Random Acts of Mind by Dones

Please read the article from yesterday’s Kansas City Star.
In synopsis: A group of Mennonites living in Missouri have decided they will move to Arkansas to avoid the Missouri law that requires a photo to be taken for driver’s licenses. This particular group’s religious beliefs look upon photographs as ‘graven images’ that go against God’s […]

No links or pictures today–just a rant:
Some people deserve to be famous. Some people, through actions of their own or someone who touches their lives, deserve attention from the masses. Some people deserve to be plastered all over the public airwaves when they do something, or when something happens to them. It generally depends on […]

Source: Wikipedia

Not sure how I missed this one, but nearly a month after coming into force in international law, I found out about this Red Crystal thing. It’s basically seen as a way to protect relief workers without employing a religious or national symbol.
At first I thought this was ridiculous, but given the religious meanings […]

As usual, cade beats me to the punch, but I first saw this on CNN, whose parent company got in significant trouble for hiring a third party marketing firm to place signs promoting a cartoon all over major metropolitan areas. Why all the hoopla, you may ask? PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE BOMBS! My faith in […]

Never thought the day would return…
A full tank of gas for less than 20 bucks!
Hello again, and goodbye…

Sign o’ los tiempos
Department sign at Sears in Kansas shows demand for bilingual signage.

It was when I was driving to work this morning that it hit me. 5 years.
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Five years ago this morning, I was driving in to work at the restaurant, just listening to the radio to divert me from the crappy day I normally had at that assistant manager’s job. Changing stations, I happened upon one […]

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(Full Speech Text Here)
Mr. President, this morning in your press conference, you said,
“America is making a long-term commitment to help the people of Lebanon because we believe every person deserves to live in a free, open society that respects the rights of all. We reject the killing of innocents to achieve […]

Please see my response following the email I received today…I’d almost like to form a counter-petition. Maybe if everyone reading this sends Chairman Mehlman an email explaining how they feel about this case, he would stop playing politics. Yes, it’s doubtful we’d change his mind, but you don’t know if you don’t speak out.
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Looks like I picked the wrong day to start my new in-flight soft drink sales business…and I was all set to be extra-competitive with the airlines :-( I guess it’s just one more government-sanctioned monopoly…