Category Archives: Musing
Feminism 2010
So much talk about boobs and it all started in response to senior Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi stating that scantily-clad women cause earthquakes: Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes. Introducing Jen McCreight, a Purdue senior with [...]
Social Shell Game
When the Government started calling the pool of money collected via Social Security Taxes a Trust Fund, they gave the citizens the impression that there was actual money sitting in Trust and waiting to be paid out upon their reaching benefit eligibility. Money paid into a Trust Fund is supposed to actually exist in a [...]
Me & Universal Health Care
I want to see any implementation of nationalized health care exercised across social, political and economic lines. I want every legal resident to have the same access under any government run program. I want to see truth in advertising and the rations detailed before any system is put into effect. I want to know what [...]
Hit
I had a really difficult discussion with my baby sister on the way back from the beach. She was still in High School and she was expressing frustration over a friend who was in an abusive relationship. From the outside looking in, things look crystal clear. From the inside, the view isn’t nearly as black [...]
Weekly Snippets for 2009-02-27
My amount of stuff I have to transport while traveling just dropped by several pounds. Fun reading ahead. # Heading home, Amazon says my Kindle is waiting! (Geek Joy!) # The last round of layoffs fully hit this week. Seeing the obviously reduced number of cars in the lot today hit me hard this morning. [...]
Why religion at all?
Today saw the standard people who believe in God are idiots discussion on one of the boards I keep up with. From time to time I have to chime in with my two cents. So my change from today: If religion keeps people who are shaky on the whole doing good just because, then I’d [...]