https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/Earthbeat has many interests. A former journalist, pr executive, and now a therapist, he's easily excited by ideas, by people, and by possibilities for creative expression and growth. Whatever is on Earthbeat's mind you'll find here. His interests include politics, religion, and the unending array of stories reflected by every human being alive.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/546165I have today post a two part article on Earthbeat's Psychotherapy Perspectives, that could as easily have been posted here. I urge anyone interested in human rights, respect for liberty, humane treatment of prisoners, and compassion in society to check out the article on Psychotherapy...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/545914Hybrid Car Super Success The first I realized that Toyota has a runaway success on its hands was when I noticed how many cab drivers were driving a compact Prius hybrid car, rather than the big American cars that used to be a favourite for taxis. Apparently, Toyota has produced more than 1...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/545715Vancouver Newspaper Blasts Taser International Chairman A coupler of years ago I got really ticked when a cop in a south-eastern US town tasered an elderly woman in a nursing home because staff had trouble controlling her behaviour. I wrote an email to the police chief ther. I didn't get a reply,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/545477Star LA Prosecutor Wants Bush Charged with Murder Vincent Bugliosi won 105 out of 106 felony jury trials when he was a DA with the Los Angeles district attorney's office back 30 years ago -- and out of 21 murder trials he had a perfect, 100 percent conviction rate. You may remember him as the guy...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/544711Discovery Channel has a story today that sounds like something out of a Carl Hiaasen or Tim Dorsey novel satirizing the craziness that seems to make Florida such a special place. Seems like some people who bought Burmese pythons thought they could just be left out in the wild like pet cats who...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/544628Narco-terrorism takes out a police chief in Mexico. And in the U.S., anti-drug legislation crawls through the process of becoming law. No one disagrees that street drugs are a big problem. There's a one word solution that would cut the problem in half: Legalization. When something is legal...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/544535What's not to love about t-shirts? They're comfortable, easy to wash, and never need ironing. Besides, sometimes they even make interesting reading. My favourite t-shirt is a dark green. On the front in a silvery colour is the face of a wise old man is portrayed -- a Native American man. Down the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/544330After making mention in a post earlier today that I used to be a university Marxist some decades ago, people are surprised to learn today that I recently became a Christian -- a born again, Holy Ghost believing charismatic Christian at that! But I don't fit the usual boxes. I'm not a great...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/544321For me it is big news to learn that Mozilla has released the first version of Thunderbird 3, the email client that's part of the Firefox family. Thunderbird is a great email client, but it lacks some of the capabilities of Outlook and other clients. Recently I started to use extensions for my...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Eclectic_Wanderings/544298For the last several weeks I have watched in surprise as several predictable variables did something that was, in itself, quite predictable. They all came together. And the result is that the year 2008 may go down in history as one of the worst years in human history for natural disasters,...