tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84873772024-08-29T00:37:45.769-05:00"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain 1835-1910 Letters from the EarthThe COhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481854464028539501noreply@blogger.comBlogger483125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487377.post-35600047390246609392020-11-07T12:36:00.005-05:002020-11-07T12:36:51.769-05:00

 It's been over a decade since I last posted here. I honestly didn't think I still knew how to even log into the account. Given all that's happened in the last ten years and change, I'm curious if there's still any sort of audience for my words on the world or if this is the right spot to share them. Heck, I'd forgotten I had the twitter account associated with this email and blog. I'll

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While i haven't blogged a lot in the last year or four, I do still pay attention to the news. One of the things I thought I'd have to wait years to have happen actually did today. I was both shocked, and gladdened respectively by the action and the reasoning. Our Socialist-In-Chief listed the prior Paterfamilias's ban on embryonic stem cell research. This is good news not simply for the sake of

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I realize they are only a gambling site, but this shows a scary set of choices as the 'front runners' for the 2012 election. The top three choices, with number one having a strong gap, and little separation between themselves are#3 Mike "The Bible Molester" Huckabee.#2 Mitt "The Snakeoil Salesman" Romney.#1 Sarah "Madame Pitbull in Lipstick" Palin.Behind these three who have all danced across

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I just watched the silliest campaign ad I've seen in my life.Seriously, it was a McCain-Palin ad quoting Biden. They were quoting Biden talking about an international "test"of a freshly elected Obama. Now instead of just quoting and refuting Biden. They decide to use some voice altering software to make Biden's voice sound slow and distorted in something that i guess is supposed to sound like a

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People wonder why it is my dream job to cull from homo-sape all those who fail to use logic, reason or at least good old fashioned horse sense. The charming and no doubt honest politico's in Pennsylvania have a law on the books stating what you can and can't wear to vote. At least one person who showed up to vote in primaries was told she had to remove or cover the writing on her Obama t-shirt

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Oleg Volk Posted this over on his LJ:Going to court.In December 2002, I founded The High Road forum dedicated to the advancement of responsible gun ownership. Recently, it was discovered that in 2006, the volunteer forum systems administrator, Derek Zeanah of Statesboro, Georgia, changed domain registration to himself. After he was confronted, Derek locked out all other staff from accessing the

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I don't recall any more hilarious commentary on a Veep pick. It really does sound like McCain has picked two separate running mates who happen to have the same name. CNN talking head, and Democratic strategist Paul Begala is good for a few laughs:John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls "a checkup from the neck up."In choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate, he is not thinking

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It is being reported that McCain has chosen a woman young enough to be his child (or wife) as his running mate. Unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been selected.It doesn't take much to deduce that this is in part a ploy to draw the disaffected Clinton supporters. To me though the most remarkable thing about this is which of the strategies McCain chose to follow in selecting the person who

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The Democratic National Convention was in two words; exceptionally expected. It wasn't boring, there was too much nuance to be shifted through in the words of the Clinton's, and in making wondering at the value of having Kerry speak, but there was nothing dramatic about it. Biden's announcement just prior to the convention wasn't anything earth shattering. The prospective First Lady proved to be

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I'm somehow still, this late in life, frequently amazed at the lack of sense people display on a regular basis. It's particularly disconcerting in the those who would be our leaders. Sadly, some of those folks have managed a modicum of success in the public arena.Offending people in the general populace is pretty easy, the larger the group the easier it gets. But it takes a special sort of

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Because there are limits to my time, and the amount of words blogger will let you put in a post, I'm only going to lightly dissect this video:First, one should notice the extreme subtlety of the kid looking like a grunge rocker and sitting in the darkest part of the room, while the adult instructor is dressed like a deacon and is in the light.Second, labeling evolution "eviloution" is not arguing

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I've made no secret of the fact that I loathe all three candidates and think all of them will be bad for America in their own very special way. Here's Senator Clinton speaking her mind. Edited to replace Youtube with NBC feed

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Those who know me will know that I'm not a big fan of Barrack Obama. In fact, I dislike all three of the major candidates. But I now personally revile Reverend Wright. I hate those who feed racism, who feed fear, and who feed their own ego with constant grand standing for whatever their cause is. Yes. there are grains of truth to the asinine nonsense falling from Wrights lips, however, there's no

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From the The Casual Observer's Political DictionaryActivist Judge (noun) A judge with opinions other than yours.Generally used as a slur, and often used to justify calls for public election of all jurists.

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Q: You're stuck in room with Bill and Hillary Cinton, Obama, and Ted Kennedy, your gun only has two bullets. What do you do?A: Shoot the Clintons, the shock will kill Ted, and the black guy will get blamed for it.

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The Indiana legislatures has just proven itself to be dumber than a box of rocks and have morals that Nixon, Libby, and Putin would consider slimy. They have decided that any place selling books with 'sexually explicit' content would have to pay a $250 fee. This information is to be shared with local officials who will then be able to 'monitor' them for violations of the law. The standards for

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Rarely does corporate behavior show any interest in anything except how far into the black they can push their profit margin. This is usually accomplished by either impoverishing employees or fleecing customers. Sometimes a company will be inspired enough to do both. Fortunately there are standards that some hold themselves to that other corporations should aspire too. One of those corporations

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The meek and moronic are at it again. There is a newer, more vile, more restrictive, and still unneeded, unconstitutional, unhelpful, and unAmerican "Assault Weapon Ban" in the works. This one includes no sunset clause, bans new weapons, and is in general aimed at making the criminals of America safer. Sign the petition, but more importantly call, write, and email your Senators and

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This is why we spend lots of money trainingour military. This is why our military is when unfettered by asinine international rules, Congressional hand wringing, and Presidential limpwristery, the most effective military force in the world. Not only do they have some of the shiniest and prettiest things that go boom, they have the sense to use them, or not use them properly. They also have the

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It appear that former Massachusetts's Governor Mitt Romney is out of the race. I'm not entirely surprised by this. McCain already has of the delegates needed to win the nomination. It also doesn't take a genius to figure out that both McCain and Huckabee were more worried about Romney than each other or anyone else. But most of all, as i suspected Romney failed to prove he was electable. He

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After the Big Dance that is the Super Tuesday we'll know little more than we knew about the election two days ago. We know that the far right took at look at a pandering loon (McCain), a snake oil salesman (Romney), and a Bible molester who's as tough on crime as baby shampoo (Huckabee) and decided that the equivalent of rocks, paper, scissors was as good a way to choose as any.On the other side

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Howard Dean had his I Have A Scream speech in the last elections campaign series. It effectively ended his campaign. Mike Huckabee has just had his scream.

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In a move that simply reinforces my belief that the days of homo-sape as an advanced technological race are doomed the FDA decided it was safe for us to consume meat, milk and produce from cloned sources. Congratulations Asshats! You've just done two stupid things, one was wasting untold millions of dollars studying what we already know, and two you've reinforced the purported need for Big

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This years primary seasons is proving the enthusiastic distaste most of America holds for those attempting to roll their way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Three pre-election events, three pre-election winners. The winner of todays event in Michigan is likely to be Twitt Romney. Mr. Personality has finally won one. Yippie. Now we can look forward to several months of flip-flopping that makes

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In a clear cut case of a couple school yard bullies threatening to attack the army base down the block, Iran is busy making a nuisance of itself, again. Not content with the past several years of nuclear grand standing, or even their presidents recent trip to America and his hilarious interview on national television they've decided to harass American war ships in the Persian Gulf. If they were

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