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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to overturn the ban on openly gay and lesbian soldiers serving in the U.S. military, passing legislation repealing the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

The bill -- a so-called "standalone" measure not tied to any other legislative items -- passed 250 to 175 in a virtual party-line vote. It now advances to the Senate.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/15/gays.in.military/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

This is making me dizzy.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-lampshade-that-drives-its-owners-mad-strange-truth-behind-20th-centurys-most-disturbing-object-2117357.html

It was the judgement of the laboratory that the minor profile might be due to handling, but that the major profile was from the lampshade itself. Dr Bever stated that, on this evidence, he would be prepared to appear in court to testify that the lampshade was of human origin. The skin is that of a white person, or persons; the precise ethnicity cannot be ascertained.

This is one incredibly interesting story.

The $1.2 trillion bill, released on Tuesday, includes more than 6,000 earmarks totaling $8 billion, an amount that many lawmakers decried as an irresponsible binge following a midterm election in which many voters demanded that the government cut spending.

"The American people said just 42 days ago, 'Enough!' . . . Are we tone deaf? Are we stricken with amnesia?" Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a leading earmark critic, said on the Senate floor, flipping through the 1,924-page bill as he pounded his desk.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121405271.html


Hypocrisy has its finest moment.

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-528413?hpt=C2

0 - 60 in 5.8 seconds and 365 horsepower. 

A Virginia federal judge on Monday found a key part of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform law unconstitutional -- setting the stage for a protracted legal struggle likely to wind up in the Supreme Court.

U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson struck down the "individual mandate" requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance by 2014. The Justice Department is expected to challenge the judge's findings in a federal appeals court.

Hudson's opinion contradicts other court rulings finding the mandate constitutionally permissible.

"An individual's personal decision to purchase -- or decline purchase -- (of) health insurance from a private provider is beyond the historical reach" of the U.S. Constitution," Hudson wrote. "No specifically constitutional authority exists to mandate the purchase of health insurance."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/13/health.care/index.html?hpt=T2

Somebody read the constitution? WTF?

"It was a little bit embarrassing," said McCarty of accessing the food pantry at the Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry for the first time last month. "But you know, I have to do what I have to do to survive."

It is perhaps around the holidays, a period of celebration often centered on food, when there is no clearer reminder for many once middle-class families of what life used to taste like. McCarty, who is college educated and served in the Air Force for four years, describes herself as "an independent person," who earned $38,000 a year before the economy took a turn.

But McCarty, along with millions of others, represents a growing group of middle- and working-class individuals who are "food insecure," which means they have difficulty feeding one or more of their household members at some point last year because of a lack of money.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/12/13/food.insecurity.holidays.middle.class/index.html?hpt=C2

Hello Third World.

One day in 2004, a 29-year-old man with a terrible stomach problem stepped off a plane from the United States in Thailand. He wasn't there for the sights, or the food, or the beaches. He had traveled thousands of miles for worms -- parasitic worms whose eggs he intended to swallow by the thousands.

{snip}

and ingested first a dose of 500 eggs and then another of 1,000. The worms could live in his intestinal tract for many years. Three months later he had fewer bloody bowel movements, and soon, none at all. His bowel movements were normal. He felt fine.
From time to time, when his ulcerative colitis would flare up again, he'd extract eggs from his own stool, and clean, embryonate and ingest them. Again, his symptoms would go away.


http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/12/09...x.html?npt=NP1


Fascinating!

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church announced Thursday plans to picket Saturday's funeral for Elizabeth Edwards in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Kansas-based Church - monitored by anti-hate groups such as the Anti-Defamation league and the Southern Poverty Law Center - is known for its extremist opposition to homosexuals, Jews and other groups.

The church members also oppose the War in Iraq.
According to the church's website, members will hold a protest from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Edwards, the estranged wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with breast cancer.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...uneral/?hpt=T2

I am not surprised.

Don Meredith, an all-pro quarterback who made his greatest impact on the game after he finished playing, died Sunday at a Santa Fe, New Mexico, hospital, according to a spokesman. Meredith, above at center, was 72.

The spokesman was unable to confirm the cause of death.

Meredith, nicknamed "Dandy Don," was part of the original Monday Night Football broadcast team when the program debuted on ABC in 1970.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/06/monday-night-football-legend-dandy-don-meredith-dies/?hpt=T2

No hard copy at this time, but I have published my book on nook and kindle. the links are in my sig.

Nigerian authorities will charge former Vice President Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal that is alleged to involve Halliburton, BusinessWeek reports. An arrest warrant "will be issued and transmitted through Interpol," said Godwin Obla, the prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria. The charges center on an alleged $180 million bribery payment used to secure a $6 billion liquefied natural gas contract.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Jtt/nigeria-dick-cheney-to-be_n_790917_69353217.html

Like anyone would ever enforce it.

My hate is gone. My give a damn is busted. Burnout is consuming me.

A trip to the doctor and lunch with my wife and physically I am shot to hell. Somehow I have outlived myself and my usefulness.

Gonna go lay down now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGOBm2J4tn0&feature=player_embedded#!

And it's funny too!

The father of a 9-year-old Cub Scout said Tuesday he has been forced out of a leadership role with the organization and ordered not to wear its uniform because of his sexual orientation. Jon Langbert of Dallas, Texas, who is openly gay, told HLN's "Prime News" that he had been wearing the shirt the Scouts gave him last year with pride. The shirt identified him as a member of the leadership team that was selling popcorn for a Scout fundraiser.
But that all changed last week. "Everything was running along smoothly until some of the dads complained," he said. When the complaints rose to a higher level of the Scout leadership, he was asked to stop wearing the shirt and give up his leadership role, he said.


http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/19/tex...ex.html?hpt=T2

The legality of the issue was decided in 2000 in a 5-4 Supreme Court decision by then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist, which said that private organizations like the Boy Scouts can set their own membership standards.

Land of the free........and bane of the different......

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2010/10/20/am.sesame.writer.hair.cnn?hpt=C2

"live in the skin you're in. I like this.

You win. I will never again have an opinion about another n00b on this board, ever.

Where is thy welcome caress? Wilt thou desert me in my life? What hope is there if thou desirest to never reveal thyself to me?

Wilt thou consent to dance with me, a dance of beginnings? A dance of promise fulfilled? Where art my dance of rest from the trials I was promised?

Hast thou abandoned me to a never ending pain and suffering? How long must my long suffering last to satisfy thy dark desire? When can I meet the long rest promised to all?

Together you and I have ground this mound of mortal flesh to the point of no earthly use, shall we together not send the inhabiting spirit to the next plane?

Hast thou abandoned me to life eternal in this existence? What of thy sweet promise of the rest of the next plane? Wilt thou with hold the rest I have earned so deeply? What has become of thy honor and thy good word?

Shalt I be made an example because I have failed to follow all the rules thou hast listed? Thou knowest I cannot take my own human life, we have a contract. Wilt thou not hold up thine on end of our unholy deal?

By all I have done and by all that I have agreed to I call upon you to step forward and face me in the final last breath.

If thou desirest to fail me in this I can promise you that your unholy existence shall become unbearable for more time than can be measured. My vengence will cover millenium. Your power will wilt as a vine in the fall and your existence shalt be as dust in the wind.

Come, stand before me and face me, let us do battle. Let us confirm that all must eventually submit to the long sleep. Honor me my time, be not niggardly in this, stand up as your unholy calling demands of you.

I am not your plaything, nor am I your rebellion. Stand before me and do honorable battle unto the end.

This I demand as is my birthright and your sworn duty.

Fred Keller and Judy Foster of Wasilla, Alaska converted their 1976 Mazda pickup truck into a giant Radio Flyer wagon.



Way too much time on their hands.  

It seems just being in Alaska does funny things to peoples heads.

If I ever find a FBI tracking device on my car I will mail it to you. You can in turn mail it anywhere you see fit. Overseas..........

The researchers found that children who spent two hours or more a day watching television or playing on a computer were more likely to get high scores on the questionnaire, indicating they had more psychological difficulties than kids who did not spend a lot of time in front of a screen.

Even children who were physically active but spent more than two hours a day in front of a screen were at increased risk of psychological difficulties, indicating that screen time might be the chief culprit.

Earlier studies have found that while more time spent in front of a screen led to lower well-being, physical activity improved one's state of mind. That led researchers to believe that upping physical activity levels could counteract the negative impact of watching TV or playing on the computer.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101011/wl_uk_afp/healthmindchildrentelevisioncomputer

Even with all the reality shows on now? 

So I just watched the movie. The went to Alaska. They had to have seen Palin. We are so fucked.

Terri and I are sitting here listening to some treasures that were recently given to us. Old albums. These names will mean nothing to some of you. Flatt and Scruggs, Ernest Tubbs, Eddie Arnold, well, you get the idea.

I call it listening because with albums you can't just sit and hear, it requires participation. One has to change the albums, gently push the arm when it sticks and make sure the albums are clean.

The sound isn't the perfectly clear sound of today, but I don't think it's meant to be. When you listen to this music you read the album cover and talk about the songs.

I think this is the way music is supposed to be listened to. We have lost so much with 32 CD changers, perfectly engineered sounds and generic music. Hell, I guess I should add MP3 players as well.

This music grew up in rough dives under bridges. Honkytonks that would make Doks meetrack look tame. The kind of music for me, that tells stories of hard living and hard loving.

I am listening to old albums, and listening is a verb.

I know you northeastern Spags will have lots!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyivZI2skEI&feature=player_embedded

Unreal.

The Seabreacher X is the latest and most advanced submersible watercraft that we have built to date: This exciting new version is based on the dolphin-inspired Seabreacher J, but it has a more aggressive Shark-style body. The X model also steps up the performance envelope with a 260hp supercharged engine, propelling the vessel to a top speed of 50mph on the surface and 25mph below.

http://www.seabreacher.com/seabreacher-x

The Seabreacher X can sustain high speed dives and then breach the surface, launching the entire vessel clear out of the water. The new fully vectored thrust system mimic the tail articulation of real aquatic animals like sharks and dolphins. The custom tuned exhaust system also gives the vessel a more throaty growl as it tears across the surface.

Some other high tech features: a snorkel mounted video camera transmits live video to LCD screens for the pilot and passenger during dives, GPS navigation, and on board stereo system with iPod docking

GOD i COULD GET INTO SO MUCH TROUBLE!

An official with the Vatican criticized the decision to award the Nobel prize for medicine to British doctor Robert G. Edwards for his work on in vitro fertilization, Italy's official news agency ANSA reported Tuesday.

Ignazio Carrasco de Paula, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said giving the award to Edwards was "completely inappropriate," according to the news agency.

He said Edwards' work had created a market for human eggs and created problems of embryos being frozen, the news agency said.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/10/05/sweden.nobel.medicine/index.html?hpt=T2


How dare this man act as a god? Science is the hand maiden of the devil, I guess.

It's not enough that a national survey released Tuesday found atheists were the highest-scoring group on basic religious knowledge — now members of Metro State Atheists are being regular goody-two-shoes.

The group began a three-day campus food drive Tuesday dubbed "Food for Freethought."

The atheists take in nonperishable food items or cash donations from fellow students or other passers-by. In return, they hand out free books.

These are books that have been banned, censored or at least roundly criticized, said group co-founder Joel Guttormson.


http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16200435?source=pop_section_news

One great idea. Even if they are atheists.

For the record Tucson is not the only shit hole in this country. We all have these said shit holes. Dok, I enjoy out talks. I always have to shit afterwards. I shit hate and repulsion. Some lame punk wanting to pull a pistola because my stereo is better. Because I do not fear them. Because I laugh at them, even when they have a gun in their hand.

I hate the fucking cowards because they fear. They fear me, they fear anyone who does not fear them. Why are they so eager to gang up to shoot those who do not fear?

Come to me my lovelies. Let me show you a new way. A way only the dead know.

Chickenshit bastards. I am an old man, and you can't take me. Go home to your momma and suck on her tit. Just leave me alone, if you want to continue to live.

I am your worst nightmare. I am dying and I have nothing to lose. Why does that frighten you? When your intimidation fails are you done? Have you no stomach for what is next?

Come my lovelies, dance with me.

the powerful beams of Nevada sunlight reflecting off the glass hotel onto sections of the hotel's swimming pool area have burned some guests and have melted plastic bags.

Does it melt bikini clasps????

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100929/bs_yblog_upshot/swanky-new-vegas-hotels-death-ray-a-mild-inconvenience-for-some-guests

I am American, but please allow me to try to mangle English, as American will not allow me to express these thoughts.

Some days I think I am absolutely mad. Other days I am sure of it. But this does not impact me in a negative fashion, see, I embrace my madness. I embrace it because I reject your definition of sanity. I refuse to accept your illusion of normalcy.

Even groups who should know better expect a certain behaviour. Please. Who designated you of all people to define normalcy?  Perhaps my normalcy frightens you?

Now, you may ask at this point who I am speaking to. I am speaking to you, in your tweed armor. And you, hiding behind that stack of books telling you what I should act like. Oh, and you, with the wife and 2.5 children, while secretly you are a flaming Queen.

What are you afraid of? Why do I frighten you so? Am I not validating your ideals? Is that the entire issue?

And those of you who should know better, why, of all people do you expect me to fit nicely inside your square little box? I won't, I never have, and I never will. I make you uncomfortable. I don't do things your way.

No, I don't, and please don't expect me to. I am my own person and I will do things my way.

Those of you are trying to 'help' those of us who are mad, WE DON'T WANT YOUR HELP, WE DON'T NEED YOUR HELP. THIS IS THE PART YOU ARE FAILING TO UNDERSTAND.

When you hear the hysterical laughter coming from the wards at night, YOU CAUSED IT. We are laughing at YOU. You sit and wonder why we don't admit we are mad. Let me enlighten you. It's because this is the first step in validating you. You are not interested in helping anybody, you are on a Holy Mission to validate you.

I/We have no desire to validate you. So when you professors with your turtleneck sweaters are fucking girls half your age, remember me. I am laughing at you. I see you for what you really are. And you dare to call me mad? I posit that it is indeed you who are mad.

It is you who cannot tolerate anything that doesn't fit inside your preconceived ideals of perfection. I am the one who can accept that people are different. I am the one who embraces and rejoices in those differences. You are the one trying to create a beige utopia.

I am mad as a Hatter.

Or am I?

[105-mph]

SAN DIEGO – Aroldis Chapman(notes) was summoned from the bullpen one batter too late to make a difference in the game. No matter. The 22-year-old Cincinnati Reds  left-hander made do by making history Friday night, throwing the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game, a 105-mph fastball.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-redspadres092410

The pitch was not a fluke: Chapman threw 25 pitches in his 1 1/3 innings of relief, and every one was at least 100 mph. He didn't throw a slider. He didn't throw a changeup. Why would he?


SOB, you couldn't even see the damn ball!

Should he leave PD forever?

[Freedoms]

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Amendment VII

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.



To avoid a wall-0-text I will only post the original bill of rights here.


Freedoms
We have freedoms, guaranteed to us. I hope every citizen fully understands and exercises these rights.
If you choose to surrender these rights you are quite literally pissing in the blood of every person who sacrificed, suffered or died earning them.


In the less than humble opinion of the author, this includes the Patriot Act, and every other action tolerated by Americans to make them feel safer. This country wasn't founded on the principle of safety but instead on the principle of freedom.



Filters

Having said this, I also think some filters should be considered. Just one example is the Westboro Baptist Church. A simple filter should be used instead of protesting a soldiers funeral and adding more pain to a grieving family.

With great freedom comes great responsibility. What have we done with our common sense? When did it become a daily part of our lives to be hurtful?


Fools

We will always be blessed with plenty of fools. Fools who either waive their rights or abuse them. They are easy to spot. They will be standing in front of a camera screeching idiocy.



There is no cure.

["It's people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country,"]

"You want to yell? Yell at me, but don't give her a hard time," Christie said into his microphone. But Christie didn't stop there: "It's people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country," he said. "We're here to bring this country together, not divide it." The audience roared with cheers and applause.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100924/el_yblog_upshot/chris-christie-smacks-down-heckler


Why doesn't this attitude surprise me? The message here is to sit down and swallow whatever I put on your mouth.

Let's assume most of us have an opinion as to whether or not ghosts exist. In my experience those who have some type of encounter with whatever this is usually believe, and those who have had no experience do not. This is only a rule of reference and not a hard fact.

Before starting this thread I researched rituals of death. So many of these rituals, especially in the past, were designed to prevent the spirit of the recently deceased from remaining. Some of this was from fear, some from religious beliefs, and some from a desire to help the spirit move on.

What I have not found yet is why are there so many rituals designed to keep the spirit away? Many myths, if followed back far enough can be found to be based on a truth. Could this be the case in some of these death rituals?

Obviously I am in the believers camp here, so I will operate from this perspective, but will also look for alternatives.

We always assume when collecting evidence of ghosts, hauntings and paranormal experiences that they are visiting our existence, that we are the ones who can help them move on or whatever.  Why? Oh, I know the answer, the question was designed to provoke thought.

What if it is us who are stepping onto their territory? I know, crazy. Humor me.

I am going to start from a completely neutral position. I am not going to automatically jump to the conclusion that whatever this is was ever human. Which will prompt the question of what is it then. I don't know.

But it should be fun to try to find out.

CLICK WHEN YOU GET HOME.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvyTY_oYR_c

Per request from ECH.

Rules;
1) No one is allowed to discuss pot.
2) You must disagree with the previous poster.
3) Any post of substance(giggle) is subject to heckling.

I am running. Something is after me, and I don't know what it is, but I do know if I stop I am doomed. So I run.
Sometimes I feel like I am gaining, and other times this thing feels right on my heels.

I have been running for a very long time. The shadows are getting deeper, the open spaces wider. In the forest the trees are getting closer together, any closer and I may not be able to squeeze between them.

I keep running. I am growing tired, but there is no slowing down. I am thirsty, but there is no drink. I am running.

I have been running so long now I can't remember why I was ever running, but something won't let me stop, so I keep running.

I am so very tired, my run is now a shuffling, stumbling walk, but i don't dare stop. My vision is hazy, my throat is burning from thirst. I know I am going to lose this race and I am afraid.

Finally I fall from exhaustion. I hear my pursuer coming closer, I try to crawl, but my body is spent, so I must lay still.

I can see it's shadow now. I know I must roll over and face this thing. It takes more effort than I thought I could manage, but I am on my back to face this thing.

Finally I see a shape, it is coming.

There it is. Now I can see what I was so terrified of. I start laughing, then I am screaming.

With now more interest than fear I watch as it leans over me and smiles. The smile is not terrible.

It is mine.

Jenne is looking for some of these, any ideas?



I bought mine at the Country Stampede from a vendor.

There ain't no old cowboys and there ain't no young wise men.

See, wisdom comes from living. The harder you live, hopefully the more wisdom you gain. It don't always happen that way, but a lot of the time it does.

Now, I'm not talking about how smart you are, or how much education you have, just about the hard earned wisdom that only life can teach. There ain't no books and there ain't no classroom that can teach that.

CHILTON, Wis. – A prominent Wisconsin district attorney sent repeated text messages trying to spark an affair with a domestic abuse victim while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend, a police report shows.

The 26-year-old woman complained last year to police after receiving 30 texts from Calumet County District Attorney Kenneth Kratz in three days, according to the report obtained by The Associated Press.

"Are you the kind of girl that likes secret contact with an older married elected DA ... the riskier the better?" Kratz, 50, wrote in a message to Stephanie Van Groll in October 2009. In another, he wrote: "I would not expect you to be the other woman. I would want you to be so hot and treat me so well that you'd be THE woman! R U that good?"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_re_us/us_wisconsin_prosecutor_sexting



Some things just leave you sick.

[conservative activist Christine O'Donnell defeated longtime GOP Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware's Republican Senate primary.]

With polls showing significant GOP momentum this fall, Republicans in recent weeks began to believe they had a real chance of retaking control of the Senate in November. But a major primary upset at the hands of a tea party insurgent on Tuesday may have put the Senate GOP's dreams of a majority at serious risk.

In the biggest electoral surprise of the night, conservative activist Christine O'Donnell defeated longtime GOP Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware's Republican Senate primary. Castle, a moderate who once served as the state's governor, had been so favored to win in November that his decision to run had reportedly influenced Democrat Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, to abandon plans to seek his father's old seat.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100915/el_yblog_upshot/tea-party-victory-endangers-gops-goal-of-retaking-the-senate



I am confused. Isn't a Tea Bagger a Republican? And if not how are they running in the Republican Primary>

Dear Mr. President,

I am an American. You promised me I could once again hold my head high and be proud. That I could once again be a part of my government. You have lied, not that I am terribly surprised, but I did want to point this out to you.

I no longer even feel a part of my country, I haven't for decades. Why are we as Americans being suspected, spied on, treated as if we have no rights?

What have we done? Are you using the excuse of the few that are guilty to put your thumb on the rest of us?
Why is the government still so shrouded in secrecy that we have no idea what you are doing?

Need I remind you that you, all of you, work for us? Remember the "We the People" thing? I want my government back.

I don't want to see squabbling over unemployment benefits while tens of billions are rubber stamped for unrighteous wars.

I am sick of seeing school funding and other domestic funding cut to support defense contracts and wars.
When will the focus return to our homeland? Never?

Yes, you inherited some bad things. Isn't it time to move on now?

Perhaps we need to eliminate professional politicians so the average American (remember us) has an actual voice. In fact, I think one term rules for every office should be in place.

I also think the Patriot Act (which strips Americans of rights and is anything but patriotic) should be repealed. Trim Top Secret America back to a manageable size. Eliminate excess spending by not spying on the citizens of this country.

I want my country back. None of you are any kind of royalty. You work for me. Now get to work.

In closing, this has been said far more eloquently than I ever could, so I will end with a few words from Patrick Henry.

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, Give me Liberty, or give me Death!"

Did this?

LONDON (AFP) – A British teenager has been banned from ever entering the United States after sending an offensive email to president Barack Obama's office, it was reported Tuesday.

Luke Angel, 17, sent the message to the White House while drunk after watching a programme about the 9/11 attacks and was immediately reprimanded by police in the UK and the US after the FBI intercepted the mail.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100914/wl_uk_afp/britainuspolitics

An unknown preacher in Florida decides to burn some religious books. His church is a tin building and has 50 members.

A church in Memphis has had a sign up for over a year welcoming the new mosque.



Who gets the coverage? One is filled with hate in spite of what words come out of his mouth. The other practices christianity by welcoming people.

Well, you know the story. The media has turned the Qur'an burning into an international incident. Without this kind of irresponsible reporting no one would have ever heard of this guy. Why did the media do this? Because hate, sex and death sells.

Love and acceptance doesn't.

I am all for freedom of speech. I am also for responsibility and common sense. Take as an example a Westboro Church protest. How much do we hear about the person being buried? What do we hear? What do we see? Just fools shouting and carrying signs about how god hates fags.

In all of the shouting about ground zero has anyone in the media ever talked to the imam from the other mosque that is close?

Journalists, at least these kind of journalists, have just joined pedophiles as the people I most hate.

Once in a youth forgotten I felt this way.

Long ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPbIls0iOnI

That never sold out.

I will start with the Beatles.

I know many claim Yoko was the disruptive cause that caused the band to break up, but I wonder.

I wonder how much it had to do with the industry itself. They forever shaped music, and the direction it took. I expect there was tremendous never ending pressure for them to do things differently.
They reached the pinnacle by doing things their way. How long could it have continued without them turning into something like The Rolling Stones or The Grateful Dead, touring for 30 years after their last hit.

Thank you John, Paul, George and Ringo.

HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET?

Cenk Uygur filling in for Dylan Ratigan again this week more or less rehashed his op-ed from The Huffington Post, Who is More Conservative: Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama? As he noted in his column, Ronald Reagan:

-Gave Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants
-Negotiated with Terrorists (Traded Arms for Hostages with Iran)
-Raised Taxes
-Negotiated with the "Evil Empire" without Pre-conditions
-Made a Decision to "Cut and Run" From Lebanon After Our Troops Were Attacked

Cenk wrapped up his post this way.

    The bottom line is that, no matter what the reason, Obama seems to be in some important ways significantly to the right of Reagan on the political spectrum. If Reagan ordered the execution of US citizens abroad, he might have been impeached. If Obama tried to give undocumented immigrants blanket amnesty the way Reagan did, he might be impeached.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/cenk-political-line-has-moved-so-far-right

Has America™ really moved this far to the right?

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/americas-got-talent-week-14-recap-jackie-evancho-advances-to-the-top-10--1511

Scroll down to video.

Hawk, wiping tears away.

edit to add Jackie Evancho, She is 11 years old.