http://www.deadissue.com At home drawing pictures of mountaintops Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:24:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/29/being-christian-means-you-dont-have-to-do-your-job/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/29/being-christian-means-you-dont-have-to-do-your-job/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:24:12 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2859 Back in the day Right thinker used to argue that pharmacists shouldn’t have to help women, or black people for that matter if they had a religous reason for being a douchebag. Looks like many christians thienk their religion allows them to be both a douchebag and a bad employee. And, yeah I am trying [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/29/being-christian-means-you-dont-have-to-do-your-job/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/26/secrets-for-happy-retirement/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/26/secrets-for-happy-retirement/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:05:51 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2855 I got this from yahoo: A social network. The Greenwich study also found that having friends was far more important to retirement bliss than having kids. Those who have strong social networks are 30 percent happier with their lives than those without a strong network of friends. Having kids or grandkids had no impact on [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/26/secrets-for-happy-retirement/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/21/latest-tea-party-hissy-fit/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/21/latest-tea-party-hissy-fit/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:13:03 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2853 The we are mad all the time crowd has manufactured another contraversy, this time over imagined racism. If you have ever dated a drama queen you can understand how the conservative movement operates and at some point you have to learn to ignore the drama or you go crazy. The same can be said for [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/21/latest-tea-party-hissy-fit/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/19/proud-right-wing-terrorist/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/19/proud-right-wing-terrorist/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:54:54 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2851 If this guy wasn’t dangerous the story would be completely funny: A California man, whose mother said he was upset about Congress’ “left-wing agenda,” allegedly opened fire on police officers during a traffic stop in Oakland early Sunday morning… Another news story says Williams was arrested for a bank robbery in 2002. According to a [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/19/proud-right-wing-terrorist/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/19/we-dont-need-no-paved-roads/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/19/we-dont-need-no-paved-roads/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:53:30 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2847 This has shown up in a lot of places and it is certainly worth talking about: Paved roads, historical emblems of American achievement, are being torn up across rural America and replaced with gravel or other rough surfaces as counties struggle with tight budgets and dwindling state and federal revenue. State money for local roads [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/19/we-dont-need-no-paved-roads/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/14/i-dont-think-freedom-mean-what-they-think-it-means/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/14/i-dont-think-freedom-mean-what-they-think-it-means/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:18:38 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2843 The latest right-wing wierdness is that government, by trying to help people, is interferring with freedom of religion. I think what they are really afraid of, is that people will no longer have to depend on religous groups for help, and if the economy ever improves less people will have to depend on anyone. The [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/14/i-dont-think-freedom-mean-what-they-think-it-means/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/guilty-until-the-witnesse-talk/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/guilty-until-the-witnesse-talk/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:09:29 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2841 The Eagles are saying Vick will be able to travel with the team. I get that Vick is innocent of the shooting until proven guilty, but the NFL doesn’t have to let him play until he proves that he wasn’t involved. the only way for that to happen is for the witnesses to the shooting [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/guilty-until-the-witnesse-talk/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/our-doctors-aint-smart/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/our-doctors-aint-smart/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:17:58 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2839 I have always thought one of the problems with medical research is that it is mostly done by people that couldn’t get into medical school, apparentely even people who do get into med school are pretty incompetent. Why aren’t hospitals leaping to adopt these best practices?…. More than half of the 2,075 respondents, most of [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/our-doctors-aint-smart/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/im-from-bp-and-i-am-here-to-help/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/im-from-bp-and-i-am-here-to-help/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:06:39 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2836 The New York Times has an article on BP and some of the companies many screw-ups. What really jumped out at me was this paragraph: Tom Kirchmaier, a lecturer in strategy at the Manchester Business School, said that Mr. Browne tried to run BP like a financial company, rotating managers into new jobs with tough [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/13/im-from-bp-and-i-am-here-to-help/feed/ 0 http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/12/vick-the-home-back-up-quarterback/ http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/12/vick-the-home-back-up-quarterback/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:36:10 +0000 John Rove http://www.deadissue.com/?p=2833 It is good to see Vick facing some consequences for his actions: Micheal Vickhas been barred from traveling out of Pennsylvania by probation officials in the wake of a shooting after his birthday party last month, a Philadelphia TV station reported Sunday. Vick, who must have travel plans approved, missed scheduled appearances this weekend at [...]]]> http://www.deadissue.com/archives/2010/07/12/vick-the-home-back-up-quarterback/feed/ 0