Sign Language
posted 8 months ago, updated 18 days later | 0 comments
THE FOLLOWING IS SATIRE. It is taken out of the context of it's original posting.
What gets to me is sign language for the deaf. I found myself on an elevator with a bunch of "these people". Hands waving and flapping everywhere in the midst of a...
What gets to me is sign language for the deaf. I found myself on an elevator with a bunch of "these people". Hands waving and flapping everywhere in the midst of a...
Privatization by Bechtel II
posted 9 months ago, updated 9 minutes later | 1 comment
Meanwhile, back home, FEMA awarded a no-bid trailer contract to the Bechtel Corporation and made them responsible and the hauling and installing of more than 35,000 trailers and mobile homes for Hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi.
Seven mon...
Seven mon...
Privatization by Bechtel. An expose'.
posted 9 months ago | 0 comments
In a post on one of my groups, I asked about the Fair Tax model of economics. The privatization of essential services to corporate entities was a tangential topic that drew some interest. I would like to reintroduce this topic here.
I live 50 mil...
I live 50 mil...
Snake Shooting in Texas
posted 9 months ago | 2 comments
My kid brother lived near Lake Alvarado. He and a couple of buddies would pull up on the road where it slopes off and down into the lake at night. He would turn his headlights on and expose all the snakes, cottons mouths and what not on the shore...
Mortal Timebombs
posted 9 months ago | 0 comments
March 9, 2004
Yesterday I attended rehab. It's an exercise class. A varied age group of
both sexes. Some people overweight, some not. There are two types of us: Open
heart or not. I'm certainly not the oldest. I can exercise well. I'm strong
a...
Yesterday I attended rehab. It's an exercise class. A varied age group of
both sexes. Some people overweight, some not. There are two types of us: Open
heart or not. I'm certainly not the oldest. I can exercise well. I'm strong
a...
Child Labor
posted 9 months ago | 2 comments
I propose a Dickensian approach to the problem of child welfare. I say employ children. Put them to work for wages to offset their own requirements and upkeep.
There are benefits to be derived from extracting labor from children. A lower overhead...
There are benefits to be derived from extracting labor from children. A lower overhead...
The Biology of Peace
posted 11 months ago | 1 comment
Based upon the fossil record and prenatal disposition we can see the development of the human brain from the basic reptilian complex, the most ancient part of the mammal brain, evolutionarily speaking. This segment of the brain controls autonomic ...
The Monolingual Revolution
posted 11 months ago, updated 1 minute later | 1 comment
November 11, 2007
Manchester, NH
If we are to promote the use of English as the "Official American Language" then, I would have to insist that a line declaring grammatically correct English (in conjunction with proper spelling and punctuation) be...
Manchester, NH
If we are to promote the use of English as the "Official American Language" then, I would have to insist that a line declaring grammatically correct English (in conjunction with proper spelling and punctuation) be...
Cognitive Random Experience
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
I went on a Thumber's Vision Quest looking for answers to questions not asked.
It was an experiment in cognitive random experience: I intentionally took off without a destination in mind. It was my hope that a Greater Spirit would "guide my ride"...
It was an experiment in cognitive random experience: I intentionally took off without a destination in mind. It was my hope that a Greater Spirit would "guide my ride"...
