So, the Teabaggers were at it again last weekend, rallying around half-truths and hypocrisy to make themselves feel better about their blind hatred of the President. The half-truths are well documented, so I won’t even go there. But why hypocrisy?

First, much of the protest and resistance to all things “socialist” are predominantly centered in Republican stronghold states. So? Most of these states receive far more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes, so they can’t even argue that their tax dollars will be spent on this or that. They aren’t PAYING any federal taxes.

In 2005, the last year for which data is compiled, Alabama received… Read More …

So summer is drawing to a close. No fanfare here, as I didn’t do much anyway, and I’m tiring of the heat! I did get some great practice in with the camera.I saw a total of two butterflies on campus this summer, and the timing was right for me to immortalize them in the digital world. The two female “eastern swallowtails” posed nicely for me. Either that or they were just that hungry! The male Monarch was a pain in the butt, but I finally got him! I guess some ladies out there would say “of course the male was more difficult.” We are a stubborn lot, that’s for sure.

The only trip I took this summer was to… Read More …