Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

I just happened to be browsing the Edmund Optics website and saw that the founder of Edmund Scientific died last Tuesday(1-17-12). I imagine that many of you, like me, used to browse through those small(6"X8")? catalogs they used to publish back in the '60s, and derive a great deal of enjoyment from doing so.

http://www.edmundoptics.com/company/press-releases/press-article.cfm?newsid=359&newstype=3

Anybody had any experience with this particular ocular or other 'DeepView' oculars? I was told by a very experienced observer that they work quite well in an F5 refractor system, for the price.

This article caught my attention not because it said anything new, but because of the 'word' used to characterize the media in the actual title of the article. I've realized for sometime that the main stream media are just an extension of the Democrat Party, advocating statism and essentially worthless, but I intuitively knew mye characterizations were falling short. This author "hits the nail on the head" and sees them for what they are.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/01/26/newt_declares_war_on_media_112911.html

Came across this article on the Lew Rockwell site, "The Bishops Are Wrong and Have No One But Themselves To Blame for Obama's Persecution of Catholics" . I think the author is pretty accurate regarding Catholic "social policy".

http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/giunta1.1.1.html

I know this is an odd question, but I was reading an e-mail this morning and it "popped" into my mind. Back in 1958 or '59, my father would eat Kellogs' Frosted Flakes for breakfast. They would put "prizes" in the boxes and every once in awhile, it would be a green plastic toy soldier in a little cellophane packet. Other times, it would be a small plastic billboard; I assume advertising Kellogs.

Just curious if anyone else used to get these?

I find this fascinating: http://news.yahoo.com/russian-scientists-reach-lake-under-antarctica-142203186.html

Not sure how old this is, but it is interesting to see what the government does with your money.
http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=15915

Quite often I hear people I know around here, who do not like Obama, telling me they are concerned that he will be reelected. I suspect that they are listening to too much of the "news" and allowing it to influence their thinking.

The one thing that gives me reason to believe that he will not be reelected is the manner in which he achieved the Democrat nomination and presidential election. It seems that many people have forgotten the euphoria that existed among his supporters; the people who thought he'd 'take care' of their mortgage, car payments, gasoline, etc.. Somehow this "historic" event was going to change America and the world for the better; very similar to when David Dinkins was elected mayor of NYC. People were fainting at his rallies. He attended a music festival in Europe and the media treated it as if the "Second Coming" had occurred. I recall Roman columns were constructed for one of his events.

Well, it's been three years and no doubt many of his followers are very disappointed. Of course you have the trained monkeys that will vote for him because he's a Democrat, but I suspect that many of the people that were caught up in the euphoria of the moment have no incentive to expend the effort to go to the polls and cast a vote for him.

Of course, these are just my thoughts and I may be mistaken; time will tell. I really do not think it matters who the Republicans nominate. Hopefully by next January, Obama will simply enter the 'trash bin of history'.

Commentary on Limbaugh:

http://news.yahoo.com/rush-limbaugh-spurns-plea-ex-advertiser-accepted-back-234500710.html

What's sad is that this should never have been a story in the first place. The final paragraph in the article sums up things pretty well.

"The situation demonstrates the power of the marketplace over politically inspired efforts to drive an iconic conservative radio voice off the air. Once again Limbaugh has defeated his enemies and has humbled them into the dust."