It was a boy!
One story all over the media yesterday was the shocking news that a 425-million-year-old fossil crustacean found in England had a penis. It's the oldest penis ever found in the fossil record. This is because the soft tissued genetalia do not usually fossilize. Of course we are speaking of pre-Viagra epochs here. The first uncomfortable thought I had when I heard this news was what if this happened to me? I just hope they don't find my remains in 400 million years.
Friday, December 05, 2003
If the Primary were Today (but it's not)
According to an e-mail from the Lieberman for President Campaign a Daily Oklahoman poll found that if the primary vote were held today, the Democrats would vote for:
The Daily Oklahoman Poll Results
Lieberman 10 %
Clark 9
Dean 9
Gephardt 8
Kerry 5
Edwards 3
Sharpton 2
Braun 2
Kucinich 1
I think this bodes well for Wes Clark who just having gotten started is neck and neck with Dean and just one percentage point behind Lieberman.
According to an e-mail from the Lieberman for President Campaign a Daily Oklahoman poll found that if the primary vote were held today, the Democrats would vote for:
The Daily Oklahoman Poll Results
Lieberman 10 %
Clark 9
Dean 9
Gephardt 8
Kerry 5
Edwards 3
Sharpton 2
Braun 2
Kucinich 1
I think this bodes well for Wes Clark who just having gotten started is neck and neck with Dean and just one percentage point behind Lieberman.
Thursday, December 04, 2003
Kwikset May Leave
Black and Decker's Kwikset Lock Company in Bristow is considering moving its plant out of the US to lower costs. This would put 1,000 people out of work and endanger Bristow's survival. Black and Decker is one of the multinational corporations that has stopped manufacturing anything of its own and turned itself into a brand marketer. They do not move jobs to places like Mexico and China they get out of the jobs business altogether by contracting out all manufacturing. In China Black and Decker drives such hard bargains that even their Chinese subcontractors make virtually nothing - and pay their Chinese employees next to nothing. These multinationals are ruthless to both Americans and to Chinese and Mexicans. But whose to blame? We consumers are. It is our choice to purchase either the cheapest items at Wal-Mart or to look at the label and pay a little more for goods made in our own country.
It's up to you.
Black and Decker's Kwikset Lock Company in Bristow is considering moving its plant out of the US to lower costs. This would put 1,000 people out of work and endanger Bristow's survival. Black and Decker is one of the multinational corporations that has stopped manufacturing anything of its own and turned itself into a brand marketer. They do not move jobs to places like Mexico and China they get out of the jobs business altogether by contracting out all manufacturing. In China Black and Decker drives such hard bargains that even their Chinese subcontractors make virtually nothing - and pay their Chinese employees next to nothing. These multinationals are ruthless to both Americans and to Chinese and Mexicans. But whose to blame? We consumers are. It is our choice to purchase either the cheapest items at Wal-Mart or to look at the label and pay a little more for goods made in our own country.
It's up to you.
Senator Shurden does it Again
It seems that Henryetta's State Senator Frank Shurden has come down on the wrong side yet again. He was reportedly the author of a bill that makes it illegal for municipal police to confiscate illegal firearms. The bill was passed by the Oklahoma Legislature and is now the law. The Police say this Shurden Law ties their hands in their effort to crack down on gangs.
Senator Shurden has been bad news for Oklahoma since he was sent to the Legislature. As mentioned before in this blog, this goober has spent his time making a laughing stock of Oklahoma by trying to, among other things, legalize castration of some criminals, defending the loathsome cockfighters, and doing whatever the NRA wants him to do. Now he wants to protect carriers of illegal firearms? And we pay him tens of thousands of dollars for this?
It seems that Henryetta's State Senator Frank Shurden has come down on the wrong side yet again. He was reportedly the author of a bill that makes it illegal for municipal police to confiscate illegal firearms. The bill was passed by the Oklahoma Legislature and is now the law. The Police say this Shurden Law ties their hands in their effort to crack down on gangs.
Senator Shurden has been bad news for Oklahoma since he was sent to the Legislature. As mentioned before in this blog, this goober has spent his time making a laughing stock of Oklahoma by trying to, among other things, legalize castration of some criminals, defending the loathsome cockfighters, and doing whatever the NRA wants him to do. Now he wants to protect carriers of illegal firearms? And we pay him tens of thousands of dollars for this?
Sunday, November 30, 2003
I've had a number of replies regarding my posting regarding the Gospel of John movie and the book "Beyond Belief". For those of you interested in this subject you may find an upcoming webcast of interest as well:
"an upcoming live Webcast series on spirituality.com titled "America the Spiritual." This groundbreaking new series showcases some of today's leading thinkers speaking to the unique phenomenon of the nation's third great spiritual awakening. The first event in the series, "Women and Spirituality - Breaking the Code," will take place on Friday, December 5, at 6:30 pm, Eastern Time
Spirituality.com, www.spirituality.com, is an open-faith community where people from various beliefs and backgrounds share spiritual ideas, inspiration, experiences and prayers. Please consider letting your site visitors know about this exciting series and posting a link to http://www.spirituality.com/americathespiritual/ for more information.
"an upcoming live Webcast series on spirituality.com titled "America the Spiritual." This groundbreaking new series showcases some of today's leading thinkers speaking to the unique phenomenon of the nation's third great spiritual awakening. The first event in the series, "Women and Spirituality - Breaking the Code," will take place on Friday, December 5, at 6:30 pm, Eastern Time
Spirituality.com, www.spirituality.com, is an open-faith community where people from various beliefs and backgrounds share spiritual ideas, inspiration, experiences and prayers. Please consider letting your site visitors know about this exciting series and posting a link to http://www.spirituality.com/americathespiritual/ for more information.