Greek mythology translated to film

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We all went to the movies this evening and saw The Wrath of the Titans in 3D. The Wrath is the sequel to the Clash and if you liked the first one you will definitely like the second one. I really liked all the actors that they got for the sequel, Liam Neeson, Ralh Fiennes and Sam W. It’s late and I’ll post more in depth tomorrow.

Public transportation

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If public transportation were available in your neighborhood, would you use it?

Public Transportation

Subway

I grew up with public transportation and nothing beats the convenience, the cost savings, the positive impact on the environment and the independence it affords you. If my small town could have a trolley that would take us all the way into the city, that would be wonderful. We live up the mountain so a city bus or elevated train wouldn’t make sense, now that I think about it, I don’t think that the trolley would make much sense either.

Paul Ryan Budget: House Passes Plan 228-191

How can anyone say that congressman Ryan scored a huge victory with his budget proposal? His budget won only with republican votes and not even all the republicans. He failed to get even one democrat vote, that in my book isn’t a huge victory. It is a GOP budget that was passed by the GOP dominated house. I know that the Progressive Caucus’s budget failed but I wish that their budget would get some air time or print space so that more people would be aware of the vision that the progressives have for our nation. The idea that Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid would be safe might please some folks and that the bloated Pentagon budget would be trimmed instead might also appeal to the folks in middle America. Just saying.
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Scott Walker Recall: Wisconsin Officials Recommend Elections Go Forward

I am tempted to say that this recall election will be the linchpin moment in electoral politics for 2012. Here in Wisconsin we will be witness to the future health of the union movement both in the public and private sectors. If the recall is successful than the tide will shift against all the recent union crippling momentum gained by the GOP. I also think that since Romney supports Walker, a win by the democrats for Governorship in Wisconsin will be a huge blow to Romney’s chances in the general election. I know that President Obama has been critiqued for being silent on all that is going on in Wisconsin but I have to agree with his strategy. I have seen that each time President Obama supports something, it becomes kryptonite. I say let the unions and the democrats win this one, they have to know that their President is behind them in spirit.
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Duggars’ Mom, Michelle, Thinks Overpopulation Is A Lie

Theoretically once humans were able to get past the hunter-gatherer stage of development and able to stay put in a food producing community that is when women could have children quickly. Nomads don’t have the luxury of producing child after child, someone has to carry them. Afterwards particularly for farmers, children were workers and women needed to replace babies who didn’t make it. Mrs Duggar isn’t living that harsh reality, once birth control was available, the number of women who used it to control their destiny’s and the number of children says something about how large families is an economic and practical nightmare. We, as a nation, are dealing with student loan debt at a trillion, an unemployment rate of 8%, health care insurance that is explosive in cost and a GOP that is trying to make reproductive choice a thing of the past. Mrs. Duggar is living her dream but don’t try to make it out to be feasible for everyone or that this country is under-populated, perhaps the WASP group is but that is about it.
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