The following conversation between my mom and my stepfather Ed occurred this past Saturday while we drove to a restaurant for breakfast in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
MOM: There's a pedestrian.
ED: I see it.
MOM: Stop sign.
ED: I [...]
Want to attack people who attacked you? Fine, it's self defense. Want to provide police support to protect the local population? No problem...you'll be rewarded with happy locals.
Want to convert the occupied population to another religion? Boy, you are asking for a world of hurt.
I DON'T CARE that some Christians [...]
Now...how many of you "filled in the bleeps" with something like "the F Bomb" or similarly scatological content? I did. However, we KNOW that the people in these videos didn't say what we put in their mouths....but it sure was easy to imagine, wasn't it?
My point is [...]
Now isn't this interesting... [...]
With the ultimate victory of Al Franken in Minnesota, the Democrats now have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
We live in very interesting times.
Specter's "conversion" was sparked by survival instincts...he faced a strong primary challenge for 2010. Now he'll [...]
In "The Irony of Satire: Political Ideology and the Motivation to See What You Want to See in The Colbert Report", Heather L. LaMarre, Kristen D. Landreville and Michael A. Beam, 3 graduate students, used statistical analysis for [...]
Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander stated recently, “So you’d think that if Democrats want to talk about energy and climate change and clean air, they’d put American-made nuclear power front and center. … We say find more American energy [...]
From his signing statement ratifying the UN Convention on Torture from 1984:
"The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention . It marks a significant step in the development during this century of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment [...]
President Obama unveiled his High Speed Rail Plan today.
This is a personal opinion...but I am betting we have actual, functioning High Speed Rail service between Madison and Milwaukee by 2012. Cross fingers, knock on wood...hope. [...]
Here is the Wikipedia entry for the number 666.
I often thought:
R-o-n-a-l-d W-i-l-s-o-n R-e-a-g-a-n...6-6-6...but I digress.
Here's Jim's winning comment from my Blog entry "(Some) Republicans Confuse Tyranny with LOSING":
"Locke...you may be correct but don't make comments like my facts are skewed [...]
Republicans...(not all, but I'm looking at you, Jim and Amy) you confuse tyranny with losing.
I can relate. As John Stewart said last night, "When the guy that you disagree with gets elected, he's probably going to do things you disagree with...
Like cut taxes [...]
Well, NO.
Enjoy the clip from TED, a great annual meeting of minds.
It looks to me like playing it cool, a la Obama, is the way to go with the Iranians.
Actual texts from online Christian fundamentalist forums criticizing evolution. WARNING: these religious folks sure like to drop the "F-Bomb", so beware. [...]
Someone in the moral position of the President of the United States should not be going on Leno and saying that his bowling score is "like something out of the Special Olympics".
We can be thankful that this poor [...]
Please, someone tell me why anyone would conclude differently, having heard that, upon arriving in Africa, the head of the Catholic Church said that condom use does not help with AIDS, and makes [...]
No Reason to Demonize U.S. Single-Payer Health
I've posted on this topic myself:
PARADIGM SHIFT: SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
NO UNREGULATED FREE MARKET ALTERNATIVE TO HEALTH INSURANCE
OK, Wing-Nuts (Amy, [...]
Reason and logic come to America!
I am so psyched...I mean, c'mon...how many of you want to have your friends and family following some 2000+ year-old mythology, where the deity-in-question likes his followers to sacrifice their sons or, barring any other opportunities, to sleep with one's own [...]
Clinton ignored calls for deficit reduction, did health care reform in private, and U.S. citizens said ENOUGH. In 1994, you had your chance.
And you blew it. Big-time.
You call government the enemy...and still try to "bring home the bacon" to your district or state.
You decry nation-building...so, what exactly [...]
Folks...we're going to get through this...the United States is both skilled...and fortunate.
Enjoy!
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I am "bullish" on the United States, and I have good reason to [...]
Presenting....the Rush Limbaugh Apologizer. [...]
I hate the fact that Obama opposes marriage for homosexuals.
I hate the fact that the Obama White House has agreed with Bush Administration policy regarding the rights of Afghani detainees...that is, that [...]
I haven't read the budget doc yet (that puts me in the same company as Congress), but it appears that President Obama is revealing his true self.
President Obama wants to invest in Health Care, Energy, and Education.
President Obama is concerned about Global Warming.
President Obama wants [...]
NOW...they've come out with the best hybrid sedan on the market...better than the Prius.
SCORE!
Check out the St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Hopes for bullet train from St. Paul to Chicago back on track".
We are starting to see how things are going to play out:
High Speed Rail Stimulus money: $8 [...]
I don't believe that there is a causal relationship between a small furry quadruped seeing its shadow and impacts on meteorology.
However, I DO believe that the movie "GroundHog Day" is excellent, and offers sage advice for everyone.
So after work, or school, today, watch [...]
In 1980, Reagan won the White House and Republicans won the Senate. The House also gave up some seats to the Republicans, but remained firmly in Democratic hands. Tip O'Neil, then Speaker of the House, saw how the country had voted...and worked with the Reagan Administration to get bills past.
Imagine [...]
Recently, I wrote about Abortion, obliquely referencing torture with respect to other opinions offered here on the Blogs of Living Lake Country (almost sounds like a subdivision...come, see the Blogs of Living Lake Country!).
Concluding that abortion does not imply the incarnation of evil only goes halfway [...]
The universe is indifferent.
There is no overarching principle, or set of principles, which guide human morality. Situational ethics, so despised by moral absolutists, are the norm. In fact, any Christian NOT obeying as many of the 613 commandments from the Old Testament as possible is a situational [...]
In addition to my fixation on Peter Jackson's masterpiece, "Dead Alive", and a current, unquenchable thirst for serious Gangster rap from the late 80s/early 90s, I find myself trolling through the stimulus package wordage for money for High Speed Rail, or [...]
Did Roberts flub the Oath? Yes, and from what I heard he was really, really embarrassed about it. I say, no harm, no foul, and a Do-Over was done, just in case of who-knows-what silly conspiracy theorist [...]
People can love this, or leave it...but I have to say that when a president sucks, he needs to be called on it.
Carter? Nice man, mediocre president. Nixon? Brilliant man, criminal. Reagan? Great Statesman, mediocre Head of Government. Clinton? Poor Head of State, Good Head of Government (no wisecracks, please...), [...]
Of course, with High Speed Rail running between Madison and Milwaukee, the train would be stopping in Lake Country...specifically, Oconomowoc.
Doyle pointed out [...]
The City of Oconomowoc is holding a
Public Meeting
Tuesday, January 13, 7pm
Olympia Resort
The City's notice of this meeting is here.
I, for one, would love Pabst Farms to [...]
In what is seen by some as a grand gesture, the President-Elect has been wooing both parties in Congress, Republican and Democrat, not only with phone calls and visits, but with policy statements as well.
It appears that the stimulus package to be sent to [...]
Stimulus or Bailout?
I would contend that it's a "stimulus" package if government money spent on a sector returns an investment to society...and it's a bailout if government money spent on a sector would have been better spent elsewhere...or not at all.
Hmm, let's see, what sectors of the economy [...]
This is a web page that is the "Home Page" for many State workers that deal directly with the executive, legislative or judicial branches.
As stated on "BadgerLaw.Net", the Wheeler Report "...is a legislative e-newsletter in publication [...]
I encourage everyone to go to
OLYMPIA RESORT (ILLINOIS ROOM)
1350 ROYALE MILE ROAD
to see a "Presentation/Discussion of the DDR/Pabst Farm’s Implementation of theTown Center General Development Plan for the Retail Center at Pabst Farms".
The public notice for this meeting is here.
An [...]
That's right....eggs. In 2001, during his inaugural procession to the White House, the limo within which the Bushes rode was pelted with eggs. If you want to read the news item from the New York Times from that period, click here.
So some guy throws his shoes at Bush [...]
Yep. That's ALL the news out of the Governor's Office.
Click here to visit the News Page for the Office of the Illinois Governor. Not surprisingly, no mention of [...]
The governor certainly doesn't seem fazed. In fact, you'd think he'd gotten a parking ticket, given [...]
