2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,100 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 52 trips to carry that many people.

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Romney’s Son Jokes About the President’s Birth Certificate

Okay, I admit I have made a few jokes about our president’s birth certificate. But, I am not running for office nor are any of my relatives. For the full article please click here.

Kathy and Al Moore Wedding Pictures

Two of the three wedding albums are available at CircleCityNews.org

Which One is Hitler, Hank?

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.’s classic intro song from its broadcast of Monday night’s NFL game after the country singer famous for the line ”Are you ready for some football?” used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama. I wonder if the country radio stations are going to ban Hank Williams, Jr. for criticizing the president (in a time of war) like they did when the Dixie Chicks criticized President Bush?

So, President Obama, the radical, Black, Kenyan, Muslim, terrorist, witch doctor is Hitler? Hank, perhaps you should stick to singing because whatever point you were trying to make…you missed it. By the way, I know you’re not racist. You just like waving the confederate flag and fantasizing about the good ol’ days when slavery was legal and the South was free of Northern aggression.

FOX News PAC Plays Victims

I watched FOX News PAC’s cable propaganda show this morning for about an hour.  I was surprised to watch every other story concerning them/their viewers being the victim of the government.

Here are some examples of their news stories.  Government teacher calls Tea Party leader a Nazi, government college suppressing Christian religion, President Obama attacking the American people, government War on Salt….  

I have to give it to them. They know it plays well with their core audience.  I wonder how well thier audience would receive every other story about racism in America?  Would they say Blacks are playing the race card? Or, playing the victim?

The Pro-Life Party?

During last night’s Republican debate some Tea Baggers cheered approval that the uninsured in America should die if they cannot afford medical treatment. This is a stunning reaction from a party that prides itself in being pro-life and wanting to end the Constitutional Right to an abortion.

I have a hypothetical. What if an uninsured mother is so poor she cannot afford to have a child. Should she be allowed to have an abortion or just try and deliver the child on her own?

Ron Paul’s response that he practiced medicine back when church’s took care of medical costs is a Stone Age response. Will the church take care of my medical costs if I’m not a member? I know their are church’s struggling to pay their bills but yet they are going to pay for everyone’s medical bills? What church and where is the church getting their money?

Are members willing to pay the medical costs for someone they do not know, who is not a member of their church, who has no medical insurance and who lives recklessly? Where is that church because I want to join!

Happy Patriot Day!

I hope everyone took time to remember 9/11/01.

Does the Government Really Create Jobs?

Yes, but Republicans argue that the government does not create job and it is only the private sector that creates jobs. So I guess people employed by the government do not have real jobs. What about private businesses the government hires for construction, security, food service and other services? Are those not jobs? Or, what about the private businesses the government buys computers, chairs, vehicles and other equipment from? If the government stopped buying and hiring these businesses then the people employed there would not have jobs.

Another argument Republicans make is President Obama (i.e., the government) is at fault for not creating jobs. Well, how can he be responsible for creating jobs if the argument is the government cannot create jobs?

I am convinced any jobs plan President Obama puts forth this Thursday the Republicans will reject. They act like the only job they are focused on is beating President Obama.

TOP 5: Greek cuisine. (via TOP FIVE)

Yummy food pictures!

It's late at night on a Monday morning, and I'm feeling homesick. Here is the result. 1. Vinegar marinated octopus served with caper buds and black olives.2. Taverna dessert: Creamy yoghurt with a dollop of quince preserve. 3. Fat, fresh tomatoes that smell like real tomatoes. 4. A typical taverna spread. (Yes, we eat chips.) 5. Perfectly seasoned kebab meat on a thick, warm pita. p.s. Have you heard about the COLLECTIVE 5 project? It's a weekly … Read More

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Indiana Lawmakers Discuss the Right to Resist Police

Justice David of the Indiana Supreme Court

An Indiana summer study committee is discussing an Indiana State Supreme Court ruling from earlier this year involving the right to resist police entry into one’s home. Please click here for more details.