A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds three-quarters of Americans say that they support openly gay people serving in the U.S. military. This, considered with a CBS News/New York Times poll from August that shows that only “twenty-eight percent say same sex couples should have no legal rec[...]
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Blackface Halloween
It is remarkable, I have heard of more people attending Halloween parties in black face this year than any other of my 27 on the planet (we may want to discount most of the first 18 – I’m not sure I would have known what blackface was). Not only were there six football players suspended [...]
Obamas Ancestors were [literally] in Bed With Conservatives
Not only is Obama Dick Cheney’s eigth cousin but he is also George Bush’s 11th cousin. (What does that make Cheney and Bush?). The Guardian has the story here. It seems to me that, when you try hard enough, you can find yourself somehow related to anyone. Do you see the resemblance? I fi[...]
A BBC Article supporting my immigration ideas
Again, we need to work on our foreign policy first … so that we stop participating in the perpetuation of poverty in other nations. BBC Article: The Migrant Trail Through Mexico [...]
Juneteenth… but it’s not over
Today is the day we ‘celebrate’ the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth marks the day, when in 1865, the last people who were enslaved were emancipated. [Keep in mind that this is two and a half years after the emancipation proclaimation]. The day is intended to “commem[...]
May 22nd, 2007 - 10:05 am § in My Travels, U.S.A.
Horseshoe Crabs are only dangerous when accompanied by large men
I admit that I forgot most of the interesting, random events that occured in Key West that I wanted to share. However, there are a few fun tales that I hope will make you laugh. In addition to the interesting characters on the beach the first day I spent in Key West (per my last [...][...]
Planes, Cranes and Automobiles continued
You are probably wondering why ‘cranes’? Well, we saw some on the ride to Key West. It wasn’t that exciting. However, I did see a Key Deer last night: This afternoon we ventured to a beach on Key West where we went snorkeling. We shared this beach with a unique collection of people[...]
Planes, Cranes and Automobiles
Did you know that if flights dont have enough ‘volunteers’ when they are either oversold or overweight, they kick people off? Well, they do. On my way to Key West, I was the lucky winner. (Note: you still get the 250 voucher and a hotel room). While in Miami I was told that I couldn̵[...]
Katrina and Spike Lee
I dont know how many people have seen Spike Lee’s documentary on hurricane Katrina, but it is worth watching. I was reminded of it today when, next to the article of the Queen celebrating diversity with a bunch of white people, ran an article that mentioned that Allstate was supeoenaed in a Ka[...]