"This is very similar to what I have seen in the communist dictatorship in the Soviet Union .... What is next? They will throw me in FEMA GULAG? I hope each and every citizen of this country rises against this tyranny. I will be seeking all means of redress available to me by law. I will be seeking Rule 11 discovery to prove that Obama is indeed ( Read more... )

"This is a dangerous world and this cat isn't remotely qualified to handle it. This guy has no clue, I promise you." - former President George W. Bush on then-candidate Barack H. Obama according to his speech writer, Matt Latimer.

Wow.  Just... wow.

Senator Edward Kennedy is dead, and so is his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver.  The original Camelot is gone, and it cannot be a worse time: health care reform, THE cause of Teddy's life, is teetering on the brink, despite huge Democratic majorities in Congress and a Democratic President of sufficient caliber to get things done.  And then you get ( Read more... )

"The discoveries of healing science must be the inheritance of all. That is clear. Disease must be attacked, whether it occurs in the poorest or the richest man or woman simply on the ground that it is the enemy; and it must be attacked just in the same way as the fire brigade will give its full assistance to the humblest cottage as readily as to ( Read more... )

"Republicans were unhappy with the $1.2 billion cut to the state’s prison system - a 12 percent decrease over the prior year - and Democrats were angry about cuts to education and social programs." - from an article in the New York Times

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A while back I wondered if my obvious geekiness could ever be successfully melded with my strong desire to Rock It Like It's Going Out of Style (tm).  Behold: Blind Guardian's Nightfall in Middle Earth.  No no, folks, it's not a Power Metal version of Lord of the Rings.  That would be geeky, yet not geeky enough.  This, ladies and gentlemen of the ( Read more... )

Within days we got three high-profile deaths: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.  The reaction of my generation was very interesting.  "Ed Who?"  "Farrah?  I think I know who she is... from ... somewhere..."  "OMG!  MJ dead!  OMG ( Read more... )

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