Parents: A Class Out of Favor

Parents: A Class Out of Favor: "A declining number of married, or civil union conjoined, adults are choosing to become parents. Who can blame them? Parents today are not supported by the institutions of society, especially government with its taxing power, and are forced by the volatility of the jobs marketplace into seeking dual income status to survive. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Che, Osama, and You

Che, Osama, and You: "The latest hoorah about the US Government tracking large financial transactions is much ado about nothing.

First, the government has been doing this for many years. It is one of the methods used to track money laundering activities of organized crime. It really has not had much effect as the intelligent criminals simply found another way to transfer funds out of sight of law enforcement. It is highly unlikely that this new instance of government intrusion into everyday aspects of our lives will have any effect on the ability of our interior home-grown terrorists to transfer funds to or from the international terrorists planning to do the United States harm....(Click title link to see entire article.)...
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My Grandchild’s Future, and What About The Elephant Herd in Our National Living Room?

My Grandchild’s Future, and What About The Elephant Herd in Our National Living Room?: "The official bulleted happy talking points dance down the page suggesting that in the US economy all is wonderful. The concert of the financial pundits is an all too familiar croak of pond frogs, and similar to whistling while walking through the cemetery at night. That is why a super majority of Americans feel like they are teetering on unstable ground before the rising winds of the gathering storm. Perhaps it is the trampling, trumpeting herd of elephants in our national living room that is causing the added disquiet?"...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Bush, “Spreading Democracy” in the Middle East, and Shaking Hands

Bush, “Spreading Democracy” in the Middle East, and Shaking Hands: "'Spreading Democracy' is “W”’s latest lame excuse for getting us into a war in a country where we don’t belong. It is more home grown, domestic, political marketing bullshit.

First was WMD’s. There were no WMD’s.

Second was al-Qaeda. al-Qaeda hated Saddam. It was mutual. Both would have rather eaten rat poison than even talk to each other.

Third was ridding the world of an oppressive dictator. Well, that was true enough. Saddam was a real piece of work. On the other hand the Iraqi’s loved him, or they would have murdered the guy decades ago. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

A Time for Brutal Truth

A Time for Brutal Truth: "Isn’t it time for the citizens and countries of the world to take their heads out of the latrine and see things as they really are? Our Western civilization has had a religious and cultural war declared against it. That war has been going on for over fifty years. This is not a nice clean intellectual pretend war where no one ever gets hurt. This is a brutal war with guns, RPG’s, high explosives, and idiots running around with automatic weapons and swords. Worse the idiots want to deliberately use those swords to cut the heads off of men, women, children ,and even infants just for the pleasure of doing it. It probably gives these mindless perverts a sexual rush to murder someone in that way. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

What Went Wrong?

What Went Wrong?: "When I was a Junior in high school (1957), I watched my older friends (Seniors) go out and within a week, or two, get a job. That job was collateral enough for many to purchase a car, get married, and some were well on their way to parenthood and home ownership when I restarted school the next Fall. The overwhelming majority of married women had a non-wage paying job of homemaking and rearing children. It was considered important work in those ancient days. This was the “middle class” ideal."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Upon Awakening From A Dream

Upon Awakening From A Dream: "It really happened. I was dreaming during my afternoon nap and my wife assures me that I was also snoring, “really sawing logs”. Psychologists tell us that our dreams are simply our brains trying to resolve conflicts. If that is true, I think I know the issues with which I was struggling, the things which generated this noise troubled dream. Immediately upon awakening, the dream and my answers still vivid, I began to write this material to further deal with the issues. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

666 and the Power of the Pen

666 and the Power of the Pen: "With the recent advent of June 6, (6/6/6) and the sudden appearance of news stories and TV programs about the number (numerology), the anti-Christ, and the Devil, I was recently asked by a reader of my book to explain again why I don't believe in Hell. The easiest answer is that I don't think God needs Hell. It was likely originally created by human beings as a prop useful in telling a campfire story. It wasn't a lie to start with, but by layering the story, by way of retelling and 'embellishment', it changed. Later it simply became a Big Lie. Hell comes to us from a very old creation story from ancient Persia. Originally, Hell was a place of exile. The Persians transmitted it to the Hebrews. From them to us."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

The Ugly Truth About Hell

The Ugly Truth About Hell: "In the article, “666 and the Power of the Pen”, I related the history of the development of the idea of Hell in Persia. The creator God Marduk defeated the monster and exiled him. The 'place of exile' idea was transmitted to the Hebrews, to Christianity, and to today. This concept of Hell was greatly modified between AD 1000 and AD 1600 by 'embellishments', lurid paintings, and the invention of the printing press.

The printing press allowed two major works of FICTION to generate widely accepted ideas about Hell that are not contained in scriptures. This is an illustration of the real power of mass marketing and good advertising."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Animal Gods in Our Modern Life

Animal Gods in Our Modern Life: "It is critically important that you get this idea right. The only purposes for talking about using a symbol like an animal for God is to get your attention. It also emphasizes a point of discussion.

That point is, I want you to step up to a new understanding of God. This understanding has little to do with animals. It is an understanding that has a lot to do with our being failure prone humans. An understanding that has a lot more to do with our being a part of God's Plan as God shows it to us by what exists.

I don't usually spend much time worrying about religion, and God, and my relationship to Him. I thought I'd resolved my concerns a long time ago. I thought I had an understanding with God, and we didn't bother each other very often, or very much. I don't know about God, but I was comfortable with the arrangement. "..(Click title link to see entire article.)...

How To Deal With A Kid Driving You Crazy

How To Deal With A Kid Driving You Crazy: "Kid Driving You Crazy? Problems at Home, or School?
Welcome to the joyous world of parenting relationships.
Kids have no 'owner's manual', or 'repair manual'.

Each child is a 'one-of-a-kind' product, frequently created without
preplanning, by a committee of two in a hurry, without any 'driver's training'.

When dealing with children, there are No Canned Answers. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Only 956 Days Left to Endure the �W� Cramp in Our Side

Only 956 Days Left to Endure the "W" Cramp in Our Side: "Just as was expected and predicted in previous articles, we now have before us the first prime example of a desperation measure by the George W. Bush owned and controlled Krovian Twist & Spin Trust of Dirty Tricks: the "compassionate conservative" President George W. Bush proposing that a permanent state of discrimination be written into our Constitution against a minority of our citizens. The real question is, of course, who will be next?"...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Easy Killing: Best Argument for the Strict Regulation of Small Firearms

Easy Killing: Best Argument for the Strict Regulation of Small Firearms: "Does God exists in all human beings? God gave you free will. God gave you a brain with the ability to think and reason. Know yourself. We need the experience of death. To understand death, you must actually touch the corpse. You must feel the absence of life and soul. You must actually touch the corpse before you can truly value life. This gives you the opportunity to value life."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

A Simple Successful Retirement Test

A Simple Successful Retirement Test: "Directions: Read the questions and try to circle one answer for each question. When finished, calculate (add up the "yes " answers and subtract the "no" answers) your score, using the directions below, to determine your ability to successfully retire and stay alive to enjoy it. "Yes" is important at this time of your life, but "no" is also important and carries a very real penalty. It is important that you realize that you must actually "do something to overcome the negative."...(Click the title link to see entire article.)...

Illegal Immigration: the Secret Republican Party WMD Aimed at the U.S. Middle Class

Illegal Immigration: the Secret Republican Party WMD Aimed at the U.S. Middle Class: "What I have been unable to figure out is how so many people in the middle economic class were so easily duped by George Bush and his spin and web weaving master, Karl Rove. Was it ignorance? Stupidity? Distraction? A suicide wish? All of the above? The result is an unprecedented attack on the American Middle Class."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...