Category: Current Affairs
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Today’s news of Texas governor Rick Perry’s making it mandatory for all young girls in Texas to get the anti-cervical vaccine Gardasil has raised a storm of discussion on whether it is indeed desirable to mandate such a thing. Criticism of the move to make it mandatory ranges from outrage of conservative parents who think…
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Texas Governor Rick "Good Hair" Perry recently had his inaugural bash in Austin. Due to icy weather, the planned outdoors event was moved indoors. Undeterred by freezing temps, Perry had a rousing (more like hell raising) party to celebrate his re-election. It was a classic (and disgraceful) "watch what I do, not what I say"…
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I should really be writing a post about Bush right now but I am going to wait and see what he has to say during tonight’s State of the Union speech. In the meantime, a local story in today’s paper caught my eye. "Brazoria Mayor Ken Corley wants offensive use of the "n-word" to be…
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The recent story about the two kidnapped young boys rescued from the clutches of a pedophile caught the attention of the entire nation. Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck, both of Missouri, were found in an apartment belonging to Michael Devlin, a 41 year old pizza store manager. It was the search for thirteen year old…
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I am sure most of you watched (or read about) George W. Bush’s fantasy filled speech on January 10, 2007 in which he once again tried to sell us a bill of dangerous goods in the name of national security. After perfunctorily taking responsibility for mistakes in Iraq (a bitter pill for an arrogant man),…
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I have no good ideas for a meaningful post. I also have to report for jury duty today. So here are a few links to some stories that caught my eye in the past couple of days. I think there is something for everyone here. What’s in your wallet? : That pocketful of change you…
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Two events that occurred close to home yesterday have put me on edge a bit. One took place 175 miles from my home in Austin and the other unfolded a mere 5 miles away in Sugarland. (Updated photo : Dead bird on the side of Colorado highway. Link :Sujatha) AUSTIN — More than 10…
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Pluto was recently unceremoniously bumped from the planetary line up. After being snubbed by astronomers, the erstwhile ninth planet has found glory elsewhere – in the world of wordsmiths. The American Dialect Society has voted "Plutoed" the word of the year for 2006. The meaning of course is: "to demote or devalue someone or something, as…
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During yet another direct conversation with God, Pat Robertson has learnt of dire future events that will come to haunt us. He predicts a "mass killing" in the US in late 2007. Although God did not specify what kind of weapons will be used to bring about the mass destruction, Robertson thinks they will be…
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While Congressman Virgil Goode of Virginia is at it again, denigrating Congressman-elect Keith Ellison of Minnesota for wanting to take a ceremonial oath on the Koran, rather than a Bible, Mr.Ellison has managed to come up with a hard-to-assail reply: He is going to be taking his oath on a translation of the Koran once…
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By now we have all watched the macabre theater surrounding the execution of Saddam Hussein. The spectacle resembled a nauseating and well choreographed snuff film which played out endlessly on our TV screens in strange juxtaposition with the dignified and somber farewell to President Gerald Ford. Few in the world, especially Iraqis, are shedding tears…
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Here are some of my observations on the events of the past year – related mostly to the political and social happenings in the US. To scrutinize events of the entire world would have been a daunting task. I won’t bother to provide links – please google if in doubt. All the stories are well…
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