After a bit of thought I have decided that the banking/finance industry is one of the big problems in this country today. There are numerous areas where this industry has supplanted organized crime as some of the biggest thieves in the nation. On top of that they have managed to do it with the blessings of our government which has obligingly made ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

not that anyone particularly wants my opinion.. but you know me... I must express it... And I know everyone will be better off for hearing it... (well... maybe anyway ( Read more... )

well.. I went and voted today... There were several Libertarian candidates that I voted for... of course they won't win... And then I voted all anti incumbant... yep throw them all out.. I am hoping to see the libertarians pull a larger than normal percentage... I can hope ( Read more... )

well.. life goes on... Looking forward to the beer festival Saturday... Weather.com says it should be a nice day... sunny and mild... slightly cool but not for me.... and on top of that I'm not driving there... yeah ( Read more... )

So today I had a realization. I sat back as I drove to work and considered the situation in this country of illegal immigration, the economy, the numbers that say we are at virtually full employment, apparent relatively low inflation for some time... and what should be a thriving population... I mean look at all those $500K neighborhoods popping ( Read more... )

What can I say about this?

russell copeland --

[adjective]:

Benevolent to a fault

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It is hard to believe that it has been five years since 9/11. I still recall the gut wrenching feeling I had when I realized what the event meant and what other events it had set in motion. Today we still see those events playing out. It makes me sad and angry.

There is so much I could say about this year's D*Con. Everything is positive. Everyone was fantastic. It was exactly the break from my regular life that I needed ( Read more... )

I just watched a new History Channel show on the Mayan calender and they discussed in depth the cycles that it represents and the astrological events that coincide with the cycles of the calender. The most disturbing is the fact that there is supposed to be an end on Dec 21, 2012. The date is specific and coincides with the cycle of the Earth ( Read more... )