reflections

While we are all aware that substances like drugs, alcohol and gambling have a terrible grip on many people did you realize that many more of us are addicted to television and the Internet? Of course, you may then ask yourself how you can possibly hope to keep up with the current trends and the [...]

According to Alan Greenspan on 60 Minutes on September 17, 2007, Hilary Clinton is competent enough to be the next president. The question is if she would be the right choice for America, at this time. Given my respect for Greenspan I took another look at Clinton as a 2008 presidential candidate.
I am fortunate enough [...]

While living in California I was diagnosed with Lupus despite the fact that I never got back a positive ANA test or other blood work to confirm that diagnosis. The doctors there chose to treat the diagnosed Lupus with high dosages of Prednisone (A corticosteroid), Plaquenil, and a host of symptom calming medications.
When we moved [...]

For those of you who believe that Russia is now America’s friend, think again. It appears that Venezuelan Dictator, Chavez is NOW getting a Russian Weapons Factory built by Putin. The first step in the process I admit is only to build AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifles in Venezuela to give armament support to communist rebel [...]

Personal credit scores are at the heart of the U.S. economy and are used as a basis for lenders to determine who they will lend to and who they will not lend to. The scores were adopted in the 1960s by FICO (Fair Issue Corp.) as a way of alerting lenders of potential client risks. [...]

According to MIKE SNIDER with USA TODAY millions of TV viewers who are dependent on rooftop antennas are going to lose their signal when signals are turned off as the nation changes to digital TV.
The currently scheduled effective date for this change is Feb. 18, 2009. As of that date the nation’s broadcasters will [...]

Austrian Author Blumrich was until recently the chief of the Systems Layout Branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. In earlier years he is credited with developing the structural design of the Saturn V booster and for participating in the design of Skylab. Upon his retirement from NASA Blumrich began to pursue research concerning extraterrestrial [...]

What is eminent domain? It is the right by which a sovereign government, or a person or agency acting under its authority, may acquire private property for public or semi-public use upon payment of reasonable compensation and without consent of the owner. To get a standing of eminent domain on your property the powers [...]

Chris Dodd, 63, son of the late Senator Thomas J. Dodd, one of the lead prosecutors during the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes tribunals. With this legacy running through his veins Dodd has been committed to public service beginning with his desire to strengthen America’s school system as is seen in his presidential campaign where he [...]

The Financial Times on July 3, 2007 presented an article by Senator Chuck Hagel entitled “Internationalize Iraq”. In contrast to the major Republican Primary candidates, who continue to support the disastrous policies of the Bush administration Chuck Hagel, in his article, maintains that political accommodation is the only way to end the bloodshed in Iraq [...]