This one is a hodge-podge so bear with me...

So what's happening in the world today?

Not much. We are heading down the path to socialism at an alarming clip; the root of any opposition to the One's initiatives is obviously racism; the violent right is taking this country to the brink of disaster...and...Israel sucks.

That about covers it.

This morning while getting ready for work, I watched my two youngest dance the hot dog dance on our bed. I of course joined in loving all things hot dog. As we danced, I smiled. They laughed. A good time was had by all. Now, I am not going where you think I am going with this. Even if this country becomes fully socialized, kids will still dance on the bed and parents will still smile as they watch. Books will be read. Pirates will be played. Dogs will be scolded for chewing you out of house and home. Life will go on. To children, life will go on.

That's the way it is with kids. They live through their emotions. They want to play, dance, laugh and eat candy all day. And as a parent, I would love to let them do that. However, as a parent, I know it is just not feasible. Even for kids there are consequences to their actions. They just don't know it. That's why as adults we must set limits and enforce rules. Not always wanting to do so but knowing it is for their own good.

Now the reason we do these things is so when they become adults hopefully they will have learned what responsibility is, what consequences are. While running on emotion is not entirely a bad thing, sometimes there needs to be a little logic and reason applied to our decisions to keep things in balance.

I am not immmune to this childish child-like behavior. I want to get an HD TV with some of our tax return money. Kelly doesn't think is such a great idea. With every fiber of my being I hate to admit she's right about this but she is. We have a perfectly good TV and we don't need a new one. What we do need is some home repair. Yipee! Not fun but necessary. In the end she will probably win out and I will sulk but the adult will prevail as it should be.

I shudder to think of a society where the children make all the decisions and the parents are relegated to watching the debacle because they have a filibuster proof majority. Oops. Did I just inject politics into this? It really has nothing to do with that. Really...really.

As much as that scenario bugs me, I'm not sure I am less irked by the One's treatment of Benjamin Netenyahu. He is the leader of Israel you know. He came to visit us here and was promptly treated like a horses ass by our Chief Horses Ass. How do you explain this level of mistreatment of a foreign dignitary? My theory is it is not political. They have been our allies for 50 years. The only one in the area for the majority of that time. If not political then what? I say religious. Explain to me why the One will not allow a picture of himself and Netenyahu, a Jew mind you, yet we see these images...

In conclusion, the President of the United States will not have his picture taken with the head of a jewish state who is one of our closest allies and yet feels no qualms about bowing before a muslim king of Saudi Arabia. Something a President is never suppsed to do. Bow to anyone.

Ever.

Following is one of the best pro-life ads I have ever seen.

Says it all doesn't it?

For those of you who don't know the hot dog dance, Mickey Mouse shows you...

From the WTH? department...

Are you kidding me?

Apropos if nothing...from 1948 no less..

An actual quote...

from someone protesting an Ann Coulter speech. As a matter of fact they were so threatening in their protest they canceled her speech...

What Ann Coulter is practicing is not free speech, it's hate speech...

Why do I get the feeling that the people who support the health care bill look at that sentence and think it makes perfect sense?

What you don't know about the health bill...

TheCypressTimes : "THIS IS WHAT CHANGE LOOKS LIKE" - HIDDEN TAXES, FINES AND BRIBES

This is funny...

Dateline: UTA...

ARLINGTON - How would you like to buy gasoline made from $30 domestic oil versus $75 imported oil?

Researchers at UT Arlington say they've found a practical way to make synthetic crude from cheap coal that's common in Texas.

They say they are just weeks away from signing a contract for commercial production.

People have been turning coal into oil for 100 years or more.

But researchers at UTA say they've invented a better way to do it. So much better, they expect to sign a deal with an oil company within weeks.

"This is east Texas lignite coal. We go from that to this really nice liquid," said Professor Brian Dennis of a light synthetic crude, easily refined into gasoline.

Professor Dennis and a team of scientists have been working on it for about a year and a half.

"I had the idea for this while I was walking to my car. And I ran back to the lab and I started drawing it out in my notebook," he said.

They only showed Channel 8 an early model reactor which doesn't look like much, but it's the only one they can show us.

The current reactor is secret, extremely efficient and they say emits no pollution.

"We're improving the cost every day. We started off sometime ago at an uneconomical $17,000 a barrel. Today, we're at a cost of $28.84 a barrel," said engineering dean Rick Billo.

That's $28 a barrel versus $75 we pay now for imported crude.

Texas lignite coal is dirt cheap - less than $18 a ton. A ton of coal will produce up to 1.5 barrels of oil.

UTA researchers expect micro-refineries to be built within a year, turning coal into cheap oil and producing new jobs.

It's still fossil fuel, but scientists say it could bridge the gap until greener technologies catch up.

I love to say 'I told you so'...

Without so much as a press release, Embryonic Stem Cell research is being slowly defunded by the State of California. Remember Proposition 71, the California initiative that pledged $3 billion dollars of public funds to this dubious research? Back in 2004 voters in that state bet that embryonic stem cells held the key to untold cures and therapies.

Six years later, after destroying innumerable embryos and devaluing human life, they have nothing to show for their investment. Only adult stem cell research has shown any promise. By reprogramming adult stem cells, researchers have produced astounding results; curing everything from type 1 diabetes to spinal cord injuries.

In a move to save face, the Investor’s Business Daily reports that the state via its California Institute of Regenerative Medicine has shifted most of its grant monies towards ADULT stem cell research.

After demonizing this research for years California has seen the light. Perhaps President Obama will now reconsider his federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and acknowledge what science and the state of California learned the hard way: morally objectionable embryonic stem cell research is a waste of taxpayer money.

When he lifted the Bush federal ban on funding embryonic stem cell research last year, President Obama vowed that his decisions would be made “by facts, not ideology.” The facts are now clear. Let’s see what becomes of the ideology.

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The link.

UPDATE:

Mike had the right answer. At least as far as I'm concerned. I can't for the life of me understand why a parent would count on the school system to feed his or her child. It is unfathomable to me.

Some may say what if they have fallen on hard times? What if both parents lost their jobs?

GO WORK AT MCDONALDS!

I can tell you right now, unequivocally and without hesitation, my children will never go hungry. Ever.

Unless of course they are naughty in which case they may got to bed without supper.

New 9-11 photos...

Never forget!