Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Sunday, October 12
Tuesday, October 7
I <3 Tina Fey (and more)
The video has embedding disabled, but watch it - funny stuff!! Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
Oh, and in case you missed the Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin, here are a few of the "highlights"...
Oh, and in case you missed the Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin, here are a few of the "highlights"...
Thursday, January 24
John Gibson... What a jerk
Check this out.
How pathetic. Another Fred Phelps... just what the world needs.
Hear MSNBC's response here.
How pathetic. Another Fred Phelps... just what the world needs.
Hear MSNBC's response here.
Sunday, January 20
Reply to Anon Comment
"Does it not make anyone think twice about having a Muslim run a primarily Christian country? The values and morals are completely different between the two religions and should'nt be intertwined together. I am not racist, his color is not what I have a problem with. It is his beliefs and morals. Research this man a little more, you will find that he is a corrupt individual, not someone who should be running the country you and I live in. Correct me if I am wrong, but most Muslim countries have a serious problem with us.....and he is Muslim?? hhhmmm........ "
Well, I do have a few thoughts:
1. Barak Obama isn't a Muslim. He is a Christian - his dad (who left when Barak was about 2 was Muslim - Barak was raised in a Christian household and is a member of a Church of Christ Church in Chicago). Also, just so this is crystal clear, whether or not Barak was a Muslim wouldn't necessarily keep me from voting for him if I agreed with his position on the issues that are important to me - I haven't chosen a candidate that I can say I'm voting for yet, I'm still weighing my options...
2. All the candidates are corrupt in one way or another, you won't find a perfectly innocent person run for office in this day and age.
3. Christianity and Islam both trace their roots to Abraham (Judaism). Over time they have evolved differently, following different paths and adopting different rules...
I'm not going to argue religion on here, because that's not what my site is all about, but, I can tell you two things with absolute certainty:
1. I live for tolerance. There are few things that disappoint me more than people judging others, especially when they are making this judgment based on faith-based reasoning. We aren't here on this earth to make those judgments and make those calls, last I heard God had that job.
2. All religions have faults and skeletons in the closet - and they aren't hard to uncover if you look with open eyes. Its just hard for most people to accept that their chosen religion could have a less than spotless past.
Well, I do have a few thoughts:
1. Barak Obama isn't a Muslim. He is a Christian - his dad (who left when Barak was about 2 was Muslim - Barak was raised in a Christian household and is a member of a Church of Christ Church in Chicago). Also, just so this is crystal clear, whether or not Barak was a Muslim wouldn't necessarily keep me from voting for him if I agreed with his position on the issues that are important to me - I haven't chosen a candidate that I can say I'm voting for yet, I'm still weighing my options...
2. All the candidates are corrupt in one way or another, you won't find a perfectly innocent person run for office in this day and age.
3. Christianity and Islam both trace their roots to Abraham (Judaism). Over time they have evolved differently, following different paths and adopting different rules...
I'm not going to argue religion on here, because that's not what my site is all about, but, I can tell you two things with absolute certainty:
1. I live for tolerance. There are few things that disappoint me more than people judging others, especially when they are making this judgment based on faith-based reasoning. We aren't here on this earth to make those judgments and make those calls, last I heard God had that job.
2. All religions have faults and skeletons in the closet - and they aren't hard to uncover if you look with open eyes. Its just hard for most people to accept that their chosen religion could have a less than spotless past.
Friday, January 18
Some info on Barak
I should say first of all that I'm not necessarily a supporter of Barak (not necessarily against him either though - I'm undecided at this point between Barak and Hillary), but these two issues came up this week, and I wanted to further research to learn more and thought I would share.
- Barak Obama is not a Muslim, he is a member of the Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ:
- Barak Obama doesn't always put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem (This information is spreading like wildfire through an email. Read the source info below, it explains how this "rule-breaker" is becoming more and more acceptable in today's society)
Monday, October 8
Since I'm up Anyway...
Dorothy wanted to know of some places she could watch some movies online. So here you go! (I will post more as I find them, so don't think this is the only post I'll have with links to documentaries)
Dorothy asked me what a W in a circle with a slash through it meant today and it only took a second before I realized what she was talking about.
Anti Bush
I'm thinking I should add this little gem to my own website, too. :-)
- First, which I've mentioned before, you should watch Sicko! You can find this on YouTube by doing a search for "sicko sottotitoli". It's in 10 parts approx 10 min each. (If you can't find it, tell me I'll email it to you)
- "The Permaculture Concept" Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Dorothy asked me what a W in a circle with a slash through it meant today and it only took a second before I realized what she was talking about.
Anti Bush
I'm thinking I should add this little gem to my own website, too. :-)
Monday, October 1
Gone all political...
I've NEVER cared about politics... Not in the least. I've only voted once in my life, in the 1994 election - when I turned 18.
BUT - after all the information I've come across in the last month, I'm becoming more and more interested in what is going on in the world around us. I've seen SiCKO, watched Zeitgeist, many MANY YouTube videos regarding the 2008 presidential candidates, read books about mercury in vaccines we give BY LAW to our kids and the effects (known and unknown) this is having on them, read about Autism and lack of funding for research. Also to come full circle from Autism to Michael Moore and healthcare - Autism, Asperger's Syndrom, ADD/ADHD, PDD-NOS and MANY other disorders are considered "pre-existing conditions" and you can't get coverage if you have it. Did you know that? I didn't...
And now with Bush trying to increase the military budget for the War in Iraq?? **sigh** I'm so disgusted with the government in this country...
"This is all a matter of priorities: the cost of Iraq, US$333 million a day. The cost of [National Healthcare], US$19 million a day," Representative Edward Kennedy said.source
Why?? Why do the people in government (who already get FREE "socialized" healthcare) seem to ignore the fact that there are things in THIS country that need to be taken care of before we go spending BILLIONS on another country's people? I don't understand that logic at all.
Here is an interesting article - go read it!
And here is an interesting video of Ron Paul - here is a great quote from this video about our involvement in Iraq (among other things):
(Oh, and don't think I'm 100% behind Ron Paul because I'm not... I disagree with a few of his stances on issues.)
You show me the candidate who will work for better (free?) healthcare, is pro-choice, supports gay marriage, willing to increase pay for police, willing to legalize medical marijuana, interested in pulling troops out of Iraq ASAP, open to the idea of releasing non-violent drug offenders from prison, willing to allocate more funds to education, interested in producing vehicles that run on alternate fuel sources, willing to put someone in charge of Katrina clean up/restoration that actually cares, cares about the environmental issues (global warming, pollution, potable water supply, etc), respects 2nd ammendment (but realizes that automatic weapons aren't necessary for normal population to own), has good ideas for immigration, and willing to cut tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas, then that's the person I'll vote for! :-)
BUT - after all the information I've come across in the last month, I'm becoming more and more interested in what is going on in the world around us. I've seen SiCKO, watched Zeitgeist, many MANY YouTube videos regarding the 2008 presidential candidates, read books about mercury in vaccines we give BY LAW to our kids and the effects (known and unknown) this is having on them, read about Autism and lack of funding for research. Also to come full circle from Autism to Michael Moore and healthcare - Autism, Asperger's Syndrom, ADD/ADHD, PDD-NOS and MANY other disorders are considered "pre-existing conditions" and you can't get coverage if you have it. Did you know that? I didn't...
And now with Bush trying to increase the military budget for the War in Iraq?? **sigh** I'm so disgusted with the government in this country...
"This is all a matter of priorities: the cost of Iraq, US$333 million a day. The cost of [National Healthcare], US$19 million a day," Representative Edward Kennedy said.source
Why?? Why do the people in government (who already get FREE "socialized" healthcare) seem to ignore the fact that there are things in THIS country that need to be taken care of before we go spending BILLIONS on another country's people? I don't understand that logic at all.
Here is an interesting article - go read it!
And here is an interesting video of Ron Paul - here is a great quote from this video about our involvement in Iraq (among other things):
What would we say if China was doing this here or in the Gulf of Mexico? We would be objecting! We need to look at what we do from the perspective of what would we do if someone were doing it to us?
(Oh, and don't think I'm 100% behind Ron Paul because I'm not... I disagree with a few of his stances on issues.)
You show me the candidate who will work for better (free?) healthcare, is pro-choice, supports gay marriage, willing to increase pay for police, willing to legalize medical marijuana, interested in pulling troops out of Iraq ASAP, open to the idea of releasing non-violent drug offenders from prison, willing to allocate more funds to education, interested in producing vehicles that run on alternate fuel sources, willing to put someone in charge of Katrina clean up/restoration that actually cares, cares about the environmental issues (global warming, pollution, potable water supply, etc), respects 2nd ammendment (but realizes that automatic weapons aren't necessary for normal population to own), has good ideas for immigration, and willing to cut tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas, then that's the person I'll vote for! :-)
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