Egypt has been in the news today with the uprising against the government. That has been news enough, but, as a side note, it has shown us how easy the internet can be silenced in the whole country. From CNBC: The move by Egyptian authorities to seal off the country...
Now I don’t want to sound like I am complaining in this blog post. I mean, as of this writing, I am warm, my house is heated, the electric is purring nicely, I have hot water, and basically everything is running fine. Today, because of a heavy, wet, and wicked...
Did you know that New Mexico made history by electing a governor that is this nation’s first Latina governor? Probably not. It’s not getting much attention. Why is that do you suppose? I mean, it’s a history making event, is it not? This seems to be a nation of big...
There doesn’t seem to be an agreement on why Pepsi will shut down in Baltimore, be it the economy or the city’s tax. I do think it’s fair to conclude you just shouldn’t start taxing everything in a BAD economy. It doesn’t help anything. At least, ask the 75 people...
New Years often causes us to reflect on what is important. Time is important. It’s a subject that interests me, and one of my favorite songs is called “Time.” So I liked the insert that was inside our bulletins in church yesterday: Discovering Life in Giving Time by H. Joseph...
You have files listed in your folder, shouldn’t you be able to print them? Back in Windows 98 and XP days, I used a program called PrintFolder and I was very happy with it. Today, using my Windows 7 computer, and looking over what Christmas music I have, I was...
From C-Net Politics and Law: A controversial proposal allowing the government to pull the plug on Web sites accused of aiding piracy is closer to becoming a federal law. After a flurry of last-minute lobbying from representatives of content providers including the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the...
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent usurpation.” ~James Madison James Madison, our fourth president and one of the framers of our Constitution understood that when it comes to taking people’s...
Money and Gerrymandering remain the key obstacles to term limits in our Congress. Many have been there longer than some kings and dictators. John Dingell has been a member of congress for 53 years, Robert Byrd also came close to that mark. Henry the 8th reigned for 38 years; Stalin,...
“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. “Who among all these does not know That the...
The video shows the democrats like Barney Frank avoiding warnings from Bush’s strong concerns. The end vote was along party lines, Democrats not allowing regulations.
From The Telegraph and Red White and Blue News Top US scientist Hal Lewis resigned this week from his post at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He admitted global warming climate change was nothing but a scam in his resignation letter. Santa Barbara. Sent: Friday, 08 October 2010...
So once settled in from our trip to Australia, I looked around my room for something in my library I hadn’t read yet. The title Scientists Who Believe took my interest, and it was a short book divided into small chapters of individual Scientist giving their testimony on how they...
In the same email from an earlier post, Paul sent this little Tax Poem: Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table, At which he’s fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes are the rule. Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts Anyway!...
Paul sent this to my email today, it just made so much sense! When you think of it, it really is us (300,000,000) against THEM, (545 people). 545  PEOPLE–By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.. Have you ever wondered, if both...
It’s been awhile since I got my new computer. Even so, it’s been even longer to completely get it set up. (It sat in the box for awhile too). It’s just that it’s overwhelming and I didn’t have much time to deal with it. Well this weekend, I finally set...
By now most know that Laura and I left THURSDAY from Maryland to go to Australia. As I blog this, we have JUST arrived in Melbourne, Australia, and it’s SATURDAY. We don’t know what happened to Friday. Our flight from BWI to LAX had some events. One long patch of...
Yesterday, my son Enric brought in a caterpillar and then later Miquel came in to tell me get the camera ready, there was a stick bug on his car. Later and very enthusiastically I showed John my photos. His comment? “Nice bum shot.” I didn’t know that on the stick...
Looking for an easier way to carry camera gear for our upcoming trip, and I decided on a Lowepro – Pro Runner 200 AW. For whatever reason, I didn’t buy one when I first bought my camera. I was so silly not to get a backpack for carrying my camera...
I am not sure what a Tea Party person is. I don’t know if I am one. I’ve never been to a Tea Party rally, but from what I’ve seen, I can sure support their right to assemble. I know I am not a Democrat, and I am pretty sure...
I don’t know Nick Cannon. I rarely watch TV or films, nor have I listened to rap music. So I know nothing about this young man. Recently I learned about a song he sings, and a thanks he gave his mother, for not aborting him. Apparently she was 17Â and...
“Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory.” One of the things that irks me about this story is this is the first I have ever heard of it, what else irks me comes later. First as...
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are nearly 31 million people currently unemployed — that’s including those involuntarily working parttime and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one. In the face of the worst economic upheaval since...
From CBS NEWS Chicken Came Before the Egg: “Scientific Proof” British scientists claim to have solved one of the great mysteries of life, the universe and everything in it: The chicken came before the egg, they say, and they’re not mincing words. “It had long been suspected that the egg...
The state of Illinois is nearly bankrupt. For years, the state has spent beyond its means and ignored its unpaid bills and obligations. Illinois currently faces a budget deficit of $14-15 Billion and total debt of around $140 Billion. Paralyzed by the worst deficit in its history, the state has...
It’s Day 70 of the Oil Spill Crisis: Finally we are taking help! From AP The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.The State Department said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. is...
If you can’t see how our new government is mimicking Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, you’re not paying close enough attention. When the government wants control over everything, look out. From CNBC: Mountains of rotting food found at a government warehouse, soaring prices and soldiers raiding wholesalers accused of hoarding: Food supply...
Petra emailed me about a week ago that she would be coming in for a quick visit. I quickly informed mom on the news and suggested she make a chocolate cake, knowing Petra loves mom’s homemade cakes. Silas, who had never met Petra yet, was already considering her a soul...
“If you’re religious, it’s like looking at God.” ~ George Smoot, announcing his COBE’s findings in 1992, and Nobel Prize in Physics Winner “The significance of this [discovery] cannot be overstated. They have found the Holy Grail of Cosmology.” ~ Michael Turner, University of Chicago Astrophysicist “…the most important discover...
From PBS.org Bell Labs built a giant antenna in Holmdel, New Jersey, in 1960. It was part of a very early satellite transmission system called Echo. By collecting and amplifying weak radio signals bounced off large metallic balloons high in the atmosphere, it could send signals across long distances. Within...
Listen and learn some of the elements driving up the costs of health care. Carol Plato, an executive director of Martin Memorial Medical Center in Florida, gives a briefing on the specific costs and liabilities the hospital has incurred while treating illegal immigrants. After listening to that, makes the next...
Another article from George Will: Greece represents a perverse aspiration — a society with (in the words of Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan) “more takers than makers,” more people taking benefits from government than there are people making goods and services that produce the social surplus that funds government. By...
“Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind” ~Albert Einstein It was 1916 and Albert Einstein didn’t like where his calculations were leading him. If his theory of General Relativity was true, it meant that the universe was not eternal but had a beginning. Einstein’s calculations indeed were...
Love Sting’s music. I can even agree with his stance on the rainforest. After that, I guess we would part on most other topics. In a recent interview with Sting and his wife Trudie Styler for Earth Day, he says a few times that the we need Big Government. That...
Imagine that there is a new scientific theory that warns of an impending crisis, and points to a way out. This theory quickly draws support from leading scientists, politicians and celebrities around the world. Research is funded by distinguished philanthropies, and carried out at prestigious universities. The crisis is reported...
The condescending Nancy Pelosi, speaking on the recently passed health care bill, used dialog as if she were speaking to simple minded folk… While patting herself on the back, she had the nerve to say, as if ANYONE understands the monster health care bill she and her cohorts just passed:...
From CRS The Congressional Research Service confirmed in a memo Wednesday that rapists and sex offenders may get federally subsidized Viagra and other sexual performance enhancing drugs under the recently passed health care reform law — information that Republicans charge will haunt Democrats in upcoming elections. I am fairly certain...
