I say again...what is this crap? Is this the new idiot trend?

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89941

Stop the madness! Or, continue to make yourselves look stupid. The latter, you say? Apparently.

When all else fails, falsely claim that Barack Obama is not a U.S. citizen, right?

http://www.wnd.com/static/89837.html

What makes me sad about this story is the fact that a 40-year-old man who joined the military late in life to serve his country, is now simultaneously SHAMING it. It's almost hard to believe that these rumors are still flitting around the country, and are even gaining steam in some areas. Why? It doesn't seem to matter who disproves the rumor, or what case is (over and over again) thrown out of court, these people are still on their soapboxes instead of being in the trenches with the rest of us, as a unified country, trying to figure out how to dig ourselves out of the mess we're in. They're essentially still crying over spilled milk. If you're reading this and still (even now) are questioning our President's status as a U.S. citizen, try a simple search for 'obama's birth certificate' or check out snopes.com. Waaaa....

See--Cindy Sheehan agrees with me!

http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2009/02/open-letter-to-barack-obama-from-cindy.html

Recipe for a terrorist--and America is the chef in this analogy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022202384.html?nav=hcmodule&sub=AR&sid=ST2009022101238

Raping Social Security...again

I'd be interested in checking into which administration(s) borrowed from the Social Security fund. Did both Democratic and Republican administrations borrow from it, or has this been an extremely drawn-out ploy to disable a system Republicans never wanted instituted in the first place? I shudder to think about what would happen under their brand of one-party-rule theocracy. Yikes.

What makes someone rich? It's too bad we've all been taught it's money.

This is no major epiphany, but really just something that struck me today while working out at the gym--how ironic and sad it is that 'working out at the gym' is so necessary in America (though many of us don't do it anyway). America, the fattest society on the planet, utterly gluttonous, worries about getting fat while people in other countries across the ocean worry about being able to even eat one full meal per day. I'm decidedly lower-middle-class and my husband and I combined will probably never make more than 60K per year, but that's ok with me as long as all of my basic needs are met. We've ingrained in our brains that there are just some things we will never have, and while it would be nice to have those things, they are material things that don't equate to happiness. But even with our modest means (in regard to American socioeconomic status), we are positively RICH compared to many other people in the world.

It's good for the soul to put things in perspective once in a while. Just a thought.

Is it easier to contemplate war when the cost is censored?

(U.S. Air Force - Via Reuters)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601480.html

It still boggles my mind that Bush Sr. had the gall to stop images of fallen soldiers' caskets from being disseminated in the media. And that we've allowed it to continue since he left office! While I understand the idea that families who've lost fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters in the war might not relish seeing flag-draped caskets on the front page of their local paper, I think we OWE it to them to print photos like this, to feel that sick pit of unease in our stomachs at the sight of these ultimate sacrifices. What they DON'T deserve is the weight of the situation being glossed over daily by people who just want to go on living their inane daily lives ignorant of the fact that we are in two wars right now. These are the same people who can't bear to turn on the news for fear of being 'bummed out'. Cry me a river. Literally--if some of my fellow countrymen in the U.S. contemplated the true weight and cost of war, instead of writing people off as casualties in the fight for freedom, maybe there would be a little less war. Just a little...

I know it sounds naive, but I can still dream.

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution

Why aren't YOU a Hindu? Words from Richard Dawkins

Flu shots and fluoride: Why isn't mainstream media really picking up on this?