http://haemet.blogivists.com [and the truth shall make you free - john 8:32] Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:16:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it's another "Roxey is busy" smorgasbord.  First up on the menu: Awww!  Why men should buy flowers for women. An additional reason for those men who say, "But wait! Flowers may be pretty, but they are totally impractical."  Think of a vacuum cleaner; now think of the opposite ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/10/16/conservative-smorgasbord-featuring-mccain-pate/ MSNBC proudly announced that 79 metro areas are in an economic recovery, although most states are still in a recession.  Of the 11 states in recovery, nine went red last election.  Iowa went solidly for Obama, but Indiana went for him by a percentage point. Washington, DC is also in a ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/10/15/red-states-in-recovery-blue-states-in-recession/ As Massachusetts is one of only six states in the nation to not have a state-run law school, UMass is making a bid for the unaccredited Southern New England School of Law.  Part of the deal would be for SNESL to give UMass the campus and its cash for free; ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/10/15/its-sort-of-like-trading-papelbon-for-a-little-league-pitcher/ CNN's latest feel-good article is about a young woman who was brain-damaged before birth. A stroke left Mack with limited functionality in the left side of her brain; yet, the right side rewired itself (not at all uncommon in adult stroke victims and Alzheimer's patients) to take over many ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/10/14/take-that-peter-singer/ One of our blogging friends has started a new blog. Mosey over to The Inconvenient Patriot for some wonderful reading. http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/10/13/an-inconvenient-patriot/ From Patterico's Pontifications: apparently, Obama's approval ratings and Monica Lewinsky have a lot in common. People who were squeamish about the Bush Administration's actions towards terrorists must be absolutely irate over the current crowd's manhandling of the Americans next door. Not surprisingly, the Obama Administration intends to radically change the Justice ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/09/02/individualism-round-up-liberties-religiousity-and-molecules/ Since I'm short on time and long on things to complain about, a round-up of the latest in liberal hypocrisy: R. Stacy McCain offers a thorough trouncing of the Marxist ideology that passes for political discourse in Rep. Diane Watson's office. So-called feminists decry the basis of Title IX (i.e. sexual dimorphism ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/08/30/smorgasbord-of-sense-and-liberal-senselessness/ Back in the 2008 Presidential election, defenders of earmarks pointed out that they make up a minute part of the federal budget, accounting for approximately $17 billion in annual spending.  Factcheck.org trashed McCain for claiming that there would be cost savings through elimination of earmarks; presumably, eliminating earmarks only eliminates the ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/08/15/earmarks-and-medical-malpractise-reform-this-time-without-the-statistical-vacuum/ CNN's headline reads: "Animal rights activist on FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists" list."  One would think that the FBI was compiling its terrorist list in the same manner that Janet Napolitano makes her "right wing extremist" statements; however, one needs to read until the fifth paragraph to determine why he was ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/04/25/cnn-failing-round-2-of-distinguishing-activism-from-terrorism/ I shamelessly stole this from Tieki.  It's great stuff. What I never understand is the people who think that the Second Amendment ought to be read out of the Constitution.  Yes, our guns are bigger, better, faster, and more readily available than they were in the late 18th century, but, given ... http://haemet.blogivists.com/2009/03/06/second-amendment-love/