msnbc.com: Roundtable on the Obama agenda, health care, Aaron Schock

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Note: I live in IL-18 (Aaron Schock’s home district); he is telegenic and good in front of crowds. He is also a right wing Republican and, yes, is popular in his district.

Later snippet:

Hat tip: Peoria Pundit.

Science and Religion

Just read what Professor Moran has to say (yes, that is his real name, and he is NO “moran”).

Of course religion has come up with useful tools (meditation, yoga, for example) that help people in the here and now, but that isn’t what is being talked about here.

I am getting wimper with age…

Workout notes Nothing; my cold is in full bloom (and the symptoms: gradual onset of a productive cough followed by some “almost fever”) and I need to rest so I can teach tomorrow.

But it seems to me that years ago, I could have just shaken this off. But even though I am not really in pain per se, I just have a vague “feeling bad” feeling.

Funny, but I’ve felt worse during ultras and pushed through it, but I just have the desire to whine up a storm for no good reason. Where did this whinyness come from?

Speaking of whiny: I got to see some morning talk shows and yes, that meant listening to Dick Cheney “lie while remaining factual”. (pssst: much of the change that Dick Cheney complains about happened under the second Bush administration).

Part one

Part two

You can find individual snippets on selected topics here.

msnbc.com: Biden: Cheney ‘is trying to rewrite history’

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What a Dilemma!

Question: when does one’s freedom to raise a child as they see fit end and when does the welfare of the child begin? Sure this is in Canada, but it is still of interest to me.

Nikki’s Nest has a story about a Neo-Nazi couple that lost parental rights due to their beliefs. Ok, how about parents who were, say, CCC members? Or, what about parents to thought that the book The Bell Curve was a good book?

What about parents who teach their kids that the universe is only 6000 years old? What about those who teach Nation of Islam beliefs?

Does the government have a role in the approval or disapproval of a philosophy?

I am not taking a side as yet; I’ll have to think about it some more.