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Overpopulation and Further ThinkingTHIS is the most important problem on the earth, no quibbling, and if humans don’t solve it for themselves, Nature will solve it for us.The most important weapons directed at the human race are uncontrolled growth of population and laws against the right to die. These are two rights of great importance, rights which should belong only to the person involved.

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YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS!! A HORROR TALE OF IN-HOME CARE(Looking back, it almost seems like a Laurel and Hardy comedy for those old enough to remember, except that, at the time, it wasn’t funny.)A new caregiver was sent to me one morning as a substitute. I was still in bed, and Jackie, my ex-caregiver who has lived here ever since her professional time here, brought her to the door of my room to

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THIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AT THE START OF 2011Don’t know whether I have mentioned this before, but I find I do my best thinking just BEFORE I wake up in the morning. From there on, it’s a matter of time and circumstance as to how long I can remember, and how soon I can get my thoughts down.What I am most concerned about right now is the economic journey this country is making. I looked “

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THOUGHTS KEEP RUNNING THROUGH MY HEADThere are still many of us around who remember the “olden days”, when few thought much about how many children a family should have. For one thing, it has only been a little over a century since Man abandoned the Ages of manual and animal labor, and dove headlong into the debauchery of living lives made easy by technology.The worst part is that this age of

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THE PET PERIODICAL – More Creatures to Save How I could have written on how to save a fly and then neglected other insects far more in need of help is beyond me. I hope this will make up for my mistake.There are many insects which can ONLY crawl—no flying. And the death trap most eager to welcome them is the bathtub. Once a crawling insect enters the tub, it is trapped, for it cannnot

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THE PET PERIODICAL – How to Rescue a FlySitting here in my “office” day after day, one would think that I do not have much to write about. From my point of view, however, there is a great deal. My only problem right now lies in actually getting it done. But now, at last, it is very important to me to write on this subject, as I realize how very much I am slowing down.One day, as I turned away

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THE RECENT ELECTIONDon’t know about the rest of you, but the events of the past month have really sapped my spirit and my body of a great deal of their remaining strength.Many of you—like me—must have noticed that Messrs. John Boehner and Mitch McConnell never smiled during the run-up to the election. On the other hand, President Obama’s smile is full of warmth and sincerity—as it was even when

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Perhaps I am missing something, or just don't understand. Sarah Palen has a pretty face and looks cute in high heels. Are those the qualifications everyone should be looking for in politics? I obviously need your help.ARW10/25/10

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THE PET PERIODICAL – A ClarificationDon’t Know Why (tum ta tum tum--tum tum tum--), I’ve been signing off as ARW on my Pet Periodical—of all things! From Now On (another song comes to mind, but not the cadence), I will try to remember to sign myself as MErcury, to include my dear, sweet little black cat, Mercury (the one minus the white spot on her chest.)Please humiliate me by correcting me,

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THE PET PERIODICAL The Should ‘a’ Been Original IntroductionThe most important thing for my readers to know is that I do not intend to write about animal cruelty (of which there are endless amounts.) That said, I intend to write about animal wonderfulness, and hope to share it with and/or to inspire you from firsthand knowledge.For each of us, what we become is seldom what we started out to be,

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A BIT MORE AUTOBIOGRAPHYTo fill in those people who may not know, I post what I write on both of my outlets, annewarb@gmail.com, as well as and Paws de Deux , my blog. Except under rare circumstances which don’t presently occur to me, my message is the same. That said, I will relate some more biographical background, to kind of fill you in as to why I have become the rather strange person I

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THE PET PERIODICAL – The Rescue of the RatOne day, I strolled from our house on the ranch down to barn, taking our four dogs with me, tails wagging, and noses sniffing the ground for scent.As we drew near the barn, the dogs suddenly darted forward. I rushed after them to see what was going on, and found them sniffing at a long pole lying alongside the barn. It looked like a telephone pole—which

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First, Some Family BackgroundAlthough we and our siblings are often recognizable as having come from the same family, we are just as often totally different, both in views and lifestyles. And so it has been with my family.Also, keep in mind that we are products of our century, our time, and our history.My father, Poppy, came from a middle class family in Buffalo, New York. He did not go beyond

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THE PET PERIODICAL – BackgroundMy family moved from Cleveland, Ohio, to a lovely ranch in northeastern Wyoming in the early 1930’s. Our home was built under an enormous cottonwood tree—about a mile from the front gate. From the long veranda along the front of the house and facing west, we had a panoramic view of the Big Horn Mountains. And from the back of the house facing east, we had a

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THE LORD’S PRAYER THROUGH ATHEIST EYESHaving gone from a three-year stint in an Episcopal boarding school to full-blown atheism in my declining years--thinking about values (aka Real Thinking) as compared to religious belief (aka Being Told What to Think), I decided to look up The Lord’s Prayer last night. And sure enough, it was all about ME! I tried to copy one of the many versions, but don’

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THE PET PERIODICAL – Two Smart AlecsWhen we first moved to Wyoming, we rented a small ranch in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains. And there we kept our black and white Shetland pony, Skunk, and our two horses at the time, Tex and Red.One day, we came home to find the three of them in the corral, as usual, but with what seemed like an unusual restlessness among them. Skunk appeared to be

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THE PET PERIODICAL PRELUDE(Two issues too late)In this new periodical, I have decided to include stories of ALL living creatures, not just pets. Almost all of them will be true stories from my own life, while some of them will be musings on the state of things. Many will be happy, many will be sad or even horrifying, some will be stories which I have written before, but from a different point

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THE START OF THE END OF IT ALLIt suddenly occurred to me last night that the middle of the 20th Century was very possibly the Beginning of the End of Everything.Many of us were born before World War II. A few of us were born at the beginning of the 20th Century, just as some of us were born at the beginning of the 21st Century. And there may even be 2 or 3 people still here who were born at the

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It suddenly occurred to me last night that the middle of the 20th Century was very possibly the Beginning of the End of Everything.Many of us were born before World War II. A few of us were born at the beginning of the 20th Century, just as some of us were born at the beginning of the 21st Century. And there may even be 2 or 3 people still here who were born at the end of the 19th Century. But

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THE PET PERIODICALThe Tail of the TunnelBefore I moved to Santa Barbara, I lived in Oakland, California. I was a librarian, and I worked over the hills in Contra Costa County. To get there from my home, I took a major highway that went through the hills via a three-part tunnel.The righthand tunnel always went TOWARD Contra Costa County, the lefthand tunnel always went TOWARD San Francisco, and

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THE PET PERIODICALHow to Rescue a Dog on the FreewayYou can’t be a freeway user and not have seen at least one dog in your life trotting along the freeway—almost always going in the same way as traffic. For starters, your first reaction should be to realize that rescuing the dog is YOUR responsibility. So go about thinking how to do it.First, DO NOT attempt to pull over right away. You may

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New Subjects to Come UpYesterday, on our way home from an appoiontment, my caretaker, Rocio, took the freeway, which I hate. The reason I hate the freeway is the fear of seeing a dead, injured, or terrified dog and not being able to do anything about it.But there ARE things you can do, and when I was able to drive and could make decisions about things like that myself, I did them myself—as

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MESSAGE TO SOUL SAVERSOn behalf of all non-believers, of which I am one, I beg you to stop going door-to-door attempting to save our souls. Speaking for myself at least, I find this very intrusive and somewhat insulting. I would never consider going to your homes in an attempt to dissuade you of your beliefs. I can assure you that many of those who do not believe in God or practice other

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Hate Runneth OverMy god, what many Americans (unfortunately) won’t do to find someone else to hate!Recently, it was poor starving Mexicans risking their lives coming across the border seeking work so they could send most of what they earn back home to feed their families. OK, OK, so many of them are trading drugs; so they are crooks and thieves. Well, we have plenty of crooks and thieves at the

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SELF-SEX SINNERSPreambleMY recollection of our national history, as I was taught it, and as I have observed it for 87 years, is that we came here as victims of prejudice and/or cruelty by other nations, in search of a land whereon we could establish a nation of our own, built largely according to noble Christian values, a land of our own (after annihilating or imprisoning a great many of the

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Lets “Try It Again (Uncle) Sam”—Part ThreeSorry, I left off my most important point (the last two paragraphs, below) on Part Two.Our forefathers, we are told, came to these shores in search of freedom, both religious and political. The motto of our most famous monument, the Statue of Liberty bears this motto: Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.And so

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Lets “Try It Again (Uncle) Sam”—Part TwoOur forefathers, we are told, came to these shores in search of freedom, both religious and political. The motto of our most famous monument, the Statue of Liberty bears this motto: Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.And so here we are! We have usurped this land from its original owners—or at least from the people

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Let’s “Try It Again (Uncle) Sam”—Part OneFirst, let’s talk about ourselves, rather than any other countries. We’re going to talk about overpopulation and greed. Both are problems also caused and experienced by other countries, but we should try to reform ourselves before calling on the rest of the World; and besides, we cause most of the harm, and the harm that we cause has enormous

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One Road, Many PathsHenceforth, I’ll be including a new feature designed by me especially for those who can’t spell. No, that’s not right—it’s designed especially by me for those who can spell. Well, you’ll get the idea. Example below:Won Rode, Men-eeeh PahthsHen’s-fourth aisle bee inn-clue-ding a knew feet-you’re Dee-signed buy mee S-pesh-alley fore thoes hoo cant spell. Know, that’s knot

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DISHONESTY, A CARDINAL SINOne of the very most serious of all human failings is dishonesty of any sort, the more so because the person who commits it does so of his own free will. Listening to a discussion of illegal immigration just now is what brings forth my thoughts.Immigrants coming across the border illegally are doing so dishonestly. Many, of course, come to peddle drugs. Many others who

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Thought for the DayIf you’re too old to move aboutWith a sense of daily proclivity, Then getting to the pot on timeCan be a most rewarding activity.ARW6/27/10

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To Borrow from the Past. . . .Help Me! I’m composing—and I can’t shut up!!ARW6/22/10

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Ode to Paper Clips - AddendumPaper clips, O’ Paper ClipsYou bring my thoughts together.Delicate as you appear to be,You withstand most any weather. Even when discardedTo lie upon the street,Your strength withstands the crueltiesOf auto tires and feet.Lying left upon the filthy streetIn warm or stormy weather,Your understanding of the human raceGrows daily ever better.Your sense of order gives

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The Art of CompositionJust so you’ll know—I composed my last two blogs while I was asleep in bed. The first, Paper Clips, gnawed at me until I finally got up at midnight and wrote it down.The second, Staples, left me alone until about an hour before I normally “arise from my couch” on the morning of the following day.Don’t ask me! They—not I—selected the subjects. I just followed orders.ARW6/

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StaplesUnlike the colorful and delicate paper clip, which calls for poetry, the brutal masculinity of the staple is best described in prose.While the delicate paper clip’s purpose is to gently hold papers together, it does so in the interest of the owner, available to removal and replacement.Made only in gunmetal silver, the job of the staple--as the staple envisions it--is to brutally stab the

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Disparities Within the United StatesMost Americans, when asked to define democracy in this country, are inclined to think of all citizens as having equal rights and responsibilities. This is not entirely true, for good or ill.Probably the two most important qualifications for modern American life are education and wealth, neither of which is widely and fairly available. Your opportunities are

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Gone!Yesterday, I spent most of the day composing one of my masterpieces. It was two full pages long, and I worked and reworked the text until it was perfect. Not only that, it was a terribly important subject to me. But, somehow, when I set about printing it, I forgot to save it. Not only that—I can’t even remember the subject! WAAH!!ARW6/18/10

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Wouldn’t You Think....?When listening to the news of the oil spill, I heard the newsman say that many people with plans to go down to the area for fishing and other sea sports had canceled their hotel reservations.Now, assuming that most of this country’s citizens are God-loving Christians-- unlike the rest of us heathens—don’t the rest of you people realize they need us down there more than ever

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PAPERCLIPSMany years ago, I wrote a very important article on the subject of the above. But, despite the fact that I am a retired librarian whose life has been built upon “everything in its place,” I-- even I-- cannot find a copy of it! So I’ll have to start my crusade all over.It didn’t take me long to become aware of the “paperclip problem.” I must have been not much older than somewhere in

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CONFESSIONThe time has come for me to reveal myself to my faithful fans—I watch NASCAR! And not only that, I like it! It relaxes me.For starters, I remember very few of the names inolved. The Bush brothers always seem to win, but on the other hand, I can never remember who wins. My favorite is Mark Martin. He is the oldest, in his fities, and he smiles all the time, win or not. (I realize I

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What Do You Think of the Gulf Catastrophe? You AskI’ll tell you what I think of it, but do not read the rest of this unless you don’t mind reading the real horror that goes on in my mind when I hear of things like this. I am particularly sensitive to such events, especially when they involve animals, and even insects. I can no longer read the news or watch anything about it on television, nor

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Splitting the CountryThanks to several of you who expressed interest in my Civil War musings about breaking up the United States.First, let me apologize for taking so long to get back to the computer. Both my personal condition, and that of the country have been so hard for me to digest that I just haven’t been able even to try. As I sit here at the keyboard, I realize how much I have missed it

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POLITICAL MUSING BETWEEN ELECTIONSConsistent animosity toward the man who won the election and is doing a pretty good job, as with the Republicans versus Pres.Obama, is like trying to force their way into having won a game which they have not won by claiming that “the American people” don’t want his legislation.It seems to me that if you are an opponent of a man of his obvious education,

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BORDER CONTROLThere is no question that U.S. citizens who live near the border with Mexico need and deserve governmental control and protection. After thinking about the new legislation signed by the governor of Arizona yesterday, I have been giving a great deal of thought to the dangers this law Might inflict upon the many millions of Hispanics already living here.A forest of hispanic roots

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I THINK I used to have a little palm adding machine, but it really wasn’t serving the purpose of my high-stakes financial dealings. So I got rid of it and bought myself an adding machine capable of handling money dealings up to the mid-hundreds.It didn’t take me longer than a couple weeks, however, before I realized that the new marvel had troubles of its own. I will try to re-create IT BELOW.I

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Overpopulation and UnderthinkingTHIS is the most important problem on the earth, no quibbling, and if humans don’t solve it for themselves, Nature will solve it for us.The most important weapons directed at the human race are uncontrolled growth of population and laws against the right to die. These are two rights of great importance, rights which should belong only to the person involved. Most

LittleBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541980367488311536noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-30607386874376947442010-02-15T13:27:00.000-08:002010-02-15T13:31:39.593-08:00

FLIGHT, by Richard LippoldConfident recognition of true merit in a work of art comes as a great source of satisfaction to the amateur critic, and my daughter and I experienced this thrilling sensation during our visit to New York City in 1962. The work of which I speak is Richard Lippold’s sculpture, “Flight,” which was completed shortly before our trip, in the Vanderbilt Avenue lobby of the

LittleBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541980367488311536noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-384906916612851432010-02-15T13:23:00.000-08:002010-02-15T13:24:01.997-08:00

TO MY FRIENDS AND READERS:I recently received a request for a charity donation for an Indian tribe fairly close to where I grew up in Wyoming, the Crows in Montana. That got me looking for an article I wrote about a buffalo roundup with them.It also led me to quite a few papers which I wrote in college in my 30’s-50’s. I have read through several of them and hope that they might be

LittleBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541980367488311536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-5080005004602953362010-02-14T10:32:00.000-08:002010-02-14T10:39:56.857-08:00

DELAYED REACTIONThe boarding school chapel was stifling with the heat of the first day of Spring. Dr. Lee’s sermon, as always, was an opiate rather than a stimulant, calling forth daydreams instead of resolution. Much as we loved him, we were only teen-aged girls, and not yet able to share his dedication.As I sat mentally lolling, my thoughts progressed backward over my years of religious

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This letter is also available on my new blog IT'S NOT POLITICAL-JUST PERSONAL at:http://take-it-outside-dammit.blogspot.com/Dear Pat: September 24, 1963 The end is finally in sight! With two winters and two summers of school behind me, I have only one more winter to go before graduation. Full-time, year-round school has been rather exhausting, especially at my age, but it

LittleBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541980367488311536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-21147099523544183762010-02-04T15:58:00.000-08:002010-02-08T06:47:44.336-08:00

A few moments ago, I was watching a CNN newswoman talking on the telephone to a representative of Toyota about her Prius. The Toyota rep, unfortunately, evidently either did not know about the problems currently in the news, or was reluctant to give any information on the subject. The CNN newswoman should have made sure she was talking to a thoroughly qualified representative. Getting the

LittleBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541980367488311536noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-36468577166786238362010-02-03T10:32:00.000-08:002010-02-03T10:37:49.259-08:00

Mankind may be close to reaching the end of that span. It won’t happen in our lifetimes, but we have reached a point where what we do and how we live can surely play an important part in determining how we will leave the Earth.. Those of us who have appreciated what we have had must surely feel a responsibility to whoever and whatever follow.Time was when a man with an idea and an access to

LittleBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541980367488311536noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-4633305738744136362010-01-31T16:26:00.000-08:002010-01-31T16:30:12.826-08:00

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Haiti, especially as a Catholic country, is an excellent means for testing the power of prayer. Did God make this horrendous earthquake happen as a punishment for the people of that land, including the babes in arms? If He did, what was the crime, and did each and every one of the dead deserve it? As the religious center of hope and sustenance for the millions of Catholics, why did God, if

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In a blog about the disappearance of workhorses, I mentioned that they have largely been replaced by tractors. A living, hardworking, loving animal has been replaced by technology. The same thing is happening to human beings now. There is nothing more important to those who govern and those who are governed than JOBS. And yet there seems to be little or no awareness of the fact that humans

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-77067106542308997872010-01-06T10:59:00.000-08:002010-01-06T11:02:57.997-08:00

When I was young, I grew up on a ranch in Wyoming. My family were well-to-do, so the ranch was a retirement home. My father didn’t do any physical work unless it was for pleasure, which it often was. We ran a few cattle, and we had riding horses and two teams of workhorses. No one out our way had electric lights or telephones until we moved in and had the wires extended from town. (The

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-48908259362323681912009-12-19T17:21:00.001-08:002009-12-19T18:14:26.691-08:00

It really blows my mind to say “it really blows my mind” again, but I guess that is what happens to me when I hear the Republicans putting the subject of abortion at the head of everything else on any governmental agenda. At the same time, it really blows my mind again that I can’t remember a Republican EVER mentioning the subject of over-population.And I must admit that I haven’t heard either

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-16475178567922102172009-12-16T13:13:00.000-08:002009-12-16T13:23:23.788-08:00

To most of my friends and family: With the exception of my immediate family, who will get jewels and furs, and the people who work for me, I cannot afford to send gifts to anyone else this year. I had cut out most of my charities during this past year, but I have spent the past few days trying to catch up.The reason I have gone back to my charities is that they are about things that have meant

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-11349497080706382102009-12-10T15:53:00.000-08:002009-12-10T15:56:22.804-08:00

Joe was a small town kid from a fairly small-income family. He did not do anything notably good or bad in grade school. But when he got to high school, that’s when his star began to shine. He became the school’s star football athlete, and he led his team to almost total victory. His success in the rest of his life was virtually assured.Joe and his best friend, Bill, had plans for going into

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-89389415693725530022009-12-08T17:02:00.000-08:002009-12-08T17:08:52.823-08:00

Dont Worry, Be HappyThose of us who really care for the Earth and everything on it, and who have the capacity to use our minds, are extremely worried about Global Warming and looking forward with hope to the Climate Change Conference in Denmark.Photographs and films of glaciers on the highest mountains beginning to melt are alarming, especially as the water flowing from the mountains is vital to

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-45012431683104826762009-12-07T08:06:00.001-08:002009-12-07T08:07:34.268-08:00

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The Power of the VoteFrom Sen. Lieberman’s decision to leave the Democratic Party and become an Independent some time ago, he appears pretty happy being in the kingpin position of possibly casting the determining vote between the Democrats and the Republicans on a number of different bills.I do not understand how he was lucky enough to have been selected a number of years ago as a candidate for

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-80393166197096618092009-12-04T17:39:00.000-08:002009-12-04T17:41:05.044-08:00

We Do Not All See AlikeI am lucky enough to have lived here in Santa Barbara for pobably more than 11 years by now. It is a beautiful town at the base of beautiful mountains. We have had three very serious fires in the mountains since I have lived here, the most recent having started in May and spread from one end of the range in our sight to the other. As in most cases, it was started by

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-50618340184104408022009-12-04T11:52:00.000-08:002009-12-04T11:54:24.133-08:00

It seems to me that an ever-growing world population, and endless expansion of new technology to replace human employent can only end up in total chaos. When our world leaders shake hands and smile at the audience, why don’t they smile at each other instead? Such a smile could be seen by both groups and recognized as the culmination of a friendly agreement.Listening to Washington Journal this

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Christmas JoyThere are many cities, large and small, that put up city Christmas trees every December. It is very sad to watch a tree, chosen for its perfection and size, hoisted in the air without its lifeline roots and placed, dead, for its last month on earth.Wouldn’t it show more reverence to these “temporary” trees if a site were selected to place a promising young tree for its whole life,

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Santa Claus came to me in my sleep last night, and anointed me as one of his special Helpers. Santa has many Helpers, as you know, and rather than all having the same job, we are given a number of different jobs with different gifts to give. Some Helpers take lavish gifts to homes on their lists. Some Helpers concentrate on toys for children. And some Helpers, like me, have been given unusual

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-30986850970694277432009-11-30T19:33:00.000-08:002009-11-30T19:40:35.187-08:00

The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who loves his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.

Vigilantenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-17926183291974744592009-11-28T15:22:00.000-08:002009-11-29T10:42:34.641-08:00

I have made some edits to my original post.Religion in one form or another is sweeping across the surface of the Earth, shoving everything non-human and everyone human but non-religious before it. The only force that can meet it with any weapons capable of defense are those nonreligious humans who have thought alot about the subject.Using myself as the example to speak for agnostics and atheists

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-51271573425131865972009-11-16T08:05:00.001-08:002009-11-16T08:10:13.628-08:00

I don't recognize it!This is the map displaying the capita calorie consumption on a nation-by-nation basis, compiled and produced by the World Food Program.

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Thoughts Worth Delving IntoLeafing into my old files, here are some notes I have made which deserve holding onto and eventually expanding. Some of them are old, but all deserve further thought:Some people, including many Republicans, have claimed that they are the party of peace and opportunity, yet we are hisorically a country at war.The two subjects of most importance to Republicans and also

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-65451401969577261152009-11-08T15:00:00.005-08:002009-11-08T15:07:36.686-08:00

Human beings who practice almost any religion assiduously often cross the line into an area where they cannot accept the rest of the world without forcing their faith on others.This is true of Christians of many sects, especially the Catholics.Catholic belief has forced its way into many laws which govern all, or at least some Americans. Two of those laws truly amaze me. The first is the law

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-66505071910531477102009-11-07T14:08:00.000-08:002009-11-07T15:19:07.833-08:00

There are many things that you can do for wildlife during the winter months, snow or no snow.You can plant plants with berries or nuts that they like and will remember and come back to. Everyone, everwhere, can help birds by having and sustaining a bird bath that is clean and full the year around.If you have a yard enjoyed by wildlife, you can plant your old Christmas tree in the yard, where

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-76124780649452340272009-11-06T17:29:00.005-08:002009-11-06T17:37:21.457-08:00

The massacre yesterday at Fort Hood is fairly unusual. (Or it was until Orlando suffered something similar today.) But Fort Hood, at least, is due to a man who could no longer bear the strain he was under. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a soldier of high standing, with a profession, psychiatry, also of high standing. He was born in Washington. At the same time, he is a Muslim, whose faith is

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-92189357354579334532009-11-02T14:54:00.000-08:002009-11-02T14:55:15.173-08:00

At last, I’m Back!Having been away for several weeks with Old Lady Fades, I have now returned in full force. I’ve missed all of you, especially those who have let me know that you are still here too.One very important thing I have come to realize is the fact that many of my friends are all suffering bouts of Old Lady (or Man) Fades too. Kind of knocks you down from surprise when you first get

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-55773812676299026382009-10-30T07:51:00.000-07:002009-10-30T08:01:26.128-07:00

Is it possible for both parties to lose? David Brooks asks, Bob, what do you think about the state of our political parties? Is it possible for both parties to lose at the same time? Bob Herbert answers, I think both parties are misreading the public’s mood on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Whatever individual polls might say, most ordinary Americans are fed up with those conflicts and

Vigilantenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-59072302553450024742009-10-22T09:25:00.001-07:002009-10-22T09:26:27.816-07:00

From the Lost Angeles Times, a poor rendition of a Dawg's point of view. Every self-respecting athletic Dawg deserves his/her daily run without no stinkin' leash. And 'pooch' is a term of disrespect. Take a hike, Donn. A one-way walk into the surf.

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Al Franken's 1st Bill:A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities, and for other purposes.

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Wikipedia: Condoleezza Rice headed Chevron's committee on public policy until she resigned on January 15, 2001, to become National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush. Chevron, for unspecified reasons, honored Rice by naming an oil tanker Condoleezza Rice after her, but controversy led to its being renamed Altair Voyager.

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One Sees Heaven, Another Sees HellTourists going through Santa Barbara on this beautiful fall day, are probably looking with envy at our Santa Ynez Mountains, wishing that they could live here too. But I look at those mountains through a different prism.I was driving up a street on May 5 of this year, with a good view of the mountains, and I saw a small puff of smoke which turned out to be the

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-3758618580340227172009-10-03T12:18:00.001-07:002009-10-03T12:28:08.465-07:00

When Major Steven Hutchison was killed while serving in Iraq, he was, at 60, the oldest American casualty in either of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. His unit, who had come to love him like a father, devised a unique way to honor their fallen leader -- and it involved a puppy.Hutchison had enlisted in the Army in 1966, served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded a Bronze Star before retiring in

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Yellow Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07240896921792157807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-20664129485294131352009-09-12T00:35:00.000-07:002009-09-12T00:48:55.508-07:00

Wow! What a week!With all that we see and hear about the health care initiative, I thought it was important to see what the positions of medical professionals are.Apparently the American Medical Association has weighed in on the new health package:Allergists voted to scratch it, but Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it but

Vigilantenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-62536575499195689272009-08-24T16:09:00.000-07:002009-08-24T16:12:28.194-07:00

Letter to Christine Romans, hostess, CNN Your MoneyI turned to your program this morning, hoping for some enlightenment about our financial problems. But what I found was a group of economists sitting around flipping the many pages of a congressional bill on the subject and laughing hysterically. By the way, I have seen many congressional bills that thick in the past, so it was not

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-83395780558417585762009-08-16T15:38:00.000-07:002009-08-16T17:02:39.493-07:00

The time has finally come for me to sit down and write about my dearest cat, Mooch. (All of my cats are my dearests, by the way, but, as you can see from the pictures, he was my dearest dearest.)Mooch was riddled with several diseases, the last and most lethal of which was cancer, and the time finally came to end them for him.So many people believe that animals, even dogs and cats, are incapable

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-29802082803358722832009-08-03T22:56:00.000-07:002009-08-03T22:57:32.709-07:00

Opposed only by the Very Rich and the Very Moronic Working for Them

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Why is it that government costs on almost every level are cut by cutting from the bottom, where the need is highest and the over-all effect upon the nation as a whole is the greatest?! Two of the most important needs are severely affected—health and education, especially the latter. What makes human beings human is the awareness of the various worlds around them, and the ability to reason. And

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-84924166751680143302009-06-22T11:28:00.000-07:002009-06-22T12:24:22.277-07:00

For over two years, now, I have needed caretakers to help me around the house. The morning helper is here for two hours, during which she helps me bathe, feeds my cats, fixes my breakfast, and makes my bed. When making my bed, whether or not there is a cat on my bed, most of them have simply sort of pulled my blankets up to the top and smoothed them down. A few days ago, I decided to give them

LittleBillnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31762336.post-90504735442621208002009-06-12T06:50:00.000-07:002009-06-12T06:55:56.212-07:00

Read And when I feel my finger on your trigger.

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Abortion Doctor Shot At ChurchWICHITA, Kansas (AP) - Media reports say that abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has been shot and killed at his Wichita church.Tiller has been among the few U.S. physicians performing late-term abortion. His clinic has repeatedly been the site of protests for about two decades.StoryLater, Tiller's attorneys released a statement from Tiller's wife, Jeanne, his four

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Ban on Gay Marriage Upheld in CaliforniaThere is one poll that we have not heard from. How many gays have voted to uphold the ban?ARW 5/26/09Somehow, I didn’t get this posted. Sorry.ARW5/29/09

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Moral CertaintyI am a devout Christian, and those of my views agree that God put us on this earth to bring new lives upon this Earth—the more the better. We also believe that this country is most beloved of God and that we should spread His word around the world.My children attend school at a very large school, where they are taught the Word of God, which must be spread across the Earth. But

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