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DELAY EXECUTION, BUT NOT ABORTION

A couple of stories caught my eye this week.  One was about those whacky, naked kids over at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), protesting in Seattle against fishing because fish are intelligent, sensitive animals that feel stress and pain when they are hooked or hauled up in nets. On a more somber […]

I See Dumb People

I’m not even sure who’s the dumb one in this story.  You decide. The University of Tennessee book store sold novelty candies mocking the President.  (God forbid!)  Anyway, they’re  called “Disappoint Mints.” Well, I guess some of thin-skinned President Obama’s supporters are just as thin-skinned.  Tennessee state Rep. Joe Armstrong, a Democrat,  visited the bookstore […]

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

I couldn’t help but laugh when I read a piece in the WSJ today about Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan health care system.  I’m not laughing because Mr. Chavez has cancer, but the fact that he’s seeking treatment for it in Sao Paolo, Brazil. He expects his countrymen to accept the below-par health care available, […]

DRUG FREE FOR FREE MONEY

Anyone who’s ever read my posts knows how much I hate government waste.  The only thing I hate more than the government hemorrhaging money is the lack of oversight and accountability to the taxpayers. I work for my husband so I don’t have to drug test.  But think of how many millions of workers have […]

FEED A DOG, STARVE A HUMAN

I was talking with an attorney friend of mine who told me about a guy who, for no known reason, killed dogs and kept them in his freezer.  Sounds pretty bizarre, I know.  The police came to the guy’s door after neighbors complained about hearing dogs howling in the condo complex.  He wouldn’t let the […]