Musings From The Edge: Quietness
There are times we all would like to disappear into a land of beauty and silence. One of my journeys.
Serious about cutting carbon? Slaughter a bunch of people
Genghis Khan has long been known as the slaughterer of millions of people. Ironically, the loss of those lives may have saved other lives. Here is the full story.
For-Profit Schools don’t like the new rules so they sue the DOE
The Dept of Education is trying to jerk the chain of colleges that historically graduate more poorly educated students who then carry higher than average debt when they graduate from these for-profit colleges.
Utah Republican Oda: Kill all cats and dogs using all means necessary!
Republican Congressman Curt Oda of Utah says that we need to kill all dogs and cats, by any means necessary. He’s kidding right? Of course not. He is of Japanese ancestry and we all know how much the Japanese love animals. Just look at the whaling industry, and the slaughter of dolphins, sharks, bears and etc. Find out more by reading the story…
Tea Party Open to Cutting Military Budget?
Tea partiers want slash spending and nothing should be off limits… yes, even the military…
Rural Evangelical Radio – Stand by Your Man, Beat Your Kids
For some of us, the one-true-way and good old fashioned values would get us in all kinds of legal troubles.
With health care repealed GOP moves to destroy Clean Air Act
The Republicans don’t want anything good for the American people. They want what is good for their corporate benefactors and that isn’t clean air and water. Read this story.
Rick Santorum – Biggest Idiot this side of the Milky Way.
Ricky wants to be President. That will never happen of course, but to that end he continues to open his piehole and this week was no exception. Playing the race card, Santorum waxed ignorant as is his usual.
Founder of Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver Jr. is dead at 95
Activist and an American hero to many, Sargent Shriver Jr., is dead at 95. The Peace Corps, Head Start, Job Corps, Special Olympics, Indian and Migrant Opportunities are some of the many programs he was heavily involved in.
SCOTUS to hear case re: Cali’s planned Medicaid reimbursement cuts
Under Ahnold, Cali attempted to cut funding for Medicaid reimbursements to the following: physicians, dentists, pharmacies, health clinics and other medical providers. Thankfully, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said hell no to that.
Evolving Values: We’ve Come a Long Way
Values surely evolve for the better, but never quickly.
Musings From the Edge: The Eternal Night
Each of us is different from each other in some way so there is no normal definition. Thus, in one way or another, we are “off” a little bit. Join me on a perception journey through the mind of being really “off”.
Is This the End of Sarah Palin?
Has Palin finally tarnished her luster with her thoughtless remarks about the Giffords shooting, or will she turn this into yet another opportunity to play the victim?
We’re Number One in guns owned by individuals world-wide.
You might think this is as it should be, but it’s not. When you consider that the United States only holds five percent of the worlds population, the fact that american civilians own 35-50 percent of the World’s guns is sobering. This means that for every 100 civilian Americans, 83-97 own small arms.