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This Little Light of Mine: An Earth Hour Post

Posted in Dumb and Dumber, Rants and Raves, Theology, Things to be Thankful For, tagged , on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »

The nut jobs who came up with “Earth Hour” got their symbolism perfect.  For Earth Hour, we are all supposed to turn our lights off and stop using electricity for one hour, starting at 8:30 p.m. tonight.  The UN is even turning its lights off, and they are expecting to save a whopping $102 in [...]

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My Wild Neighborhood

Posted in Rants and Raves on March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A few years ago, we moved from a house on a city block, to a house in a cul-de-sac that borders a woods.  The difference in wildlife is amazing:  for example, my kids counted something like 46 species of birds that have landed in our yard.  That includes the flock of wild turkeys that sometimes [...]

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More Personnel Problems at the Treasury Department

Posted in News, Politics on March 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The day after I published this, NPR decided that it was newsworthy to report on President Obama’s problems with staffing the Treasury Department.  I’m glad they read my blog.
A week later, the problems have only gotten worse.  Timothy Geithner, tax cheat, is still alone at the top of the Treasury Department, without a [...]

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Freedom!!!!

Posted in Autobiography on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Some birthdays are worth more than others.  So, for example, becoming 9 gets you a birthday cake and some presents, but you don’t really get any privileges to go with it.  Becoming 18 or 21 is a big deal, however, even though I can’t figure out why the drinking age and the voting age are two [...]

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Personnel Problems At the Treasury Department

Posted in Politics, Rants and Raves on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Remember when Timothy Geithner, tax cheat, was nominated to be Secretary of the Treasury? 
A lot of senators said that in normal times, his IRS problem would be a deal-breaker, but this was an emergency, and we needed a Treasury Secretary now!!! 
The guy must be pretty lonely now.
The Treasury Department is supposed to have a deputy secretary, [...]

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We’re Not Dead Yet!!

Posted in Autobiography on March 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »

It’s bad when all of your kids get the stomach flu within 6 hours of each other.
It’s really bad when all of your kids and your wife get the stomach flu.  That leaves you, the husband, in charge of all the cooking and laundry.
[If all of your kids and your wife get the stomach flu, [...]

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