RENO, Nev. - A coalition of religious leaders made a moral case Tuesday for legalizing the sale and possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana for adults in Nevada while stiffening penalties for sales to youths and driving under the influence.

Legalize. Regulate. Tax. I'm all for it. They should do that with prostitution as well. I'm all for dropping the legal age for this stuff, including alcohol, to 18 though. We let them vote at 18 as if they are adults. So either switch voting to 21 or the other stuff to 18. As it is, it's just silly.

~Heathyr and her kilt-wearing opinions

Nev. religious leaders make case to legalize pot - Politics - MSNBC.com

MILFORD, N.H. - A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that is. State officials say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery earlier this month clogged a drain. The clog blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool and suffocated the fish.

I always knew Paddington must be evil.

~Heathyr

Teddy bear kills 2,500 fish

BEIJING - A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal’s back, state media said Wednesday.

He's later quoted as saying he hadn't heard they bite. Can you say Darwin Award waiting to happen? It's a wild animal. Yes, they're so adorable, I want to roam with them and hug them and squeeze them, and maybe even call them George, but I totally realize THEY MIGHT BITE. Even drunk I'd realize it.

~Heathyr

Man bites panda in Beijing zoo - Animal Peculiarity - MSNBC.com

The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan won state approval Wednesday to place a Wiccan religious symbol on his memorial plaque, something the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had refused.

Finally.

~Heathyr

KTVZ.com - Central Oregon's Local News

A jealous nun appeared in court charged with threats to kill and an arson attack on a priest's house - after she caught him in bed with a married woman.

Boccaccio would have loved this.

~Heathyr

Nun tried to kill priest after finding him in bed with another woman | the Daily Mail

For Don Rumsfeld the problem isn't that we are not winning the war in Iraq, the problem is that we are not properly spinning the war in Iraq.
Along with comparing his critics to Hitler appeasers, the beleaguered Defense Secretary has spent the early part of this week making the case that the horrific state of affairs in Iraq is really just a case of bad PR.

Pity someone couldn't shut Rumsfeld up by telling him he invoked a verbal Godwin's Law and he was required to flagellate himself in the corner as punishment.

~Heathyr

The Blog | Arianna Huffington: What Keeps Don Rumsfeld Up at Night? Hint: It's Not the Body Count in Iraq | The Huffington Post

A crowd of thousands cheered Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson for calling President Bush a "dishonest, war-mongering, human-rights violating president" whose time in office would "rank as the worst presidency our nation has ever had to endure."

Utah might be my idea of hell on earth, but this guy I like!

~Heathyr

Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake sounds off in protest and support

The US government said it could not find the men that Guantanamo detainee Abdullah Mujahid believes could help set him free. The Guardian found them in three days.

Just. Not. Right. The ends do not justify these means. The man should have had his witnesses found, or we become as bad, if not worse, than those we seek to subdue.

~Heathyr

Guardian finds Afghan witnesses US couldn't

Coulter writes in a new book, “Godless: The Church of Liberalism,” that a group of New Jersey widows whose husbands perished in the World Trade Center act “as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them.”
She also wrote, “I’ve never seen people enjoying their husbands’ deaths so much.”

I find that so tacky. In my head, I'm calling her a very bad word, and it ain't the "b" one.

~Heathyr

Coulter lambastes 9/11 widows in book

The FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) law is very clear in that the executive branch must get a warrant in order to spy on Americans on American soil. George W. Bush has repeatedly confessed to violating this law. Therefore, it is the duty of members of the House of Representatives to impeach Bush. Add to that the lies about Iraq, the treason of outing a critical CIA operative, the torture and abuse scandals, and there are enough high crimes and misdemeanors to impeach a half a dozen presidents and vice-presidents.

It really is that simple. We often hear the argument from Democrats that it is better to wait until after the November elections. Why??? There is no assurance that Democrats will take back the Congress in November. Indeed, it is only by taking a strong stand NOW on the issues, and impeachment is the mother of them all, that it will ever happen.

I am usually so apolitical. I've never considered myself completely one party or the other, though I definitely had democratic leanings at 18 and republican leanings at 25. At 36, I just want someone who will be middle ground and responsible. I don't think we have that. So lately, I've been less apolitical, and more interested in reading what's out there and sharing it.

The above caught my eye, and I wanted to share it. I did it, and they're going to send my comments to the senators and congressman from my state. I find this amusing since the very Republican congressman will be at a dinner I'm putting on for work this Tuesday. I work with very staunch republicans, and I pretty much get by, by not talking politics; I'm just not up for the touchy sort of debates it could cause.

Probably why I don't talk religion with people either. Two days ago, a woman whose son is missing and presumed dead in a river accident came in and wanted to see if we'd donate making 100 colour copies of a "have you seen" picture. I actually did 400 colour copies of 2 different pictures she provided. She told me I was an answer to prayers. I wonder what she would have thought had she known that probably the biggest atheist in this place (me) was the one helping her. Not because of "god" but because it was the right thing to do. Her pain was so raw, and she needed it. They couldn't afford to make copies and everyone else had turned them down. Religion, god, none of that has anything to do with doing the right thing. Really irks me when people try to turn it otherwise. But, that's just me ;)

~Heathyr

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