Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Who?
Big News
President Bush attacked opponents of an immigration deal Tuesday, suggesting they "don't want to do what's right for America." He stopped short of calling them terrorists, but reportedly a bus for Guantanamo is standing by.
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday offered a plan to provide health care to millions of Americans and more affordable medical insurance, financed in part by tax increases on the wealthy. That probably won't work. In fact, I think it was Jesus himself who said, "It's easier for a congressman to ride his camel through the eye of a needle than it is to tax the wealthy."
- And I believe that's in all four gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Alberto.
Democrats want to challenge the oil industry's obscene profits. In a related story, the oil industry just named Nancy Pelosi Honorary Dry Hole of he Year.
I hear some oil companies drill dry holes on purpose. Makes a great place to hide money.
The oil companies say they plow all that money right back into exploration. I don't know much about plowing, but I think they're already spreading the fertilizer.
Doctors removed a bullet from a Chinese woman's skull -- 64 years after it entered.- She wants them to put it back.- "You get used to things in your skull," she says.
Love & Learn
Travel and Adventure: Kodiak Island - Kodiak Island, also known at the Emerald Island, and nearby Afognak Island are 250 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska. Both islands provide a paradise for hunters, fishermen, wildlife photographers and just plain nature lovers.
Paradise Tossed - Here is one man's story of his trip to a country paradise. Let's hope it is not yours. I could very well title this piece, "What the experts didn't tell me."
All the Good Things - I had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. Mark looked so handsome, so mature. All I could think at that moment was, Mark, I would give all the masking tape in the world if only you would talk to me.
Summer Movies - After a fairly strong spring (in box office, not quality), the Hollywood machine is reliably salivating over coming rewards. Check out the upcoming summer flicks.
Vacation Fun - "You know you need a vacation when.." And "How to Leave on Vacation Confident That When You Return Your Silverware Will Still Be There.
Shallow Thoughts
Gosh, it's almost June. Time to change the sheets.
I love going to the opera. Well, to be perfectly honest, what I really like are the tailgate parties.
I thought somebody had set my clock radio on a punk rock station. Then I realized I was listening to the alarm.
President Bush attacked opponents of an immigration deal Tuesday, suggesting they "don't want to do what's right for America." He stopped short of calling them terrorists, but reportedly a bus for Guantanamo is standing by.
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday offered a plan to provide health care to millions of Americans and more affordable medical insurance, financed in part by tax increases on the wealthy. That probably won't work. In fact, I think it was Jesus himself who said, "It's easier for a congressman to ride his camel through the eye of a needle than it is to tax the wealthy."
- And I believe that's in all four gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Alberto.
Democrats want to challenge the oil industry's obscene profits. In a related story, the oil industry just named Nancy Pelosi Honorary Dry Hole of he Year.
I hear some oil companies drill dry holes on purpose. Makes a great place to hide money.
The oil companies say they plow all that money right back into exploration. I don't know much about plowing, but I think they're already spreading the fertilizer.
Doctors removed a bullet from a Chinese woman's skull -- 64 years after it entered.- She wants them to put it back.- "You get used to things in your skull," she says.
Love & Learn
Travel and Adventure: Kodiak Island - Kodiak Island, also known at the Emerald Island, and nearby Afognak Island are 250 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska. Both islands provide a paradise for hunters, fishermen, wildlife photographers and just plain nature lovers.
Paradise Tossed - Here is one man's story of his trip to a country paradise. Let's hope it is not yours. I could very well title this piece, "What the experts didn't tell me."
All the Good Things - I had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. Mark looked so handsome, so mature. All I could think at that moment was, Mark, I would give all the masking tape in the world if only you would talk to me.
Summer Movies - After a fairly strong spring (in box office, not quality), the Hollywood machine is reliably salivating over coming rewards. Check out the upcoming summer flicks.
Vacation Fun - "You know you need a vacation when.." And "How to Leave on Vacation Confident That When You Return Your Silverware Will Still Be There.
Shallow Thoughts
Gosh, it's almost June. Time to change the sheets.
I love going to the opera. Well, to be perfectly honest, what I really like are the tailgate parties.
I thought somebody had set my clock radio on a punk rock station. Then I realized I was listening to the alarm.
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