A Bitch About The Veils of Blackburn! Are They The Last Straw?
Well Darlings,I have my serious hat on today. Does the government, or come to that: does anybody, have the right to suggest how individuals should dress? I am, of course, asking because of all the furore that has broken out after it was learned that...

21st Century Criminals
This seemingly faceless and non-violent from of criminal activity has hit home for many of us in the community in recent months with the child pornography scandal. Many people have been taken into custody and many computers confiscated. Regardless...

Election 2006: The Illusion Of Choice
Many people think that when they go to the polls on election day that they have a choice of who they can vote for. But do they? As it stands today, we have Republican and Democrats protecting their position of power in the political landscape by...

Energy and the Environment - Nearly 90% of Global Warming Gas Emission..
“There is a 90 percent chance the planet's average temperatures will rise 3 to 9 F (1.7 to 4.9 C) by 2100.” This simple statement in the June 2001 report released by National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado leaves little doubt...

Bosnia Where it has Been Where it is Now
Bosnians have been off the political radar screen for over 10 years. Few Muslims know much about the Bosnian people, where they came from and how they became an advanced civilization in Europe. Bosnia was a Muslim gem in the world of Christians but...

America's Achilles Heel: Its Children. The Unthinkable Terrorist Act
So Many ChildrenSo Much BloodSo Many tearsWhat will we do?The soldier stood there erect, proud, and with a heavy heart. He looked at his wife and two children and struggled with saying good-bye. He was going to leave to fight terrorism in a country...

Leadership and Perception
Leaders lead and followers follow, right? What if, as a leader, you believed you were leading but no one was following? What if your employees believed they were being led but in reality there was no leadership? We like to believe we are effective...

Strategic Leadership
Mission, vision, values, goals, objectives, and strategic planning are just some of the leadership buzzwords of the late 20th Century. Virtually all professional executives have attempted to understand what all the buzzwords mean and make them a...

Leadership and Scrotes
“If there was one thing Roscoe Rules wished, after having seen all of the world he cared to see, it was that there was a word as dirty as “nigger” to apply to all mankind. Since he had little imagination he had to settle for “asshole”. But he...

Preparing For And Surviving Politics For The Police Executive
“Chief, this is Council Member Doe and I would like to talk to you about a citation one of your officers issued,” or “Chief, this is Council Member Smith and we need to talk about your traffic enforcement initiative in my neighborhood. My neighbors...

Assimilation And The Necessity For English
Achieving and living the American Dream requires knowing the language we use here. Immigrants who don't learn English, and even our own citizens who don't have a good grasp of the language, never reach their full potential. People who know our...

Stock Research – Republican Congress In Hot Seat
If the Republican Party is able to hold onto its majority in both the House and the Senate in the coming elections, it will be because of the ineptness of the Democrats. The Democrats have become a party without ideas, with an ideology that hasn’t...

Mark Foley - Gay Congressman Resigns - The Real Deal
Florida Congressman Mark Foley has resigned from Congress amid charges and allegations that he had inappropriate e-mail contacts with a former teenage page in the House of Representatives. So what's the real deal? What's really going on? You can...

State of Veterans Care!!
After watching the care my husband received from the New Orleans VA and further damaged by the Denver VA. My husband received EXTREMLY sub standard care after a surgery in the New Orleans VA. He developed a disease that is know as RSD (Reflex...

Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction (Book Review)
Most of us are familiar with the bleakness and the general connotation of Kristallnacht. It takes some courage, however, to face the poignant, agonizing, and tragic personal stories of the survivors of that "night of the broken glass."This book has...

India’s Supreme Court Temporarily Bars Approval of Genetically Modifie..
The Supreme Court of India (SCI, September 22, 2006) directed the country's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), not to give approvals to genetically modified products until further orders. This has perplexed the biotech community but...

The Bitch and Bad Vibes! UK News Review
Well Darlings,Do you ever get the feeling that something is about to happen? I know I do. It's a feeling of apprehension, and it comes with a sort of impotence - a sense of knowing that whatever it is that is about to happen, I will be unlikely to...

1001 Events That Made America: A Patriot's Handbook (A Book Review)
A very close connection exists between history and chronology, since chronology explains the events that have taken place as the result of what happened earlier. We may know many well-documented accounts of history; however, if these accounts were...

Are Our Environmental Issues a Result of our Psychic Clutter?
As we all recall, during the energy crisis of 1972, the entire country participated in the search for alternate fuel sources. Home owners in states with abundant sunshine got tax rebates for installing solar panels. Wind mills flourished in the...

The Bitch, Being Gay, Blackpool Pride, and Binge Drinking!
Well Darlings,It seems to me the world is becoming more confusing by the minute. Across the pond, in New York, a strange phone poll has emerged. The Community Health Survey, an annual telephone survey of New York residents, has discovered that there...

How Owning A Great Dane Is Effected By It's Personality
There are some breeds that are instantly recognizable. The Great Dane is one of those: its powerful, yet never clumsy, form makes it the target of much admiration. Of course, it's more than the Dane's robust build that makes it so easy to spot; it's...

Harsh Economic Realities for Amercia's Families
Why is it that the groups who bear the most financial stress and hardship are families and the elderly? Aren't these our two most precious Human assets? Our children, the America of tomorrow, the apples of our eyes. We all hold children dear,...

9/11. Five Years On
Although I have not been affected by the devastation, my family were in the World Trade Centre just two days before it went down. A little too close for comfort from where I’m sitting. I can’t even begin to imagine how it has affected others who...

Disney / ABC Deserve Credit-Sept. 11th ABC Movie
It is rare, rare indeed when a major media entity bucks the trend, and does what it believes in. Recently ABC under Disney’s guidance aired the $40 million production, “The Path to 9/11”. This was a five hour-two night portrayal of the events that...

DNA Analysis and Intra-Agency Databases
In the 1990’s DNA testing started to become popular particularly in the area of Law Enforcement. Old pieces of evidence to include hair, blood and semen which were once not able to provide evidence now were able to be processed and evidence and a...