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Toyota Should Hire A Redneck

Toyota should hire a Redneck – that is the advice from the General Store in Punkin Center, Missouri.  We were talking the other day about fixing old cars when Billy Ray said straight out that someone needs to do some fixin on new cars.  Billy Ray claims that just about any old Redneck could have [...]

11Mar2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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2012 Mayan Prediction – Respecting Logic

Marilyn vos Savant is some sort of genius who sells her logic to Parade Magazine.  People write with questions, Marilyn answers.  The question on January 31, 2010, concerned the Mayan prediction of the end of the world in the year 2012.  The question:  Can you add some logic to calm the hysteria?  The flaw in [...]

3Feb2010 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
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Shuttle Mission to Repair Hubble

The space shuttle is launching today (weather permitting) an a final mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble telescope.  For the first time in the shuttle history NASA has a second shuttle ready for an emergency rescue should the need arise.  The danger in the present mission is from space junk around the Hubble.  Should [...]

11May2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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John Denver on Global Warming

John Denver was one of the most popular folk singers of the late 20th Century. He had the capacity to resonate with each of us – even folks in the big cities loved his music. Denver spoke to a harmony with nature, to the love of nature, to respect for nature.  What [...]

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Learning About Jesus in Chemistry Class

I am a slow learner.  I graduated from college when I was 46 years old.  Education was not a value of my family system; education was seen as job training.  This seems to be a predominant ideal in America.  And to reinforce the idea – it is nice to have a job that one enjoys.  [...]

31Mar2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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THe Finer Points of Space Exploration

I was eight years old when the Soviet Union launched the first orbiting Satellite, sputnik. The space race began as a competition of pride between two countries determined to prove them selves as more advanced than the other. It became something of much greater importance.
Our space exploration has produced, energized, and accelerated some of the [...]

6Dec2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Clean Body, Clean Mind?

Columnist Lee Dye reports:
Maybe what the world really needs is a hot, sudsy bath.
Researchers in Great Britain have found that even just washing your hands may make you less harsh in your judgment of others. Their study, published in the journal Psychological Science, asserts that feeling clean can “reduce the perceived seriousness of moral transgressions.”
The [...]

5Dec2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Are Drug Addicts Worthless?

Well, that depends.  While using drugs that addict is worse than worthless.  While using an addict’s worth is in the negative numbers – they will lie and steal – to any one, any where, any time.  When not using they return to their normal human pain-in-the-ass personalities.  They are normal in the sense that humans [...]

20Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
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Mission Endeavour

(Update: 8:25 p.m. EST)
Space Shuttle Endeavour lit up the sky at the Kennedy Space Center as it launched tonight, racing up the east coast of the United States on its way to orbit
Seven astronauts are on board.  Their flight is scheduled to run just shy of fifteen days.
By space shuttle standards, the flight of STS-126 [...]

19Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Change ahead on environment under President Obama

By Rocky Barker | Idaho Statesman
Western Democrats and environmentalists will have more influence on federal land decisions in Idaho and the West under President Barack Obama.
Decision-makers will defer more to scientists on resource issues and spending priorities will shift toward protecting land, fish and wildlife, Democrats said Tuesday night.
But there is a tension between environmentalists [...]

12Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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A Global Climate Change (animation video)

The following is a very good animation of global climate. Accompanying the animation is a well written and spoken script of explanation. The Fireside is happy to host and spread this information.

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19Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Nuclear Energy – a Video Debate

No one really knows. Or if they do they don’t agree with others equally confident of their knowledge. There are some things we can know – for instance, people are generally afraid of anything they do not understand. We step on harmless spiders and kill friendly snakes because we do not understand.
Many of us have [...]

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