Priceless Rep

Signature Red Top.......................................$98
Ted Nugent-style Rattlesnake Pants................$150
Wilma Flintstone Necklace (from Ebay)............$20
Chuck wagon Dinner Plate Belt-buckle.............$400



Seeing your State Representative
grimace in public..................................PRICELESS


(Photo: Courtesy of Abilene Reporter News)

Seriously, this is our (District 71) State Representative, Mrs. Susan King. She is known for her signature (Republican) red business suits and matching stiletto heels and that laughable necklace that looks like a Flintstone knock-off. Here she is in Sweetwater, TX. at the Jaycees Rattlesnake Round-Up.

Politicians will do ANYTHING for publicity these days- even if they have to look ridiculous to get on camera. Will someone please take this gal to Wal-Mart for some decent clothing? She looks like she got made-over by Flavor Flav.

The Vault

The above photo is taken from one of the coldest reaches on Earth nearly 620 miles from the North Pole in the mountainous archipelago region of Svalbard, Norway. It is a seed/plant repository “safeguard” initiated and built by the Norwegians. The media is calling it “the doomsday vault”. Total cost to build this 425 foot deep concrete reinforced box buried deep in the mountainside was $9.1 million. Its purpose? “It is the Noah's Ark for securing biological diversity for future generations.” - Norway’s Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg. This vault has the capacity to store up to 4.5 million seed samples and will protect them from “climate change, flooding, earthquakes and a nuclear strike.” (It has already withstood a magnitude 6.1 quake.)

Does it strike anyone else as odd that a country (or any group) would go to such lengths for a bunch of seeds, but when it comes to the subject of the sanctity of human life, little thought is given except for the protection to end such life? What of the "seed" of the human race? Honestly…