Archive for May, 2009

The Bankers are Not Your Friends

I don’t know that much about Senator Dick Durbin, (though I am glancing over his voting record as I write this) but I did run across this interesting little quote from him today. Durbin is a Democratic Senator from IL, and apparently he said recently: “And the banks – hard to believe in a time [...]

May 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Insane  2 Comments

And then there’s this…

Some idiotic Chicago libertarian (or republican, depends on who you ask) so-called “shock jock” radio talk show host apparently had himself water-boarded the other day to “see if it was torture or not.” Uh, I can answer that without having to bother anyone to tie me up or anything. Yes, it’s torture. Simple as that. [...]

May 23, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Insane  2 Comments

Sometimes you’ve gotta say “Who Cares?”

Part of my work involves serving as a sort of lay counselor for some of my clients. One of the things I have noticed time and again is people, particularly women, driving themselves utterly insane, trying to figure out the “rules” in life and what is “really” the case about a certain situation.В  (In fact, [...]

May 13, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Sane, Tips  4 Comments