Now, I can see where people would get upset that the Vice President of the United States vulgarly insults a member of the Senate in the Senate Chamber. And I can also see how people would get mildly annoyed when Teresa Kerry told a reporter where to put his notebook. But this Jenna Bush thing. I first saw it on the Netscape news browser with an article about Mrs. Bush responding to her daughters actions. I read it. I thought one web page no need to respond. Fluff piece. Then I looked a...

Hello, Zippy 3, our pet goldfish, died Saturday night. Yes, there was a Zippy 1 and 2. Zippy 3 led a long 8 month life. He lasted longer with us than in the pet store. How do I know? Because Zippy 3 was a feeder fish. What’s a feeder fish? A feeder fish is a fish that they feed to other bigger fish. Kinda like having a lot of mice in the pet store if Kaa the constrictor gets a bit peckish. The girls dealt with the passing well. We buried Zippy-3 in the front yard and put flowers on th...

Delay in the national election due to terrorist attack? The problem with that is, any date you set, the terrorists will know about and plan for. Terrorists, while they do plan are also spur of the moment people. Dynamite (check), vest (check), map (check) Link Maybe we'll have secret elections... Stay tuned conspiracy theorists... this will get intertesting IG

I read the article and saw the website (www.bodyworlds.com). I have so many thoughts on this. What do you think? IG Link

"Diseases like cholera, meningitis and now polio pose a threat more imminent than starvation." Polio. A disease we have been preventing in our country since 1963 is runnning rampant in Africa. We are the most powerful nation on the Earth. It is time to act. IG Link

Here is an article from Slate about the decisions... http://slate.msn.com/id/2103112/ Mr. Carter has a good take on the situation. IG

Mike Tyson, the poster boy for vegetarians and the well-adjusted has been granted a license to fight in New Jersey. Let me say that again. Mike Tyson, spokesperson for NOW and the "Bobcat" Golthwaite charm school has been granted permission to box in New Jersey. IG

I just saw a cartoon in which St. Peter is reading a scroll aloud to God at the gates describing Ray Charles (loved by millions, incredible musician…), it got me thinking, yes God knows all, but how would you think St. Peter would introduce you? IG

Last night I got out my girl’s inflatable pool, stored away from last year and blew it up. No, not with a pump, with my own power. One hour, big pool, hot sun, no fun. But they enjoyed the sprinkler while I did it. I wanted them to have it for today. This morning I discovered tiny holes and a deflated pool. Woohoo! Color me happy! So, over to Wallyworld my wife goes and gets a new pool and a hand pump. So, around noon today she and I and 2 and 4 are pumping up the pool, before I leave fo...

It happened on this day in 1954: Special Counsel for the Army Joseph N. Welch: "Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" IG

Before I start my musings, let me tell you that yes, todays society has many great technological advances over the past and this has made life better. But I think along the way we lost something. For those over 18: Today’s culture is too immediate. Remember box tops? You would spend a month or two eating cereal, scraping together enough money and sent them in the mail and waiting for the toy to come? That sense of anticipation? Or, the family coming home early and sitting together i...

This is one of the news stories today: “The United States has credible intelligence from multiple sources that the al-Qaida terror network is determined to “hit the United States hard” in the coming months in a strike that could be linked to events such as a coming international economic summit and the summer political conventions.” Now, I realize that they want to keep us informed, but are they really telling us anything that we do not know? I mean, I have basically been expecting anot...

Now, I am not the biggest fan of President Bush, but I have to vent about what happened last night. When I grew up we had 4 channels, so when there was a presidential address or important event happening, if you were a kid, you were stuck w/ PBS (and not at the time the kids shows were on). So, I grew up with a certain expectation. The president speaks, the networks cover it and we listen. So, when I heard that President Bush was going to explain how he was going to get us out of the “big ...

From Thw Slate: http://slate.msn.com/id/2100933/ IG

OK, I have seen part of the testimony and read the transcript of Rumsfeld. And it strikes me that one of the main things he is sorry about is that the pictures got out in the first place. He poke of procedures and investigations and controls. He talked of the information technology of today and anyone with a digital camera. He also mentioned how Congress and the President was “blind-sided” by the news report. So here is my question. Assume that the Rumsfeld investigation all went accordin...