"Prayers for the victims, families, students, & faculty at Umpqua Community College, & the community of Roseburg, Oregon." John Boehner     "Praying for Umpqua Community College, the victims, and families impacted by this senseless tragedy." Jeb Bush     I could go on and on but you get the picture and the fact is this is all we're going to get. Thoughts and prayers, until the next mass murders when there will be more thoughts and prayers. I'm not really sure how prayers are going to help the victims in Oregon though, they're already dead. They gave their lives so others can exercise their rights and enjoy their freedoms. It's the path we've chosen for this country and one can scream to the top of their lungs for gun control and it's not going to change a thing. You see, that ship sailed a long time ago.     There are already more guns than people in the US so calls for gun control seem senseless when there are already enough g

    There's nothing like a little religious WTF to help one clarify their sanity and this week was chocked full of WTFs. My sanity is now clarified for days on end.     First up was the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca where worshipers are commanded to cast pebbles at three stone pillars to cast out Satan. (The effectiveness of this ritual seems a little suspect to me, either it doesn't work at all or at the very least Satan keeps coming back, because it has to done every year.) This year 717 people were crushed to death in order for everyone to get their turn at casting pebbles. How in the world can a person consciously trample across the heads of their fellow worshipers just to throw a few pebbles at a wall. The thought of zombies cross my mind, an unfeeling unemotional being without regard to their fellow human.     Sanity clarified.     Next up was the Popes' visit where he was chastised for having the gall to actually remind people of the teachings of Christ. Th

     Kim Davis Wow, I guess he does work in mysterious ways. With a sense of humor to boot. This was put up in Morehead this past weekend.                                        ****************************************     The Donald

    I've been putting off writing about this for a long time but it's probably now or never to get it done. It's one of the toughest things I'll ever write about, mainly due to the convictions of the handful of people who read my blog but also my tendency to be sarcastic when I write, I'll try to be nice.     They say the squeaky wheel will get all of the attention and while there might be times when that's a good thing, more often than not it isn't. The case in point is Kim Davis, the elected official unable to preform her duties due to her religious convictions. She's been both ridiculed for being hypocritical and praised for standing up for her beliefs. Good or bad that's just the way it is. But probably more importantly she is just being watched by people who are turning away from religion.     In 2007 27% of the millennials in this country (18-35 years old) considered themselves "nones". Meaning they're either atheist, agnostic,

    I got a little "hope your happy now" message today regarding Kim Davis the county clerk found in contempt of court and placed in jail. No, I'm not happy. I don't want to see this women jailed, I want to see her do her job, and besides, even with her jailed there were no licenses issued today.     Not once, but twice this woman has placed her hand the bible, and knowing this woman it was probably her family bible, and swore to uphold the constitution of the United States. If you're not able to do this, walk away. This country is not a theocracy and Rowan county is not your little kingdom. (It was brought out in court today that the other clerks have no problem issuing licenses but were in fear of their jobs if they crossed Kim)     Theocracy according to Websters is defined as "government of a state by divine guidance  or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided". We as a country have sent our loved ones to fight, and die, because of a theoc

   I saw where Scott Walker said this today, "That's a legitimate issue for us to look at." Was he talking about: A. The man made effects of climate change? B. The rampant gun violence in the country? or C. Building a wall along the border, the northern one, the Canadian one? .    And the stupidity pissing contest just keeps on going. . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-walker-canada-border-wall_55e308d8e4b0aec9f3538ee0

    Poor Josh Duggar can't catch a break. After owning up and calling himself "the biggest hypocrite ever", he's now got Bristol Palin calling him out.     Yesterday she said "Look, I made a half million dollars preaching abstinence only and I'm about to drop my second bastard child, there's no way that molester wannabe can take my title just by cheating on his wife." ******Not a real Bristol quote***************

    First off, I didn't watch the debates except for maybe twenty minutes of the five o'clock junior leaguers, but those twenty minutes convinced me that I wasn't going to miss much by doing what I really wanted to do that night. I don't think I could handle two whole hours of "here is why you need to love me and only me".  Besides I've been following them for awhile so I had a good idea of what was going to be said. I just wanted to know what was or wasn't talked about.     Of course the most talked about country was Iran, it was mentioned 25 times. All but one of the candidates have said if elected they'll rip up the nuclear deal. It's a nice talking point for them but in reality it's total BS. First of all, it will go into effect. Congress can bluster, scream and stomp their feet all they want but there's not enough votes there to override a presidential veto. Secondly (and they are aware of this) five other major countries have sig

    I had one of those moments this afternoon where I tell myself that a nap is waiting if I just let it happen. So I put on a GD show turned down low, leaned back and kicked my feet up on the desk. And dreamed.     I was running through a corn field with stalks well above my head. I can still hear the noise as I was slashing through the corn, not running to anything nor running from anything. Just running.     I soon came into a clearing maybe 20x20 feet that had a trap door in the ground. I opened it and went down a few steps and entered a room full of 20 or 30 women sewing. Some were sitting at machines, some were knitting and others were darning, and there were a half dozen or so children running around the room. As I walked through the room no one took notice of my presence, it was if I was invisible. I headed to a door on the other side of the room (a regular door, not a trap door) and walked out.     I came out into a field of sunflowers, huge sunflowers, at least twice as ta

I've noticed whenever I see one of these there's always a three step process I go through. Step 1: Glance at the name. I'm not going to know them so that step's not too important. Step 2: Do the math. This step is important in determining whether my emotion is going to be one of either, a) it's a shame someone had to die so young, or, b) hey, at least they lived to a ripe old age. Step 3: Wonder how they died.

               Paranoia strikes deep                Into your life it will creep                It starts when you're always afraid                Step out of line the men come and take you away                                                                     (Stephen Stills)     That's the only comment I was able to leave on the Counter Jade Helm facebook page before it was shut down last Sunday. (And just 12 hours after I joined, I was kinda hurt. It was like all my new friends had said FU, we don't like you anymore, we're going somewhere else to play...The hurt lasted about 6 seconds.)     The Facebook pages' founder, Pete Lanteri, blamed "liberals, conspiracy nuts (oh really), and the other 90% of useless fucking Americans", for the closure of the page. And he was none to pleased. When another Facebook user posted "they are causeing (sic) such a division in this GREAT NATION a second REVOLUTION IS NEEDED BADLY", Mr. Lanteris respons

    Oh, you Single Ladies, what the hell did you do to piss off your Congressmen? In their zeal to "stick" it to the LGBT community they're throwing your asses under the bus also.     The Republicans saw the writing on the wall just as everyone else, the Supreme Court was going to rule that the right to marry was a right for all citizens. So they had a plan.     H.R. 2802, the First Amendment Defense Act. It and it's sister bill in the Senate (S.1598) were both introduced on June 17th, just nine days before the SC decision. It doesn't involve bakeries or florists, it covers something even more important, your livelihood. Your means to feed yourself and put a roof over your head. It says that your employer can fire you for anything that he/she might think go against their religious beliefs and the government is forbidden to do anything.      In all it's legalese "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Government shall not take any disc

    Something sinister is about to befall our great country this week. Weds. July 15th is the beginning of the government takeover of the great state of Texas. (and maybe Utah and Florida, according to sources there's an ongoing troop buildup in Fla.) That's why today I threw caution to the wind and joined "Counter Jade Helm" https://www.facebook.com/events/936947686336611/.  Our Mission: To observe the attempted infiltration of our towns during Operation Jade Helm with self sufficient teams in the field conducting counter surveillance.     What is Jade Helm (15)? It's kind of complicated and really depends on who you ask.     To the government it's just an exercise designed to train soldiers in modern warfare, including maneuvering through civilian populations. But to others it's a massive troop buildup (1,200 troops total, the equivalent of 0.04% of the people who attended the Indians game last night) to impose martial law, disarm the populace (with

   I finally filled out my bracket this morning after I got all the seeds together and there's some real interesting head-to-head matchups. I also have two upsets penciled in.    Nothing real surprising has happened in the past twenty four to the candidates. Trump diss tweeted something about Jebs' Mexican wife, but that's about it. Like I said, no real surprises. . #4 Rand Paul The Libertarian entry (Libertarian: A Republican who's too embarrassed to call himself a Republican). Rand makes the top four solely on his uncanny ability to lay out a bunch of words and never really say anything. He's learned from his father that if you can string a bunch of words together and keep the listener nodding their heads you end up waking one morning and half the cars in town have your bumper sticker on it. Rand hates enough of what the God fearin folk hate to stick around for a while but he also turns the heads of some younger voters. He doesn't favor legalized marijuana

    I really have the pressure on, my first eight were out saying a bunch of crazy shit over the weekendand if I don't hurry it up this bracket's gonna be over before it starts.     This weekend Mike H. said the "redefinition of love" is the cause of traditional marriage going to hell in a hand basket. (Even though isn't)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5s5HAA-hFE .I really have no idea what he's on about.     Rick Santorum said gay marrige in the US will have "profound consequences" worldwide. I'm sure the Middle East, Russia and Africa (the only places where its not legal) will be devastated. He also said the US is "still the moral leader of the free world". The Canadians laughed.     Okay, jumping back in it: #8: Rick Perry This isn't the same Rick that ran 4 years ago. He renamed his hunting lodge (niggarville) and he got some glasses, that's about it. Rick will come out swinging with his own job numbers, and they are

   So I'm making a serious effort to actually fill out a bracket for the Republican 2016 Presidential nomination and the first order of business is to seed them 1-16. It sounds easy but it's not. Things happen on a daily basis so you have to pick one day and stick with it. To help with the seeding I looked to two sources, Real Clear Politics, a daily poll tracking service and the London bookies. (You can bet on everything in England except on when the Queen will die simply b/c the vast majority believe she never will.) The bracket itself is not as easy as one would think also. Some may say "Bush is going to win it so why bother?" To that I say that on this date 4 years ago Herman Cain was the front runner and before him it was Michele Bachmann. Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry were also front runners before the dust finally settled on Mitt Romney.    Here's my seeds starting at #16 and moving up. . #16: George Pataki. George is a very former Gov. of

    A few statements on the Supreme court ruling from Mike Huckabee, "It was a good day for freedom" and "The Supreme Court got it right today" or "Religious freedom was courageously defended with this verdict."     Yes, Mike Huckabee really said those words........Last year, when they ruled in favor of something he liked. When they ruled that big businesses have religious freedom in the Hobby Lobby case.     But this year when they ruled that individuals have freedoms also, when they ruled that people have the right to marry who they love and enjoy the 1,138 federal benefits and responsibilities that marriage provides, that same court that he called courageous became "an out of control act of unconstitutional judicial tyranny" (Wow, hyperbole much?)     So if you like the decision much love is given but when you don't like the decision it's "unconstitutional tyranny" (I checked and Article III is still a part on the constitu

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