Rebane's Ruminationstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14948582009-12-24T19:18:18-08:00Observations and interpretations of events from this last great century of Man.TypePadChristmas 2009tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a77b6a61970b2009-12-24T19:18:18-08:002009-12-24T19:20:06-08:00George Rebane The two main events in the Christian calendar are celebrations of the Promise and the Fulfillment. Christmas calls on us to reflect on the Promise delivered - the arrival of Emmanuel, God with us, that made real what...George RebaneChristmas in Stettin, 1944tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a770b5ec970b2009-12-22T02:25:00-08:002009-12-22T06:35:18-08:00George Rebane Sixty-five years ago we celebrated Christmas 1944 in a small uninsulated cabin the Germans called a Behelfsheim, a ‘temporary accommodation’. The Third Reich built these to house the tide of refugees fleeing the Red Army then rapidly advancing...George RebaneCongressional Crapolatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330128766e2891970c2009-12-20T14:29:04-08:002009-12-20T14:31:38-08:00George Rebane Some people maintain that it is only the ignorant, mostly minority populated congressional districts that send similarly endowed idiots to represent them in Congress. A poster child for this thesis is the notorious Maxine Waters who recently and...George RebaneSurprise! Copenhagen ends with a dealtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a764d3aa970b2009-12-18T14:25:16-08:002009-12-18T18:31:18-08:00George Rebane Well, it was touch and go there for almost two weeks and that prepared us for the cliff hanger. The legions of naifs around the world wondered how it would all end. Of course, it ended with a...George RebaneRemember, when the Sky Was Fallingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad883301287666af57970c2009-12-18T08:36:48-08:002009-12-18T08:39:09-08:00George Rebane Today memories hearken back to last February when the new Obama administration was screaming that $787,000,000,000 was required for all the "shovel ready" jobs in order to save the economy. The American Redistribution and Re-election Act of 2009...George RebaneLights At Both Ends of the Tunneltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad883301287663b915970c2009-12-17T14:43:27-08:002009-12-17T15:09:12-08:00George Rebane Have you ever felt that you were in a tunnel with lights approaching from both ends? That is how it seems that our country is situated with Obamacare rushing in from one end and Cap n’Tax (aka Waxman-Markey)...George RebaneRuminations - 15dec2009tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a7553e68970b2009-12-15T13:27:19-08:002009-12-15T13:27:19-08:00George Rebane • Truthout.com reports on military resistance group March Forward! • 'Whole Foods Republicans' is not a strategy • Heritage updates on climate change and Copenhagen • Climategate catches Al Gore lying about polar ice melt • CRU temperature...George RebaneLiberal Beliefs Revealed – This May Explain a Lottag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad883301287650ec94970c2009-12-14T03:11:00-08:002009-12-14T03:11:00-08:00George Rebane The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life just released a survey of religion and spirituality from which the table below is abstracted. (Hat tip to a RR reader for the heads up.) Check out the complete results...George RebaneRuminations - 13dec2009tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a748f637970b2009-12-13T03:17:00-08:002009-12-13T03:17:00-08:00George Rebane North Korea's currency confiscation ebooks and your gizmo count Associated Press verdict on Climategate Federal employees' pay explodes during recession 'That's What We Do, We're Americans' Last week the dear thugs ruling North Korea pulled a sudden currency...George RebanePlanning on a Miracletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a747cabb970b2009-12-12T08:46:11-08:002009-12-12T08:47:37-08:00George Rebane [This editorial appears today (12 December 2009) in The Union’s print and online opinion sections (here). This is the submitted version. gjr] The news is good, we seem to have bottomed out of our Great Recession – job...George RebaneBuilding Blocks of a Legacytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a7448a24970b2009-12-11T12:45:05-08:002009-12-11T12:46:35-08:00George Rebane No matter how Obamacare and cap n’ tax turn out, this administration’s mark on American history will indelibly contain these dents or catastrophic gashes – time will tell how we fared. Here are two succinct views.George RebaneToday’s Bookends of American Educationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad8833012876475d18970c2009-12-11T11:52:10-08:002009-12-11T11:52:10-08:00George Rebane The stretch in approaches to educating our kids is vast, ranging from the pragmatic to the idiotic. A RR reader from the northwest sent the following words and links to illustrate the point. It is just amazing what...George RebaneBought and paid fortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f86f2ad88330120a7435eab970b2009-12-11T08:18:40-08:002009-12-11T08:18:40-08:00George Rebane California's in the bag, but other votes must still be bought for Obamacare and cap n' tax.George Rebane