Then to top it off, Alan Greenspan says our deficits are unsustainable. Yeah, no shit. White House says Bush will cut the deficit in half by 2009, but at what price is my question. The repurcussions will be felt in our standard of living without question ( Read more... )

Ok, this is sad. Education and environmental programs will get hit HARD. The watershed and flood prevention one concerns me greatly because this is a problem that doesn't see much publicity. But we have a HUGE water problem in this country - we need more money and research directed here. The weather patterns getting more and more intense ( Read more... )

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=680&e=6&u=/usatoday/20050303/en_usatoday/rentthisspacebodiesdoubleasbillboards

Very strange.

Almost 400 bucks came out of my pocket today and into my mouth ( Read more... )

"Marvin Dunn, a historian and professor of psychology at Florida International University, said that blacks have traditionally had less money to pay for access to swimming lessons and pools. [This is an undemonstrated assertion that is typical of the excuses made for Blacks in every field where their performance is inferior to that of Whites. The ( Read more... )

What's the deal w/ blacks not being strong swimmers? Why can't we swim??? I've often thought it was related to body fat but then I realized that swimmers in general are VERY lean and don't have much body fat either. So it's not that. There's something else that makes us less prone to swimming than most other races that I know of. I'm very ( Read more... )

Does it matter anymore?

Protest all you want - it doesn't matter.
Disagree all you want - it won't change anything.

Bush will do what he damn well pleases and the masses will gladly follow, regardless of whether or not any of it makes sense.

"Fight the terrorists in Iraq so we don't have to fight them here!"

Sounds 100% logical to me. Just ( Read more... )

I can now add a 3rd movie to the list of movies that have made me cry ( Read more... )

That as the years progress, the ideal places to live will be as far away from the coast as possible.

My friend and ex-coworker Ni was almost killed by the Tsunamis in Thailand. I just found her cell number and called her up because I remembered her email saying she'd be vacationing in the south this month. First thing she said when I called was, "Jason, I almost died!" She was on a boat snorkeling with a group of foreigners when the waves came ( Read more... )