The Good: Personally I was happy to see someone actually start talking real figures.  Joe Biden made a concise point about the war in Iraq when he said that 3 weeks of funding in Iraq is the same amount of money for 1 year in Afghanistan.  Puts things into perspective. The fact that Palin repeatedly stated that she had no issue with the current ( Read more... )

Is worldwide cannabis prohibition coming to an end?why is it that the Brits always end up with the good ideas. Digressing, I think that it is a valid point of consideration. The UN function is to prevent and help resolve worldwide conflicts, and the international drug trade definitely funds worldwide conflicts. At the very least, I think its ( Read more... )

The Good: It was awesome seeing both candidates really go at each other regarding the issues of the current economic crisis and foreign policy.  I think that for the first time in this presidential race the battlegrounds have been set.  Obama clearly delineated the lower and the middle class as his weapon of choice, and McCain clearly showed that ( Read more... )

The other day I was watching Penn & Teller's Bullshit.  That particular episode was about the bullshit that surrounds world peace.   Essentially showing how so called "activists" are really in it to gain attention and make fools of themselves.  But the real substance of the episode was their idea of world peace can be achieved once we learn to just ( Read more... )

Why Were We in Vietnam?
Its articles like this that make me wonder why we still bother with the Cuba embargo. If we are willing to do business with the very government that we gave 58,000 lives to prevent from ruling, then why are we consistently denying Cuba to govern itself however it wishes.  For all we know it might be beneficial.  After all, ( Read more... )

http://www.newser.com/story/31245.html

I think in a way this just goes to illustrate the point that just about all aspects of our economy is affected by this energy crisis (which by the way is entirely driven by speculation).

Its been somewhat of a busy week. Between getting the house ready for my uncle to come visit and studying for tests. I can't complain, its what I wanted. I am however thrilled at the visit of my uncle Victor today. I don't often get to see him (there being 7000 miles between us and all) but it will be awesome to spend time with him. He was the ( Read more... )

You know, call me silly but I had assumed that certain excuses die out with old age. You would think that there are some excuses that are so well known, that their jerseys have been retired in the name of the new and bold excuse coming to the fore. However.....I would be wrong. Can I tell you dear reader, how many times I have heard some story ( Read more... )

For those of you whom are waiting for our hush money from the government as much as I am. Here is the scheduled pay dates for the 2008 Stimulus Package.

http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=180250,00.html

This week has been AWESOME. On Monday I started teaching at Beaver Ridge Elementary. So far i have taught Social Studies (YAY) and Science. I'm still amazed when you see the look in a child's eyes when knowledge is being deposited and free thought is happening. And the best part is that it doesn't even seem like work to me. I feel this way ( Read more... )