The Tea Partiers are not smart enough to realize how they are being used by the real power in the Republican Party. Tea Party believers/supporters actually expect to have an impact on decisions and votes, if they can get their candidates into Congress. Dream on, folks. The real power lies...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/health/26essay.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage A good article for both men and women to read, by Deborah Tannen, a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and the author of “You Were Always Mom’s Favorite! Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their...
Rally for a RETURN TO SANITY -- It's About Time!!!
I watched the Rally on C-Span today -- what a wonderful contrast to the Glenn Beck craziness! Over 100,000 people gathered in Washington to show their support for a Return to Sanity in politics and in our daily lives. They were joined by Americans in many cities all over the country, as well as...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Touching Jon Stewart video -- made right after 9/11/01
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/29/rally-to-restore-sanitys-_6_n_776299.html...
THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IS NEVER ADDRESSED
It's humorous and sad at the same time to consider that we earthlings think of ourselves as an "advanced civilization," when we are, in most every way, extremely primitive in our attitudes and actions. Because we have not evolved beyond childish egocentric behavior, we continually backslide during...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
I'm Sorry I Was a Bigot -- a Good Article
A worthwhile message from a man who allowed his mind to open... REPENTANCE OF AN ANTI-GAY BIGOT By Mark Osler http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-osler/repentance-of-an-antigay-_b_772891.html ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Can meditation change your brain? Surprising answer
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/26/can-meditation-change-your-brain-contemplative-neuroscientists-believe-it-can/?hpt=C2 I believe meditation can change your brain for the better. Having meditated for many years, I can say from my own experience that I feel calmer and more peaceful inwardly...
Scary Colorado Republican Tea Party candidate doesn't believe in separation of church and state
NEAT, ISN'T IT, HOW VIDEO HAS CAPTURED THE REAL BELIEFS OF SOME OF THE TEA PARTY CANDIDATES? THIS ONE, KEN BUCK OF COLORADO, DISAGREES WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE CONSTITUTION. THIS POSES AN INTERESTING DILEMMA FOR THOSE VOTERS WHO CALL THEMSELVES CONSTITUTIONALISTS AND WHO (at least up till...
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Bush: A President the Dittoheads Love (Yuk!)
YES, THERE ARE SOME IN OUR COUNTRY--THOSE WHO WATCH FOX NEWS RELIGIOUSLY--WHO WILL TELL YOU BUSH WAS A GREAT PRESIDENT. THEY ARE THE SAME ONES WHO REVERE RONALD REAGAN. THERE'S NO REASONING WITH THAT KIND OF BELIEF SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
INTERESTING: Jane Austen couldn't spell -- had erratic grammar
She's renowned for her precise, exquisite prose, but new research shows Jane Austen was a poor speller and erratic grammarian who got a big helping hand from her editor. Read about it at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/23/entertainment/main6984966.shtml?tag=stack Austen's handwritten...
Friday, October 22, 2010
Pilot refuses full body scan -- I AGREE WITH HIM
http://abcnews.go.com/US/pilot-refuses-full-body-scan-sees-rights-violation/story?id=11942279 Idiocy has replaced sanity in our world today. Fear has brought about these naked body scanners that add more radiation to those enduring them. The alternative to having your naked body revealed to...
My oh My -- Ginny Thomas has reopened a can of worms
I wonder if Clarence is speaking to her these days? These Tea Party women are not the sharpest knives in the drawer, that's for sure, and by her actions Ginny Thomas has proven that once again. Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell, Michelle Bachman and Sharron Angle, move over and make room for your sister! ...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Virgina and Clarence Thomas: Fodder for the Comedians
Shouts & Murmurs: Three Things to Do When Clarence Thomas’s Wife Calls You Posted by Andy Borowitz The New Yorker Magazine Like many Americans, over the past several years I have been the recipient of multiple unwelcome voicemails...
The Incredible Chutzpah of ClarenceThomas' wife
Virginia Thomas, the wife of Clarence Thomas, out of the blue called Anita Hill the other day -- and asked her to "APOLOGIZE" for telling the TRUTH about Thomas's sexual harassment of Hill almost twenty years ago. No one should be surprised at this brazen move by Virginia Thomas...she is a Tea...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Rachel Maddow -- sanity amidst insanity
Click on headline below to watch Wise Woman Rachel's clear explanation about right-wingnuts running for office and their spurious claims and rants against the Democrats. The Rachel Maddow Segment You Must Not Miss By karoli In this segment, Rachel Maddow does the following: Lays waste...
Obama versus the Loonies
The Loonies are among us -- and they're running several candidates of their breed. Just look at Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, and Carl Paladino. Rational people would say these candidates are seriously mentally disabled and belong in the loony bin. As a rational human being,...
Monday, October 18, 2010
Great video -- Jon Stewart explaining Glenn Beck and "dangerous progressivism"
I love Jon Stewart! Get ready for the laughs! Watch the video on this site: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/18/rally-to-restore-sanitys-_2_n_766787.html ...
Lazy Rich People by Mary Shaw
Those who have, want more and they don't care about those who have not. Thus, they will elect the same kind of sociopathic politicians in this voting round as we had to endure in power from 2000-2008. Enormous amounts of money are pouring into the Republican campaigns...
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Ricky Ray Rector of Presidents
by David Michael Green I wholeheartedly agree with Green, one of the very few columnists/analysts who sees the political scene perfectly clearly. Oh my god. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. This is far worse than I thought. I've been struggling to understand...
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