One would think that John McCain must be seriously out of touch with more than just reality. It would appear that he has also strayed from the intentions of U.S officials in Iraq who state they have no intention on setting up any permanent presence in the war torn country. That is assuming that U.S. officials are being honest with the public, a laughable thought, as they have been working on a long term security deal that involves keeping our troops in Iraq beyond a U.N. mandate.

All the while those who Bush told us would greet us as liberators are protesting our presence with demonstrations, and roadside bombs. It makes one ponder how far away these people fall from the “real world” when hired into government positions.

Click here to read how willing our officials are to continue lying to us, believing we have no idea what is going on in the Middle-East.

If Bill Gates had found his way into the popcorn industry he might’ve failed miserably in life. A mind like his is too complicated for something so simplistic. Likewise, if Donald Trump were to design space suits there would probably be a bunch of dead astronauts floating around. Sure, he has business savvy but he’s not really the “tech-brained” type. Similarily, priests and pastors and other “folk of the cloth” should probably stick to what they know instead of entering into a ballgame they have no part in.

Michael Pfleger, Chicago’s “Renegade Priest” felt the need to promote Barack Obama by slamming Hillary Clinton, making this the second time Obama has to put down a religious leader during this campaign. After making a racial mockery of Clinton, Pfleger came around to apologize for his remarks, but only after the media swallowed it up and spit it out to the public with Obama attached to the remark as if he said it himself.

Click here to read why priests should stick to teaching mythology, and stay out of D.C. politics.

image courtesy of Nicolle Rager-Fuller/National Science Foundation

It isn’t so surprising that life is constantly being formed in our oceans. Considered the “Garden of Eden” to Evolutionists, it is where the chemistry of life forms single-celled organisms which then split. Eventually we have all of the living creatures we have today. Though even Evolutionists are wrong once in awhile; not by their belief that life came from the primordial muck of the oceans, but by how much proof they have that life is still being formed in those very oceans.

Click here to read more about those at the top of our family tree.

It is known that oil extracted from algae can be used for fuel. Currently, there are algae farms in various parts of the United States that are testing how viable an alternative this fuel source could be. Scientists have come to the conclusion that if one-tenth of the state of New Mexico was sectioned off and built up with algae farms it would produce enough fuel to cover our transportation issues.

After testing various fuel sources they have come to conclusion that Ethanol is perhaps the worst alternative, since the ratio of yield to the power consumed in its manufacturing pales in comparison to other sources. Not to mention that the higher the demand for corn becomes, the less other vegetables will be grown, thus the higher prices we’ll have to pay at the grocery.

Click here to read why soon we may be herding fun-guys. Wait, what?

By Brian A. Burns

As long as there are recipients of large quantities of tax dollars there will always be proponents of failed ideas. After taking over a billion dollars, those who refuse to accept the fact that they have little control over the sexual activities of their teenage sons and daughters continue taking our money under the guise of “government assistance”, to wage their war against reality – the belief that abstinence is the only message to send our children. In trying to frighten teens into remaining celibate, the falsified information they spread is in direct contrast to the factual information received through a true form of sexual education, and not only does it fail to reduce the frequency in which our teens are engaging in sexual activities, but it makes them less likely to use contraceptives while doing so.

Through a congressional investigation in 2004 it was discovered that the groups who insist on the effectiveness of abstinence were reporting as scientific fact that a pregnancy occurs once in every seven times a couple uses a condom, when medical evidence shows that condoms are 98% effective. They have lied saying that condoms do not help in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, and have grossly distorted fact by claiming that contraceptives fail to prevent HIV 31% of the time. One group went so far as to state that HIV could be passed through sweat and tears. They have also lied about the risks of abortion, stating 5% to 10% of women who receive abortions will become sterile, and some have proclaimed that a 43-day-old fetus is a “thinking person”.

In all, the government gives away nearly $170 million per year to groups who seemingly believe that biology is the study of a god’s claymation project. But why would members of religious organizations willingly break one of their commandments and lie to our teenage population? They do this because they have to, for if they presented the evidence as they receive it they know their audience would abandon them completely, and with nearly $600,000 going to each of these organizations annually, they aren’t so willing to give up the hefty chunk of change they’ve grown to rely on.

While it’s true that the only way to fully guarantee a person never gets pregnant is to never have sex, these groups fail to admit that our teenagers are having sex and will continue to have sex, and just as the “Just Say No” message failed to stop people from taking drugs, the message of “Abstinence Only” seems to be as equally ignorant to the problem.

The fact that our children pass through puberty at or around the age of 12 is biologically meaningful, and with it comes message we’re so apt to ignore. Their bodies are proceeding through the physical changes that are the first signs of adulthood. As they move through this transformation so too are they passing through one that is psychological. Mentally, though unbeknownst to them, they are becoming aware of themselves, and are beginning to enter a stage where they feel more self-governance. For many, the ambitions that parents have always deemed as important, like academics, pale in comparison to the importance they place upon their social lives. Consequently, the effort they put into the activities where their parents still hold high expectations lessen in favor to their sociality which moves up in priority. They feel the urges that accompany their passing through puberty, and their interest in sexuality becomes real. They aren’t paying heed to the warnings from their parents, or teachers, or coaches, or even their spiritual advisors who are telling them, “Just say no!” Instead, they are listening to their urges, and they are experimenting with their new found curiosities.

There was a time in history when children were made responsible at a failry young age. They were given chores in and around the household, and some were even performing the role of “servant” by the age of seven. It was not uncommon for boys to begin life on their own at the age of 16, and with “women” being betrothed to them by the age of 12. Girls passed into “womanhood” when they experienced their menarche, and by that time were well accustomed to all of the duties necessary in maintaining a household. Contrary to what one might assume, most of these women did not start bearing children until the age of 16. The decisions they made in dealing with their sexuality were far more responsible than those of many of our children. In this day in age we tend to focus more on academics than we do on trying to ready our children for life beyond school. They are far less responsible than the children were then, and the age in which we feel they’re prepared to start life on their own is much older. This, however, does not mean that their bodies aren’t carrying the same sexual urges at the age of 12 and 13. Indeed they are.

When it comes to “growing up” America is one of the only countries that restricts the process so vehemently. While America has the highest rate of teen pregnancy of the westernized countries, we too are among those with the highest age level in consent laws, with our average at 16 and edging toward 17. The age of consent is 14 in both Germany and Italy, and their teen pregnancy rates are one-quarter and one-seventh that of ours respectively. And in Japan where the age of consent is 13 the percentage is even less, being around one-eighth.

Now I don’t mean to imply that we should let our kids run rampant having sex at the age of 13 and 14, but am only trying to prove a point that in nations where they don’t make taboo what we American adults may consider “vice”, they have less of a problem in all areas. Where we restrict even our war veterans under the age of 21 from being able to buy a beer in a bar so too do we have a high rate of alcoholism, whereas the countries that have no drinking age have far less an issue with the disease. We can see that in countries that don’t try keeping their biological urges locked behind parental denial and fear, their struggles with teenage pregnancy and STD’s are easy compared to our own.

Instead of plugging our ears, slamming our eyes shut, and yelling to drown away the “evil word” that is truth, we need to first come to terms with the reality that teenagers will have sex, whether we like it or not. Then we might be able to teach our children how to be responsible with their actions at a much younger age, as opposed to dumping them into “adulthood” on the final day of their senior year in high school. Truly, the only words needing to be drowned away are “More money, please,” coming from the abstinence crowd, as that money would be far better spent on comprehensive sex education programs for our teens. One that starts with saying, “Just say ‘no’, but since many of you won’t listen and will have sex anyway, this is what you need to know, and here are some tools to help.”

By Brian A. Burns

We would hope that a man who believes American troops should die to forge an indefinite occupation of Iraq would have an understanding of the fundamentals of what it would take to do so. But the man who once said, “In all candor, we thought our civilian commanders were complete idiots who didn’t have the least notion of what it took to win the war,” was somewhat prophetic in his statement, in the sense that he was speaking of his own future – John McCain at 71.

Being portrayed as a “war hero” by those who enjoy having the country run by people as ignorant as themselves, John McCain has latched on to the folly of his constituents and is proudly paying lip-service for their votes. He has dug himself a ditch of warmongering, and is happily leading his flock into it headfirst. But with mounds of wool blinding their vision they cannot seem to understand that John McCain truly only served about five months in battle, as the rest of it was served in a prison camp where he was tucked away from witnessing any war being waged.

For five years John McCain suffered through what could only be described as a living nightmare. Not many people would be able to survive the conditions he was forced into, and it can only be assumed that his experience was an agonizing journey through a veritable “Hell on Earth”. This, however, does not take away from the fact that John McCain was no longer engaged in fighting on the battlefield. In turn, he was unable to gain any knowledge of military strategy, and couldn’t learn anymore how to fight an enemy in war.

When in war, a commander must know quite a bit about military strategy. They must understand the fundamental elements and plan their attack accordingly. “Civilian commanders” who are “complete idiots”, seem to not understand that before you could ever wage a war in a country where the enemy’s reinforcements are just outside of the border that border must first be sealed to prevent those troops from getting in. Donald Rumsfeld learned this the hard way, and we all learned that he was a civilian commander who was a complete idiot.

The people most qualified to propose a battle-plan are those who have spent the most time learning first-hand about military strategy. Those who have been witness to multiple battles in multiple conditions would understand the gammut of elements that each situation holds, and would know best on how to plan for an attack when in those situations. Someone who spent only five months in battle could never have time enough to gain the knowledge necessary to present a battle-plan.

John McCain’s experience as a prisoner of war is the stuff that fictional characters are born from. The horrible existence he endured under the harmful watch of the enemy could not be imagined by anyone of us who had not suffered the same conditions. The pity we should have for him is immeasureable, and the relief we should have for his survival should be as equally great. Aside from a possible parade to show our gratitude for his endurance and his service, we need to end it there, and realize that his experience is what makes him anything but qualified to issue a strategy for war. Perhaps if he spent five years in battle he would know enough about war-planning, but five months is simply not enough.

All this is assuming that our military should continue their seige on the methodology that is terrorism. Since we’ll only ever be able to do so by borrowing what will amount to trillions of dollars from China, all to realize in the end that winning a war on terrorism is not improbable but impossible, maybe it’s time his constituents do one of two things – shed their wool and run away from his side, or when once inside the pit, pull the dirt in over themselves.

McCain likes to brag that his military service better qualifies him for the “Commander in Chief” position, as Barack Obama never served in the military. What he is overlooking is the fact that the majority of our citizens only want to see our children being led in one direction – home.

With the announcement of the Libertarian party’s candidate Bob Barr, John McCain will get a dose of what the Democrats have been dealing with every time Ralph Nader steps from the woodwork. The Democratic party seems to be approaching the upcomnig election with an iron-clad constituency, refueled by two strong candidates vs. a Republican that has been watching many in his party cross the river to join his opponents.

When your policies are the reason for the evacuation of party members, and especially to side with the enemy at a stage when the division in American politics is so wide, your party should maybe think about abandoning the run altogether and invest the remaining money in… oh let’s say… the war their so keen on continuing.

Now with Bob Barr looking forward to stealing the McCain votes of the remaining “anti-Dems”, It looks like the winner of the endless Democratic marathon will be digging their opponent out from beneath a landslide.

Click here to read about the reasons behind John McCain’s sudden need for a barrel of Zoloft.

photo courtesy of Rockefeller University

What looks to be an image of outer space is actually an image taken from the first viewing of a virus being born. It just so happens to be of the HIV virus which has taken over 25 million lives in the past 25 years. Using a technique called Total Internal Reflection Microscopy, a virologist and a biophysicist were able to watch as hundreds of thousands of HIV molecules gathered to form a single particle in a living cell.

Historically, the problem seemed to be that scientists could never view the surface of a cell.

Click here to read why penetration seemed to be what was screwing everything up.

Because of the slowness in their sexual maturation sharks and rays have a tendency to be overfished. Now, because the human palate finds the meat and fins particularly savory, over half of the various species of oceanic sharks are threatened with extinction.

Click here to read why Hooper, Brody, and Quint need to stay out of the water.

This Sunday, Mars will meet another robot from earth when the probe named Phoenix lands far north within the planet’s arctic region. With laser radars, small ovens, and sensors powered by solar panels, Phoenix will be testing to see if the ice discovered there in 2002 was ever liquid. After all, “This is where the history of life is preserved in its purest form — organic molecules and cellular bacterial microbes and so forth.”

Click here to read other quotes from the leader of the Phoenix expedition, and more about news that’s always getting buried beneath that of American Idol.