simply shannon…
a wife, mom, atheist, genealogist, scrapbooker, political junky, ex expat & long suffering bears fan…
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the “not at ground zero” mosque debate…

August 17th 2010 in opinions and thoughts, political rhetoric, politics

my two readers who know me well, know that i’m an atheist. i’m an avowed, long term atheist. i think religion is counter productive to learning and reason. i would prefer that there were NO houses of worship. that’s not because i’m intolerant of differences in beliefs but because i think religion stifles free thought, [...]

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somewhat down today…

August 12th 2010

it’s really hard to push through the blues some days. i’m bi-polar to begin with and living in this ridiculous state – california – isn’t helping. pick a topic and i can tell you why it sucks in california. our tax preparers screwed up our taxes this year. it’s big. we go from a big [...]

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cable tv, scarborough and whining…

August 11th 2010

a few month ago, we decided to get rid of our cable tv. we were annoyed with the price first and foremost, the commercials and the number of ridiculous channels we had and channels that seemed basic that we didn’t. i’ve said many times in many different ways that i miss watching the news. i [...]

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misc. photos and stuff…

August 10th 2010

a few months ago my husband and i flew to portland, oregon to pick up a car from my sister.  she was trying to trade in her honda civic but the dealer wouldn’t give her what it was worth.  she was sentimental because it was the first new car that she bought with her own [...]

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the fusion and ebert…

August 7th 2010

i followed a twitter link this morning from @ebertchicago (roger ebert).  it led to his blog for the chicago sun times.  he was blogging about his recent car purchase.  after a couple of decades with his wife’s audi, they decided to go for a new car.  he blogs about choosing the ford fusion hybrid.  he [...]

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scarborough whines again…

August 5th 2010

i’ve been going through the morning tweets (186 and counting).  i’ve subscribed to joe scarborough (@joenbc).  i am going to guess that at least 25% of his tweets are him whinging and crying about how he’s been attacked by the far left (yes, because you’re a douche) and the far right (uhh…maybe the far, far [...]

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elena kagan & jeff sessions…

August 5th 2010

one of today’s headlines: Jeff Sessions Predicts Kagan Will Be A ‘Radical’ On The Supreme Court my response:  i sure in the hell hope so.  i don’t believe this bullshit about finding a neutral judge who will just be mindless except to what is written.  bullshit.  i want a judge who looks at law and [...]

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prop 8, the update…

August 4th 2010

just a quick note here to say how happy i am that prop 8 was overturned today in california.  i’m positive that the bigoted, gay bashing, religious, right wingers will drag this thing all the way to the supreme court.  i’m also positive that the 5 activist judges sitting to the far right will do [...]

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fox news & the front row seat…

August 3rd 2010

i am not ashamed to admit that i was sincerely hoping that fox news was denied a coveted front row seat in the white house briefing room, though i knew it wouldn’t happen. my husband disagreed with me.  my husband believed that because of their huge viewership and ratings numbers, fox news deserved the seat.  [...]

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  • ugh...california... - posted on 12/08/2010 11:21:04

  • wonders if AZ can really plug the border if 3 convicted murderers were able to hop through a hole in the fence at a prison... - posted on 02/08/2010 17:49:49

  • @superbafrango how was grownups? - posted on 05/07/2010 22:01:48

  • @superbafrango Yes, that too. - posted on 01/07/2010 02:16:20

  • @kemptonslim black socks and sandals? - posted on 30/06/2010 15:57:58

  • a bumper sticker to put on area hummers: i drive a hummer because i need a vehicle large enough to hold me, my ego & my ignorance - posted on 28/06/2010 18:05:48

  • @manderzmcg79 both. i found him on twitter first and then facebook. - posted on 28/06/2010 11:04:32

  • @superbafrango do u follow @shitmydadsays on fb or twitter? - posted on 28/06/2010 10:59:36

  • @Andy_Mackenzie http://twitpic.com/208nte - super cute! looks a bit like an editorial pic... - posted on 26/06/2010 15:39:48

  • finally some love for the atheist in saddleback country... - posted on 25/06/2010 20:54:30

  • ---wondering if scarborough has tourette's. some of the stuff that comes out of his mouth...wow! - posted on 25/06/2010 20:44:51

  • is watching 'the office' with the kidlets... http://plurk.com/p/5wyn9u - posted on 21/06/2010 17:47:52

  • 'sometimes i think americans must have invented the exclamation mark - it's theire state of mind.' ---monika kochhar - posted on 16/06/2010 10:07:27

  • I WANNA DO BAD THINGS WITH YOU! True Blood #trueblood @HBO - posted on 13/06/2010 16:45:15

  • June 20th? - posted on 12/06/2010 12:10:04