Nope, no pics yet
August 3rd, 2005Yesterday's attempt to email them to me, didn't work. So it looks like we'll all be waiting for the disc to come my way in the mail. Bummer.
In other mindless rambling news, I've finally updated what I'm reading, as I've finished HP & The Half Blood Prince and have put the socks from Knitting On The Road on hold. Bad bad democrat Carla, is finally getting around to reading Thomas Frank's commentary on his home state of Kansas and how its moved polar opposite from liberal to conservative in What's The Matter With Kansas?
Now I've never been to Kansas, and quite frankly nothing there draws my attention. But HOW Kansas became conservative (and rabidly conservative as it is now) intrigues me. Any state that says evolution has not proven itself to be a scientific theory (and therefor not worthy of textbooks), but wants to teach creationism, deserves some study itself. Dare I ask how many nuclear power plants there are in Kansas and if they've had any catastrophic leaks in the past few decades?
Ah well...there you have it. Today's mindless rambling, as I can't seem to concentrate on much else today. My head is swirling with more body counts out of Iraq, while the Dubya heads out on vacation, again. Perhaps he should trade in some of that vacation time and attend one or two soldier's funerals. We know he has the time to do it as hes broken records for the most vacation time taken of any president. Hell..I'd shut up if maybe Laura or one of his daughters showed up at one. Yeah, I know that won't happen....ever.
Around a year ago on this day..
- Hades Hot (again) - 2007
August 3rd, 2005 at 4:27 pm
I don’t think they said it was not a theory. It is. And there is the rub. It’s a theory. It’s not a fact. It cannot be proved by repeating the experiment. (Scientific facts must be provable, it’s part of the definition.) Nor can it be observed. the theory of intelligent design is just as realistic as evolution from a purely scientific viewpoint. So neither should be taught without the other
I think Kansas got rabidly conservative in response to liberals becoming more rabid, myself :P, and I have lived there. No nuclear facilities that know of
As for Bush. Sigh. he has visited soldiers in hospitals, he has visited them overseas. And he is not incommunicado in Crawford. Nor does he make the tax payers send him on exotic vacations. He just goes home.
August 3rd, 2005 at 8:08 pm
No, they indeed say there wasnt enough science to even call it a theory (??) But where is the evidence that creationism meets the same standard? Its bad enough including creationism in a public school. But if my kids were subjected to it, then I’d insist on evolution getting equal time! And we’d sort out the facts at home.
I honestly don’t know any rabid liberals. I know I’m not one, unless you count my absolute hate for George W. Bush and the rest of his criminal cronies. I wouldnt call that radical liberalism though.
As for Dubya visiting Walter Reed…I think hes done it once, MAYBE twice. The point is, he spends a lot of time at that ranch “on vacation”. In fact the big alarm prior to 9/11 was a memo he got while at the ranch….we can see how seriously he took that, right?
And again, if anyone is reading this and thinking we’re fighting LOL, we’re not. Cass is my favorite conservative. Despite her wingnut views..I love her to death
August 3rd, 2005 at 9:39 pm
Yeah, you moonbat, you! Holding bouncing baby, but I’ll be back to reply.
August 3rd, 2005 at 10:25 pm
Ok, from a strictly scientific viewpoint (we are discussing science, right, not religion?) then both *theories* are equally valid. Neither can be proven, therefore, neither meets the scientific definition if fact.
Now see, that is radical liberalism. Because Bush has done some good things. And Kerry had some good ideas.
But…”ya’ll” getting crazier and crazier. Shoving your wanton ideas down “our” throats. It’s always the “more”. I think I am not using words right. Do you understand what I am saying?
I really ……….it saddens me, the state we as a nation are in. The lines are so firmly drawn, I don’t see any way to really compromise anymore. The last time the country was so sharply divided, the result was the War of Northern Aggression (:P). Now, that’s a scary thought.
August 4th, 2005 at 7:45 am
So Bush has done some good things? I would argue that. IF he’s done anything good, the bogus war, a country obliterated, 2000 dead American soldiers, our integrity abroad, our economy destroyed, our environment and its problems not being taken seriously, (and I could go on) have all paid the price.
My hatred for the man is nothing new. I hated him before the 2000 election. I recall specific discussions with my dad, the old school republican about how if he won, we’d end up in Iraq. All of us knew it. Now my dad, the old school republican agrees with me.
Speaking of which. The administration and the drums of war with him are singing a new song about the “war on terra”. Funny that all sounds so familiar. Geez I wonder why? OH…its because its exactly what Kerry was saying last fall prior to the election!
As usual..when public opinion goes down, they change their tune. About the only people that stay on his side are the social conservatives that still think its more important to own an assault rifle than for this country to have a living wage!
Its all about priorities. Bush’s priorities have never had the average American near the top of the list. Its all about special interests and big business (err..those who wrote the checks to fund his election)
And..what “wanton ideas” do you speak of? And what makes us “crazy”?
I also get frustrated by the clear divide. But I don’t think its the left’s fault. I think the right has spent a considerable amount of time pitting one side agains the other purely on social issues.
I do know one thing though, I’m not a person who can’t be bargained with. I’m not anti republican…period. Like I’ve said, at one point you could have considered me a very conservative democrat. But Bush is a person whos ideas I will never accept. McCain? Great republican. In fact what Bush and Rove did to him in the GOP primaries in 2000 helped me hate Bush even more. But the neoconservative, pro war, rule the world agenda is not good for anyone but Halliburton’s bottom line.
August 4th, 2005 at 9:06 am
I did not say it was anybody’s fault. economy improving. new environment thing http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/08/03/beyond-kyoto-effective-work-sans-the-un/
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