February 28, 2005
Budgets are Moral Documents!
This from Sojourners.
On February 7, President Bush released his proposed 2006 federal budget. In addition to projecting record deficits and increases in military spending, the budget proposes major cuts to domestic programs that benefit people living in poverty.
This budget reflects a set of priorities that stand in clear opposition to biblical values. Spending more money on nuclear warheads and tax cuts that benefit the rich is not a strategy that would be affirmed by the biblical prophets-and the proposed cuts to low-income programs will not even realize the president's stated goal of reducing the deficit.
February 23, 2005
Walking with a cane
So I'm hobbling about with a cane now, my ankle is nearly better.
I'm off to Orlando for a couple of days chaperoning my school's Brain Bowl team for a trivia tournament. You may recall that it was at the last Brain Bowl that a student comically vomited in my back seat.
I was just asked to, once again, drive my car.
I'm putting down newspaper this time.
Monday I pulled my lame ankle all over the Miami Boat Show. All sorts of new stuff to gawk at.
This weekend Scott and I are going to sail in the Keys on Keys Cat. Looking forward to it.
February 16, 2005
Global Warming
Irrefutable evidence? Is the planet just going through a "warm phase"?
Why take the chance? Is there not enough scientific evidence for us to start taking drastic action?
I'm sure political conservatives hate the idea of tough government restrictions on car emissions, but at what point is planet Earth more important than a political philosophy?
February 09, 2005
Working three jobs is 'Uniquely American' says Pres. Bush
I don't care too much for Matt Drudge, but he often has things no one else finds.
What are we to make of this?
Last Friday when promoting social security reform with 'regular' citizens in Omaha, Nebraska, President Bush walked into an awkward unscripted moment in which he stated that carrying three jobs at a time is 'uniquely American.'
While talking with audience participants, the president met Mary Mornin, a woman in her late fifties who told the president she was a divorced mother of three, including a 'mentally challenged' son.
The President comforted Mornin on the security of social security stating that 'the promises made will be kept by the government.'
But without prompting Mornin began to elaborate on her life circumstances.
Begin transcript:
MS. MORNIN: That's good, because I work three jobs and I feel like I contribute.
THE PRESIDENT: You work three jobs?
MS. MORNIN: Three jobs, yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that. (Applause.) Get any sleep? (Laughter.)
February 08, 2005
February 07, 2005
Photos of the Bouganvillea Ball
Here are photos of last weekend's Bouganvillea Ball in the Keys.