tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105602532012-04-16T00:53:53.049-04:00My more or less daily take on the news and other matters of interest.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-12565430376805929222012-03-06T14:12:00.002-05:002012-03-06T14:13:31.637-05:00

Time for one of my twice a decade posts. Post

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This is not a day for politics, arguing over Iraq or the other trivial issues we think of on a daily basis.Instead of wasting time reading about whether your baseball team won last night, why not read a list of Sept. 11 victims. Spend some time thinking about one or two of those poor unfortunates. They deserve the recognition.Tom Holohan, I remember.

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Two million is a big number.298 million is a bigger number.Don Imus' daily radio show has about 2 million listeners, that means 298 million Americans could care less about what he says. Now, just because Imus says a handful of stupid words the number of people who seem to care what Imus says has increased 20 or 30 times.Logically and mathmatically this does not make any sense. If you don't listen

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I guess this guy's female wife must be happy.DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual."For the whole story.

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Last year I exposed Groundhog Day for what it really is, a reason for Penn State students to stay up drinking all night on a cold and snowy hillside, but this year I'm going to expose myself.No, don't call the vice squad. I'm only exposing my ignorance.For no particular reason I decided to see when the first day of spring is in 2007. It falls on March 21. It then occurred to me, "hey, isn't that

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Back another of my blog's pet topics, poor parenting.There is a story on Foxnews.com about a German mother and father who allowed their 12 year old boy to undergo hormone treatments allowing him to become more female. This includes growing breasts and wearing makeup.What 12 year old is capable of making any decision passed what color sox to wear? If this boy truly believes he is a girl trapped in

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One of my very few hobbies is the weather. With the Northeast part of the US in a cold snap, after having been spring-like warm for most of December and January I thought it might be interesting to see what weather experts think.I've had a couple of email conversations with some of the weather forecasters at Accuweather.com on this topic. I was interested in whether they believe global warming is

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http://largebillpontificates.blogspot.com/2007/01/required-reading.htmlDiscussion later

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At one time in my life Friday night was a big deal. I would go out, drink to much, get wild and crazy, etc. Now, although I'm loathe to admit it, I'm more or less passed all that, with the occasional exception of course. What replaced my carousing ways over the last few years was Battlestar Galactica. Yes I know that is pathetic, but at my age it's not so bad.Every Friday night I could look

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That is an easy question to answer. NO.It does not matter who plays in the United States, soccer will simply not catch on as major American spectator sport and I say this as a person who really likes the sport. I played it in high school and college and my kids play. However, I hate, hate, hate watching it on TV. It is boring as can be compared to most other major Americab sports.I know baseball

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This is a great idea. Create an international military force to save the people of Darfur.Of course this is what the UN is supposed to do, but as the piles of corpses around the world can attest the UN does not truly care about saving lives. Not one bit.

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When the story that Hamas leader Bassam al-Fara was assassinated by a Fatah party hitmen came out I had the same warm and fuzzy feeling as when one Mafia boss is rubbed out by another.Good. At least the cops don't have to worry about convicting him.In this case it's one less person trying to kill innocent people and the Mossad can scratch him off their to do list. al-Fasra was described as a

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Over the last few days I've written several blogs on the report and ended up throwing them all away.Today, while reading NRO's Andrew McCarthy it finally hit me what was wrong with the report.It does not spell out a scenario of total, unrestricted warfare against our enemy. Of all the group's recommendations there is not one that states we should fully mobilize the country, call up every Guard

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The Hamilton-Baker report on what to do with Iraq has been leaked by the NY Times, but here, for the first time, is a snippet from the even more secret Hamilton-Baker-Rear View Mirror report. More to follow.Troop Redeployments:U.S. and allied troops will be pulled from urban areas and sent to the Iraqi borders. The mission will be to stop the Iranians and Syrians from supplying their puppet

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Yes, it's true. The final battle for control of the earth has started.The first attacks were made by West Coast sea lions, but today Shamu went on the offensive. What is happening is obvious. The sea mammals wish to return to the land from whence they came, but first they must eliminate all humans.And I, for one, welcome our new sea mammal overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV

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I've used my blog in the past to rail against what I consider poor parenting and here is another case where I think a set of parents are not doing their job.Take a look at this article and video clip on ESPN.comOddly, I'm not going to go on about parents letting their daughte play football. If a girl can be physically fit enough to carry a rifle in the army or fly an F/A-18 off an aircraft

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If there is one person in the world today that has the ability to face down Muslim extremism it is Pope Benedict. Unfortunately the manuever I have in mind could lead to his untimely death.What Benedict needs to do is physically wade into a crowd of protesting Turkish Muslims with a translator in tow and talk to the people. By facing the angriest people we will see what exactly the Muslim faith

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Here is an interesting/scary story concerning what is called a "free school" in Brooklyn, NY.The school eschews every basic covenant of a normal school such as classes, rules, tests and standards of any kind. The kids do what they want when they want and learning anything is an option. Oh yeah, they also get to make up the school's rules at a weekly meeting where a first grader has as much say as

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Who knew Lou Dobbs was so important, except himself?In his latest CNN column/rant he certainly makes a case that he is personally responsible for stirring up controversy in Washington. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line Lou forgot that he is just a reporter of the news, not a maker of it.

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My government is out to protect me from the evils of online gambling and it's going to cost me more then what I probably would have lost in a year of playing Texas Hold'em online.In October President Bush signed H.R. 4954 The Security and Accountability for Every Port Act. The vast majority of this bill is designed to improve port security against terrorism. Definitely a good idea and the bill

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1163088107019368912006-11-09T10:57:00.000-05:002006-11-09T11:01:47.036-05:00

If you're one of those people who love to wake up early on the day after Thanksgiving, popularly known as Black Friday, then check out this link http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/.Some of the deals are pretty amazing, a $299 Compaq Presario notebook, $129 19-inch LCD PC monitor and a Syntax Olevia 32" HD LCD TV for $499.99 all at Circuit City. Best Buy's deals are also listed.The one thing to

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Actually, I'm not.I'm no fan of her music, but she was totally suckered by the talentless leech she married, Kevin Federline. As the story goes, she finally became fed up with K-Fed's antics and I suppose the manner in which he was draining her bank accounts.Now if we could just inject a tad more intelligence into Britney so she doesn't go and do this again. Maybe she can get remarried to the

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Election Day, that is.I can't possibly express how sick I am of the entire process. Not Democracy, but the act of running for office. The commercials, pamphlets and hand shaking politicians they are everywhere in NY. And let's not forget the exuberant political party helpers who insist on telling me to get out and vote as I walk down the street.While all these actions are bad enough, what really

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The way the networks were playing up the verdict one would think it was unexpected.Even OJ wasn't this guilty so I want to know why give it wall to wall coverage on a Sunday morning.

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This comment was made in response to a very interesting article on the US Naval Institute's web site on Iraq.Reverend Charles S. Cavanaugh said:Part of our problem is that we want this more than they do, said U.S. Army Major General J.D. Thurman, who commands all U.S. forces in Baghdad." That is unfortunately the real answer to the problem that our idealistic senior, civilian leaders are

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