Don't take me too seriously. I don't.
Maybe a little about current events
I found this over at The Point blog. They’re quoting The Eugene, Oregon, Register-Guard:
After her oncologist prescribed a cancer drug that could slow the cancer growth and extend her life, [Barbara] Wagner was notified that the Oregon Health Plan wouldn’t cover the treatment, but that it would cover palliative, or comfort, care, including, if she chose, doctor-assisted suicide. . . .
Are these folks in Oregon crazy?
From The Ivy Jungle Network Campus Ministry Update Summer 2008
Although the US is one of the most religious nations in the world, a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life shows many believe things which contradict their stated faith.70% of those who claim religious affiliation believe multiple religions can lead to salvation and 68% believe in multiple interpretations of their own religion.57% of self-identified evangelicals believe multiple religions can lead to salvation.21% of self-identified atheists believe that some kind of God exists.80% of respondents believe in moral standards of right and wrong, but only 29% claim their religious teachings help them determine those standards. A copy of the report can be read at www.pewforum.org(SFGate.com June 23, 2008)
Last week 90 some people were rounded up in a drug raid in San Diego. More than 60 of the culprits were students at San Diego State. One of the students, a criminal justice major, asked one of the arresting officers, “Do you think this will hurt my chances of employment with federal law enforcement?”
Ya think?
Is it today’s cultural influence that causes someone to even ask that question? Or are today’s college students just dumber than they were decades ago? Or was it just this one?
A bevy of truckers are trying to clog up Washington DC traffic in protest of high diesel prices. One of the things they want lawmakers to do is to cap diesel, gas, and natural gas prices. Noooooooooooooo!
Don’t they remember what happened in the 70s when that happened? Prices got capped. Supplies dwindled. Gas pump lines got long, really long.
What good is cheap gas when you can’t get any?
The Villages Daily Sun quoted the New York Post regarding global warming and beer prices:
High beer prices are on tap, and global warming could be to blame.
The environmental crisis has hit suds-lovers where it hurts most–at the bar and in the wallet–as prices of grains and hops soar, activists say.