My Soap Box

Joseph Duncan had plead guilty (again) to murder and other horrid crimes. He now faces the death penalty on at least two fronts. Here is a man who confessed that he bound three people then beat them to death with a hammer. Why would he do such a thing? So there would be no witnesses to tell who took... Sign in to see full entry.

Do we deserve Social Security? Should we hang our retirement plans on a program that is being attacked from just about every quarter? I saw it debated some time ago on the Saturday morning FOX news financial shows. Generally, the panels felt companies and the government shouldn’t be in the business... Sign in to see full entry.

Anything but Muhammad, especially if you are a British teacher in Sudan. I’m sure other’s have commented, blogged and generally discussed around dinner tables world-wide this rather strange story. It seems this teacher had asked her class of 7-year-olds to give the Teddy Bear a name. The name they... Sign in to see full entry.

Thanksgiving is over, the turkey (or perhaps the ~shudder~ tof-urkey) bas barely hit bottom and another holiday is bearing down on us like a crazed run-a-way train full of lead tainted gifts made in China. Christmas and all it’s cheer is now less than 30 stress-filled days away. We are going to have... Sign in to see full entry.

$54 million for a pair of pants tells you one thing, he wasn’t shopping at K-Mart. No, this is the sad story of a judge who apparently is too big for his britches. The judge, one Roy Pearson sued his dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants. Pearson cited, “repayment for the lost pants, as well as... Sign in to see full entry.

Blunder down under. You might as well tell Rudolph to turn off his red nose because it conjures images of winos. Wile you’re at it, just tell all the rest of the reindeer not to fly because it glorifies getting high. Yes, I know those are too stupid to be true, but by now you should have heard of an... Sign in to see full entry.

I’m sure it can be done with a little elbow grease from the science community. All mankind’s problems stem from an overcrowded planet. Too many people using too many resources and very little good land left to populate, that is what is happening here. While we could blast people off the planet in... Sign in to see full entry.

Litterbugs should be shot. Smokers should be gassed. Strong opinions but don’t we all have strong opinions that we keep to ourselves? Ok, I really have a gripe against litterbugs, I have to pick their junk up off the road in front of my place all the time. Anything from beer cans to fast food bags... Sign in to see full entry.

Do you feel skittish? Overworked and frazzled? Do you sometimes have trouble just getting your day started? That’s what was happening to my computer. It would start to boot up and then just get hung up over and over by trying to boot to the floppy drive, which is impossible with Windows Vista.... Sign in to see full entry.

Ah! The mysteries of life. Are we humans made of star stuff or God stuff? Are our personalities determined by our genes or our environment? The Nature vs. Nurture debate has been going on a while now and appears no closer to resolution. My own case is an example of how strange things can be. I lost... Sign in to see full entry.