Monthly Archives: April 2010
BP Gulf Oil Rig, Massey Coal Disasters Show We Don’t Understand Energy Independence or Security
The latest oil-coal-nuclear-or-whatever in the Gulf of Mexico is just another headline unless you understand this: OUR LACK OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY IS MORE FRIGHTENING THAN GETTING ATTACKED IN A SKYSCRAPER. But Americans spend more time trying to discredit … Continue reading
Mormons Build First Solar-Powered Meetinghouse; Conservatives Finally Live Up to Their Name
“We’re trying to be as energy efficient and conservation conscious as we can.” – Bishop Richard C. Edgely Where the LDS Church stands on environmental issues has been a moving target since right-wingers (which the mostly Mormons are) demonized caring … Continue reading
China to Require Telecom Companies to Snitch on Customers; A New Low
“Information transmissions should be immediately stopped if they are found to contain state secrets.” – China’s official Xinhua News Agency Whatever “state secrets” are. Just when you thought the Chinese government couldn’t stoop any lower to punish its own people, they … Continue reading
Discovery’s “Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking” Documentary Thought-Provoking Though Speculative
Discovery viewers got more physics Sunday night than a “Big Bang Theory” marathon. First, it was “How the Universe Works” which was outstanding for its information and graphics, though they got repetitious after one hour. That led into the debut … Continue reading
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most- If You Choose
Doctors once prescribed a tonic, Sulphur and molasses was the dose Didn’t help a bit, my condition must be chronic, Spring can really hang you up the most – “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most”, music by Tommy … Continue reading
States Rights, Old West Rear Ugly Heads in Arizona Immigration Law, Utah Firing Squad
“I know there are a lot who suggest getting rid of firing squad is more humane but we’ve had the firing squad since statehood and it’s effective.” – Utah State Sen. David Thomas (R) “Decades of federal inaction and misguided … Continue reading
Politico Study Confirms Tea Party Disillusioned, Self-Absorbed “Victims”
“…there is a word for what poll after poll depicts as a class of largely white, middle-class, middle-aged voters who are aggrieved: Republicans.” – Politico Tea Party poll The squeaky wheel making the noise on the American political scene lately … Continue reading
Earth Day Is the Most Important Day of the Year; It Should Be Every Day
Until now, I haven’t really thought about Earth Day today because, to me, every day is Earth Day. Unlike God, baseball, and curly fries, life can’t go on without Earth. Yet it is probably the one thing we take most … Continue reading
Corruption in Utah Legislature, Carl Wimmer Create Credibility Problem for Tea Party
“I often watch my children as they sleep, and I let my mind wander into the future. What will they become? Who will they be? What will their future hold? It is this last question that disturbs me.” – Utah … Continue reading
Muslim Cleric’s Stunning Discovery: Earthquakes Caused by Promiscuous Women
A classic case of cause and effect: this guy apparently felt the Earth move during a weekend with the guys in Vegas http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041901787.html?hpid=sec-religion
