Divorced Wiccans fight court’s order to shield son from their beliefs
MickC @ June 22, 2005 # One Comment
I originally found this bit of news at Lockergnome but since the link they provided there didn’t work, I found it here:
Divorced Wiccans fight court’s order to shield son from their beliefs
INDIANAPOLIS - A Wiccan activist and his ex-wife are challenging a court’s order that they must protect their 9-year-old son from what it calls [...]
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Podcasting
MickC @ June 22, 2005 # No Comment Yet
I might start podcasting here, but of importance to me is the new podcast I’ve set up for my church. Partisan politician and erstwhile consultant that I am, you may not realize it, but I am the evangelist for the Downtown church of Christ in Gatesville, Texas.
This past Sunday afternoon, I moved our website [...]
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What military aircraft are you?
MickC @ June 11, 2005 # No Comment Yet
What military aircraft are you?
F/A-22 Raptor
You are an F/A-22. You are technologically inclined, and though you’ve never been tested in combat, your very name is feared. You like noise, but prefer not to pollute any more than you have to. And you can move with the best.
Click Here to Take This QuizBrought [...]
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Federal panel upholds Texas redistricting plan
MickC @ June 10, 2005 # No Comment Yet
HoustonChronicle.com reports that a Federal panel has again upheld the Texas redistricting plan:
A three-judge federal panel Thursday upheld the Texas congressional redistricting plan, likely sending the case back to the U.S. Supreme Court for review.
The ruling means the Texas congressional districts used in the 2004 elections will remain in place at least through next year’s [...]
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What positive agenda?
MickC @ June 10, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Someone at the DNC isn’t sending all of the memos to all of the right people. This has caused the Democratic leadership to speak somewhat disjointedly. For instance, on Wednesday while defending DNC Chairman Howard Dean from calls that he should resign (at least go on sabbatical until he gets over this seemingly [...]
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Groups sue to overturn Utah’s porn law
MickC @ June 9, 2005 # No Comment Yet
BusinessWeek reports on a new lawsuit seeking to overturn Utah’s new anti-pornography law.
This lawsuit is potentially important. It seeks to overturn rules that direct the Utah Attorney General to seek out pornographic websites and then directs Utah ISPs to block access to those servers. Further, it lacks any meaningful review of the Attorney [...]
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Who Speaks for Democrats?
MickC @ June 8, 2005 # 2 Comments
On Monday, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean (what a sexist title for a party that prides itself on having moved past such) said that Republicans are “not very friendly to different kinds of people, they are a pretty monolithic party … it’s pretty much a white, Christian party.”
Well, since I’m a white Christian Republican, [...]
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It’s unfortunate
MickC @ June 6, 2005 # 64 Comments
I am constantly amazed at how callous the purveyors of 419 can be. They use the dead, the dying, and/or fugitives in order to make a quick buck for themselves. Since I know this, then I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but today I got just such an email claiming to be from [...]
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