Archives for November 2005
The Right Religion?
Published on 30 Nov 2005 at 9:37 am.
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Filed under Politics.
I’ve written before about the the devil’s pact many American Jews made to support the Bush administration solely because of his support for Israel. Jews, who have always supported (for good reason) the separation of church and state in America, chose to be silent in the face of the eroding boundary between secular and religious […]
E-Nail
Published on 22 Nov 2005 at 10:20 am.
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Filed under Words.
E-mail is such an efficient, low-cost medium that we often overlook its hidden costs. I’m not talking about the hours we spend writing epics for an audience of one. I’m not including the carpal tunnel, or the adult-onset ADD, which distracts us from useful work whenever we hear the ping! of a new message arriving […]
Willing to Agree
Published on 19 Nov 2005 at 4:00 pm.
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Filed under Politics, The Economy.
I hardly know what to think when I agree with George Will. But a recent column is not only cogent but accurate. He says, It does me no injury,” said Thomas Jefferson,for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my […]
Taxing Ride
Published on 15 Nov 2005 at 10:00 pm.
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Filed under Good Manners, Etcetera, etcetera.
I’ve always hated bad cab drivers. I hate it when the cab has an overpowering air freshener but I also hate it when they smell of cigarettes or b.o. I hate when the driver speeds up and then stomps on the brakes until I have motion sickness. And I hate it when drivers don’t […]
God’s Country
Published on 13 Nov 2005 at 11:33 pm.
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Filed under Politics, About Buff.
I have never had so much religion forced down my throat. America is in the grip of Christian cultural colonization, and our colonial overlords are beginning to show their true “christian” values. Pat Robertson tells a town that voted intelligent designers off its school board that God is going to destroy them. Bill O’Reilly—that paragon of […]
Gushing
Published on 11 Nov 2005 at 12:04 am.
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Filed under Politics, The Economy.
I felt sick when I heard the oil company CEOs whining protectively about their profits this week. But if you think that Congress intends to do something about it, read what U.S. News says: But amid the noise, the reality is that Congress will […]
Interesting Hike
Published on 2 Nov 2005 at 2:30 am.
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Filed under The Economy, Credit Cards.
As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee raised interest rates another 1/4 point at their meeting Tuesday. This makes an even 12 straight increases, resulting in a 4% Fed Funds rate. I supported rate increases at the beginning, because the historically low rates were not only overheating the economy, they were overheating debt levels for both […]
Automagic
Published on 1 Nov 2005 at 2:24 am.
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Filed under Aging Gracefully, Words, Etcetera, etcetera.
My computer guy e-mailed me today that an update of the site would occur “automagically.” He said it wasn’t original when I complimented him. But it’s such a great word that I want to give him full credit for bringing it to my attention. As much as I bitch about my computer when it isn’t being […]