Let's call it the Boehner Recession.

Put the blame where it belongs.  John Boehner (Orange Julius) and his party are responsible for any recession that occurs.  Go read about it by clicking on the quote below.


One effortless vote makes the entire problem disappear. I can’t think of any potential crisis that’s so serious and yet so easy to resolve. But this isn’t even a possibility because the Republican Party has lost its mind.

Found Around the Internets

Mother Jones on the outlandish statements of Michelle Bachmann

 "She's a real pain in the ass." Former state senator Dean Johnson, who was the Republican minority leader during Bachmann's stint in St. Paul, has said, "I don't think I ever served with anybody who I mistrusted more, from either side of the aisle."

Donald Kaul's favorite Fourth of July Speech

"To him ( the American slave), your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymn, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.

Mr Reagan's taxes... over at Memo to House Republicans.

it’s not really surprising that the GOP has no idea what went on during Reagan’s term. After all, House Republicans scoffed and rolled their eyes when presented with the fact that taxes were higher under Reagan than they are under Obama.

Thoughtful

"Our conduct far too often contradicts our profession, however. We are supposed to proclaim the God of love, but we have been guilty as Christians of sowing hatred and suspicion; we commend the one whom we call the Prince of Peace, and yet as Christians we have fought more wars than we care to remember."

Desmond Tutu

From God is Not a Christian. 

Great Article - How The Boston Rock Scene Grew up, Got Real Jobs and became - Freemasons?

"The idea that you're doing something that other people have done in the past [allows] you to step out of time," he explains. "We're born, get old, and die, but the rituals remain the same. It's a time machine. It's a connection to eternity."


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How the Boston rock scene grew up, got real jobs, and became — Freemasons?

Amicable Lodge, Cambridge, MA

Do you know your rights?

My Blogfriend Dianne was questioned by the police in her home for taking pictures of a watertower. She did some research about her rights as a photographer and the results are on her photography blog. If you are in the habit of taking pictures you may want to know your rights.

A Mountain I'm willing to Die on

A great post on Bullying. Momastery.

Understanding OBAMA

Over at 3quarksdaily

PEOPLE THOUGHT OBAMA WOULD BE PROGRESSIVE BECAUSE HE'S BLACK. BIG MISTAKE. BUT HE COULD STILL BE THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE PRESIDENT SINCE FDR

Recommended Reading

Masonic Charity Foundation’s $500,000 gift to create gender studies chair at OSU
Gift to focus on role men play in enhancing society

I read this and knew the my friend Bob Davis had something to do with it. Sure enough. He had. Go read about this incredible gift. The Masons of Oklahoma are to be commended.

True Story

Paul Newman Story

Go Read it.