Plastic Farm AnimalsThe other day I went to a real doctor. Being as it was my first visit, the receptionist handed me a clipboard with paperwork to fill out. I took my seat by a sunny window and stared at the form. It was a waiver for a procedure involving the prostate. I immediately began to doubt […]
I got up this morning, turned on my computer and saw this story: Venezuelan Official Detained at JFK NEW YORK (AP) – Venezuela’s foreign minister said he was illegally detained for 90 minutes by officials at a New York airport and accused them of treating him abusively by trying to frisk and handcuff him. >SNIP< […]
For THIS, we’re raping the planet?! For meat-flavored dog water in single-use plastic bottles and pubic hair coloring? For Betty Beauty and Molli’s Choice we’re trying to take over the world? For Botox injections and Hummers, we’re robbing future generations of the right to peace and clean water? Give me a break!
Our latest hero, Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, came out with a whopper of a speech in his address to the United Nations yesterday. I mean, Wow! And every word of it true, except perhaps for the bit about the scent of sulfur still wafting from the podium where Bush had given his address earlier. […]
Last week I saw this bumper sticker on a car belonging to a retired science teacher: Great idea, but where would we get the money? Well, if the U. S. Congress re-appropriated 7% (or $30 billion) of the $419 billion Defense Budget for Education, we could cover tuition and fees for […]