Stubled upon this while checking referrers to my web site. I couldn't figure out who to credit it to, but whomever you are, thanks.

© Dave Coverly - 03.09.2006

This is a certain money machine!

© David Horsey - 03.09.2006

Maybe God didn't will it. You might need a new banner there George.

By the way "Deus lo Volt" is a corruption of the classic "Deus Vult"

Contrary to what some people might believe, there is nothing wrong with having pleasures and enjoyments. What is wrong is the confused way we grasp onto these pleasures, turning them from a source of happiness into a source of pain and dissatisfaction.

-Lama Thubten Yeshe, "Introduction to Tantra"

© David Horsey - 03.13.2006

If you happen to be going with the vpotus I'd be sure to take one of these. And watch out for that 18 hour time delay.

According to one of Keith Olbermanns stories tonight, U.S. News and World Report will publish a story that White House and Justice Department lawyers argued for warrantless searches on U.S. soil.

Here is the transcript via Raw Story:

Soon after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, lawyers for the White House and the Justice Department argued that the same legal authority that allowed warrantless electronic surveillance inside the United States could also be used to justify physical searches of terror suspects' homes and businesses without court approval.

According to two current and former government officials, the Bush Administration lawyers presented the arguments to senior FBI officials who expressed strong reservations about the proposal.

It could not be determined whether any warrantless physical searches had been carried out under the legal authority cited by the Administration, but at least one defense attorney representing a terrorism suspect has alleged that his law office and home may have been searched without a court warrant.

Read the transcript of Keith and GW Law School Professor Jonathon Turley discussing this at Daily Kos where there is also a video link.

This White House is getting scarier by the day.

--Update--

Amendment IV reads: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Read them all.

--Update--

Here is the article on US News and World Report. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060327/27fbi.htm

I would suggest checking out the Daily Kos and reading the updates on the site in relevence to this story. If I could write well this is what I would have to say: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/18/93926/4816.

© Glenn McCoy - 03.20.2006

This is definitely how Denver has been the past few weeks.

As long as there is a lack of the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, no matter what external facilities or conditions you have, they will never give you the feeling of joy and happiness that you are seeking. On the other hand, if you possess this inner quality of calmness of mind, a degree of stability within, then even if you lack various external facilities that you would normally consider necessary for happiness, it is still possible to live a happy and joyful life.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Late last year in Goldfield, Iowa, a refinery began pumping out a stream of ethanol, which supporters call the clean, renewable fuel of the future.

There's just one twist: The plant is burning 300 tons of coal a day to turn corn into ethanol - the first US plant of its kind to use coal instead of cleaner natural gas.

Read on: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0323/p01s01-sten.html?s=hns