http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress Words of encouragement from the staff of Clinton Displays Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:09:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kathy and I left two days before Christmas to visit our daughter Karen in Philadelphia. Since she lives in a studio apartment she arranged with her landlord to let us sleep in his RV which he keeps parked behind her apartment. He left the keys with her, and she went ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/12/christmas-adventure/ [caption id="attachment_103" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Christ was, and still is LOVE"][/caption] http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/12/a-gift-of-love-for-christmas/ Some who would criticize those of us who continue to wish others at this time of year a “Merry Christmas”. They reason that there are many religions that celebrate something at this time of year, but they don't want to think of it as a Christian holiday. And so it ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/12/merry-christmas/ At the heart of the capitalistic system is personal integrity.  Webster defines integrity as, adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.  Moral and ethical principles deal with right and wrong in an absolute sense.  Lying is always wrong, stealing is always wrong, cheating is always wrong.  Truth ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/11/more-thoughts-on-capitalism/ Our great nation was founded upon the principles of liberty, personal integrity and trust in God which are necessary foundations for capitalism.  Capitalism is the economic engine which drives the abundance that we enjoy.  Capitalism provides the incentive for men and women to get up, go to work and do ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/11/some-thoughts-on-capitalism/ I just came from the polling place.  I've voted for many years and I've never seen the polls so busy.  I generally stop in to vote on my way to work and usually I'm one of the first 10 voters of the day at that location.  Today I got there, ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/11/the-polls-are-busy/ Yesterday I was working with our Customer Service Rep, Carla, on a new enhancement to our system when I noticed that her optical mouse was behaving rather erratically. She said it has been doing that a lot lately, so I began investigating the problem. I checked to connection ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/10/chaos-out-of-order/ Saturday I was involved in a discussion with a couple of friends from church regarding the price of gas. In recent weeks it has fallen significantly. I mentioned that the day before I bought E85 fuel at $1.899 per gallon. So the question was asked as to ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/10/alternate-fuels/ I attend the Linux User's Group which meets once a month.  Once the meeting got started this month we went around the room telling how the current economy is affecting our employment status.  That is, "Do you still have a job?"; "If so, is your employer hiring?"; "Are you looking ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/10/effects-of-current-economy/ You may have noticed that we recently redesigned our logo.  This was done for several reasons.  First, Clinton Displays CRT Division transitioned its ownership to Video Display Corporation.  Although we retain the Clinton name, which has been synonymous with high quality monochrome CRTs for many years, it became necessary to disolve ... http://clinton-vdc.com/wordpress/2008/10/why-a-new-logo/