At Least We Know What's On These Wingnuts' Minds

Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Santorum said marriage is a bond between a man and a woman. "That's not to pick on homosexuality," he added. "It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be." Link to story

Bill O'Reilly (Right Wing-nut Pundit on the always trustworthy Fox News)
"And 10 years, this is gonna be a totally different country than it is right now. Laws that you think are in stone -- they're gonna evaporate, man. You'll be able to marry a goat -- you mark my words!"
-- Bill O'Reilly Link to story Note: that link also has recorded audio of O'Reilly putting his foot in his mouth.

Maybe I'm strange.... but it would never occur to me to think about bestiality.... much less go public with those thoughts. Or maybe I'll never earn my right-wing-wacko chops.

Have You Learned Anything From Celebrity ShiavoPalooza?

It's been appalling to see this family feud played out on television and exploited by so many people with an agenda (an agenda that did not include the husband and wife involved). If the Shiavo family's misery leads to anything good, then perhaps their pain will lead to something good.

If you haven't figured out the importance of a Living Will/Advance Medical Directive, perhaps you've been in some sort of vegetative state lately. The entire circus would have been avoided if Terri Shivao had a Living Will/Advance Medical Directive. Today I will help you with this task.

A conservative approach to this would be to have a lawyer prepare the documents for you. A less conservative approach - especially if you are a cheapskate (as I am) - is to look for some other way to prepare the docs. Remember that the Internet operates under the law of the jungle - caveat emptor - and then Google it.

Googling "living will" gave me 974,000 hits. I narrowed the search to + "Living Will" +"Advance Medical Directive" + free and got 1,220 hits. Naturally, I looked for free resources first.

I looked at quite a few sites from that search and decided to use one as an example.

Legal Documents Online® allows you to prepare customized legal documents and legal forms directly online. Choose any of the documents offered, complete the questions, click the "Submit" button, and the finished document is ready for you to either download to file or print to your printer (downloadable or printable). Many documents are free. All others are available from $5.50 to $89.75, depending on the complexity of the document.

Almost all documents can be previewed for free.

Wave-riding/blogging buddy Neon suggests a different site - with free forms!

Another "thrifty" choice is to buy legal advice from Nolo Press. No doubt there are other sources of competant DIY legal assitance, but Nolo runs their business more admirably than 99.999% (I'm guessing that number) of all businesses. I have looked to Nolo for legal education since the late 70s. These are exemplary people.

Note: if your situation is complicated beyond what free/low cost help can handle, see a lawyer. I am not a lawyer (I just play one on the Internet).

You're still here? Why are you wasting time surfing the web? You should be preparing your own Living Will/Advance Medical Directive. We'll wait....

Isn't Every Life Precious?

Clueless In Crawford

Our elitist leaders have lost all sense of economic morality. They can live in their bubble, but they can't hide in it – and the day is coming when that bubble will burst. Dubya is accustomed to speaking to hand-selected crowds of loyal supporters.

One day, however, a single mother named Mary told George that she has a two daughters and a young, mentally-challenged son. Bush blurted out, "fantastic," cheerfully telling the audience that Mary has "the hardest job in America, being a single mom."

Well, yes, Mary said, but she also has to work three other jobs to make ends meet.

From deep within his personal bubble, the effervescent president then exclaimed, "fantastic," calling her experience "uniquely American," as though she was offering up her family's hard reality as some sort of uplifting Horatio Alger tale. Then, George made a little joke of her situation, asking if she gets any sleep.

This would be either laughable or pathetic if it were not so vicious – vicious in the sense that government policy which could do something to benefit the millions of Marys in today's economy, instead is being shaped from within George's bubble to do them more harm. Bush's budget, for example, cuts education, housing and food programs, claiming that there's no money in the public treasury, while shovelling out $1.3 trillion in tax giveaways to America's richest people, who share Bush's bubble.

Want more? Read Jim Hightower's commentaries.

Why Chrisitanity Rocks

Christianity rocks because OUR God is the best God.

Example: a wonderful thing about our Christian God: he never tells us what we don't want to hear.
-- Betty Bowers

Child Porn: Boy Scout Official Charged

DALLAS, TX March 29, 2005(CNN)
Douglas S. Smith Jr., a former top official of the Boy Scouts of America, faces federal Internet child pornography charges and is expected to plead guilty Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office said.

The guy had a 39 year career in the Boy Scouts, after going through the ranks as a youth, ultimately becoming an Eagle Scout. For all intents and purposes, he dedicated most of his life to being around teenage and pre-teen boys. How long would you suspect that he's had a penchant for, shall we say, young models and actors?

If someone examines his life closely, there will be a lot of "strange" incidents that everyone ignored. And this could turn into a priest/alter boy scenario. Do you suppose they are very, very worried at headquarters?

The Boy Scouts have long banned gay scouts and gay scout leaders for the "obvious" reason - that someone's same-sex romantic preference is a threat to the organization's values. Now I ask you: which is "worse"?
Gays in the organization?
Or a kiddie porn trader (regardless of romantic preference)?

In the end there will be many losers and no winners. Put Mr. Smith on a suicide watch.

Just Wondering.....

Shouldn't each of my personalities get its own birthday & Christmas presents?

Police Chief Busted For DUI - Twice In One Day

The chief of police in a small Virginia town is being held without bail on charges of driving drunk. Twice in one day.

The chief was arrested
- first in his police car after he rammed another vehicle with the police car
- then five hours later in his own vehicle

His future as a police chief is uncertain.
KIRO-TV (Seattle)