Frightening...

So accurate...

October 13

Your Birthdate: October 13

You're dominant and powerful. You always need to be in charge.While others respect your competence, you can be a bit of a dictator.Hard working and serious, you never let yourself down.You are exact and accurate - and you expect others to be the same way. Your strength: You always get the job done Your weakness: You're a perfectionist to a fault Your power color: Gray Your power symbol: Checkmark Your power month: April

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Hershey Bears

Well, I went up with some friends to see a Hershey Bears game. It was great to see 2 long missed friends and their spawn. She has grown so much. I had a fantastic time and would love to do it again.

After watching the game, we hung around for the special jersey auction. It was nice to see the players come out sign the jerseys that they had worn during the game. The proceeds from the auction were to benefit the teams charity.

One of the things that I loved about the game was the heart that the players showed. So often when I have watched NHL games, the players and others seem to be phoning it in. I watched these AHL players sign autographs and get their pics taken with fans. When they were announcing the top players of the game, they came out and handed out hockey sticks to kids that were autographed by them. They seemed to care about the fans and were there to play the game because they loved it. All these things are missing from what I have seen of the NHL players.

The NHL only seems to be in it for the money. I am sure the AHL players want to make money too, but at least for me I left the event like I had a good time and gotten my moneys worth. I plan on trying to see more AHL games if I can.

WOOT, I could do this.

You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5). The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn�t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you�ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone. Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 94% Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) 88% Moya (Farscape) 88% SG-1 (Stargate) 88% Enterprise D (Star Trek) 81% Serenity (Firefly) 81% Bebop (Cowboy Bebop) 81% Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) 81% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 75% Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 69% Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) 63% FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files) 56% Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile II: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? (pics) created with QuizFarm.com

Random Thought on Congress...

Late last year, unbeknowst to me and others it appears that Congress voted down an increase to the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.25. It would have been the first increase in 10 years. This while they have approved $28,000 in pay raises for themselves.

Boggles the mind doesn't it...

Our Vigilant and Perceptive Congress...

CNN is reporting that Congress will say that both Federal; State and Local governments mismanaged the response to Hurricane Katrina. Shocking...

What is even worse in my mind is that FEMA had rush built 11,000 nice 3 bedroom mobile homes, but wont let them be deployed in Southeast Louisiana. Why you ask? Because they cannot be deployed in a flood plain area. Will they waiver it so people have a place to live? No. But they will kick people out of hotels.

And we pay these people for what???

Hrm...

You are Form 7, Gryphon: The Wyrm.

"And The Gryphon displaced the balance of
the world in his favor. With grace and
control, Gryphon deceived mankind and ruled
over civillization. But even he realized
that all good things must come to an
end."

Some examples of the Gryphon Form are Satan
(Christian) and Baphomet (Assyrian).
The Gryphon is associated with the concept of
control, the number 7, and the element of
wind. His sign is the gibbous moon.

As a member of Form 7, you are a very in control
individual. You maintain your coolness in
most situations and always seem to be
prepared. Though some may say you are a bit
of a control freak, you know that you really
do make the best leader even if others can't
see it. Gryphons are the best friends to
have because they have a positive influence
on people.


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Satire and Islam

Enough is enough. I understand that Islam considers it to be sacrilege to do a picture of Mohammed, but it is a picture. They can do protests and marches and letters. Burning buildings and killing folks is another story. I think it is odd that there is almost a 3 month gap between when the cartoons were first published and all these protests. Now granted that a Norweigen newspaper printed them in early January, but still.

Islam needs to realize that people will say or do things you dont like. You can protest them civilly or you can act like a 2 year old (see the Joint Chief's civlized protest about a Washington Post political cartoon).

Where was the outrage we see here against killing women and children? Where was the outrage at people being executed by brutally having their heads chopped off? Where is the outrage at using children as bombers?

We repeatedly hear how Islam is not to blame, but when you dont hear them speaking against these actions or making as strong condemnations as they do on these issues I find myself to be increasingly less sympathetic.

Satire is one of the hallmarks of an open society. If you cant poke fun at the human condition, then you cant make commentary on it to improve it.

Furthermore, I think it is poor taste that the United States didnt stand by Denmark. Andrew Sullivan has some good posts on it. Freedom of the Press is one of the signatures of a free republic. We are on the wrong side here. Another good commentary is found here.

We should not apologize for having freedom of expression.

Article on John Danforth...and the quote of the week.

Well, most most remember John Danforth, but he appears to be making news again. Or least he drew the interest of the Washington Post (not hard if you are against the administration or the republican party).

The article really reminds me of how the Republican Party has changed. From when I was in college and watching the likes of Jerry Falwell; Pat Robertson and Morton Blackwell sink an earlier Republican governor election because they wanted to purify the party and twist it to their own ends. I will admit that Land makes a point, people want divisiveness. They want someone to point at and look at as the enemy. I have to say that the Republicans have made the transition to looking at a new enemy better than the Democrats. They have labelled and cornered every group that they can to draw people to them and say they arent like US, we have to protect US from them. Part of me wonders if we would have the same issues if the Communist Bloc hadnt fallen apart. Instead of an enemy without, we are choosing our enemies within.

I just hope that others decide to speak and act against this rising tide. These people who proclaim their virtue but are as crooked as any that walk the earth. Someone needs to remind the Christian Right of Romans 3:23 and Matthew 7:1-5. Unfortunately, I think they dont want the God of the New Testament, they want a God who will let them do terrible things and say God said I could. Ah well, there is hope as long as someone stands there and proclaims that God isnt like that.

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Quote for the Week: "A nation of sheep begets a government of wolves. " Edward Murrow