Feb
13
How much debt is the CBO projecting for the US to incur as a result of the stimulus plan? Yep that’s right 3.27 trillion dollars. . . . Did you know you can stack a column of pennies 720,750 Kilometers with that many pennies. You could also travel to the moon and back if you [...]
Feb
12
Okay don’t miss these sites for great online books: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page http://manybooks.net/ I know they are old but that is the wonder of it these are out of copyright and so are distributable free for any reason in the United States! There are some great things available including The Time Machine by HG Wells Benjamin Franklin’s [...]
Feb
12
Do you use WordPress? If you do I find the best Comment spam defense is a good offense. Combine Akismet with a few other good Spam defenders and you could be free from that detestable comment spam! I use WP-Hashcash http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-hashcash/ Try it! Best thing about it is it doesn’t bother real users and kills [...]
Nov
05
This election was the first that I remember voting for an African American. I have to admit I didn’t feel anything outside my normal even keel upon voting for him. It was a historic moment for our nation, state and county. I guess the way I’ve always viewed someone’s race is that it is a [...]
Nov
04
Today is Election Day 2008 in the US! Please go and Vote your conscience today for the future of our Country! http://www.harrisoncountytx.org/poll_loc.php
Sep
29
Alan Greenspan: May 19th, 2005 http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2005/20050519/default.htm ” As I testified before the Congress both this year and in 2004, the GSEs need a regulator with authority on par with that of banking regulators, with a free hand to set appropriate capital standards, and with a clear and credible process sanctioned by the Congress for placing [...]
Sep
03
It’s been a little over 3 days since the rain began here in Marshall from Gustav and even though we and the Gulf Coast didn’t see near what could of happened, it was still quite a storm. From what I saw here, the evacuations and preparations were 100% better on the Louisiana side of the [...]
Jul
03
Well, I had only read the headlines of those articles but just now saw a thoughtful well documented article that actually listed the question asked. Of the following two statements which one better fits your beliefs? A “My religion is the one, true faith leading to eternal life” or B “many religions can lead to [...]
Jun
18
. . . (From the article) Richard Danzig, who served as Navy Secretary under President Clinton and is tipped to become National Security Adviser in an Obama White House, told a major foreign policy conference in Washington that the future of US strategy in the war on terrorism should follow a lesson from the pages [...]
May
05
Happiness evidently is in the eye of the beholder, it just so happens Conservative tendencies to attend Church and be married result in a personal feeling of optimism and happiness. . . Don’t forget Conservatives give more to charitable groups too. read more | digg story