Archive for June 2004

Scary Places

Jan Bear, in her “A World of Speculation” posted a great link to a group involved in “amateur urban archaeology”. I suppose that is a fancy way of saying they go poking around in abandoned buildings. Pretty scary pics. Here are some more: Modern Ruins Photographic Essays Henk van Rensbergen, Abandoned Places Also follow the [...]

Commonplace book, Remember

With that in mind here are a few quotes: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending [...]

A few turns of phrase

Its funny how explicitly the media defines our world. Even when we think we are immune to its influence we are influenced. I’ll give you a few examples. Anytime I hear anything about the Abortion holocaust (although they call it a debate, deadliest debate in history I’d reckon) the sides are labeled as follows: 1. [...]

All riled up!

After listening to NPRs story last night about the ruling in the partial birth abortion case in California, I was right ticked off. What bugged me the most about the reporting was the phrase, “a woman’s constitutional right to choose”! Rubbish Show me, in the US Constitution, where it says a woman has the right [...]