Daily Times - Site Edition
China will have 800 missiles aimed directly at the Taiwanese by 2006.
For what purpose? "China’s annual sitting of parliament:“The national legislature is sure to fulfill the solemn mission to do a good job in enacting the anti-secession law.”"
Shee. That happened 150 years ago!
Friday, March 11, 2005
Thursday, March 10, 2005
How was Saddam captured?
13WHAM-TV ROCHESTER || NEWS
A marine claims he was on the 20 man squad that captured Hussain. He also says it happened the day before the army said it did, and a soldier was killed by Saddam in the process. Interesting.
A marine claims he was on the 20 man squad that captured Hussain. He also says it happened the day before the army said it did, and a soldier was killed by Saddam in the process. Interesting.
And they thought Abu-Garaib was bad
local6.com r: "0"
The Jacksonville Sherrif office found a family of adopted kids, with the parents mistreating them. Ok, that might be an understatement.
"Chief Steve Weintraub of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said the parents told investigators that the boy was forced to sleep in a criblike cage with a wooden lid kept shut with chains and a lock because he had behavioral problems and was overeating at night. The crib was the size of a twin bed with locks that prevented its sides from being lowered"
Yup. They also have 3 other kids, and there has been no comment on them. In response, the sister of Mrs. Sullivan says:
" "They're painting a picture of my family as monsters, and they're not, they truly are not,"
The Jacksonville Sherrif office found a family of adopted kids, with the parents mistreating them. Ok, that might be an understatement.
"Chief Steve Weintraub of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said the parents told investigators that the boy was forced to sleep in a criblike cage with a wooden lid kept shut with chains and a lock because he had behavioral problems and was overeating at night. The crib was the size of a twin bed with locks that prevented its sides from being lowered"
Yup. They also have 3 other kids, and there has been no comment on them. In response, the sister of Mrs. Sullivan says:
" "They're painting a picture of my family as monsters, and they're not, they truly are not,"
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Man Ticketed For Selling Cookies With Daughter
- Man Ticketed For Selling Girl Scout Cookies With Daughter
Unauthorized cookie selling. Whats next? No more holiday wreaths for the boy scouts? "Unauthorized spreading of holiday cheer"
Unauthorized cookie selling. Whats next? No more holiday wreaths for the boy scouts? "Unauthorized spreading of holiday cheer"
Teresa's back and she's gonna get in trouble....
Teresa Heinz Kerry says the election was hacked
But, of course, if Kerry had won the election, she would not be saying a single word about the supposed unreliability of voting machines.
But, of course, if Kerry had won the election, she would not be saying a single word about the supposed unreliability of voting machines.
Cronkite speaks truth
Report
Walter Cronkite was interviewed on CNN, and said Rather should have stepped down long ago.
If you'll notice, this didn't happen with Tom Brokaw.
Walter Cronkite was interviewed on CNN, and said Rather should have stepped down long ago.
If you'll notice, this didn't happen with Tom Brokaw.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Man allegedly attacked by wife; wants her freed from prison
Interesting story. I don't know who to believe, quite honestly.
White House Approves Pass for Blogger
New York Times
Very interesting. Out with one Bush groupie and in with another. Could be a bad political descison.
Very interesting. Out with one Bush groupie and in with another. Could be a bad political descison.
Black boys separate classes
In the UK there is a new plan to help raise the grades of black boys in the public school system. They will be taught in another room, and pressure will be put upon them to make better grades. Also, if the child's father refuses to come to parents evening, they lose access to their son.
This is bizarre.
Here is the article.
This is bizarre.
Here is the article.
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Milking it for what its worth
Okay, in case you hadn't heard, there was an Italian being held hostage in Iraq. The Iraqis who were holding her, released her. She was in a car that was speeding toward a U.S. military checkpoint, when the U.S. military tried to signal for her car to slow down. The car's driver didn't get the point, so the U.S. military shot at the car, killing one and wounding another passenger.
Now the hostage is saying the U.S. military deliberately tried to kill her.
So, we did try to kill her. We didn't know it was her. We tried warning the car. They ignored, or did not see the warnings. Now there is a huge hoopla over it.
Link
My take: I am going to attribute her behavior to the great trauma of her ordeal, not her own immaturity (though I am sorely tempted.) It sounds like she's trying to milk her ordeal for as much as she can get.
Now the hostage is saying the U.S. military deliberately tried to kill her.
So, we did try to kill her. We didn't know it was her. We tried warning the car. They ignored, or did not see the warnings. Now there is a huge hoopla over it.
Link
My take: I am going to attribute her behavior to the great trauma of her ordeal, not her own immaturity (though I am sorely tempted.) It sounds like she's trying to milk her ordeal for as much as she can get.
Friday, March 04, 2005
Chinese/U.S. relations have been in the news a lot lately...
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Jewish group angry at Sen. Byrd
Link
"A pair of Jewish groups accused Sen. Robert Byrd on Wednesday of making an outrageous and reprehensible comparison between Adolf Hitler's Nazis and a Senate GOP plan to block Democrats from filibustering. A GOP senator called for Byrd to retract his remarks...
"A pair of Jewish groups accused Sen. Robert Byrd on Wednesday of making an outrageous and reprehensible comparison between Adolf Hitler's Nazis and a Senate GOP plan to block Democrats from filibustering. A GOP senator called for Byrd to retract his remarks...
Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said Byrd's remarks showed "a profound lack of understanding as to who Hitler was" and that the senator should apologize to the American people.
"It is hideous, outrageous and offensive for Senator Byrd to suggest that the Republican Party's tactics could in any way resemble those of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party," Foxman said....
The first criticism of Byrd came Wednesday when Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, issued a written statement.
"With his knowledge of history and his own personal background as a KKK member, he should be ashamed for implying that his political opponents are using Nazi tactics," Brooks said....
Brooks said his group's counterpart, the National Jewish Democratic Council, should condemn Byrd's comments. Ira Foreman, executive director of the Democratic group, declined to comment."
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Dean calls Republicans "evil"
When is the party of tolerance ever tolerant?
"[Republicans] don't think tolerance is a virtue," Dean said, adding: "I'm not going to have these right-wingers throw away our right to be tolerant."
"[Republicans] don't think tolerance is a virtue," Dean said, adding: "I'm not going to have these right-wingers throw away our right to be tolerant."
And concluding his backyard speech with a litany of Democratic values, he added: "This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good."
Monday, February 28, 2005
Bush/Putin confusion
MSNBC
Aparently, Putin is under the idea that Bush controls the american media, due to former KGB members in his cabnet.
Aparently, Putin is under the idea that Bush controls the american media, due to former KGB members in his cabnet.
Music industry trying to raise prices
Article
I don't think the Music industry realises the cliff it is sitting on. Their sales were going down steeply, then iTunes and it's spinoffs started selling the music again. Now they are trying to raise the prices, and essentially drive off more customers. They don't seem to understand the concept of discounting, where if you sell something for less, you'll sell more of it.
I don't think the Music industry realises the cliff it is sitting on. Their sales were going down steeply, then iTunes and it's spinoffs started selling the music again. Now they are trying to raise the prices, and essentially drive off more customers. They don't seem to understand the concept of discounting, where if you sell something for less, you'll sell more of it.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
N. Korean News
Rarely have I seen news this biased.
And we wonder why people in closed countries, where the media is censored, hate us.
And we wonder why people in closed countries, where the media is censored, hate us.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Woman dies to make room for Michael Jackson
"A woman who had suffered a massive heart attack died after hospital personnel moved her out of a trauma room to accommodate a flu-stricken Michael Jackson, the patient's family said."
full article here.
full article here.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Rubber band: Weapon of War
Article
A 13 year old is suspended because he gave his teacher a rubber band.
"Rojas said she was shocked to learn that her son was being punished for a Level 4 offense -- the highest Level at the school. Other violations that also receive level 4 punishment include arson, assault and battery, bomb threats and explosives, according to the Code of Student Conduct"
Overreaction, I think. Pretty surprising, even for America---land of the free and home of the frivolous lawsuits.
A 13 year old is suspended because he gave his teacher a rubber band.
"Rojas said she was shocked to learn that her son was being punished for a Level 4 offense -- the highest Level at the school. Other violations that also receive level 4 punishment include arson, assault and battery, bomb threats and explosives, according to the Code of Student Conduct"
Overreaction, I think. Pretty surprising, even for America---land of the free and home of the frivolous lawsuits.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
French can't keep a good face long
After all the diplomacy Bush just put out
Chirac was speaking french, when he is fluent in english, at a US/UK banquet.
After all Bush was willing to forgive yesterday, this is very arrogant from a nation that doesn't even have an aircraft carrier for its navy.
Chirac was speaking french, when he is fluent in english, at a US/UK banquet.
After all Bush was willing to forgive yesterday, this is very arrogant from a nation that doesn't even have an aircraft carrier for its navy.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
A change for the better
The Pope calls homosexual marriage part of the Ideology of Evil
Ah, where the episcopal church fails, the catholic comes through.
Queen won't attend "Marriage" ceremony
This has to be turning her stomach...
Ah, where the episcopal church fails, the catholic comes through.
Queen won't attend "Marriage" ceremony
This has to be turning her stomach...
6-1 finacial advantage for RNC
Article
The RNC raised nearly 6 times as much money in the last month then the DNC.
Why is this?
Are the extreamist partys taking DNC funds?
Or was the dems base all played out durring the elections?
The RNC raised nearly 6 times as much money in the last month then the DNC.
Why is this?
Are the extreamist partys taking DNC funds?
Or was the dems base all played out durring the elections?
Free Mojtaba and Arash day
Mojtaba and Arash are two Iranian bloggers imprisoned for their beliefs.
Today is a "blogger holiday" where bloggers everywhere post in protest of Arash and Mojtaba's arrest.
E-mail the ambassador to Iran.
Here is official site in protest of Iran's actions....
Today is a "blogger holiday" where bloggers everywhere post in protest of Arash and Mojtaba's arrest.
E-mail the ambassador to Iran.
Here is official site in protest of Iran's actions....
Bush and the French
Bush Praises French
Oh all the things...
Bush praises the french because of our 200 years of agreement.
I agree with Condi:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- then Bush's national security adviser -- to reportedly suggest that after the war, the United States should "punish France, ignore Germany and reward Russia."
Oh all the things...
Bush praises the french because of our 200 years of agreement.
I agree with Condi:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- then Bush's national security adviser -- to reportedly suggest that after the war, the United States should "punish France, ignore Germany and reward Russia."
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Weird technology news
Gmail (the next big thing since google) addresses are being sold on ebay. Google has now added a clause to their terms of service, saying that you are not allowed to sell gmail addresses. I looked up on ebay and there were many, many, addresses being sold. Its pretty funny what people will do to try to get money.....
By the way, if you want gmail invites so you can get a gmail e-mail, drop me a note. I have a few left. My e-mail is lizzielefevre@yahoo.com......
By the way, if you want gmail invites so you can get a gmail e-mail, drop me a note. I have a few left. My e-mail is lizzielefevre@yahoo.com......
Bush tapes
A "friend" of President Bush secretly tape recorded nine hours of conversations with Bush before he became president. Now he has released them. Need I say that reporters are eating this up....
Is this right for this man to release these tapes? Is it a violation of Bush's privacy?
Is this right for this man to release these tapes? Is it a violation of Bush's privacy?
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Janet Reno to put history to music
No, I am not joking.
Janet Reno and some of her celebrity pals are going to make a album about the history of the U.S.
"To mirror the diversity of America, the producers are seeking an eclectic group of artists to perform the songs in a variety of musical genres. So far, singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman and the country band BR549 have signed on. Both collaborated on Beautiful Dreamer.
Janet Reno and some of her celebrity pals are going to make a album about the history of the U.S.
"To mirror the diversity of America, the producers are seeking an eclectic group of artists to perform the songs in a variety of musical genres. So far, singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman and the country band BR549 have signed on. Both collaborated on Beautiful Dreamer.
Reno, who credits a longtime love of many musical styles as a source of her interest, wants the album to provide a perspective on where the nation has been and where it's going.
Colonial times, the Revolutionary War, the expansion West, the effect of capitalism, and World War II are just a few of the footsteps in the country's history she says the compilation should touch on."
What are your thoughts?
Friday, February 18, 2005
Kerry and Clinton make bill regarding election laws
Now this is interesting.
"This has to nothing to do with the question of the outcome of 2004 (election)," Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, told a Capitol Hill news conference. "This has everything to do with full civil rights of Americans. Period."
Of course not, John. You've never been politically motivated before. Why should we think so now?
"This has to nothing to do with the question of the outcome of 2004 (election)," Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, told a Capitol Hill news conference. "This has everything to do with full civil rights of Americans. Period."
Of course not, John. You've never been politically motivated before. Why should we think so now?
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Immigration
Link to article by Marvin Olasky.
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free!"
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free!"
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Our friend Russia....
Russia's selling missiles to Syria, but they say that they've made sure that Syria wouldn't be able to give them to terrorists. Now, honestly, how can they make sure of that? Once these missiles are in Syria's hands, what can (or will) Russia do about it?
Their concern is a bunch of bologna.
Their concern is a bunch of bologna.
Reporters refuse to reveal source
Link
Two reporters got the name of an undercover CIA operative. Now they are facing charges because they refuse to reveal their source.
The lawyer for the reporters say that "Today's decision strikes a heavy blow against the public's right to be informed about its government," Abrams said in a statement."
But what right did they have to possibly compromise our nation's security?
Two reporters got the name of an undercover CIA operative. Now they are facing charges because they refuse to reveal their source.
The lawyer for the reporters say that "Today's decision strikes a heavy blow against the public's right to be informed about its government," Abrams said in a statement."
But what right did they have to possibly compromise our nation's security?
Lawsuit for Tsunami Victims
European tourists are suing a French hotel chain, Thai government, and the U.S. weather forecasters because they did not act "appropriately" in warning about the tsunami. Is this right? Should it be thrown out as "frivolous"?
Monday, February 14, 2005
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Friday, February 11, 2005
Man dies after being hit by taser
A man was tazed by Chicago police, then went into cardiac arrest. He died. Now there is a lawsuit.
Link
Link
N. Korea "News" (propaganda) website
This is an interesting site to visit if you want to read examples of the propaganda N. Korea dishes out to its people about the United States. It would be funny if it were not so sad.
An example article:
"Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- It is said that many historical cultural sites in south Korea are occupied by the U.S. military bases whose total area exceeds 123, 000 phyong. To cite an example, AA artillery positions cover at least 20,600 phyong in the area of the Changdok Palace registered as the world's cultural heritage by UNESCO. The military installations that occupy historic sites number eight in the area north of Kyonggi Province and five in the area of Seoul. In this regard Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed commentary: The U.S. is building its military bases even in the areas where there are tombs of forefathers, not content with desecrating the soul of the nation and looting precious historical cultural relics in south Korea. This is a hideous crime against the Korean nation and its history as it debases its dignity and tarnishes its history spanning 5,000 years. The U.S. imperialist aggression forces in south Korea chose areas with historical cultural remains as sites for their military bases and installations in a bid to dampen the spirit of the Korean nation, do away with the 5, 000 year-long history of the nation and enslave the Koreans. Throughout history foreign aggressors have employed a trite method of setting up all sorts of ruling bodies and military installations in the areas of historic remains under their occupation in a bid to distort the history of relevant nations and quell the spirit of national independence and resistance. The U.S. imperialists infiltrated a pirate ship into Korea to exhume the tomb of Prince Nam Yon more than a century ago. Since their of occupation of south Korea in place of the Japanese imperialists the U.S. imperialists have ruthlessly trampled underfoot a lot of areas of historical cultural remains. The sovereignty in south Korea has been encroached upon for 100 years under the occupation of foreign forces and the areas of precious historical cultural remains of the nation are destroyed by the aggressor forces. The Korean people can no longer remain a passive onlooker to this tragic reality."
Obviously, this is greatly exaggerated. S. Korea says that the crime rate of U.S. soldiers in their country has dropped since last year.
While N. Korea is busy claiming the U.S. is imperialistic, it has kept 70% of its 1.2 million man strong army as close as possible to Seoul and the S. Korean border.
An example article:
"Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- It is said that many historical cultural sites in south Korea are occupied by the U.S. military bases whose total area exceeds 123, 000 phyong. To cite an example, AA artillery positions cover at least 20,600 phyong in the area of the Changdok Palace registered as the world's cultural heritage by UNESCO. The military installations that occupy historic sites number eight in the area north of Kyonggi Province and five in the area of Seoul. In this regard Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed commentary: The U.S. is building its military bases even in the areas where there are tombs of forefathers, not content with desecrating the soul of the nation and looting precious historical cultural relics in south Korea. This is a hideous crime against the Korean nation and its history as it debases its dignity and tarnishes its history spanning 5,000 years. The U.S. imperialist aggression forces in south Korea chose areas with historical cultural remains as sites for their military bases and installations in a bid to dampen the spirit of the Korean nation, do away with the 5, 000 year-long history of the nation and enslave the Koreans. Throughout history foreign aggressors have employed a trite method of setting up all sorts of ruling bodies and military installations in the areas of historic remains under their occupation in a bid to distort the history of relevant nations and quell the spirit of national independence and resistance. The U.S. imperialists infiltrated a pirate ship into Korea to exhume the tomb of Prince Nam Yon more than a century ago. Since their of occupation of south Korea in place of the Japanese imperialists the U.S. imperialists have ruthlessly trampled underfoot a lot of areas of historical cultural remains. The sovereignty in south Korea has been encroached upon for 100 years under the occupation of foreign forces and the areas of precious historical cultural remains of the nation are destroyed by the aggressor forces. The Korean people can no longer remain a passive onlooker to this tragic reality."
Obviously, this is greatly exaggerated. S. Korea says that the crime rate of U.S. soldiers in their country has dropped since last year.
While N. Korea is busy claiming the U.S. is imperialistic, it has kept 70% of its 1.2 million man strong army as close as possible to Seoul and the S. Korean border.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Great Wall stolen
No, this is not something from a comic book. Huge pieces of the ancient landmark have been stolen to be used to pave roads. It is less expensive to be fined in China for stealing from the Great Wall than it is to buy proper road pavement.
Link to article.
Link to article.
Axis of Evil
Today, as North Korea announced that it has nuclear weapons, the Iranians are also joining the frenzy.
""The whole Iranian nation is united against any threat or attack. If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them," he [President Mohammed Khatami] added, as the crowd, braving heavy snow, chanted "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!'"
So really, after that speech, how successful is the European Union with their talks with Iran? ""We're moving forward," said Jean Asselborn, foreign minister of Luxembourg which currently holds the EU presidency. "
Though the EU was indifferent of Iranian President Khatami's speech on "Death to America", they did mention that they were dissapointed to learn in their talks that most of Iran's diplomats do not enjoy tea and crumpets.
(j/k. Above paragraph, mine.)
However, the U.S. has been critical of the EU's talks--saying that they were not tough enough. "The Iranians need to hear that if they are unwilling to live with verification measures... then the Security Council referral looms,"said Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, possibly referring to UN impose sanctions.
Unlike Iran, North Korea has pulled out from all talks, saying that it has nuclear weapons and needs them for defense against the hostile U.S.
In the meantime, pray for South Korea.
""The whole Iranian nation is united against any threat or attack. If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them," he [President Mohammed Khatami] added, as the crowd, braving heavy snow, chanted "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!'"
So really, after that speech, how successful is the European Union with their talks with Iran? ""We're moving forward," said Jean Asselborn, foreign minister of Luxembourg which currently holds the EU presidency. "
Though the EU was indifferent of Iranian President Khatami's speech on "Death to America", they did mention that they were dissapointed to learn in their talks that most of Iran's diplomats do not enjoy tea and crumpets.
(j/k. Above paragraph, mine.)
However, the U.S. has been critical of the EU's talks--saying that they were not tough enough. "The Iranians need to hear that if they are unwilling to live with verification measures... then the Security Council referral looms,"said Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, possibly referring to UN impose sanctions.
Unlike Iran, North Korea has pulled out from all talks, saying that it has nuclear weapons and needs them for defense against the hostile U.S.
In the meantime, pray for South Korea.
Axis of Evil rears its head
My Way News:
"North Korea publicly admitted Thursday for the first time that it has nuclear weapons, and said it wouldn't return to six-nation talks aimed at getting it to abandon its nuclear ambitions"
Surprise, surprise.
Bush labeled this nation one of the axis of evil, and many had a cow.
Now will you consider that something needs to be done there?
"North Korea publicly admitted Thursday for the first time that it has nuclear weapons, and said it wouldn't return to six-nation talks aimed at getting it to abandon its nuclear ambitions"
Surprise, surprise.
Bush labeled this nation one of the axis of evil, and many had a cow.
Now will you consider that something needs to be done there?
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
China getting ahead with nuclear power
FT.com / World / Asia-Pacific - China to pioneer pebble bed reactor
We should have done this years age, but regulations are soo restricting.
We should have done this years age, but regulations are soo restricting.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Mercedes appeasing animal rights activists
Link
The chick-fil-a cows are pleased at this news. Their only comment was "Yae. Animul rites actuvists tryumf uhgane! Long liv thee beef."
The chick-fil-a cows are pleased at this news. Their only comment was "Yae. Animul rites actuvists tryumf uhgane! Long liv thee beef."
Bush cutting programs
Yahoo! News - $2.5 Trillion Budget Plan Cuts Many Programs
"President Bush (news - web sites) plans to unveil a $2.5 trillion budget today eliminating dozens of politically sensitive domestic programs"
YAY!!!! Sounds huge, right?
"Overall, discretionary spending other than defense and homeland security would fall by nearly 1 percent"
Good start, lets keep going!
"President Bush (news - web sites) plans to unveil a $2.5 trillion budget today eliminating dozens of politically sensitive domestic programs"
YAY!!!! Sounds huge, right?
"Overall, discretionary spending other than defense and homeland security would fall by nearly 1 percent"
Good start, lets keep going!
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Pope stays alive for life
Pope Sees Frailties as Affirming Life
I usually don't agree with the Roman Catholic Church, this is cool. An 84-year old man sticking around because of his belief in the sanctity of human life.
Cool.
I usually don't agree with the Roman Catholic Church, this is cool. An 84-year old man sticking around because of his belief in the sanctity of human life.
Cool.
Friday, February 04, 2005
Photo in the News: Red Star Light Burst
Story & picture
The Hubble space telescope has taken yet another spectacular photograph.
Would someone mind telling me why we are getting rid of this, and not replacing it???????
This is the best instrument of discovery, with a higher return then the Mars Rovers. And now that the shuttle is grounded, it will be a while before manned missons of discovery commence.
The Hubble space telescope has taken yet another spectacular photograph.
Would someone mind telling me why we are getting rid of this, and not replacing it???????
This is the best instrument of discovery, with a higher return then the Mars Rovers. And now that the shuttle is grounded, it will be a while before manned missons of discovery commence.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Non-lethal riot control?
story
How do you control a crowd without killing someone?
Rubber Bullets?
Bean Bags?
Tear gas?
Noo.... Something that sounds cooler!!
Introducing the Microwave!!!
How do you control a crowd without killing someone?
Rubber Bullets?
Bean Bags?
Tear gas?
Noo.... Something that sounds cooler!!
Introducing the Microwave!!!
More Americans watch 'American Idol' than State of the Union address
'AMERICAN IDOL' TOPS NETWORK COVERAGE FOR STATE OF UNION
.....
The U.S broadcast TV audience would rather watch freaks sing out of tune than President Bush and Democrats wax politics, overnight ratings show.
One hour of IDOL on one network pulled a higher ratings average than 2 hours of STATE OF THE UNION -- on three networks, combined."
---Drudgereport.com
Doesn't the fact that more people watched 'American Idol' than the 'State of the Union' reflect the real state of the union?
Truly pathetic....
.....
The U.S broadcast TV audience would rather watch freaks sing out of tune than President Bush and Democrats wax politics, overnight ratings show.
One hour of IDOL on one network pulled a higher ratings average than 2 hours of STATE OF THE UNION -- on three networks, combined."
---Drudgereport.com
Doesn't the fact that more people watched 'American Idol' than the 'State of the Union' reflect the real state of the union?
Truly pathetic....
Darfur, Sudan--latest
U.S. convinced that what is going on in Sudan is 'genocide'
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Why is the UN so slow to term the mass killings in Sudan as 'genocide? Because they would then be legally bound to act....
Its apparent that procrastinating politicians (who fill the UN) care little for the lives of those who cannot aid their own political ambitions.
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Why is the UN so slow to term the mass killings in Sudan as 'genocide? Because they would then be legally bound to act....
Its apparent that procrastinating politicians (who fill the UN) care little for the lives of those who cannot aid their own political ambitions.
Iran will not never scrap nuclear program
Link
"Iran will never scrap its nuclear program, and talks with Europeans are intended to protect the country's nuclear achievements, not negotiate an end to them, an Iranian official said Wednesday."
"Iran will never scrap its nuclear program, and talks with Europeans are intended to protect the country's nuclear achievements, not negotiate an end to them, an Iranian official said Wednesday."
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
China threatens war with Taiwan
Will keep tabs on latest developments....
" A senior Chinese official has warned that Beijing may attack Taiwan by 2008 if President Chen Shui-bian pursues his plans for constitutional change."
Link
" A senior Chinese official has warned that Beijing may attack Taiwan by 2008 if President Chen Shui-bian pursues his plans for constitutional change."
Link
Rice backs Palestinian statehood
article
Now Condi is backing a Palistinian nationstate. Good grief. This is what Powell was doing! I thought once we get the liberal Secretary of State out, we could move on from this crash. The palestinians don't want peace. They could have peace if they would quit sending suicide bombers into Israel, blowing up the "infidels".
This is a futile effort, and a waste of US tax dollars.
Now Condi is backing a Palistinian nationstate. Good grief. This is what Powell was doing! I thought once we get the liberal Secretary of State out, we could move on from this crash. The palestinians don't want peace. They could have peace if they would quit sending suicide bombers into Israel, blowing up the "infidels".
This is a futile effort, and a waste of US tax dollars.
Pentagon Would Raise Military Death Pay
Pentagon Would Raise Military Death Pay
"Sept. 11 families. The government paid an average $2.1 million to the families of those killed in those attacks. "
Currently, the soldiers familys get $12,425, the new plan is $100,000.
Ok, so did we react to the the terrorist victems with to much federal money, or are the soldiers still being underpaid?
"Sept. 11 families. The government paid an average $2.1 million to the families of those killed in those attacks. "
Currently, the soldiers familys get $12,425, the new plan is $100,000.
Ok, so did we react to the the terrorist victems with to much federal money, or are the soldiers still being underpaid?
Monday, January 31, 2005
Frightening prospect
"When told of the exact text of the First Amendment, more than one in three high school students said it goes "too far" in the rights it guarantees. Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories.
"These results are not only disturbing; they are dangerous," said Hodding Carter III, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which sponsored the $1 million study. "Ignorance about the basics of this free society is a danger to our nation's future."
Full ArticleUN says genocide not occurring in Darfur, Sudan
The ever-dependable United Nations has announced today that they do not believe that genocide has not been committed in Darfur, Sudan. Never mind the horrible consequences of not acting and ignoring genocide. (Remember what the UN said about Rwanda?) Didn't we go over this before, just a few days ago with the Auschwitz Liberation Memorial Day? But the United Nations is always right.
Even though "More than 70,000 people have been killed and two million forced to flee their homes in Darfur." and the "World Health Organisation has declared to be the world’s largest ongoing humanitarian emergency," lets forget it. The UN says we should, and they just know these sort of things.
HELLO? When has the UN done anything perfectly right?! As a whole, they have a track record that would be a disgrace were they anyone other than United Nations. WHY should we listen to them? United States of America! Listen to me! Impose sanctions regardless of the politically minded and ever ambitious UN.
Sources:
BBC
"Scotsman"
Even though "More than 70,000 people have been killed and two million forced to flee their homes in Darfur." and the "World Health Organisation has declared to be the world’s largest ongoing humanitarian emergency," lets forget it. The UN says we should, and they just know these sort of things.
HELLO? When has the UN done anything perfectly right?! As a whole, they have a track record that would be a disgrace were they anyone other than United Nations. WHY should we listen to them? United States of America! Listen to me! Impose sanctions regardless of the politically minded and ever ambitious UN.
Sources:
BBC
"Scotsman"
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Headlines
Hillary is shocked by the news today..... (CLICK on Hillary photo to hear her scream)
Iraqis vote!
This is a great week! Iraq, the NEW Iraq, is free to vote.
Russian have more spies now in U.S. than during Cold War
Why?
Nixon Son-in-law may run in 2008
What do Guliani and Condi have to say about this?
Hillary "moving to center"
Who is surprised? She's been planning on the 2008 run since Bill was sworn in the first time....
Iraqis vote!
This is a great week! Iraq, the NEW Iraq, is free to vote.
Russian have more spies now in U.S. than during Cold War
Why?
Nixon Son-in-law may run in 2008
What do Guliani and Condi have to say about this?
Hillary "moving to center"
Who is surprised? She's been planning on the 2008 run since Bill was sworn in the first time....
Thursday, January 27, 2005
The creepiest thing of all......
Chimaera's---half human and half animal---are being formed. Even the thought of it sends chills up my spine. But its happened several times at major universities across the world. (Just last year at the Mayo Clinic, pigs were developed with human blood pumping through their arteries.)
What's wrong with it? One of the most basic problems would be that mutations would (not could) occur, transforming a virus only found in animals to a virus that humans could be susceptible to. The danger? Its common knowledge that the human body come across viruses every day, and that it is constantly building immunities to those viruses. But what happens if the body come across a virus that is completely new that its immune system has never encountered before? Lets just say, the results could be devastating to the world's population. Its happened before---thousands of American Indians died after Europeans brought new viruses that they had never been exposed to before. More recently, it is thought that SARS was originally a virus from cats or pigs that mutated into a form that humans could be susceptible to.
Enough ranting on my part. Here's the link to the full article by National Geographic.
What's wrong with it? One of the most basic problems would be that mutations would (not could) occur, transforming a virus only found in animals to a virus that humans could be susceptible to. The danger? Its common knowledge that the human body come across viruses every day, and that it is constantly building immunities to those viruses. But what happens if the body come across a virus that is completely new that its immune system has never encountered before? Lets just say, the results could be devastating to the world's population. Its happened before---thousands of American Indians died after Europeans brought new viruses that they had never been exposed to before. More recently, it is thought that SARS was originally a virus from cats or pigs that mutated into a form that humans could be susceptible to.
Enough ranting on my part. Here's the link to the full article by National Geographic.
"Maybe Later"
Good article from Washington Post.
"TRIBUTES OF LIES AT UN
By ANDREA PEYSER
"TRIBUTES OF LIES AT UN
By ANDREA PEYSER
IT TOOK only 60 years.
Sixty years after the world learned that bored Germans flung Jewish babies into the air for target practice at the Auschwitz death camp, our oily pals at the United Nations (news - web sites) have officially acknowledged the Holocaust.
Enjoy it quickly, because if yesterday was any indication, the anti-American, anti-Semitic rats infesting the banks of the East River — a species alternately known as the "French," "Germans" and "Libyans," among others — will forget the lessons of Auschwitz, or just insist the camp didn't exist.
Only one man spoke the truth about anti-Semitism.
But that man was not Israeli or American, but Italian. Who knew?
The U.N. yesterday took the unprecedented step of inviting concentration-camp survivors, liberators and the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel for the purpose of shouting, "Never again."
Perhaps they should have whispered, "Maybe later."
Seats in the General Assembly were half-full. Jordan and Afghanistan were the only Arab governments whose reps spoke.
And then Marcello Pera, speaker of the Italian Senate, spoke up.
"We have an obligation to admit that anti-Semitism is still with us," Pera said. "Today, it also feeds on such subtle and insidious distinctions as are often made between Israel and the Jewish state, Israel and its governments, Zionism and Semitism. Or, it crops up when the struggle for life led by the Israelis is labeled 'state terrorism.' "
Even Europe's Constitutional Treaty cannot make reference to the continent's Judeo-Christian roots, he railed.
"If we believe that our core values are no better than others; if we start thinking that the cost of defending them is too high; if we give in to the blackmail or fear, then we have no more instruments to counter the anti-Jewish racism which continues to poison us than we have to counter the fundamentalist and terrorist racism which puts peaceful co-existence at risk."
Now political correctness prevents us from speaking the truth. How, then, will we prevent history from repeating itself?
Next year in Italy."
Chinese "liberty"
Article here.
Also, a Christian woman was recently beaten to death for handing out Bibles.
"China: Executed for Distributing Bibles 
When 34-year old Jiang Zongxiu went to her neighboring market last June in Guizhou Province, China. Along with her mother-in-law, Jiang went through the marketplace, taking opportunities to hand out Bibles and Christian literature and telling people about Jesus. Only this day they had an encounter with the Chinese police. Much of the world would like you to believe Christians are no longer persecuted. Sister Jiang's family would disagree." For more information, news updates, etc., visit www.persecution.org
Also, a Christian woman was recently beaten to death for handing out Bibles.
"China: Executed for Distributing Bibles
Brought to you by Voice of the Martyrs
When 34-year old Jiang Zongxiu went to her neighboring market last June in Guizhou Province, China. Along with her mother-in-law, Jiang went through the marketplace, taking opportunities to hand out Bibles and Christian literature and telling people about Jesus. Only this day they had an encounter with the Chinese police. The two Christian women were handcuffed together and brought to the police station. They were interrogated throughout the evening of the 17th. The next morning they were sentenced by the Public Security Bureau (PSB) to 15 days incarceration for "suspected spreading of rumor and disturbing the social order."
Jiang and her mother-in-law knew the risk of spreading Christian literature in communist China. Both had been active in their church for more than 10 years and dared to go forth. Even when they were arrested, interrogated and sentenced to serve 15 days, they were willing to accept the consequences of their actions-all from a government that claims to have "freedom of religion."
But it was not enough for the PSB to arrest and beat these two Christian women for the crime of passing our Christian literature. In the afternoon of June 18th, Mrs. Jiang Zongziu was pronounced dead by the PSB office of Tongzi County. They claimed she died of "natural causes." The fact is she was beaten to death.
The Voice of the Martyrs has received video testimony from the surviving family, photos of Jiang body showing her bruised body, and a copy of the actual arrest document. All of this had to be smuggled out of China as the authorities continue to attempt to hide their systematic persecution of Christians. An international campaign is now under way on behalf of the surviving family.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Laser pointer arrests
Article
Over the last several weeks, lasers have been directed into the cokpit of airplanes at airports. A few times however, they were pointed at a plane flying at 3,000ft, and tracked the plane. Now the FBI used the patriot act to arrest the pointer.
Is this a violation of the patriot act? The Constitution?
Over the last several weeks, lasers have been directed into the cokpit of airplanes at airports. A few times however, they were pointed at a plane flying at 3,000ft, and tracked the plane. Now the FBI used the patriot act to arrest the pointer.
Is this a violation of the patriot act? The Constitution?
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Elephants a huge help
Elephants working were others can't
Cool article. Since trucks can't get inland, the next logical step is an elephant!
Cool article. Since trucks can't get inland, the next logical step is an elephant!
Tsunami Scam
Article
A woman donated money to a website she found claiming to be soley devoted to helping the tsunami survivors. Later, when surfing on eBay she noticed the domain name of the website that she donated to for sale on eBay.
Just be careful, stuff like this is far to common.
A woman donated money to a website she found claiming to be soley devoted to helping the tsunami survivors. Later, when surfing on eBay she noticed the domain name of the website that she donated to for sale on eBay.
Just be careful, stuff like this is far to common.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Friday, December 17, 2004
Kofi---Its time to go
Ever and Annan?
COVER STORY: For U.S. lawmakers, the secretary-general cannot outlast the UN's multibillion-dollar oil scandal by Mindy Belz
When U.S. energy giant Enron first reported a $24 billion discrepancy in assets, it led to the largest U.S. bankruptcy scandal in history, to multibillions of dollars in losses for stockholders, to at least one suicide, and to criminal charges against 33 principals with over 20 now serving criminal sentences or awaiting punishment.
With UN Oil for Food discrepancies now standing just over the $21 billion mark, and with the illegal proceeds now linked to financing terrorism and weapons production, prompting at least one assassination, the key figures in what could become the world's largest financial fraud scheme have thus far—with the possible exception of Saddam Hussein—keeping up an exacting charade of business as usual.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week presided over a conference denouncing Islamophobia and received a standing ovation before UN delegates. Such choreographed appearances are designed to counter growing calls for his resignation.
The 66-year-old native of Ghana and career UN executive steadfastly downplays the rumble beneath his feet, but critics say he is ignoring the manmade lava flow it actually is—billions in oil revenues unaccounted for, millions in aid to Iraqis undelivered, and documented kickbacks on oil contracts to interests connected to permanent Security Council members France and Russia.
"We need to continue with our work," Mr. Annan told London's Financial Times in a Dec. 5 interview, admitting only a "perception problem" and vowing to serve out his term. But Mr. Annan's Oil for Food administrator, Benon Sevan, is named in government documents retrieved from Baghdad, suggesting he received oil contract kickbacks from Saddam. And Mr. Annan's son Kojo worked for a Swiss-based contractor, Cotecna, that held a lucrative Oil for Food contract to monitor goods arriving in Iraq. The firm paid Kojo Annan through February 2004.
Nearly a dozen U.S. lawmakers are calling for Mr. Annan's resignation. They also threaten to withhold 10 percent of U.S. contributions to the UN—or about $40 million—starting next year and doubling in 2006 unless Mr. Annan releases Oil for Food records to Congress.
Mr. Annan's most persistent challenger is Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, chairman of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. UN officials have denied his committee access to Oil for Food records. U.S. officials, on the other hand, have uncovered Saddam's Oil for Food records in Baghdad. Based on those records, subcommittee investigators say the size of the fraud "is staggering" and plan to release fuller details early next year.
Mr. Coleman began calling for the secretary-general's resignation last month, saying, "The most extensive fraud in the history of the UN occurred on his watch." As long as Mr. Annan remains in charge, he said, "the world will never be able to learn the full extent of the bribes, kickbacks, and under-the-table payments that took place under the UN's collective nose."
As secretary-general Mr. Annan has presided over all but the earliest days of the Oil for Food program. Even as undersecretary-general, he traveled to Baghdad to cobble the humanitarian program to provide needed goods to Iraqis using limited oil revenues. As UN chief he supervised the program's key administrators and lobbied for the program's expansion, even as evidence grew that billions in oil revenues were misused.
Mr. Annan is the UN's seventh secretary-general. He took office in 1997 from a then-embattled Boutros Boutros-Ghali. He earned broad support as an African who resonated with the needs of poor member-states yet could hold his own with the wealthiest. U.S. educated, Mr. Annan lives with his second wife, who is Swedish, in a mansion reportedly once owned by the family of J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Annan received initial endorsement from the U.S. delegation, even persuading the United States to pay $1 billion in withheld dues. That relationship lost its shine, however, as he failed to make headway with Saddam Hussein, even as the UN was presiding over Iraq's economy and oil production. Mr. Annan supervised first one, and then another, weapons inspection regime booted by Saddam. At one point Mr. Annan borrowed a private jet from French President Jacques Chirac, flew to Baghdad, smoked cigars with Saddam, and hailed him as a man of "courage." The coddling ended with the Iraqi dictator kicking UN weapons experts out of the country. In 1998 that led to a U.S. bombing campaign ordered by President Bill Clinton; in 2002, it tipped the scale toward U.S. invasion.
Inside the UN's New York headquarters, despite Mr. Annan's outward composure, the tone is far from business as usual. Close-at-hand observers say "a crisis atmosphere" had begun to build even before lawmakers demanded Mr. Annan's resignation. The financial scandal looms over other pressing problems: an overdue plan to restructure the world body's budget process, sexual scandals involving two prominent senior officers (both exonerated by Mr. Annan), and the UN's inability to adequately oversee upcoming elections in Iraq. Last month the UN employees union passed a no-confidence resolution against UN senior management.
Dwarfing the internal chaos, however, is Oil for Food mismanagement. The Iraqi government first uncovered evidence of oil contracts amounting to kickbacks to over 100 foreign entities. Discoveries of detailed accounts by Saddam's British-trained bureaucrats led to the death of Iraqi accountant Ehsan Karim, whose car was wired to explode last July. Congressional investigators then announced that theft under the program was at least twice as high as previously estimated, nearly $22 billion. And questions remain outstanding about interest earned on Iraq's oil revenues deposited in French banks, about the UN's $1.5 billion in administrative costs, and about senior official kickbacks from Saddam.
"UN agencies are almost completely unaccountable. They don't even know how they spend their money and how programs are run," said Austin Ruse, a UN lobbyist and president of the Culture of Life Foundation. "One thing we are looking for is transparency, and it's the one thing you don't get. There is a complete and utter lack of transparency."
Reformers hope that investigations will be a blunt instrument to extract both political and administrative change at UN headquarters—with or without Mr. Annan. Security Council members, including the United States, aren't likely to openly ask Mr. Annan to step down. But a new and more conservative Congress isn't likely to be so polite. "This is gasoline on the fire for a lot of members of Congress who don't like the UN, " said Mr. Ruse, "and those numbers are growing." —•
Article from WORLD Magazine.
COVER STORY: For U.S. lawmakers, the secretary-general cannot outlast the UN's multibillion-dollar oil scandal by Mindy Belz
When U.S. energy giant Enron first reported a $24 billion discrepancy in assets, it led to the largest U.S. bankruptcy scandal in history, to multibillions of dollars in losses for stockholders, to at least one suicide, and to criminal charges against 33 principals with over 20 now serving criminal sentences or awaiting punishment.
With UN Oil for Food discrepancies now standing just over the $21 billion mark, and with the illegal proceeds now linked to financing terrorism and weapons production, prompting at least one assassination, the key figures in what could become the world's largest financial fraud scheme have thus far—with the possible exception of Saddam Hussein—keeping up an exacting charade of business as usual.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan last week presided over a conference denouncing Islamophobia and received a standing ovation before UN delegates. Such choreographed appearances are designed to counter growing calls for his resignation.
The 66-year-old native of Ghana and career UN executive steadfastly downplays the rumble beneath his feet, but critics say he is ignoring the manmade lava flow it actually is—billions in oil revenues unaccounted for, millions in aid to Iraqis undelivered, and documented kickbacks on oil contracts to interests connected to permanent Security Council members France and Russia.
"We need to continue with our work," Mr. Annan told London's Financial Times in a Dec. 5 interview, admitting only a "perception problem" and vowing to serve out his term. But Mr. Annan's Oil for Food administrator, Benon Sevan, is named in government documents retrieved from Baghdad, suggesting he received oil contract kickbacks from Saddam. And Mr. Annan's son Kojo worked for a Swiss-based contractor, Cotecna, that held a lucrative Oil for Food contract to monitor goods arriving in Iraq. The firm paid Kojo Annan through February 2004.
Nearly a dozen U.S. lawmakers are calling for Mr. Annan's resignation. They also threaten to withhold 10 percent of U.S. contributions to the UN—or about $40 million—starting next year and doubling in 2006 unless Mr. Annan releases Oil for Food records to Congress.
Mr. Annan's most persistent challenger is Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, chairman of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. UN officials have denied his committee access to Oil for Food records. U.S. officials, on the other hand, have uncovered Saddam's Oil for Food records in Baghdad. Based on those records, subcommittee investigators say the size of the fraud "is staggering" and plan to release fuller details early next year.
Mr. Coleman began calling for the secretary-general's resignation last month, saying, "The most extensive fraud in the history of the UN occurred on his watch." As long as Mr. Annan remains in charge, he said, "the world will never be able to learn the full extent of the bribes, kickbacks, and under-the-table payments that took place under the UN's collective nose."
As secretary-general Mr. Annan has presided over all but the earliest days of the Oil for Food program. Even as undersecretary-general, he traveled to Baghdad to cobble the humanitarian program to provide needed goods to Iraqis using limited oil revenues. As UN chief he supervised the program's key administrators and lobbied for the program's expansion, even as evidence grew that billions in oil revenues were misused.
Mr. Annan is the UN's seventh secretary-general. He took office in 1997 from a then-embattled Boutros Boutros-Ghali. He earned broad support as an African who resonated with the needs of poor member-states yet could hold his own with the wealthiest. U.S. educated, Mr. Annan lives with his second wife, who is Swedish, in a mansion reportedly once owned by the family of J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Annan received initial endorsement from the U.S. delegation, even persuading the United States to pay $1 billion in withheld dues. That relationship lost its shine, however, as he failed to make headway with Saddam Hussein, even as the UN was presiding over Iraq's economy and oil production. Mr. Annan supervised first one, and then another, weapons inspection regime booted by Saddam. At one point Mr. Annan borrowed a private jet from French President Jacques Chirac, flew to Baghdad, smoked cigars with Saddam, and hailed him as a man of "courage." The coddling ended with the Iraqi dictator kicking UN weapons experts out of the country. In 1998 that led to a U.S. bombing campaign ordered by President Bill Clinton; in 2002, it tipped the scale toward U.S. invasion.
Inside the UN's New York headquarters, despite Mr. Annan's outward composure, the tone is far from business as usual. Close-at-hand observers say "a crisis atmosphere" had begun to build even before lawmakers demanded Mr. Annan's resignation. The financial scandal looms over other pressing problems: an overdue plan to restructure the world body's budget process, sexual scandals involving two prominent senior officers (both exonerated by Mr. Annan), and the UN's inability to adequately oversee upcoming elections in Iraq. Last month the UN employees union passed a no-confidence resolution against UN senior management.
Dwarfing the internal chaos, however, is Oil for Food mismanagement. The Iraqi government first uncovered evidence of oil contracts amounting to kickbacks to over 100 foreign entities. Discoveries of detailed accounts by Saddam's British-trained bureaucrats led to the death of Iraqi accountant Ehsan Karim, whose car was wired to explode last July. Congressional investigators then announced that theft under the program was at least twice as high as previously estimated, nearly $22 billion. And questions remain outstanding about interest earned on Iraq's oil revenues deposited in French banks, about the UN's $1.5 billion in administrative costs, and about senior official kickbacks from Saddam.
"UN agencies are almost completely unaccountable. They don't even know how they spend their money and how programs are run," said Austin Ruse, a UN lobbyist and president of the Culture of Life Foundation. "One thing we are looking for is transparency, and it's the one thing you don't get. There is a complete and utter lack of transparency."
Reformers hope that investigations will be a blunt instrument to extract both political and administrative change at UN headquarters—with or without Mr. Annan. Security Council members, including the United States, aren't likely to openly ask Mr. Annan to step down. But a new and more conservative Congress isn't likely to be so polite. "This is gasoline on the fire for a lot of members of Congress who don't like the UN, " said Mr. Ruse, "and those numbers are growing." —•
Article from WORLD Magazine.
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Interference
The state of Washington ruled today that it is illegal for a parent to eavesdrop on a child's phone conversations.
Wow. Now I understand everything so clearly. Parents are only the government's tool by which taxpayers and workers are produced. Parents don't actually have any rights concerning the way they bring up their children. NOT!
Also, this woman reported a theft. Yet she gets charged for eavesdropping. This is incredible.
Wow. Now I understand everything so clearly. Parents are only the government's tool by which taxpayers and workers are produced. Parents don't actually have any rights concerning the way they bring up their children. NOT!
Also, this woman reported a theft. Yet she gets charged for eavesdropping. This is incredible.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
News Highlights
"Republicans have Dems over a 'Barrel'"
"Democrats first and foremost need to make it clear that they have a commitment to protect this country's security regardless of what other countries say..."
Huh. You think?
"Florida governor turns to US Supreme Court in euthanasia case"
The latest development in the case for Terri Schiavo....
"Democrats first and foremost need to make it clear that they have a commitment to protect this country's security regardless of what other countries say..."
Huh. You think?
"Florida governor turns to US Supreme Court in euthanasia case"
The latest development in the case for Terri Schiavo....
Monday, November 29, 2004
Paralyzed woman walks again after stem cell therapy
Yahoo News reports from Singapore, that a a woman has been partially healed from paralysis using stem cells from her umbilical cord. Cool article.
Article
Is this ethical? Is any of this research ethical?
-Palm Boy
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Planting human cells in animals, causing human organs to grow within that animal, then harvesting the organs for transplants into a human body. I didn't know they could do this.Is this right? Wrong? Does anybody else know more about this?
-Liz
Article
Is this ethical? Is any of this research ethical?
-Palm Boy
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Planting human cells in animals, causing human organs to grow within that animal, then harvesting the organs for transplants into a human body. I didn't know they could do this.Is this right? Wrong? Does anybody else know more about this?
-Liz
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
For your information....
Here are some links that I found interesting:
Disturbingly racist cartoons of Condoleeza Rice
Hillary Clinton: A Southerner AND an Evangelical Christian
"Black Is Bigot" by Rich Lowry---interesting commentary on the growing number of African Americans that vote conservative. Good to read along with:
"Winning Values" by Rich Lowry--Democrats are wondering "what are values" and "how can we get them?" since the latest election
"Man of Faith, Man of the Hour" by Bob Jones--The people voted for their values in this election, and it showed.
Recent Quotes:
"When Achilles died, the Greeks were in trouble."
- Conservative activist and Bush ally Grover Norquist, predicting that Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's loss in South Dakota will make other Senate Democrats from "red states" less likely to oppose Bush policies.
"We have lost the ability to connect with people's value systems."
- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), on the inability of Democrats to attract the votes of churchgoers and others motivated by moral concerns.
"Autumn is the time of year that all the states turn red."
Late-night talk-show host David Letterman after the election.
"I just wanted to make sure I did this before I headed into the fight."
Marine Corporal Keith Arguelles, beaming and dripping wet after being baptized in a rubber dinghy filled with water in Iraq. About 35 marines gathered in a brick chapel for worship, prayer, and baptism as they prepared for the attack on Fallujah.
Quotes courtesy of WORLD Magazine, www.worldmag.com
Disturbingly racist cartoons of Condoleeza Rice
Hillary Clinton: A Southerner AND an Evangelical Christian
"Black Is Bigot" by Rich Lowry---interesting commentary on the growing number of African Americans that vote conservative. Good to read along with:
"Winning Values" by Rich Lowry--Democrats are wondering "what are values" and "how can we get them?" since the latest election
"Man of Faith, Man of the Hour" by Bob Jones--The people voted for their values in this election, and it showed.
Recent Quotes:
"When Achilles died, the Greeks were in trouble."
- Conservative activist and Bush ally Grover Norquist, predicting that Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's loss in South Dakota will make other Senate Democrats from "red states" less likely to oppose Bush policies.
"We have lost the ability to connect with people's value systems."
- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), on the inability of Democrats to attract the votes of churchgoers and others motivated by moral concerns.
"Autumn is the time of year that all the states turn red."
Late-night talk-show host David Letterman after the election.
"I just wanted to make sure I did this before I headed into the fight."
Marine Corporal Keith Arguelles, beaming and dripping wet after being baptized in a rubber dinghy filled with water in Iraq. About 35 marines gathered in a brick chapel for worship, prayer, and baptism as they prepared for the attack on Fallujah.
Quotes courtesy of WORLD Magazine, www.worldmag.com
Monday, November 01, 2004
U.S. Arrogance
China blasts U.S. entrance into Iraq as "arrogant"
Read their statement about Bush and Iraq. Its really lame and almost laughable coming from China.
Read their statement about Bush and Iraq. Its really lame and almost laughable coming from China.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Bubba's back, Kerry's got him
Bubba's back, Kerry's got him
If you'll read the article, it is all about Clinton. So was this a rally for clinton, or for Kerry?
If you'll read the article, it is all about Clinton. So was this a rally for clinton, or for Kerry?
Monday, October 18, 2004
Putin: Terrorists want Bush to lose election
Article about Putin's recent statement
"International terrorism has as its goal to prevent the election of President Bush to a second term," he said. "If they achieve that goal, then that will give international terrorism a new impulse and extra power."
So the terrorists are rooting for Kerry. How....reassuring.
"International terrorism has as its goal to prevent the election of President Bush to a second term," he said. "If they achieve that goal, then that will give international terrorism a new impulse and extra power."
So the terrorists are rooting for Kerry. How....reassuring.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Saddam/Al-Qaeda/9-11 links
WORLD MAGAZINE ARTICLE--MUST READ
Finally: New Iraqi documents connect the dots to a vast conspiracy linking Saddam to al-Qaeda.
The truth comes out.....
Finally: New Iraqi documents connect the dots to a vast conspiracy linking Saddam to al-Qaeda.
The truth comes out.....
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Edwards' Christopher Reeve quote
Stem Cell Research Article
Excerpts from article:
"First, the inability of the human spinal cord to regenerate is one of the great mysteries of biology. The answer is not remotely around the corner. It could take a generation to unravel. To imply, as Edwards did, that it is imminent if only you elect the right politicians is scandalous.
"As a doctor by training, I've known better than to believe the hype -- and have tried in my own counseling of the newly spinal-cord injured to place the possibility of cure in abeyance. I advise instead to concentrate on making a life (and a very good life it can be) with the hand one is dealt. The greatest enemy of this advice has been the snake-oil salesmen promising a miracle around the corner. I never expected a candidate for vice president to be one of them...the implication that Christopher Reeve was prevented from getting out of his wheelchair by the Bush stem cell policies is a travesty."
Excerpts from article:
"First, the inability of the human spinal cord to regenerate is one of the great mysteries of biology. The answer is not remotely around the corner. It could take a generation to unravel. To imply, as Edwards did, that it is imminent if only you elect the right politicians is scandalous.
"As a doctor by training, I've known better than to believe the hype -- and have tried in my own counseling of the newly spinal-cord injured to place the possibility of cure in abeyance. I advise instead to concentrate on making a life (and a very good life it can be) with the hand one is dealt. The greatest enemy of this advice has been the snake-oil salesmen promising a miracle around the corner. I never expected a candidate for vice president to be one of them...the implication that Christopher Reeve was prevented from getting out of his wheelchair by the Bush stem cell policies is a travesty."
Monday, October 11, 2004
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste: "$50,000,000 added in conference for an indoor rainforest project in Coralville, Iowa by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa). The project, which originally was included in the Energy Policy Act of 2003 bill that failed to pass in December, 2003, became so indispensable that Sen. Grassley added it to the Omnibus Appropriations Bill in late January 2004. When completed, Iowa will have the world�s largest enclosed rainforest, spanning five acres. A local businessman, Ted Townsend (heir to the Townsend meat-packing fortune), came up with this idea while contemplating his legacy on a treadmill. Since then, Townsend has worked to see that taxpayers will pay dearly for his dream to be realized. The project, which is estimated to cost $225 million, includes a generous $5 million from Townsend. This tropical boondoggle has some big name supporters, such as former Iowa Governor Bob Ray (R), who is the chairman of the institute Townsend founded to oversee the production of the rainforest. Ray imagines that it will solve the state's demographic problems by drawing more people to move to Iowa. Ray also believes that mass quantities of retiring baby boomers will crisscross the country to visit the indoor rainforest. Senator Grassley claims that it will somehow help the University of Iowa. Ultimately, this project will do nothing for Iowa's population, energy industry, or the environment, but it will soak the taxpayers. "
That is just dumb
That is just dumb
Kerry in the Lead
Leading up to the debate in Arizona, Kerry opens up a margin.link
BTW, this is a zogby poll. Very un-parttisan.
BTW, this is a zogby poll. Very un-parttisan.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
The Dark Side is seductive
The path of the dark side is seductive...
Darth Vader Mugs Pizza Man
Some one is trying to ruin the spotless image of Darth Vader....
j/k
Darth Vader Mugs Pizza Man
Some one is trying to ruin the spotless image of Darth Vader....
j/k
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
In case you're interested...
Article: Malaysian man married for the 53rd time--
Website: Low down on the Presidental Debates
Website: You don't have to submit your personal info to read from the NY Times and Washington Post if you go to this website and get a free username and password. Check it out.
Listen online: Sean Hannity radio show.
Listen online: Scott Wilder radio show.
Feel free to comment/rant about your thoughts on these links....
Website: Low down on the Presidental Debates
Website: You don't have to submit your personal info to read from the NY Times and Washington Post if you go to this website and get a free username and password. Check it out.
Listen online: Sean Hannity radio show.
Listen online: Scott Wilder radio show.
Feel free to comment/rant about your thoughts on these links....
Friday, October 01, 2004
Debate
In this season of debates, I was thinking of one that seems to keep popping up. So, I thought we might as well get it settled once and for all.
Here is the subject:
Should we legalize drugs, since the war against them is obviously being lost?
Rules: No ad hominems or red herrings allowed.
Here is the subject:
Should we legalize drugs, since the war against them is obviously being lost?
Rules: No ad hominems or red herrings allowed.
Monday, September 27, 2004
To draft, or not to draft, that is the question...
Okay folks, here we go. Gullible people are all fired up after a e-mail (a scam) says that Bush is pushing a bill that reestablished the draft. (article here)
But this is bringing back controversy about the draft. One New England teen was so scared that he shot himself, hoping to "avoid the draft", only to find out that there was no such thing.
Should we bring back the draft? Should women now be included in that draft?
But this is bringing back controversy about the draft. One New England teen was so scared that he shot himself, hoping to "avoid the draft", only to find out that there was no such thing.
Should we bring back the draft? Should women now be included in that draft?
Friday, September 24, 2004
Hostile Indians vs. Lewis and Clark
Article
This brings up an interesting topic.
There is a group of history buffs reenacting the Lewis and Clark expedition. They were met with opposition by a group of American Indians who allegedly threatened to tip over the "Lewis" and "Clark"'s boat.
"How can we allow Lewis and Clark to tell our story when they're the ones who brought death and genocide to our people?", says Alex White Plume of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Was Western expansion inevitable? More importantly, should we commemorate Lewis and Clarks expedition?
This brings up an interesting topic.
There is a group of history buffs reenacting the Lewis and Clark expedition. They were met with opposition by a group of American Indians who allegedly threatened to tip over the "Lewis" and "Clark"'s boat.
"How can we allow Lewis and Clark to tell our story when they're the ones who brought death and genocide to our people?", says Alex White Plume of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Was Western expansion inevitable? More importantly, should we commemorate Lewis and Clarks expedition?
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Monday, September 20, 2004
Media bias
To everyone who still thinks the media is unbiased:
Bush signed Form 180, allowing all records about him to be released. Kerry has refused to sign this form.
"...We have the great Vietnam hero, John Kerry, who will not release all of his records, and the National Guardsman, George Bush, has directed the release of all of his, and not a single big media reporter is interested. Not a single big media reporter finds this curious. Not one of them!"
Kerry admitted to war crimes. Do you hear the media complain about that? No. Bush missed a physical, and we hear nothing but how Bush "slacked off" during his National Guard service!
"John Kerry has admitted, he has admitted in Senate testimony, it's on film, it's on videotape, he has admitted to committing war atrocities. (audio) Am I right? He has admitted this. Let me ask you a question. If the left is intellectually honest about what they think about war, what's worse?...Having admitted committing atrocities -- shall I detail them? -- in torching villages, lopping off ears and limbs, these kinds of atrocities John Kerry admitted to committing. Now, let me ask you, does that not seem far more serious than missing a physical? Now, other than Tim Russert, I don't believe a single big media journalist has pressed Kerry on this. In fact, they try to give him a pass. In fact, they are saying that because he committed those atrocities, he understands the horrors of war and therefore is more qualified. Bush doesn't know beans about war. He missed a physical in the National Guard. These forged documents, my friends, the point here, the forged documents are only a small part of the brazen attempt by some in the media to manipulate the news. Let's look at the Abu Ghraib prison again. Kerry admits to atrocities. He admits to committing atrocities as a soldier in Vietnam, yet seeks to become president. Meanwhile, we get story after story trying to link Bush to the prison, when he had nothing to do with it. "Bush is worse, he missed a physical! Abu Ghraib!" Kerry will not sign Form 180, is hiding his medical record. Bush has done just the opposite. Kerry is stonewalling; Bush isn't. Bush has nothing to do with Abu Ghraib. Kerry committed atrocities and we don't hear about any of that, and of course if you want to keep going, Chappaquiddick hadn't hurt Kennedy at all with the liberal media. The Ku Klux Klan and Robert Byrd hasn't hurt Byrd at all with the mainstream media. Tom Daschle and his wife? His wife lobbies Congress. She claims not to lobby the Senate but everybody knows who she is. But Halliburton? Halliburton is a devil because Cheney once worked there, and now it's front and center again in the John Kerry campaign. Cheney has a pension from Halliburton and this proves that we went to Iraq because Cheney has ties to Halliburton, and Halliburton is overcharging, and that's why all of this is pointless, and we shouldn't have been doing it and... It's just idiocy. If there was an honest appraisal of the Democrat campaign, it would be, "Who stole the brains of the people at the top and transplanted them with the brains of a bunch of crocodiles?" It is just absolutely stunning to watch all this."
Quotes taken from a transcript from rushlimbaugh.com
Bush signed Form 180, allowing all records about him to be released. Kerry has refused to sign this form.
"...We have the great Vietnam hero, John Kerry, who will not release all of his records, and the National Guardsman, George Bush, has directed the release of all of his, and not a single big media reporter is interested. Not a single big media reporter finds this curious. Not one of them!"
Kerry admitted to war crimes. Do you hear the media complain about that? No. Bush missed a physical, and we hear nothing but how Bush "slacked off" during his National Guard service!
"John Kerry has admitted, he has admitted in Senate testimony, it's on film, it's on videotape, he has admitted to committing war atrocities. (audio) Am I right? He has admitted this. Let me ask you a question. If the left is intellectually honest about what they think about war, what's worse?...Having admitted committing atrocities -- shall I detail them? -- in torching villages, lopping off ears and limbs, these kinds of atrocities John Kerry admitted to committing. Now, let me ask you, does that not seem far more serious than missing a physical? Now, other than Tim Russert, I don't believe a single big media journalist has pressed Kerry on this. In fact, they try to give him a pass. In fact, they are saying that because he committed those atrocities, he understands the horrors of war and therefore is more qualified. Bush doesn't know beans about war. He missed a physical in the National Guard. These forged documents, my friends, the point here, the forged documents are only a small part of the brazen attempt by some in the media to manipulate the news. Let's look at the Abu Ghraib prison again. Kerry admits to atrocities. He admits to committing atrocities as a soldier in Vietnam, yet seeks to become president. Meanwhile, we get story after story trying to link Bush to the prison, when he had nothing to do with it. "Bush is worse, he missed a physical! Abu Ghraib!" Kerry will not sign Form 180, is hiding his medical record. Bush has done just the opposite. Kerry is stonewalling; Bush isn't. Bush has nothing to do with Abu Ghraib. Kerry committed atrocities and we don't hear about any of that, and of course if you want to keep going, Chappaquiddick hadn't hurt Kennedy at all with the liberal media. The Ku Klux Klan and Robert Byrd hasn't hurt Byrd at all with the mainstream media. Tom Daschle and his wife? His wife lobbies Congress. She claims not to lobby the Senate but everybody knows who she is. But Halliburton? Halliburton is a devil because Cheney once worked there, and now it's front and center again in the John Kerry campaign. Cheney has a pension from Halliburton and this proves that we went to Iraq because Cheney has ties to Halliburton, and Halliburton is overcharging, and that's why all of this is pointless, and we shouldn't have been doing it and... It's just idiocy. If there was an honest appraisal of the Democrat campaign, it would be, "Who stole the brains of the people at the top and transplanted them with the brains of a bunch of crocodiles?" It is just absolutely stunning to watch all this."
Quotes taken from a transcript from rushlimbaugh.com
Friday, September 17, 2004
Assault Weapons Ban
Should the Assault Weapons Ban be reinstated? Or is it a violation of the right to bear arms?
Since the ban has expired, the following guns can now be purchased in the U.S., though some of them are illegal to import into America:
AK-47 and all models of the Norinco, Mitchell and Poly Technologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs, designed in the former Soviet Union.
Uzi and Galil, both made by Action Arms Israeli Military Industries.
TEC-9, TEC-22 and TEC-DC9, manufactured by Intratec.
SWD M-10, M-11, M-11-9 and M-12. Based on the design of the MAC-10, their full-automatic cousin, these assault pistols are designed to fire many bullets over a wide area in seconds.
Street Sweeper and Striker 12 and other revolving cylinder semiautomatic shotguns.
Beretta AR-70 and SC-70, used by armed forces in a number of countries including Italy, Jordan and Malaysia.
Colt AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 rifle that is the U.S. military's standard-issue rifle.
Several weapons manufactured by Fabrique Nationale, the FN-FAL, FN-LAR and FNC. The guns are used by the armed forces of more than 90 countries.
Steyr AUG, a rifle made in Germany." -link
Since the ban has expired, the following guns can now be purchased in the U.S., though some of them are illegal to import into America:
AK-47 and all models of the Norinco, Mitchell and Poly Technologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs, designed in the former Soviet Union.
Uzi and Galil, both made by Action Arms Israeli Military Industries.
TEC-9, TEC-22 and TEC-DC9, manufactured by Intratec.
SWD M-10, M-11, M-11-9 and M-12. Based on the design of the MAC-10, their full-automatic cousin, these assault pistols are designed to fire many bullets over a wide area in seconds.
Street Sweeper and Striker 12 and other revolving cylinder semiautomatic shotguns.
Beretta AR-70 and SC-70, used by armed forces in a number of countries including Italy, Jordan and Malaysia.
Colt AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 rifle that is the U.S. military's standard-issue rifle.
Several weapons manufactured by Fabrique Nationale, the FN-FAL, FN-LAR and FNC. The guns are used by the armed forces of more than 90 countries.
Steyr AUG, a rifle made in Germany." -link
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Monday, September 13, 2004
So this is what they mean by 'Evolution'
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Better then anthrax
This is a new twist on mail terror.
Perhaps we will begin scaning for matches in letters soon...
The New York Times > National > 14 Governors Receive Mail That's Rigged With Matches
Perhaps we will begin scaning for matches in letters soon...
The New York Times > National > 14 Governors Receive Mail That's Rigged With Matches
Thursday, September 09, 2004
The #1 Enemy of Terrorism is....
Terrorists are terrorism's worst enemy.....
Remember right after September 11 when Bush was pushing for military action from our allies? France and Germany didn't want to get involved militarily and it was all over the headlines....
Now, the rest of the world is being forced to face the threat of terrorism and join the U.S. in fighting it.
Russia recently had their own 9/11 and now have vowed to fight terrorism beyond its borders. Jakarta and Australia have more reason to hate terrorisim since the Australian Embassy in Jakarta was bombed.
So the world leaders didn't have enough guts to go into Afghanistan or Iraq and now their people are paying for it with blood.
Terrorism has become its own worst enemy by making enemies with potentially powerful countries.
Remember right after September 11 when Bush was pushing for military action from our allies? France and Germany didn't want to get involved militarily and it was all over the headlines....
Now, the rest of the world is being forced to face the threat of terrorism and join the U.S. in fighting it.
Russia recently had their own 9/11 and now have vowed to fight terrorism beyond its borders. Jakarta and Australia have more reason to hate terrorisim since the Australian Embassy in Jakarta was bombed.
So the world leaders didn't have enough guts to go into Afghanistan or Iraq and now their people are paying for it with blood.
Terrorism has become its own worst enemy by making enemies with potentially powerful countries.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Swiftboat Veterans vs. Kerry
Here is an interesting article about Kerry and his involvement in Vietnam.
Feel free to comment on the article....
Feel free to comment on the article....
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Hilarious pictures...
Some very...interesting pictures of John Kerry attempting to play football. I guess he never had a chance to learn how to throw a football at a prep school, or in France either for that matter!
French headscarf ban/French hostages discussion
Two French journalists in Iraq were taken hostage. Their captors say they will not give up the hostages unless the headscarf ban is lifted. No country should give in to terrorist threats, but France has not been very strong against terrorists lately (to put it lightly.) Even so, I think it will lose face if it allows the threat of terrorists to undermine the French government.
Also, this brings back the debate on the wisdom of the headscarf ban. Is it an attack on the religious liberty of the French? Tell me if I am mistaken, but I thought it was not only an Islamic headscarf ban, but a ban of Jewish yarmulkes and Christian crosses.
What do you think about the ban?
Click here for an article on the French hostages....
Also, this brings back the debate on the wisdom of the headscarf ban. Is it an attack on the religious liberty of the French? Tell me if I am mistaken, but I thought it was not only an Islamic headscarf ban, but a ban of Jewish yarmulkes and Christian crosses.
What do you think about the ban?
Click here for an article on the French hostages....
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