tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61747656906033363422024-02-08T05:38:19.160-08:00Doc MerlinDoc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-17463585284698273982017-11-30T14:21:00.000-08:002017-11-30T14:22:02.337-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://rstyle.me/n/cvas9kb68b7"> link </a>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-52935597923621109882014-06-14T17:49:00.002-07:002014-09-10T17:59:17.585-07:00Summer Egg Nog.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
6 egg yolks.<br />
1/2 cup of sugar.<br />
3/4 cup of dark rum.<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla extract.<br />
1/2 shot of coffee liqueur.<br />
1 cup of milk<br />
1/2 cup of cream<br />
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Put the sugar in a bowl.<br />
Add the egg yolks.<br />
Beat until thick and creamy.<br />
Add in the other ingredients.<br />
Beat with an egg beater until frothy.<br />
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Serve over ice.<br />
Sprinkle on nutmeg.<br />
Enjoy.</div>
Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-82928783872058365072012-12-18T20:22:00.001-08:002012-12-18T20:23:53.687-08:00Mental Illness test
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<h1>Mental Disorder Test</h1>
<p>Picture the scene: You're sitting at home arguing with some dickhead on the internet who has the gall to disagree with you. Obviously the natural (and correct) inclination is to behave like a dick, because this is the internet after all. But then you have to think about what people might think about you. It's a drag, but you have to show at least a little bit of respect and consideration. You can't get away with it by claiming you have a disorder, like those fucking Aspies...</p>
<p>Until now! Just fill out this simple form and you'll have a 100% guaranteed internet-based diagnosis of your very own personality disorder! And don't worry, I know Asperger's is passé, so we'll hook you up with something a little more exotic. Hell, we might even throw in two or three for the price of one!</p>
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<tr><td>Do you feel that you're more important than people realise? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q3" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q3" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you honour your obligations? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q4" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q4" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you feel that there's some deeper meaning or plan behind things that happen? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q5" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q5" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you often feel empty? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q6" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q6" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Are you safety-conscious? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q7" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q7" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you feel that people should treat you better than they do? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q8" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q8" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you go to extremes to be liked or avoid being abandoned? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q9" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q9" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Do you enjoy a wide-range of activities? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q11" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q11" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Are you often tense or apprehensive or feel like people are out to get you? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q12" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q12" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>In a group, do you prefer to be the leader or center of attention? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q13" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q13" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Do you ever try to injure or kill yourself? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q15" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q15" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you like to carefully plan ahead? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q16" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q16" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you prefer to do things alone? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q17" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q17" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Do you laugh and cry a lot? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q29" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q29" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Are you a workaholic? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q32" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q32" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Do you take every setback personally? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q36" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q36" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Do you flirt a lot? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q39" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q39" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
<tr><td>Are you free with your money? </td><td><strong><label><input type="radio" name="q40" />Yes</label> <label><input type="radio" name="q40" />No</label></strong></td></tr>
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Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-62598066188406545532010-07-03T05:03:00.000-07:002010-07-03T05:03:20.726-07:00Recalculation in the Labor MarketA new NY times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/business/economy/02manufacturing.html?_r=2&hp">story</a> about how manufacturing jobs are having difficulty hiring people because of a skills shortage. <br />
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Some random thoughts:<ul><li>This seems to me to be a failure of education. <br />
<li>Eventually companies in the US will have to increase and fund their own education efforts (beyond just specific skills training), because it seems that our k-12 educational establishment has failed to teach a significant portion of our labor force.<br />
<li>This all fits Arnold Kling's "recalculation" story.<br />
</ul>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-3425756503535852082010-06-21T07:20:00.001-07:002010-06-21T07:20:33.325-07:00My entry to win some ammo!"M.D. Creekmore at The Survivalist Blog – a survival blog dedicated to helping others prepare for and survive disaster – with articles on bug out bag contents, survival knife choices and a wealth of other survival information is giving away a 1,000 round case of 9mm – 124 Grain FMJ (a $200 value – donated by LuckyGunner)! To enter, you just have to post about it on your blog. This is my entry. Visit The Survivalist Blog for the details."Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-80011329163165848892010-05-24T07:09:00.000-07:002010-05-24T07:16:20.433-07:00The Evil of Giving?We find that,<ul><li>Giving of gifts tends to make givers happy, even happier than spending money on themselves. [1].</li>
<li>Gifts that are felt to be unearned tend to make people unhappy in the long run. For example lottery winners and such tend to in the long run do pretty badly in the long run.</li>
</ul>Does this mean that giving gifts to individuals who don't deserve them is selfish and evil? Obviously this wouldn't apply to giving gifts to foundations/charities/etc, because those are not really gifts but they are the relationship of agency with the foundation. We give money to charities because we want them to do what they want to do with our money, so really they are just acting as our agents. However, this would apply to many forms of gifts to adult children, such as inheritance. Also, does this suggest that welfare payments would be worse than government mandated unemployment insurance (paid for by the workers)?<br />
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Notes:<br />
For those who don't believe in "evil", replace instances of "evil" with "negative" or "harmful" or whatever similar word suits your fancy.<br />
<a href="http://www.aei.org/audio/100631">This</a> talk is what got me thinking about this question.<br />
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1. Elizabeth W. Dunn, Lara B. Aknin, and Michael I. Norton (21 March 2008)<br />
Science 319 (5870), 1687. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1150952]Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-87586269559106905992010-05-03T19:47:00.000-07:002010-05-03T19:47:14.260-07:00The Same Problem Now as Then.“The claims of these organizers of humanity raise another question which I have often asked them and which, so far as I know, they have never answered: If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? The organizers maintain that society, when left undirected, rushes headlong to its inevitable destruction because the instincts of the people are so perverse. The legislators claim to stop this suicidal course and to give it a saner direction. Apparently, then, the legislators and the organizers have received from Heaven an intelligence and virtue that place them beyond and above mankind; if so, let them show their titles to this superiority.” –Frederic Bastiat, The Law, 1850Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-39330531791203847872010-03-05T20:18:00.000-08:002010-03-05T20:18:05.939-08:00Federal Land grabSo, it seems the federal government is trying to take yet more state land. <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/05/demint-demands-a-block-to-obama-land-grab-attempt/">This land grab</a> is unconstitutional. Article I of the constitution requires state permission to take land; the state should sue.<br />
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For your edification<br />
The relevant clause in Article 1 Section 8 of the constitution:<br />
"To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; "<br />
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Do elected officials not read the constitution anymore?Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-74981141035206813112010-01-10T17:17:00.000-08:002010-01-10T17:17:49.513-08:00Best analogy of why the republicans lost in 2006."The republicans are like a Knight in Shining Armor. They rode into town in 1994 and promised to sleigh the Dragon. They then proceeded to make a Deal with the Dragon that when Marauding the dragon would spare each farmhouse One Cow and One Building. Then the Knight is confused why the farmers are upset with him."<br />
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From <a href= "http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/where-has-the-republican-market-gone-should-we-go-there/comment-page-1/#comment-2">JD</a>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-27091638159159148932010-01-05T13:28:00.001-08:002010-01-05T13:28:35.369-08:00He is Us.<a href="http://freemanhunt.blogspot.com/2009/06/he-is-not-coming.html">Freeman</a>, you are wrong. He is coming. He is here. He is us. You and I and all of us are him. This shift is different than previous ones, before we have had some leader to lead us towards freedom, now its our turn to do it for ourselves.Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-44533448699872510292009-11-05T11:36:00.000-08:002009-11-05T11:36:42.174-08:00New Age Healing and Prayer TherapyApparently the new health care bill it 'would prohibit discrimination against "religious and spiritual healthcare."'<br />
This means that New Age healing, crystal therapy, and Christian Science 'prayer therapy' would be paid for under the new Democrat health plan.<br />
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hat tip:<a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-health-religion3-2009nov03,0,6879249,full.story"> LA Times</a>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-81759800713853240852009-11-05T10:56:00.000-08:002009-11-05T10:58:09.797-08:00Spending is the Problem.<blockquote>"Do shocks to government spending raise or lower consumption and real wages? Standard VAR identification approaches show a rise in these variables, whereas the Ramey-Shapiro narrative identification approach finds a fall. I show that a key difference in the approaches is the timing. Both professional forecasts and the narrative approach shocks Granger-cause the VAR shocks, implying that the VAR shocks are missing the timing of the news. Simulations from a standard neoclassical model in which government spending is anticipated by several quarters demonstrate that VARs estimated with faulty timing can produce a rise in consumption even when it decreases in the model. Motivated by the importance of measuring anticipations, I construct two new variables that measure anticipations. The first is based on narrative evidence that is much richer than the Ramey-Shapiro military dates and covers 1939 to 2008. The second is from the Survey of Professional Forecasters, and covers the period 1969 to 2008. All news measures suggest that most components of consumption fall after a positive shock to government spending. <b>The implied government spending multipliers range from 0.6 to 1.1.</b> " (emphasis mine)</blockquote><br />
This means that at best government spending is more or less a net wash, and at worst it causes actual damage to the economy. I've said it before, elsewhere, government spending crowds out individual spending.<br />
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Hat tip: <a href="http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2009/11/more-on-multiplier.html">Kids Prefer Cheese</a><br />
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Here is the actual <a href="http://econ.ucsd.edu/%7Evramey/research/IdentifyingGovt.pdf"> paper.</a>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-1422373170586065742009-11-01T04:26:00.000-08:002009-11-01T04:27:46.955-08:00Crime, Certainty, ImmediacyIn terms of crime deterrent from a state point of <a href="http://scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2009/10/28/when-brute-force-fails/"> view, this</a> is brilliant.<br />
I have been saying, to friends and family, for a long time that immediacy and certainty matter <b>a lot</b> more than the severity of the punishment. From a non-state view, this sugests that violent crime would go down if more people were willing to use force to protect their fellow man.<br />
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Also, from this we can conclude that if people fought back against muggers, rapists, thieves, etc, we would see a lot less of that sort of crime.Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-76470277933457084752009-10-30T00:52:00.000-07:002009-10-30T00:52:58.602-07:00The March of Timethey claim to know the future<br />
they claim to know your past<br />
but when we are done here<br />
its all just put to rest<br />
and time marches onwards<br />
to its steady, steady drum<br />
and time marches onwards<br />
to its steady, steady drum<br />
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they wanna turn<br />
they wanna fight<br />
and then they wanna run<br />
but time marches onward<br />
to its steady, steady drum<br />
and time marches onwards<br />
to its steady, steady drum<br />
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The fires burn<br />
across the land time forgot <br />
black wheels turn <br />
bringing fire in the sky<br />
so time marches onwards<br />
to its steady, steady drumDoc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-91988355154771397642009-09-28T11:32:00.001-07:002012-07-14T19:08:31.761-07:00Poem about Orange<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ode to orange<br />
so jucy and yellow<br />
so sweet and tart and mellow<br />
Nothing rhymes with you<br />
and one and one make two<br />
the line before was just to rhyme<br />
and keep the rhythm <br />
help keep time<br />
but orange<br />
nothing rhymes with you<br />
Door-hinge</div>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-87587703711357847432009-07-25T23:46:00.000-07:002009-07-25T23:56:22.855-07:00In the name of SCIENCE: Chocolate edition"Researchers at the University of East Anglia and a hospital in Norwich, eastern England are trying to find out whether chocolate can cut the risk of heart disease and need 40 women to step forward and help. "<br /><br /><a href:"http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25827709-401,00.html">Chocolate every day for a year!</a>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-41300791377695691762009-07-25T23:44:00.000-07:002009-07-25T23:46:22.430-07:00PR FAILFrom <a href=http://mamapundit.com/2009/07/nikon/> MammaPundit. </a><br /><br />"So to recap, Nikon held an invitation-only, evening event to promote their brand to,<br /> and curry favor with high-influence MOMMYbloggers, but then the brand's event planners literally<br /> disallowed women with babies from attending," <br /><br />Wow, hahahahahahaDoc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-30442448467473748452009-03-22T22:12:00.000-07:002009-03-22T22:15:00.428-07:00Thomas Sowell talks about his new book Economic Facts and Fallacies<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0MaY33LJZ0&feature=rfw-rec-HM-rn">This is a great video, I learned a lot. All I have to say is "wow!" </a>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-944190136668889592009-03-18T05:49:00.000-07:002009-03-18T05:54:27.864-07:00Bill That Will Kill Farmer's Markets in CongressThe Bill is 111th CONGRESS, 1st Session, H. R. 875 and it will make farmer's markets bureaucratically impossible to have.<br /><br />This bill's main sponsor is Rosa L. DeLauro (D - CT). Her husband has Monsanto as a client.<br /><br /><a href="http://cryptogon.com/?p=7362">More details at</a>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-91284663269474389372009-03-17T14:29:00.001-07:002009-03-17T14:31:38.552-07:00A Warning From the PastJames Madison wrote in Federalist 62 a warning to future generations and one that is particularly apt today:<br /><blockquote>It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?</blockquote><br /><br />I don't exactly know how to fix this problem in our system of government. If you have any ideas, feel free to suggest them to me.Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-38672027709785201602009-03-06T00:52:00.000-08:002009-03-06T01:02:14.270-08:00CONGRESS TRIES TO OUTLAW GENERIC MEDICINES!<a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s501/text">Looks like congress is trying to outlaw generics!<br />http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s501/text</a><br /><br />Here from the bill:<br />The senators involved are:<br /><br />ROCKEFELLER (D-WV)<br />SCHUMER (D-NY)<br />KOHL (D-WI)<br />LEAHY (D-Vermont)<br />BROWN (D-Ohio)<br />INOUYE (D- Hawaii)<br /><br />This is unconscionable, we need to get these guys kicked out of office<br /><br /><blockquote>(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no holder of a new drug application approved under subsection (c) shall manufacture, market, sell, or distribute an authorized generic drug, direct or indirectly, or authorize any other person to manufacture, market, sell, or distribute an authorized generic drug.</blockquote>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-31329843395376608722009-02-24T12:14:00.001-08:002009-02-24T12:56:26.622-08:00Morgan Freeman and racism.I have to say, I agree with Freeman here. He absolutely 100% right.<br /><br /><object width="450" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.liveleak.com/e/6d5_1233059009"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/e/6d5_1233059009" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="450" height="370"></embed></object>Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-5862826847692113742008-09-09T08:40:00.000-07:002008-09-09T09:21:48.315-07:00Fascists hijacking the anti-islamization movementI am worried, as it seems that european Nationalists (thats big 'N' nationalists) and fascists are taking over the anti-islamization movement in europe. It seems that in the next 20 years we will see a move towards fascism in europe. The current soft-socialist european governments have made the possible future worse by:<br /><br />1) Increased surveillance: There are cameras everywhere, also many of these countries have a new wiretapping statutes and techniques enabling their government to legally wiretap everyone<br /><br />2) New laws have been passed allowing many of these governments to take people hold them without charges.<br /><br />3) A host of new speech crimes that are very hard to define. A lot of these laws are hate speech laws that can be twisted to make people who speak out against certain government policies into targets.<br /><br />It seems the stage is being set for the Nationalists to take over and have all the tools that the soft-socialists made for them.Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-32136607201342615102008-03-07T20:41:00.000-08:002008-04-18T02:22:45.581-07:00More worthless promises from Obama.More worthless promises from Obama. <br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_el_pr/obama_adviser<br />Here is a little snippet:<br /><br />WASHINGTON - A former adviser to Barack Obama who resigned Friday after calling rival Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster” said Obama may not be able to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within a year as he has promised on the campaign trail.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Doc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6174765690603336342.post-13860533246924504642007-12-11T19:38:00.001-08:002007-12-11T19:38:45.248-08:00Shadows and Moonbeamslong shadows creep past the moon<br />then crawl into your living room<br />silver streams sweep through your hair<br />on their way down to the floor<br /><br />From now on turn back the sun<br />Only you can turn back the sun<br />Turn back the clocks<br />unlock those locks<br /><br />Open your heart to me<br />Open your eyes and let me see<br />The life that flows behind those eyes<br />the life that take us by surprise<br /><br />Dust motes now settle down<br />scattering moonbeams <br />before they hit the ground<br />and I know you are standing there<br /><br />...waiting for meDoc Merlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13615897698740661539noreply@blogger.com0