Liz Taylor and Michael Jackson: reunited in heaven?
actually, I pray for God's mercy on both of them...despite the glamour of their careers, they both lived unhappy lives.
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The difference between the Philippines and the US:
US article: why I left my children
key paragraph:
I was afraid of being swallowed up, of being exhausted, of opening my eyes one day, 20 (or 30!) years after they were born, and realizing I had lost myself and my life was over.
Phil article:How Raising Children Helps Parents Become More Mature
key passage:
Being a parent does not only give us the responsibility of giving our child his/her basic needs. We have to push and go far beyond what is expected of us. We nourish not only their stomachs and minds, but also their souls.
If you come to a point that you start asking yourself, “What about my own needs?” because you may happen to be either overly stressed, tired and left out from the rest of the world, look at your child or children now. I know it sounds cliché, but they are all you need. You may have forgotten, but despite their sometimes seemingly strange and outrageous personalities, they ARE your reasons for living.
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Austen Bay points out the dirty little reality that the removal of Ghadaffy is the best of several bad choices, and the Anchoress wonders if the Jasmine revolutions would have occurred a few years ago if the Democrats hadn't gone along with their left base to demonize Bush for purely political purposes.
more discussion links at Instapundit.
Despite all the reports of confusion, wars do tend to be messy and kill people, but I loath pacifists who stop "wars" and then ignore the massacres that don't get headlines, be they in Cambodia, VietNam, Zimbabwe, Bosnia, or Libya.
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Sorry folks, this mom is projecting her own guilt on the cops.
and no, I'm not considering a druggie overdose as "murder", maybe because I've seen several overdoses including one death because the druggie stole the narcotics from my dying cancer patients. If you follow the mother's logic, they would have arrested me for treating the pain of the dying person because I "knew" the caretakers would abuse or sell the drugs.
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and the Hell Freezes over headline of the day:
Rebuilding Lives and American Ties to Japan
Yes, the NYTimes finally notices the US Navy and Marines who are helping in the Japanese rescue effort. more HERE
Yes, the Navy helps all the time for disasters, not just in Japan, but in the Philippines and Indonesia and the Pacific Islands. They usually coordinate with local relief efforts, and their help is rarely noticed in the US press.
MANILA, Philippines (Oct. 2, 2009) – Cpl. Kevin Quintana, a motor transport operator with III Marine Expeditionary Force, works with Armed Forces of the Philippines counterparts to unload several of more than 2,000 'family food packs' during deliveries to three separate sites in metro Manila. The Marines are supporting Philippine authorities as they provide relief to local residents following flooding brought on by Tropical Storm Ondoy (U.S. Photo by Marine Lance Cpl. Shelby R. Shields)
a lot of the much criticized "Balikatan" exercizes are aimed to train together in case of emergency, as this recent multinational exercize in Jakarta shows.
and here's another photo from a joint exercize:
DA NANG, Vietnam (Aug. 12, 2010) - USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Damage Controlman 2nd Class Steven Galarza, from Newark, N.J., demonstrates how to use a Portable Exothermal Cutting Unit (PECU) during a damage control (DC) demonstration aboard the ship. The DC training is one of several professional exchanges being conducted between John S. McCain and the Vietnamese People's Navy to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brock A. Taylor)
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The ship is named after two Admiral McCains: Father and son...
and of course the grandson, Senator McCain supported President Clinton to normalize the diplomatic relationship.
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