There is quite a full range for believing and promoting the importance of organized religion from non participation with total lack of concern along with atheism at one extreme and fervent adherence to a religion at the other extreme. What should be realized by all is that religion is a comfort mechanism. It is not an absolute. It is in the mind and not based in any reality except when the mind thinks it is so.
The Orange County Register (Calif), reports (Nov.1, 2012, News 8) that Romney would do better than Obama at breaking the logjam in Washington. The difference was ten percent. I believe that news reports have revealed that the Tea Party, a right side wing nuts of the GOP party, decided on the political tactic to obstruct, stop any cooperation with the Democrats. What might this suggest of the people participating in the pole? I might suspect stupid.
Any political party in one’s mind is evaluated by many criteria and obviously some are more important than others. If you talk to any individual they typically chose one principal point that they feel most important as an election issue. In this election many people feel that the economy is the most important issue but not all. When you talk to individuals from different ethnic groups you might hear that immigration issues seem more important than the economy. Many women…
Just prior to receiving my copy of The Party Is Over. How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted by Mike Lofgren, Penguin Publishing. I was having lunch with a friend, I will call Mike. I asked him why the American public fails to change their view of the GOP. Why do vast numbers of Americans still vote Republican? He came back with what I calculate to be a very good answer. He said that…
Following is a very interesting music video. ONLY GOP and Tea Party people may watch this. Credits: A Political Parody Soloists (In alphabetical order) Christina Saffran Ashford David Burnham David Engel Kim Huber Damon Kirsche Jennifer Shelton Sean Smith Chorus (In alphabetical order) Emma Ashford Matt Ashford Takako Gregg Mason Keane Paula Nichols Keane William Martinez Ali B Olmo Johnny Pastor Bubba Dean Rambo Flora Rubenhold Terri Yates Musical Director Ray Colcord Music Produced by Ray Colcord &…
While and after reading the Orange County Register, Sunday, August 12, 1012 article by Mark Steyn. Steyn: America turning into Europe? We should be so lucky. I felt that the reporter was making statements that were pretty outrageous. Here is the second portion of my views of this newspaper opinion piece. Mark Steyn made the following claim. Obama does not “create” jobs, he creates disabled people: In the same period as 2.6 million Americans signed on with new…
While and after reading the Orange County Register, Sunday, August 12, 1012 article by Mark Steyn. Steyn: America turning into Europe? We should be so lucky. I felt that the reporter was making statements that went counter to my own readings. I decided to checking upon some of the “facts” in the article. Following is an article quote: Obama has added $5 trillion to the national debt, and has nothing to show for it. There are two statements within…
The technical and production aspects of NBC 2012 Olympics coverage was most impressive – very professional. But, the dunderheads that set the programming schedule were way deficient if not dragging their knuckles across the floor. I could not see any reason to wait until 8PM to view “live” coverage (West coast California). We all know by now that live means “live” for NBC because of their insisting on providing tape delay. I equate tape delay as “cover your ass” ploy…
At the very end of my installation process for upgrading my laptop to Mountain Lion I suddenly found that my mouse cursor on my computer screen had an annoying black box associated with it. My son helped me determine that the installation defaulted with a system preference set incorrectly. If you find you have a black box following your mouse cursor all over the computer screen just go to System Preferences (top left corner of your computer screen and select…
“Close to half of U.S. households currently do not owe federal income tax.” How accurate is this statement? This statement is cited as evidence, typically by Republicans, that lower income families do not pay their fair share of income taxes. This viewpoint is flawed because it specifies income tax. There are other forms of taxation. Let us list them one by one and see who pays and at what rate. Income Tax The recession of 2008 and beyond has vastly…