Barb’s Blog » Archive for June 2009
Free Republic’s Take on Cap and Trade
Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax is going to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. This, we know. It would be a bureaucratic nightmare overseen by a confusing web of government agencies that would take and redistribute trillions of dollars from family budgets and workers payrolls. This, we also know. Even Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) admitted in the Washington Post this morning that: “The truth is, nobody knows for sure how this is going to work.” How encouraging. But what don’t we know? Here are some facts you may not know about Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax: Homebuyers Beware. Trying to save up for a new home? You may have to save up a little longer for your purchase. The Democrats’ bill would dramatically increase … Read entire article »
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Bella
Today Laura and I had our year end homeschooling review. It’s always a treat to see Deleah, but today we had a NEW guest – her granddaughter, Bella! Laura had a great review, Deleah was impressed and gave us a lot of great suggestions for next year! … Read entire article »
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Existence of God
Along with my reading, I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be An Athiest, Neil points his readers to this site which I found to be excellent, GotQuestions.org? It’s a site that has 184,094 Bible Questions Answered! I went to the question: “Is there an argument for the existence of God?” I had to look at former atheist Lee Strobel’s quote: “Essentially, I realized that to stay an atheist, I would have to believe that nothing produces everything; non-life produces life; randomness … Read entire article »
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Antartica Ice is Growing
In spite of the alarms sounding off in the mainstream media, in fact, in Antartica, over the past 30 years, the area of sea ice around the continent has expanded. Ice core drilling in the fast ice off Australia’s Davis Station in East Antarctica by the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-Operative Research Centre shows that last year, the ice had a maximum thickness of 1.89m, its densest in 10 years. More at GlobalResearch … Read entire article »
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The Pool is Open
…and the water is fine! After much labor in May; getting the leaves out, the cover off, the filter and pump cared for, and cleaning the sides of the pool, it is now finally swimable! After a chilly and very wet May and June, the water is starting to be swimable. We even put up a clothesline for the towels! … Read entire article »
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Largest Tax Increase in American History Under the Guise of Climate Change
The so called reason for this large tax increase? In all it sounds good, limit pollution and usher in an era of cleaner energy. Critics of the legislation have said it will cost too much to our already weak economy, so they wanted safeguards in place. Even as Democrats have promised that this cap-and-trade legislation won’t pinch wallets, behind the scenes they’ve acknowledged the energy price tsunami that is coming. During the brief few days in which the bill was debated in the House Energy Committee, Republicans offered three amendments: one to suspend the program if gas hit $5 a gallon; one to suspend the program if electricity prices rose 10% over 2009; and one to suspend the program if unemployment rates hit 15%. Democrats defeated all of them. So how much … Read entire article »
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Two Blogs Back Up Again
For some months two of my blogs have been down due to a glitch in the database. I delayed for so long to get this fixed. Finally, today, I called PowWeb, my host, and they had both back up and in order in no time, which made me wonder why I delayed so long! So, please visit my Photography Blog and My Lyrics Blog Also, if you are looking for a special in Web Hosting, visit PowWeb! … Read entire article »
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$10,000,000 Grant for Education…
… in Cambodia??? I am speechless and have nothing to add. … Read entire article »
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Pump Up The Volume
Today Laura and I were invited to Heather’s dance recital. This was the 16th Annual Dance Recital of Dancer’s Dreams, and held where I used to attend High School, Northeast. The first number, danced to Mercy: The next number was called, Busting Loose It was a great show. I took 800 photos in all. Another highlight was watching Cameron. He loved the dancing, he wanted, “More!” Coming home was interesting, a terrible storm with lightning greeted us as we left … Read entire article »
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Divine Design
“Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you Really study science, it will bring you closer to God.” ~James Tour, Nanoscientist Still reading “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Athiest”…. The astronomical evidence for God must be strong when atheistic physicists admit that “the universe exploded out of nothingness,” and the agnostic astronomers claim that “supernatural forces” were so at work in the beginning that scientists are led back to “a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.” But the scientific evidence for God does not end with the Cosmological Argument. For many, the PRECISION with which the universe exploded into being provides even more persuasive evidence for the existence of God. This evidence, technically known as the Teleological … Read entire article »
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Twister Insanity
Apparently, yesterday in Aurora Nebraska, several big tornadoes occurred. What shocks me is, from the following, it looks like anyone with a camera went out to video them, not get safe from them! … Read entire article »
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It Happened Last Night
Found on FreeRepublic.com: It happened last night. There was debate on the floor of the House over some amendments to a spending bill. The amendments were offered by Republicans and concerned funding for ACORN and an investigation into Nancy Pelosi’s problems with the CIA. As I understand the story, the Democrats announced that there would be no more votes that evening, and Republicans started heading home. When enough Republicans were gone the Democrats headed back to the House floor and called for a vote to end debate on all amendments to the spending bill. Republicans scrambled to get back into the House, but it was too late. Democrats saved Pelosi and ACORN with their little chicanery. For now. Hope and change? … Read entire article »
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Obama Ninja
Oh surely this means he is The One! Obama never hurt a fly? Think again! … Read entire article »
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ABC Will Anchor News from the White House
There was a time when Bill Clinton was in the White House, when it seemed he and his friends were trying to get away with so much, that he actually earned the nickname, “Slick Willy”. Soon we will have to honor Obama with a similar nickname. Yesterday, I only saw part of Obama speaking to the American Medical Association, wooing them into his health care program. I don’t know about you, but most doctors I know of, are very fearful of nationalized health care. (Some have even confided to me, if it goes through, they are leaving the country). We have England warning us, “Don’t do it! We have it and People Die!” and we have Canadians coming over into OUR border seeking GOOD health care. Obama’s plan doesn’t even touch on the … Read entire article »
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A Tale of Two Kinds of POW’s
I haven’t given a lot of attention to the so named Guantanamo 4 being released in Bermuda, I will admit. However, I just couldn’t help a passing thought… no matter how you feel about Guantanamo, the handling of the aftermath of 911, John McCain, or President Bush, I couldn’t help but notice a real difference between these Prisoners. John McCain Briefly, the short version of McCain’s imprisonment: He was subjected to rope bindings and repeated beatings every … Read entire article »
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The Universe Came to Be
“Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.” -Albert Einstein Still reading I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist. The book in its third chapter gives some scientific proof of a beginning in time. (too much to go into here, but I do recommend the book). Later in the chapter, though, it gives a philosophical line of evidence. Although I don’t quite grasp it, I found it interesting. But first, a little mention of … Read entire article »
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25 Rich Athletes Who Went Broke
I thought this was interesting. Taken from Business Pundit: 25. Raghib “Rocket” Ismael Notre Dame/Dallas Cowboys star; received the largest 3-year deal in football history Estimated lifetime earnings: $20 Million No jail time, drug charges or bankruptcy here, just bad business moves. Financial vultures bled Ismael’s riches by selling him their “fool-proof” investments. After bypassing the NFL as the presumptive #1 pick, Ismael went to the Canadian Football League and signed the largest deal in their history. He played two years in Canada and 10 in the NFL, earning an estimated $18 million to $20 million in salary alone. He then started to invest in a series of ventures that went bust, including a Rock n’ Roll Café, COZ Records, a movie, cosmetics, nationwide phone-card dispensers, and caligraphy proverbs kiosks. Today, Ismael does a sports talk … Read entire article »
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2 Japanese Detained In Italy; Concealed $134.5 BILLION Of U.S. Government Bonds In Briefcase
If you haven’t heard this headline yet, and maybe you haven’t nor won’t, it’s because this is the huge kind of news that gets neglected while most lap up the “cutesy stories” like the latest outfit Michelle Obama is wearing or the little girl who got an excuse for missing school from the president himself. The Italian Publication, The AgeziaDellaDogone is reporting that Italian authorities have detained 2 Japanese nationals who were attempting to cross into Switzerland with $134.5 BILLION in U.S. Government Bonds… hidden in a false-bottomed briefcase. According to Right Soup: If the certificates are real, Italy just won the lottery… their money laundering laws inflict a 40% penalty for failure to declare instruments and cash in excess of $10,000 Euros, which means they’d score a windfall of around $40 billion … Read entire article »
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A Day Trip to New York City
I don’t get asked out very often, so when Chris called asking if I wanted to spend the day in New York, I said, “Yes!” I knew Laura wanted to go back after a taste of New York last October and Miquel hadn’t gone with us that time. So we all piled into Chrissie’s Mustang and took off early (very early) Sunday Morning. We drove through some fog on the way up, but soon enough, the … Read entire article »
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Chavez and Castro Worried?
There is a lot of truth sometimes in a joke. Reuters Reports: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that he and Cuban ally Fidel Castro risk being more conservative than U.S. President Barack Obama as Washington prepares to take control of General Motors Corp. During one of Chavez’s customary lectures on the “curse” of capitalism and the bonanzas of socialism, the Venezuelan leader made reference to GM’s bankruptcy filing, which is expected to give the U.S. government a 60 percent stake in the 100-year-old former symbol of American might. “Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right,” Chavez joked on a live television broadcast. … Read entire article »
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NASA Says Solar Cycle Responsible for Global Warming
DailyTech Article HERE … Read entire article »
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Playboy’s Rape List
Megyn Kelly, in a very calm attack, considering the circumstances, criticized Playboy after columnist Guy Cimbalo generated what some are calling a “rape list,” naming ten women he deems conservative and arguing that they generate a desire for hate sex among men. Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly (also one of the women mentioned on the list) responds: More or less it goes like this: ” Earlier this week. Playboy magazine’s online site unleashed a vile attack. On … Read entire article »
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Uruguayan Music (and more)!
I have collected some music of late, and added to the list includes some Uruguayan Music in a variety of CD’s sent to me from Fernando. 1. 4Him – The Message 2. Anointed – Under the Influence 3. Antagonist – 01 – Bomb Shelter 4. Antagonist – 02 – Exist 5. Antagonist – 03 – Amnesia Ln. 6. Antagonist – 09 – Awake 7. Antagonist – 10 – So Let It Rain 8. Antagonist – Angels (2:15) 9. Antagonist – Failure on Repeat (5:49) 10. Antagonist – Final Words for an Unknown Friend (5:08) 11. Antagonist – Immaculate Misconception (3:14) 12. Antagonist – Marana (5:14) 13. Armando Manzanero – Adoro 14. Armando Manzanero – Aquel Senor 15. Armando Manzanero – Contigo Aprendi 16. Armando Manzanero – Cuando Estoy Contigo 17. Armando Manzanero – Esta Tarde Vi Llover 18. Armando Manzanero – Felicidad 19. Armando Manzanero – Me Vas … Read entire article »
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My Favorite TV Couple
Still raining outside (we’ve been under a flood watch for the past 3 days now), and I found myself watching a very powerful episode of Gilmore Girls on the television. Laura teases me for watching it when it comes on the TV as we own all the DVDs of the show. I liked Luke and Laura (General Hospital) but my favorite TV Couple of all time has to be Luke and Lorelai of Gilmore Girls. Even though … Read entire article »
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Good-bye Mr. Chips
It rained all last night and most of today. In fact, as far as rain goes, we have had a lot of it this spring. It’s even chilly today. So instead of working outdoors, or making repairs to the pool, or even enjoying a good walk in the sunshine, what to do? As I was finishing my lunch, my daughter informed me that Yaya was insisting we come watch a classic old movie on the TV. … Read entire article »
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Microsoft May Move Jobs Offshore
From Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits. “It makes U.S. jobs more expensive,” Ballmer said in an interview. “We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S.” Obama on May 4 proposed outlawing or restricting about $190 billion in tax breaks for offshore companies over the next decade. Such business groups as the National Foreign Trade Council, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable have denounced the proposed overhaul. … Read entire article »
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