Archive for the ‘Politics, Religion, and other lost causes’ Category

SOPA is not soup – recipe for disaster

01/18/2012

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US Debt Default – Who pays? – Take the poll

07/22/2011

It occurs to me that when someone can’t pay their bills (like the US government), someone else doesn’t get paid.

It also occurs to me that all the politicians in Washington get a paycheck from the US government.  Did they ever think about this?

Let’s have some fun.

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Miep Gies – Profiles In Courage

01/11/2010

The headline noted, Miep Gies dies at age 100. I did not, as you might not, recognize the name.  However the name next to hers I recognized. That name was Anne Frank. You may not recognize the second name either. While the opportunity is present, and before the headline passes into the ethernet (hopefully to be cached forever by Google), take a few minutes to read about both.  Here’s the url to the headline.

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Happy Birthday Jesus – It’s been a while

12/25/2009

Happy Birthday Jesus.  Still going strong after two thousand and nine years.  Here’s to another couple millennia at least.  I hope the Social Security cost of living increases, or lack thereof, don’t hurt you too badly in the coming year.  It seems the cost of  everything is still high from the past few years except the cost of living.  One of those paradoxes of government I suppose.  But you’ve had some experience in that area, so I’m preaching to the preacher.

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