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Even though I already explained why torture was bad in a very short essay, just tonight I heard another politician use the fallacious reason of a "ticking bomb" as justification for torture.

Maybe this politician has not being paying attention. I will explain it in one sentence.

TERRORISTS ARE PREPARED TO DIE, THEY KILL THEMSELVES ALONG WITH US!

In the second installment of this series, we find a news item about a 93 year old man who literally FROZE TO DEATH because the utility company put a device on his electrical connection to cut it off after using a certain amount.

Dear India,

I was just alerted to the 58th Anniversary of your declaration of independence and adoption of your Constitution, by the White House Blog, courtesy of Barack Obama.

I have long been a fan of India. My parents introduced me to Indian food at an early age and the fun of raisins, peanuts, and coconut in my rice and lamb.

Watching TV one night during dinner I turned it to the Antiques Roadshow. (Yee Haw! I just visited the site to make sure I had their URL correct and noticed I could perform a search!)

Dear Barack Obama and Joe Biden,

Here is a link to some of my advice:

Addressing US and World Problems, Dear Barack Obama

I hope you have a nice inauguration.

Respectfully,
NewOldSalt

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I just happened to see a promo for what looked like some sad (as in 3rd rate) movie from the 1980's. I can't recall the whole advertisement for the TV show (mainly because I was instantly irritated by it and started talking over it), but it seemed to be about a bus driver who was a murderer.

Recently I registered at a site called LEAP. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. You can find them on the web here: http://www.LEAP.cc/

Today I updated the introduction to a collection of writings I titled, "Worship God."

I provided a bit more clarity for those who are interested in immediate answers, and at the risk of making it sound like it was an X-Step Program, I put numbers in front of the main ideas. Just trying to make it easier to read, as well as pointing out how simple it is! :-)

Dear People,

Please pray for President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect, Joe Biden.

Thank you.

ps.

This sad, real, and ironic-sounding news just in!

Madoff made off!!!

Sinkin sinking!!!

I continue to not be impressed by any logic I hear from the US auto industry.

What I see and hear from the US automobile companies is just what I see from the telecommunication companies.

I hear lots of self-lauding, "our great products," "the best quality," "the best value" and lots of similar marketing mumbo jumbo that's devoid of facts, numbers, units of measure; with the possible exception of their huge customer base and the incomes the folks at, and near, the top.

I see them more in love with their stock prices than the services they provide their customers and the lives of their employees. I see them like the Apple ad that pokes fun at Microsoft: hundreds of millions of dollars for marketing, $1 for research in to making better cars.

But the most I can tell, all these companies have long ago killed off the spirit of their founders. Instead of inventing better products, honing them, they have become masters of the spreadsheet, figuring out how much pain/cost their customers can take. Wasting money on marketing that turns my stomach.

I own a Saturn. It took me a number of years to pay off, and on a teacher's salary it cost nearly a whole year's worth of pay. But I recently heard of a car company in India that makes a $6000 car! And I bought my car well over 10 years ago.

If the major car companies are such visionaries and see the US entering a depression due to their collapse, why didn't they see this coming?

Why did they spend so many millions of dollars lobbying Congress to prevent better mileage goals?

Why did they turn their noses up at electric cars or hybrid cars? Why did they kill the electric car?
http://www.WhoKilledTheElectricCar.com/
http://www.PBS.org/now/shows/223/index.html
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=nsJAlrYjGz8

What does the doctor do when hugely obese patients come in and complain about all their ill health issues? Do you think the doctor says, "Gee, you might feel better if you went out and ate a few gallons of triple chocolate ice cream. The kind with lots of sugar and extra cream at the top." ???

Dear God,

Can you please fix our broken country?

Recently there was yet another news item of a billing error, actually I guess it may not have been an error. But a blind and elderly woman apparently underpaid a bill by one cent!

Your Bill is 1 Cent Overdue, Fine is $48 and a Lien on Your Home

Since she did not pay her entire bill she was fined $48 and threatened with a lien on her home.

To any reasonable person this is obviously a heavy handed measure.

Dear People,

Please stop blaming God for things that are not God's fault.

Thank you.

Blessed are you when others insult you, treat you badly, and spread lies about you. The more inaccurate the lies the greater the blessing.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

Blessed are you who have been persecuted for doing what is right, for yours is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

(Yeshua/Jesus paraphrased from Matthew 5:9-12.)

Amen.

2008-11-19 - Update - New estimates, shared with the AP from a study funded by a Danish pharmaceutical company, calculate the current cost of diabetes, combining direct and indirect costs, to be about $218 Billion!

This fake news just in.

"Spreading the Wealth" Outlawed

In response to many religious leaders' decrying "spreading the wealth," the government declared that there should be no more spreading the wealth.

From this point forward, no one will be allowed to give money, or anything, to religious institutions. Religious institutions will only be able to gain money from earning it.

Corporate overlords rejoiced in the demise of another "thorn in their side, religious organizations."

This fake news just in!

Excess Baggage Removal: Employees

Yesterday, the last 3 companies with non-executive employees announced it had fired them and removed them "as excess baggage dragging our stock price down, and hurting our earnings."

In a joint press release Out of the Sea Inc., Out of the Earth Inc., and Mystery Inc. announced, "We can now confidently say that everyone who is with our company is 100% happy. We no longer have any whining employees, disgruntled employees, or anyone else who works for us who complains.

The Holier Than Thou Congregation and Hyper Conservative Congregation today issued joint press release in which they claimed they were working to fulfill Jesus' prophecies in these important times. Specifically this election cycle.

"We have been hard at work for many years making sure we fulfill Jesus' prophecy that the prostitutes and other sinners get in to the Kingdom of Heaven before we do, see Matthew 21:31.

"We have traveled over land and sea, and in our own country, to convert people to be twice as much children of hell as we are, see Matthew 23:15.

The Men of Lawlessness were quietly enthusiastic about their recent accomplishments.

Removed Regulations, Cursed Checks and Balances, Obfuscated Openness

"We've removed many of those pesky regulations, disabled those dumb checks and balances, and held secret meetings with the captains of industry. Drat! There are still some laws and regulations we haven't trashed yet, or human rights we didn't take away. But you know we're working hard taking requests."

Recently it was revealed that Joe Biden declared that within some period after the election, after the inauguration, unspecified foreign powers would test the newly elected US President.

I am paraphrasing since I am not knowledgeable of the full quote and don't want to look it up at this moment.

However, I feel the need to add my two cents.

Exalted Overlord Number 2 ordered Exalted Overlord Number 3 to advise, "we need to strengthen our gates against the enemy. Their gates are newer than ours, their gates are thicker than ours; we need our gates to be the best in all the lands!

"Our gates need to be so good they are not just a defense, but an offense, something we can use to attack with and cause—or threaten—great destruction."