It has gone to its new home and was well received.  :-)

Go Elfish me!

I am ded from the kyoooooootness of the icon.  Ded, I say.

Do the math.

http://www.cassyfiano.com/2009/12/gun-sales-surge-violent-crime-drops

Worth reading.

And for those who like the "racist tea baggers" epithet? Talk to the hand.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/why_the_angry_mob_is_angry.html

And were, in fact, milked to pay for swing votes.

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2009/12/we-are-in-sense-being-punished-for-our.html

They finally seem to have clued in to the massive and shameless corruption. There is, of course, the fig leaf of "The republicans did it too", though she Ms. Couric seems to have forgotten that it was a Republican congress that admonished DeLay for vote buying, so there was _some_ sense of shame.

Certainly not any these days.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/23/video-cbs-reports-on-vote-buying-in-obamacare-bill/

meta: 1) - n.  an essay characterized by discussion of little-known factoids that most people in the world don't care about.

2) - v. the process of searching for hours for that one little detail that will make or break your essay, which is too long and kind of incoherent anyway.  and enjoying the search.


-bs, snickering at self

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I just don't have a rant in me this week.

Instead of my usual Drama Free Thursday warm up, WTF Wednesday, I would like to offer this...

Our actions ripple like a stone thrown into a pond reaching places and touching things we never imagined.



We can not change the world without changing our own little part of it first.

Help someone in need...

Do something nice for someone else, just because...

Be kind to someone you dislike...

Give up a grudge...

Let an insult roll off your back...

Be cheerful to others even when you don't feel that way inside...

Do something that brings you joy...

And most important of all…

Go tell those you love that you love them; hold them tight...

You never know when you might not have the chance again.

~L

Mood: Hopeful








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One of my favorite snacks. In this one, I grew the tomatoes & basil, and used buffalo mozzarella. Yum!

Russian cusine but known in Europe and ex-USSR countries.



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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

JAMES MADISON

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5HX8zceoUE

The current legislative process toward the passing of "healthcare reform" has been highly problematic for a mulititude of reasons, but the top four need to be highlighted yet again:

* Members of Congress are being asked to vote on things that they have not fully read through or even allowed the voting public to review.

* The Constitutionality of the legislation (both in content and in procedure) has been dubious at best.

* Forget compromise and and old-fashion horse trading - we are witnessing out and out whoring of members of Congress for the sake of securing votes (at the expense of the taxpayers' dime to boot).

* The ability to enhance or otherwise repeal said legislation by future Congresses has been severely handicapped thanks to hidden, lawyerly passages purposed stowed away in the bill.

Lest my friends on the other side of the aisle think I am being unreasonable about all of this, consider the following: how would you feel if the subject matter was about ___ and the President at the end of the sausage making process was a Republican?

This goes beyond ideology, it is all about the whole process of governance.

Never again will *any* election be considered routine. Lines have been crossed in such a way that I suspect that a Constitutional convention within our lifetimes is not only required, but inevitable, if only to make certain that such actions never happen again.

2010 is going to be an interesting year, but not for the reasons that Arthur C. Clarke thought.