“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” – Plato
Thursday, September 02, 2004
My Thoughts on the War in Iraq
It seems there is a lot of “revisionist history” being written around the Iraqi War. When Mr. Bush decided to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam, the stated reason was to “find and eliminate weapons of mass destruction and preemptively stop an imminent terrorist attack on the United States”. Clearly, neither of these was true. So, the new reason for the invasion is to “eliminate a brutal dictator who was suppressing and oppressing the people of Iraq, torturing people, engaging in mass murder, etc.”—All of which is true, but was not the original reason for the invasion.
And, if that is the motivation for invasion, then what are we going to do about Sudan, or Iran, or North Korea, or any other place in the world where brutal dictators are oppressing the population, engaging in torture or ethnic cleansing, etc? Are we going to impose the same high moral standards on them that we applied to Iraq and Saddam? Are they the next targets for preemptive war? If not, why?
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 09/02/2004 at 11:15 AM
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Monday, August 30, 2004
The Impact of Tax Cuts
I must confess that I’m a fan of lower taxes. But, I am very concerned about the deficit that the US is accumulating. And, I heard and editorial the other day that really made me angry.
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 08/30/2004 at 01:30 PM
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Sunday, August 29, 2004
Bear Sighting
We saw this beautiful cinnamon-brown bear near Cherokee Park Ranch on our way home from the cabin today.
For another photo, click “more…”
Posted under: Cabin News • by Rick on 08/29/2004 at 11:15 PM
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Agaricus Amicosus Omelette
We had our second experience eating wild mushrooms found on the cabin property this weekend.
Lynne found a big beautiful agaricus amicosus on Friday afternoon. We were sure of the identification since we had one identified at the mushroom festival in Denver last weekend. So, on Saturday morning, we cooked up some bacon and crumbled it. Then, in a couple of teaspoons of the bacon grease we cooked the sliced mushroom. I then made a big omelette stuffed with bacon crumbles, the mushroom, and some cheese.
It was great! And, we are still here to talk about it!
Posted under: Cabin News • Mushroom Articles • by Rick on 08/29/2004 at 08:57 PM
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
Mid-Summer Mushrooms
We had quite a few different kinds of mushroom growing on the land when we visited last weekend.
Follow this link to a web site where I’ve posted a few pictures and descriptions:
And, here is the recipe we used to cook up the Angel Wings:
Posted under: Mushroom Articles • by Rick on 07/29/2004 at 10:08 AM
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