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So tomorrow is election day 2008. Time for all of us (if you haven’t done so) to go out and exercise our right, acknowledge this wonderful privilege of being able to vote for who we think would be the better of the two contenders. In my previous posts, you saw who I would most likely vote for. Let’s make that VOTED for. That’s right. I already made my mind, filled out the ballot and mailed it last week. I can’t wait for the results. This country really needs change that they can believe in. You may not trust the new guy on hundred percent, but at least give him a chance. He’s already better than the current one.

Here’s another one of those stupid lawsuits in America, the land of lawsuits. Seriously, really?!

“LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator’s lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn’t properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God. He said God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents in Omaha, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”

Chambers has said he filed the lawsuit to make the point that everyone should have access to the courts regardless of whether they are rich or poor.

On Tuesday, however, Douglas County District Court Judge Marlon Polk ruled that under state law a plaintiff must have access to the defendant for a lawsuit to move forward.

“Given that this court finds that there can never be service effectuated on the named defendant this action will be dismissed with prejudice,” Polk wrote.

Chambers, who graduated from law school but never took the bar exam, thinks he’s found a hole in the judge’s ruling.

“The court itself acknowledges the existence of God,” Chambers said Wednesday. “A consequence of that acknowledgment is a recognition of God’s omniscience.”

Therefore, Chambers said, “Since God knows everything, God has notice of this lawsuit.”

Chambers has 30 days to decide whether to appeal. He said he hasn’t decided yet.

Chambers, who has served a record 38 years in the Nebraska Legislature, is not returning next year because of term limits. He skips morning prayers during the legislative session and often criticizes Christians. ” - breitbart
 

Last night I looked at my husband and I noticed that he was  looking a little glum and the first thing that came to mind was “uh oh, did he get fired?! We can’t afford to get fired, we just got the house!” No, he didn’t get fired. He’s too good of an employee and a very valuable one, too (thank goodness!) but he did say that because of the state of the GLOBAL economy, there’s a big chance that his company is going to start laying off people next year. Eeks! That won’t be good! But it seems inevitable, and that’s the sad fact. This state of the world’s economy is just bringing everybody and everything down. We personally don’t have a reason for it YET but we’re starting to get depressed. Yeah, depression! It seems like that word’s all over lately.

I wish the change of the US administration would give instant relief to everybody and we really need CHANGE.  Get it?

Hindu and Buddhist priests appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.Wrapped in red silk and adorned with red flowers in her hair, Matani Shakya received approval from the priests and President Ram Baran Yadav in a centuries-old tradition with deep ties to Nepal’s monarchy, which was abolished in May.

The new “kumari” or living goddess, was carried from her parents’ home to an ancient palatial temple in the heart of the Nepali capital, Katmandu, where she will live until she reaches puberty and loses her divine status.

She will be worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists as an incarnation of the powerful Hindu deity Taleju.

A panel of judges conducted a series of ancient ceremonies to select the goddess from several 2- to 4-year-old girls who are all members of the impoverished Shakya goldsmith caste.

The judges read the candidates’ horoscopes and check each one for physical imperfections. The living goddess must have perfect hair, eyes, teeth and skin with no scars, and should not be afraid of the dark.

As a final test, the living goddess must spend a night alone in a room among the heads of ritually slaughtered goats and buffaloes without showing fear.

Having passed all the tests, the child will stay in almost complete isolation at the temple, and will be allowed to return to her family only at the onset of menstruation when a new goddess will be named to replace her.

“I feel a bit sad, but since my child has become a living goddess I feel proud,” said her father Pratap Man Shakya.

During her time as a goddess, she will always wear red, pin up her hair in topknots, and have a “third eye” painted on her forehead.

Devotees touch the girls’ feet with their foreheads, the highest sign of respect among Hindus in Nepal. During religious festivals the goddesses are wheeled around on a chariot pulled by devotees.

Critics say the tradition violates both international and Nepalese laws on child rights. The girls often struggle to readjust to normal lives after they return home.

Nepalese folklore holds that men who marry a former kumari will die young, and so many girls remain unmarried and face a life of hardship.  -source.

 If I were the parent of a child who was chosen to be a goddess, i think I would have a really hard time about letting go of my child. Imagine, you wont see her for years and years, and when she gets out of isolation, she’s maladjusted, and nobody would want to marry her because of fear that they will die soon after! Poor child. If my child had the potential to be the next goddess, I think i will just let her scratch anything that itches, maybe she’ll develop a small scar that would disqualify her from being chosen.

I am getting depressed just reading/hearing about the economy, the politics etc. As much as I am a little annoyed with how this whole bail out bill got passed to become a law, I think it will be better for  me to take a deep breath for now and just see where things go in the next few weeks/months/(years??). I want to blame the big investors who didn’t think first before getting into the sub-prime market business, I want to blame the greedy little nes who thought that just because there were some stupid people managing our country who was giving loans to whoever wanted it, that they also deserved to live in a $500,000 home even though they could barely afford a their $1000 rent, I also want to scream “UNFAIR!”, but I know it’s not gonna do me any good.  It’s now Monday and the stock market plummeted down yet again. As taxpayers,  We’re paying for the $700B, that better take us to somewhere more pleasant than where we are right now.  I think all these stress about the current state of our nation is contributing to our (me and the hubby) unsuccessful attempts to make a baby. L

Found this floating on the web. Please study and memorize. Enjoy.

So I watched the VP debate last night hoping to see some car wreck or something. After seeing the very funny SNL spoof of the Palin-Couric interview, I was hoping to see a little bit more of the same just for pure entertainment. But, alas, I was let down. Gov Palin actually showed that she could handle it, you know, if she was given enough time to study. But nothing that I saw and heard last night from her made me change my view of her. She didnt show the knowledge, the capability and respectability that I want from my leader. Yeah, she was cute, she winked, betcha and darned it, but F her. That didnt sway me to vote for her/her ticket. She’s scary. Imagine her becoming the president of the US!  She did not respong the questions that were asked, she just kept repeating the stuff she had memorized. I commend her as a woman being able to handle the pressure and going up against the big guy, but I just know that she’s not the right woman for the job. B- for effort.

That was not my idea (of course!) but PETA’s. You know, that bizzaro-group of super radical animal activists. They sent a letter to Ben and Jerry’s, the ice cream makers, to use human breast milk for their ice cream production.  eew? Im not sure what they get from these weird acts/ideas. I think people mostly ignore anything that has the word PETA on headlines because they think it would be just a bunch of crock anyways. But I guess they need to go to extremes to get attention, and perhaps affect a even just few people.  What do you think? I still think they’re nuts. 

So the case of the tainted milk from China gets bigger and bigger. Apparently, the contamination was not limited to milk but to other products that might have some dairy in it (i guess) like cookies and they were not confined to Chinese branded products either. This is getting really ridiculous (aside from scary). Last year we had the lead contamination on toys and pet food, now melamine contamination and it’s food for HUMAN consumption.

Health experts say ingesting a small amount of melamine poses no danger, but in larger doses, the chemical—used to make plastics and fertilizer—can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure. Infants are particularly vulnerable. Chinese suppliers trying to cut costs are believed to have diluted their milk while adding melamine because its nitrogen content can fool tests aimed at verifying protein levels.  Farmers were able to add melamine in their milk and milk products. How did they know how to do that because from what I read, it’s not like you just get melamine and you add it to the milk. Melamine is not water soluble. Apparently you have to mix it with formaldehyde and something else before you could mix it with the milk. Isn’t formaldehyde the same thing they use in enbalming the dead? What the hell is wrong with them (chinese) and us (consumers), too I guess. Why do we keep buying products from a country who obviously does not believe in regulation, health and safety. They’re all about production, without concern about consequences.  Arrrgh.

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