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    New Nationalism Speech – Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson

    Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia

    Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us.  Regulations did not just magically appear one day.  They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past.  Reagan [...]



    the know-nothing prize

    Once again, the Templeton prize has been awarded not for new discovery, but for the admission by a scientist that there are mysteries that science cannot penetrate, and therefore the answer is WOO:

    French physicist and philosopher of science Bernard d’Espagnat won the Templeton Prize for religion on Monday for work which acknowledges that science cannot fully explain “the nature of being”.

    He will receive STG1 million [...]



    O Happy Day!

    I couldn’t stop crying this morning.
    Don’t worry. They were tears of joy.

    Amazing Children and I watched the Inauguration of President Barack Obama live on television.

    There were many wonderful moments. I especially loved this part of our President’s speech:

    For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and [...]



    The Parrot

    A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

    John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently sayingonly polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to “clean up” the bird’s [...]



    my obama-topia

    I just heard on the radio that that DLC quisling Rahm Emanuel is Obama’s likely choice for Chief of Staff. Crap.

    While my opinion doesn’t mean squat, here’s my dream cabinet, which includes promoting FEMA back to cabinet level (and taking it out of Dept. of Homeland Security):

    Department of Agriculture: Senator Tom Harkin
    Department of Commerce: Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon
    Department of Defense: General Wesley Clark
    Department of [...]



    Vote for Optimism and Change, Not More Horror

    Video highlights:

    PRIORITIES

    Tax cut for 95% of working Americans

    End tax breaks for “outsourcers”

    Reduce health care costs

    Energy independence

    Better education

    FUNDING

    Stop $10 billion waste in Iraq

    Bailout oversight

    Bush/McCain tax cuts for top 2% expire

    Close corporate loopholes

    Audit spending and eliminate programs that don’t work



    i don’t want to hear the name tawana brawley ever again

    And I’m going to make a point of remembering the name Ashley Todd.

    (CNN) — A Republican campaign worker who told police she was assaulted by a man angered by a John McCain sticker on her car admitted she made up the report, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant police chief said Friday.

    Ashley Todd, 20, of College Park, Texas, will be charged with filing a false police report, [...]



    How Come Cindy Didn’t Help Her Out Instead?

    Politico is reporting that the RNC paid for the Alaska Disasta’s $150,000 wardrobe since August.  This is raising legal questions as normally items that are personal in nature cannot be purchased with campaign funds.

    Seems to me that since Cindy McCain grossed over $4.1 million last year (and over $6 million in 2006), John should have asked her to pick up this minor expenditure.  After all [...]

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