Monkey Minds

Man complains about Buddhas at Kansas City Zoo
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Zoo gets a complaint about Buddha statues in an Asian-themed area.
David Engle, of the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kan., complained after visiting the zoo on Sunday. He says it’s “phenomenal to me” that the zoo would put [...]

Carrie Bradshaw Will Be Thrilled!

Now devotees wearing shoes
can enter Bodh Gaya temple complex

 
IANS, November 20, 2008
Patna, India — The decades-old ban on entering the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya while wearing shoes has been lifted, an official said Thursday.The move was welcomed and lauded by Buddhist devotees, mostly Tibetans and tourists visiting Bodh Gaya temple, Buddhism’s [...]

So Help Me, Me!

God received a legal reprieve when a judge tossed a lawsuit because the Almighty wasn’t properly served notice. Seems Heaven has an unlisted address.
Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers sought a restraining order against the Supreme Being for making “terrorist threats” as well as as for inciting death, destruction and disaster upon Earth’s inhabitants, according to [...]

Buddhas For Barack

My God can beat your God. 
Vote Democrat and you’re a godless pagan.
How would Jesus vote? (Probably not for Romans)
John McCain campaigns in Iowa today trying to drum up votes in the state that kicked off Barack Obama’s presidential aspirations.
While Sarah Palin’s personal exorcist already expelled any incantations which witches may have snuck past the Secret Service, [...]

Jane Six Pack

You know what? It’s time that normal Joe six-pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency.”  
– Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Vice President nominee

For this I went eight years to college?
Let’s see. If a regular “Joe or Jane Six Pack” is qualified to hold the most powerful government leadership position [...]

No Signs of the Times?

What happened to all the political yard signs?  
At first I thought that Hurricane Ike blew them away. Still with only a month left until the election, I see very few yard signs or even bumper stickers for any of the candidates — presidential, Congressional, Republican, Democrat or otherwise. 
During my suburban safaris, I observed a [...]

“Lost: The Sequel”

Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Ike pummeled the upper Texas coast, upwards of 400 of its residents cannot be located, according to today’s Houston Chronicle. Hopefully, many of the missing still may be without the power to contact worried family. Or some evacuees chose not to return. Or those who could afford to jet to [...]

Enlighten Up, Already! River Oaks Update

Yesterday, I discussed the serious problems Houstonians face in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, specifically the endless wait for up to 500,000 customers to get any semblance of power restored.
After reading today’s Houston Chronicle, I realize that not only do the poor folks in Galveston and surrounding small towns suffer, but that Houston’s swankier [...]

Enlighten Up, Already!

 
Enlightenment leads Buddhists to Nirvana.  However, here in the post-Hurricane Ike Houston area more than one-half million of us wait not for enlightenment but for any sliver of illumination to lead us to the bathroom after sundown.
The Galveston area is without essential utilities such as electricity, potable water, sewage (except that which is in streets [...]