tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84873772012-02-16T19:21:34.335-05:00"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain 1835-1910 Letters from the EarthThe COhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481854464028539501noreply@blogger.comBlogger4821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487377.post-42951351343849090852009-03-09T18:18:00.002-05:002009-03-09T18:33:54.676-05:00

While i haven't blogged a lot in the last year or four, I do still pay attention to the news. One of the things I thought I'd have to wait years to have happen actually did today. I was both shocked, and gladdened respectively by the action and the reasoning. Our Socialist-In-Chief listed the prior Paterfamilias's ban on embryonic stem cell research. This is good news not simply for the sake of

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I realize they are only a gambling site, but this shows a scary set of choices as the 'front runners' for the 2012 election. The top three choices, with number one having a strong gap, and little separation between themselves are#3 Mike "The Bible Molester" Huckabee.#2 Mitt "The Snakeoil Salesman" Romney.#1 Sarah "Madame Pitbull in Lipstick" Palin.Behind these three who have all danced across

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I just watched the silliest campaign ad I've seen in my life.Seriously, it was a McCain-Palin ad quoting Biden. They were quoting Biden talking about an international "test"of a freshly elected Obama. Now instead of just quoting and refuting Biden. They decide to use some voice altering software to make Biden's voice sound slow and distorted in something that i guess is supposed to sound like a

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People wonder why it is my dream job to cull from homo-sape all those who fail to use logic, reason or at least good old fashioned horse sense. The charming and no doubt honest politico's in Pennsylvania have a law on the books stating what you can and can't wear to vote. At least one person who showed up to vote in primaries was told she had to remove or cover the writing on her Obama t-shirt

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Oleg Volk Posted this over on his LJ:Going to court.In December 2002, I founded The High Road forum dedicated to the advancement of responsible gun ownership. Recently, it was discovered that in 2006, the volunteer forum systems administrator, Derek Zeanah of Statesboro, Georgia, changed domain registration to himself. After he was confronted, Derek locked out all other staff from accessing the

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I don't recall any more hilarious commentary on a Veep pick. It really does sound like McCain has picked two separate running mates who happen to have the same name. CNN talking head, and Democratic strategist Paul Begala is good for a few laughs:John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls "a checkup from the neck up."In choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate, he is not thinking

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It is being reported that McCain has chosen a woman young enough to be his child (or wife) as his running mate. Unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been selected.It doesn't take much to deduce that this is in part a ploy to draw the disaffected Clinton supporters. To me though the most remarkable thing about this is which of the strategies McCain chose to follow in selecting the person who

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The Democratic National Convention was in two words; exceptionally expected. It wasn't boring, there was too much nuance to be shifted through in the words of the Clinton's, and in making wondering at the value of having Kerry speak, but there was nothing dramatic about it. Biden's announcement just prior to the convention wasn't anything earth shattering. The prospective First Lady proved to be

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I'm somehow still, this late in life, frequently amazed at the lack of sense people display on a regular basis. It's particularly disconcerting in the those who would be our leaders. Sadly, some of those folks have managed a modicum of success in the public arena.Offending people in the general populace is pretty easy, the larger the group the easier it gets. But it takes a special sort of

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Because there are limits to my time, and the amount of words blogger will let you put in a post, I'm only going to lightly dissect this video:First, one should notice the extreme subtlety of the kid looking like a grunge rocker and sitting in the darkest part of the room, while the adult instructor is dressed like a deacon and is in the light.Second, labeling evolution "eviloution" is not arguing

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I've made no secret of the fact that I loathe all three candidates and think all of them will be bad for America in their own very special way. Here's Senator Clinton speaking her mind. Edited to replace Youtube with NBC feed

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Those who know me will know that I'm not a big fan of Barrack Obama. In fact, I dislike all three of the major candidates. But I now personally revile Reverend Wright. I hate those who feed racism, who feed fear, and who feed their own ego with constant grand standing for whatever their cause is. Yes. there are grains of truth to the asinine nonsense falling from Wrights lips, however, there's no

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From the The Casual Observer's Political DictionaryActivist Judge (noun) A judge with opinions other than yours.Generally used as a slur, and often used to justify calls for public election of all jurists.

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Q: You're stuck in room with Bill and Hillary Cinton, Obama, and Ted Kennedy, your gun only has two bullets. What do you do?A: Shoot the Clintons, the shock will kill Ted, and the black guy will get blamed for it.

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The Indiana legislatures has just proven itself to be dumber than a box of rocks and have morals that Nixon, Libby, and Putin would consider slimy. They have decided that any place selling books with 'sexually explicit' content would have to pay a $250 fee. This information is to be shared with local officials who will then be able to 'monitor' them for violations of the law. The standards for

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Rarely does corporate behavior show any interest in anything except how far into the black they can push their profit margin. This is usually accomplished by either impoverishing employees or fleecing customers. Sometimes a company will be inspired enough to do both. Fortunately there are standards that some hold themselves to that other corporations should aspire too. One of those corporations

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The meek and moronic are at it again. There is a newer, more vile, more restrictive, and still unneeded, unconstitutional, unhelpful, and unAmerican "Assault Weapon Ban" in the works. This one includes no sunset clause, bans new weapons, and is in general aimed at making the criminals of America safer. Sign the petition, but more importantly call, write, and email your Senators and

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This is why we spend lots of money trainingour military. This is why our military is when unfettered by asinine international rules, Congressional hand wringing, and Presidential limpwristery, the most effective military force in the world. Not only do they have some of the shiniest and prettiest things that go boom, they have the sense to use them, or not use them properly. They also have the

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It appear that former Massachusetts's Governor Mitt Romney is out of the race. I'm not entirely surprised by this. McCain already has of the delegates needed to win the nomination. It also doesn't take a genius to figure out that both McCain and Huckabee were more worried about Romney than each other or anyone else. But most of all, as i suspected Romney failed to prove he was electable. He

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After the Big Dance that is the Super Tuesday we'll know little more than we knew about the election two days ago. We know that the far right took at look at a pandering loon (McCain), a snake oil salesman (Romney), and a Bible molester who's as tough on crime as baby shampoo (Huckabee) and decided that the equivalent of rocks, paper, scissors was as good a way to choose as any.On the other side

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Howard Dean had his I Have A Scream speech in the last elections campaign series. It effectively ended his campaign. Mike Huckabee has just had his scream.

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In a move that simply reinforces my belief that the days of homo-sape as an advanced technological race are doomed the FDA decided it was safe for us to consume meat, milk and produce from cloned sources. Congratulations Asshats! You've just done two stupid things, one was wasting untold millions of dollars studying what we already know, and two you've reinforced the purported need for Big

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This years primary seasons is proving the enthusiastic distaste most of America holds for those attempting to roll their way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Three pre-election events, three pre-election winners. The winner of todays event in Michigan is likely to be Twitt Romney. Mr. Personality has finally won one. Yippie. Now we can look forward to several months of flip-flopping that makes

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In a clear cut case of a couple school yard bullies threatening to attack the army base down the block, Iran is busy making a nuisance of itself, again. Not content with the past several years of nuclear grand standing, or even their presidents recent trip to America and his hilarious interview on national television they've decided to harass American war ships in the Persian Gulf. If they were

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The only thing we know right now, is that this promises to be a long campaign season. The people who won in Iowa, are not winning in New Hampshire. At this point it looks like Hillary Clinton will walk out of the Granite State with a win for the equines, and that McCain will put a win in the trunk for the pachyderms.If things finish as they stand now with a low thirty percent of the pols

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Apparently not. Not surprisingly to anyone who's studied the issue, versus those who have just emoted about it. It seems that in Michigan where six years ago the state reformed their laws to make carrying a concealed weapon easier that just the opposite effect has been observed. Gun crimes are down, violent crime is down. Still the emoters protest that gun crimes are being under reported. Grosse

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This is one of those no brainer polls. Either you get it right, or you have no brain.

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Sometimes they don't always come out the same way...Picture courtesy of Oleg at www.olegvolk.net

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When are we going to get serious about these two separate but related issues? The latter is actually the one we need to tackle first. By putting into law exactly the steps, standards and practices expected of those wishing to live here be it for five months, five years or for the rest of their life we can make a lot of things happen. The simplest of them will be to cut down spending on a bloated

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Mitt Romney.A Candidate you can believe in.Speaking of belief:I don't think i heard anyone ask him if there was a diety a dozen of them or none at all.But don't dont worry, Huckabee places his faith in all the right places.

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For half a thousand reasons I don't watch much TV. Today I saw one of those reasons. While i know that i have a greater knowledge of history than most people, there are somethings that i still find dismaying in their shedding light on how badly most people fail to learn. I don't ask that anyone know the order that battles took place in during the Civil War. I don't ask anyone to know how many '

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I for one, weep with poor Hugo. It's been a tough, tough year for him. First the King of Spain tells him to shut up, and now he finds out he can't make himself King of Venezuela. How horrible. The man who like the guy he has a man crush on: wants to be president for life can't constitutionally do so. Oh come on Hugo, just go the Mugabe route and use your military to hold power indefinitely. Just

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...I thought i'd bring back the Spectrum. Yes, I do want to revive Blog Spectrum. The home of democrats, republicans, libretarians, independents, moderates, centrists, liberals, greens, communists, and neo-cons, paleo-conservatives and all the rest all in one place at one time. To do this i need bloggers!If you fall into one or none of those areas of the spectrum, can be civil, and can put up one

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The Sudan, long known for its humanitarian accomplishments has decided that one of the most commonly used male names in the world is offensive. Well, its offensive in some cases, even though its the same name as many men in their country. Even though its the same name as their prophet, even though it was applied by a 7 year old. And yes, even though that seven year old applied the name to a

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How Can We Raise Awareness In Darfur Of How Much We're Doing For Them?The saddest thing about this video is that I can picture it being acted out in earnest by our mainstream media.

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Amazing. Of all the teams the Patriots have played and beaten this year, the Philadelphia Eagles are by far the best men. They may not have a monopoly on talent, but they do have the market cornered on sheer mental toughness and determination. The refusal to be intimidated, and the bloody minded refusal to be run over combined well with the absolute integrity it takes to play until the last

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Brazil's new sex education program is drawing international attention. Unlike us programs where confused teens are led enmasse into the confusing world of reproductive issues, Brazil has developed a novel approach that reverses the odds and gives twenty to twenty eight instructors per student. One young lady who wishes to be identified as only L.A.B. was so overwhelmed with emotion she is quoted

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What the hell is wrong with Homo Sapiens Sapiens? Especially the subspecies known as Americana? Really. People positively idolize winning. It's not quite a tame enough veneration to be called an obsession, it's probably something on the far side of pathological fixation. Except of course when it fails to be fun to be a fan of the opposition to the great team or player. As is the case with the now

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Human beings, being human beings and loathing genuine self examination will always seek to shift the blame. There's a story about a girl who committed suicide after a cyber friend told her that she wasn't a nice person and didn't want to be friends anymore. It turns out that this was done via a social networking site. The people behind the "prank" were the adult family of a former friend of the

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Shaping is a psychology term that means you are engaged in slowly moving a patient from one behavior state, to a more desirable behavior state. Obviously, this does not just happen in psychology clinics and mental health wards. It happens in real life, businesses do it, governments, and most of us will do it in one form or another in our personal lives. While reading one of the Yahoo articles on

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America’s Failing Empire. The name is rather evocative; in fact it’s down right emotive. Warren Cohen takes the reader through a brief, light, exploration of the engrossing topic of American foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Examined within the covers of this slim, dense tome are the author’s views of exactly how two presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush, and William Jefferson

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I've been a bit busy the last year and half, I'm not any less busy now, but its election time. If anyone is still watching this space after so long, let me know and i'll try and update at least once a week.

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The reasons the GOP lost so much ground are really simple. They shot themselves in the ass. How? That’s easy. The Democrats had a clear, consistent, hopeful message that challenged American voters to pay attention. The Republicans were screaming things like “if the Democrats win America loses”. The Democrats made a message that showed a direction, the Republicans plodded forward. The second major

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Bill Clinton had an interview that he termed an ambush on Fox news recently. The interview itself is funny simply because of the weasel wording the interviewer does in his claims of non responsibility for the words about to come out of his own mouth. He hedges the questions he puts to the former president in terms of "I got emails from people...". Guess what Mr Wallace, you're still responsible

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It seems that an "anti-stupid" pill has been invented. On the surface this appears to be something much akin to being anit-entropic. It doesn't however seem to raise the IQ so much as enhance the memory and slow the over revving of certain other sections. It really is too bad that it doesn't work as advertised, and hadn't been invented long enough ago to prevent all the various willful acts of

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Out of the depths of my own sick mind:Q) How many RIFs does it take to mulch a yard?A) It depends on how close they stand to the bomb.

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Long ago, in the deep dark reaches of history (just before Kansas became a state) there were bloody clashes, fraud and venom spewed all across the territory as the pro and anti-slavery forces marshaled to decided which the new state would be: a state dedicated to truth and equal opportunity, or one where a self selected group of elitists decided what people would think and how they would live.

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There's not much i can add to this account of why Darfur needs attention at least as badly as Iraq did, probably more so. The rape, the torture, the killing still goes on and there is very, very little in the mainstream media about it.

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CNN has an interesting story on the transition of power from Fidel Castro to his brother and the nations first vice president since 1959. One of the things that screamed of more information not being shared was the fact that before Fidel Castro's illness was announced Bush just happened to have made a speech indicating U.S. willingness to assist our neighbors when Castro passes away. Now this

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I turned my TV on today, mostly to make sure it still worked as football, and more importantly hockey seasons are approaching. While channel surfing I ran across mention of some useless piece of shit that would have made Mussolini's propaganda ministers proud. Some stupid fuck with a Taliban-esque regard for human life and dignity published pictures of the late Princess Diana from just moments

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It launches tomorrow. For those of you who haven't read the other reviews:The keyboard has been upgraded so that it should no longer have the problem where keys peel off.The screen is not much different from the Sidekick2.The whole device is noticeably smaller than the 2. I like this as it fits into the pocket better and is far less awkward to type on than the two.The voice quality is not bad or

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I love toys, I'm currently testing what will be the hottest mobile device of the year. So far, so _good_. There are a few things it won't do but it does several others better than a lot of similar devices on the market.

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I've often railed against the redoubtable Reverend Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, but for those looking for a way to reach out and tell them that you like them, feel free to call them as much as you like. The number is : 7852730325

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Microsoft is launching its very own subscription service to help you keep your computer clean.My opinion is that expecting Microsoft to keep your computer clean is like leaving your little boy with a Catholic priest; the best you can hope for is that nothing will happen.

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I don't think i can add a word so succinct...When they took the fourth amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs.When they took the sixth amendment, I kept quiet because I know I'm innocent.When they took the second amendment, I said nothing because I don't own a gun.Now they've come for the first amendment, and I can't say anything at all.-- Tim Freeman, tsf@cs.cmu.eduLet me give you a

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There are people who argue that there is a basic goodness in everyone and that the reason one can't justify capital punishment because it would be wrong to snuff out that intrinsic human goodness for the sake of any offense. I do believe that human life in and of itself has some value, I further believe that quality of life is at least as important. Rapist, may not kill, but they do destroy life

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I understand that it is possible, and indeed common to lose a battle and win the war. While I'm not going to make a ridiculous statement about the whole war being lost when even the U.S. military admits that the Taliban is growing in strength, one has to wonder how effective the War on Terror is in Afghanistan. We've been working in Afghanistan for longer than we have Iraq, and with far less

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Much is made of the partisan smearing, back stabbing, chicanery, and out and out treachery of politics here in he U. S. of A. While it's true that it does get to levels where any thinking person can only block their ears and wait for it to end as its gotten to the point where neither side is defendable, I don't recall anything this vile in recent memory. I can't honestly picture Kerry, Gore, or

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They say this fascinating thinker is one of the fathers of Utilitarianism, but might he not equally be considered a father of Libertarianism? This quote seems to embody the fundamental essence of such sentiment. The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or

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Is there any greater burden or greater gift than to be trusted?I can't think of one.

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I say let them. If they sue, any reasonable court could be convinced to order a cessation of commerce between the two nations if for other reason to ensure no one is being bribed. While it is true that this could harm the already faltering U.S. economy, the Mexican economy depends on America for a great deal of its cash flow. An estimated eighty-five percent of Mexican foreign trade is done with

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Web Braille is a system that allows blind people to more cost effectively, read not just musty old litterary classic, but the latest releases in books and magazines. It has recently been abandoned and has therefore left lots of people bereft of a source of reading having untold educational, psychological and economic impact on those effected and their familes. Here are a few of the comments from

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I've said it before; I'll keep repeating it until I die. No matter how evil, insane and or vile the leader, they can not stay in power without the willing assistance of like minded folk, and they can not be removed by external forces until international opinion is fully marshaled against them. This is why Hitler would have ruled most of Europe had he not turned on Russia. This is why Castro has

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The EU "government" is entertaining plans to possibly tax SMS and e-mail. Alain Lamassoure, an EU MP from the governmentally challenged France introduced this spectacularly bad idea. Now, why do I say this is "spectacularly bad"? for several good reasons:At least one of the major international carriers, (Deutsche Telekom) is already partially government owned, which means that customers would

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No, not this one this one. The several days of constant rain have turned lots of the area into rather severely extended streams, rivers and lakes. Mass and New Hampshire have both declared a state of emergency. And there are schools already closed for Monday. This is not an over reaction, I'm actually going to go so far as to say that Mitt the twit Romney has done something right, probably for

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Maybe soon.

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Normally I make a lot of jokes about the Bush (mis)Administration, some of them are heartfelt, some are (partly) for affect. So here's something unvarnished that all portions of the political spectrum should agree is wrong. Not just disagreeable, not something deplored in whatever the opposing political party is , but just plain wrong. Please pass this article on and remember it the next time you

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I couldn't end the month without mentioning that everyone who's never seen it, needs to go rent, borrow, or buy the movie Glory. It's a historical film set in the civil war about the Massachusetts Fifty Fourth, among the first all black regiments, and certainly the most famous of the Civil War. My only comment on the film is that any one who fails to be moved by the film fails the litmus test for

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You wil note there are no jokes about the Vice Pres here.

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I realized that today, the fifth day of the month that i had yet to post anything on Black History Month. It also being Super Sunday, i figured i'd combine posting on the two. In no particular order, some intersting facts:1904A field goal was changed from five points to four. Ohio had at least seven pro teams, with Massillon winning the Ohio Independent Championship, that is, the pro title. Talk

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After watching the end of the Address, this seemed even more appropriate.

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OneTwo

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We're all familiar with Senator McCain and his habit of questioning the status quo in the GOP, and whatever you, or I may think of him, he has been in some regards good for the Republicans, Democrats and America at large. Now it seems there is another man from Arizona set to ripple the waters of the republican sea. Randy Pullen is set to make an internal party push to toughen immigration laws.

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Kim Jong Il has apparently disappeared while traveling in China.One news source states that apparently Kim was in three countries at once.One states that he hasn't been seen but that his train had been seen, but is now missing.This one states where he was, and where he was believed to be, but no one seems to know.Maybe he does have the supernatural powers he claims?

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Sad, but true.I wonder if Bob Kraft can be talked into buying the Bruins?Pic from www.bostonrinkrats.com

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A study by the Justice Department strongly criticizes the effectiveness of polygamy being illegal. The flat out states that the criminalizationis utterly ineffectual, and that more needs to be done to combat the evils of the behaviors, and not the institution. One quote from the article is particularly blunt: Criminalization does not address the harms associated with valid foreign polygamous

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I wonder if theres more of a connection than we think. :-)

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It appears that the Massachusetts senate hasn't completely abandoned all good sense, they just keep it well hidden. A bill that would have reduced tuition rates at state colleges to undocumented immigrants was defeated by a vote of 96 to 57. Even more amazing is that Mitt "the twit" Romney had stated he would veto it if it did pass.For the record I have no problems with anyone who legally enters

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In an effort to prove that Duluth isn't home to the smallest minds in the state, Covenant Christian Academy has decided to expel one of its students for kissing another. The kiss happened away from school grounds, and at a private gathering that was not sponsored by the school. The young lady had a grade point average of 3.5 at the time of her expulsion. Despite the fact that the other half of

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I'm so sorry that its come to the point where patriotism makes little girls publicly apologize to their city council. In Duluth Georgia this happened the other night. In response to a flag being painted on a cul-de-sac people across the city, and several city council members became involved in forcing the painters to remove it. Just one of the putrid reasons cited was that it might set a

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In an inspiring case of reason winning out over superstition, Judge John Jones III found: the Dover school board was clearly motivated by religious beliefs in ordering that students be made aware of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution. this ruling would have been sufficient for some, Jones went further and in his ruling stated intelligent design is: is an interesting theological

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The Department of defense drafted and submitted a new pay and bonus structure for the military that increases bonuses in existing categories and adding new ones. Amazingly enough the spineless, brainless and morally derelict scum in congress even passed it.

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Among the other reasons I use ABC as a news source is that they are willing to air pieces by tv personalities with a large following that cut against the grain of the radical left that they are supposedly a part of. They also actually do their homework before airing things, and when they do get caught with their trousers in the disengaged position, they admit it. This is one of the pieces I like

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Stolen from one of my fave people, Randy at This is True:TRUE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: Jurors at a criminal trial in Denver, Colo.,were repulsed by the crime -- a man had molested his 10-year-old stepdaughter -- but were even more distressed that the trial concluded just before Christmas. Jury forewoman Jennifer Volk had noticed how hard it was for the little girl to testify, and thought "it was

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First Merry Whatever the Hell You're Celebrating!Even though its probably the wrong thing. I went to one of my holiday stops I witnessed something I haven't seen in years, people going completely over the top and beyond even the near neighborhood of reasonable gifting. It was so bad one of the children, an energetic and sturdy four year old, asked his father: "Daddy do I have to open any more

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Good News:You have two less holiday gifts to buy.Bad News:Your wife just ran off with your best friend.

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And this story put a silly grin on my face.

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No, you're not lucky enough for me to have died, at least not yet. Real life has just claimed more than its fair share of my energy since September. The theory is that I'll be back to full time, for me, blogging just about the end of the month. Expect rants, reports, rants, and my own benign and empathetic analysis to resume with all the warmth it used to hold.Cheers

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It seems there may be an undiscovered carnivore running about Borneo. It reminds me a bit of a couple of my customers...

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Thanks for reading all, and putting up with prolonged absences between posts, there will be more posts soon, possibly even today.Happy Thanksgiving enjoy it where ever you are and whom ever you are with.

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Ok, AIDS is a deadly disease. It doesn't decrease quality of life, it doesn't make you less attractive, it kills you. Yet why, oh why are the nice people in GA not convicting people who knowingly have unprotected sex with someone when they have AIDS, and haven't told their partner? This is absolutely ludicrous.

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It seems that Michael "I did not have relations with that boy, or that one, or that one, or that one." Jackson has said he's going to make his permanent home outside the US. Bahrain appears to be the country where parents should put their sons on guard. On the plus side, his dear, dear daddy wants him and the other brothers to do a new album.

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It's possible that i give up too easy, the '08 feces flinging contest hasn't even officially started and i'm already sick of all the possible candidates for both parties.Clinton, Gore, Romney, Bush... all of them make me ill.I've decided to write in a ticket absolutely no worse than anything either party will come up with.Who's with me?Who else will right in:Eugene Joseph McCarthy and Newt

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Sears, Roebuck and Co, have been honored by the Department of Defence for their commitment to their employees who serve in our armed forces. The Freedom Award is earned only when a company is nominated by a troop who is working for a company. They've just earned more than the award, they've earned more of my business.

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No doubt some will see this as simply a continuation of "The Vast Atheist Wing Conspiracy" and lament ad nauseam about the declining state of America thanks to the same such militant atheists. It was however the right call. There was nothing about this decision and the reasons for it that attacked any religions. When the coach is being paid by the school, a government agency, they are a

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An Oregon law that allows doctors to prescribe lethal amounts of medication to terminally ill patients is being challenged by the Bush Administration. Oddly, its not being challenged as murder, but as a violation of federal drug law's. I think think that Bush and company are reaching, and I'm not the only one who does, both O'Connor and Kennedy have weighed in on this already.

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This, is a rather interesting article on the United Nations from a professor at one of Japan's Universities. I'm one hundred percent convinced as to what his belief in the UN's agenda should be, but it does provide some interesting hints.

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What is with George W. Bush, our beloved President? Did he not learn from his wonderful political appointee to the pinnacle of FEMA that you need to put experienced people into top slots. Experienced people who are good at something other than caging jobs from their cronies. Well, apparently he did not. He has chosen someone for the Supreme Court who is not only inexperienced, but is sufficiently

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