I am very tired of hearing that FDR and the New Deal helped America get out of the Great depression after Hoover put us in it. In history classes I remember being taught that the depression was Hoover’s fault and that Franklin Delano Roosevelt bravely pulled the plane out of its collision course with his New Deal. FDR and Hoover have always been set at odds with each other in my mind, but something has never seemed right with this set up.
This here is a song that my grandpa first introduced me to while we were buying supplies to build a fence for my aunt. Everyone and their dog has done their own version of it, so I figured I would throw mine in too. I really see this song as one of the all time greats.
I have had the misfortune of listening to ill informed and irrational people that are upset about the Supreme Court of the United States decision in favor of corporations being able to spread messages about candidates near election time. Many such individuals complain that the court has given corporations freedom of speech. I must ask if people who work at corporations are not ‘people’? Are they not included in ‘We the People’? Using logic anyone can see that they should be allowed to voice their opinions in politics. This court decision is one of the few ways the constitution has been upheld.
Alright people, the only awards that mean anything are back and they have all the worst junk from the previous year. They also have some special decade awards for those who have tortured us the most for the last ten years. This year is also special because they have been going for 30 years now. Who doesn’t love the Razzies?
In 1966, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America awarded Martin Luther King Jr. the Margaret Sanger Award for “his courageous resistance to bigotry and his lifelong dedication to the advancement of social justice and human dignity.” After reading about this I could only say, “What the ****????!?!!?” Why did Doctor King accept this award? Why would anyone accept this award, let alone one of the most popular black leaders of all time?
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His name is Alexei Filippenko and he is much more than just a TV scientist like Mr. Wizard or Bill Nye. Alex is often on the show “The Universe” on the History Chanel. The reason that I like him so much is that he seems to always be smiling.
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There are thousands of things that have happened in the world of music that have made many a good man sick to his stomach. These are 10 of the most vile and abhorrent offenses against music and all that is good and right with the world.
I have always been annoyed by music being the same old junk sung by a different person under a different song name. There are two or three extremely overused chord progressions that drive me crazy and I saw a video the other day that demonstrated what I hate. They do a lot of songs that used the same progressions but, sadly I can think of quite a few more (I think I heard some salty sailor language somewhere on it. In case you are sensitive.)
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One simmering summer day a friend of mine decided we should go see what all the ‘wonder’ was about at the local “Water Wonderland”. I had never been to this mystical oasis and decided it might be fun. Upon entering the park it didn’t seem to look as enticing as the commercials led me to believe through my entire childhood. But, I figured as long as they had water I would enjoy it.
Remember the story of David and Goliath? Goliath had pure size and brute strength and was defeated by a pebble which was hurled by a sling. In those days that was quite the accomplishment, but in modern times this kind of thing occurs a lot more. The fact that it occurs a lot more is really mucking up the gene pool. Think about it. If genes are normally passed on under the “survival of the fittest” rule, then the gene pool should improve over time. There are also the problems of the nurture method being affected by the new ease with which someone can kill someone else.
