these are added pretty much randomly as the mood strikes me, and have no particular ordering.

I hold these truths to be self-evident, that:

• optionally hidden VMS-like file backups just make sense.
• AREXX rulez because everyone supported it.
• OOPerl is real ugly.
• i need (to have & use) a link checker.
• at the very least, drugs should be decriminalized. the war on drugs is evil.
• the media irresponsibly distorts, deflates, tells half-truths, ignores evidence, consults only the official sources, and exists solely to sell you more crap you don't need. the media is, in fact, evil.
• sans-serif fonts are only good for big point sizes.
• we already live in the Doomed Future.
• NAFTA and MAI are evil.
• extended families make more sense than nuclear ones, unless you are living in the industrialized hell that is the First World.
• work is evil.
• car culture is evil.
• the so-called free market is a destructive holy grail.
• the globalization of the economy is motivated by greed.
• everyone is entitled to an opinion.
• media works for the betterment of capital, not people.
• government works for the betterment of capital, not people.
• technology will kill us all.
• you'd still better know how to duck and cover.
• truth is stranger than science fiction.
• don't worry, there's no "significant impact."
• koyaanisqatsi.
• did i mention car culture is really evil ?
• constant comment and earl grey are tasty!
• monkeys are funny. and so is crack.
• power tools are cool.
• bars are generally not good places to start a marriage.
• the only cult you need to fear right now is the one you are already in.
• bad design is as prevalent as hydrogen.
• Ayn Rand was quite a character.
• SUVs suck suck suck.