by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 8, 2017 | Religion, Science
I am reminded of a story I have often heard told even in religious contexts. A preacher was driving down a country road when he came upon the most beautiful farm he’d ever seen in his lifetime spent traveling rural roads. He could only compare it to a beautiful...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 22, 2011 | Quotations, Memes, & Lessons From Life
I don’t know how true the story and the quotes are, it all sounds apocryphal to me, but then again it sounds great so I will post it anyway… In the Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin was losing an argument, so he said, “Gentlemen, I move that we...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 26, 2011 | • Politics
Ed Brayton who writes the blog Dispatches From The Culture Wars has this thing he does there where he often cites the Dumbass Quote of the Day (it goes without saying what that one is all about) and/or the Badass Quote of the Day. Today I give my RTOL Badass Quote of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 21, 2011 | Partisan Idiocy, Religion
Adopting the language stylings of another infamous Governor I’ve got to ask…"How’s that Pray-For-Rain hopey changey thingy working out for ya?" (see my post Fighting Wild Fires In Texas) Rick Perry the current Governor of Texas I think...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 22, 2011 | Climate Change & Global Warming, Partisan Idiocy
Let me get this straight…Texas is experiencing an “unprecedented drought” and a “never-before-seen wildfire situation” and the Texas legislators propose cutting funds for firefighters, slashing the Texas Forest Service budget by “almost $34 million in budget cuts over...
