Archive for May, 2007
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Do you recall the story of Chicken Little? Little Chicken Little has an acorn fall on his head, next thing you know he's convinced "the sky is falling." Of course, it was not. The acorn falling was just gravity - just one aspect of dynamic, interconnected universe. ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2007
The United States Attorney scandal continues to offer insight into the machinations of unbridled partisan politics and the flaws of the human psyche. It now appears that efforts to remove those who were viewed to have failed to be proactive enough in their partisanship were being forced from office prior ...
Posted in Current Affairs, Impeachment, Politics | No Comments »
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Remember when George W. Bush was still a presidential candidate in 2000 and he decried the notion of nation building? Talk about your all time flip-flop. But I digress. With Bush, the destruction of Iraq and the subsequent efforts of his administration to make it a permanent vassal state for ...
Posted in Current Affairs, DailyFeatured, Iraq War, Middle East, Military, Politics, World News | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Where President Bush failed to act then the States and the Governors have taken up the charge where it concerns Stem Cell Research. Once more on yet another critical issue to our nation the President and his lack of vision are being trampled on by yet one more Governor ...
Posted in Economics, Education, Health, Religion | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
With all the mouth foam that's being sprayed in our faces these days as pundits and pols bemoan illegal immigration, it's easy to forget that there are plenty of people who see the issue more clearly and fairly. Some of those people would surprise you.
From About.com and the NYT...
In ...
Posted in Religion | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
In an effort to act as wacky as America's liberals, French students are protesting the election of the correct choice conservative Sarkozy.
Oh brother, is it not the USA like 3 or even 7 years ago for that matter. Liberals standing after the election, jaw dropped to the ground, calling ...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Work is decidedly not one of humankind's best inventions. Money is not the root of all evil, work is. Work's the egg that comes before the chicken and requires vast amounts of effort not repaid in kind.
Not so long ago, work meant, well, work. You toiled in the field or ...
Posted in Economics, General, Miscellaneous, Politics | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
One of the things that tick me off the most is the desecration that our nation’s youth seem to forever perpetrate on our cemeteries. Final resting places for many loved ones that have passed become a play yard of abuse and disrespect for teens and young adults. Knocking over head ...
Posted in Current Affairs, General | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
The LA Times recently carried an article about actor and would-be Republican Presidential candidate Fred Thompson. The article questioned whether a 19-year old TV roll as a hate-spewing bigot will hurt him if he decides to run. The blog Whizbang calls the article a "stupid smear piece". However, it seems ...
Posted in Campaign News, General, Miscellaneous, Politics, Television | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Less than ten years ago, the world awaited the promise of the millenium with hope and optimism. Less than ten years into the new millenium, one might argue that hope and optimism have been forced to yield to the emerging influence of dogma, intolerance and intransigence.
Yesterday's news provides an important ...
Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Health, Politics, Religion, Science, Stem-Cell Research | 30 Comments »
