The Nuts Are Running The Squirrel House

This business with the cyclone in Myanmar reminds me of the 2004 tsunami and Hurricane Katrina - it seems like the death toll goes up each time you hear about it.  First, 351 people had been reported killed by the cyclone.  Then the toll jumped to 3-4,000.  Now they think that over 10,000 may be […]

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Many people experience unpleasant things in life because they apparently have no close friends to sit them down and give them honest advice or challenge their thinking. Think of all the celebrity scandals that could have been avoided if Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, or Lindsey Lohan simply had a close friend that would say, […]

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A few of the main top stories:
Bush has promised to veto a health insurance bill that would benefit poor children. In a related story, this week he also proposed a plan to wean the U.S. off foreign oil with a new fuel made from sick poor children.
Florida farmers expressed concern after finding out that […]

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By Wendy Playter 
 Giles Walter Baron was a well-to-do man. He and his wife Lillian lived in an affluent neighborhood, in a large mansion on the edge of a forest. Although his young life had been exciting (due largely to his many vices), his present life was consumed by what seemed a very simple vice: honey.
Giles […]

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I saw this story on cnn.com. Here is an exerpt:
An animal research center in northern China has appealed to the world for help to fashion an artificial leg for a panda that lost a limb in a fight, local media reported on Thursday.
…”Niu Niu’s spirits have lifted, the wound has healed and her appetite […]

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Many countries have nicknames or unofficial titles. The USA is the “Land of Opportunity”. Ireland is “The Emerald Isle”. I’m sure Cuba’s unofficial title is “Land of People Who Are Building Rafts to Leave and Go to the Land of Opportunity” but I haven’t verified that one. (On a related note, […]

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Every country has its good and bad qualities.  Below is a quote from a foreigner specifically dealing with some bad qualities of America.  What do you think about his observations of America? Are they right? Wrong?
“You are a nation that permits the production, trading and usage of intoxicants. You also permit drugs, and […]

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As you probably saw last night, President Bush apparently thinks he knows more than most of the House and Senate, generals, world leaders, a commission set up to evaluate the war, and millions of American people. Our only hope now is that the Senate and House will reject this disasterous move and vote against […]

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Al-Zarqawi was killed last night.  Part of me wants to say, “Good.”  He was an Al-Qaida honcho, was involved in the deaths of numbers of people, and seemed like a generally violent man.  But I feel like I shouldn’t celebrate his death.
Why?
First of all, this is probably going to set off backlash from other terrorists.  How many other […]

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This is a picture of me and Cindy Sheehan.  It was taken this past Tuesday at the event I went to in Kalamazoo.  There were several speakers, and Cindy Sheehan spoke last.  One of my favorite speakers was a young man who actually wasn’t originally scheduled to speak.  Derek was 25 years old, had served in […]

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