Tag Archive | "Congress"

Sigmund Freud Committed Suicide

Thursday, October 18, 2007

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Yes, it's true. After writing about how we still practice 'blood rites', it got me wondering who are some of the more well known victims. These are some of the people that either cracked under the weight or were just done with living and took their own lives. Who knows what caused these people break. [...]

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What Are Family Values?

Saturday, September 29, 2007

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A few years ago, I remember seeing a sign during the election season with the campaign slogan, "I'm for the Family". I thought it was funny because I had never met anyone that was against the family? What do these strange appeals for "family values" mean? The seem vacuous to me. Wouldn't family values include [...]

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NARA: Legislative Treasures

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

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My buddy Richard works at the National Archives and had a chance to give House Speaker Dennis Hastert a tour of the new Legislative Treasures Vault. How cool is that? From the National Archives Website, "House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) joined Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein today to open the new National [...]

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Halliburton To Get Katrina Cleanup Contract

Saturday, September 3, 2005

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A few years ago after George W. Bush took office I received a check in the mail for about $250 as a part of a tax rebate program - most Americans did. Multiply $250 by a 100 million citizen and you see how much money was refunded. Our government was apparently fully prepared for any [...]

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Sarcasm and Power Outages

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

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Researchers today announced that they've identified the area of the brain responsible for sarcasm. In a related story, Congress is applauded for it's funding of very important scientific research. Ha! So, what does this have to do with anything? I'm in Connecticut this week staying at one of the hotels in the Hartford area. Tonight [...]

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Some of My Adventures…

Friday, March 25, 2005

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Going to Space Camp in Alabama. Savannah, GA for St. Patrick's Day. Having my first German beer in Germany. Driving 300 miles in 3 1/2 hours. Getting my first signing bonus (just for joining a company!). Driving the JFK parade route through Dealey Plaza in a taxi cab. Being mentioned on the front page of [...]

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