Open Letter To Congress

Dear Congress,

The United States has more people in prison than any other country. We’re in debt nearly 9 trillion dollars. We have the second worst newborn death rate in the modern world. 2/3rds of young Americans can’t find Iraq on a map. The dollar is falling, falling, falling. Iraq is a mess. Our 15 year olds rank 24 out of 38 in mathematics and 26 of 38 in problem solving. We’re the fattest nation in the world! Hello, Iran? The number of uninsured Americans continues to rise. We haven’t found Osama bin Laden.. and yet,Congress is focusing its power and efforts on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Seriously?

And you wonder why the vast majority of Americans disapprove of the job you’re doing. [“Dear Congress” (Audacity)]

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Tags: Congress, Iraq, Gay Rights, Iran, Osama bin Laden, national debt, stupid

Don’t Hate Me But…

• I don’t care who’s flag you’re flying…I swear I don’t care if you feel the need to fly the Mexican flag, the American flag, or the Confederate flag on your flagpole.  Mostly I’m tired of people complaining about what people should be flying or what it means or who it’s insulting.

  What kills me is that all of those people who are demanding that the American flag be honored above all others don’t seem to care that no one seems to bother taking them down every night or in bad weather anymore.  There are hundreds of those dirty tattered little car
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  Tags: Dixie Chicks, Gay Rights, GOP

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World Power

No, not that kind of world power…

O.K. First, I gotta thank Big Dog. Last night I checked my HP power adapter that came with the laptop and it does read 110-220, so I’m good there. I don’t need a power converter, just a plug adapter since it’s a 3-prong.

Now, I’m trying to decide if I want to invest in the Kensington 33117 International Plug Adapter but Meg and Peter seem to be recommending
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Tags: electricity, travel, UK, England

Quote of the Day: On Competent Government

“Americans aren’t looking for big government or small government, liberal government or conservative government. They’re looking most of all for competent government.”
– Senator Ted Kennedy

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More Women Brainiacs But Still Less Dough

According to a new 379-page report released yesterday, women “now earn the majority of diplomas in fields men used to dominate — from biology to business — and have caught up in pursuit of law, medicine, and other advanced degrees.”

Federal statistics released yesterday show women now also earn the majority of bachelor’s degrees in business, history, and biological and social sciences . The same is true for traditional strongholds such as education and psychology.

And in disciplines where women trail men, they are gaining ground, earning larger numbers of degrees in math, physical sciences, and agriculture. [“Degreewise, women
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Tags: Women's Rights

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Weekend Movie Reviews

So, I watched probably way too many movies over the weekend…and you get the benefit of my opinions on the subject. I put the DVDs in my 5 disc-changer in no particular order and basically pressed play, so there was no rhyme or reason to the order of how I watched what except the last which I watched on the We channel last night.

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Tags: movies, Audrey Hepburn, Diane Keaton, Netflix

Quote of the Day: On Change

“The more things change, the more they remain… insane.”
– Michael Fry and T. Lewis

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Why Outsourcing To Foreign Countries Is Bad

Me to HP tech support: I’m going on a trip in a few weeks to the UK and I would like to be sure that when I go that I have the correct equipment to be able to plug in my HP laptop while I’m there. Is the current power supply that came with the notebook enough or do I need to purchase some converter?

Tech Support (with Indian accent): So is the problem that when you turn it on, you are not seeing anything at all?

I’m not making this up. This is exactly how the conversation went with
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Tags: HP, UK, travel, England, outsourcing

The Orange Man

Tags: Pug, the puppy, photo

What Will People Think Of Next?

• If you are feeling a bit cynical these days about the State of the Union and you’re a bit of a smart ass like me — not to mention you find that it’s always fun and game at airport security for you no matter what anyway, try this out. You can purchase a copy of the First Ten Amendments to the Constitution of the United States printed on both sides of a sturdy, pocket-sized pieces or metal and next time you travel by air, take the Bill of Rights - Security Edition along with you so when
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  Tags: Patriot Act

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Stomach Acid & Pink Eye

When it rains, it pours.

No, really. It’s pouring down rain here in Portland today. It’s sad and gloomy. Bleh. Kind of matches how I’m feeling too.

The doctor had me go off of the Prevacid cold turkey to see if I’m any better. I’m not. I can’t have any more until she checks me out on the 16th. My hiatal hernia symptoms came back immediately. I feel nauseated all of the time from the time I wake up until I go to bed and I’m not look forward to the idea of waking
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Tags: wellness, pink eye, acid reflux, hiatial hernia, Prevacid, aloe vera juice

Quote of the Day: On Dictatorship Vs. Democracy

“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.”
– Charles Bukowski

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