Picture Gallery #5 - Women in Uniform

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Six Reasons Not to Vote for Sarah Palin

#1 - She doesn't back Obama's healthcare plan. In August 2009 she said, "The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s...

You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty

Years ago I came across a fantastic book called "Your Body's Many Cries for Water", subtitled, "You are not sick, you are thirsty!" This is the truest statement ever made. Dr. F. Batmanghelidj...

Makes You Think

These are images taken by photographer Gene Blevins, of the recent Southern California fires. Note the cross on the far right The cross became engulfed in flames - firefighters saw it and said it would...

How we treat our Vets

Recently I found out that a man I knew, a Viet Nam vet, had died. Homeless. Under an overpass in Redwood City, California.  He was an Army Ranger, and a highly-trained sniper. He and a team of four or five...

"Call It Treason"

by George Howe A Book Review This story is an amazing exploration into the definition of treason. If the leaders of your country have betrayed you, your countrymen and your country, is it treason if you...

Homelessness

Sometimes the ills of our society seem overwhelming. "What can I do?" most people think. Well, no one of us can solve the problem. It seems so much easier to pay lots of taxes and let the government "fix" it....

Picture Gallery #3 - Just for Fun!

Forms of Government

There is a lot of confusion about where different forms of government fall within the political spectrum. I have seen this confusion all over the forums and in individual posts on various hubs. So, to set...

Farmer's Market Etiquette

Especially for those in the San Francisco Bay Area - and everywhere else too! Almost everyone enjoys going to a farmer's market, and as a farmer's market vendor I can tell you from first-hand experience...