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October 2008



Don't Confuse "Normal" With "Healthy"

Thursday, 30 October 2008 9:51 P GMT-05
In a recent Alternet article, Why Straight People Need to Get into the Fight for Marriage Equality , by Joshua Holland, the author wrote of what it's important for straight people to support same-sex marriage.While reading the comments, I came up

Personality Type and Political Orientation

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 2:42 P GMT-05
An article on Alternet today, Can You Guess a Person's Politics by Their Personality? Psychologist Team Says Yes, by Maria Luisa Tucker, takes a look at how personality type relates to political affiliation:  She looked at several gauges of

How Many Ways Are You Going To Hell?

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 9:30 P GMT-05
How many ways are you going to hell? The creator of this amusing sign should count himself lucky that being a half-illiterate dumbass with bad grammar and bad spelling is not on the list of sins or he'd be down there right now serving drinks t

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Monday, 27 October 2008 8:42 P GMT-05
Since 1940, the Scholastic Weekly Reader, read by schoolkids in classrooms nationwide has conducted an Election Poll every four years, with the poll also being available online since 2000,  Students from elementary school on up have chosen the w

Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar

Saturday, 25 October 2008 1:47 P GMT-05
Once again, Alternet has provided me with blogging fodder.  In the latest article, Caveman Sex: How Evolutionary Psych Pushes Sexist Stereotypes , the author makes the point:The watered-down evolutionary psychology prevalent in pop culture enabl

The Socialism Bugaboo

Friday, 24 October 2008 2:25 P GMT-05
I've heard many Republicans say that they won't vote for Barack Obama because they believe he is a "socialist".  Though I believe that he's more conservative than that, I have to wonder why such people have such horror and

Monogamy is Monotony

Thursday, 23 October 2008 1:54 P GMT-05
On Alternet this morning, I read an article, Why Relationship Sex is Boring, by Esther Perel, author of the book "Mating in Captivity".   In this article, she makes the point:The very things that nurture love -- comfort, stability, saf

Trickle Down Economics: Pissing on the Poor

Sunday, 19 October 2008 2:35 P GMT-05
Conservative Republicans have traditionally been against the rich paying higher taxes, believing that tax breaks for businesses and corporations will ultimately help those further down the economic ladder.   They believe that businesses rec

Obama Quote of the Day

Saturday, 18 October 2008 2:19 P GMT-05
"My name, Barack, is Swahili. It means 'that one'. And I got my middle name from someone who obviously didn't think I'd ever be running for president."Said by Barack Obama the other night at the Alfred E. Smith fundraiser di

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Friday, 17 October 2008 2:56 P GMT-05
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Religious Freedom Doesn't Mean The Right to Dictate to Others

Thursday, 16 October 2008 3:16 P GMT-05
Today, an Alternet article, Conservatives Push Hard for Gay Marriage Ban, discussed California's Prop. 8, which seeks to rescind the right to same-sex marriage in that state, focusing on efforts by religious fundamentalists to see Prop. 8 passed.

The "Plight" of the Rich

Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:31 P GMT-05
Right wing talk show pundits are fond of wringing their hands about the "plight" of rich people having to pay higher taxes than less affluent people.  They complain the loudest about tax money being spent on social programs that help t

What Is Your Personality Cluster

Monday, 13 October 2008 1:48 P GMT-05
Your Personality Cluster is Introverted Thinking You are: You are objective, honest, and credible. Intellectually curious, you have many diverse interests. You are more inclined toward ideas than people. Fiercely independent, you are unapologeti

The Ideal Job For Your Personality Test

Saturday, 11 October 2008 2:30 P GMT-05
Your result for The Ideal Job for Your Personality Test...JournalistYou are insightful and interesting. People enjoy what you have to say. The pen truly is mightier than the sword. Other jobs you might be good at: novelist, poet, librarian 

John McCain and Religious Fundamentalists

Friday, 10 October 2008 1:36 P GMT-05
Religious Right fundamentalists are expected to go to the polls to vote for the McCain/Palin ticket in a few short weeks.  Their support of John McCain is decidedly tepid; they are voting against Barack Obama more than they are voting for John M

Life Imitating Fiction

Wednesday, 8 October 2008 12:10 P GMT-05
Oct-6 .. Posted in politics .. 1 comments .. Link Usually fiction imitates life, but in this case, it's the other way around. It seems as if the Republican ticket was taken from the cast of the cartoon TV show, "King of the Hill&qu
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Bitchy Kitty

Monday, 6 October 2008 3:57 P GMT-05
My female cat is twelve years old now.   And the older she gets, the more crotchety she becomes.She has a bad habit of perching on the narrow ledge of windows in the house; the place where the upper and lower windows meet.   She&#

The MASH Test

Sunday, 5 October 2008 11:36 A GMT-05
Your result for The MASH 4077 Test...Commanding OfficerYou scored 100 A true fan. You probably have seen every episode more times than you can count and still watch it in syndication or own it on vhs or dvd. Not much of anything slips by you

Political Double Standards

Saturday, 4 October 2008 1:03 A GMT-05
Since John McCain announced his choice of Sarah Palin as running mate, I've watched in both amazement and amusement as many Republicans have performed mental contortions in attempts to get on board with McCain's choice and support Palin. I al

Friday Ramble

Friday, 3 October 2008 12:43 P GMT-05
Scratchy throat. Check.   Watery eyes.  Check.  Nausea.  Check.   Sneezing.  Check.  Yep, I'm starting a cold.  I've gone through most of 2008 without having one, so I suppose I'm overdue.

Sarah Palin Joke

Thursday, 2 October 2008 2:08 P GMT-05
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Palin and her bid. The old rancher said, &

Useful Shit

Wednesday, 1 October 2008 12:44 P GMT-05
San Antonio, Texas plans to be the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.   The main byproduct of human waste is methane gas, which will soon be converted into


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