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Connecticut Trip Notes (or "So Where Did You Eat?")

Well, we are back from our trip to Madison, Connecticut. It was a great trip, and we really jammed quite a few things into parts of four short days. Below is a day-by-day rundown, in case you care:

FRIDAY: Got up at 3:30 a.m. and drove to Atlanta to catch flight. Got into Hartford at 10:30, where my sister, Laurie, and my niece, Emily, picked us up. We then went directly to Lenny and Joe's Fish Tale Restaurant in Madison, CT. I have been going to Fish Tale since I was little, and the food never disappoints. Say what you will, but there is NOWHERE on earth better for seafood than the northeast.

We then went to see my dad's new shop, "Imagine," which he just opened in Guilford. After seeing the shop, and walking around the green in Guilford, we headed back to Laurie's house. She and my brother-in-law Glenn have done amazing things to the house since buying it from my dad in a couple years back. We chilled out for a while and then met my dad and Beverly at the Surf Club in Madison for a nice dinner at the beach. 80 degrees with a nice breeze off the sound. I also introduced grilled corn on the cob to my skeptical family.

SATURDAY: My nephew, Stephan, came up from New Jersey to spend the weekend with us. Went to CVS and ran into family friend, Mr. Picard, who told us about his family's trip to England, Italy, and France. His brother writes for the Economist, and has lived 40 years in Paris. The highlight of the conversation was when Mr. Picard mentioned that while in Europe he was eating in a restaurant and Venus Williams and her (i'll censor and use the word "effeminate") boyfriend walked in.

Melissa and I spent the day at the wedding our friend, Janet Hull, and her husband, Paul Criscuolo. At the reception at Aleia's in Westbrook, we sat with Mike Farrell and Dawn Hovey, two people we went to high school with. They brought their spouses, who were very cool people. Everyone at the table were Yankee fans, and the ribbing started early. It soon died down, though, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees during the course of our meal.

SUNDAY: We had planned to go to Six Flags New England, but threats of rain (it never did rain) kept us away. Instead, we went to eat lunch at Dad's in Niantic, which, coincidentally, is the last place I went out to eat with my mother. It was the summer of 1997, right after her birthday, and four months before she died.

After eating at Dad's (the clam strips were terrific), we decided to go to Newport, Rhode Island. I have been to Newport MANY times, but was amazed how much it had been built up. We went shopping, and I bought the new Ugly Duckling CD. It's very funny. Stephan bought Talking Heads' "Remain in Light." The best one they did. With Adrian Belew on it.

We then drove back to Madison, and had KILLER pizza at The Red Tomato.
We then watched "Meet the Parents" on TV. Stephan then threatened to "take me down to Chinatown."

MONDAY: This was our last day. Mrs. Hull stopped by to say goodbye to us, and brought us a gift. After MANY years in Madison, she and Mr. Hull are selling their house and moving to Guilford.

Melissa, Laurie, Emily, and I then met Dad and Bev for lunch. Dad and Bev have a new super pimped-out Lexus with a GPS system, which they don't know how to use yet. Melissa and I rode with them as we decided to go to New Haven for lunch and to walk around. We ate at the Playwright, which is across from from the Shubert theatre. The marquee said that Todd Rundgren (one my faves) will be appearing there soon. Dang!

Lunch was killer, and before we left for the airport, Mr. Hull gave us a guided tour of the Yale law library. Very impressive. A bomb went off there a couple years ago and they're STILL fixing all the damage. It's amazing. I lived around Yale my whole life, and never really stopped to soak in its coolness until I came back.

Our flight was uneventful. I worked on some comedy writing exercises after Melissa forgave me for inadvertantly getting us seats across the aisle from each other.

Man, I'm such a punk sometimes.

I Have An Interview!

Wednesday morning at 9:30, I have an interview with a local TV station. I won't divulge which one, but it could mean that I could work on some lengthy documentary-type programming. My two career goals (I've recently realized) are to make documentary films/televsion, and to write comedy. A job at this station would get me "in the loop," per se, and make me feel like I DO have a future in this business.

Coincidentally, my current employer has recently received a handful of large contracts. And that's fine. I might even see more money. But I'm jonesin' to do REAL stuff, learn from professional people, and see some of my ideas see the light of day. My current employer (even with the recent good fortunes) doesn't really offer me what I'm looking for.

I know what you're thinking, though. "Shut up, Bill. At least you have a job."
Yes, yes I do. The problem is I've always wanted more than that.

Now in Connecticut

Well, I am now in Connecticut and writing this on my sister's sweet G4.
My father and stepmom have opened a shop in Guilford, CT, called "Imagine."
It is a high-end home furnishings/crafts shop. They're doing pretty well, so far. My sister is working with the shop, too, providing custom finished/painted furniture, decoupage pieces, and other assorted stuff. She's annoyingly talented, and has sold 55 pieces through the shop in ten days. Not bad.

One thing I noticed (again) about returning to Connecticut is the use of zoning. Chattanooga (and much of the south) has yet to really grasp the idea. It's not that there are that many more rich people up north than in Chattanooga, it's just that northern developers and city planners are very adamant about where they put things. I can't say that I mind, either. You just don't see a $200,000 house next to a trailer like you do in Chattanooga.

The people are nicer in Chattanooga, and Connecticut has a HUGE Democrat population. Joe Lieberman used to come to my school all the time when I was younger, and it took me moving to the South to realize how much of a bozo he is.

As I sit here, in my childhood home, I think I'd like to move back north, taking with me what I've learned in the South and applying it.

WriteAPrisoner.com

Ok. This site is weird. I wonder what I'd write to one. If any of you write a letter, please post it in my comments. I think I'll try to write one myself.

Going up north

I will be flying up to my home state of Connecticut tomorrow morning. We are attending Janet Hull's wedding. Melissa and I went to high school with her.

We are catching an 8:15 flight from Atlanta to Hartford. We're planning to leave Chattannoga at about 4 a.m., so we can get to Hartsfield by 6 a.m.. With all the extra security and being a first-time e-ticket buyer, I thought we'd need some extra time.

I enjoy flying. It's a direct flight and I'll get to spend a few days in my beloved Northeast....or what I like to refer to as, "America." Don't worry, I'll still be blogging while I'm gone. Like you're worrying...

I also get to pick up the Ruben Studdard shirt my sister bought me at the American Idol show she went to in Hartford last weekend. I'm not a big Ruben or American Idol fan, BUT, I've also never seen a Ruben Studdard t-shirt. So it might be cool to notice the weird looks I get by wearing it. Besides, I'm running kinda low on my supply of shirts with big black men on them. I do have a BET tank-top, though. (Thanks Zack!)

Elderly Athletes

I am currently editing a promotional video for the National Senior Games Association. Think "old person olympics." Anyway, some amazing/amazingly scary images have been passed to me to work with on this job. If I don't show up at work tomorrow, it's because the project got too scary.

Liberal or Nazi, YOU decide...

I stumbled across this 1995 letter after hearing it mentioned on the Michael Savage radio show. It simply blew me away.

The Essence of "Nazi"

Letter to the Editor 6/7/95 - Arlington, Washington Times

During the past several months in the American press, the Democrats have frequently denounced the Republicans as Nazis due to their attempts to control runaway federal spending. How very ironic. I remember the Nazis. Let me share a little about them and recall some of their exploits.

First of all, "Nazi" was gutter slang for the verb "to nationalize". The Bider-Mienhoff gang gave themselves this moniker during their early struggles. The official title of the Nazi Party was "The National Socialist Workers Party of Germany". Hitler and the Brownshirts advocated the nationalization of education, health care, transportation, national resources, manufacturing, distribution and law enforcement.

Hitler came to power by turning the working class, unemployed, and academic elite against the conservative republic. After der fuhrer's election ceased being a political conspiracy and was transformed into a fashionable social phenomenon, party membership was especially popular with educators, bureaucrats, and the press. Being a Nazi was politically correct. They called themselves "The Children of the New Age of World Order" and looked down their noses at everyone else. As Hitler accrued more power, he referred to his critics as "The Dark Forces of Anarchy and Hatred". Anyone who questioned Nazi high-handedness in the German press was branded a "Conservative Reactionary". Joseph Goebbels, minister of communications, proclaimed a "New World Order".

The Nazi reign of terror began with false news reports on the Jews, Bohemians and Gypses who were said to be arming themselves to overthrow the "New World Order" and Hitler demanded that all good people register their guns so that they wouldn't fall into the hands of "terrorists and madmen". Right wing fanatics of the "Old Order" who protested firearms registration were arrested by the S.S. and put in jail for "fomenting hatred against the Government of the German people".

Then the Reichstag (government building) was blown up and Hitler ram-rodded an "Emergency Anti-Terrorist Act" through Parliament that gave the Gestapo extraordinary powers. The leader then declared that for the well-being of the German people, all private firearms were to be confiscated by the Gestapo and the Wermotten (federal law enforcement and military). German citizens who refused to surrender their guns when the "jack-boots" (Gestapo) came calling, were murdered in their homes. By the way, the Gestapo were the federal marshals' service of the Third Reich. The S.W.A.T. team was invented and perfected by the Gestapo to break into the homes of the enemies of the German people.

When the Policia Bewakken, or local police, refused to take away guns from townsfolk, they themselves were disarmed and dragged out into the street and shot to death by the S.A. and the S.S. Those were Nazi versions of the B.A.T.F. and the F.B.I. When several local ministers spoke out against these atrocities, they were imprisoned and never seen again.

The Gestapo began to confiscate and seize the homes, businesses, bank accounts, and personal belongings of wealthy conservative citizens who had prospered in the old Republic. Pamphleteers who urged revolt against the Nazis were shot on site by national law enforcement and the military. Gypsies and Jews were detained and sent to labor camps. Mountain roads throughout central Europe were closed to prevent the escape of fugitives into the wilderness, and to prevent the movement and concealment of partisan resistance fighters.

Public schools rewrote history and Hitler youth groups taught the children to report their parents to their teachers for anti-Nazi remarks. Such parents disappeared. Pagan animism became the state religion of the Third Reich and Christians were widely condemned as "right wing fanatics".

Millions of books were burned first and then people. Millions of them burned in huge ovens after they were first gassed to death. Unmarried women were paid large sums of money to have babies out of wedlock and then given medals for it. Evil was declared as being good, and good was condemned as being evil. World Order was coming and the German people were going to be the "peacekeepers".

Yes, indeed, I remember the Nazis and they weren't Republicans, or "right wing", or "patriots" or "militias". They were Socialist monsters.

Thomas Colton Ruthford

"On The Other Hand" TV in Local Poll

Enigma magazine's annual "Best of Chattanooga" poll is underway, and currently, "On The Other Hand" (my defunct TV show), has received votes in the online poll in the categories: "Best Local TV Show to Turn On" and "Best Local TV Show to Turn Off." The fact that we're included in the poll is a bit ironic, as we don't exist right now, BUT there are a couple new, finished shows in the can, and we MAY resume in the fall...

Anyway, feel free to visit here to vote. Oh yeah, vote for the "Best Local TV Show to Turn On." I mean, if you want to...

OTOH's First Child!

Dan Lyons from our defunct TV show, "On The Other Hand," and his wife, Marilou, are proud parents of a baby boy! They still haven't named the baby, so now it is going by the name, "Baby Male Lyons." I think the name might stick.

If you have any suggestions for a name, post it here and I'll be sure they get it.

Lars Ulrich is a Freakin' Moron (MUST Read)

Metallica is suing a band because they use E and F chords.
I'm NOT making this up.

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Please give this picture a caption!

from blinktag.org

Candlelight Vigil To Stop Wal-Mart

Recently, there was a candlelight vigil to protest the new Wal-Mart on Brainerd Road. I hope someone mentioned to these people that lighters and candles are always on sale at Wal-Mart.

That Car Must Stink

These girls are crazy.

Becky Shoats and Sharon Roberts are the final two contestants in 96.5 The Mountain's "Survival in a Saturn." They've been living in a Saturn at Hamilton Place Mall for six weeks.

from the Chattanoogan.

Decent SNL Book - Better Than The Show Thesedays

I picked up a paperback copy of "Live From New York" by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller. It is the "uncensored history of Saturday Night Live as told by its stars, writers, and guests.

This must be the fourth of fifth book I've read about SNL, and is probably the best. The only other better SNL-related book I've read is "Mr. Mike," the biography of the late National Lampoon and orignal SNL writer, Michael O'Donoghue. A twisted man, and an unlikely influence of mine.

"Live From New York" is well done, and tells the history of the show through first-hand accounts from those involved. Although I like the book, and have read many SNL books, it is curious to know that SNL is not one of my favorite shows. Sure, I like it. Certain seasons more than others. But I am more partial to shows like Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mr. Show, Get a Life, Freaks and Geeks (Great Freakin' Show), and, ESPECIALLY, SCTV. As the creator of two miniscule local TV comedy shows, people always say, "Oh, is your show like SNL?" I always say, no, and wonder...is that a bad thing?

Recent seasons of SNL are just plain LAME. Tired jokes. Tired format. The spontaneity that made the show legendary is gone. Lorne Michaels and the gang have been going through the motions for a long time, and it just might be time to shake things up.

They could start by dropping from 90 to 60 minutes. That could make the show funnier by having writers/cast members have to work harder to fight to get their material on a show with limited space. The musical act could also just perform ONCE, thank you. No other show has their musical act perform twice.

Just a couple ideas.

Favorite SNL moment?: Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Martin Short in a piece about synchronized swimming from the 1984-85 season.

Funny-Mentary

I just watched Comedian with Jerry Seinfeld last night. Very interesting. You've never seen Jerry cuss so much. Orny Adams, the up-and-coming comedian also featured in the film was a tad annoying, however. He never shut up. Another comedian even called him out on it in the film. Check it out. (4 stars out of 5)

Presby-partial-terian Birth Abortion

Just as Congress is moving to ban partial-birth abortion, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is reaffirming its support of the barbaric procedure. Late last month, the General Assembly Committee on Health Issues approved a statement that gives moral sanction (?) to partial-birth abortion "when necessary" for health reasons. The statement was approved 59-17.

I'm speechless.

Interesting...

Customers of Avis car rentals may not realize they are supporting a business that is openly pushing the gay agenda. However, a full-page color ad on the back of a leading homosexual magazine shows two men in a tropical locale and reads: "At Avis, domestic partners are automatically included as additional drivers. ... That's been our policy for the past 10 years. So why have we waited so long to tell you? Well, let's just say we came out in our own time."

The ad also explains that, if customers will use a special code, Avis will donate to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

Wow.

My Work Computer

So far, today, my two work computers will not work. This makes working on computers especially difficult. You know, especially when the computers don't work. One crashes constantly, and another won't boot from the OS.

I hate Microsoft. I REALLY hate Microsoft. They put half-finished software out on the market, charge you for it, then let YOU do the R&D;, so they don't have to.

Hey, here's a novel idea. How about software that works!!! Is Bill Gates trying to get back at the world or something because he's ugly?

Old Friends

Talking to old friends is cool.

I talked to Tim Reider via IM tonight. I've known Tim since, uh, the eighties?
We went to "high school" together, and never see each other because he is in the air force, and does top-secret stuff, like, uh....blogging....

When we were in high school (Daniel Hand - Madison, CT), we taped ourselves doing weird stuff - mostly making fake commercials. One for "Polkaholics Anonymous" was kinda funny. "Sandy Beach" toilet paper was another. Think toilet paper made from sandpaper.

So, now I have all these old "funny" cassette tapes that are REALLY weird to listen to. Try listening to yourself from 12-13 years ago. Jot down the slang and catchphrases you used to use. Quite illuminating. I'll try to post an MP3 of "Polkaholics" in a few days...

Buggery Thuggery: I'm Not GLAAD Michael Savage Was Fired From MSNBC

According to their website, GLAAD is ecstatic that Michael Savage was fired from his MSNBC talk show, which aired Saturday afternoons.

From The GLAAD website:

NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 7, 2003 -- The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation today applauded MSNBC's decision to cancel "Savage Nation" after GLAAD brought to their attention Michael Savage's vicious, homophobic attack on a gay caller during his July 5 MSNBC cable show.

"Frankly, it's about time," said GLAAD News Media Director Cathy Renna. "Michael Savage's latest rant made the clearest possible case for why this kind of behavior has no place on any reputable news network. MSNBC has now found itself broadcasting exactly the kind of verbal assaults GLAAD's been warning them about for the past five months. And to their credit, MSNBC and NBC News have backed up their promises to hold Savage accountable for his behavior."

After cutting off a self-identified gay caller whose comments were edited out of the broadcast, Savage referred him as a "sodomist," a "sodomite" and said, among other things, "You should only get AIDS and die, you pig." GLAAD brought Savage's remarks to the attention of MSNBC executives this morning and called on them to hold Savage accountable for his attacks. A full transcript and video of the segment can be found at www.glaad.org.

And the following can be found on Savage's website:

What happened on the air is much different than what is being reported. It was in the middle of an airline horror story segment with a great set. Out of nowhere a crank caller from a competitive talk show went from describing his airline horror story to making vicious personal attacks against me. I signaled and thought that this crank caller was cut from the air. His insults continued in my ear piece and I reacted to him personally as an individual who was attacking me to defend myself.

Unfortunately, my personal comments to this crank caller were broadcast. In no way did my comments reflect my views of disease and suffering in any way. I have spent my entire life in the field of alternative medicine trying to heal the world and bring comfort to the sick. If my comments brought pain to anyone I certainly did not intend for this to happen and apologize for any such reaction.

Let me repeat, this was an interchange between me personally and a mean spirited vicious setup caller which I thought was taking place off the air. It was not meant to reflect my views of the terrible tragedy and suffering associated with AIDS. I especially appeal to my many listeners in the gay community to accept my apologies for any inadvertent insults which may have occurred.

Now me talking:

Let me start off by saying that I am truly disappointed by MSNBC's actions. I am a BIG fan of Savage's radio and television shows, and while I wouldn't have ever made the same kind of statement myself while on the air, I don't think it warranted Savage's dismissal.

Remarks like Savage's do nothing but create more tension. BUT...In America, he SHOULD have the freedom to say what he said without fear of losing his job, especially when he's on television. The last time I checked, you can change channels on a television. I've done it before - like when "Will and Grace" comes on.

On his radio show, Savage actually often DEFENDS homosexuals ("I don't care what people do sexually"), and his remarks on last Saturday's show - though tasteless - were directed at one particular individual who called the show with the specific directive of provoking Savage.

As I wrote a while back, America, as a whole, has yet to come to terms with what it truly means to be gay. Is it a choice? Is it a condition? Many Americans' beliefs (mine included) are based on a power higher than our government, higher than popular opinion, and higher than the opinions of those who are gay. And if Americans' beliefs instruct them to disagree on the definition, why are they going to even consider the demands that gay people impose on society?

Thanks to full cooperation of the press, however, the term "homophobia" is very solid in people's minds. The word, which is literally (and laughably) translated as, "a fear of the same," was created by the gay rights movement as a rallying cry. The word denotes hate, ignorance, and intolerance, and more often than not, is hypocritically used by the gay community in the same way it is defined, with hate, ignorance, and intolerance.

GLAAD, other simialr and sympathetic activist groups are more than happy to bash and silence people who disagree with homosexuality. There is no room for debate in their world. They argue that opponents shouldn't have a right to say what they say. It is labeled "hate speech." And will soon be illegal, if it isn't already.

If you EVER again find yourself questioning what side the major networks and national advertisers are on concerning the gay rights movement, just remember this incident with Michael Savage. And, oh yeah, remember the buggery thuggery used to push Dr. Laura off TV? I guess it's the gay/bi way or the highway if you want a career in TV...

My Banking Hat Debacle

Never lie. It will you look bad.

I was making a deposit in a local First Tennessee branch recently, when I noticed that they had some nifty hats placed on top of the counter. They appeared to be free. I asked the teller, and he said that they were free if you applied for a credit card. Well, I filled out a credit card application using bogus information (I didn't want the credit card), and left with a new hat. I nice one, I should mention.

Anyway, some time goes by and my wife and I decide that we are going to open up a second account at Amsouth. So we pull up, and I realize that I'm wearing the First Tennessee hat. I mention it to her, and we both agree that it would be too weird to go into Amsouth with the hat on, so I take it off.

Well, the only problem with taking the hat off is that it was about 95 degrees outside and my hair wasn't pretty. My hair kinda looked like I had just gotten back from the battle of Gettysburg, or something. No matter what I did, I still looked like an idiot. The hat had come back to get me.

As we met with the teller at Amsouth, I couldn't help notice her looking at my bad coiff. She never said anything. She didn't have to.

Again. Never lie. It will make you look bad. Literally.

Our New Couch

Melissa and I got a new couch today. We were just looking, and found a sweet deal on a floor sample at Rhodes. A darkish green faux-suede la-z-boy couch. It was almost 50% off, and there's nothing wrong with it. Now our living room looks less and less like a crackhead lives there.

Recording Is Fun!

It's full steam ahead with using Cool Edit Pro. Great program. Being a big fan of "do-it yourselfers" DJ Shadow and Adrian Belew, I'm taking it in my own hands to experiment with sampling and overdubbing ad nauseum. Technology is so wonderful. I have taken the drum beat from an upbeat Beach Boys song, looped it, and dropped a depressing minor-chord-laden piece of mine from 1996 on top of it. I'll be sure to post an MP3 when it's done.

Sodomy In The Age of Oprah

I'm not one for copying and pasting other people's writing, but this is a MUST READ.

SODOMY IN THE AGE OF OPRAH
By George Neumayr
Courtesy of The American Spectator (www.spectator.org)

Supreme Court decisions increasingly read like transcripts from the Oprah Winfrey show. Justice Antonin Scalia notes the court's "famed sweet-mystery-of-life" howler: "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe and the mystery of human life."

Thursday's Supreme Court decision announcing a recently discovered inalienable right to sodomy contained a few more: "When sexuality finds overt expression in intimate conduct with another person, the conduct can be but one element in a personal bond that is more enduring." Sodomy is a very high-minded business, according to the court, part of the lofty "liberty protected by the Constitution." Such is its preciousness that states can't be trusted to regulate it.

That sodomy is an inalienable right would no doubt come as a big surprise to the Constitution's framers. They are, of course, the last constitutional experts the Supreme Court would ever consult. The Supreme Court, judging from the majority opinion's slavish attention to Europe's regard for sodomy, is much more interested in the thoughts of modern Danes than dead Americans.

The framers didn't approach sodomy with the same level of awe as today's court. What the Kennedys and Souters call "liberty," the framers called "license," the abandonment to acts high in the catalogue of sin that spells the end of republics.

The majority on the Supreme Court declares that anti-sodomy laws compromise the "dignity" of homosexuals. The framers would reverse the judgment: it is sodomy that compromises their dignity, and it is the rule of law which points to and protects that dignity. The framers belonged to communities that passed such laws so as to safeguard a moral culture in which human dignity is possible.

The framers would say that the assault to dignity comes from a legal culture that sanctions sodomy, a culture that turns children over to homosexual couples, a culture that places homosexual relationships on the same level of sanctity as the traditional family.

The Supreme Court says anti-sodomy laws "demean" people. The framers thought those laws would discourage people from demeaning each other through the slavery of sin. It would befuddle the framers greatly to hear sodomy and dignity in the same sentence. They held that the dignity of democracy depended on citizens governing themselves according to moral standards, not according to a respect for each other's basest instincts. If citizens couldn't govern their own dark passions, how long would a democracy that relies on their capacity for self-government last? This concern made anti-sodomy laws eminently sensible to the framers.

But now, in our vast modern wisdom, we know better. What quaint fools the framers were. They thought society would teeter if vice had rights over virtue. We are doing just fine. They thought -- can you believe it? -- that such consensual acts as adult incest were wrong. Now we know that "it can be but one element in a personal bond that is more enduring."

Apparently any sexual relationship, with man or beast, is constitutionally permissible, provided that the parties to the personal bond give consent. Since animals can't give proper consent, perhaps the court will let certain uptight communities outlaw bestiality. We'll see. On the other hand, the "sweet-mystery-of-life passage" Scalia cites gives practitioners of bestiality a pretty strong defense. If the passage has any meaning, as Scalia says, it will be the passage that "ate the rule of law."

Needless to say, we are not doing fine. We are losing real liberties while the Supreme Court invents bogus ones. To deprive a community of the liberty of preserving traditional laws is a monstrous distortion of the framers' work and an act of judicial despotism which should outrage the public.

License won for homosexual activists is liberty lost for communities and families. As America hurtles past homosexual adoption toward homosexual marriage, who but the obtuse can deny this?

George Neumayr is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator and The American Prowler

A New Job, A New Bank, The Same Poverty

Why are we always broke?

My wife recently started a new job in the dietary department at Erlanger hospital, so you'd think we'd have more money, right? Wrong. We've cut back our spending, been paying our bills, but things are still tight. We even opened an additional account over at Amsouth bank - I guess thinking that by spreading our money out to two banks, there'd be more of it. Not quite.

Something has to change. The sick thing? We're happy.

A quick question About Square Dancing

Why is square dancing done in a circle?