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Happy Easter

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Blog’s on hiatus until Monday…new posts at least.

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Saline Sorrow…the Stingy Kind

Fungal Keratitis – Take a peek at this mess I had this happen to me more times than I can even remember.  Blasting through soft contact lenses in half the time they’d normally last, while using the enzyme tablets to … Continue reading

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Thank God!

Outsourcing saves less than claimed (Reuters) – Outsourcing of information technology and business services delivers average cost savings of 15 percent, a survey found on Thursday, disproving market claims that outsourcing can reduce costs by over 60 percent. After professional … Continue reading

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Today

It occurs to me that not only haven’t I been writing and posting often enough, but the standard topics I do feel compelled to write about don’t really matter to me at all.  Do I bleed from the heart whenever … Continue reading

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Free Free Free!!!

I’m not sure who’d be interested, but I recently finished an enormous download (11.7GB) of Phil Lesh and Friends – Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, John Molo, Rob Barraco – Beacon Theater, NYC – 10/9/00 They open with Imagine…as it would … Continue reading

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Leaking in a “Responsible Fashion”

If the end result is a mess like this, then someone leaked inappropriately. Perhaps Libby was put out on a raft at the end of the boat, tied to a long rope, a sacrifice to the gods. Somehow believing this … Continue reading

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Being Bill Cosby – 4/6/2006

I’m never in doubt when it comes to this man’s sincerity, and he’s not a politician…he is an icon of about a decade’s worth of family TV habits, both white and black homes.  If watched by a sixteen year old … Continue reading

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Brian J. Doyle, Deputy Press Secretary, Homeland Security

As Walter Soucheck would say, “he’s a pederass”.  Busted for all the nasty things he typed and porno movie files he sent to an undercover agent pretending to be a 12 year old girl.  Funny thing about this, and something … Continue reading

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Military to Society: “We’re staying until when now?”

Published in both the European and Middle Eastern versions of Stars and Stripes. The military’s voice is going to be heard throughout all of this, so when certain politicians and pundits pretend the word of the top general is the … Continue reading

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Senate Censure Hearing – Poor Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is someone who, like many other Republicans, seems to always be willing to take one for the team.

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Guns in Kindergarten

There’s a Brady Bunch episode where Bobby brings a toy gun to school.  I remember this thinking it would be one of those moments, kind of like the instructional video in Dodgeball, when you realize how gullable/innocent our society was … Continue reading

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War of Choice – Bush Should Serve Time

The British haven’t been as ruthless in classifying documents pertaining to the pre-Iraq War negotiations as our government has.  Bad for President Bush and the tens of thousands who have already died, as intent is no longer a question.  Documents now prove … Continue reading

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Jobs Report Squashed – House Vote Tomorrow

H. RES. 717  Resolved, That the Secretary of Commerce is directed to transmit to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, a copy of the final draft report, produced … Continue reading

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Crime and Punnishment

In the Texas thread an interesting discussion broke out over the correct punnishment for a DUI.  Personally, I think hard time should be handed out for crimes where there’s a victim, but when the victim is oneself, society is basically … Continue reading

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Iraq as a Prize Fight

To understand how the finest military in human history could continue to fail in this war, one could create a list or perhaps listen to Donald Rumsfeld speak on any topic for a few minutes, only to be informed afterwards … Continue reading

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Rolling Barrage – Square Wheels & Speed Bumps

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Operation “Last Call” – Texas

You can be staying in a Dallas hotel, drinking at the bar downstairs and if you’re having too much fun (judgement call), an undercover police officer will run you in.  The dragnet is an attempt to lower the amount of DUIs … Continue reading

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Book Burning at the Associated Press!

Basically a bureau chief in Vermont submitted a column written by one its own, Senator Patrick Leahy, on the “growing threat to our democracy by infringements imposed by the Bush administration on America’s hallowed Freedom of Information Act”, and was abruptly fired … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigration – Some Questions

Is illegal immigration responsible for higher energy costs? Is illegal immigration responsible for the escalating national debt? Is illegal immigration responsible for the Iraq War? Is illegal immigration responsible for low test scores in schools across the country? Is illegal … Continue reading

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UAE, Saudi considering to move reserves out of dollar

Did I call this or what?  Worse than just Iran (in the mail), we’ve got “allies” (rich scumbags in charge of countries full of oil and uneducated, jobless, mosque-folk) now shifting cash reserves from dollars to euros.  Don’t expect this to … Continue reading

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Adam Vinatieri a Colt?!?!?!?

With a higher cap and McGuinest already going to the Browns, it seemed automatic that Belicheck would have enough cash to lock this guy up.  The franchise tag was used on him in the past, and perhaps that’s the reason … Continue reading

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She Was…an Am-er-i-can Girl

A shiny gold donkey to whoever knows what inspired me to use this title.

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Democratic Accomplishments

With mid-terms coming up soon, I wanted to share this list I came across at my local library: 1933   Unemployment Relief 1935   Social Security 1938   Minimum Wage 1944   GI Bill 1945   United Nations 1947   Marshal Plan 1949   NATO 1964   Civil … Continue reading

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The Traders’ Den

My favorite non-political site on the net.  As wide a variety of music in every format you could imagine.  Here’s a sample, in fact, the newest torrents as of today.  Any music fan will find something to their liking here.  … Continue reading

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Birth Control is Unacceptable in Missouri

Sex is natural and a lot of fun…so we need to do something about that.     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An attempt to resume state spending on birth control got shot down Wednesday by House members who argued it would have … Continue reading

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NCAA – Day 1

I trust that Al Skinner knows what he’s doing, but during most of the game today with Pacific, I was questioning how he could leave the freshman Rice out there, especially after the kid had taken bad shots, turned it … Continue reading

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Seriously though, time for some PROUD PAPA!

I’m a father (this is Chris), Right Thinker is a father…generally you’ll find the two of us engaged in a literal knife-fight, but every once in a while it’s important to call ‘truce’ and take a moment to celebrate… Sweet … Continue reading

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In Defense of Bush

This interlude between conference tournaments and the dance has opened up my curiosity concerning one subject in particular, the Iraq War.  If you asked most insiders prior to his election in 2000, “How much expertise and wisdom will Dick Cheney … Continue reading

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Iran (Hearts) America

For quite a long time Iran was under wraps, defeated by Hussein in the 80s after their army was attacked with weapons that literally melted the flesh right off of their bodies. Like an ‘old time religion’ story, fire fell … Continue reading

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Milosevic dies

Four years into his trial and he’s stiff before the verdict is decided.  The law, growing at all times, appears to be complicating quite a lot these days.  In fact, experts predict that by the year 2030 it would take approximately 38 … Continue reading

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