Well I have just contributed to MoveOn.org and volunteered. I have no idea how my skills or help can be used by MoveOn to bring about change, but I am willing to try almost anything. The federal government is no longer my government; it does not represent me, it fights wars I do no support, […]
If you live in Virginia, here is a state government run website that will tell you what your ballot will look like so you have time to research your choices before going to the polls: Polling_Place_Lookup Please vote smart – know your choices, check the voting records of any candidates with experience in office. Project […]
On Saturday, October 25th, we took my brother, his girlfriend, and my mother out to Stillhouse Vineyards in Hume, Virginia, to taste a little wine and see the Autumn foliage. The foliage was disappointing, but the Cabernet Franc was awesome. I normally dislike Chardonnay, but Stillhouse and Naked Mountain both have Chardonnay wines that are […]
A federal judge has ruled that the FTC overstepped it’s authority by creating a national “do-not-call” list. The chief arguments of the lawyers arguing the case on behalf of the marketing associations are insanely ludicrous. This has absolutely nothing to do with the first amendment, and everything to do with control over the phone line […]
Hypothetical Question: If the United States were a fascist dictatorship with state run media, how would that state run media be any different than the mainstream news media we have today? Personally I am disgusted with the mainstream news media in the United States today. The news organizations are all tightly controlled by a very […]
According to Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States the following quote can be attributed to Gustavus Myers’ History of the Great American Fortunes: The whole institution of Law saw nothing out of the way in these conditions, and very significantly so, because, to repeat over and over again, Law did not represent […]
I just found out that my cousin Kyle has trapped a Red Tailed Hawk he is calling Red October and he hopes to hunt with her this Autumn. I am somewhat envious of Kyle, in a good way. I have been fascinated by falcons, owls, and hawks as far back as I can remember. That […]
Personal: Today is my mother’s birthday, and I was able to call her but unable to talk a lot because I have a very sore throat. I am extraordinarily fortunate to have a mother with whom I am very close. She is someone I can talk to, someone I love, someone I respect enormously. She […]
This is a first post to my new blog space, powered by the web application Blogger (www.blogger.com). I hope to share a few thoughts here, and perhaps someone will find it useful or entertaining, perhaps not. I decided to set up a blog a while ago, and Erci embarrased me into setting one up by […]
