Principal Software Engineer/Architect, motorcyclist, drummer, and artist
I’m listening to NPR this morning and hearing about the expensive and extravagant hot children’s gifts this season. Almost reading my mind, Morning Edition plays a commentary that expresses exactly what I was thinking.
Dawn Price worries that we are teaching our children that they are entitled to anything that they want and that there are so many other less fortunate children in the world who are faced with poverty, hunger, war and worse.
An interesting study that links low BMIs with miscarriages.
The AAP (American Association of Pediatrics) released a statement indicating that there are so many advertisements bombarding our children that they fear for their health.
Not mentioned in the article; what does this say about our society and the evolution of consumerism and capitalism? . . . We are now raising a generation that has been bombarded with advertisements and conditioned to be such avid consumers. How will this affect the continuing degradation of our environment and our natural resources?
If we continue to condition people, from birth, that consuming is their prime directive, we will accelerate our current environmental, social, and economic problems. Moreover, we will be left with a populace that has been so highly conditioned to consume that they will be unable to change their behavior as they become adults and our next generation of leaders.
An article sent to me by Yermo.
Unbelievable! Horrible! Worst thing that you could have done at this point in the campaign!
Kerry’s botched "joke" this past Monday? Nope. The fact that the Democrats cowered like spineless rats after the NeoCons went on the attack.They misssed their opportunity to take control of the final week in the campaign and remind everyone why they shouldn’t vote for the Republicans:
The completely botched war in Iraq
The Bush administration lying to the country about WMD
The Republican corruption in congress
The cover-up of a know pedophile in congress
The Republicans that have bankrupted our country
The torture of prisoners
The erosion of our civil rights and our constitution
. . . and I could go on and on . . .
If they had done it correctly, Kerry would be campaigning at every battle ground rally and using the aformentioned points to further erode any chance of Republican victory.
But, yet again, the Democrats run like scared children when the NeoCons go on the attack and they still haven’t learned the power of sticking together and staying on message.
Here’s a couple of links that explain PKU testing.
It seems that vaccine industry, members of Congress, and the CDC may have colluded to cover-up what may end up being one of the nations great medical disasters: the thimerisol-autism link.
It seems that Bush’s resolve not only applies to policy but also to politicking.
This week Bush was out stumping for Republicans in Congress and is sticking to the playbook from the last two elections – national security, with a bit of tax cut talk.
I’m guessing that he hasn’t read the most recent NIE in which the 16 US intelligence agencies all agree that the war in Iraq has made the United States less safe.
Of course, he could just be hoping that if he says something enough times people will believe it regardless of it’s veracity like was done in ’04 regarding Iraq and it’s ties to Al Qaeda.
It could pay off for him, but it could also backfire horribly.
$10,000
06′ Suzuki GSXR 1000
Farmington, UT 84025 – Aug 7, 2006
2006
Suzuki 1000. This bike is perfect! It has 1000 miles and has had its
500 mile dealer service. (Expensive) It’s been adult ridden, all
wheels have always been on the ground. I use it as a cruiser/commuter.
I’m selling it because it was purchased without proper consent of
a loving wife. Apparently "do whatever the f*** you want" doesn’t mean what I thought. Call me, Steve.
— Helen Keller