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What is Love?

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:14:33 -0700

What is...

Galactic Thesis � Self Extinction Behavior in Emerging Species: a Review

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:09:31 -0700

There seems to be a resurgent interest in our environment here at VofA, with an emphasis on global warming. The dialog is good, with points scored for and against the probability that we are contributing to our own hell on earth. Gads, I wish I could contribute something,...

Global SCAM, the Warming is a Myth!

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:14:08 -0700

Faith, economics and ecology New sins, new virtues Jul 9th 2009 | ISTANBUL AND ROME From The Economist print edition […] … Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), a 144-page encyclical issued by Pope Benedict XVI on July 7th, is certainly not a...

Our Animals, Our Humanity: Chapter 2

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:12:25 -0700

Jul 9, 2009 Dr. Jeffrey Balser D-3300 MCN 2104, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN 37232 Dear Dr. With great respect for you and your accomplished colleagues that labor and sacrifice in the...

Sticks and Stones... and an Occasional Load of Bricks

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:35:00 -0700

Everyone knows the old saying that's in the title, well, the unmodified version of it anyway. Anyway, people have written books about on this subject with one book coming to mind that probably has nothing to do with the saying, yet is applied so well: "Don't sweat the...

Penance for What?

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:28:44 -0700

The other day I was listening to a religious station on the radio. I'm not sure what religion it was because I normally don't listen to the radio and the speaker made the comment that voters in this country put money ahead of life, by choosing Obama over McCain.
It was...

Palin's War with Russia

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:00:12 -0700

Sarah Palin�s position on foreign policy, first explored in her RNC speech last week. She said she had already spoken to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and had given him assurances of her commitment to Georgia, and believed �we�ve got to keep an eye on Russia�. She said she was in favor of...

What is WRONG with being Muslim?

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:50:26 -0700

One of John McCain's fellow POW's in Vietnam defended the war in Iraq, saying, "The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us."Colonel Bud Day added: "I don't intend to kneel and I don't advocate to anybody that we kneel, and John doesn't advocate to anybody that we kneel.'...

Who gives us our daily bread?

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:23:57 -0700

The following is an excerpt from “What is the matter with the world? From “Perfection at Home - A Novel Contribution to the Fallen Humanity” by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. “It is learnt from reliable sources that in an atheistic state, the village people were...

A thumb-nail's look at history...................

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:58:39 -0700

should inform us as to why the USA is so hated and mistrusted; and not only by Moslems. Since most of us have little knowledge regarding our own history; we are shocked and amazed when the peoples of the rest, the Mideast in particular, of the world know from where they came and respect that...

The 9-11 Sermon --- In Context

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:32:00 -0700

So here it is in its complete context, Reverend Jeremiah Wright's infamous post-9/11 sermon, best known for the line, "American's chickens are coming home to roost!"
Everything in bold are the things I thought deserved some emphasis.
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The Ten Commandments

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:11:10 -0700

Does anyone else here watch The Ten Commandments every year at Easter? It's a great story and for it's time it was pretty well done compared to most movies that came out back then. Charlton Heston played a great role as Moses and Anne Baxter wasn’t bad either in the...

ObheBarack Obama ...Superstar

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:44:00 -0700

Since the Black Eyed Peas, Eddie Vedder and Little Steveie Wonder were inspired to write songs about the messiah I thought I would give it a whirl too.
(To the tune from Jesus Christ Superstar)
Crowd
Obama Hey Bama Bama Bama Ho
Bama Hey Bam Hobama
Hey B O, B O won't you...

Nostradamus and Our Burning Bush.

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:14:00 -0700

I owned a book once, back in the 1970’s. I loaned it to a friend who loaned it to a friend who ‘lost it’ in a move. This author impresses me because he interpreted quatrains from Nostradamus’ writings that have since come true or are currently...

I'm tired of the Religious Wrong

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:44:44 -0700

I received this email from an acquaintance who is the son of a preacher and who, incidently, knows that I don't believe in his god. What pisses me off more than anything is not that they forward this trash but that they attribute it to George Carlin without even verifying it's veracity....