Effective Government

*WARNING* very long entry.

i will be breaking it up, however, if you care about the topics of child abuse and/or teen pregnancy, and have information or background, I would welcome your input as this is a work in progress.  Read More »

From Wikipedia:

"In 1970 there were 413,066 beds in state and county mental hospitals in the United States. By 1988, this number had decreased to 119,033. By 1998, it was 63,526 beds.  Read More »

I am really disturbed at the moment. My husband just received a text from his sister that her ex-boyfriend has been arrested in Portland for rape. I immediately told him to call her and he did.  Read More »

This was a comment given to one poster from another re: their blog about protesting and trying to create social change. It was most interesting to read in that it pretty much challenged the original blogger about if they really did want social change, political change, or did they really want things to stay the way they are? “Status quo?”  Read More »

Secularism comes from the Latin world saeculum, which means “world.” It implies a focus on this world, without reference to values or entities beyond this world. It seeks to create political institutions that are independent of any established religion.  Read More »

It is hard to believe that the picket signs, robocalls, and the rallies on television have come to an end. The 2008 election is finally over. Left in its wake is a new president. Our fate as a country lies in the hands of a newcomer to Washington. Barack Obama. Who you voted for, or who you rooted for, does not matter now.  Read More »

Gun control. Will that solve the problems of the United States? No it will not because guns are not the problem.
America’s problem, is that we have a soon to be president that is putting people in danger, rewriting the constitution, and taking away family heirlooms.  Read More »

Chaos all over San Francisco..."Drug deals happening in front of the court house and men smoking marijuana in front of a police station...." What's happening?! :-O  Read More »