And some inspiration for Slea.

6 weeks and counting...

So way back last fall I started my classes for the next level of EMS, my EMT-Intermediate license. Now the final countdown has begun. 250 class hours are done and 150 clinical hours are nearing completion. I've only got a few big milestones to get out of the way before I test on June 28th, 2 intubations, 1 birth, and 2 psych emergencies. So, if any of you are travelling through Illinois this next month and want to help a brother out, just OD on some prescription narcotics or have a heart attack or something and I'll be there to intubate you.

It's kind of weird thinking that my career hinges on people going through tragedies, at least for the next month or so.

Kassie's kicking monster ass

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If you think you've spotted a baby, verify by employing classic sniffing techniques. Baby powder is a dead giveaway.

Flatten the baby before actually beginning the hugging process.

Simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up.

If a camera is present, you will need to execute the difficult and patented hug, smile, and lean in order to achieve the best photo quality.

Chickens coming home to roost?

Tired of reading news and posts about Jeremiah Wright's increasingly insane diatribes on society? Want to have another reason to hate the media? Here are a few nice little distractions to help you in your interweb readings.

Italics taken from the NY Times, slightly edited by me for clarity.

What Jerry Falwell said on Thursday September 13th, 2001 on ''The 700 Club,'' while chatting with the program's host, Pat Robertson, was this:

''What we saw on Tuesday, as terrible as it is, could be minuscule if, in fact, God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.''

Mr. Robertson responded, ''Jerry, that's my feeling. I think we've just seen the antechamber to terror. We haven't even begun to see what they can do to the major population.''

A few moments later Mr. Falwell said, ''The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the A.C.L.U., People for the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America, I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.' ''

To which Mr. Robertson said, ''Well, I totally concur, and the problem is we have adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government.''

Mr. Robertson also issued a press release on Thursday saying that in a country rampant with materialism, Internet pornography and lack of prayer, ''God almighty is lifting his protection from us.''

They couldn't even wait until Sunday to proclaim "GOD DAMN AMERICA!" They did it on Thursday.

And what about John McCain, the republican presidential candidate? Could it be possible that there is a Reverend wright in his camp? If you follow mainstream media you may not find it, but a little digging will unearth some characters. Here is a clip of one of McCain's clerical supporters, Mr. John Hagee:

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On Feb. 27, he stood with John McCain and endorsed him over the religious conservatives’ favorite, Mike Huckabee, who was then still in the race.

Are we really to believe that neither Mr. McCain nor his camp knew anything then about Mr. Hagee’s views? This particular YouTube video — far from the only one — was posted on Jan. 1, nearly two months before the Hagee-McCain press conference. Mr. Hagee appears on multiple religious networks, including twice daily on the largest, Trinity Broadcasting, which reaches 75 million homes.

Hagee also stated in 2005 that Hurricane Katrina was sent by God to punish New Orleans for having a gay pride parade there. LINK

"All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are -- were recipients of the judgment of God for that. The newspaper carried the story in our local area that was not carried nationally that there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came. And the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades. So I believe that the judgment of God is a very real thing. I know that there are people who demur from that, but I believe that the Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, that God brings punishment sometimes before the day of judgment. And I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans."

More Hagee craziness:

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Ralph Nader is looking better and better every day.