I love my family, I love my family …. repeat ad nauseum …. *religious rant on 5 minutes in last night, I gave up trying to have a religious/spiritual connection to what was going on, adjusted my thinking to family dinner with some weird pre-food conversation and my psyche was much better. I hope that tonight is better – I am not having high hopes. I know that this is part of what drove me away from judaism … not so much the religion at the beginning, but the way the community around me practiced it. I grew up in a [...]
Apr 062004
This is something I received in e-mail this morning – I did not do the research myself – but if it *is* true it is mighty scary … etr – put most of entry behind ljcut because I am an out of the loop idiot and should pay more attention to the news President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during which time its charter lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration [...]
These aren’t mine – just interesting and, struck a chord, got it from my evil addition edit. – that should be addiction *sigh* – fanfic “It’s not about religion or legalities, . . . It’s about saying I want you around and I’m committed to keeping you around. I want your face to be the last one I see when I’m old and gray.” I lean my neck into a propped up pillow for support and run the fingertips of my free hand up and down his arm. “So why do you need a piece of paper to do that? [...]
HOW TO EXPLAIN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TO YOUR CHILD Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq? A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction. Q: But the inspectors didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction. A: That’s because the Iraqis were hiding them. Q: And that’s why we invaded Iraq? A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections. Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction, did we? A: That’s because the weapons are so well hidden. Don’t worry, we’ll find something, probably right before the 2004 election. Q: Why did [...]
