TechnoEarthMama

Hi, my name is Kathleen, and I’m a soda addict. Or a sugar and caffeine addict. Or is it the high fructose corn syrup?
Anyway, every once in a while I go soda-free. It’s occasionally lasted months at a time! But I always go back on the soda. Lately, I’ve been trying to replace the soda [...]

When Chuck Norris popped up in my search results while I was researching the health care reform bill, my first thought was “Who does he think he is?”, followed quickly by, “But then, who do I think I am?”
Norris has decided to uncover the dirty secrets of the health care reform bill on Townhall.com. The [...]

The current U.S. health care system isn’t working. The health care reform bill under consideration now might help, or it might be too little too late.
Many countries use a single-payer system, which sounds good. The government collects taxes. The government pays for health care. The people pay nothing (aside from the taxes) or minimal co-pays [...]

Health care is the topic in the U.S. government right now, thanks to President Barack Obama. Congress is doing the dirty work of writing up a health care reform bill, but Obama’s insisting that it be done by the end of August (because without a deadline, nothing in Washington gets done).
Government involvement in health care [...]

In case you were wondering, yes, there is a nonviolent movement in Iran.  We know that the government has fired on its own people, and we’ve seen protestors who seem less than peaceful as well, but here is one call for non-violent protests.  I think they’ve probably done this for Tuesday already, although I don’t [...]

I tweeted the other day about the Iran election:

Since then, I haven’t greened my avatar, I haven’t changed my location and timezone to Tehran, and I haven’t retweeted anything about the election.  Because I don’t know if those are really the right things to do, and, like I said, because I’m not sure who to [...]

Although other Oregonians may already be familiar with it, I just discovered NW Republican today.  Strangely enough, it was in my Google Alerts email for “bicycle portland oregon.”  Although I applaud them for giving kudos to Metroknow, after perusing a few posts, along with the “Moonbat Rules” on the lower right side, I have to [...]

There’s a lot to admire and respect about Rick Warren, who’s going to to offer a prayer at Barack Obama’s inauguration.  He’s led his church to establish ministries that work to stop AIDS and care for AIDS patients.  He’s helped thousands of people to know God.  He’s been willing to admit his failings, that he [...]