A New Era For Our Military and Nation.

(A very appropriate picture.) The time has finally come.

The Pentagon will announce Friday that it is ready to certify the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," the controversial 1993 law that banned gays from serving openly in the military, two U.S. officials told Fox News.

This signals a great cultural shift in our society away from the cultural foundation that has made America the nation it is. I have a hunch America will be receiving a fairly significant military set back coming soon. At least America won't be discriminating against homosexuality. I like Congressman Allen West's take on DADT.

This Is Rock/Math!

A short post with some videos, about 10 minutes all together, that makes/alludes to the connection between math and music. "Math has long been at the foundation of music. In fact, in ancient Greece, 'music' referred to the study of numerical ratios, and around the time of Plato, 'harmony' originally emerged as a branch of physics." (The video is under the June 30 entry.)

And check out this video starting at minute 12 Also check out this video about string theory. There is a connection between math and music. What makes a collection of sound noise or music? Is modern rock music considered noise or real music? The videos are interesting.

Don't Mess With Texas

I thought this was an interesting story.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/06/mexican-national-inmate-on-death-row-creates-international-stir/

Basically, this guy named Humberto Leal, a mexican national, raped and murdered a sixteen year old girl in 1995. The evidence was overwhelming against him and it only took the jury 45 minutes to reach a verdict.

The UN and Obama have been trying to postpone the execution, which is scheduled for 6:00 pm thursday 7-7-11. Evidently there is a UN resolution that gives Leal the right to seek consultation from his home nation of Mexico.

My favorite part of the story:

“Texas is not bound by a foreign court’s ruling,” Katherine Cesinger, the press secretary said in a statement (foxnews).

This is just another example, among many, why Texas is awesome.