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what is your indian name?

Thunder Horse

You are wild and free, you chase after what you desire with great passion.

how long would you last in the ghetto?

You live there!!

Welcome to the hood! You rock knock off clothes, blend in with grillz, and at this point you have speed to run from the cops and you actually have a "gat", as a plus your welcome to all cookouts!! mrz.peachez even takes a liking to you

what is god’s gift in you?

A TEACHER

Your destiny is a teacher. A teacher is a person who can inspire someone else to be interested in a subject. Someone who is enthusiastic about something; to impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to inculcate as true or important; to exhibit impressively; to direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of. Teaching is one of God’s highest callings for His children ... ask God it might be you !

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Amongst Insanity

a sunbeam

  has energy/power

Concrete Thinking in Matter

digest thought forms

technocrat

review & filter info

straddling 2 dimensions....

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i m u

What's Up With This?

the date is friday the 10th.

the post i just published is dated yesterday?

electromagnetic anomonaly?

the blue "Save Now" button just flashed....

ok, i get it.  The new post window was open.  I flipped sessions and typed.  The program date/time stamps when you OPEN the window -- not when you Publish.....  nuance in instruction to the programmer means HUGE differences in user satisfaction....

My Attitude Is Conveyed by This....

YouTube - Ben Harper - Blessed To Be A Witness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZM-YAR6om8&feature=PlayList&p=8AA150FF787C6828&index=6&playnext=7&playnext_from=PL

i m u

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Happy B-Day Ricky!

What Was Not Mentioned by Anyone

NO DISCUSSION and NO QUESTIONS re: The Rape of the Mother!

• EPA may use cost-benefit to fix environment, even if resources are less protected than the would otherwise be...  Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper.
  
• environmentalists rights to sue restricted  - private individuals and organizastions have limited chance to shape policies governing public lands and forests.... Summers v. Earth Island Institute.
• US Navy's use of sonar in training does not violate environmental law, even if it harms whales and other marine life.  (This one really upsets me. I feel their pain. They are more advanced than humans.... and we are torturing them!  Time for a NEW LAW!!!!)  Winter V. Natural Resources Defense Council.
• Army Corps of Engineers may let sludge be dumped in lake, even if EPA rules forbid it.  Coeur Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.
• Federal Court's authority to divide up legal responsibility for cleanup of toxic waste dumpsite amongst companies who polluted the Earth. Burlington Norther v. U.S.

So let me get this straight:  in Burlington, Federal Court authority to use discresion or judgment is limited; they must follow the rules.  BUT in Summers, people/groups cannot force the government to follow rules laid down by Congress......

And no one even mentioned this..... all night.  For shame.  Where was I?

Am I missing something here?

Supreme Court Decisions

Went to the National Constitution Center last night to hear some talking heads discuss the Supreme Court decisions handed down a week or so ago....  Now for some observations:

• If these huge intellects ever learn to lead with their hearts, there may be hope for the world.  Yes, on the stage were huge intellects.  Equal to those on the Court they cover.  And equal to those in the audience.
• The audience was SO SO white.  All ages though. 
  
• However, the first question came from a Packastani looking 20-something, and the panel could not understand him.  Only the woman - Delilah - caught the gist of his question - which was about a Guatanamo Bay case decided last Term - and the questioner's concern was clearly deeply felt (in the heart), but it also demonstrated the questioner's unfamiliarity with the US Justice system.  I would have hoped that one of the panel would have sought the questioner after the session to discuss further his concerns and to assure that a good two way communication occurred.
• So, the audience asks about Gitmo - but the panel spent all the up front time on the Voting Rights Act, Affirmative Action, and the NYU prof, who made sure to mention he wrote the book Obama used when teaching constitutional law, (and he even got the TITLE of the book in on the record!), Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie's obscenity on-the-air and the ? of, 'Can the FCC fine the broadcasting station for this?' gets revisited.
• Somewhat interesting, but trying to fix a broken system --  corporation cannot give $ to a political candidate, but can they take out add in paper to attack the politician's programs? Where is the line?  (Who cares?  The US election system is a joke.)

• BEST question of the night - on behalf of a group of social studies teachers: what 5 cases should all high school students study?  The answer?

1. U.S. vs. Caroline Products.  1938.  individual rights
2. Baker v. Carr (which leads to Reynolds vs. Simms) - one person one vote 
3. Brown vs. The Board of Education.  1956.  (which overturns Plessy vs. Fergeson - so you have to read that case too...)
4. Roe v. Wade.  1973.  (Casey - and the case which fixed it, thanks to Justice Sutter, Casey? ...)
5. Miranda vs. Arizona
6. first amendment protection of speech - even if it is hateful - unless there is an imminent risk if immediate violence.  (clear and present danger?)
7. Truman could not seize the steel companies during world war II "substantial cost on identifiable individuals"

• Points made that are of interest: Kennedy was in the majority 92% of the time.
• There were 74 decisions; 23 of them were 5-4.
• Whose rights prevail?  Individual rights?  or Those of Groups?

• It is clear to me that the top intellect in our country is not in sync with the world. Maintenance of the old, and a belief that the past ways and systems can be fixed, permeates the air.  Or does it?  

One cannot lead with the heart if s/he is stuck in his head.