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Archive for February, 2009

I’m just tired of it all

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Author Unknown
I’m about to be homeless. I’m not scared. I know many very nice street people who can help me out. And I got my dog, and she will keep me safe. But the only thing I’m really not looking forward to is the cops waking me up everynight to ask me to move or [...]

Government mis-management

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The last Presidential Administration (Bush) appointed what they thought would be reasonable and intelligent management.
The Ames Research Center did not fare for well. We got ourselves something like a DRUNKARD ex-Brigadier General of the U.S. Air Force appointed as our new Center Director. Our new leader decided that his best course of action would be [...]

We are heading for major changes. A few thoughts and observations:

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

For some strange reason the digitizing of all medical records is being pushed, and was even mentioned by OBOMA last night. Get ready for your medical records to become Government Owned!
You want Universal Health Care… all your private medical conditions will no longer be private. Just let that sink in for a minute.
Our Major Banks [...]

White supremacist groups have gained traction

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Don Black said he despises Barack Obama. And he said he believes illegal aliens undermine the economic fabric of the United States.
Black, a 55-year-old former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, isn’t the only person who holds such firm beliefs, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which today released its annual hate group report.
The center’s [...]

TOP 20 ALL-TIME STUPID REPUBLICAN QUOTES

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

20. The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.” –Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on criticism of his management of the Iraq war
19. If you’ve seen one city slum, you’ve seen them all.– Spiro Agnew
18. A good many things creep around in the dark besides Santa Claus.–” Herbert Hoover, US President
17.”I [...]

Politicians need to rebuild our trust in government

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

The Republicans have spent most of the last forty years destroying trust in government, and thrived on it. Even their worst disasters – Watergate, Iran-Contra, and, um, the last eight years – fed into their core story of the dangers of government. In their telling, if a Republican was found corrupt, well, that’s a government [...]

This is why it’s so difficult to trust the government to investigate itself….

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Posted by Steve Newton
A leading human rights organization charges that, contrary to recent U.S. government reports that found prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, being treated humanely, they are in fact “deteriorating at a rapid rate” due to “harsh conditions that continue to this day, despite a few cosmetic changes to their routines.”
The Center for [...]

Congress Enacts Robust Whistleblower Protections to Prevent Fraud in Stimulus Spending

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Introduction
The economic stimulus bill passed by Congress on February 12, 2009 includes robust whistleblower protections to ensure that employees of private contractors and state and local governments can disclose waste, fraud, gross mismanagement or a violation of law related to stimulus funds. This article summarizes the key provisions of Senator McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) whistleblower protection [...]

12 year old speaks out on abortion.

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

I was nearly an abortion statistic

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Drew Nichter
Posted on Feb 16, 2009
EDITORS’ NOTE: Since the publication of this editorial in the Western Recorder, Drew Nichter and his wife have discovered, via a doctor’s use of ultrasound, that their unborn child does not appear to have Down syndrome. Baptist Press is reprinting the column here because of its strong pro-life message.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. [...]

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