Monday, January 3, 2011

American Decline: This Time It's For Real


Nope. Not another one of my rants on the subject.

Nope. "My" post's title is actually the title of an article by Gideon Rachman, respected English historian, journalist, and pundit, which appears in the current issue of Foreign Policy Magazine.

I sincerely urge you to read the article, which can be found here.

Oh... and the saddest part of Rachman's piece is what's missing - a discussion of the "human element" at the centerpiece of the decline of our once great nation...

Bill's Diet Log


O.K., now how's this for a brilliant idea...?! I'll post my daily food consumption here on the blog!

Yep. I'll start today using this separate post and come tomorrow I'll just append each day's meals onto each day's main newsbite thread post!

O.K., it's 10:55 a.m. and I just had four slices of baloney with a bit of mayo on each slice and a slight amount of extra sharp cheddar cheese grated on.

(Previously had two cups of coffee; light cream, no sugar.)

1:45 p.m. - A glass of crystal light with a packet of mega-vitamin supplement.

2:10 p.m. - One non-fat orange light yogurt with a quarter cup Special K mixed in.

4:55 p.m. - Small grapefruit and a handful of nutty trail mix.

7:00 p.m. - Raw broccoli and humus.

7:45 p.m. - Jumbo shrimp scampi parmigiana.

8:15 p.m. - Glass of Coke Zero.

9:00 p.m. - Chocolate covered strawberry.

10:00 p.m. - Handful of trail mix.

Barker's Newsbites: Monday, January 3, 2011


All those years ago...

...and still kickin' ass!