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Featured Column: Global Warning - Aug 28, 2010
- Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable
by Robin Buckallew
This week, President Obama took his daughters for a swim. That’s right, he’s a good dad, and he wanted to spend time with his daughters. I don’t really have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with is WHERE he took them for a swim…or rather, where he SAID he took them for a swim…the Gulf of Mexico. Why did he swim in the Gulf, and why does it matter? Well, by way of analogy, think back about ten years, when we had a different president, you know, what’s ‘is name, the fellow who couldn’t say “nuclear” correctly? We had a little problem with mercury in our water, and the EPA was attempting to rewrite the mercury standards to reduce the amount of mercury that people were consuming. Ol’ what’s ‘is name decided to block the rule change, because big bidness didn’t like it…then, just to show that there wasn’t anything wrong with the current standard, he drank a glass of water with mercury in it…to show he wasn’t scared. If he’d drink the stuff, it must be all right. Right? Right. Fast forward to August, 2010. Now, we have a little problem with oil in the Gulf…lots of oil in the Gulf, but the people who put it in the Gulf are telling us it’s cleaned up…all gone away, nice and clean, but…no, don’t look under the rug. The government is siding with the oil company…Gulf all clean, no need to worry, go back home and think slow and beautiful thoughts. We’ve got it under control, no need to worry your pretty little (empty) head…yes, that’s a good fellow. Where did the oil go? Well, I guess the oil fairies must have done a little bit of magic. But, hey, that’s on a need to know basis and, to tell you the truth, you don’t need to know. Some people are having trouble with the story…their reality meter is on red alert. They remember that the government told us that Ground Zero was safe to return to…although the air was still toxic. They also remember that the government told us not to worry, the levees wouldn’t break when the Category 5 hurricane hit New Orleans. Some of them even remember that these same people said that there was no danger from offshore drilling, because oil rigs today don’t tend to spill. Ouch. So, to... more
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Last week, a jury handed down a decision on a lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild which has been reverberating through the blogosphere. Countless bytes have been expended on discussing this case, and tempers have flared. This article is not about that case. At this point, the information I have is insufficient to evaluate the situation fully about the legal aspects, and I have no way of knowing (unlike many of the bloggers) exactly what Jane Doe was feeling when she was dancing in the bar where she was filmed, or what she was feeling when someone yanked down her top after she refused to remove it, nor what she was feeling when the film turned up later in an embarrassing venue. So, for those of you who are viciously tearing apart anyone who dares to write a column condemning the decision, you can turn your attention elsewhere, because that is... more
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This message is for my liberal Christian friends: I want you to cease and desist mocking, deriding, or otherwise ridiculing the Reverend Pat Robertson. It’s time for you to show him proper respect, and let him do his thing in peace, undisturbed by your hatred and anger. I realize it’s tough, because he does so leave himself open to ridicule, but, well, that’s what we have to do. We have to respect religion, and never, ever, ever make fun of it, because people believe it deeply. At least, that’s what everyone has been telling the “New” Atheists, every time they make a frontal assault on some deeply beloved Christian belief. |
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Commentary - Aug 7, 2010 You Want it, I Know You Want it by Robin Buckallew Women face a difficult position in our society. We have been given messages all our life that we need to be pretty, we need to be desirable, we need to dress provocatively so we’ll attract men. In addition, we’re supposed to be a “good girl”,... more |
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Investing 101 - Apr 18, 2010 The Goldman Gang Rides Again: Short Selling the World by Mark Faulk The civil charges filed by the SEC against Goldman Sachs last Friday were a good start, but it was only a first step. There should be criminal charges as well, with those responsible from Goldman, Paulson and Co., and the ratings firms who gave the... more |
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This guy walks into a bar and says... - Apr 2, 2010 Boy, Do I Like CafePress! by Ken Shade When I searched "Democrat," I discovered at roughly half of the results were nasty comments about Democrats. When I searched "Republican," only about five percent of them were nasty comments about Republicans. Many of the nasty comments... more |
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Global Warning - Aug 28, 2010 Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable by Robin Buckallew Oil disasters are happening all the time, all over the world. We rarely hear about most of them, because they happen in places far away from home – Nigeria, Venezuela, Kuwait, Australia – and we’re able to fool ourselves into thinking everything’s... more |
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Blogfest 2005 - Jul 31, 2010 The Devolution of Man by Robin Buckallew Sociologists and psychologists, not to mention church leaders, teachers, and all sorts of others, have been telling us that humans are basically very decent, and that they stand ready to be supportive and nurturing. The Internet would tell a... more |