A friend of mine wrote to me: From the news–perhaps a good blog topic for you would be the political ad directed at Latinos, urging them NOT to vote. Have you heard or seen this ad? Unfortunately, I have heard of this ad. It was originally put out in Nevada by a GOP-linked group. Already […]
Archives for October 2010
Some thoughts on don’t ask, don’t tell and a judge’s ruling
As you may know: A federal judge formally refused on Tuesday to let the Pentagon reinstate its ban on openly gay men and women in the U.S. military while it appeals her decision declaring its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy unconstitutional. A day after tentatively siding against the Obama administration, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips […]
Some myths about members of Congress
Everyone of us has heard tales about Congressmen, how they get paid, and their retirement, but let’s check and see whether what you think you know is true. 1. Members of Congress are not part of the Social Security system. That is actually false. Up until 1984, neither members of Congress nor other federal employees […]
Treatment of veterans
Yet again today, I saw another episode of a show which depicts a veteran with post-traumatic stress syndrome going wacky. Worse, the show investigated the possibility that his stress was the result of some illegal government experiments. Fortunately, by the end of the show, the government turned out to be innocent. But, at the end […]
Buying on the home front
The cartoon above looks like a problem that we in the USA have been facing for many years. But, look at the cartoon above again. Look at the upper left hand side of the cartoon. The cartoonist is a man named Tom Janssen, and it was published in a newspaper called Trouw in the Netherlands. […]
Psychological “insights” replace logical thinking
Have you ever been in a discussion where the person drops the “nuclear option?” Father Orthoduck is not talking about an emotional argument but about a discussion. What does Father Orthoduck mean as the “nuclear option?” The nuclear option is where the person attributes what you are saying to anything but logic and knowledge. You […]
On expecting the unexpected
One of the things about living in the South is that it has a different cultural approach to how one presents oneself. There is more of an emphasis here on what most people would call an “Aw Shucks” approach among many, but not all, down here. While it is true that in the big cities […]
Social Security, babyboomers, and double-think
Just a couple of days ago I saw an interesting article posted. It was on Social Security and this year’s cost of living adjustment (COLA). Actually, this year there will be no cost of living adjustment for the second year in a row. WASHINGTON — As if voters don’t have enough to be angry about […]
Christian Porn
The post below is from Pithless Thoughts. Father Orthoduck is only posting part of it. I do highly recommend that you go to his blog and read the entire article. So, I recently posted a video of a “goofy” charismatic couple “praying”. Basically to be honest, I posted it because it invited derision, smirking, ridicule […]
Some spiritual leader humor
Father Orthoduck has actually met some “enlightened” Orthodox who actually have convinced themselves that they are mocked simply because people are jealous of them. Frankly, Father Orthoduck much prefers people who are able to mock themselves. Father Orthoduck thinks that is why he likes the postings of Pithless Thoughts so much. Father Orthoduck just returned […]
