and Free State were established here) and tribes living in adjacent areas saw an opportunity to steal, rape and murder, the elements in power today plunder everything in sight.

Close on 2 decades after Apartheid ended, failing high school pupils are told that the reason they can’t do Mathematics at school is because Apartheid made it difficult.  These kids weren’t even born under the previous regime.  Yet Apartheid South Africa produced some of the most brilliant minds in people of colour.  Contrary to popular belief, they didn’t manage to study in exile.  Most of them obtained world-class qualifications at South African universities.  The same qualifications which obtained after 2000 are often laughed at in first world countries, because they are not worth the paper scribbled on.  Such is the collapse of not only infrastructure, but also standards.

Maybe Apartheid Maths was difficult for a reason other than to oppress people…