Archive for the 'Rants' Category

Another Disgusting Power Grab By The Bush Regime

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

In another power grab orchestrated by the Bush Regime, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has announced a push to require ISPs to maintain records of all sites a user may access while online. A particular quote of interest from the article included:
Mr Gonzales also said that he is also investigating ways to ensure that ISPs retain [...]

Time (for) Change…

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Take one early morning flight the day of a time change . . . add in connecting flights in 2 additional time zones and you end up with your internal clock in meltdown. Ick…
We seriously need to eliminate daylight savings time. I cannot come up with one good reason to keep it. [...]

Of Volts and Men

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

An interesting historical essay titled ‘Franklin’s Unholy Lightning Rod‘ illustrates how dogma can run afoul of science . . . but interestingly, science wins out in the end. Reminds me of other battles . . .
dogma, religion, science

Pharmacists Refusal to Dispense Birth Control

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

From CNN.com Story and MSNBC.com Story:
“A group founded by evangelist Pat Robertson is suing to stop Illinois from requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception, saying the rule violates a druggist’s right to refuse on religious and moral grounds.”
“The lawsuit represents five pharmacists indefinitely suspended by Walgreen Co. for refusing on religious or moral [...]

Merry Holidays!

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

OK, so the right wing extremists are at it again! These Christian wackos are boycotting retailers who do not use the phrase “Merry Christmas” to greet shoppers or in their advertising this Holiday Season. The article over at CNN.com goes into more detail.
Seriously, these guys need to get a life and stop forcing [...]

The “Salmon-Forty-Salmon”

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Originally From Moxiegrrrl.com, the “Dumbest Grant Ever”.

Photo Credit to CLAY LACY and CHAD SLATTERY – Alaska Airlines
The ultimate in government waste; a non-profit groups called the Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board awarded Alaska Airlines a half-million dollar grant to paint the aircraft. The Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board was funded by a 29 million dollar federal allocation [...]


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