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July 5, 2008 04:05 AM Forum: Religion

Opiate-alternative of the Masses

Jess, There is a very good book on this subject entitled, Cleansing The Doors of Perception by Huston Smith.

July 14, 2008 04:08 PM Forum: Star Parties

2008 OKIE TEX STAR PARTY - KENTON, OK

Ronald Abraham said:

I have attended the OT event for several years and hope to return this year. I have no club affiliation but would like to start a contact list of people from the genral area of western Arkansas and the eastern half of Oklahoma who will be or will be considering attending.

I intend on being there the first day and would like to compare notes with other AAs from this area regarding observing locations, weather, light domes, local clubs, etc. Having travelled much in Arkansas and eastern OK, I feel like I know the area fairly well; I just don't know very many AAs, but would like to change that.

RA

That's one big photo, Ron. wink

July 15, 2008 02:43 PM Forum: Politics

Obama calls ICE terrorists

Posted By Darian Rachal

Lee, I haven't listened to this for the same reason you do not want to know what he said, wink

but it's here for anyone's listening pleasure.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008/07/mccain_speaks_to_la_raza.html

July 15, 2008 06:21 PM Forum: Politics

I came across this response by a gentleman to an editorial in the Rocky Mountain News, pertaining to the New Yorker cover. It expresses my sentiments exactly.

[i]"Once again the Left shows its intolerance of anything that doesn't fit its politically-correct agenda. If the New Yorker, an admitedly left-leaning publication, can be savaged for running this cover, then we are well down the road toward enduring the problems we now see in Europe, where anything that MIGHT offend Muslims or other minorities is a "thought crime". The point is not the cover, or the content of the articles inside the magazine, the point is, the New Yorker has a RIGHT to publish as they see fit. Here, the Left begins to "hunt its own", much as Napoleon the Pig hunted Snowball in "Animal Farm", or as Stalin hunted Trotsky. Wake up folks; YOUR liberties are at risk if you support this type of censorship, "outrage" and politically-correct thinking."[i]

July 21, 2008 09:27 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

Latest M13, cropped a bit

Posted By Darian Rachal

Nice Floyd. I always look for the "propeller" in shots of M13. It's clearly visible in yours.

July 23, 2008 05:12 PM Forum: Politics

Obama Love

Posted By Darian Rachal

Jim, I suspect that the MSM has an extremely exaggerated sense of their influence on the American public, and on their(the MSM) importance in general.

I really wonder what % of the American public watches something like NBC Nightly news and takes it seriously. Whenever I'm at someone's house and they have the evening "news" on, when I watch it, it has a "surreal" quality to me. I find it affecting me psychologically in a negative way.

July 24, 2008 01:48 PM Forum: N.A.S.A.

Edgar Mitchell claims ET is here!

Posted By Darian Rachal

Doug, When I was living in Casa Grande AZ back in the late '70s, Mitchell gave a talk, which I attended, at a small Baptist church. I believe at the time he was involved in a search for the remnants of Noah's ark on Mount Ararat(?).

July 24, 2008 11:05 PM Forum: AstroMart FAQ