Monday, February 28, 2005 from Cohutta

If people can’t remember the Ten Commandments tell them to carry cards in their wallets or rent billboards, but I don’t want my tax dollars to go toward displaying them in public places.

Sunday, February 27, 2005

The religious conservatives seem to have forgiven Swaggart for having “sinned,” North (raised to hero status), Pointdexter and Weinberger (pardoned by Bush I) for lying to Congess, Bush II for his boozy, drug-fueled “youth” and the much-married Rush for prescription drug addiction and prescription shopping but they can’t seem to forgive Bill Clinton for getting and lying about a blowjob or Hillary for just being Hillary.

Saturday, February 26, 2005 from Cohutta

When I first heard Bush’s assertion that he had “looked the man [Putin] in the eye” and had gotten "a sense of his soul, ” I thought how ridiculous! About the only definitive piece of information that you’ll get from staring someone in the eye is his eye color.

Friday, February 25, 2005 from Cohutta

You cannot imagine how sad it makes me to see that Wal-Mart is now raping the beautiful towns and quaint family businesses of Mexico. In the U.S. newspapers they're just strange sounding names, like Pátzcuaro or Teotihuacán, but I know these places and it's tragic. Yes, it's happened here too and many smaller businesses have suffered or gone under in our search for ever lower prices. It's no less devastating but somehow it seems like less of an invasion when Chattanooga or Phoenix are Wal-Martized.

Thursday, February 24, 2005 from Cohutta

If, as our president says, we have no plans of attacking Iran and yet all options are on the table, it must mean that we don’t have any blueprint for doing it but we won’t let that stop us.

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 from Cohutta

According to BBC News: “Roman Catholic organisations in India have demanded the withdrawal of a film that depicts a priest having an affair with a girl half his age.”

Am I missing something or does this not pale in comparison with what has already gone on in real life within the Catholic Church?

Free Mojtaba and Arash Day

For more information go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4278241.stm

Monday, February 21, 2005 from Cohutta

I really don’t care what Bush did in his youth, but why doesn't he put an end to all the marijuana and cocaine questions and just say that he held his breath all those years; he could also add that his daughters never swallow those margaritas.

Sunday, February 20, 2005

It’s realistic that nations will not always agree on international issues, but Bush wouldn’t have to be mending so many fences in Europe if he and his administration had done something that I learned a long time ago: think about the effect of your words before you speak.

Saturday, February 19, 2005 from Cohutta

I LOVE PALINDROMES

Here are some favorites. Please post any that you have; I’d like to see them.

Madam, I’m Adam.
Sit on a potato pan, Otis.
A man, a plan a canal, Panama.
Go hang a salami, I’m a lasagna hog.
He goddam mad dog, eh?
So many dynamos.
Draw, O Caesar, erase a coward.
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
Was it a rat I saw?

Friday, February 18, 2005 from Cohutta

Masturben sus mentes y eyacularán sus ideas – anónimo

I would think that even non-Spanish speakers would understand this.

Thursday, February 17, 2005 from Cohutta

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. – Lord Thomas Dewar

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 from Cohutta

Our national debt is well over $7,000,000,000,000 and rising. Every living American, including those in diapers, has a debt of $25,000 over his head. Bush will be remembered for generations to come. His record deficits will leave a legacy of a reduced standard of living for all but the richest Americans. Click on the National Debt Clock link to the right for more information.

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 from Cohutta

Do all the ugly comments about the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla mean that only the good looking should marry?

Monday, February 14, 2005 from Cohutta

It appears that Canada understands and practices the concept that all men are created equal a whole lot better than the U.S.A.

Sunday, February 13, 2005

Not talking to North Korea now is really a dumb idea.

Saturday, February 12, 2005 from Cohutta

Meditation, medication; po-tay-to, po-tah-to

Friday, February 11, 2005 from Cohutta

Hey, North Korea, RUN!

Thursday, February 10, 2005 from Cohutta

How come North Korea has nuclear weapons but Iraq had weapons of mass destruction?

Wednesday, February 9, 2005 from Cohutta

Has Bush thought about trying to convince the public that the Social Security System has WMDs?

Tuesday, February 8, 2005 from Cohutta

Hey, Iran...RUN!

Monday, February 7, 2005 from Cohutta

"President Bush's Motto: 'If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!'"

Anonymous

Wish I'd said that.

Sunday, February 6, 2005

I know she's supposed to be a turn-on, but does anyone else find the woman in the Levitra ads annoying?

Saturday, February 5, 2005 from Cohutta

The following is from a January 31, 2005 Newsweek article (High Hopes, Hard Facts) by Fareed Zakaria.

Zakaria asked an Indian friend of his why America is unfairly singled out for scrutiny abroad. His friend’s response was, “America positions itself as the moral arbiter of the world, it pronounces on the virtues of all other regimes, it tells the rest of the world whether they are good or evil. No one else does that. America singles itself out. And so the gap between what it says and what it does is blindingly obvious–and for most of us extremely annoying.”

The above is backed up by almost every foreign friend that I have. You can ask why we should care what they think, but if our real purpose is to make a better world, how will it be better if we’re hated for being the international bully?

Friday, February 4, 2005 from Cohutta

I have bladder cancer, but this blog is not really about that. It’s about perspective. First of all, I’m being treated and there’s no reason to think that it won’t be successful. However, awhile back while I was researching doctors and my treatment options, I came across a lot information about 5- and 10-year survival rates. I pictured them as numbers over our heads. I realized that while they are statistically important, an individual’s number is influenced by many factors: the type and stage of the cancer, the health and lifestyle of the person, the doctor who is treating it and where the treatment takes place (unfortunately), family history, etc. The fact is that, cancer or not, we all have numbers over our heads but none of us knows what they are. I decided that mine really doesn’t make any difference as long as I’m doing everything that I can. We can influence our number but it truly remains unknowable until after the fact. We should be living our lives honestly, no matter what the number is. I can truthfully say that I don’t know what mine is and if I had a chance to peek at it I wouldn’t.

Thursday, February 3, 2005 from Cohutta

Has the Vatican thought about NOT replacing the Pope?

Wednesday, February 2, 2005 from Cohutta

Now that terrorists are capturing action figures,
I think it's important that we stop exporting Barbies
to the Middle East. Besides the obvious safety issue,
she doesn't have the little camouflage outfits with
matching kneepads and boots. And I doubt that she
would be able to cope with having a little toy machine
gun pointed to her little plastic head.

Tuesday, February 1, 2005 from Cohutta

What would overwhelmed recipients of TV plastic surgery or house makeovers say if they couldn’t use the mantra: OH, MY GOD?