It's been a while since I posted a Friday Five, and that's actually going to be the topic of this Friday Five!

We all put things off, put things down, put things away.  Sometimes we put them off permanently, like the fellow who, on his death bed, wishes he'd spent more time with his family.  Sometimes we put things down and never pick them back up, like the 50 year-old who wishes they'd gotten a college degree but no longer has the time, energy, or motivation to do so this late...

"Physician, heal thyself" Luke 4: 23 My professional goal is to assist the human body in healing itself.  Be it through medication, lifestyle changes, surgery or other interventions, my efforts are for people to live better, healthier lives.  I have spent 11 years since I graduated from High School working toward this, with at least another 4 to go.  The vast majority of my waking hours are spent caring for others.  It is truly one of my passions.And yet. ...

Up until the other day, there were 2 gas stations that still offered real gasoline.  By "real gasoline" I mean gasoline untainted with ethanol.  Me, and many others made it a point to fill our tanks exclusively at those two stations.  I don't know about the rest, but I made it a point to let them know why I drove out of my way to fill up there.  The attendants let me know that I wasn't the only one, and that they appreciated it.

King Doyle (Wisconsin's Thief in Chief) and ...

Back when I was growing up (in the 70s), there was that days' version of "living green". Recycling was just getting going, Woodsy Owl taught us to "Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute" and that Indian guy with the tear in his eye was a moving reminder to not litter.

I also remember being taught how Solar Power, Wind Turbines and Ethanol was going to save us all from the evils of OPEC and big oil.

I agree that we shouldn't litter, and there are economical ways to cut down on pollution, but 30 year...

About once a month someone, somewhere, will comment on something I've written saying how "A CEO shouldn't act so unprofessionally in public".  Over the years, I've gotten that message hundreds of times along with predictions of demise for my company due to my "public" behavior.

Now, I think the case could be made that we live in a different time.  The new age of companies have executives who hang out on forums and mix it up with people.  But I'm not going ...

I suppose it's somewhat ironic that I'm placing this article in Philosophy->Ethics, but perhaps you'll bear with me to see why.

 

Let's face something, folks - there's a big debate, on these forums, and just about everywhere else, about what should be taught in a science classroom and what should not.  I have one real problem with the argument from both sides - it is emotionally based.  I find absolutely no use for emotion when discussing something that is "supposedly" sc...

Myanmar, formerly, Burma, has a record--- stretching back 50 years--of an oppressive government forcing its will on the people. I am reminded of the North Koreans , the Cubans (to a lesser extent), and modern Zimbabwe.

When a disaster like the dreaded cyclone of a week ago strikes such a country the leaders are suspicious of any attempts to provide aid. In fact they think they have everything under control --not realising that this is a disaster of massive proportions AND they cannot possibly...

All right, so we all know that there is a constant debate over which is correct: Creation or Evolution.

 

I have this crazy idea that just might work.

What if, now get this...BOTH ARE RIGHT!!??

All I know about either subjectis what I learned in AP Biology my junior year of High School, and theBible and Pearl of Great Price.


From what I can tell, there is far too much evidence of evolution todismiss it out of hand, including carbon dated fossils and anatomicalsimilarities ...

I had to go to Lynchburg, VA to see "Expelled; No Intelligence Allowed" because I have been so busy here with company coming and going. 

I want to see it again.  My thoughts?  Fantastic!  Troubling! Jaw dropping!

It's quite interesting to hear the comments from some of the Scientists about how we need to eradicate Christianity all together.   This is nothing new.  How many, over the centuries, have said that Christianity would be obsolete in so ...

So says Obama! Yes, this man has been campaigning so hard, he has campaigned in 57 States! (not Including Oregon, where the statement was made, and Hawaii and Alaska). 60 States!

We best pull all the civics books from the classrooms! They are just flat out wrong! They only list 50 states! And we know a liberal would never lie, right?

But wait! Where could that 57 number have come from? Maybe he was mistaking the US of A for some other country, place or thing? So where did 57 come from? Hmm...

With McCain's speech at Vespa Wind Technologies made it official, the RNC has a candidate, but the Republicans don't.  In the speech, McCain said "We need to draw on the best ideas of both parties, and on all the resources a free market can provide." then goes off on a line of blah blah blah, hitting all of the Democrat talking points.

Yes folks, John "I left my spine in hanoi hilton" McCain has joined the Al Gore Medicine Show.  He has revealled himself to be no better than a ...

One thing you must give credit to Clinton’s campaign is that she has toughened Obama to look beyond the “fairy tale” of change and to admit to the full range of many cultures of the Democratic Party. Far from being a drain on the strength of the party she has actually highlighted the undercurrent forces of Democrats who are not liberal elitists and also need a voice. As a young man voting for Adlai Stevenson twice I learned the hard way that glowing oratory and intellectual arr...

It is important that we do not get carried away by the fever of the mob.  When George W. Bush ran for the first time there was a fever of excitement because of the novelty.  Getting carried away by the mob may mean a person does not think and make good choices.

However, Mr. Bush had actual substance to his policies.  Mr. Bush and I are in sync about the direction of the country.  The president is right about retirement investment being a personal matter, not a government r...

Last weekend I was informed (loudly, repeatedly and, in my not-so-humble opinion, obnoxiously)  that I am a supporter of genocide. The story follows and you can judge for yourself.

As the news of Hillary Clinton's defeat rolls off the wire (it may, for the record, be greatly exaggerated -- see later in the article), it's fair to say that she has noone to blame but herself for her downfall.

See, Hillary made the tremendously fatal mistake of playing the experience card. Right now as the peasants are lining up with pitchforks at the White House gates, experience is the last thing they want to see in a Presidential candidate. They want to at least hold on to the illusion t...