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 | Idle Thoughts On Reincarnation |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012, 6:26 PM · 750 words · from atomapi · shorturl
I overheard some people talking about reincarnation today, so I thought I'd write down what I thought about it. Mainly because I'm trying to write 1,500 new words every day as part of my grandiose plan to take over the world, and I figure blog posts should count as part of that, right?
| NTSB Doesn’t Go Far Enough |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Saturday, Dec 17, 2011, 9:41 AM · 37 words · from atomapi · shorturl
The NTSB wants to ban cell phones and texting while driving. If they really want to save lives, they need to ban driving. Seriously, have you guys seen how many people are killed driving every year?
| George Allen Running For 2012 Senate |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Monday, Jan 31, 2011, 6:20 PM · 183 words · from atomapi · shorturl
So I saw that George Allen is running for Jim Webb's Senate seat in 2012, which I suppose means we can look forward to another Virginia election cycle full of Democratic bloggers and consultants pushing "macaca" as their go-to strategy. Everything old is new again, or something.
| WikiLeaks Not To Blame For Government Ineptitude |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Monday, Dec 6, 2010, 9:44 PM · 315 words · from atomapi · shorturl · 1 comment
Julian Assange seems like a dork, but I support the concept of the WikiLeaks web site. “Whistle blowers” can be an important check of government power, and certainly the people (in democracies, at least) have a right to know what their government is doing on their behalf. (How else can we make informed voting decisions?) In any case, WikiLeaks isn’t the problem: Inept handling of secret government documents is.
| The 2010 Mid-Term Election Prediction Post |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Monday, Nov 1, 2010, 9:20 PM · 219 words · from atomapi · shorturl
I don’t normally do election predictions, but in this case I feel pretty safe in predicting: Republicans will win more than Democrats tomorrow.
| Read George Washington’s Farewell Address |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Thursday, Oct 28, 2010, 6:45 PM · 223 words · from atomapi · shorturl · 1 comment
All those voting in the mid-term election next week (that’s everyone, right?) should take some time and read George Washington’s Farewell Address. Wikipedia also has a synopsis of the Address if your literacy skills are inadequate.
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I completely agree with the last paragraph
| The 2010 “Race” in the Virginia 7th District |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Monday, Oct 11, 2010, 9:51 PM · 146 words · from atomapi · shorturl · 1 comment
It's that time of year again. The time when we in the Virginia 7th District pretend Eric Cantor has some competition for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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The Independent Green party is not the same as the left wing environmental nuts jobs associated with Ralph Nader. They are 2 very different parties.
| Happy Knights of Columbus Day |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Monday, Oct 11, 2010, 8:55 AM · 157 words · from atomapi · shorturl · 1 comment
In today’s political climate of trying to repeal the 14th Amendment – a clearly anti-immigrant sentiment – the irony of a federal holiday brought about to celebrate immigration is impossible to ignore.
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Do the Knight of Columbus recognize what Columbus did to the Taino Indians... indiginous peoples of the Dominican Republic?
| A Disturbing Civil War Parallel |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010, 7:03 PM · 142 words · from atomapi · shorturl · 2 comments
We were watching Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary the other day, and I commented that I used to think it was impossible to imagine a civil war in America, but lately it seems more and more plausible.
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Hey there, Tom. I have to admit, I don't think there is anywhere near enough of a base for a civil war in the U.S. over abortion, that is if you mean pro-lifers against abortion. First of all, if you started divvying up the group, you'd lose the pacifists right off. Second, you'd lose (most of) the patriots. Third, you'd lose the peaceful protesters, and from there the whole thing would fall apart ;)
Like all groups there are kooks and fringe whackos. But i find it hard to imagine a civil war over the issue. At one time there was a well received book which concluded that *if we believe that a child in the womb represents a life and *if we believe abortion takes that life, then *we must find the government guilty of allowing murder. But I think that manner of thinking has fallen by the wayside.
Now, the immigration issue might be another matter, since it hits the pocket book and the xenophobia so nicely. o_O
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As I recall, lots of politicians were burned in effigy during the first few political campaigns in this country's history. It's not a polite thing to do, but it certainly isn't a prequel to war.
 | Political Blogging Blues |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Wednesday, Jul 7, 2010, 8:54 PM · 848 words · from atomapi · shorturl · 
Semi-recent posts by F.T. Rea and Vivian Paige about political blogging got me thinking about my own lack of interest in politics lately. I don’t consider myself a “political blogger” in the accepted sense, but I certainly fall into the category of people that are less interested in politics this year.
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| The Fight Against Monsanto |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Sunday, Apr 18, 2010, 8:47 PM · 591 words · from atomapi · shorturl ·
The other day my wife casually mentioned that she was going to use a Monsanto product. Nooooo! I said. Not Monsanto! We must not send that evil company any of our hard-earned money!
| Random Observation about Human History |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010, 7:05 PM · 256 words · from atomapi · shorturl ·
I often read the “on this day” section of Wikipedia just out curiosity. It occurred to me one day that, according to the “on this day” records, not much happened before around 1500 A.D.
| Recent Climate News |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Sunday, Dec 13, 2009, 12:30 PM · 776 words · from atomapi · shorturl · 1 comment
I'm hesitant to write about Climate-gate, because I don't want anyone to think that my beliefs align in any way with the beliefs of the myopic conservative mob. Still, there have been three recent incidents regarding climate change that further my own skepticism about what we were told was the "scientific consensus."
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I don't disagree with much of what you have said, but since the far Left set the standard for the meaning of conveniently-deleted data, they can hardly complain when the same standard is applied to data which purportedly supports their agenda.
| Gubernatorial Smackdown Tonight |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Monday, Oct 12, 2009, 5:58 PM · 172 words · from atomapi · shorturl
There’s a Virginia gubernatorial debate tonight at 8 PM (see Creigh’s writeup and Bob’s writeup). This one will actually be broadcast on local television (I think this is the first one but I’m not sure) so you won’t have to fight with streaming video to see it.
| Jim Moran’s Town Hall Meeting |
· Krehbiel Commentary · Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009, 9:45 PM · 451 words · from mwapi · shorturl
I recorded about half of Jim Moran’s town hall meeting from C-SPAN Tuesday night and just finished watching it. Am I missing something, or are these things a total waste of time? Have they always been this animated or is this a recent development?
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Tom Krehbiel said,
Hello. I just picked up on the word "googleganger" and I see that you're one for me.
I couldn't be more pleased.