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Ten Post Round-Up: Short and Sweet

Today is my oldest son’s 19th birthday and I rolled in just past my bedtime after attending a concert in a neighboring city, last night.  Although, I’m a tad wound up, I am still a bit tired, so I’m keeping today’s Ten Post Round-Up short and sweet.  The goal, today, is to describe each link [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Thursday, September 11

Unlike some folks, I actually look forward to work to get me away from blogging (as opposed to looking forward to blogging to wind down from work).  It’s not the blogging so much as the news.  And, when politics are involved, I really need a night or two away from the blogosphere.  Truthfully, it’s kind [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Wednesday, September 10

Whoops!  Got a little chatty with the ol’ ball n’ chain the ol’ man SSG Dizzy, today, then got caught up in a lot of necessary real life stuff.  Who knew growing a rock could be so much work (true story)?  Except for that time of month, “better late than never”, I always say.
Today’s Ten [...]

Drill More? America Deserves Better! Not the same old same old.

I was only 7 years old when President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to think of the possibilities of space and launched the nation onto a journey reaching to the Moon. He stated:
“Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves [...]

Obama vs McCain vs Bush: Gov’t Property Energy Policy

Today WaPo reports that Senator John McCain unveiled two components of his energy plan yesterday in Santa Barbara, California.
“[...] , McCain (R-Ariz.) vowed to “put the purchasing power of the United States government on the side of green technology” by buying fuel-efficient vehicles for its civilian fleet of cars and trucks and by retrofitting federal [...]

Book Review - The Wisdom of Whores

Elizabeth Pisani’s The Wisdom of Whores - Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS is a great book (along with a great website ). Elizabeth Pisani is an epidemiologist with years of experience working on HIV/AIDS (or sex and drugs, as she puts, which sounds a lot, well, sexier) at a variety of agencies, including [...]

Barbara Boxer Pushes for Climate Bill in Democratic Radio Address

I know our readers are all focused on the DNC Rules Committee Meeting today, but I wanted to highlight another important issue in the news today…
California Senator Barbara Boxer gave the Democratic Radio Address today and she spoke about the urgent need for the U.S. to act on global warming before it’s too late. The Senate is scheduled [...]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

I’m ba-aaack! I have been quite busy over the last several days, but I am back and posting the Ten Post Round-Up:
1: 3 million home-school kids can’t be wrong….
Why are Homeschoolers so Touchy about Subway’s Snub?–American Thinker Blog
2: Oh, snap!…
Swiss to return drug lord’s money–BBC NEWS
3: “Dude! Look what they gave me at the [...]