A Highly Recommended Book

Nov 26, 2009 - I have not been feeling well, which is obligatory of what I am going through, and I know there are people who are happy about this.  So, I have turned from Sugar to reading a LOT!  But, when I do have something of interest for you I will post it for you as I care deeply about so many of you.  I am not looking for sympathy or empathy of any nature.  Far from it.  Taking a break from Sugar has been situational.  Therefore READING has been a serenity of sorts.  Absorbing information which I wish I would have attained months ago.  A book advised for reading: "The Moral Sense" by James Q. Wilson   Mark Twain once advised, "Always do right.  It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." (you know how I love my quotes).  The thought of astonishing people is certainly appealing, yet somehow we have to know what's right before we can do it. How do we know what's right?  It's not easy, despite the fact that there's a vast field of study devoted to the topic which is described using terms like "Ethics," or "Moral Philosophy."  However, countless philosophers writing shelves full of books over have hardly improved on the age-old cliche', "treat others as you want to be treated."  Albert Schweitzer rephrased it this way: "A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives."  But why should we even be interested in opening the question?  Why not just leave the discussion of ethics to theologians?  Despite the fact that religion and ethics are sometimes assumed to be interchangeable ideas, a standard of morality is important whether one believes in a higher power or not.  It makes society work and establishes the basis by which human beings can relate to each other and to their environment safely and responsibly.  If our ethical lines shift according to whim, others won't be able to anticipate our responses or predict our stance on any issue.  We all have a strong desire to know where we "stand" in relation to others.  Do they care about us?  Do we care about them?  How do we know whether our relationships can be relied upon? - 2 Comments

Obscenely Rich Bankers Claim to Do God's Work -- They Can Go to Hell

Nov 18, 2009 - "Repent," the preacher cried out, startling those who heard him. This was no street evangelist ranting at the passing crowd, but the archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England. His sharp admonition was pointed directly at a particular set of sinners, who undoubtedly had never given any thought to the morality of their actions: the barons of global banking. - 2 Comments

Jerry Brown: Acorn, Suspicion and the Rule of Law

Nov 11, 2009 - Jerry Brown: Acorn, Suspicion and the Rule of Law by Thomas Del Beccaro According to the legendary Greek Historian Plutarch, when asked why he divorced his wife, Caesar stated that: “All women shall be as Caesar would have his wife, not only free from sin, but from suspicion.” At the time, Caesar’s wife, Pompeia, was loosely associated with the commission of a sacrilege by someone else. As recent events have confirmed, Attorney General Jerry Brown is hardly burdened by suspicions – let alone high ethical standards. jerry_brown_crossed-arms As most everyone in the political world now knows, ACORN is under investigation in many states, and by the federal government, for a host of crimes. - 0 Comments

Master The Art Of Self Pleasure *Masturbation

Nov 07, 2009 - In the late 1800s masturbation was considered a sin. In 1960s It was considered a mental condition or immature or undesirable behavior, leading to lack of adult responses. But today the sexual climate has changed completely. - 5 Comments

Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect background

Nov 06, 2009 - This is just interesting, so I thought I'd share. WASHINGTON – His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. - 86 Comments

Git'er Done Joe

Jan 13, 2009 - Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN! You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wearpink prison garb. Well......... - 5 Comments

Obamacare...a personal look.

Oct 25, 2009 - I am going to give you my personal look at Obamacare from a perspective which may seem a bit strange but in reality it should be alarming.  The interesting thing is that most of all of my childhood I went without even some of the basic things people assume most everyone has.   The only healthcare I had as a child was Medi-cal...which is the program upon which Obamacare was designed.     My father worked several part-time jobs as well as his full-time job as a Baptist minister.  He did everything possible to provide for us, worked his fingers to the bone and still managed to comfort the people in our church and help them deal with their own problems.  Not once did any congregation we served bother to possibly consider that making sure the minister and his family had any healthcare or even some of the basic necessities in life was one of their priorities. They did however call at any time of the day or night for his help and he was there for them.    Sometimes our whole family was there for them.  I was a very experienced babysitter, cook, and housekeeper before I was even 11.  This is not bitterness I speak from---it is my attempt at revealing to you that many who are among the uninsured are hardworking people often working in service-oriented positions which simply aren't offered healthcare.   So....let me get back to Medi-cal......the mentor of Obamacare.  When I hear people on the Obamacare bandwagon I think they probably don't really understand what they are supporting.   Many have never been on medi-cal. - 4 Comments

Rasmussen: What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

Oct 24, 2009 - These days, political turmoil isn’t a one-way street. President Obama’s mediocre approval ratings and the Democrats’ internal battling over the details of the health care reform plan are the obvious headline-grabbers, but the opposition party has troubles of its own. Just 15% of Republicans who plan to vote in 2012 state primaries say the party’s representatives in Congress have done a good job of representing GOP values. - 1 Comment

Key senators may rebuff Obama on health care

Oct 22, 2009 - WASHINGTON – The Democrats' control of a hefty majority in the Senate — plus the House — would suggest that President Barack Obama is within reach of overhauling the nation's health care system this fall. But the numbers mask a more complicated reality: Obama and Democratic leaders have modest leverage over several pivotal Senate Democrats who are more concerned about their next election or feel they have little to lose by opposing their party's hierarchy. One is still smarting from being forced to abandon next year's election. - 71 Comments