Self-serving product labels

Have you seen some of the self-serving product labels lately? They are popping up everywhere. The latest for me was the smoked sausage product that was guaranteed to be made from “hormone free” pork products.  There...

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Military Heroes

I prefaced this post by stating this is about MILITARY Heroes.   The reason for this is that I do not want to get into the conversation, at this point, all of the various representations of heroes that can occur that are not...

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Gladiators

I honestly think that if gladiatorial games were still legal, people would pay to watch them.  In fact, I think that the pay-for-view money would be astronomical. I also honestly think that, unlike the case in history, they...

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A thought on the NRA

I have some thoughts about the NRA: How can we have a honest conversation regarding gun control without involving the NRA? How can we have a honest conversation with the NRA without them willing to consider some form of gin...

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Troubling Facebook Post

I saw a post on Facebook that bothered me a lot.  It was about a father who’s daughter was raped.  He took the law into his own hands and beat the two rapists to death. Now here is what was troubling to me; The noted the...

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Taking Your Guns

One of the constant refrains from the Gun Nut world is that if you register your guns the “damn government will come and take my guns”. Yeh, right, Skippy! Think about it.  How in the living hell is that going to...

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Female Transvestites

I was watching “Elementary” the other day.  I enjoy the show.  I think the writing and acting is above par. But I have noticed that Lucy Liu’s character quite often dresses in what would be considered...

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Facts and Truth

Even when we can agree upon the Facts, we often do not/can not agree upon the Truth. Case in point:  I had an acquaintance that told of the situation where Obama reacted to the Arrest Controversy of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. To...

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