The Digital Dad » The World Around Us http://www.drewperry.com/digidad raising a family in the information age Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:48:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Drink up… while you still can http://www.drewperry.com/digidad/2009/10/drink-up-while-you-still-can/ http://www.drewperry.com/digidad/2009/10/drink-up-while-you-still-can/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:43:29 +0000 Drew http://www.drewperry.com/digidad/?p=316 So the “Keep it out of Murray” group is now circulating a petition to repeal ALL alcohol sales in Murray, INCLUDING existing restaurant sales. This is getting ridiculous. If you’re against alcohol consumption, don’t drink it and don’t frequent venues that provide it. Attempting to revoke the rights of others to purchase alcohol is, in my opinion, petty and unjust. If you have moral or religious beliefs that you feel obligate you to fight against alcohol, then be a positive witness for your cause and beliefs. Present yourself and your opinion with dignity and allow those to whom you witness to decide for themselves what course to follow. Repealing alcohol sales because your church and your faith oppose it is, in my opinion, equivalent to a good old fashioned book-burning. “We think these books present dangerous ideas and instead of allowing our citizens to determine for themselves whether those ideas are harmful, we as a community opt to remove them from our glorious and faithful commune.” Before travelling too far down this particular road, I recommend some people review “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg” by Mark Twain. Or heck, Footloose was on TBS last night. And we all love Kevin Bacon. Mmm, Bacon. At any rate, until this whole matter is settled I’ll see you all at the Apple on Saturday night and at church on Sunday morning.

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I’m linking below to a story from USA Today that you may not be aware of. Because of a pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine, Russia today ceased all heating fuel deliveries to Ukraine and, by proxy, all additional countries Ukraine supplies. Countries such as Bosnia and Serbia have no additional pipelines to other fuel providers and as a result 4 million people are without heat today. With temperatures already below freezing during the daytime, there is no way to know how many will survive the night. In a frenzy, many affected peoples drove upwards of 100 miles today in hopes of buying an electric heater, but store supplies were rapidly exhausted. A Bosnian woman perhaps put it best when she asked, “Is this the 21st century? How can someone leave me without heating in minus 10 degrees (Celsius) because of a dispute I have nothing to do with?”

So say an extra prayer for those poor souls with no heat, and for a swift end to this deadly dispute.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-01-07-russia-gas-europe_N.htm?csp=34

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