Interestingly enough, John McCain might face opposition from a rather unexpected quarter, the deaf community where many of the vlogs and blogs are ringing.
There are several reasons why this might happen including his support of a highly unpopular incumbent Gallaudet University President to resign: See Here, and a highly suspicious Arizona Proposition 203 which forbad [...]
Archive for July, 2008
McCain’s Silent Opposition
Posted in Deaf, Politics, tagged Deaf, Gallaudet, Hearing Impaired, John McCain, McCain, President on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gonzales v Raich.
Posted in Musings, Politics, tagged California, Clarence Thomas, decriminalization, Marijuana, Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court, United States on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My last post made me curious and I did some additional research. Apparently the very Constitutionality question that I asked pertaining to marijuana was brought before the United States Supreme Court on November 29, 2004 in Gonzales v. Raich. The case involved a woman using medicinal marijuana to treat chronic pain and muscle [...]
Constitutional Law and Marijuana
Posted in Musings, Politics, tagged Congress, Constitution, Marijuana, United States on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, can you smell that odor making it’s way from the college dorms? Yep, today’s topic is the cannabis plant. I just found this interesting article on CNN.com reporting that Rep. Barney Frank has called for the end of federal penalties for possessing less than 100 grams of the plant. (I wonder [...]
Sinaiticus Online
Posted in Atheist, Catholic, tagged Bible, Catholic, Codex, History, Sinaiticus, Textual Criticism on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As much as the title might sound like one, this is not a new MMORPG. One of the world’s oldest surviving bible, the Codex Sinaiticus is going online.
First let’s delve into some of the history here. The Codex Sinaiticus was written some time between 330 and 350 CE in uncial Greek. [...]
Comfort Zone Camp
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well I just got confirmation on the training date to be a Big Buddy for one of the campers at Comfort Zone Camp. The camp is a place for kids age 7-17 who have lost a parent, sibling or loved one. At this point in time they use Camp Hanover just outside of [...]
Movie Review
Posted in Musings on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
WAAALL-EE!
EEEVA!
WAAALL-EE
EEEVA!
I got to see WALL-E last week when they released it open captioned. Cutest movie I’ve seen in a long time. I got many many laughs out tof this one. It’s well worth the money. Go See It Now!
The Purposeless Driven Debate
Posted in Atheist, Politics, tagged church, James Dobson, McCain, Obama, President, Religion on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Once again the presidential candidates are meeting in a church. Since cinching the Democratic nomination Obama has not met with McCain for any kind of discussion. Now we have them meeting in a mega church that claims over 22,000 members…
First the Faith Debate that killed Science Debate ’08 and now this shit? [...]
Jimmy Stewart in Shenandoah
Posted in Atheist, Musings, tagged Atheist, god, Jimmy Stewart, Prayer, Shenandoah on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I watched a 1965 movie titled Shenandoah staring Jimmy Stewart, Patrick Wayne (John Wayne’s son) and a few other well known actors from that time. Jimmy Stewart plays Charlie Anderson, a man who owns a 500 acre ranch in the heart of the Shenandoah valley and works it with his six sons and [...]
Updates From The Wafer Wars
Posted in Atheist, Catholic, Cracker on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The latest in the Wafergate scandal has descended like a cloud of annoyingly asinine flies. I’m sure that by now most of you have heard the story of Mr. Webster Cook of the UCF student body and the consequences of his ‘kidnapping’ a cracker eucharist. Now both he and PZ Myers (University of [...]
Friends
Posted in Musings, tagged friend, Friendship, optimistic on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was thinking about friendship the other day after a conversation with very good friend of mine:
If you are friends with a person you take their foibles into account. You love them for their strengths, the fact that they will be there when you need them, or will that they sit up talking with [...]
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