WRITER'S PEN BLOG

Injustice and Shame at DOJ

2008-07-04T09:57:00.001-07:00

Originally published in Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, AZ. One hundred sixty three honest citizens were discriminated against at the Department of Justice, deprived of employment, and having endured lessened careers because of their political views. (Click on title to read more about this instance of failure of the Department of Justice.)

Best Tips For Writing A Great How-To Article-Print

2008-01-01T18:57:00.000-08:00

Best Tips For Writing A Great How-To Article-Print: "If you are using articles to help drive traffic to your website you will need to come up with ideas for articles that people will want to read and publish. The quality of articles found on article directories can vary significantly so it is important that yours are among the best available for your article marketing campaign to be successful.

There is no end to the subjects you can write about and you can use any style you wish. However, it has to be something that people will want to read. 'How to' articles are very popular with both website owners and readers and can be a great way to get your article marketing campaign underway. Basically, the purpose of a 'how to' article is to explain to a reader how to do something."(Click article title to get more information about article writing.)

WRITING A BETTER STORY-Print

2007-10-08T16:55:00.000-07:00

WRITING A BETTER STORY-Print: "Check below for hints and suggestions on how to organize your writing and make it a better read for your audience."(...Click title link to read entire article on better writing...)

If You Aren't Setting Goals Your Not Trying

2007-09-05T15:45:00.000-07:00

If You Aren't Setting Goals Your Not Trying: "Did you ever notice how some people are all caught up in rules but they are just never quite successful? While others are laid back and yet success just seems natural for them. What is the difference and how can setting goals help?"(Click on title link above to read entire article on goal setting for writers.)

Life is All About Choices

2007-06-12T01:05:00.000-07:00

Life is All About Choices: "We have many choices in life. The choices people make today affect their lives tomorrow. Take a moment to reflect and ask yourself the following questions.

* Are you living the life you imagined?
* Are you making the income you deserve?
* Are you too busy working to enjoy life?"...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Article Submission for Newbies

2007-05-31T15:28:00.000-07:00

Article Submission for Newbies: "There seems to be a little bit of debate at the top online article submission websites as to how long the articles that are posted should be in length. As we watch the online article submission websites spring up we see a little bit of competition with authors and writers for seeing who can top out their specific category with articles. Recently one of the top online article submission websites has considered listing books by the authors who post their articles online as an added bonus to the these top online expert writers. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

How to Structure An Effective Article

2007-05-30T23:20:00.000-07:00

How to Structure An Effective Article: "Articles are the most important ingredient of a successful website. It's not hard to produce such articles in regularlyWith a little effort you can produce articles after articles to draw traffic to your website or ad copy to sell your products. This little effort utilize a sound reusable structure to gain the attention of both search engines and visitors.

Basic structure of article writing is no secret at all. We learnt it well in school. Each article should have a beginning or lead, middle or content section, and an ending or conclusion. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Conquering Fear

2007-05-26T20:23:00.000-07:00

Conquering Fear: "What really keeps you from living your dreams?

What problem is most dominant in peoples lives?

The answer is: FEAR!

People live every day in fear. Fear of losing their wealth, fear of losing their loved ones, fear of making the wrong decisions, fear of being themselves, fear of growing up, fear of making a commitment. The list goes on and on."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Social Networking Site FriendWise

2007-05-23T00:26:00.000-07:00

Social Networking Site FriendWise: "Social networking sites have become very popular especially with myspace and facebook. Myspace social network is geared more towards teenagers as it is adults. Facebook social networking site is geared more towards college students. But now there is a social networking site that is geared towards just adults in general and that is FriendWise.com."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Article Marketing - The Writing Is On The Wall

2007-05-23T00:24:00.000-07:00

Article Marketing - The Writing Is On The Wall: "The increase in article marketing is easily explained by the fact that it represents a win-win for everyone.

Authors get to spread their words of wisdom across the web for free, and create search engine friendly backlinks, often from directories with very good page ranks. Provided publishers follow the rules, they will also have their own links in front of a lot more eyes."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Writing Effective E-Mail Nowadays. 7 effective tips.

2007-05-15T01:06:00.000-07:00

Writing Effective E-Mail Nowadays. 7 effective tips.: "1. Write a meaningful subject line.

Recipients scan the subject line in order to decide whether to open, forward, file, or trash a message. Remember -- your message is not the only one in your recipient's mailbox.

- Subject: 'Important! Read Immediately!!' – oh, no, Bad subject!

What is important to you may not be important to your reader. Rather than brashly announcing that the secret contents of your message are important, write an informative headline that actually communicates at least the core of what you feel is so important: 'Emergency: All Cars in the Lower Lot Will Be Towed in 1 Hour.'"...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Blogs

2007-05-07T17:19:00.000-07:00

Blogs: "Blogs
In this article we will discuss a relatively new intertnet tool – the Blog.
Blog (also known as Weblog) is traditionally a webpage where pre-surfer or a blogger “logs” all pages he/she finds interesting. In other words, it is a Web page that contains brief, chronologically arranged items of information. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

How to Create an Outline For All of Your Article

2007-04-29T19:00:00.000-07:00

How to Create an Outline For All of Your Article: "We’ve done it through junior high, it expanded longer through high school, then on college it became chapters. No matter how many times a person have done it, writing articles has proven to be a task many has continuously avoided. Now at a time when writing articles could help your job or work, facing the job at hand can be still faced with unfriendly behavior.
While there are a great number of people who do not have the same attitude in article writing as others, there are still those who would rather walk in piping hot coals than do some article writing. What set other people apart from other towards article writing is that they are prepared and has some methods and procedures in writing articles. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Articles Are The Quickest Way To Your Customers Wallet

2007-04-20T23:29:00.000-07:00

Articles Are The Quickest Way To Your Customers Wallet: "One way of promoting your website and product can be achieved for free. As an additional bonus, this “free” method can boost your sites and sales, doubling and even tripling your income.
Articles. One of the easiest ways to promote your website in order to generate traffic and increase your earnings. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Self publish your own products.

2007-04-11T23:31:00.000-07:00

Self publish your own products.: "I discovered that a good method to make money on the Internet is to self publish my own products. Two products that sell very well are software and e-books. I will refer mostly to e-books here but most of the techniques that I will describe on this article are useful to publish software also....(Click title link to see entire article.)...
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Stress management techniques

2007-04-04T20:34:00.000-07:00

Stress management techniques: "Being placed in situations that demand the impossible almost inevitably lead to stress. Unrealistic deadlines to meet useless goals, enforced by unreasonable managers - are an all too common scenario. But individuals who find themselves in such circumstances still have options.

There are several ways to manage stress and anxiety, and eventually remove it out of your life one of these days. I promise it's not going to be too taxing on the body, as well as on the mind.

Then, take a moment to breath - literally. One of the most common reactions to stress is tension, usually muscle tension. The neck muscles will stiffen and breathing will often be more shallow. Focus on this, check for it and, if present, consciously loosen up neck muscles with a gentle side to side motion of your head. Take a deep breath or two."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Are Goals Important To You?

2007-04-03T15:50:00.000-07:00

Are Goals Important To You?: "Setting goals will enable people to track their progress in whatever endeavor they have set out to do. It will help people become more confident in themselves and more motivated to get their plans."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Tips for Writing an Article to Promote Your Online Business

2007-03-31T18:18:00.000-07:00

Tips for Writing an Article to Promote Your Online Business: "One of the oldest and most effective methods of marketing is the information-based marketing technique. This technique has always been popular but has acquired more relevance in the present day scenario where communication technology has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Ghostwriting Strategy

2007-03-26T17:51:00.000-07:00

Ghostwriting Strategy: "You might have already understand that article writing is very important to your business. Assuming you write articles to get your prospect attention, you will eventually achieve not only the attention of your visitors but also their willingness to get deep into their pocket and buy your products or services. This happen almost naturally without you spend much on traffic generation

With the rise of internet business, you even need more attractive articles to get lots of traffic of visitors to your website. The problem is that even though you may able to write all the articles by yourself, there are always reasons not to do so because of your priorities or business strategy. The good news is that it is not uncommon to ask someone else to do the writing for you and grant you the authority of that article. That means that you can claim as the author of the article."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

The Benefits of Online Learning

2007-03-24T19:56:00.000-07:00

The Benefits of Online Learning: "While there are all kinds of benefits that are associated with learning and furthering your educational goals there are even more benefits to those who wish to pursue online learning in order to achieve those goals. I hope you will find that many of these benefits are quite enlightening and carefully consider whether or not online learning for your education needs will be in your best interests."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Copywriting as a Job

2007-03-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

Copywriting as a Job: "For those of you who are not familiar with the art of copywriting, this article will focus on giving an introduction to the subject and why it is in such high demand today.

The field of copywriting is big and continues to expand every year. A way to describe copywriting is putting a originative message in front of a consumer. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Audio Book Phenomenon

2007-03-18T23:44:00.000-07:00

Audio Book Phenomenon: "From all indications, audio books look like a very contemporary invention, right? Certain experts even say information sinks in more when we are not paying direct attention to them. One of the most important benefits of audio books in downloadable digital formats is the instantaneous nature in which an audio book can get from the producer to the patrons. It's really amazing that you can get the exact value listening to an audio book while doing your normal chores as you would reading it. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

5 Easy Ways To Get Your Creative Juices Going

2007-03-13T00:16:00.000-07:00

5 Easy Ways To Get Your Creative Juices Going: "Writing an article doesn’t just mean putting down thoughts into words then typing and writing it. You have to capture the interest of your readers and get them to keep on reading. To send your message across you have to get the attention of the reader and have a firm grasp of their interest and pique their curiosity.
The main ingredient in baking up an article is a large dose of creativity. While creativity may come natural to many people, some just gets into a block or something to that effect that can drive someone crazy. Many writers have literally torn their hair out when they get writers block and just can’t seem to get their creative juices flowing. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

MOTIVATION, THE HEART OF SELF IMPROVEMENT

2007-03-08T14:45:00.000-08:00

MOTIVATION, THE HEART OF SELF IMPROVEMENT: "Pain may sometimes be the reason why people change. Getting flunked grades make us realize that we need to study. Debts remind us of our inability to look for a source of income. Being humiliated gives us the ‘push’ to speak up and fight for ourselves to save our face from the next embarrassments. It may be a bitter experience, a friend’s tragic story, a great movie, or an inspiring book that will help us get up and get just the right amount of motivation we need in order to improve ourselves. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

5 Ways In Which You Can Beat Burnout

2007-03-06T23:45:00.000-08:00

5 Ways In Which You Can Beat Burnout: "am going to show you 5 powerful steps that successful people have used to prevent burnout. Using these powerful steps that have never been shared, these people have achieved a fantastic work-life balance.
1. Make Time for Yourself "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Impossible is Just a Word

2007-03-01T00:05:00.000-08:00

Impossible is Just a Word: "Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn't fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn't dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our relationships?

Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our attic."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

A Day - A Place - Never to be Repeated

2007-02-18T20:39:00.000-08:00

A Day - A Place - Never to be Repeated: "One of the fun parts about being owning an Internet company is that I can express myself in different ways at different times and even poetically sometimes. Recently I was flying over a group of small Caribbean islands at sunset and I captured my thoughts as we passed over.

Pink tops on powder puff clouds

Dancing closely to the ocean below

In a majestic sunset as legions of clouds surround it."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Internet Tip of the Week

2007-02-11T20:48:00.000-08:00

Internet Tip of the Week: "For some people, the retirement income they receive, may not be enough to
live the life style they wish, so they look about for other ways to
generate some additional earnings. Many are attracted to the Internet,
and some do very well while others do not. Those that do not may get
quickly disenchanted, and write the Internet off as just a lot of hype,
where you can't earn anything. That's like getting a flat tire in your
car, and swearing that the automobile has no future."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Protect Your PC with Anti Virus

2007-02-10T21:51:00.000-08:00

Protect Your PC with Anti Virus: "Unless you're completely new to owning a PC, you will know how important it is to protect your self from computer viruses. Back when people first started using the home computer and the Internet as we know it today (perhaps around 10 years ago), protecting your self from computer viruses wasn't too important. Unless you were visiting dubious websites or the like then finding a virus was nowhere near as common as it is today. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Who Stole My Body?

2007-02-08T23:20:00.000-08:00

Who Stole My Body?: "Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose kidneys were stolen while he was passed out---well, read on. While that was an 'urban legend,' this one is not. It's happening everyday to women just like me...

My thighs were stolen from me during the night of August 3rd, three years ago. It was just that quick. I went to sleep in my body and woke up with someone else's thighs. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

New Wireless Keyboard is a Great Addition to a Media Center

2007-02-08T23:16:00.000-08:00

New Wireless Keyboard is a Great Addition to a Media Center: "When it comes to getting the most productivity or enjoyment out of your computer, wireless devices go a long way. After all, with wireless input devices, you can move around easily to find a more comfortable position when you get too cramped in the same position you've been in for the past three hours. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Psychological First Aid for Boomers: 7 Powerful Reasons To Get Help

2007-02-04T22:59:00.000-08:00

Psychological First Aid for Boomers: 7 Powerful Reasons To Get Help: "For most people, the idea of seeking professional counseling is likely to be very intimidating and even unsettling. But if your problems are severe, have persisted for some time, or your personal efforts have been ineffective, it is advisable and advantageous to seek professional help."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Adjustable Features in an Ergonomic Chair

2007-02-04T13:31:00.000-08:00

Adjustable Features in an Ergonomic Chair: "Ergonomic chairs feature many adjustments such as seat height, seat width and depth, lumbar support, a supple backrest, and a swivel. If you can not do that easily the chair is too deep. Some of the upper body weight can be moved to the backrest of the seat. Then waste no time and buy yourself a good ergonomic office seat now that your home business can be successful. If you are buying a seat please refer to the list available for purchasing and installation. Some of that flexibility is within, but not enough to accommodate the full multi factor spectrum....(Click title link to see entire article.)...
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What is data recovery ?

2007-01-27T18:19:00.000-08:00

What is data recovery ?: "Over the past few years, hard drives have gotten a lot faster and quieter with the capacity of 350 GB. The downside is that their consistency is far from perfect and they are often burdened with mechanical defects and failures however, this warning has never been mentioned in the vendor’s product specification. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Ten Ways to Get the Most From Your iPod®

2007-01-22T14:39:00.000-08:00

Ten Ways to Get the Most From Your iPod®: "Did you get a new video iPod® for Christmas? Or maybe you’ve had yours for a while, but aren’t really using it to its full capacity. Don’t forget these informative and entertaining options: "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Pools Are A Lot Easier To Clean Than You Think!

2007-01-21T22:57:00.000-08:00

Pools Are A Lot Easier To Clean Than You Think!: "Every pool owner would be the first in line to have their pool cleaned by a professional pool cleaner. You see this on TV shows and commercials all the time. The problem is that a professional pool cleaning service can become very costly, especially over the entire pool season. Therefore, you should know how to clean your pool yourself."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Article Submission

2007-01-21T22:55:00.000-08:00

Article Submission: "Article submission is a service offered by various companies who distribute articles to a myriad of submission sites and directories free of charge or sometimes for a fee. It is a time consuming task for a person to peruse all the article directories and then submit an article, with the increasing number of directories. Through article submission to the various directory hubs, you are able to attract thousands of publishers a day. Article submission is the fastest way of having your article published permanently whilst boosting your credibility, name recognition and reputation. It also enhances your traffic whilst increasing your sales. Article submission will give you the opportunity to reach out to thousands of potential readers. Article submission is done directly to online forms as well as via email. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

What is FOCUS?

2007-01-10T18:25:00.000-08:00

What is FOCUS?: "Anything you put your attention on, contemplate, muse, ponder, think about, imagine ( this is a big one especially when accompanied with great emotion) is focus. Focusing is your radio signal to the Universe and is extremely magnetic by nature. The Law of Attraction is THE most powerful law in the Universe and there is no getting around it. Just as there is no getting around the Law of Gravity; it's there and we have learned to live with it. The good news is that once you are aware that your thoughts are actual things that go out and draw like unto to like,then you can begin to mold your life and reality to suit you. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Ebooks: Self-Publishing Made Easier

2007-01-03T16:28:00.000-08:00

Ebooks: Self-Publishing Made Easier: "The Internet is increasingly becoming a medium to share thoughts and publish them for others to see. It is fast becoming the most preferred publishing tool, especially those looking for self-publishing. The first place is held by the Internet blogs when one talks of self-publishing and the e-books are soon catching up as a rising trend.

Books in an electronic format are called ebooks. They have become extremely popular methods of publication. By investing anything between 30 to 200 dollars, you can purchase software that helps you format and compile an ebook. Then you are on your way."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Writers - Never Throw Anything Away

2006-12-29T03:28:00.000-08:00

Writers - Never Throw Anything Away: "This is to protect yourself. Ideas are like fine wine, they need time to ripen and mature to full value. In this day and age of inexpensive RAM for computers, dirt cheap hard drives, and dirt cheap CD backup, no other writing activity is as important as the backup of files. Even your deletions in the editing process, don’t just toss your ideas off into the never-never land of the Ether; instead copy and paste them to a file called- - “Editing snippets from (- - - - - -)”."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Writing About The No Excuse-We Just Love to Party- Party

2006-12-21T02:06:00.000-08:00

Writing About The No Excuse-We Just Love to Party- Party: "Ironically I wrote my original notes for this piece at a Christmas party. I wasn’t feeing particularly Scrooge-ish, neither was I foaming with ebullient Christmas Cheer. In fact, I’d not yet even had a single beer to drink. We had arrived early, it was still daylight out, the sun was not yet past the yard arm, and I had little to do. I wrote some notes in the back of my rapidly expiring calendar."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Trash, Sell, or Pack and Keeping Your Marriage Intact

2006-12-16T21:21:00.000-08:00

Trash, Sell, or Pack and Keeping Your Marriage Intact: "Getting ready to relocate one’s life location, again, in your sixties, is not a fresh stack of pancakes. It is more like chewing on hockey pucks. This is mid December. In mid October, to beat the Christmas rush, we sent 46 various sized boxes ahead to be stored for our arrival in our new location."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

How to Plan to Guarantee a Perfect Vacation

2006-12-11T22:21:00.000-08:00

How to Plan to Guarantee a Perfect Vacation: "n one word: plan. In a phrase: know yourself and plan. By failing to plan, you plan to fail (to have a perfect vacation). The first step is an honest personal assessment. You have to seriously consider and firmly decide what it is that your mind and body needs from a vacation. Then you have to do it."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

I Do My Writing in the Wal-Mart Parking Lot.

2006-12-06T21:45:00.000-08:00

I Do My Writing in the Wal-Mart Parking Lot.: "I do my writing in the Wal-Mart parking lot.

My wife likes to shop, I’d really - - -rather not.

She’ll stay inside ‘til she’s ready to drop.

I sit in the car, watchin’ the folks come ‘n go, the flow never stops."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

How to Use a Word Picture for Planning A Home for Retirement

2006-11-26T12:48:00.000-08:00

How to Use a Word Picture for Planning A Home for Retirement: "Many retirees find themselves moving to a new location. Many of these become involved in building themselves a new home in the new location. This can be both an exciting and an excruciating time.

There are however methods of reducing the pain. One of those is both simple and complex at the same time, especially for non-writers. The simple description is the use of words, written language, to describe in as detailed a fashion as possible exactly what it is that you want in a new home. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Relocating In Retirement, Writer’s Cramp, and Flashes of Inspiration

2006-11-20T14:55:00.000-08:00

Relocating In Retirement, Writer’s Cramp, and Flashes of Inspiration: "There are three themes to this article: relocating in retirement , writer’s cramp, and flashes of inspiration. One can lead to the other.

First, there was the flash. It came as a tiny moment of thought. It lasted only nano-seconds. And yet, when I sat down at the keyboard, I was able to grow this tiny seed of light into an 1100 word article very easily in just a couple of hours."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Writer’s Cramp and the Future

2006-11-16T14:42:00.000-08:00

Writer’s Cramp and the Future: "Writer’s cramp, block, or an onset of fear of writing happens to all of us, even me, the loquacious one. The big mouth, the ever churning idea factory is temporarily stilled.

Sometimes the turning point is internal and due to ill health, nutritional problems, or just being “off your stride”. Not this time.

Sometimes it is external: the world becoming too much with us, or a series of events that suddenly greatly impose themselves upon you. These may be very personal: the death of a friend or a relative, or more distant events, and yet they can be very troubling.

This time, for me it was the run up and the let down afterwards of the 2006 mid-term elections that led me to joust with writer’s cramp. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Writer’s Cramp and the Future

2006-11-16T14:41:00.000-08:00

Writing Large Differently

2006-11-06T10:10:00.000-08:00

Writing Large Differently: "I’ve just finished a major writing project. A kind of writing that I’d never done before: I created a script for a DVD. This was a part of a larger project I served as Director.

As an active member of my community, I’d seen several proposals for promotional DVD’s or video programs be proposed over the years. A hand would then be extended for a substantial advance payment, “for expenses”, some “busy activity”, and no final result. No hold-in-your-hand product that actually did anything to promote the community, or the larger area.

Times change. The technology for production of such material is more available today than ever. More and more people are learning through the use of their own home computers and available software how to go about assembling a combination of still pictures, video, and sound tracks."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Another Night of the Long Knives

2006-10-25T01:48:00.000-07:00

Another Night of the Long Knives: "Now that George Bush has gotten total and absolute autocratic power to “disappear” anyone who simply disagrees with him, his policies, decrees, or his plans - when does the purge begin? Will you and yours be the targets of eraser teams or death squads? The Constitution is an inconvenience and nothing more than wishful thinking written upon an old piece of paper to these power addicts....(Click title link to see entire article.)...
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Early Retirement ? What I Did. What I Am Doing Now

2006-10-18T21:39:00.000-07:00

Early Retirement ? What I Did. What I Am Doing Now: "I’m told that on the average a person works until they are sixty-five, collects one Social Security check, and passes away.

I don’t care much for those odds. I didn’t then, and I don’t now. I retired when I was 52 years of age. That was in 1992. The decision was not easy. It was one that my wife left up to me, if I could show her in black and white that it could work financially. That was a very real incentive to sharpen the pencil carefully."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Black Tuesday, October 17, 2006: U.S. Constitution Revoked

2006-10-18T03:24:00.000-07:00

Black Tuesday, October 17, 2006: U.S. Constitution Revoked: "For 791 years, ever since King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede, the crown jewel of English common law and later our own system of law under the U.S. Constitution, habeas corpus, has reined supreme. Now, because of their unnecessary fear of a few ragtag terrorists, a disbelief in, and an unwillingness to follow the Constitution, Republican lawmakers have overturned the single most important protection of law available to our citizenry. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

This is Republican Morality?

2006-10-16T17:15:00.000-07:00

This is Republican Morality?: "Remember the moral majority. Remember focus on the family, family values, moral authority, and God’s Gift of the Devine Right of Kings to the Republican Party to lead the nation on all issues dealing with morality, sex, and protecting the homeland.

Hubris. Feet of clay. So much for protecting children. So much for telling the truth. So much for attempting to re-write history. So much for homeland security. This is the downfall of a bunch of hypocrites."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Amish Shooting Gallery

2006-10-05T14:49:00.000-07:00

Amish Shooting Gallery: "The Pennsylvania incident where five very young Amish school girls were murdered in their school room by a deranged gunman has again pulled out the very worst of propaganda to service a helpless point of view. “There’s nothing that we could have done to prevent this kind of incident from happening.” What utter bull manure! Yes, there are many things that could be done to prevent school shooting incidents of this type from happening. Some are simple. Many are not simple, but doable."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Stream of Consciousness Writing

2006-10-04T14:50:00.000-07:00

Stream of Consciousness Writing: "I’ve been asked what I mean by a stream of consciousness writing. I mean awareness. I mean what you are seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling? What are you thinking?

By way of an example look below:

The stream of consciousness - eyes closed listening sensory awareness 9.21.06 2:30 PM. Sitting in the Home Depot® parking lot in Hilo, Hawaii. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Well, well. The NIE has been around since April?

2006-09-27T00:00:00.000-07:00

Well, well. The NIE has been around since April?: "Now we know that we have a case, several cases actually, of President George W. Bush lying through his teeth about very substantial matters: connection of Saddam to terrorist groups, WMD’s, necessary troop deployment levels, torture of prisoners, and now this NIE revelation that the President has known for five long months that we are in a losing situation in Iraq. How many U.S. soldiers have died in those five months? Death is a fairly substantial matter, especially to the person doing the dying."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Islam: You Are Responsible for Your Government, Your Culture, and Your Religion

2006-09-26T00:13:00.000-07:00

Islam: You Are Responsible for Your Government, Your Culture, and Your Religion: "Islam: You are responsible for your government. If you do not like what your government does, you are responsible for making the changes that will make you happy. That was what our American Revolution was all about. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Generating the Creative Moment That Conceives the Writing “Egg”

2006-09-22T11:07:00.000-07:00

Generating the Creative Moment That Conceives the Writing “Egg”: "If I knew exactly what it is, what causes it, and how to do it, I promise you that I would do it more often. What I do know is that I can see a word, a phrase, a sentence and it triggers an idea that expands like compressed foam. Sometimes it is a mental picture. It is a nanosecond flash of time . From that tiny beginning the rest grows like a mustard plant from a tiny seed. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Fearing God

2006-09-21T01:35:00.000-07:00

Fearing God: "As a child I was taught to fear God. I was told to fear God in many ways, most of which were never explained. God was the fearsome unseen force that people talked about every Sunday. I never understood why I didn’t ever see God. Other people talked about seeing God, or at least seeing the light of God. I never understood why I didn’t hear that much about God on other days of the week, especially if He was that frightening and around all the time. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

It Only Takes One To Make A War

2006-09-19T16:19:00.000-07:00

It Only Takes One To Make A War: "Just like on the school playground, or between nations, in matters religious it only takes one to make a fight. It seems clear that Muslims world wide have no interest in good relations between the world’s great religions. How far the mighty have fallen. Once the best of the best in creative expression of reason and thought, Islam has driven reason into a slime pit. When recognition of a desire for world wide religious domination is taken into consideration, this makes a kind of sense. Islam, emboldened by coffers fattened on oil money, is determined to pick a fight."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Ugly Truth: Well ! Isn’t That Interesting? World War Three Is Coming.

2006-09-15T14:47:00.000-07:00

Ugly Truth: Well ! Isn’t That Interesting? World War Three Is Coming.: "I am surely not alone in noting with interest the angry response from around the Muslim world to Pope Benedict’s recent remarks about Islam and violence. I think that they protest too much. I think that they can see the justification for such comments. Even they can see that the continual and escalating violence around the world initiated by adherents of the Islamic faith engenders this belief. This makes them feel uncomfortable. It should. No one wants to hear the truth when it is said about themselves."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Ugly Truth: Well ! Isn’t That Interesting? World War Three Is Coming.

2006-09-15T14:43:00.000-07:00

Rational Resolution of the Iraqi Problem

2006-09-12T17:28:00.000-07:00

Rational Resolution of the Iraqi Problem: "Iraq. We broke it. We own it. That is understandable. After that the problem is so complex that it is difficult to apply sound reasoning to the problem of finding a replacement for a strongman (Saddam) form of government for Iraq."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

“Stay The Course” Really Means Using Our Troops As Live Bait

2006-09-11T04:11:00.000-07:00

“Stay The Course” Really Means Using Our Troops As Live Bait: "“W’s” apologists just don’t get it. “W” has been in office for six long years. He is the one responsible for what happens, or does not happen during his watch. The constant blame game and trying to lay off “W’s” failures on former President Bill Clinton are readily seen for the Loser’s Limp it has always been."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

When Torture Is AOK?

2006-09-09T01:17:00.000-07:00

When Torture Is AOK?: "It has been interesting to watch the Conservative commentators and “talking heads” on TV this week. They are obviously trying not to swallow the bitter bile of erosion of Conservative Principles and personal freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution under their erstwhile leader President George W. Bush. This erosion, and a growth of a more powerful executive, is exactly the kind of behavior that would have been expected of Liberals playing fast and loose with the Constitution. No wonder that so many Republicans running in tight races have been edging as far away from the President as possible. Even Republicans don’t believe him any more."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

God, What Do You Want? Part 1

2006-09-04T14:36:00.000-07:00

God, What Do You Want? Part 1: "The problem with the examination of the God-Man relationship is that only one side of the relationship is available to us for study. Everything we think we know about God is our idea. Everything about our relationship to Him is based on underlying assumptions, speculations, history, belief, faith, hope, and fear. Man(kind) cannot ever “know” God except in terms that are understandable to us as human beings."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

God, What Do You Want? Part 2

2006-09-02T03:40:00.000-07:00

God, What Do You Want? Part 2: "The problem with the examination of the God-Man relationship is that only one side of the relationship is available to us for study. Everything we think we know about God and our relationship to Him is based on underlying assumptions, speculations, history, belief, faith, hope, and fear. Man(kind) cannot ever “know” God except in terms that are understandable to us as human beings."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Donald and I Agree About Sudetenland

2006-08-30T22:58:00.000-07:00

Donald and I Agree About Sudetenland: "I suppose that it is inevitable. Anything is theoretically possible. This, is however, one item that I truly never expected. I actually find myself in a single item of agreement with S.O.D. Donald Rumsfeld.

In this one item, he is absolutely correct. There is a reasonable case to be made for a parallel between the Appeasement of the Nazis by other governments led by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in the late 1930’s, and the “asleep at the switch” attitude and asinine wish fulfillment ideas being promoted by some Western journalists, politicians, and social observers."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Winning the Cultural Crusade

2006-08-29T23:18:00.000-07:00

Winning the Cultural Crusade: "In another article I complained about the moral and intellectual dishonesty of all too many journalists covering the recent military actions in the Middle East. In that article I called those journalists sob-sisters. I accused them of being out of their minds.

The recent kidnapping of two western journalists in Gaza simply underscores the ideas I stated at that time. Their forced conversion to Islam through the threat of execution simply draws the line twice. Islamic fascists do not believe in a free press. Nor do they respect any other religion. Journalists are simply another target for these militants.

Perhaps it is only that these journalists are simpletons, fools, or prime examples of naiveté run amok. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Writers: All You Really Need to Know About Outlining

2006-08-26T19:53:00.000-07:00

Writers: All You Really Need to Know About Outlining: "Question: When do you outline?

Answer: When you need to.

Question: Before, during or after writing?

Answer: When you need to.

Question: When do you need to outline?

Answer: When you have a problem you can’t otherwise solve.

As simplistic as the above is, it works for me. Outlining is a necessary skill for writers. It is not a skill that must constantly used. It’s use is more often to be observed in theory, than in fact."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

New Writers for The New Readers: Change Your Writing to Succeed

2006-08-25T23:36:00.000-07:00

New Writers for The New Readers: Change Your Writing to Succeed: "We all know writers that want to create their “masterpiece”. Their own “master-work”. They want to write the all time world’s greatest novel. You may be guilty as charged.

It is time to cut the crap and get real. You need to know your audience. Today’s reader won’t read that great novel. They can’t. They are basically illiterate."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

How to Write a Classic (But Factual) Soap Box Letter in Five Steps

2006-08-25T00:43:00.000-07:00

How to Write a Classic (But Factual) Soap Box Letter in Five Steps: "This is a real letter. It went into the mail as is, although some names and addresses are replaced here by strings of XXXX. This is one of my better efforts. The afternoon I created this blaster, I was on a high roll. The heat was set at a high boil. That is your first Step: to decide the purpose and temper with which your letter should be written. If you don’t or can’t do this, then delay mailing your result until you have cooled off for at least three days. Then re-edit before mailing the new result. Certainly take out the scatological and profane phrases."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Thinking Out of the Box About Israel: Let Israel Move to Nevada

2006-08-23T19:47:00.000-07:00

Thinking Out of the Box About Israel: Let Israel Move to Nevada: "There is a non-violent answer to the never ending series of conflicts between the Arabs and the Israelis. We have to realize that Israel is simply in the wrong place. That is what irritates the Arabs so much. That is the burr under their saddle. There is a cure for the condition. Offer Israel a new location."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

How to Write Book Reviews for Informal Purposes

2006-08-22T21:32:00.000-07:00

How to Write Book Reviews for Informal Purposes: "Sometimes there are Freebies…tasks that you somehow cannot avoid. My wife is a member of a reading club. She didn’t have time to read this enormous book. Also she was not particularly interested in the subject. I did, and I was. The following is my very simple and not very complete book review that she took to her book club..

Book: It Doesn’t Take A Hero
Author: General H. Norman Schwartzkopf (and Peter Petre)"...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Delayed Decisions Equal Future Larger Disasters, Part 2

2006-08-20T16:21:00.000-07:00

Delayed Decisions Equal Future Larger Disasters, Part 2: "The latest weak-kneed, gutless international activity at the U.N. and elsewhere that led to the “cease-fire” between Israel and Hezbollah-Lebanon was a mistake. The problems are not going to go away. Hezbollah is not going to go away. Israel is not going to go away. All that has been accomplished is that the U.N. and other sob-sisters have given Iran the opportunity to re-supply their Hezbollah troop numbers, arms, ammo, and rocket depots....(Click title link to see entire article.)...
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Delayed Decisions Equal Future Larger Disasters, Part 1

2006-08-15T23:22:00.000-07:00

Delayed Decisions Equal Future Larger Disasters, Part 1: "The latest weak-kneed, gutless international activity at the U.N. and elsewhere that led to the “cease-fire” between Israel and Hezbollah-Lebanon was a mistake. The problems are not going to go away. Hezbollah is not going to go away. Israel is not going to go away. All that has been accomplished is that the U.N. and other sob-sisters have given Hezbollah the opportunity to re-supply their troop numbers, arms, ammo, and rocket depots."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Airline Travel Today

2006-08-14T20:26:00.000-07:00

Airline Travel Today: "This is a new subject of discussion at our home. Perhaps it is at yours, as well? When I’ve discussed it with friends and acquaintances, I get varying ideas. Mostly the complaints are not about having to remove one’s shoes, put carry-on luggage through an x-ray machine, or to walk through a detector, or being wanded, or even patted down. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

The Truth About Violence & War, Religion & Terrorism

2006-08-09T02:56:00.000-07:00

The Truth About Violence & War, Religion & Terrorism: "War and violence. Violence and war. Both are integral to the human psyche. It is a part of our animal makeup. It is undeniable. It is the territorial imperative that began with defending treetops with good crops of fruit from other bands of primates. Both violence and war have plagued humanity before and since we left the trees for the savannah.

Human beings are too violent to be truly civilized. Civilization is only a thin veneer laid atop a thick multiple layered structure of fear, suspicion, jealousy, envy, acquisitiveness, greed and misunderstood sexual drives. It is, however, this thin veneer of civilization that keeps us striving for excellence, deflects our energy, and ameliorates our ruthlessness toward members of all species, but especially our own. "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

War on Terror: Either We Win, Or We Die

2006-08-06T14:18:00.000-07:00

War on Terror: Either We Win, Or We Die: "In the war on terror, either we win, or we die. These are the stark choices that we face. The terrorists are dedicated religious fanatics. They can only see one or the other. They can only hear one or the other. We Americans and Westerners may not want to believe that this is true. Wanting, like wishing, and the truth are seldom close together."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Give Israel Enough Time

2006-07-31T11:40:00.000-07:00

Give Israel Enough Time: "George, get Condi back in the States and keep her here ! It is too early for any negotiations ! The Israelis need more time. Yes, they have made a mistake or two. So what. They are fighting the dirtiest kind of war against terrorists who are imbedded in a civilian population that the terrorists have bought and paid for, body, blood, and soul. Even and especially the children. This is both cowardice and cynicism. Dead kids make for great agiprop and pulling world opinion their way."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

You're a Writer - But Do You Deserve A Pat On The Back?

2006-07-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

You're a Writer - But Do You Deserve A Pat On The Back?: "Our writing lives aren't always a bed of roses.

First you've got to get an idea. Then work it up into a story or poem. Is it good enough? Would an editor like it?

You send it off. The long weeks of waiting. It comes back with a rejection slip. Perhaps this means you really aren't up to it. Or does it?...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Well, of course not. Until you're an established writer with editors hungry for your work, it's going to be part of your life. Accept the fact and just get on with it!

But it needn't all be agony in the attic! Here are seven good reasons to give yourself a pat on the back:"

Falling In and Climbing Out Smelling Good

2006-07-22T22:18:00.000-07:00

Falling In and Climbing Out Smelling Good: "I do not believe for one minute that George W. Bush had any ability, intention, or foresight to understand the geopolitics of the Middle East. I hope the fact is that George W. Bush at least has the smarts to realize that he has had the luck to fall into a fresh Texas sized cow pie and has a chance to come out smelling like a rose. He has a fresh, new, nasty Middle Eastern war, that he didn’t start, to call U.S. electorate attention away from our war of mistakes in Iraq and 2,558 U.S. military deaths, the current Iraqi civil war, and 25,000 wounded U.S. troops so far."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Thank You George W. Bush

2006-07-21T00:21:00.000-07:00

Thank You George W. Bush: "Thank you for killing for all time the misconception that somehow Republicans had something over the Democrats in the field of Foreign Affairs. Thank you for also for killing for all eternity the misconception that the Father is like the Son. The tiny number of voters who chose to vote for you based on the idea that you would be able to tap the knowledge and expertise of Bush I have obviously found themselves adrift on an ocean of discontent. Either you ain’t listnin’ to Pappy, or you are listnin’ to the jingoistic, micro-cephalic neocons with which you have surrounded yourself."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

2006-07-18T18:18:00.000-07:00

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition: "It is time that I give President George Bush some credit . His present stance of doing nothing is exactly the right thing to do when dealing with problem of the Israeli incursions into southern Lebanon and Gaza. Go for it, George! Sit back and watch. Keep your fingers out of the pie. Either do nothing, or more positively, I say, send the Israelis more ammo."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Adding Tradelines And Other Ways To Improve Your Credit Report

2006-07-17T02:44:00.000-07:00

Adding Tradelines And Other Ways To Improve Your Credit Report: "For many people, a credit report is something akin to a mystery novel.
It's a little hard to understand, and you never know how it's going to
turn out if you don't read the whole thing. But you really do have the
power to take the mystery out of understanding what your credit report
is, how it affects your life, and what you can do to improve that all
important credit score. Let's begin with some basic definitions.
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Laughing All the way to Comprehensive Immigration Reform 07.13.06

2006-07-13T21:08:00.000-07:00

Laughing All the way to Comprehensive Immigration Reform 07.13.06: "Any comprehensive solution to immigration has to deal effectively with a number of issues. I am not sure that a comprehensive solution is possible because I do not trust our government under the Bush Administration to be able to do even one part of a multi-faceted solution correctly. This group of the gang that can’t count to five with the help of the fingers on one hand, certainly can’t shoot straight, nor walk and chew gum simultaneously without injury to the body politic."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

What Do You Want To Write Today? by Mervyn Love

2006-07-12T18:38:00.000-07:00

What Do You Want To Write Today? by Mervyn Love: "'What shall I write today?' That is the question writers often find themselves pondering. And

yes, the reply often comes back: 'Write What You Know'. But is this always the best guiding

principle?

I don't think it is. I reckon you should first of all write about what you ENJOY. Write about

what you are enthusiastic about and would like to read about yourself. All the information you

need to KNOW can be found with research. The library, your own bookshelf, the Internet (if you're careful)." ...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

U. S. Democracy At Risk

2006-07-12T01:33:00.000-07:00

U. S. Democracy At Risk: "The general incompetence of the current political party in charge has placed our Democracy at risk. I tend to think that perhaps they can’t help it. The Republicans have been out of power for so long at the Congressional level, and much longer since they have had both Congress and the White House that they lack practice. They are simply unskilled. That is why I think that they have had so huge a problem with corruption. Without practice they are unskilled at properly hiding their actions. They are like the dehydrated man who stumbles in out of the desert and kills himself with too much of a good thing. That, and unbridled arrogance."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Can You Believe It? I didn’t. Not at first.

2006-07-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

Can You Believe It? I didn’t. Not at first.: "Osama bin Laden - Wanted Dead or Alive! Multiple million dollar bounty will be paid for an identifiable body in either condition.

And the CIA halts, stops, and disbands the special unit dedicated to hunting bin Laden down? Just what part of Republican Newspeak is this?

Are we just going to trust that eventually an informant on the other side will do a Jesse James on him?"...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Identity Theft - When It Happens To You

2006-07-04T21:15:00.000-07:00

Identity Theft - When It Happens To You: "So, you've just realized that someone has stolen your identity and is racking up debt left and right, and you want to put a stop to it, but you don't know what to do. Well, keep reading, because in this article you will learn exactly what to do when you are a victim of identity theft. Once you have absorbed this information, act quickly, because the sooner you start fighting for your identity, the sooner you will win....(Click title link to see entire article.)...
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Karl Rove Is Breeding Red Herrings in the White House

2006-07-04T21:12:00.000-07:00

Karl Rove Is Breeding Red Herrings in the White House: "That has to be the answer that explains the rate at which the White House is able to drag out these Red Herrings, one after another. Of course, old Karl has been so successful at this particular brand of dirty politics that it is unrealistic to expect anything really new from the Chief of Dirty Tricks. Given the powers that this administration has taken unto itself, I do not understand how the full power of the Government of the United States is somehow unable to determine the source of the leak to the New York Times about undercover examination of international financial transactions. Every day that passes without the revelation of the source of the leak reinforces the very low level of competence of this administration. Throwing out a whole school of Red Herrings to stink in the noonday sun is only an attempt to divert our attention from real issues and the real future of our country."...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

You Are Not God's Focus

2006-07-03T18:03:00.000-07:00

You Are Not God's Focus: "My real problem is, what would convince God to change His mind? What would convince God to act in either way? God does not care what happens to humans. Something very fundamental must have changed? Why would God take such an indirect path as the birth of a child? The Bible tells us that, “God gave His only begotten Son . . .' (John 3:16) His first-born Son. He had to have had a very powerful, compelling reason. A reason that would be important to God.

All the reasons I've been told about, are important to people. They do not, to me,to seem to rise to a level of importance to God. It is just as reasonable for God to have seized Jesus at about age thirty. He seized Paul at a later date, to do His work. Why send an infiltrator by way of a birth canal? Never before, when 'contacts' with God are reported, it was with a human adult. Why change? Jesus grew up in a family of brothers and sisters. They were not apparently particularly impressed with Jesus until after He was thirty. Of course, in (John 4:24), Jesus himself testified, '. . . that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.' "...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

The Sand Under Christianity's Foundation

2006-07-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

The Sand Under Christianity's Foundation: "There is no form of supplication that can get God’s attention.

There is no ceremony that can get God’s attention. There is no rite that can get God’s attention. There is no celebration of any size that can get God’s attention. Not by crawling on hands and knees. Not by bloodletting. Not by handling of poisonous snakes. Not by self-torture. Not by self-sacrifice, including self-crucifixion. Not by volunteering for abuse. Not by killing of any animal, nor killing of any human. God simply does not care enough about humans to pay attention to such trivialities.

Stop bending to the will of the leaders of organized religion who tell you that these things will get God’s attention. They are lying to you for their own purposes. ...(Click title link to see entire article.)...

Parents: A Class Out of Favor

2006-06-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-24T00:47:00.000-07:00

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?

2006-06-20T20:04:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-16T13:30:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-15T04:37:00.000-07:00

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?

2006-06-14T21:32:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-13T16:22:00.000-07:00

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.)...