“Freedom is measured by the distance between church and state”
It’s about 7:00 a.m. on Friday, September 12.
I’m going to finish my breakfast and do a couple other things, and then I’ll be joining my daughter and her family.
As with Katrina, I have NO idea what is going to happen over the next 24 hours. As I mentioned before, please refer to the Knitterman blog [...]
Because of the ever-changing conditions, I’ve had the news on in the background as I’m preparing to go to my daughter’s for the duration. I’ll go down there sometime tomorrow as conditions deteriorate. I have to deal with some package issues with UPS before I leave, though — I tracked a package and learned it [...]
Overnight it appears that Hurricane Ike is coming closer to me. ICK!!!! I’m hoping that trend continues and the storm moves even farther east from me.
I’m taking precautions, securing my space, and preparing to spend tomorrow and Saturday with family members in a slightly better situation than I am in.
I’ll be updating things, and I’ve [...]
Seven years ago, our world was shattered by the unspeakably violent destruction of the World Trade Center towers, as well as the planes flown into the Pentagon and the plane driven into the ground in Pennsylvania (overtaken from the hijackers by courageous passengers).
Today, in their honor, I will refrain from pissing about political minutiea.
Please take [...]
But first let me say that EVERY family’s kids has issues growing up. Nearly EVERY kid gets involved with stuff. All four of my kids has, at one time or another, done something in which I am disappointed, just like things I did probably disappointed my parents (and sometimes disappointed my kids). But my kids [...]
Palin said the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is LIPSTICK.
And this week, Obama said, referring to same old politics, said, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” This is an OLD quip, used for decades. It refers to dressing up something to make it appear [...]
This (womenagainstpalin.com) is VERY COOL!!!
Here’s what they’ve uncovered regarding the ANTI-WOMEN policies represented by the McCain-Palin ticket:
Their Agenda Against Women
* McCain voted against The Equal Pay Bill for
Women. He said women ‘need education and
training’ instead. [see comment below]
* Palin wants to outlaw abortion in every form,
including for victims of rape [...]
This is very interesting and shows that if you want lower taxes and if you want to see more people helped out of poverty and put on the road to self-sufficiency, check this out from the Washington Post.
Obama and McCain Tax Proposals
According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of [...]
Okay, we know that Sarah Palin is a confirmed LIAR and has no concept of truth, even when the evidence is blasted all over the Internet, the media, and everywhere else. She lied at the start and was proven wrong and continues to repeat the same lies anyway.
But we also see that she is a [...]
This is one of the most disturbing images of John McCain that I’ve seen yet. It starts with President Bush lying to the country, and ends with someone saying “McCain will make Cheney look like Ghandi.”
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
Who the fuck in their right mind would vote for a guy who has no foreign policy experience, [...]
This is from Yahoo News by an AP writer:
Former NY mayor: Palin ’scares the hell out of me’
By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago
Saying that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin “scares the hell out of me,” former New York Mayor Ed Koch endorsed fellow Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.
In 2004, Koch backed [...]
This is yet another example of the mentality of the former Mayor of Wasilla, the women who wants everyone to think she’s pro-women. Check it out. Palin was mayor of Wasilla until 2002.
In the year 2000, the then-governor of Alaska signed a bill that would protect the victims of rape from being billed for examinations [...]
Country Last : Information Clearing House - ICH
08/09/08 “ICH ” – Hey, did you know that John McCain was a POW?
Did you also know that he was a POW, and that he was a POW?
Now that I’ve recapped seventy percent of the Republican Convention last week, let me fill in [...]
This is an interesting quote:
“When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or umm, or maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, ‘Man, that doesn’t do us any good.’ I mean, work harder. Prove yourself to an even greater [...]
Last evening, after dark, I was watching “Saving Private Ryan” on TNT (Am I the only one who wells up and almost cries over that movie, no matter how many times I see it?).
Anyway, so I’m lounging here in my normal state of undress. Neighbor knocks on the door, asking me to help lift his [...]
This is an open letter from someone who knows John McCain better than most voters who think they will vote for him. I found it at: http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/08/25/why-i-won%E2%80%99t-vote-for-john-mccain/ but here’s the entire thing, with my own bolding for emphasis:
Why I Won’t Vote for John McCain
August 25, 2008
by Phillip Butler, PhD –
John McCain is a long-time [...]
I just came across this interesting, and utterly relevant quote:
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. Were an opinion a [...]
What the FUCK (again!)
I just plucked this off from DailyKos:
Sarah Palin used AK tax dollars to fund dominionist churches
More insanity, eh? Clearly the woman doesn’t know a damn thing about the separation of church and state. You don’t use taxpayer money to fund churches. At all. Ever.
But even worse, it isn’t just “any” church, but [...]
