Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
Writer Ambrose Bierce called “Politics”, “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”
Given the social unrest today, Albert Einstein presciently noted that “Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem – in my opinion- to characterize our age.”
Want to know what’s wrong with the UN? How about the recent appointment to the Human Rights Council of China, with its “re-education camps;” Russia, whose president poisons his rivals; and Cuba, with its prisons full of dissenters.
Joe Biden’s outright refusal to state his position, if elected, on expanding the Supreme Court is outlandish and unprecedented. “I’ll tell you what I’m going to do after I’m elected” he says, even dismissing the question with an outrageous retort that voters “don’t deserve” to know. Every recent candidate for President has expressed his or her viewpoint on the Courts by releasing a list of potential nominees. Biden’s refusal to answer the question of overturning 150 years of precedence until after the election reeks of Nancy Pelosi’s absurd take on Obamacare that “We have to pass it to know what’s in it.” There appears to be trend here…
The Biden/Harris attack on fracking belies the fact that US Co2 emissions fell by almost 3% in 2019 as utilities replaced coal and heating oil with natural gas copious amounts which are available only because of fracking. Co2 emissions from coal are down 50% since 2007 due to natural gas production again thanks to fracking.
