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29 August 2005
22 August 2005
It's time
I'm tired of the presidency being marketed to the people like it's some kind of consumer product. We've heard plenty of "new", "improved", "now with god-power", and other meaningless claims. Our government isn’t some kind of laundry detergent and it deserves more respect and reverence from those working within it.
It's time for the neocons to stand down – their ideology has proven to be disastrously wrong. They’ve miscalculated and created situations where American lives are being lost that needn’t be lost.
I kindly request that the next time the Secretary of Defense feels that he has erred so egregiously that he turns in his resignation (twice!), that President Bush accept it. Loyalty to incompetence is not a virtue.
It’s time to end the supply-side madness. Trickle down economics is failing to help the average American citizen and is creating debt that would worry even former president Reagan. Gee, isn’t that what happened last time we spent like crazy?
It's time for the administration to stop using religion to divide us. We’re not all born-again Christians. We’re not all Christians. We’re not all believers. It's time for the religious right in this country to stop claiming they're being victimized -- while they work night and day to end the separate of church and state that grants them the very freedom to speak as they do. They’re beginning to act like the American Taliban.
This country needs a moment of science, a moment of fact, and most desperately a clear accounting of this administrations actions.
It's time for the neocons to stand down – their ideology has proven to be disastrously wrong. They’ve miscalculated and created situations where American lives are being lost that needn’t be lost.
I kindly request that the next time the Secretary of Defense feels that he has erred so egregiously that he turns in his resignation (twice!), that President Bush accept it. Loyalty to incompetence is not a virtue.
It’s time to end the supply-side madness. Trickle down economics is failing to help the average American citizen and is creating debt that would worry even former president Reagan. Gee, isn’t that what happened last time we spent like crazy?
It's time for the administration to stop using religion to divide us. We’re not all born-again Christians. We’re not all Christians. We’re not all believers. It's time for the religious right in this country to stop claiming they're being victimized -- while they work night and day to end the separate of church and state that grants them the very freedom to speak as they do. They’re beginning to act like the American Taliban.
This country needs a moment of science, a moment of fact, and most desperately a clear accounting of this administrations actions.
18 August 2005
Red Bull vs. Alcohol
I’ve taken to drinking Red Bull & Vodka’s lately – usually on those evenings when I’m a bit tired, and yet want to keep up with my drunken friends. I’ve even introduced the phrase “make it a double and bring me the can” into the local lexicon.
The Red Bull wakes you up, and the vodka makes you drunk. Thus the conflict -- the stimulants of Red Bull mix fighting the depressant effects of the alcohol in the Vodka’s alcohol. My body was host to this battle last Wednesday night.
Let’s cover the quantitative information first. I consumed approximately eight drinks. Judging from the size of the drinks I’d guess it was eight shots of vodka and six cans of Red Bull.
Now on to bodily battleground. When I got home (I didn’t drive) I was drunk enough to fall asleep nearly immediately. However, it turns out that my body can process alcohol much faster than it can process caffeine. Thus three hours after falling asleep I wake up in the full “wide-awake-and-wired” mode.
I get up and head downstairs and flip on the TV. Jules hears me, and wakes up as well. Now it’s 4:30 am and we’re both awake. “I, Robot” is just starting. We watch the movie, the sun rise, and each have a bowl of cereal before we start our day.
The Red Bull wakes you up, and the vodka makes you drunk. Thus the conflict -- the stimulants of Red Bull mix fighting the depressant effects of the alcohol in the Vodka’s alcohol. My body was host to this battle last Wednesday night.
Let’s cover the quantitative information first. I consumed approximately eight drinks. Judging from the size of the drinks I’d guess it was eight shots of vodka and six cans of Red Bull.
Now on to bodily battleground. When I got home (I didn’t drive) I was drunk enough to fall asleep nearly immediately. However, it turns out that my body can process alcohol much faster than it can process caffeine. Thus three hours after falling asleep I wake up in the full “wide-awake-and-wired” mode.
I get up and head downstairs and flip on the TV. Jules hears me, and wakes up as well. Now it’s 4:30 am and we’re both awake. “I, Robot” is just starting. We watch the movie, the sun rise, and each have a bowl of cereal before we start our day.
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