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Think your water is clean?

Doug McCaughan — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:47:23 +0000

Compare your rivers to this one in Bangladesh.

Oral Happiness

Doug McCaughan — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:18:36 +0000

Stuck it in the mouth
And wiggled it about
Thrust back and forth
Then took it out
The stuff left behind
Was then spat out
Felt so good
Want to do it again
Brushing teeth
Leaves such a grin!

Connecticut Voting on Marijuana Legalization Today

Doug McCaughan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:20:25 +0000

Since they are voting on legalization on 4/20 is the outcome of the vote a bit predetermined?

Update 4/26/2012: Yup, it passed.

The House of Representatives voted late Wednesday night to legalize marijuana for medical purposes for adults — despite a letter from the state’s top federal prosecutor saying that those growing marijuana would be violating federal law.

The vote was 96-51 in favor.

Patients would be required to receive a prescription from a physician to receive marijuana to relieve pain from illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV and multiple sclerosis. The bill would allow some producers to cultivate and grow the marijuana, and licensed pharmacists could provide the marijuana to patients. Patients would need to requalify every year in order to keep smoking medical marijuana.

[Source, Hartford Connecticut Courant, House Approves Legalization Of Medical Marijuana]

1984 – Like!

Doug McCaughan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:08:19 +0000

David Lovell’s Plan to Overthrown Tennessee

Doug McCaughan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:44:46 +0000

Reads a little too much like non-fiction.

Dick Cheney Gets Heart Transplant

Doug McCaughan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:05:15 +0000

Surprisingly, a black heart was on the donor’s list.

This kid is going to do alright!

Doug McCaughan — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:34:49 +0000

Actually, he should be a teenager now and needs to make a current animated gif.

Don’t ever be afraid to address your city council

Doug McCaughan — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:36:15 +0000

Have you ever stood before your city council? Have you ever expressed your ire with a law? Voiced your discontent with a resolution?

This is your First Amendment right demonstrated. Watch. Cringe. And follow James Inman‘s example.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[Source, Wikipedia, United States Bill of Rights]

And so it ends

Doug McCaughan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:55:03 +0000

Today is Bill of Rights Day

Doug McCaughan — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:58:04 +0000

Today is Bill of Rights Day

Today is Bill of Rights Day. To Americans, the Bill of Rights are key amendments to the U.S. Constitution, that protect our individual rights.

[Source, Holiday Insights]

I find it without irony that the US Senate has passed a bill allowing the indefinite detention of US citizens and that the House of Representatives appears ready to pass the bill, and on this very day the House Judiciary Committee is ready to make a vote on SOPA which will dramatically alter the Internet and people’s rights on the Internet.

I like this quote:

It is a curious way to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights.

[Source, JONATHAN TURLEY, Happy Birthday, Bill [of Rights]: Obama Breaks Promise To Veto Bill Allowing Indefinite Detention of Americans]

Arizona/Mexico Border Wars – 1979

Doug McCaughan — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:13:31 +0000

"If you win, you can cross over; if we win, you throw pot over the fence."

Look Out Astroglide!

Doug McCaughan — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:09:44 +0000

So Astroglide, when are you going to start shipping in more reasonable sized containers?

Lawrence O’donnel on MSNBC on NYPD Police Brutality during Occupy Wall

Doug McCaughan — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:48:28 +0000

Wow! Main stream media stood up! This is an excellent piece of journalism. Well worth the nine minutes.

And then the Tea Party cheered the death of the uninsured

Doug McCaughan — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:18:13 +0000

And Ron Paul back-peddles.

Ron Paul Speaks the Truth!

Doug McCaughan — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:08:02 +0000

I have to hand it to Ron Paul. Rick Santorum, attacking Ron Paul, gets applause while showing his ignorance of US foreign policy. When Ron Paul explains, Ron Paul gets boo’d. This exemplifies how Republicans govern on fear and how the Republican audience fails to comprehend the more complex issues at hand.

Let me rephrase:
Ron Paul speaks, we have bases on their sacred land, we mistreat the Palestinians, over the past decade we’ve killed thousands of their people. Audience reacts with boos.
Rick Santorum, Republican poster child, speaks, they hate us because of our lifestyle. Audience reacts with cheers.

Are the American people really that full of themselves?