Day: December 20, 2013

Long awaited Winter Solstice is here.  Winter has begun, officially.  Since ancient times, man has prepared for the winter with dread.  People froze, starved, and had to share their quarters with wild beasts.  There was darkness.

Tomorrow  will have the least hours of daylight in the year  The good news is, after tomorrow, the days will gradually get longer with more and more daylight with each passing day.

Ancient man knew a great deal about earth’s movements, all things considered.  Stonehenge and other monoliths continue to amaze modern man because of its accuracy thousands of years before the telescope was even a glimmer in DaVinci’s eye.

Meanwhile, today will be unseasonably warm.  Go figure.  Will you celebrate the Winter Solstice?

The far right Palin types, including Palin herself are rushing to defending Duck Dynasty star, Phil  Robertson, for his inapropriate remarks .

Once again, Palin, Bobby Jindal (who I thought had some common sense), Ted Cruz and even Newt Gingrich , simply don’t get it.  This issue isn’t about free speech.  A & E is the publisher.  Publishers have ever right to decide what they will and will not publish or broadcast.  In fact, they have a responsibility to do so.

Had Robertson expressed himself in a  less graphic, coarse, and vitriolic way, I expect no one would have raised an eyebrow.  Of course he is free to believe what he wants.  However, when he is on A & E, he has a responsibility to not express himself in a way that offends the audience of that network.

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