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December 18, 2006:

My Dog:

She is a very lovable little bitch whom we call Pavlov even though it’s a she. As a bonus, she hates the raccoons and groundhogs that used to do a lot of damage to our yard and garden. They stay out of our yard now. This little lady has only one problem. She is not very ladylike about her crap. She drops it all over the yard and it has to be scooped up. In retrospect, I should have called her Euclid. Then we could call what she does Euclid’s Elements.

Cockroaches:

I think they will evolve and eventually rule the world if we do not destroy it in spite. They will evolve into what we could have been, had we but tried.

Breast Cancer:

We have had a 7% drop in this awful affliction in the last year. The why of it is many women have stopped postmenopausal drugs. Think estrogen. Estrogen is used in hormone replacement therapy to treat severe symptoms of menopause and retard osteoporosis. Now, we learn there is a possible serious penalty.

Jeffrey Skilling:

He got 24 years in the slammer. He is still trying to wiggle out of it, but the court ordered him to report. His appeal will go forward, but it probably won’t get him out of it. I think 24 years is a light sentence. Betrayal of trust on that scale should have got him life.

Lard Butts:

The latest from Britain is someone over there is recommending stomach stapling for severely obese children. Huh? What in the world has gone wrong with Western civilization? What ever happened to discipline? What are we dong to our kids?

Two a Day:

Over the last few months, on average, two American soldiers were killed every day in Iraq. I think by now, it’s probably more than that, possibly doubled. There are row after row of tombstones in Arlington for many of them. Whether they are buried in Arlington or somewhere near their home, does not matter to me. What matters is they died because of a serious strategic mistake in our foreign policy. The man responsible for that mistake is still trying to bluff and bluster his way through the tragedy. Stay the course! How many people will he sent to their death to cover his fragile two-bit ego?

Blair:

He was on the Stephanopoulos hot seat. He completely rejects the baker report. He did the same old song and dance routine that he and Bush have been doing for months. “We must buildup the Iraqi military capability. Failure is unacceptable.” Try to get it Tony. We have already failed! Duh!

How can these fools believe we can install a democracy in a savage culture. The basic morality of Muslims is not peace, love, and community. It is revenge, murder, ethnic cleansing, greed, pillage, and rape. There has been no civilization there since the Semites overran Mesopotamia under Sargon and established the Akkadian Empire in 2350 BC. That has been a savage culture in one form or another since then.

Let’s listen to John Adams for goodness sake. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” That is not just Adams. Every one of our founders understood that. Democracy will not work in an unethical culture. This is not jut about Iraq. Democracy is showing signs of serious stress in America, because we, as a people, have become unethical. We are falling apart at the seams because we have lost our spiritual and ethical base.

The Tree:

Some committee big shots in Lansing had nothing to do, so they decided to torque some nuts. They changed the official name of the state Christmas tree in Lansing from the Holiday tree to the Christmas tree. Until they did that, no one had even thought about the name. It was the state Christmas tree, that’s all. Now the nutty atheists and some other loonies are all up in arms. They are marching around with signs and other nonsense.

The US Supreme Court has ruled on that. There is no issue. They said a Christmas tree is a cultural symbol, not a religious one. It is clear there are big bunches of people who don’t think very well and don’t have anything useful to do. Atheism, you see, is a religion of ethical, emotional, and spiritual sterility. It is a religion for empty people. I think they ought to go work in a soup kitchen and find their souls.

It has been a long time since I believed in all that religious nonsense but I still believe in Christmas. You don’t have to be a Christian to enjoy Christmas. It used to be about religion, but that was long ago. It has not been about religion for many decades. It is about celebrating. If you are spiritual, you can celebrate your spiritual heritage. If you are a hedonist, you can celebrate yourself and your friends. I think it is more about being a caring human than anything else. The Christmas tree is an appropriate symbol for that. So let’s celebrate and quit being petty and silly.

The Senator from Oregon:

Senator Gordon Smith, Republicrumb, is the latest one to turn against Bush and try to cover his butt. He apparently found enlightenment when he woke up one morning and heard on the news that a dozen of our kids had been killed that day in the Iraqi target practice. He said the current Bush policy is criminal. Biden was with him on the Stephanopoulos show. They seem to agree that we ought to get out of Iraq. Biden also stated the obvious. Bush is naïve. In spite of all his bluster about listening, King George does not have the capacity to change. I would add, nor does Blair.

Obama:

He may run for president. I hope he does. The political hacks are saying he has no experience. What they mean is he is not dirty like they are. There is no evidence that he took bribes. There is no evidence that he is beholden to anyone. He seems to be clean. If that is what no experience means, I like people without experience. I have noticed a similar thing in some of the engineers I have worked with. Inexperienced means they are not in a box. They have no mindset. They can think about new solutions. Has anyone but me notice the old political solutions are not working? I think what Washington needs is a blast of clean fresh air to blow the stink of rotten politicians out of the place. I say, go for it Barack!

Proposal 2:

That is the proposal the Michigan voters passed, which forbids race and gender to be uses as selection criteria. Several Michigan universities are attempting to circumvent the will of the people. They are filing in court to get the proposal suspended. The very limp excuse is they have not had enough time to prepare for different methods of admission. It’s a bold faced lie. They knew this proposal would pass. They had plenty of time. They should have planned for the inevitable and they did not. Are these the same leaders who are supposed to be teaching logical and thoughtful behavior to kids? Pardon me while I snicker.
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