From USATODAY.COM: 
Abstinence message goes beyond teens
The federal government’s “no sex without marriage” message isn’t just for kids anymore.
Now the government is targeting unmarried adults up to age 29 as part of its abstinence-only programs, which include millions of dollars in federal money that will be available to the states under revised federal grant guidelines for 2007.
The […]

From The Chicago Sun Times: 
Meeks sends kids to ‘hell’
Christian fright house depicts abortion, gays
This Halloween, Chicago’s Salem Baptist Church wants teenagers to go straight to “hell.” Admission is $7 and passengers arrive at its gates on a yellow school bus.
Salem’s “Nights of Terror” promises to “scare the hell out of teens” by guiding them on a half-hour […]

 
With the election coming up in a week, it’s important that we all vote….. or is it?
Over on Don’t Vote .ORG they have a clever test that pre-qualifies your ability to vote.  Clever idea,  but what’s with the Pop Star questions?   We’re voting in Congressional elections not for American Idol.
I got a 94%.  I guess […]

John Kerry “You know, education — if you make the most of it, you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”
From MSNBC.COM: 
White House slams Kerry for Iraq remarks
President’s spokesman says Massachusetts senator owes an apology
WASHINGTON […]

12 years ago those were the words told to us by over 367 Republican members of the House of Representatives and candidates who pledged to “restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected representatives.” by signing the infamous “Contract with America”.
Now, 12 years later, I thought it might be interesting to take a […]

From YahooNews:
Truck spills 2 tons of pig heads on road
BERLIN - A truck spilled two tons of pigs’ heads on a road in western Germany, giving passing drivers a shock on the night before Halloween, police said Tuesday.
The accident happened Monday night after the truck turned off a highway in Herne, in the Ruhr region, […]

(I wonder how many eggs and rolls of toilet paper Mr. Bruce Watters gets to clean off his house every year)
From YahooNews:
As ‘goblins’ knock, evangelicals answer the door
Bruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween, just like his neighbors in St. Petersburg, Fla., until he decided the holiday’s ghoulishness really didn’t jibe with […]

From CNN.COM: 
Har, me hearties! Crew excavates Blackbeard’s ship
BEAUFORT, North Carolina (Reuters) — Nearly three centuries ago, the notorious pirate Blackbeard ran aground in his ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, off what is now a North Carolina beach town.
This month, a crew of 13 heads out to sea each day, hoping for clear-enough weather to dive […]

Ever wonder how much money you’re blowing every year at those weekly happy hours on Friday?  
Click here for your nifty drink calculator and see.

From YahooNews: 
Viking riches found in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish experts have confirmed the finding of over 1,000 Viking-era silver coins after their chance discovery by two brothers on the Swedish island of Gotland.
The treasure was believed to have been buried in the 10th century and weighed about 3 kilos (7 pounds), local curator Majvor Ostergren […]

This nifty website allows you to be George W. Bush’s speechwriter.  Click on the text you want him to say, assemble it all together, click “play speech” and presto… you get to hear the Moron in chief in full stereophonic idiocy.

Goofyblog Reporter in the Field Graham sent me a link to this really cool website that shows you a national interactive fund-raising map.
fundrace.org allows you to see a state-by-state view of actual donors to the Republican and Democratic parties.  You can even zoom in on some cities and see the map by neighborhood.
I think it illustrates […]

From YahooNews: 
Tattooing to become legal in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY - The law legalizing tattooing in Oklahoma goes into effect Wednesday and the state Department of Health has been busy fielding questions from people who want to get licenses to practice the ancient art.
Oklahoma was the last state to legalize tattooing.
Tressa Madden, director of consumer protection at […]

Want a piece of Hollywood History?
Now you can aquire your very own set of Tin Man pubes from the famous Tin Man of “Wizard of Oz” fame!
As the seller on Ebay states…
I PURCHASED THIS ITEM AT AN ESTATE SALE IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA. THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN HAD WORKED AT THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS IN 1939, HE WAS […]