There is pending legislation in the House and Senate (twin bills: S 89 and HR 163) which will time the program's initiation so the draft can begin at early as Spring 2005 - just after the 2004 presidential election. The administration is quietly trying to get these bills passed now, while the public's attention is on the elections, so our action on ( Read more... )

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"4 And a third time Reagan said unto Bush 'President, let my people go', and Bush did not let his people go unto the Promised Land of Canada, the land of gravy and cheese, for his heart was hard ( Read more... )

Even though I really liked the movie, this was fun... :-P ( Read more... )

However, I was unable to locate the waffle iron (and didn't really want to mess with it anyway). So, I made pancakes instead. Well, I tried to, that is ( Read more... )

Now, corrective cosmetic surgery is different. Say someone gets into a horrible car accident or is in a massive fire, causing disfiguring of their body. For that, I suppose I can see reason for cosmetic surgery to be done. Or perhaps a woman is required to have a breast removed due to cancer and would like an implant put in to replace it. That ( Read more... )

Some articles I found on the net (I did not write these and these are not the entire articles, only portions ( Read more... )

They keep me sane. Or... Maybe that should read insane... And, with such having been said, I now present to you the following convo. Enjoy. :-P ( Read more... )

Well, I just read today that two other dog breeds will soon be accepted into the American Kennel Club (AKC). Both the Neopolitan Mastiff (Neo) and the Russian Black Terrior (RBT) are to be given AKC recognition as of July 1st, 2004. Now, some of you may be thinking, "oh, that's nice, now they will have more publicity and will be able to ( Read more... )

Despite all this sickness and pain in the world... and the fact that humans never cease to tire me with their acts of torment and suffering... there are good things in the world too. Like quizzes. :-P


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